Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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IN IMOK. uIk-ii iIic .• )II.-;:c a ■ planning to Iranstcr ils a ti itics lo ils new liicalion in New Ion, tills reslriclion and tlic liinilalion as lo cndou nicnt contained in the original docimicnl were rcinoN cd. The college opened on Seplend)er 5. 1864. Ils first presi- dent was the Kev. John Hapsl. S.J.. ihc lieroic (igure of an oiilrageons lar and I ' calhcring wliich had Iiccti itdliclcd lor religious reasons hy the anli-Clalhcdic fanatics of Kllsworth. Maine. And as Prefect of Studies, or Dean, as it is now called, was the Iloratian scholar and famed wit. Rev. Rohert I ' uiton. S.j. L nder such ins|)iririg leaders, the college hegan its slow but encouraging growth from lw ' nI -lwo to a hundredfold that nund)er. Though in the beginning there was but a licarllir ' aking response in proportion to the struggle and sacrifice of the founders, the increase in enrollment, however small, was noticeable. The tenth year brought one hundred and fifty students: and the youth of those days just as anxious for hoiidav s as their children, sougiil a holiday from the Reverend President when that mark was reached. For twelve years there was no professor of philosophy, and the Junior, or KJK-toric, Class of I Ik- Kalio Sliidionnti was the final ear. l ' hiloso|)ln and a Senior yeai- were added in 1876. and in the first graduating class. 1877. one A.M. and twelve A.B. degrees were conferred. The childhood of the college was normal and sir ]ng. not developing too rapidly, but gaining more vigor, more influence, and more renown, by the persistent efforts of its early directors. The classroom studies were conducted according to the tradi- tional methofls of the (Jhurch and the Jesuits, and Boston College, so young in itself, presented a paradoxical picture because of its ancient traditions of education and teaching. Societies of many kinds arose from the spontaneous enthusiasm of the students. First there were dramatic productions, featured chiefly by Shakespearean plays presented annually even u|) lo the present. Debating opportunity was early provided with the establishment of the Fulton Society in 1890. A yearn for writing was con- summated in the founding of the Stylus. 1882: and since the college has been located at Chestnut Hill, those interested in journalism have been provided a source of practice in The Heights, a weekly newspaper. Paralleled with the seventy-fifth anni- versary of the college is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the SuB Turri. The musical clid)s have their ancestor in the St. Cecilia Society, and Sodalities of the Blessed irgin Mary have always been prominent. More recent years have added a multi- plicity of clubs, academies, and seminars, to include every form of activity in busi- ness, political, social. S|)iritual. classical, and scientific life.

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