California
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November 8, 2024
On Wednesday evening in St. Patrick’s Coffee Shop, members of the TAC Class of 2027 enjoyed ice-cream sundaes with their classmates and tutors at the Sophomore Ice Cream Social — a new but popular tradition on the California campus.
The evening came as a small but well-earned break for the students, who have spent the last few months wrestling with some of the notoriously challenging material in the sophomore curriculum. After laying foundations in their Freshmen Year studies of logic, Euclidean geometry, and Scripture, the sophomores are now building to higher and more elusive truths. Among other investigations this year, they are working through the details of Ptolemy's mathematical model of the universe, exploring Aristotle’s account of nature and motion in the Physics, and discussing St. Augustine’s sometimes mystifying teachings on grace and predestination.
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Wednesday gave the sophomores an opportunity to spend time with friends and tutors, relax, and have fun together. The social was also an occasion for students to discuss some of their questions about the curriculum with their tutors in a casual setting.
“I think it’s a nice concept,” said Zoe Brown (’27) of the tradition. “Acknowledging that Sophomore Year is a lot harder than Freshman Year, and being able to connect with our tutors about the things that we’re working on, whether it’s Ptolemy or predestination, was very helpful.”
“It was great to get a chance to talk to Miss Kaiser and other tutors more deeply and more personally about the things we’ve been studying this year,” reflected Sam Nagel (’27), “especially to understand more about God’s grace.”
