St Michaels College - Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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Y l -XD-TH C QSXQX lluunl 3 i i lllll lll llll MARY PONYER. Still closer fruit -in f1'ie1zdshz'p'.r tics Each passing year. After a decade of years in her native city of Brantford, Mary came to Toronto, where her studies were pursued with success at Loretto Abbey. A year or two of respite from studies served but to deepen her ardour for learning and caused her to join the College Class of :I5. Her work has been characteristically coloured with en- thusiasm. GBRTRUDE ELIZABETH RYAN. Sac fair lzrr lzczir, sac stvvcf fm' brow, Sac Z70IZlllL7 blue lim' F1011 Our 'Czirleyi Mitchell, Loretto, Stratford, Toronto. all helped to prepare Gertrude to be a pioneer woman student at St. Michaels. Her course has brought credit to herself and her Alma Hater throughout. Blue days are ever made bright by her sunny smile and her musical ability has made her a popular senior. l37l 3 Www CQLLEQE, Nui-me rt

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be Evevelopment of St. flbichaels TATISTICS make very dry reading. But in ascertain- ing the status of an institution, in determining the extent of its development, facts, and facts alone, count. XYill you then bear with me while I brietiy set forth the follow- ing data, from which you may draw your own conclusion? llfith the opening of the Scholastic Year, IQO7-08, St. Michaels began her career as a Federated College of the Uni- versity of Toronto. Ten students were registered in second year, and a goodly number were taking the work lea-ding up to Senior Matriculation. It was decided to put the Course in Philosophy on a firmer basis first of all, and so this was the only Course opened to students that year. lVith this humble beginning, St. lVlichael's started out to become the centre of Catholic Higher Education in Ontario. How far success has been the answer to her endeavour is evidenced by her present status. For the present Scholastic Year, there are 116 students in Arts on her rollg 7 others are taking the work leading up to Senior Matriculation, making a total of 'I23 in the College De- partment. The Courses given at St. lXflichael's this year are: Philosophy, General, Classical and English and l-listory CMod- erns Optionj. The Pass work of the Nath. and Physics and Geology Courses is also taught. The Honour work of these two Courses is reserved to the University, and is not taught by any of the Federated Colleges. During these few years, the number of students has risen to 123, four new Courses have been opened, and the Course in Philosophy thoroughly reor- ganized and enlarged. As before in Philosophy, the teaching of St. Thomas is strictly adhered to throughout, but special attention is devoted to Psychology and Cosmology in the light of well-established scientific results of to-day. 38 This, together with the addition of the new Courses, has necessitated an increase in the College staff. Though not fully completed, it is sufficiently large to -allow each member to con- hne himself chieiiy to a special branch of work, thus ensuring greater efficiency. A valuable addition was made to the staff this year in the person of Mr. XV. P. Kennedy, MMA., FR. Hist.S., the Professor of English. Mr. Kennedy has received a thorough post-graduate course in European Universities. He is an author of acknowledged repute and a contributor to sev- eral of the leading literary reviews. As a reviewer of his latest work puts it, '6St. Michaels is to be congratulated on hav- ing secured the services of such an eminent scholar. Another, and that the most important fact, remains to be emphasized. The spiritual side of college-training has in no way been overlooked as a result of the special attention given to the curriculum. Direct intercourse between priest and stu- dent, fatherly interest and guidance, strict requirement of at- tendance at religious exercises, all prevail as before. Federa- tion has not proved at all prejudicial to St. Michaels enviable reputation for fostering vocations of her 38 graduates up to the present, 25 are either priests or ecclesiastical students. No words of human wisdom are required to point out the conclusion following from these facts. Much has been doneg much remains to do: the field is large. A bright future seems in store for St. Michaels Under Divine Pro- tection, she will continue to increase and flourish in numbers and vigour, always in the same Catholic spirit, always in the same sound doctrine, always in the same unselhsh devotion, the preservation to and elevation of Canadian manhood. the interests of the Faith, and the Glory of God. ' 1. M.