College of St Scholastica - Towers Yearbook (Duluth, MN)

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l CUNTENTS College The Golden jubilee F acul ty l deals Senzors Classes Actwztzes Atlzlettcs 'f Annals Qiilff 1 5 s hfwr f Immed1ate1y after the accred1t1ng of the college the number of students 1ncreased so rap1dly that enlarged space became agam a pr1mary need Bmldmg was commenced and m 1928 Tower Hall was com pleted thus doub11ng ava1lable floor space In 1934 congest1on was agam so acute that an extensrve bu1ld1ng program was planned The new structures mcluded a res1dence hall the Chapel of Our Lady Queen of Peace and the College L1brary Rockhurst AUd1tOf1Um and the ClO1SCEfS connectmg the mam bulldlngs and serv1ng as Solana The latest bu1ld1ng opened last semester and unnamed as yet houses the bowhng alleys tearoom and post oflice Surely growth has been rap1d The curr1cula have been enr1ched new curr1cula have been added bu1ld1ngs have mult1pl1ed the number of graduates has 1ncreased year by year These graduates are now employed ID almost every state 1n the Un1on or are marr1ed The Bened1ct1ne S1sters may well look w1th grat1tude and pr1de on the1r splend1d ach1evement ln the cause of h1gher educamon srnce the1r estab11shment 1n Duluth fifty years ago gs V. - puff- .-. : J ' ' slv ' , 1 A X In V .. f J . lf: Z -- T ' , -N :L-If r , fu-Q ' ' .vr - Q , . - YHA ' 'EW W al .H f 3--7 up Q, --Z., ji, , f t' j 5 fi - A rs: .. J L' - ,ff'Lj,7' 1, '- . . . .. I '.'-' lg -Q N211 i':?'?' M . - 3- 2: -553. ' ' H 4 .g3s j . 3. 'ig .F- irr f' , ff Af ' -- F , ., ' '- , 4 1 ' W ll LQ ffl 1 , . , - ' .. . J- F' 1 ,Q gf - . j 5.12323 5 Q . sr' fl 'W T l !Q. 1..i'j l -if 3 ,Z Y .V V V , A g -g,-pu, '14 . gg. K ' , -es, ' ' ' ' - 1 il ' , - ' '. ' ' f- V if p.. er l 1' , 5 'vw W 1 ' f 3 r-fm-Q,,,:, Y, T 1, l sf' -' V' ff ' s ,il L 'f ' - - 'i 1' 'i ,f se- 15 'f' -Ma' T ' ' f o - , .Q ,f if of N A 4 V ,E ll T155-. , V :af I L ' Q T-lg m uid gp . .. , ,H ,, ' Tj: N ,l -,, r - 1 ,- . A ' f N -' ' if A f' v' -2 . s .2', ,rv .' ' ' - ' ' ' , ' I 1 1 ' ,, V. L- ,. A , 41 , - 1 , ,qv . , NW- , , ...L ' - F -1- . ,, ' f - 's '-,'2'?'s-g- 4 .4--f -'rtfvp -. Y - J-s ,. ,Lf ,s -., , i 1-1 'If' .. ' 'TFC wx' 145 -. ,., .- r V-' va ' 7 o , T , . 1 1 , . 1 a a 1 - a - Q 1 , .

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A 5 5--X -Zn N'-' y X4 wiwafi ' -...W-,1 - -, . ' 'fzf W3 .wp 1 - 1 Qt 1. in fl -Q--'Kwik ' - . ' ' tts J TT-if 'Ji' 'iff Wi ' ffl' - ' ,U affix . it 'll' 'Y l rW5if'7f, fl' x, n n n 'GO all the BCH6Cl1Ctlrle 34155 Q 1 1 ,,,,- .1A.. , if 4, if . 1, , .I ,..., ,. I Y 1,, , M 3,15 14-lgfllfj lm, my Sisters of Duluth to whose prayer, labor and ' , ?' A,,' Ze: 4 m y ,., Z , 'ff ,. ' ,, 'Z ,' if ' ' ' f':, SHCHHCSS we Owe S0 much: ' 1 5.22 31 . was- 'Q-e an 1. WNUSZTQT r'r' 1 ai -mf' . . . faff. 1 'Q : . . M 'X -D f ...l Especially to Mother Scholastica who planted the , 4 . is '- '-1 4 F j ,.,. ij ,,.. f:,,,-Q, 1' ,'5'f?vj,:M hrst seeds and to Mother Agnes, our President, f' Egf ' f EQ'f-i9f,4f6ra-l' .',f w if 'fi .g f I if 'l' V 'Q .W 'f -',' ' - ,l who developed and expanded the College of St. ai 'T g' f, .lgl Mfr? . . . -5 I o f .fs i s 1. yi Scholastica to its present high status: We, the . il l P' 5 4 ly . . is C- 1 - 1 1 Seniors ratefully dedicate -' l ZTf,-rf: f . if ll , lg A -9-11 '- 'llllllll 12 ll f f ' If e aweza . ig ll R - .f NINETEEN - FORTY ' TWO ' T -ww-V..lJE.,Ti Astronomy, Geology, and Chemistry are designated as optional. At this date, evidently, vocational trends were not in the foreground. Women of fifty years ago were educated for the home, we are told, and for the enjoyment of leisure. Preparation was for larger living and the thought expressed in this verse from The Sermon on the Mount, Is not the life more than the meat and the body more than the raimant? Thinking of other educational institutions of today, akin to our college, might we not express the query, Have we perhaps drifted too far from the solid standards indicated in the modest offering of half a century ago? Be that as it may, we venture the guess that Colette Miller and Sophia Pember had reason to rejoice in the knowledge which earned for them the honor of graduation at the Lyceum Theatre, Duluth. Limited additions were made to the Sacred Heart Institute as the number of students increased and the need for additional laboratory, library, and living space was felt. However, it soon became evident that space for outdoor activities would have to be considered as well as further housing facilities. The Sisters purchased a stretch of rolling farm land, overlooking Lake Superior, in 1902, and four years later decided that it would be a favorable location for the construction of a new academy and later, perhaps, a college. Plans were drawn up, quarrying of stone was begun, truck loads of cement were hauled to the site over deeply rutted dirt roads and late in 1906 the construction of the Villa began. The work of construction went on rapidly for the period and late in the summer of 1909 we quote The new college and academy opens its doors on September 7 1909 Thus was the first prospective college planned on paper at least By 1915 the trolley line had extended to Ninth Street and Kenwood Road in 1924 to Kenwood Park past the Villa This latter extension though seemingly unimportant was exceedingly important in the develop ment of the college It was in September 1912 that the Sisters decided to attempt a definite step upward scholastically speaking by admitting students to junior college work At this time there was no college in Duluth There was it is true a state normal school offering a two years teacher training course but junior colleges as we know them today had not yet been thought of by most communities Of course the Villa s offering was unpretentious but the work was substantial centering as it did around Religion Philosophy Mathematics Greek Latin and English and the natural sciences In 1914 there were eight college students in 1918 there were just thirteen girls and five Sisters in the college Small in size its achievement was valuable for it was in 1918 that it received the accreditation of the University of Minnesota on a two year basis The upward step had proved a success A new wing was erected in 1919 and in 1921 an attractive gymnasium building was constructed In 1924 the offering in college was expanded to include the four years of liberal arts In 1925 forty eight students were registered at junior and senior college levels Small as the number was examiners from the University of Minnesota accredited the college in all departments in which a major sequence was offered In june 1926 degrees were conferred for the first time upon two students Misses Frances Sarazen and Eleanor Solon both of Superior Wisconsin 7 9 . . . 5, 7 9 3 . ,., . , . . 7 7 ' 1 a ' 9 9 , . . 7 7 1 . . . , . 5 7 9 2 9 3 7 9 ' 'I . , , 1 3 . ' 1 ' 3 5 9 3 3 3 '

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