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

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made ready and which would be sufficient for the athletic needs of the greater Loyola to come. The task of raising the necessary funds was given to the alumni, who enthusiastically took up the work. It was at first planned to raise $100,000, to which Archbishop Curley subscribed the first thousand dollars. These were the plans of the college when Evergreen, Jr. again found herself the seat of scholarly labors. An ambitious program, no doubt, but one which has in great part already been fulfilled, and which augurs well of early con- summation. On September 25th the new school year was formally inaugurated by Rev. Father Rector, who gave an inspiring address to the students in the library. After the reading of the class lists, the students repaired to their respective class-rooms to meet the teachers who were to guide them through the year. It is gratifying to note that the second freshman class at Evergreen is the largest in the history of the college. This class is especially noteworthy in that the new matriculates came, not only from the College High School but also from other High Schools where the influence of Loyola had hitherto been little felt. On Tuesday, September 26th, the Mass of the Holy Ghost was celebrated by Rev. Father Rector in the new chapel. The debating society held its first meeting for the current year October 2nd and elected officers for the first semester. They were: Mr. Delea, 1923, President; Mr. Kirby, 1924, Vice-President and Mr. O’Brennan, 1925, Secretary. The next day the first Sodality meeting was addressed by the Dean as moderator. At the election following, Mr. Maurice King was chosen as Prefect, Mr. Kirby and Mr. Horigan as Assistant Prefects, Mr. J. Menton as Secretary, and Mr. George Gibson as Sacristan. On October 17th, Col. Russell C. Langdon, of the Adjutant General’s Depart- ment, U. S. A., informed the students of the opportunities then offered of securing commissions in the regular army and gave them a very frank estimate of the soldier’s life. On October 25th the annual retreat was opened under the direction of Rev. Thomas 1. Gasson, S. J., of Georgetown University. The retreat closed the follow- ing Saturday, October 28th, with Mass at 8.30 by Rev. Fr. Rector. Breakfast followed in the dining room, at which Mr. O’Neill, president of Senior Class and of the Athletic Association, asked for the whole-hearted support of the athletic teams and pledged whatever prowess we might attain to the greater honor of the college. On October 31st, the members of Freshman and of 1st year Pre-medical classes started a campaign among their friends to raise funds to purchase a solid silver and gold ostensorium for the College Chapel. A short time later the desired amount was obtained and the ostensorium ordered from Europe. Tuesday, November 7th saw the laying of the corner stone of the Jenkins Science Building at 3.30 P. M., details of which will be found elsewhere in the Annual. 19

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The second year is to be, no less than the first, a year of achievement. It is to see the fruition of the plans so carefully laid last year and the inception and completion of no less important undertakings. The students returned to see the new Chemistry building, the first of Loyola’s projected group of buildings, rising from the ground. The College was greatly in need of an additional building and funds had been provided for its erection by the beneficence of Mr. Jenkins. The architect was instructed to spare no time A Few Steps From the Science Building or pains on the plans in order to make this at once the most beautiful and best equipped chemistry building in the East. Situated at the south west edge of the campus, paralleling the Elizabethan garden, the building will make a most imposing appearance. Built in the collegiate Gothic style, it Is representative of the splendid group of buildings which, please God, will in time surround the campus and which will make of Loyola a dominant figure in the Catholic educa- tional life of the state. Scarcely had the completion of the Jenkins Chemistry building in time for the year 1923-1924 been assured, when Father Rector turned his attention to the erection of a gymnasium to be in keeping with the athletic field which he had 18

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On Wednesday evening, November 22nd, Father Ayd presented at the old college theatre and gymnasium his annual entertainment for the benefit of the Athletic Association. The next day Father Finegan, Father Hargadon and Mr. Reinhalter transferred their residence to Evergreen, being the first Jesuits to reside in the old Garrett mansion. This is an important event in the history of the College, marking as it does, the second step in the separation of college and high school. On the evening of December 1st, an enjoyable entertainment was given at Evergreen, the Freshman Class acting as host. Friday, the 21st, was the day of dismissal for the Christmas holidays. The students returned on January 5th, The Chapel the Students Furnished with the dark prospect of the midyear examinations before them. The month’s repetition, however, brought back to them their errant knowledge and the majority entered light-heartedly into the usual celebration at the close of this trying period which was held on Friday, February 2nd, at the Southern Hotel. On January 9th, Rev. Paul J. Sandalgi, Pastor of St. Athanasius’ Church, Curtis Bay, gave a very interesting talk on the History of Russia and especially on the immediate causes of the Revolution. Afterwards he answered questions by students on this important though little known subject. 20