Opened only nine years after the Catholic academy in Boston was
destroyed by nativists, the College of the Holy Cross was a pet
project of Boston's second bishop, Benedict Fenwick--a Jesuit
college in the midst of Yankee New England. At first an isolated,
exclusively Catholic operation offering a seven-year humanities
program, the College failed to obtain a charter by the
Massachusetts General Court until 1865. After 1900, Holy Cross
became a four-year college in the American pattern and advanced to
its present level by integrating important principles of Jesuit
liberal arts education with the academic traditions of the
strongest educational region in the nation. Utilizing the universal
Jesuit Plan of Studies, the college's leaders at first stressed
connections with other Jesuit institutions in a program that
emphasized classical languages, philosophy, history, mathematics,
and natural sciences. About 1900, a second era began when the
curriculum was altered to bring Holy Cross into conformity with the
modern educational pattern: college offerings were amplified and
the prep school was dropped. During the 1960s, a third era opened.
It was characterized by coeducation, a more open curriculum,
growing involvement of non-Jesuit faculty and administrators, the
transition to a board of lay trustees, and rising academic
standards as Holy Cross took its place as the foremost Jesuit
school among four-year liberal arts colleges. Thy Honored Name
highlights the confluence of two strong educational
traditions--Puritan and Jesuit--and the growing appreciation of
their compatibility. It is also an account of efforts to promote
academic excellence without losing an authentically Jesuit identity
in a region where many formerly religious schools have become
secular. The book will hold interest for persons who study
educational and religious history, for individuals interested in
the development of New England and Worcester, and for friends of
Holy Cross. Anthony J. Kuzniewski, S.J., is professor of history
and rector of the Jesuit Community at the College of the Holy
Cross. "Anthony Kuzniewski, SJ, professor of history in the College
of Holy Cross, can tell a good story. Others have written histories
of Holy Cross, but none has matched his literary skill and
historical acumen. This is genuine history, not a celebratory
essay. The author's thoroughness and attention to detail persuade
one that no relevant document illuminating the college's history
has been overlooked. . . . It is a handsome, almost flawless
volume, that scholars and others interested in American higher
education are sure to welcome."--Catholic Historical Review
"Kuzniewski has ultimately crafted an ample, widely encompassing
institutional biography that is balanced, fair and interesting. An
in so doing, he reminds us that an academic institution can achieve
excellence and relevance even as it remains proud of its antique
beginnings."--Connection
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