Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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took the establishment of an Extension school which soon numbered students in the hundreds. The Rev. William Devlin, S.J., who had been a member of the faculty for many years succeeded Father Lyons. He began his office by conducting a drive to obtain two million dollars to construct more buildings, in order that the college might enroll the hundreds of students seeking admission. With the aid of His Eminence, William Cardinal O ' Connell, Archbishop of Boston, the college ' s most distinguished alumnus, and with the aid of the clergy of the archdiocese together with hundreds of citizens, a sum sufficient to construct the Science Building was procurred. The Science building was formally opened in September, 1924. On May fifth, of the same year, Father Devlin began work on a Library building but lack of funds caused postponement of construction. The Rev. James A. Dolan, S.J., an alumnus, was the next President; he determined to carry out the plans for the erection of the Library Building. The completion of the Library, the most beautiful of the college buildings, with its graceful towers is a lasting token of Father Dolan ' s zeal and ardor. But he did not rest here; under his inspiration a new school of Law was opened on Septem- ber twenty-six, 1926, in the Lawyers Building at Eleven Beacon Street, Boston. Three years after its establishment the School was rated as an Approved Law School by the Council of Legal Education of the American Bar Association; at present it boasts a record unexcelled among the law schools of the nation. Not content with these scholastic augmentations, Father Dolan opened a Jvmior College at the down-town center, to extend the opportunity for Jesuit education to many who could not attend the day sessions at the Heights. It was under the leadership of Father Dolan that the college developed outwardly and inwardly as never before in a similar span of years. Father Dolan was succeeded by the Rev. Louis J. Gallagher, S.J., who had previously been Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at George- town LTniversity. It was a period of world depression which found its reflec- tion in collegiate circles and elsewhere. But such conditions did not weaken Father Gallagher ' s characteristic energy and faith in the future of the college. Under his direction a stadium was built, and the athletic field developed. At this time, the college obtained another piece of property, the former resi- dence of Dr. Moore on Commonwealth Ave. below the Philomatheia Club- house. But the most important development made by the college luider the presidency of Father Gallagher was the opening of a New School of Social Work in September, 1936. It was conceived to meet the increasing need for [16]

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Catholic thought and dogma in the comparatively new field of social work. Soon after its opening, the college through the generosity of the Senior and Junior Philomatheia Clubs to Avhich the college will ever be indebted, ac- quired the old Stimpson Estate on Chestnut Hill for use as an Anthropolog- ical Museum and similar studies. Father Gallagher was succeeded by our President, the Rev. William J. McGarry, S.J., who came to Boston College from Weston College, the House of Studies for members of the Society of Jesus. There he had been Professor of Sacred Scripture and Theology. Under his guidance, studies have been extended and intensified; the library was enriched by a considerable increase in the numbers of books and source material. His keen realization of the spiritual needs of the students prompted him to originate a Jesuit father as a full time spiritual director, whose office is open for consultation at any time. Realizing also that many Catholic students who were interested in business studies were being deprived of a Catholic education because no such courses were being offered at the College, Father McGarry opened a school of Busi- ness Administration in Boston, where, in addition to professional studies, courses in cultural subjects are also offered. This school is really unique in the field of business education in that a full program of philosophy is required for graduation. :is]