La Salle University - Explorer Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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C ONHNH EXPLORINGS FACULTY SENIORS UNDERCLASSES ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVITIES SPORTS PATRONS ADVERTISERS

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obtained largely through the efforts of Bishop Wood. The celebration of this anniversary of the founding of the college was begun with a special Mass celebrated at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul by His Eminence, D. Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadelphia. The Diamond Jubilee Year of the college was featured by a campaign which was initiated to secure funds with which to purchase the ten acres of ground adjoining the college on the east. A committee consisting of outstanding Catholic laymen in Phila- delphia was in charge of this campaign. A special committee visited every church in the city. As a result of the Diamond Jubilee Drive, the Brothers were able to purchase the ground which was so urgently needed, and thus to expand further the college campus. While the college was thus progressing, the preparatory school likewise enjoyed a great increase in attendance after moving to its new site. So great, in fact, did the increase in enrollment become, that it was necessary, in the fall of 1939, to reopen the old Bouvier Mansion as the La Salle College Central High School. This year, another important step in the progress and growth of La Salle has been taken. Early in the spring, work was begun on John McShain Hall. This latest addition to La Salle College will be a residence building for faculty and students. Except for a fund of $10,000 raised by the alumni and friends of the college, credit for planning, constructing, and paying for this building must go to Mr. John McShain. It was due primarily to the efforts of Brother Francis Patrick, Brother F. John, and Brother E. Anselm that the construction of the building was begun. Among the prominent graduates of La Salle College may be found four Bishops, more than twenty Monsignori, a host of pastors, and innumerable priests, doctors, lawyers, teachers, and leaders in every branch of human endeavor. The most recent instance of the elevation of an alumnus to the rank of Bishop took place in the spring of this year, when Joseph M. Corrigan, D.D., LL.D., Rector of the Catholic University of America, was raised to the episcopacy. Thus has La Salle College risen on the academic sky-line of Philadelphia — an eloquent tribute to the work of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Arts and Science Buildings

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f ft t W ft D In publishing the first La Salle College Year Book, the Seniors hope to add some small contribution to the progress of La Salle. In these pages, we have striven to capture just a brief glimpse into the rushing, swirling, ever changing torrent of activities that was our Senior Year. Let future classes take up where we have begun: let them elaborate upon this simple beginning to make the Ex- plorer a tradition worthy of La Salle. To us it has been given to take the initial step; having launched this proud and glistening new bark upon its uncertain way, we now entrust its fate to the Seniors of the future. May the spirit of progress that has motivated every La Salle undertaking continue to thrive and to produce improvements that will cause our humble enterprise to shrink into insignificance. That the growth of this institution may never cease, that the La Salle spirit of progress may continue unabated in all its characteristically fiery zeal and indomitable, unflagging vigor, we dedicate our efforts in producing the first Explorer ....