Loyola University Chicago - Loyolan Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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t 01:1 niversit Tha- history of lhc- univc-rsily is an hislnry of lhv allainmc-nl of thc- iulvals uf lhc- -I1-suils N THE story ot' any institution that deep, ment. it' the university is to suit-4-et-tl it, pt-4, unwritten something to which we have pairing men like these, she herselt' must stand given the name ot' tradition plays an impor- l'll1'lll as one in touch with the past. one who tant part. Especially is this 'fact true ot' uni- eonseryes and honors the great and heantitnl yersities. The age of a huilding or a custom, the legends which have gath- ered about this tree, this spot. form an integral and well-nigh indispensable ' part of student life, and ot' that indetinahle hut highly emphasized quality school spirit. True it is that every student should have a cer- tain feeling of reyerential awe in the presence of oh- jects or habits ot' thought things ot' other days. who I-an arm her sons with weapons Tl'lI'lIPf'I't'll an-l prow-tl in long years ot use. ln this light. Loyola students can well read the ehronicles ot' their univer- sity. and well he proud ot' what they read, In her tliey can see the Q'll2ll'lll2tll ot' centuries ot' t'l11'ihTi21ll ellltllrez p:1l'ticula1'ly can they see lrehinfl her the tour liundred years ot' x -lesuit endeavor in educa- . . . l . , . . and action wlnch are lm- ' tion. I'hey can sce in their mortal or ancient in the uniyersity and the college. Only through a knowledge of the history ot' his institution. and of the multitudinous tales which cluster in the shadow of history, can the student come to that understanding. that love of his alma mfitrr which is among' the precious gifts of the university to the individual, If we sweep away the misty thought of adolescent fooleries and 1nycrenthusiasms, it' we clear away the purely athletic connota- tions which the average American gives to words like Uschool spirit, then the light can shine throughfrevealed will he the worth of tradition. If the university is to send out men with contidence hased on knowledge. courage hased on experience and the convic- tion ot' right, men who feel in hack of them the strength ot men 's achievements in past ages. the continuity of history. thc gradual accumulation of knowledge and accomplish- mother one who has at her disposal riches garnered throughout the years. a coin ever current. and untouched hy thett or lmy economic yieissitude. Focusing their attention on the tradition ot' the Jesuit order in Vliicag-o. they may lu-gin with the tirst settlement ot' t'hit-ago hy the frail hut valiant Marquette. and read the ree- ord of the years till the day-soon after the mitldle ot' the nineteenth centuryvwhen the idea ot' a -lesuit college in the growing city on Lake Michigan took tinal shape. What day that was we do not know. hut certainly it could not haye lteen long' after Father Arnold llamen completed the erection of his church at May and Eleventh streets. and may well have hecn earlier. Father llamen had chosen a location considered quite inadyisahlc by the wisea4-res ot' the day, but. in the space of a few years. he had huilt a thriving' parish with several Q'1'ItH1Ill1l1'

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sc-l11111ls, tl1e 11111'isl1 tl111t was l11ter to be 211110112 tl11- largest and most famous i11 the world- Holy Filllllljf T111-11 11e 111111 his 1J1'01l19l'S 01111111 turn their 1-ft'11rt 111111 11tte11ti1111 t11 the task 1'11r whi1'-11 Ig1111tius 111111 i11te11de1,l l1is sons-tl1e e11l1eati1111 111- youth. '1'11e Q,'l'1lll11l1 was 1l1'11li1111 1111' ll IIGXV 111111111112 i11 IHUS1. 111111 1111 June 311. 18711. tl11- State 111' Illi1111is g'1'2llllt'L1 il 1'11i11'T1'1' to St. Ignatius C111- lege. The 1111111's 11111-111-11 1111 SOl11t'Ul1M'1' 5. the s111111- year, to s11111e 1111l'1y stu11e11ts. I1l1l'll1Q' 111211 5211110 year tl11- S11l111'Il1 111111y rose i11 num- 11er to 11i111-ty-111111-. The next year 21 first 1111- 1111111iti1-s 1-lass was 111-g1111, but 1111otl1er event 111' greater 1.211110 i11 1111' liistory of tl1e 1-oll1-ge 111111 111' tl11- 1-ity 111-1-11rr1-11 112ll'0lj' Z1 1111111111 later. 1111 H1-111111-1' 9, tl1e 1'a11l1-11 eow 111- Mrs. 11'l11-111'y 1111-111-11 over 11111 12lll1l'I'll 111111 the t.'l1i1-11g1,1 1i1'1- was raging witl11111t 1'll1'i'1i. '1'l11- 1-11l11'g'1' itself Qs1'11111-11 the 1i1'eft111'1111lg11 1111- 111715-l'l'S 111' F211llt'I' 13111111-11. 111'-e111'11i11g t11 21 well-autl11-11ti1-ate11 story-11ut 1,1lII'1llg1 tl111se 1l11ys 111' eat11str111111e St. Ignatius was 21 1'C1'llQl' 1111' 1111- 11111111-less 111111 1'111's11lie11 11e11111e of 1111- 11ist1'i1-t. .X1.1l'I' 1111- tire itself was 1,11'er. it still 1'l1I'1l1Sll1'1,1 Z1 11111111- litbl' tl11- 11l'1,11112ll'f' 111' tl1e 11111- 1-ese, whose l111111e 111111 1-at11e111'11l 111111 110011 lost, till tl11- ravages w1-r1- l'vl121II'1'l1, '1l1I11St' tirst few years 11111 lll11'1lL1illl1't' 11t 1111' 1-11111-ge 1ll1'1't'1lSCt1 stea1lily. 'l'he 1'11DS1llQ exer- 1-is1-s were i11 112ll'11l'1ll21l' 1111ta11ly 11o1111l111'. The first t1t'Q'l'1'l', ll11XY1'YCl'. was 11111 gI1'illI1t'1,1 until 1111111-, 18721. 11'lll'11 Mr. I'11i1i11 -1. Reilly was IIIQII11' il Blaster 111' Arts. I11 tl1e 111ea11wl1ile. Fa- ther 1'1N1Sl'lllil1lS 111111 s111-1,-1-1-111-11 tl11- 11llSf' F11- ther 11t1Illt'1l 11s 111'1-si1l1-111. l1lll'l1lQ' 11is 1111111111- 141111111111 the S111111lity 111' U111' l,111,ly. 1111- 111111-st 111' 1-11111-ge 111-tivities. 111111. i11 the i1le11l, 1111- 1-1-1111-1' 111111 111l'1'1'1ll1Q' 1'11l'l'l' 1'11r 2111 tl1e rest. was 1111111111-11 i11 1111- 1-11111-ge. ilvlll' origins 111' Hlilllj' 111' tl11- 111'QQ21llIZl1lIHllS that 1111w 111-1-1111y the 11111-11ti1111 111' 8111410111 111111 1-il1'1111f' 1-1111 111- 111111111 i11 t1111s1- early years. i111lPl'l' was 1111- 1'111'ys11s111111i1111 111-1111ti11g Sovi- ety, 2ll11't'S111l' 111. 1111 1111- li1ll't'l1S11' ill1K'IIl111S. El 1111-1':11-1' s111-i1-tv, 21 St'1l'lll111f' 111-11111-mv. 21 011111111 1-11111. T111- real 11111'1111s1-s 111. the s1-1111111 were 11111. 1l1lX1't'Yl'l', 1.11l'Q'1ll1t'll. 111 IS711, 1111- tirst 11e- grees i11 1'11l11'S1' were given to Z1 1-lass 1111 se1'1-11. '1'111- 1'11111'g'1' was, ll211llI'2l11j', 1-111111111'te1,1 1111 1111- lines 111. illly Jesuit 1-11111-ge. '1'l11- earliest liilvllliy l'lP111211111'f1 111'111'ess111's 111' l'lnglis11. Latin, Greek, German and aritlimetie Cas well as a prefect of discipline, we are toldj. It was almost ten years after tl1e foundation of the eollege that the course was lengtliened to seven years. and tl1e degree of Bachelor ot' S1-ienee i11troduee1l. As the i11stitutio11 grew i11 1llll1l1J01'S and prestige, the faculty was i11- ereasecl. and tl1e activities wi11e11e1,l their seope. And the 111111113013 and prestige did i11- ereaseg at one COI'l1Il1t'l1CE'H10l11' i11 tl1e '80's, 2111 2l1't'l11JIS1l01J, two bishops, tl1irty-seven members of tl1e 1-lergy and tl1e mayor of tl1e city were I11'0SCl11 on tl1e stage. Tl1e I'l1CIH1JC1'S of the 1-ity eouneil 11l'OlHISt'd to attend i1l101l101' i11 a body. By 1937, the stu111-nts H1lIIl1J01'CLl over 1100, tl1e faculty 11i11etee11. I11 tl1e 111-xt year, the 11111-111 si11e collegiate sel1o11l-the first ex- tension ot' tl11- 1-11111-ge-was 11111-111-11. It was situate1l 1111 1121 Salle str1-et, near North ave- 11119, 211111 Closed at tl1e 1-1111 of tl1e seeond year wl11-11 tl1e L'l1I'01lII01l1 was sixty. Ill that same year, there was 1'ou1111e11 tl1e first 111' tl1e student l1lI1J11C'H1IOl1S-2111 eight- page IHZIIJCI' 1-alle11 E11.sf1-1' C'l1i1111-S. Other aetiy- ities 1-111111111-111-1-1,1 t1111t year-11 l1I'illH2l11C 011111 111111 2111 at111eti1- ass111-iatio11 were t'ou1111e11. 111111 tl1e st1111e11ts' l11JI'il1'j' 211111 tl1e 111-olytes' 1i11rary were 1-11111111111-1,1 to 1'11rn1 an 0lllil1'QQL1 eolleg1- 1l1J1'2ll'j', 15021111 some fifteen ye111's before, 111111 111-sti11e1.l to he l111us1-11 1-ve11tua1ly-at least a part Ill. itfin tl1e lC1iza11e111 M. UIILIHIIB' 111en111- rial 1l1JI'2l1'j'. Thus St. 12112111118 f'11ll1-ge grew, with set- 1J21t'1iS 111111 1liftieulti1-s. 111' eourse, l1ut with 1-011- Sli1Il1ly IlI!'l't'ilSIllQ i1111111rt1111ee i11 tl1e Ciltlltlllt' lite 111' tl1e 1-ity. At the silver jubilee of tl11- 1'11l1UQfl'. it was esti111at1-11 tl111t some 1500 stu- 1,1e11ts 111111 I11ilfl'lf'l11il1Qt1, of whom sixty-nine 112111 1-o11111let1-11 11111 1-11urse 111111 1'L'ti'0lVE'l1 their 111-g1'e1-s. 111111 111' wl111111 1i1'ty-11i111- others were 1'llQ'21Qt'l1 i11 tl11- work ot' tl11- 111-iestl1111g111. That same year, 18515, saw tl1e 0l'0l'l'l0ll of tl1e 11ew 1-11111-ge l1ui11li11g. Twtlilj' part ot' St. Ignatius Iligh S1'1lOO1. 111 1111- l1t'X1 1.11'1'i1l1l' 111' s11 tl1e 1-ollege r1-111-111-11 tl11- 11111-x 111' its glory under Father llenry 111111111111-11. It was t1lll'IllQ his t1-1-111 that the Nl. I111111l1'us I'11N1-yz'1111, 11ireet 11roge11itor 111' T111 Lflllflllll Q1lIll'fII'1'If, was first pu11lisl1e11. 211111 the 0l'f'1ll'S1I'il. t1111, 111111 its origin i11 tl111s1- 11ilyS. .Ks 1'or the general fame of tl1e College 111111 its aetiyities. we 1'ea11 in one l'QC01'112