{"product_id":"thy-honored-name-a-history-of-the-college-of-the-holy-cross-18431994","title":"Thy Honored Name: A History of the College of the Holy Cross  1843-1994","description":"\u003cp\u003eOpened only nine years after the Catholic academy in Boston was destroyed by nativists  the College of the Holy Cross was a pet project of Bostons second bishop  Benedict Fenwicka 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 colleges 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 traditionsPuritan and Jesuitand 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44965096390709,"sku":"ByrdShop_0813209110","price":27.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780813209111.jpg?v=1770488595","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/thy-honored-name-a-history-of-the-college-of-the-holy-cross-18431994","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}