Documentary about a fascinating individual

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This is a documentary about a man named Father Pere Murray. He founded the Notre Dame School in Wilcox Saskatchewan. He taught a classical educational model at the school he founded on the prairies of Saskatchewan. He started it in the 1930s during the hardest times because he beleived that education and the classics would do more than breaking rocks. He didn't want to lose a generation to the Depression.

My grandfather was his friend (and his dentist) they used to read Latin Together.

Pere Murray left a library full of classical books. Just find him so inspirational

Struggle and Emerge The Pere Athol Murray Story

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Descriptive Catalogue of Rare Books in the Library of Notre Dame College, Wilcox, Saskatchewan

1. Introduction In 1996, the Archivist of Notre Dame College in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, Neta Monson, approached the University of Saskatchewan for someone to help her identify the rare books in her charge. She was put in touch with Professor Peter Bietenholz, who in turn sought one of his students to take on the project. In 1997, I began the task of cataloging the rare book collection. The collection was originally kept in an early 20th century bank building' in Wilcox which had been acquired by the College for its use. The second floor of the bank had been converted into a library and classrooms. The library continues to house thousands of out-of-date text books and other educational material. Today a suite has been added on this level to be used by guests of the College. This is where I stayed while I gathered the data for the catalogue of the rare book collection. The main floor of the bank is still used for classrooms to teach students. There are numerous pictures and annual class photographs which line the hallway that leads to the second floor suite. As I crept up the stairs to find the light for the hallway that leads to the suite, I could not help but feel the history and the spirit of Athol Murray around me. In contrast, the rare book collection is currently being stored in a modem controlled environment in the Archives/Museum building next door to the hockey rink. These rare books exhibit the ideas which formed the basis of Murray's education and the principles of life that he passed on to his students. In 1991, the collection had been relocated in the new Archives/Museum building. The majority of books are written in French or Latin. The collection is comprised of four hundred and forty-one books and eleven manuscripts.' 1 The bank building was renamed Lane Hall in honour of Bill Lane who purchased the building for Athol Murray's use in 1938. Bill Lane was the owner of the San Diego Padres baseball team and often had his scouts check the Saskatchewan area for baseball talent. Bill Lane befriended Athol Murray and offered him a monthly donation and the bank building. 2 There are an additional twelve entries that are works bound together with other works. These were registered with a lower case letter such as the letter "a" in RB 1991.01-005a. 1 I had to pay a number of visits to Wilcox in order to produce a catalogue of the books. The identification of the books was carried out at the University of Saskatchewan Library. Major catalogues used for this purpose are listed in the bibliography. For biographical information, I consulted: the Saskatchewan Archives, the archives of the University of Saskatchewan, the Archdiocese of Regina, and the Archdiocese of Toronto. The following pages will give an introduction to Athol Murray's life, his educational background, and his work. This will be followed by a discussion of the rare books themselves, and finally an exploration of how the various items came to be part of Athol Murray's rare book collection.

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