St Marys College California - Gael Yearbook (Moraga, CA)

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A RTS and letters was the spirit of the Italian Renaissance That period in history was characterized by an advance in culture and a drawing out of the higher talents in men The cultural activities of the age were centered about the churches and ducal palaces Talent was the one passport a man needed to gain recognition though it IS t1 ue that the men of talent were sometimes sultnect to the wlles and favor oi the nations of the arts who were the reigning dukes Aiound the churches and ducal voalanes were found the musicians the nantera . the sculptors the poets the leained the orato1s in a word the men of arts and letters The twentieth century Saint Marys College can be compared in a singularly appropriate manner to the Italian Renals- sance churches and ducal palaces? T for it IS the college oi arts and letters, and its culture like that of the Renaissance is per- meated with the rich Catholic traditxon Noting this fact and appieclatmg lts full meaning the GAEL here begs leave oi its ieaclers to carry out m its theme the analogy between the Spll 1t of the Italian Renaissance and the spirit of Saint Mary's College.

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I A 1 ' EDICATION may include the dedi- cation to the ideal as well as the dedication to the man. Any dedication to an ideal on the Saint Mary's campus must necessarily be made to the spirit of the liberal arts college. That spirit consists. in the main, in the complete education of the whole man. It rails in an adamant way against too early specialization. Saint Mary's College has stood ever for arts and lette1's. A glance at her roster of graduates will assure one that her lawyers know something more than the law: her business men, something more than economics: her doctors. something more than medicine: her public servants. something more than politics. To possess the broad cultural back- ground, against which successful specialization is possible, is the ideal of the Saint Mary's Man. This ideal finds a counterpart in the period known as the Renaissance-a counterpart which we propose to trace in the GAEL theme. That the ideal is worthy of our sincere admiration is obvious enough. From the depths of that admiration. we dedi- cate the 1936 GAEL to the spirit of the liberal arts college.