Jesuit teachers were rigorously trained in both classical studies and theology, and their schools reflected this.
The first four Jesuit teachers arrived from Olomouc in 1569 and the first lessons took place in May 1570.
Zigliara's early classical studies were made in his native town under the Jesuit teacher, Father Aloysius Piras.
Since replacing the Jesuit teachers was not easy, it took several years until the last former Jesuit teachers had left the school.
For the first couple of years, Jesuit teachers were in the majority.
The main educational objectives of the exclusively Jesuit teachers was to instill knowledge and the practice of Catholicism in the pupils.
William inquired of his Jesuit teachers what this would mean for her eventual salvation.
The work contained scientific reference material based on knowledge of the period, and was widely used by Jesuit teachers of the time.
While at Holy Cross, he was introduced to the work of Voltaire by a Jesuit teacher.
"Opportunity is the enemy of commitment," Jerry Brown once intoned, quoting one of his Jesuit teachers.