Carroll College - Hilltopper Yearbook (Helena, MT)

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MT. ST. CHARLES COLLEGE IN 1928 THE 1930’S: A TIME OFTRAGEDY. GLORY, PERSEVERANCE The Depression struck Carroll a damaging blow. The faculty subsidized the educational operation by accepting drastic salary cuts. With a lot of financial belt tightening, Carroll moved on. Amidst the Depression the college also enjoyed glory on the football field. In 1931 Mount Saint Charles produced one of its greatest football teams. Coached by Bill Jones (an understudy of Knutc Rocknc of Notre Dame fame) Mount Saint Charles emerged undefeated, untied, and un-scorcd upon. Her victims included both Montana State University and Montana State College (Bozeman). This team set records to stand for all time. In the mid-1930s, Montana was rocked by a series of earthquakes and in October of 1935 a major quake occurcd. The damage reaked havoc on all the church's institutions in the Helena area. Bishop Ralph Hayes sent out a plea for immediate assistance to help the plagued diocese; Our diocese faces a grave crisis. I am appealing to the charity and the generosity of the Bishops throughout the country to come to our assistance. Our own zealous priests and people of the Diocese of Helena must give the first example of generosity and charity. Not one of our eight Church institutions in Helena and East Helena escaped without severe damage; several of them arc total losses. St. Mary's combination church and school is practically stripped of its brick walls. The rectory is severely damaged. St. Vincent's academy has been condemned as a total loss and will have to be replaced. The Children of St. Joseph's orphanage spent several nights in a bam. While they have now returned to the main building, they arc not permitted to occupy their dormitories, and their school building will not be opened for many months. At the House of the Good Shepheid, the laundry - the principal source of revenue - is a total loss. The girls have not been permitted to return to the main building, and at present arc finding shelter in the unoccupied Bishop's house. St. John's Hospital has been forced to suspend activities and the damage is so great that it has to be entirely rebuilt. 23

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The South Wing under construction in 1923 adding five stories of expansion. 22 Mount Saint Charles College was widely noted for its drama proauctions. Since there were no co-eds, men had to play women's roles.

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The 1931 Mount St. Charles ColiegeSaints Top Row - End coach Sid Smith, James Cronin, Ben Evans, Tony Niklas, Eugene Dunnigan, Thomas O'Connor, Frank Harrington, Coleman Mulligan, and Adolph Zuelkc. Center - Coach Jones, Ait Doyle, Albert Donich, Louis Dvorsky, Fred Fox, Frank May, James Conway, Bradley Seeley, George Moses, trainer, and John Good, assistant coach. Front - Phillip Davidson, William Nugent, Raymond Botch, Walter Mack and Larry Schcewc, co-captain; Chick Garner, co-captain; Clarence Mayer, Donald Snyder, John McGillis, and James Frccboum. Mount Saint Charles 20 Centerville Independents 0 Mount Saint Charles 2 Montana State University 0 Mount Saint Charles 83 Eastern Montana 0 Mount Saint Charles 19 Mont. School of Mines 0 Mount Saint Charles 62 Intermountain College 0 Mount Saint Charles 6 Montana State College 0 24 1931 Superstar Walter Mack.