College of the Holy Cross - Purple Patcher Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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alll ri if fill!! I - - Old Holy Cross Holy Cross grew from a small school known as Mt. St. Iames, which was founded in 1838 by Father F itton, an active worker in education throughout Massachusetts. He gave the institution into the care of Bishop Fenwick, who deeded it, together withthe adjoining land, to the Iesuits. In 1843, Holy Cross, the first Catholic college in New England, was founded. The old frame build- ing, which was its first home was demolished by fire in 1852. The students and faculty were provided with temporary quarters by the generosity of the people of Worcester, until a new structure could be completed. This building became the nucleus of what is now O'Kane and Fenwick. Through the years that followed, rapid improvements were made and the institution steadily grew in size. Its reputation was enhanced by the type of training which became characteristic of the College. Alumni was built within the past twenty-five years and the remaining buildings followed in rapid suc- cession. The first step in the program of expansion was accomplished with the completion of the Memorial Chapel. Three years ago, the magnilicent structure which crowns the Hill, the Dinand Library, was completed. The

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