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The Old Cafhedral af Second and Welnuf Sfreels where fhe Chrisfian Brofhers began feaching in Phe Rosefi home fo fhe leff of fhe church in l849. lPicl'ure: Courfesy of lhe Missouri Hisforical Sociefy.l Christian Brothers College, St. Louis, Missouri Ninefy-nine years ago fhree Chrisfian Brofhers arrived in Sf. Louis. The Mosf Reverend Pefer Richar'd Kenrick had invifed fhem fo found a school in his Archiepiscopal cify. This lil-lle company of Brofhers was desfined fo malxe a foundafion fhaf was fo mean much for fha Cafholicify of fhe Mis- sissippi Valley. Al' fhaf fime, Sf. Louis was a fhriving cify of 77,000 inhabifanfs. During fhe decade fhaf had iusf passed, ifs growfh had been abouf four-fold, buf if was sfill fhe near-fronfier for fhese fhree Chrisfian Brofhers who came fo found a greaf work. Jusf whaf fhe ulfimafe nafure and scope of fhaf work was fo be resfed in fhe hands of God. The Brofhers were cordially welcomed by Arch- bishop Kenriclm, who assigned for fheir use a sub- sfanfial building wesf of fhe Old Cafhedral. This house had been af one fime fhe residence of fhe sainfly Bishop of Sf. Louis, fhe Mosf Reverend Bishop Rosafi. If was fo serve as school and resi- dence for fhe Brofhers unfil such fime as definife plans for fhe fufure could be made. During fhe firsf years fhere were many privafions fo be borne, buf fhe worlr prospered. There were already more sfudenfs applying fhan could be ac- commodafed in fhfnarrow quarfers and fhe number of Brofhers was inadequafe. In fhis growing wesfern cify fhe Chrisfian Brofhers found a wide opporfunify for doing much good and doing fhaf good under mosf congenial condifions. The fine old Cafholic spirif which had come down from fhe days of Laclede, fhe founder of Sf. Louis, had leff ifs marl: on fhe cify of his dreams. To fhis had been added fhe sferling pioneer faifh of a large number of emigranfs from fhe Cafholic counfries of Europe. Sifuafed as Sf. Louis was, in fhe hearf of fhe ferfile Mississippi Valley, wifh fremendous un- developed agriculfural and indusfrial possibilifies, if needed all fhe Cafholic esfablishmenfs fo prepare fhe people for fhe righf use of fhe wealfh and op-
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porfunify fhaf musf come fo if in fhe nexf hun- dred years. lnfimafe confacf wifh fhe people of fhe disfricf during fheir firsf year of feaching convinced fhe Brofhers fhaf here lay a wonderful field for fheir labors and fhey made mosf urgenf and pressing demands for more feachers. Far-seeing Superiors recognized fhe possibilifies and answered fheir de- mands by maferially increasing fhe personnel of the communify. Adequafely equipped as fo sfaff, fhey soon found, as applicafions for fhe coming year began fo come in, fhaf fhey would have fo furn many away. Af fhe suggesfion of fhe Archbishop fhey purchased a building af Eighfh and Cerre Sfreefs. This building was fo be used for classes. A new problem soon faced fhe Brofhers. The small number of Cafholic colleges in fhe Mississippi Valley, and fhe disfances sfudenfs were obliged fo fravel fo affend fhem, indicafed fhe need of a boarding school for young men who wished fo do collegiafe worlr. In I852 fhe original building, af' Eighfh and Cerre, was modified fo accommodafe boarders, and Chrisfian Brofhers College was esfab- lished in fhe form if mainfained for fhe nexf sixfy- five years. Originally called Chrisfian Brofhers Academy, if was for fhe firsf fhree years of ifs exisfence an ele- menfary and secondary school for residenf and day sfudenfs. Af fhe solicifafion of fhe Mosf Reverend Archbishop, collegiafe classes were added in I855, and fhe insfifufion was empowered fo granf fhe academic and liferary degrees usually conferred by universifies of higher learning. Thus, C.B.C. was fhe firsf esfablishmenf of fhe Brofhers in all fhe Americas fo funcfion on fhe collegiafe level. Among fhe names of fhe five charfer members of fhis corporafion fhere is one fhaf will ever be held in benedicfion in Sf. Louis-Brofher Paulian. Then came 'fhe Civil War. The College fided over fhis crisis, b'uf only af fhe cosf of greaf sacri- fices. During fhe enfire period of fhe war, school sessions were confinued wifhouf inferrupfion, de- spife frying inconveniences. Federal froops were quarfered in 'rhe College and as Confederafe pris- oners were confined in adioining buildings, fhe prison guards found if necessary 'lo occupy several of fhe classrooms days and nighf. This made feach- ing rafher difficulf and af fimes very excifing. For fhe sevenfeen years immediafely affer fhe war, fhe College lrepf pace wifh fhe gianf growfh of fhe cify only fo come face fo face wifh anofher problem. The encroachmenfs of business were mal:- ing fhe locafion of fhe College unsuifable for edu- cafional purposes. The old parishes were doomed fo be overrun by facfories and warehouses and fhe people were already moving ouf in ever-increasing numbers. To meef fhis new condifion fhe faculfy purchased a fhirly-acre fracf of land af Easfon Avenue and Kingshighway Boulevard. If was known as Cofe Brillianfe and fhe name ever clung fo fhe second College. A building was begun in I877. ln I882 if was sufficienfly advanced fo allow fhe fransfer of fhe faculfy and fhe sfudenf body. Here Chrisfian Brofhers College grew and prospered for fhirfy-four years. The maiesfic college building sef on fhe highesf poinf in fhe cify, surrounded by groves, beaufiful lawns and playgrounds, was one of fhe show places in a cify famous for ifs many beaufy spofs. Brofhors' School Today - Chrisfian Brofhers Collage ii
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