St Josephs College - Phase Yearbook (Rensselaer, IN)

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HUNGER’S THEIR BUSINESS At first glance it seems that the Sisters have a comparatively easy job. It seems that all they do is stand behind the counter and dish out food. But on second thought, you realize that 700 steaks don’t materialize out of thin air and you wind up thinking that you would much rather study than practice cooking for 700 St. Joe men. Sister Francetta keeping the accounts straight. This is the finished product. Hours of cooking have culminated in the serving. All that remains to be done is the eating by these famished trenchermen. 29

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HALF A MILLION MEALS A YEAR. LOOKS LIKE MASHED POTATOES TONIGHT. The twelve Precious Blood sisters who reside in their convent connected by devious ways to the Ad¬ ministration Building, at the south end of campus, lead a life of prayer and service. They hear morning Mass, make several visits daily in the Chapel, and prepare and serve twenty-one meals a week to 700 St. Joseph’s students. But actually, both elements of their life are forms of service. Both their prayers and their culinary accomplishments aid the firm growth of the student from boy into man. SR. FRANCETTA SR. SR. CASILDA SR. ETHEL SR. AUREA SR. EMELIANA SR. EUTROPIA SR. JEAN BERNADETTE SR. MARY JOACHIM GWENDYLON SR. MARY ANTHONY SR. STYLETTA SR. APPIA

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This is a reversal of the everyday happening. We are finally looking down on the Ad Building instead of our venerable giant looking down on us. TRUTH OF WHATEVER KIND Truth of whatever kind is the object of the intellect,” wrote Cardinal Newman. Keeping in mind this wise comment, St. Joseph’s College offers to its students the very best instruction in a wide variety of courses, from Philosophy to Teaching Basket¬ ball to Business Administration. In its library can be found the masterpieces, old and new, of literature, science, sociology, political and economic theory. In classes and laboratories there are opportunities for free discussion and experimentation. In¬ deed, many and various are the interests which St. Joe serves in its policy of offering truth of whatever kind.”