St Ignatius High School - Ignatian Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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We are links in a distinct chain of history which grows just as we do. We become a microcosm of the macrocosm. We are the men of Ignatius. We are a distinct unit in the family of man. Our community is unique. There never was, is not, nor ever will be another Saint Ignatius High School. Although the solid tradition of Ignatius is ever present, the community is always looking to grow, to become new. External as well as internal growth is necessary if the Ignatius experience is to survive. Projects recently undertaken by the community in both the areas reflect a deep commitment to insure that the Ignatius experience, above all others, will survive. Survival is not a luxury, it is a necessity. The Ignatius spirit must reflect an awareness and commitment: We must all be a part of the total growing experience. It is up to us as students to do our part to see that stagnation does not occur. We owe at least this much to the community that has shown life to us. Because of this school all of us have grown in a way that we never would have imagined had we never entered this world set apart from the world through Christian love. We have been shown the value of self-denial and have been urged to act accordingly. We have been encouraged to find ourselves, but not by just sitting back and asking Who am I? We have been challenged to find ourselves by not looking for ourselves. We have found ourselves by looking for others. Through our dying we have seen the life inside of ourselves. Our desire for life never ends, just as the process of becoming an Ignatian is open-ended. It parallels the development of a mature Christian. We grow through experience.

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MCHUGH EMPHASIZES change, GROWTH At the Mass of the Holy Spirit Fr McHugh brings to light many of his ideas concerning Christian community Ignatian: Before the school year began, what goals did you set for yourself as Associate Principal? Fr. McHugh: I really didn't set any goals for myself because I'm really not very much at home with talking about goals. Let me first explain what I consider to be the purpose of goals, and then let me explain my uneasiness with that. In many ways I think we set goals so that we have a method of evaluating. Evaluation, it seems to me, deals most precisely with concrete accomplishments or productiveness. Now, my feeling is that in the kind of work I'm involved in, such evaluation is not a helpful way for me to think. Therefore, I decided not to set any definite goals. Ignatian: What do you consider the specific purpose of your office to be? Fr. McHugh: I think the person in my office, whether it's me or body else, has to be most sj ically concerned about how that the Ignatius commur which is a group, protects tl kinds of relationships among members of this community I are based upon what make: community alive. Let me try to j that another way. This office I two functions. The first is to € courage and to help students grow in the kinds of attitude habits, and virtues, which are di signed for and lead toward unit and community. The second is t protect the community from peoph who fail to do that, and to help people reflect occasionally on the kinds of behavior which may be disruptive or destructive to the community. So I guess what I'm saying is that there must be someone around who attempts to help people reflect on either the constructive contribution they make to the life of the Ignatius community or on the destruction they cause to the life of the community, which occasionally all of us exhibit in our life. And both of these are inevitabilities. I think we would be completely unrealistic if, as we looked at ourselves, we didn't see that there was both construction and destruction. Ignatian: Why did you change the title of your office from Assistant Principal of Discipline to Associate Principal? Fr. McHugh: I guess I had some fairly definite ideas and reasons in the back of my mind about why the change was made. First of all. Father Von Tobel, Mr. Wilhelms, and I are interested in working as a team. Secondly, I don't like the word discipline. I'm not exactly comfortable with what that means. Thirdly, I didn't want to be that narrowly defined in terms of what I did. Yes, I am in charge of and responsible for some student discipline or student life, but I also have been involved and am involved now with many things that aren't directly concerned with that, including things in terms of cur-