Box R55

Results of the general exam on doctrine that takes place at the end of the philosophical and theological cycle of studies. Provides candidate name, time and place of exam, examiners, and examiners' judgements. Arranged alphabetically by surname.

Summary report on examination scores received by community members throughout the year at Province colleges and universities (e.g., Fordham, Georgetown, Gonzaga, etc.).

Examination results of miscellaneous exams, including ad audiendas confessiones, de universa philosophia, and de universa theologia moralis. Includes candidates names and scores.

First vows of Jesuits

Bound record of those admitted to the Mission of the American Federation, the Maryland Province, and the Maryland-New York Province. Provides name of person, time and place they became fully professed, their class (e.g., scholastic, coadjutor, etc.), and the name of the person who admitted them.

A typed alphabetical index of the names found in the bound register of box R55 folder 10.

Correspondence predominantly between Father Stephen F. McNamee, Father Albert F. Grau, and Father Provincial William Maloney regarding the academic and psychological screening of possible candidates to the Society.

Correspondence surrounding providing fathers with an extra year of special studies before their graduate biennium in theology, based on Father John S. Creaghan's recommendation. Predominantly addressed to Father Provincial William F. Maloney.

Correspondence and reports regarding the Novitiate and Juniorate programs at Wernersville, Pennsylvania. Predominantly letters from Prefect of Studies Neil J. Twombly, S.J.

Comments and correspondence regarding the revision of the Ratio Studiorum and the studies of Scholastics.