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

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The Alumni Gymnasium and the campaign continued throughout the year. The cornerstone was laid on June 9 of the follow- ing year. The gymnasium was originally planned as a structure with two main floors. On the first floor, a basketball court and ample floor space for other sports was planned. The second floor would have consisted in an indoor track and gallery suspended from the sides of the gym- nasium. The original plan also included lounges, billiard rooms and an alumni library adjoining the first and second floors. Provision was made for a swimming pool in the basement. Unexpected difficulties in construction pre- vented the full realization of this goal. The plans were altered to call for only one main floor to the gymnasium and the west side was constructed of brick so that an alumni wing may be added when additional funds are raised. This wing will give the gymnasium an “L” shape and will enable the alumni to observe games in progress on the athletic field. The gymnasium was com- pleted in the Spring of 1925 with the exception of the swimming pool and a room adjoining it, both of which were left uncompleted. Athletic facilities were further expanded in 1927, when the Rev. Thomas ]. Love, S.J., laid the four asphalt tennis courts opposite the south end of the Faculty Residence. The last major addition to the campus was made in 1929. Cramped facilities in the Science Building made it necessary chat another building house the growing collection of books and pro- vide additional classroom space. Mr. and Mrs. George C. Jenkins offered the funds necessary for the new building. Shortly after their offer, Mrs. Jenkins died and Mr. Jenkins asked chat the new building be named in her honor. Lucius R. White, Jr., who also designed the gymnasium and the Science Building, was archi- 22

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lot on which it was located was no longer avail- able to the parish. The dismantled sections were transported to Evergreen and reassembled here as a small chapel. The fapade was redesigned in the half-timber Tudor style in order to harmonize with the architecture of the Faculty Building. The Chapel was placed to the east of the Science Building and dedicated, as was its predecessor, to Saint Francis Xavier. Twelve stained windows were placed in the new Chapel ; the six on the left commemorating the six alumni who gave their lives in the first World War; the six on the right commemorating six alumni who died in the Society of Jesus. The seating capacity was little more than 150, but this was ample for the small enrollment which the college had at that time. As soon as the completion ot the Science Building was in sight. Father McEneany began to plan for the erection of a gymnasium which would be placed behind the athletic field which had just been laid out. In March of 1923, he asked the Rev. Eugene DeF. McDonnell, S.J., Chaplain of the college, to prepare an alumni campaign which would obtain funds for a $100,- 000 gymnasium. The campaign opened on April 28. Archbishop Curley subscribed the first $1,000 and the immediate enthusiasm of the alumni led Father McDonnell to increase the goal to $200,000. Ground was broken on June 12, 1924, First Students ' Chapel 21

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The Kate Key Jenkins Library Building, Begun June 11, 1928, and Completed Early in 1929 23