Mount St Marys College - Pridwin Yearbook (Emmitsburg, MD)

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His ExcretueENcy Mosr REvEREND Francis P. Keouven, D.D. Archbishop of Baltimore President Ex-Officio of the College Council Mount St. Mary’s College 11

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ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY On the following pages are pictured the officers and teachers of Mount St. Mary’s College, a group of men who may not have ranked high in fame and fortune, but who proved to us during the past four years that their sacrifice of some of the world’s goods in order to teach young men how to live with God, their neighbors, and them- selves, was deserving of more than the world could offer. Good example is the best way of effect- ing an impression on the mind. Actions always speak louder than words. At Mount St. Mary’s we were offered an excellent formal education in the class- room. But we also gained a lasting lesson in the Catholic way of life by observing our administrators’ and teachers’ living up to the ideals of the College in their daily lives.

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President of Mount St. Mary’s College, A.B., Mount St. Mary’s College, 1917; M.A., Ibid., 1919; LL.D., Georgetown University, 1939. Since his ordination from the Mount Seminary in 1921, Msgr. Sheridan had been a member of the faculty or administration in one capacity or another. He taught history and religion and held the positions of prefect of discipline, secretary of the College, dean of studies, assistant treasurer, and vice-president. Upon the death of Rt. Rev. Msgr. Bernard J. Bradley in 1937, he was elected to the presidency by the College Council, and in 1938 he was elevated to the ranks of the Monsignori by Pope Pius XI. In 1939 he received the honorary degree of RT. REV. MSGR. JOHN L. SHERIDAN Doctor of Laws from Georgetown University. We often saw him, equipped with sweater and walking stick, going about the campus. He was also a familiar sight in the stands at all Mount athletic events, in which he naturally took great interest. In his own undergraduate days he won All-Maryland honors as a halfback on the Mount grid squad, and he twice captained outstanding Blue and White basketball quintets. A distinguished orator, the Monsignor was our favorite speaker at pep rallies and other College events. We will always remember him and his words as the personification of the Mount.