Loyola and the Educational System of the JesuitsHughes, Thomas
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Loyola and the Educational System of the Jesuits
Hughes, Thomas
Education -- History; Ignatius, of Loyola, Saint, 1491-1556; Jesuits
I shall give three sketches of actual arrangements for the conduct of
the literary or secondary curriculum; and one normal arrangement for
the two departments of superior education in Philosophy and Theology.
The three schedules for the secondary course are taken from the English
speaking world. That numbered (I), if presented in full, would read
very much like the usual arrangement of an American college. It is the
method more or less adopted by the Jesuit colleges which centre around
the St. Louis University in the Western States. The schedule numbered
(II) represents the system of Georgetown College, and of others in
the Eastern States; it looks like a close adaptation of the system as
presented in these pages. Number (III) is the method of Stonyhurst
College, England; and to it may be referred the Canadian system, and
that of Hindustan. The hours indicated in this schedule include the
set time for studies, besides the hours of class. The set study time,
in a boarding college, may be taken to average four and a half hours a
day; other hours may be added thereto, from free study time, or hours
of superfluous recreation. The Stonyhurst arrangement is interesting,
as being that of a faculty two hundred and ninety-nine years old,
without any intermission in its career. Its original home was St.
Omer's, France, where Father Parsons founded the college in 1592. At
the suppression of the Order in France, 1762, the college moved to
Bruges in Belgium; thence, in 1773, to Liége; whence, under the stress
of the French Revolution, it took refuge in England, and opened its
courses at Stonyhurst, Lancashire, in 1794.
The schedule for the philosophical triennium (Superior Instruction,
B) is taken from Woodstock College and St. Louis University; that of
the theological course (Superior Instruction, C) from Woodstock. In
these schedules, as well as in that not exhibited here for the seminary
course of Literature (Superior Instruction, A), no material difference
would be found to exist between one house of studies and another in the
Society.
DISTRIBUTION OF HOURS PER WEEK.
SECONDARY INSTRUCTION.--_Literary._
I. | II.
Grades I.-IV. V.-VI. VII. | I.-IV. V.-VI. VII.
Four Two One | Four Two One
Years. Years. Year. | Years. Years. Year.
Age of Student 13-16. 17-18. 19. | 13-16. 17-18. 19.
|
SUBJECTS. |
Classics 9. 9. .. | 13-1/2. 13-1/2. ..
Mathematics 4. 4. 4. | 5-1/2. 5-1/2. ..
English and } 12. 9. 6. | 8. 5. ..
Accessories} |
Natural Sciences .. 3. .. | .. 3. 10.
Philosophy .. .. 10. | .. .. 12.
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