St Xavier College - Xaverian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Seriion of New Dormitory will some day come true. The materiat development of the institution, although it has made gratifying progress within the past decade, has not kept pace with the demand for accommodation by young men who are desirous of availing themselves of the exceptional advantages of a course in higher education under those recognized past-masters in the scholastic field, the jesuit Fathersi The enrollment of students for the current year exceeds that of last year by Fifty per cent; and the want of necessary buildings compelled the College authorities to decline quite a number desirous of masriculating. There is a remedy for this condition, and it should b: applied. St. Xavier Col- lege should be fully equipped to fulfill its great mission. The need of the country is educated Catholic an leaders, who can make the salutary inHuence of our rzligious principles felt in the public life of the nation. To supply this need in this com- munity is the mission of St. Xavier College. To aid the Jesuits in accomplishing this mission is the duty hwe might well say the privilege - Of the Catholic laity' of this vicinityi Let us hope that they will see thgir duty, and discharge it as. such a sacred duty should be dischargcd. i 1 Pa gt 'T'wm ly4tfzrn

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chased the property, the city has acquired great stretches of land for park purposes. The Park Board is proceeding with its happily conceived idea of constructing wide boulevards to connect the different city parks. For many miles there stretches a double boulevard, one branch skirting the base of the hill immediately east of the Campus, and the other running along the western edge of the College property. The New St. Xavier College is thus situated in a picturesque spot, surrounded by parkways, yet in a location which was chosen chiefly because at the time it was in the very center of Cincinnati and its suburbs. The opening of the Fall Session of St. Xavier College in 1919, marked an epoch in the history of the institution. A complete separation of the College students from the High School students was established. The High School cEasses were. concentrated at the old St, Xavier on Seventh and Sycamore streets. There, too, the evening courses continued to hold their sessions, and there the new St. Xavier Law Schooilbegan its career in October, 1919. The College classes were transferred to the Avondale Branch High School, and in September, 1920, they were perma- nently located in their new building. A definite and comprehensive plan has been adopted for the further development Of the College. One wing of the new dormitory, Elet Hall, is all but completed and will be ready for student occupation at the opening of the school year 1924-1925. Other dormitories are to come later. Then the College Chapel, with seating room for 1,000. With this must come the Arts Buildings, to be devoted to recitation purposes, and receive the Arts classes now temporarily housed in the Alumni Science Hall. The College Library Building is to be erected in the open space between Hinkle Hall and Alumni Science Hall. The Chapel is to be on the north side Of Hinkle Hall, and beyond that, on the northeast corner of the property, a large Normal Schooli The site of the Arts Building is just south of Alumni Science Hall and beyond the private road. A large gymnasium is to be erected on the west side of the Campus in the depressionvof the hill, and with entrances both from the Campus and from Winding Way. The northwest corner of the property, on Nlarion avenue and Winding Way, is waiting for the new St. Xavier High School, which is to have accommodations for a thOusand pupils. A central heating plant, situated on the lOWer ground of the property and at the northern end, will complet the plan as outlined. ' a ' - It may seem a wild dream, this list of buildings that are to round out the plans for the New St, Xavier College, for the cost of construction alone is a formidable sum, and with every'new building comes an additional charge of maintenance. The grounds, too, have 'tti be arranged and beautified in orderito become the splen- did setting for the' group Of'buildings, and the maintenance of the grounds will entail further con'siderable expense. -Yet it is almost inevitable that this dream Page- ngnly-l-wo

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COLLEGE CHAPEL It is quite probable that a beautiful chapel will soon be added to the group of buildings on Victory Boulevard which constitute the Greater St Xavier. Rev. Joseph Kiefer, S. J., professor of Latin, has been given charge of the building fund of the new chapel, and thanks to his tireless efforts more than $31,003 has been collected to date without interference with the Dormitory Fund Campaign. In addition to this sum the main altar of white marble, to cost $18,000, has been donated, many valuable art glass windows have been promised, and further con- tributions totaling $50,000 are in prospect. Father Kiefer attributes his success to the aid of Little Flower of Jesus, a shrine in whose honor is to be one feature of the new chapel. It is intended that the chapel will accommodate 1000 students. The approxi- mate cost is estimated at $250,000, in addition to which must be provided the altars, windows, organ and furnishings. The chapel is to be erected north of Hinkle Hall and will balance with the new library on the south, forming the center group of St. Xavier College. Its design will harmonize in every respect with that of the other buildings, which are English Gothic of the Tudor perioxi. Pug: Twr'nty-jour