Trinity School - Gate Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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If said to be the passing of the gate. 7 7 - Marcus Terentius Vasso The longest part of the journey is born children - the ones who are experimented on . From the point of view of the upperclassmen being a guinea pig was not easy, but they knew it was neces- sary. An extraordinary educational system cannot be built in the imagination, it has to evolve in space and time to meet the needs of real students. This first graduating class was a group of such real students. Each one has grown personally in character and has in many ways grown up in the process of forming and being formed by this new school environ- ment. The academic curriculum of future students will be even greater because of the testing and experi- mentation which this class weathered. The relationship they forged among themselves may remain deep and lasting because of their shared participation in this great venture. In 1985 this first class began to realize more and more their place and responsibility as the seniors, They had always been the senior students, now it was recogniz- able and acknowledged. School spirit may increase with the years, but each individual in this class was devoted to the sports program, the drama productions, the prom, and all the traditions of the school which were founded at this time. They gave their all. Impressions will remain. Freshman yearwas marked by ' 'He who binds ro himself a Joy Doth the winged life destroy, But he who Kisses the Joy as it flies Lives in Eternity's sun-rise 7 7 - William Blake insecurity. lThe building was, alter all only rented.l The uniforms, bermuda bags, and mopeds will always evoke stories and memories. Sophomore year was one of stablization. The location, the frienships, and the attempts at serious learning all took on new per- manence. Junior year marked the first year in which the school was open to students from outside the founding community. With them came a new appreciation, admiration, and acceptance of life at Trinity. The Humane Letters Semi- nar introduced Junior year began to manifest the unique ideals of the school. The focus was not at all on grades, and real thinking was encouraged. Rumor has it that there were times when brains would literally hurt in 8 N S ., . .. . K .. 1 Tx- . NE . it

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work? Vivid memories of tiny classrooms, small lockers and Ubi est Roma? still linger from those earlier days. The stay at St. PauI's was longer than expected. Another building could not be found and through the kindness of the parishioners we were allowed to stay for the entire school year. In the spring of 1982 architects had begun to plan the renovation of the Roma as the future site of Trinity School. In the meantime, the Bendix estate at the corner I I Ah, that is clearly a metaphysical speculation, and like most metaph- ysical speculations has very little ref- erence at all to the actual facts of real life, as we know them. 7 7 - Lady Bracknell The importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde of Jefferson and Greenlawn had been put on the market and had been suggested as a location for the school. An offer was made, but refused. The frustrated faculty looked back once again to the Floma. The architects had finished their work and just as signa- tures were to be put to contracts ordering the renova- tion, a friend of the People of Praise encouraged the community to make another offer, and he pledged a sizable contribution towards the purchase. The offer was accepted. Trinity School had suddenly become Trinity School at Greenlawn. Greenlawn was a dream come true. The campus was beautiful and the buildings large enough to accommo- date a growing school. Since then many improvements have been made. The curriculum has undergone some changes too, mostly to accomodate the advancing up perclassmen. Mr. Finke likened the senior class to first rr' Civ 'V 7 4

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attempts to argue points with Dr. Koller in a logical manner without falling into loopholes, traps, or inconsis- tencies in logic. tEnough to make anyone's head spinlj Students were specifically asked to help form the school itself and their opinions were accepted and sifted. A new respect arose between veteran students and the facul- ty. Because of this major turning point in approach, for many in this class, junior year was the high point of their four years at Trintiy. Since ancient times, men have been involved in a I 'Beauty is Truth. Truth Beauty, that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. 7 7 - John Keats search for the truth. This quest is one which ultimately leads to God, who is himself the Truth. This search for truth is the stuff of education. The primary purpose of education is to teach men and women everywhere to examine issues, learn to make ethical decisions and, ultimately, to further their knowledge of the truth. Trinity School was founded in 1981 to provide just such an education. Its curriculum, based on the classical model of the trivium lgrammar, logic and rhetoricj, is designed to make students examine themselves and to train them to carry on and contribute to man's search for If discuss virtue every day . . . for the unexamined life is not worth living. 7 7 lt is the greatest good for man to - Socrates the truth. The education at Trinity School at Greenlawn is de- signed to achieve two goals. The first is to aid the students in fully developing their intellectual, moral and aesthetic faculties in light of Christ. Since Christ is the truth, the mind is perfected by viewing all things in His light. At Trinity, the great men and women of the past are read in order that the student might be lead by those who have shaped the Western Christian tradition. Plato, Ar- istotle, Homer, and Sophocles are read, as are Athana- sius, Augustine, Aquinas, and Luther. ln mathematics and science, students learn to reason logically, to think mathematically and to learn about the natural world which surrounds them. The more creative dimension of the human person is touched upon in music, drama, and art. 9