Loyola University Maryland - Evergreen / Green and Gray Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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PROGRESS nasium where the development of men’s bodies added to the development of men’s minds completes the whole man. (From an advertisement of Loyola College) “This institution, which is designed to supply the vacancy occasioned by the discontinuation of St. Mary’s College, so long and so favorably known to the citizens of Baltimore, and to the Linion at large, will be opened for the reception of students on Wednesday, September 15, 1852.” One hundred years ago, 1852, the city of Baltimore witnessed the beginnings of Jesuit educa- tion in its thriving community. The doors of Loyola College, situated in two houses on Holliday Street, were opened. In April, 1853, the institution was vested by the State of Maryland with “the power to. confer any degree or degrees in any of the faculties, arts and sciences and liberal professions, which are usually permitted to be conferred in any colleges and uni- versities in the Lnited States of America.” From this embryonic stage the history of Loyola has been a story of continual expansion and influence. The present site at Evergreen is symbolic of that era which saw the institution grow from its humble beginnings to the six edifices which now stand on Charles Street; its expansion from an original enrollment of about sixty students to the approximate one-thousand enrollment of the post- war 1940’s; and its prestige which has been ensured

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Balliniore Suih Friday, July JO, 1852. “Tho reverend lacully of lids Catholic inslitulion (St. Mary ' s) have resolved that henceforth the College will he devoted entirely to the training of youth for the ministry. In time past the institution has graduated many of the })rominent and worthy men of the country, and numhers, doubtless, were still looking to it as the school of discipline and development of those (pialities which might lead to CENTURY OF I I j C.YyTERT STREET— ihe second hj lion of Loyola College is shown lelow. LATEST ADVANCE— Oiir Lady ' s 1 1 of Evergreen, a memorial U» ' s sons who fought and licd in World War 11. future usefulness if not eminence.” Baltimore Sun, Wednesday, August 11, 1852. “.1 New Colle(je — We understand that prepara- tions are making to establish a new college in this city, under the patronage of the Roman Catholic Church. It is to be especially under the charge of the Jesuits, of which order Father Stonestreet, President of Georgetown College, is the superior in this country. The professors of the new college, we understand, will be composed of a portion of those connected with the college lately destroyed by fire in Worcester, Mass. Due notice authoritatively will be given as soon as all the arrangements are made.” Baltimore Sim, Tuesday, August 24, 1852. EVER(;REEN ABU eiice Building rises oi «»f Evergreen, .Jr. — the Sei- new campus ILDI CONTINUED PROGRES.S— ihe Li- brary Building begins its journey sky- ward and Loyola continues to grow.

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FACULTY HOUSE SCIENCE BUILDING LIBRARY BUILDING Loyola Today MEMORIAL CHAPEL by the prominence and success of many of its graduates. In February, 1855, the College moved to Calvert Street where it remained for more than half a century. In 1921, the Rev. Joseph A. AIcEneany, S.J., Rector of Loyola from 1918 to 1928, purchased the Garrett estate (Evergreen) through generous finan- cial assistance. The Science Building was completed in 1923 through the generosity of Mr. George C. Jenkins. The late Rev. Francis Craig, pastor of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, Mount Washington, supplied the material for the first chapel (now the Student Lounge). The Alumni Gymnasium was completed in 1925 after an extensive campaign for funds. The Library Building, built through the financial assist- ance of Mr. and Airs. George C. Jenkins, was com- pleted in May, 1929. The temporary Dell buildings were obtained from the Navy through the Meade Act. The Chapel of Our Lady of Evergreen (Memorial Chapel) was completed in 1951. GYMNASIUM XAVIER LOUNGE DELL BUILDING