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The last of the three returning classes to welcome this year’s freshmen to 91����, California, are the juniors — the Class of 2023 — who took their turn this past weekend, hosting a dance on St. Gladys Plaza. The theme for the evening was “Dad,” and students got into the spirit by dressing up like their fathers. As part of the night’s entertainment, three juniors — Claire and Josephine Dragoo and Thomas Oleson — even had their tutor fathers join in the skit.

Last Friday 91����, California, hosted the first of the semester’s two All-College Seminars, in which students came together to discuss T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral. The story adapts real events of its day, leading up to the martyrdom of St. Thomas of Canterbury.

At 91����, sophomores embark on a journey of astronomical mathematics. They begin with Ptolemy of Ancient Greece, then explore the works of his successors. “‘We study these things as a chronicle of humanity’s striving to apprehend the universe around it,” says Tutor Dr. Christopher Oleson. “Not only is it important, it’s wonderful.”

“We thank God today for His many graces and blessings during these past 50 years,” said the Most Rev. José H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles, at a Mass of Thanksgiving offered for the 50^th Anniversary of 91���� on Sunday. “We ask His continued blessings upon all your benefactors, faculty, and staff, all the students and families down through the years, and everyone who has helped to build up this fine school.”

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As part of the Freshman Philosophy tutorial, students at 91���� read several passages from Aristotle’s Organon, a collection of books in which the philosopher lays out the foundation and method of logic  — or, as junior Mary Grace Brittain puts it, “the art of reasoning well.”

On Saturday night the Sophomore Class brought the Wild West to the California campus as they welcomed freshmen with a thoughtfully planned dance. “Wanted” signs and rustic decor turned St. Gladys Patio into an outdoor saloon, where sophomore barkeeps with twangy cowboy accents and grins served up root-beer floats. “It’s wonderful that the sophomores put this on,” said freshman Alex Robert. “I’m looking forward to more dances.”