The Irish standard., 1904-07-16
ST. THOMAS COLLEGE.

Among the educational institutions
of the northwest there is none that
is developing SO rapidly and extend
ing the sphere of it's influence so wide
ly as st. Thomas college. -Four years
ago this college had an enrolment of
l6O students; its register for the cur
rent year counts $50 names. This re-
markable increase is due to variety
of causes-to the admirable location
of the college, it's ample accommoda-
tions, the provision made for the
health and comfort Of the students,
and, especially, to the splendid courses
of study and the high standard of dis
cipline for which the college has de-
servedly won fine reputation.
The staff is composed of the follow
ing priests and laymen: Very Rev. II.
NIoynihan, DID,, president; Rev. a.
Carey, S.T.B., Rev. =. O'Brien. ABB,
LIB, Rev. Il. Schlinkert, Rev. ].
Dunphy, Rev. w. II. Sheran. AM,
Rev. Il. Cody, Rev. ]. \. Dewe, ABB,
Rev. j. Doyle, j. y. Hartigan, AM,
G. Il. Potter. LIB, ID. +. Lyons.
ABB. G. \. Colder Il. Taylor, f. Bor-
lik. ID. Noonan.
The college comprises three depart
ments under the same management.
The classical department prepares
young men for the studies which lead
to the professions. The curriculum
embraces Latin, Greek. English, math-
ematics. French. German, history,
chemistry, physics. geology, astron-
omy, physiology. The graduates of
this department either matriculate in
various universities to take up purely
professional studies OF enter semi
naries to prosecute the studies re-
Qulred for the priesthood. The col
lege is now largely represented i'll
professional and clerical life, and
every year the list of it's distinguished
alumni is growing longer.
The commercial department offers Il
complete business training. The pro-
gram of studies is quite comprehen-
sive. 1t includes bookkeeping. phonog-
raphy, typewriting, commercial law,
commercial arithmetic. English, cor
respondence, civics, economics, pen
manship. business practice. Office prac
tice and telegraphy. In handling
these branches the professors rely for
their success mainly upon individual
instruction. To make speciality of
each student, not to retard the quicker
student nor unduly to hasten the
slower student. to make all instruction
bear directly upon the actual routine
of business, to keep steadily in view
the methods in vogue among the most
progressive men in the world of bust
ness-such are the means adopted to
make students thoroughly familiar
With the machinery of commercial life.
Special attention is devoted to the
actual transaction of business, on the
principle that the quickest way to
learn how to do a thing is to practice
doing it. There are now $50 students
in the business department Of st.
Thomas college.
No department of st. Thomas col
lege is becoming more popular than
the preparatory department. The
large number of young boys now ell
rolled shows that parents are appre-
ciating more and more the splendid
opportunity which the college affords
for the proper training of boys at
the most critical stage Of their life.
The spacious grounds atfording every
facility for healthful exercise, the
careful supervision, the religious train
ing-most effective in impressionable
years-the comforts of home provided
for junior pupils-all combine to make
st. Thomas college an ideal school
for younger boys as we'll as for their
more mature companions.