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

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THE COLLEGE OF K-JHE College of Arts and Sciences is not the only custodian and dispenser of the accu- mulated heritage of the past — each school of a university has its share in this task. But the professional schools must train their students for a specific career while the college has for its purpose the laying of strong foundations to make possible a later complete development of the students ' intellectual and moral faculties. It strives to develop the capacity to think, judge and work according to the principles of a sound philosophy enlightened bv Christian ideals. A cloistered walk that connects the Administration Buildings with the College Church. In these times there is a particular and pressing need tor such clear thinking. The world today is too prone to compromise, flouting principle in deference to utility and ignoring morals as an out-moded superstition. This is a natural outgrowth of current atheistic philosophy based on false premises, its proofs unreasonable, incomplete, and nearly always decidedly biased by emotion. To combat this trend in an unobtrusive, calm, logical manner, the liberal arts college presents its curriculum to its scholars. Its courses lead directly or indirectly to the attainment of this end. The youth of today hold the reins of power on the morrow and the Catholic liberal arts college, recognizing the need, is pre- paring its leaders. The liberal arts college has also as its objective the development of a full man, a liberally educated man. Its students are presented with a comprehensive knowl- edge of objective and philosophical truth which will enable them to meet every class on common ground, discuss topics and problems intelligently, and evaluate all according to the proper standards. The college ideal is not to foster specialization, but to cultivate the mind, to build up and strengthen true character, and to impart ♦ Rev. Wilfred M. Mallon. S. J., Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. UNIVERSITY FORMAL Page Six

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ARTS AND SCIENCES The Administration Building wherein are housed the College oi Arts and Sciences and major offices ol the University. that accuracy of thought and reasoning and that breadth of view which must ever be the foundation as well of more advanced scholarship as of eminence in the profes- sions or other stations of life. The St. Louis University College of Arts and Sciences offers its students a time-tested curriculum which, with cooperation, will lead to education in the true sense ot the word. It is presumed that a man ot lair capacity who has conscientiously followed this cur- riculum under capable professors will be possessed of trained and cultivated faculties and will have a consider- able amount of positive knowledge in the major fields and departments of learning, and that he will have an intelligent sympathy with progress and intellectual activity generally and be saved, as far as possible, from narrowness and superficiality. The college sends forth its graduates as a challenge to the false prophets of the dissolution of modern civilization and looks forward to the promise of a brighter future for right principles and liberal culture, if only enough enthusiastic men and women will avail themselves of the opportunity to satisfy their ambition for things of the mind. Having been seared by experience, the world is beginning to realize its need for educated men who know not only how to earn a living but also how to live. Rev. Thomas At. Knapp. S.J., Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Chan- cellor oi the University. UNIVERSITY FORMAL Page Seven