Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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BISHOP PATRICK A. McGOVERN. Bishop P. A. McGovern graduated from the Creighton College of Arts and Sciences in 1901. He at one time served as pastor in the old St. Philomena ' s Cathe- dral and St. Peter ' s Parishes when he was very active in Creighton affairs. On Janu- ary 18, 1912, he was appointed Bishop of Cheyenne Diocese, and now resides at he bishopric at Cheyenne, Wyoming. President Fitzgerald ' s administration the first college class, that of 1891, was graduated. In 1892 the College of Medicine was opened, offering the first of the university ' s professional courses to the public. The college began with a three-year medical course in accordance with the prevailing standard of the times, but in 1894 the requirements were raised to four years. The Creighton College of Medicine was the first institution in the west to require a [ Page 25 }

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DR. J. S. FOOTE. For thirty-three years professor and research professor at Creighton, Dr. }. S. Foote left behind an enviable record not only in his vocation, which was medicine, and more particularly bone structure, but also in his avocations of music and poetry. Announcement was recently made of plans for the post- humous publication of his last work, which wilt include within its pages thorough discussions on Bone as a Measurement of Development and When and How We Acquire our Teeth. that St. John ' s church and the first additions to the modest college building were constructed; and it was under Father Dowling that the observatory, which was destined to add so much lustre to the names of Creighton and Father Rigge, was built. All of these projects were financed in their entirety by John A. Creighton. Father Dowling ' s term expired in 1889, and he turned over his office to the Rev. Thomas S. Fitzgerald, S. J. During [ Page 24 ]

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REV. FRANCIS CASSILLY, S. J. Rev. Francis Cassilly, S. ., who is this year celebrating his golden anniversary in the Jesuit order, has been a prominent member of the Creighton faculty for many years. Since being retired from active teaching several years ago, Father Cassilly has devoted his time to the pastorate of St. Benedict ' s Negro church, which he founded in 1919. Father Cassilly is the author of several religious text books which are now in use in many Catholic schools and colleges throughout the country. four-year course for graduation. In 1897 the medical school moved into its permanent home at Fourteenth and Davenport streets. In the meantime Mr. Creighton had completed St. Joseph ' s Hospital, with the stipulation that the clinical facili- ties of the hospital should forever be reserved for the use of the University students of medicine. With its own building and clinic, the future of the medical college was assured. During the mid-nineties, Creighton, in common with the rest of the agrarian west, fell upon hard times and the pinch of want was felt so hard that the advisability of closing the school was seriously considered. But just when the tragedy of defeat [ Page 26 ]