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

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The annual retreat began on Monday of Holy Week, April 14. The exer- cises were conducted by Rev. William Stanton, S. J. A temporary altar was erected in the Assembly Hall, where the various exercises of the retreat were held and Mass offered every morning at nine o’clock. The Mass of Communion was offered by Rev. Father Rector, after which the students breakfasted in the library, and indulged in the usual speeches and cheers. There followed the Easter Recess until Friday, April 25. A beautiful May shrine is set up in the Assembly Hall, through the artistic efforts of Messrs. Gibson and Spellissy of Freshman Class. May devotions are being held each day at the beginning of the noon recreation. May 7, Rector’s Day. The Class Presidents called on him to offer the good wishes of the students and an expression of their appreciation of all he had done for the welfare of Loyola. Wednesday, May 21, the Annual Public Debate of the Loyola Literary Union was held at the College Hall, Calvert Street. The debaters were Messrs. Coolahan and Watson, for the affirmative, and Messrs. McWilliams and O’Brennan, for the negative. The judges awarded the medal to Mr. Watson. Wednesday, May 28, is scheduled for the Oratorical Contest. There will be solemn closing of the month of May on Saturday May 31st, with sermon by Father Delihant and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament by Rev. Father Rector. Examinations which are to begin that same day will continue during the ensuing week. Pentecost Sunday, June 8, will be the general communion in honor of St. Aloysius. Breakfast will be served on the lawn. Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- day evenings will be devoted to the festivities of a garden party. Thursday, June 12, at 4 P. M., ground will be broken for the new gymnasium. Commence- ment exercises will follow on the College Campus. 20

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The second semester opened on February 2. The students gathered in the Assembly Hall and listened to the reading of examination results. Father Rector gave his first address to the students in their new college home and his encouraging remarks were heard with attentive appreciation. February 29 brought the annual College Prom, held in the Southern Hotel, for the benefit of the Baseball Association. It was one of the most successful social events conducted by the students for many a long day. The outstanding event in March was the novena in honor of St. Francis Xavier. As every Baltimorean knows The Novena is the big religious service of the city. It was quite appropriate that the first religious service to be held in the new building should be in honor of Baltimore’s favorite saint and the patron of our own chapel. April 1st, the weather man fooled us all with eleven inches of snow, and this, too, as the first flowers of spring were appearing. Organic Chemistry Laboratory 19

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§mm ClaHB The Class gf 1924 N the evening of June 14th, 1920, twenty-seven eager young men received the diploma which certified that “they had completed the prescribed course of studies in Loyola High School, had satisfied the usual requirements for admission to College, and had therefore been admitted without condition to the Freshman Class of Loyola College.” Of the twenty-seven, twelve returned in September: Edward Brannan, Peter Coughlin, Roger Davis, Leonard Doran, William Hisky, Irving Hoen, 21