St Louis University - Archive Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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S Q, W REV. VINCENT L. IENNEMANN, SJ Ctopj, Treamrer of ihe Univerzriiy an REV. IOSEPH A. ZIMMERMAN, SJ Superinlendenz' of Buifdilzgf. R UM E GOUZQE Glmrc

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the manner termed intellectual. Education that is not incomplete must form the whole man, body and soul, and that to a definite endathe greater possibility of knowledge and love of and service to God. V Those are the two most significant notes of the true Catholic educa- tion, the formation of the whole man and that formation for a purpose not alone of this earth. lVlan's mind, man's imagination, man's emotions must be disciplined and brought into a single balanced whole, such is the very essence of the whole man. He must be able to live fully, co-operatively, he must be able to think clearly, constructively, he must be able to feel deeply, appropriately. True Catholic education is not a distillation of data, not a piece-work machine, it is a process of molding and forming, the blending of parts into an integrated whole. That shaping and blending must have a directive purpose, for purposeless education is merry-go-round- like. But the formation, though subsidiary, is no less important, men go to College for knowledge and for special training, but the knowledge is valueless if a man be not able to apply it, the training useless it there be no capacity for application. Catholic education, that is true education, is the meeting of men and minds, the clash and interchange of thought. Realizing that it must transcend the printed word of books, it goes to the association that produces living men instead of stagnating pedants. Realizing its purpose, it metamorphoses the student into one able to live in this world- and in the next. It inculcates knowledge and philosophy, the ability to View that knowledge in perspective and relationship. So it is that Catholic education draws its philosophy from the Church that gives it its name 5 so it is that Catholic education begins with begin- nings, works for the sole end of man worth working for, uses the only efficacious means at her command for the training to that end. Such is the philosophy of a Catholic education, the ends that motivate it. v THE SUPREME TRIBUNAL . . . in all discussions and problems concerning administrative policies of the Schools of the University is the Board of Deans and Regents, which convenes monthly.

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THE VVCRSHIP OF GOD fulfills the most impor- t nt aim of a university . t dent. It is in the College Ch ch that he meets every N 14 y for lVlass, every year , f the Retreat from the A ca es of the world. r AV T :ras xx. -1- 4 -F44 .- A .Hi y lziversity Section UIDED by the principles embodied in scholastic philosophy and holding Hrm the conviction that The End Of Man Is God, St. Louis University has endeavored, during the near century and a quarter of its existence, to realize in actual life the philosophy of Catholic education. Believing that a foundation on true principles must be laid before the structure of professional or technical skill can be builded, the University seeks to' impart to its students a sound and valid concept of the meaning of life, a true evaluation of the student's potentialities for good, of his possibilities in later life. To achieve such an objective, St. Louis University musters every facility at its command. Personnel, equipment, activities, organization, curricula, all are organized to minister to the students' needs. Witli this one common end in view are united all the apparently heterogeneous and autonomous units of St. Louis University. V At the head of the University is the President who holds in his hands the guiding power. He is assisted in determining general policies by the University Council of Deans and Regents, the foremost advisory board of the University. At the head of each school is a dean who has charge of all affairs pertaining specifically to his particular school. The centers of University activity are the Graduate School which trains its students for special fields of endeavor, and the College of Arts and Sciences which also serves as a preparatory school for those who desire to enter one of the professional schools. The School of Commerce and Finance attempts to train capable business leaders g the School of Education competent teachers, the School of Social Service good social workers, the School of Law learned lawyers, the School of Medicine expert doctors, the School of Dentistry competent dentists 1 the School of Nursing seeks to graduate well-trained nurses, the School of Philosophy and Science and that of Divinity completely educated ministers of Christ-but all hold this objective supreme: that they graduate men and women who will be a credit to themselves and their school, that they become living embodiments of the principles of 'Catholic education, that they. become more like to the image of their Creator. Such is the final end of a Catholic university, such is its razlron cfeire. v15v