Jesuit education

About this eBook

Author

Schwickerath, Robert, 1869-1948

Title

Jesuit education : its history and principles viewed in the light of modern educational problems

Original Publication

St. Louis: B. Herder, 1903.

Credits

Peter Becker, Terry Jeffress, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

LC: Education: Special aspects of education

Subject

Jesuits -- Education

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 77466

Release Date

December 15, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.JESUIT EDUCATION
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.Chapter I. Introduction. — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.PART FIRST. History of the Educational System of the Society of Jesus.
8. 8.Chapter II. Education before the Foundation of the Society of Jesus. — § 1. Schools at the Close of the Middle Ages. — § 2. Character of Medieval Education. The Renaissance. — § 3. Education under the Influence of the Reformation. — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.Chapter III. The Society of Jesus.—Religious as Educators. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.Chapter IV. The Ratio Studiorum of 1599. — Lower Grammar. First Year. — Lower Grammar. Second Year. — Middle Grammar. — Upper Grammar. — Humanities . (Freshman.) — Rhetoric. (Sophomore.) — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.Chapter V. Jesuit Colleges and their Work before the Suppression of the Society (1540–1773). — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.Chapter VI. The Revised Ratio of 1832 and Later Regulations. — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. The Educational Work of the Jesuits in the Nineteenth Century. — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.Chapter VIII. Opposition to Jesuit Education. — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.PART SECOND. The Principles of the Ratio Studiorum.—Its Theory and Practice Viewed in the Light of Modern Educational Problems.
16. 16.Chapter IX. Adaptability of the Ratio Studiorum.—Prudent Conservatism. — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.Chapter X. The Intellectual Scope. — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.Chapter XI. Prescribed Courses or Elective Studies? — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.Chapter XII. Classical Studies. — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.Chapter XIII. Syllabus of School Authors. — § 1. General Remarks. — § 2. Latin Prose Writers. — § 3. Latin Poets. — § 4. Greek Prose Writers. — § 5. Greek Poets. — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.Chapter XIV. Scholarship and Teaching. — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.Chapter XV. Training of the Jesuit Teacher. — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.Chapter XVI. The Method of Teaching in Practice. — § 1. The Prelection or Explanation of the Authors. — § 2. Memory Lessons. — § 3. Written Exercises.⁠ [849] — § 4. Contests. — FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.Chapter XVII. The Moral Scope. — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.Chapter XVIII. Religious Instruction. — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.Chapter XIX. School-Management. — § 1. Authority. — § 2. Punishments.⁠ [1030] — § 3. Impartiality. — § 4. Discipline in the Classroom.⁠ [1045] — § 5. Politeness and Truthfulness. — § 6. Some Special Helps. — FOOTNOTES:
27. 27.Chapter XX. The Teacher’s Motives and Ideals. — FOOTNOTES:
28. 28.Conclusion. — FOOTNOTES:
29. 29.APPENDIX I. Additions and Corrections. — Chapter I. Observations on American Histories of Education.⁠ [1089] — Chapter II. The Brethren of the Common Life. — Chapters V and VII. Jesuit Scholars. — Chapter VII. — Chapter VIII. The Recent Educational Troubles in France. — Chapters X-XII. “Impressions of American Education.” — FOOTNOTES:
30. 30.APPENDIX II. Bibliography. — I. Primary Sources. — 2. Works Treating Exclusively of Jesuit Education. — 3. Works Having Particular Reference to Jesuit Education. — 4. Miscellaneous Works. — 5. Periodicals Quoted Frequently.
31. 31.INDEX.
32. 32.Transcriber’s Notes

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