Loyola University Maryland - Evergreen / Green and Gray Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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tatorian and he took as his subject: Cardinal Gibbons, Priest and Patriot.” John Jacob Coniff was the Valedictory speaker who used as his theme: “Pope Benedict XV, Pontiff of Peace.” Those who were graduated and who received the degree of Bachelor of Arts were Roger Joseph Blankfard, Robert Emmett Bradley, Clarence Joseph Caulfield, John Jennings Clark, Arthur Adams Coniff, John Jacob Coniff, Robert Aloysius Coolahan, Frank Rosario Di Paula, Kenneth Leo Graham, William Davenport Hodges, Edward Aloysius Kerr, Thomas George Marcin, Andrew Paul Menton, Carroll Albert Read, William Joseph Sweeney and Ferdinand Cornelius Sybert. The First Commencement Was Held in Front of the New College The coveted diplomas were awarded amidst the cheering and applause of the graduates’ friends and fellow students and then came the distribution of the medals and prizes which were awarded to the few fortunate. Immediately after the ceremonies, the Alumni held a reunion at which the newly graduated were welcomed into the Alumni Association. Edw. J. Brannan, 1924. 12

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of them deliver the commencement speeches. They were thrilled again when they heard the Archbishop declare that if Loyola had so trained her sons that they would take their place as leaders in the world, “then thank God for Loyola and for the Class of 1922.” His Grace in his address to the graduates spoke upon the necessity of higher Catholic education. He congratulated the students upon enjoying such advantages. He referred humorously to the fact that the college had awarded a prize to a young man for his ability to impersonate a woman. He referred to George R. Gibson, who was awarded a medal for his splendid imper- sonation of Lady Macbeth in the annual college play. The ceremony of breaking the ground took place before the commencement exercises. Preceded by St. Mary’s Industrial School Band, the graduates and pro- fessors of Loyola, and the Archbishop, accompanied by the Rev. Joseph A. Archbishop Curley, Fr. McEneany and the Class of 1922 McEneany, S. J., rector of the College and Father McDonnell, S. J., marched to the site of the new Science Building. There a small patch of earth with a grass cross in the center had been marked out. Int o this earth, while every one looked on, me Archbishop plunged the spade. As soon as His Grace had tossed the earth aside, the spade was handed to Mr. George C. Jenkins, the donor of the building. Mr. Frank O’Brien, president of the Alumni Association, delivered a speech in which he visualized the new Loyola with its new buildings including the $200,000 Gymnasium, which is to be the gift of the Alumni Association. The proposed Group of Buildings, which will include a Chapel will go to make up a beautifu architectural monument. At the commencement exercises the A.rchbishop, the members of the faculty and the graduates sat on the portico of the beautiful Garrett mansion, v;hich is now being used as the administration building. The audience sat beneath a tent on the lawn. William Joseph Sweeney was salu- 11

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Laying of the Corner Stone of the New Science Building HE afternoon of November 7, 1922, was a memorable one in the life of Loyola College. The event of that afternoon will stand out in the history of the new and greater Loyola. On this day, in the presence of His Grace, the Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore, in the midst of students, members of the faculty, and friends of the college, was laid the cornerstone of the new Science Building at Loyola College, Evergreen. Those present that afternoon witnessed a very simple but withal a most important ceremony. It was an occasion that marked a far-reaching development in the new life of Loyola ; another step by our esteemed Alma Mater to a position of commanding influence. They certainly felt proud, did the sons of Loyola who were on hand tha memorable afternoon; proud to see their Alma Mater rise amid most ideal sur- roundings and go forth to future greatness. Leading up to the laying of the cornerstone, we recall the blessing of the site and the breaking of the ground for the Science Building, which took place on Commencement Day, June 12, 1922. With the propitious aid of the elements, work on the new building progressed rapidly and the foundation having assumed definite form we come to the laying of the cornerstone. Rarely had Evergreen looked more charming than on the afternoon of November 7, 1922. The surrounding country had assumed that melancholy beauty characteristic of the last days of autumn and the mild rays of the sun striking the stately Garrett mansion disclosed the beautiful features of Evergreen. The fine weather and large and appreciative gathering combined to make the event a notable one. The crowd that visited Evergreen that afternoon came not, however, to view its autumnal beauty. Their attention was attracted by a mass of stone and steel girders; about this they spread in a wide semi-circle. For here was the seat of a future nursery of learning and they had come to witness the laying of its cornerstone. The commencement of the ceremony scheduled for 4.30 P. M. was eagerly awaited by everyone. Over in the administrative building groups of students could be seen strolling about. Presently an approaching motorcar indicated the arrival of the distinguished orator of the occasion, Mr. James A. Flaherty, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus. This was a signal for all to be in readiness and the procession was quietly formed. The entire student body, followed by 13