There was a time when the Jesuit order made great efforts and took pride by teaching the classics, literature, Greek, Latin, math , science, rhetoric and logic in a distinctly Catholic moral setting they not only graduated well educated young men from their Prep schools but formulated “Catholic cultured gentlemen”. Those graduates, often working class boys, did extraordinarily well at universities, professional schools and throughout life.
However the Jesuit order has changed dramatically. Its members are no longer the ardent Catholic priests that took their Catholic educational task seriously. The Jesuit order has devolved into what charitably can only be called an unspeakable cabal. Suffice it to say Georgetown Prep and the other Jesuit high schools while remaining popular, no longer have the ideals and mission of their noble predecessors.
But Gtown preppers were not ordinary kids.I attended one of the six Jebbie HSs in the NY metro area. One Loyola Prep was accurately described as the haunts of the very rich. The others were a mixture of blue collar, civil service and white collar families. Of course all were day schools unlike Gtown Prep. It was pricey compared to Jesuit day high schools.
And when did this culture change?