St Ignatius College Prepatory - Ignatian Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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 On your feet, sirl Identity—Giza. No need to identify the speaker, for Mr. Corwin is more than just a fomiliar figure around school. He s on institution, and Corwinism is the doctrine he professes. Fourteen ycors have passed since Uncle Frank first began teaching here at St. Ignatius. During thot span of time, countless numbers of S.l. students hove worked and laughed through their three years of history. And the loughs well supplemented the work involved. Reference to the text was not uncommon, but it wos the sessions in which, for example, the real reasons for the Fall of Rome were discussed and closely scrutinized, thot established the course os not just dryly educational, but interesting as well. Mr. Corwin not only works with boys during his regular hours, but also during his time off and week ends downtown at the Central Y.M.C.A. There, too, his sacrifices and acts of generosity mark him not as merely a person, but practically o father to whom one can come for advice or help, whether for problems in school or at homo. Mony have asked just what is the spirit of S.l. Wos it only to be seen at football gomes or during an S.A.T. exam? Well, these could be said to represent our school spirit, but none con come close to the true spirit of S.l. which is to be found in the dossroom, existing between teacher and student. That same spirit hos never been more intense than between Uncle Frank ond his boys. And so, on the part of all those students now present, ond for those who hove gone before, moy we of the Yearbook staff dedicate this year's Ignotion to you. Mr. Corwin. [Dedica t i o u You've surely hcord this deep boss voice echoing opportune cries through the school corridors now de- void of the usuol mosses of onrushing students, before encountering our school custodian, Silvio. Dedicated to keeping a certain amount of order in our lives here at S.I., Silvio vigorously devotes himself to keep ing house for a family of over a thousand members. In years gone by, students hove come to depend on him for various reasons, but for most, Silvio Vigonego has remained a person closely associated with the wclfore of the school ond to whom we ore proud to dedicate this, the 1963 Ignotion.

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Zable of Contents Theme Sports Academics Graduates .Student Government Highlights Memories

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Kef lections 4 Projections With pride and a little apprehension, the senior steps out of the pew of Saint Igna- tius Church ond inches up the center aisle to toko possession of his shcopskin. His journey up to the sanctuary is slow. The reason? Graduation is a time for dignity, and a fast step might be fatal. Besides, he has had a great time during graduation practice, ond now he's not sure what to do. He's ploying it strictly by ear, following the leader. In a way, the march to the altar symbolizes his whole life. Confused ond worried he looks for a cue from one of his dossmotes. At this instant the senior steals a moment to reflect and project. He secs in the cere- mony the climox of four years at S.l. With pride he looks back at his accomplishments; with expectation and a little opprehension he pocks or the future. He must moke plans, and with what he hos learned he hopes to meet the challenging future. Extending the symbolism a little further, we sec Saint Ignatius High School possing through such a stogc. S.l. is identical to the reflecting seniors. Slowly S.l. is maturing from her earlier.more youthful self, like the senior, we now steal a moment to reflect ond project S.l. With pride we can look back upon her ac- complishments, ond smile on her mistakes and misfortunes. The history of Saint Ignotius is filled with both glory and tribulations- os im- portant as 1066 and 149? ore to Mr. Corwin. 1865 is to us. Though the history scholar might immediately point out that 1865 was the dote on which the Civil Wor ended, to us that date has a more personal meoning. Eighteen sixty-five was the year when the Jesuits first come to San Froncisco and set up Somt Ignatius School for Boys. Although if moy be hord to believe, the building we know was not the original school The Jesuits chose os their first building site. Market and Fifth Streets. The first Saint Ignatius School was a simple structure of wood, but as the need for a good education grew, so did S.l. Transferring to Hayes and Von Ness. S.l. become by the turn of the century o top-notch school and a beautiful church. Then on April 8. 1906, a disaster struck. On the following mornmg the foil of fifty-two yeers loy in ashes before the Josuits' feet. But o mere fire and earthquake could not destroy the spirit of S.l. The Jesuits turned again to building. And by 1929 these very halls were completed and functioning. 8uf. like the senior. S.l. hos not only a happy, if at times troublesome post, but must plan ohead for growing educational needs in o growing Son Francisco. Methods must change to keep pace with educational stand- ards. ond the physical plant must be re- modeled and enlarged for future needs. The color picture you see on this page is the pro- jection for the future S.l. It is designed by Ward Thomas and Henry Shubarf, Jr., os port of the answer to these growing needs. Like the senior. S.l. is moturing in the face of the problems of a changing world. She connot re- main static, but dynamic ond ever improving. In this spirit we choose os this year's theme REFLECTIONS ond PROJECTIONS.