Herewith I offer you, friends, some news and notes on the state of education in this land. Although in general both our higher learning and our lower lie in a condition of decadence, nevertheless voices of protest at this fallen estate are heard; and here and there alternatives are presented.
First, though the lot of church-related colleges is hard nowadays, one promising new liberal-arts college (most decidedly Catholic) has appeared: Thomas Aquinas College, near Malibu, in southern California (27812 W. Mulholland Highway, Calabasas, California). It offers much for mind and conscience. It is intellectually rigorous; it is unabashedly Christian; and itisona humane scale. Its doors (those of a former seminary) will open to undergraduates this autumn. The institution does not expect to enroll more than three hundred students, ever. Its faculty, this first year, consists of a dozen able scholars; Dr. Ronald P. McArthur is president, and Peter DeLucas is executive secretary.
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