St Ignatius High School - Ignatius Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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A schools exira-curricular aciiviiies are as varied as iis siudenis' personaliiies. lnieresfs ranging from choral reading ro chess are cullivaied during ihe afier school hours. The quesiion may be asked why +he school sponsors ihese programs. ls if really ihe school's province? For ihe answer. we ai S+. lgnaiius have always looked To ihe Jesuii peda- gogical principle of educaiing ihe whole man. According io ihis dicium. since ii is ihe duly oi a school io educaie, schools have Jrhe righr 'I'o ex- +end iheir srudenis' inferesis beyond The somewhaf limiied sphere of ihe Texibook. Aciiviiies have always been recognized as work- shops in public relaiions. Selfishness and inrolerance have no place in a small group working io achieve common ends, and eiiher ihey or iheir owners soon disappear. On The purely praciical side, many lawyers have come from debaie socieiies, many eleciricians goi' iheir firsi ihrill in Their high school radio club, and ofien have accomplished iournal- isis goH'en iheir iirsi' assignmeni' from ihe ediior of ihe school paper. Spirii ediiors Mariy Doheriy and Jack Miles. Prep ediiors Jim Schnaubelf, Lar ry Gaichas, and Mike O'l-iara. ebafers ai Navy Pier. Bob Shar- ey Ed Schmidt John Fiizgerald, erry Woynerowski, Ernie Skow- on and Jerry Jung.

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Guard Tom Gufrich rferbacln Dan O'Brien Anchor man Tom O'l lara Tha? sporls have a place in lhe idea of a school has never been denied. There has offen been a con- flicr, +houqh, over iusr how imporlanf afhleric pro- grams are. ln ofher words, if sporfs educale - and lhey do - whal' is lheir worlh ol educalion in lhe school's scale of values? ln recenl years, much scorn has been direcled againsf insfilufions which seem benf on recruiling every brealhing man who could do push- ups, regardless ol moral or maferial cosr. On lhe oiher hand, Those who loolc upon all buf menial exer- cise as vulgar, nnusf be considered equally wrong. Sporfs al S+. lgnaiius have had an almosl unique success. Our inlramural programs have saiisfied Those who experience only fleering impulses +o play, while fhe more delermined and gifled malce up our varsify squads. One would have +o search hard lo delecf in our feams, which we represenr here, lhar aloofness from The resl of lhe sluclenl body which is oflen presenf among alhleles - an aloofness which denoles a defecl in conscious school spiril. And, whalever else, who could deny ihal we have spiril? . g r 1 U-in QQ: