The Washington herald., 1917-09-08
GONZAGA COLLEGE
HIGH SCHOOL

GonZaga College High School be-
gins its ninety-seventh year Monday.
September 10. 1917, and is the oldest
day school in Washington. Diversity
of religion is no bar to entrance, nor
will non-Catholic students be required
to attend Catholic exercises.
Its magnificent new building is sec
Ond TO none in every detail that helps
to secure all the advantages of a
sound and serviceable education.
Physical development is encouraged
under the direction OF a member of
the faculty. not only by means of
various athletic games - baseball.
basketball football, tennis. etc-but
most OF all through setting-up exer-
cises under a competent military Of
fiCer.
Another important feature at Con-
zaga is the military training and rife
practice which. all agree, must
henceforth form an essential equip
ment OF every truly patriotic Ameri-
can.
The Gonzaga band, in connection
with the cadets. also affords a splen-
did opportunity for musical develop
ment free OF charge.
Gonzaga gives special attention to
the development of readiness, con-
fidence and self-ContrOl in public
speaking by means of frequent prac-
tice in elocution, debate and dra-
matics. There are no reader or bet
ter public speakers than the Con
zaga boys, as their public exhibit
tions testify.
Gonzaga is under the direction of
Jesuit Fathers, who for 40 years
have been acknowledged the best edu-
Gators and most successful teachers
in the world.
Their classical course of studies has
always been looked upon by the most
eminent business and professional
men as the best preparation for any
successful career-business, profess
sional, technical, etc.
1t develops the greatest earning
capacity; that is, more than any
other course it prepares for the high
est salaried positions since it trains
minds to accurate thinking and
forms the strongest and noblest char
aCters.
Here are a few of the many emil
nent men who advocate the classical
studies as the best preparation for
success in any career of life:
Statesmen-President Wilson, ex-
President Roosevelt, ex-President
Taft, James Bryce, former British
Ambassador; Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, late Senator George Frisbie
Hoar. Champ Clark and NJ B. Brum-
baugh. ex-governor Of Pennsylvania.
Business Men-President Alba B.
Johnson, of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works; ex-president Charles H. Herty,
Of the American Chemical Society;
Louis Buckley Stillwell. of the Nation
al Research Council; Fairfax Harrison.
president, Southern Railway Com
pany; James Joeb and VIM. Sloane, of
New York; Charles W. Scovel. of
Pittsburgh; E. L. Stewardson, of Phil
adelphia; Arthur S. Perkins, Howard
Elliott and James P. Monroe. of Bos-
ton; w. s. Layfield and L. Scott Town
send, of Wilmington, Del.
Journalists-Edward P. Mitchell, edi-
tor, New York Sun: Charles r. Mill
er, editor, New York Times; Charles
w. Ochs, editor. Public Ledger; Phil
j. Barnard Walker, editor, Scientific
American: Lyman Abbott, editor, The
outlook; Ellery Sedgwick, editor, At
lantic Monthly, and S. S. Mcclure.
Many more among the most dis
tinguished educators, scientists and
engineers have given emphatic ex-
preston to the same opinion. To
quote but one eminent engineer. Milo
s. Ketchum, professor and dean OF
civil engineering, University of Col
orado: After an experience with en-
gineering students extending over
nearly twenty years, and a careful
study of the records made by engl-
neering graduates, 1 am decidedly in
favor of the classical high school
course as a preparation for an engi-
neering course. Manual training, draw
ing and similar courses not only dc
not have the educational value of the
classics, but take up the time of the
student that should be devoted to OBJ
tanning vocabulary and to training
the reasoning power"
At a meeting held at Princeton, n,
j., in June, 1914, it was the unanimous
opinion of the thirty most prominent
engineering educators present that
the Classical High School course is the
best preparation for an engineering
course.
The most important feature Of al
is that Gonzaga not only trains the
mind and forms the character but al
so safeguards and STRENGTHENS tn,
faith of the Catholic student.
Three free scholarships to George
town University are yearly granted tc
the three most deserving graduates oi
| the Gonzaga College High School.
Two four-year high school scholar
ships will be offered for competition