The Ignatian

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THE IGNATIAN
ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE
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Vol. 1
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF, AUGUST, 1926
No. 1
MANY CHANGES IN FACULTY
NEW COURSES ANNOUNCED
Radical Changes For
Matriculation
Radically changed entrance requirements for the Law School and the
founding of a new Department of
Commerce and Finance, its session
hours coinciding with those of the
College of Arts and Science, are the
outstanding events of scholastic importance confronting the students on
their return for the new semester.
The most drastic and perhaps the
wisest change of policy instituted at
St. Ignatius in many years, is the
new ruling which requires candidates
for the degree of LL. B. the satisfactory completion of two years of approved college work.
The necessity of this move is unquestionable. Although the Law
School has long been recognized as
belonging in the front rank of coast
colleges, yet for reasons which it has
set forth in countless debates in the
American Bar Association and the
Association of American Law Colleges, it has always refused to install the stringent and iron-clad regulations in order at most of the larger
universities. With the tendency towards educational standardization assuming such massive proportions all
over the country, finally, St. Ignatius has decided that it would be
to the best interests of the college
and the legal profession to require as
a prerequisite for admission a junior
certificate. The only regrettable feature of the new order of things is
that it will undoubtedly deprive a
great number of ambitious and deserving young men of their chance to
study their chosen profession, but
strangely enough, this is one of the
very ends that educational commissions are seeking to attain, for they
argue, undeniably, that the profession
is sadly overcrowded, and that any
ruling which cuts down the number
of bar aspirants and at the same time
raises the average of culture among
lawyers at large, is a worthy and a
justifiable measure. This reform
wipes out the last point of differentiation between St. Ignatius and other
western universities, for the matter
of law credit requirements has been
the only issue on which we have
maintained an individual plane; and
this great step forward for the college
itself more than compensates for the
inconvenience which the measure
might wreak on  a  few individuals.
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ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE
Office of the President
San Francisco, Cal., August 11, 1926.
Associated Student Bodies of
St. Ignatius College.
Gentlemen:
In behalf of the Faculty may I offer a word of congratulation
and encouragement for your work in inaugurating a monthly
magazine of student activities. The recent growth of the various
departments of the College has made imperative just such a
means of welding together the separate units of the Institution.
"The Ignatian", I believe, will become a potent factor in this
process of unification. Moreover it should prove an interesting
and valuable link between Alumni and students, and a splendid
means of advertising the activities of the College among its
friends and sister colleges.
May God bless your loyalty and labors, and may "The Ignatian"
become  another  step  toward  the   realization  of  the  great  Jesuit
University which  we  trust  may  soon  be  erected  in  the  City  of
San Francisco.
Sincerely yours,
EDW. J. WHELAN, S. J.
Former Students Return
As Professors
When the average collegian returns
to college, one of his first queries is
to find out the new prospects for
the football team, their past records,
etc. In Jesuit institutions much the
same interest is evinced in faculty
changes, for, because of reasons
wholly unintelligible to students, their
professors are shifted about in as
baffling a way as in the famous
Notre   Dame   shift.
Fr. Jno. Ward, S. J., comes from St.
Louis to fill the office of Prefect of
Discipline. Fr. Ward is an old St.
Ignatius student and as a scholastic
taught many of the lads now in the
College Department. He replaces Fr.
McFadden who will become "Student
Adviser" (or Spiritual Father). Fr.
Ivancovitch, former Chaplain and Professor of Religion, leaves for St. Joseph's,   San  Jose.
Fr. N. Bell, S. J., a former Prefect
of Discipline at St. Ignatius and of
late years Prefect of Studies at Loyola College, Los Angeles, has been
added to the staff of philosophy. Fr.
Raymond Butler, S. J., also a former
St. Ignatius student and recently on
the staff of Gonzaga University will
handle Public Speaking and English.
Mr. Jos. Clark, S. J., replaces Mr. J.
Mei, who leaves for Engheim, Belgium, to complete his studies. Fr.
Bailey has been transferred to the
College Department and will become
Dean of  Modern  Languages.
Mr. Win. A. O'Brien, A. B. LL. B..
will assume the Chairs of Commercial
and Elementary Law. Mr. B. Sullivan becomes Professor of Accounting
in the new day course of Commerce
and   Finance.
Other   Changes
Seven of the scholastics will leave
for other destinations. Messrs. Gatz
and Walsh will complete their studies
in England; Mr. Burns in St. Louis;
Mr. Deschout in Woodstock, Md.; Mr.
Fagothey joins the staff at the Junior-
ate, Los Gatos, and Mr. Endal is
transferred to Loyola, Los Angeles.
They are replaced by Messrs. Malone,
Clark, Baud, Falvey, Rice, O'Neil,
Coffey.
The return of Fr. D. J. Mahoney,
S. J., is a bit of news which will
bring joy to every Alumnus. As
preacher, lecturer, professor, Prefect
and Moderator of student and alumni
activities, Fr. Mahoney has won a
place in the hearts of Ignatians,
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