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

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EVERGREEN’S CHAPEL FROM THE ARCHITECT’S DRAWING died thousand dollars was the esti- mated cost. By November, Father Bunn and the alumni had raised one hundred thousand dollars each, and in December Mr. Charles M. Cohn bequeathed an additional one hundred thousand dollars. By early 1947 it appeared that the remaining sum would be quickly gathered and actual construction would start in shoi t order. Rising costs soon changed the picture. The gap between funds, pledged or on hand, and the amount needed steadily increased. When Father Talbot suc- ceeded Father Bunn later in the year, the goal had not yet been reached. Ground is broken in 1949 Father Talbot attacked the problem with the same determination as had his predecessor. Despite the fact that the original estimate was increased by more than half, he was able to an- nounce by July, 1949, that permission to build had been received. In an auspicious ceremony on October 9, 1949, His Excellency the Most Rev- erend Francis P. Keough. Archbishop of Baltimore, turned the first spadeful of earth at the chapefs inauguration. Less than a month later, the contract was awarded to John McShain, Inc. and construction work began promptly. The edifice, which is expected to be completed by September, 1950, will be the dominant building on the cam- pus. Mr. Gaiidreau’s architectural plans call for a building of striking and rich Gothic design, with a location on the highest point of the hilly campus. Its walls of seam-faced granite will be easily visible throughout Evergreen and the surrounding area. The en- trance to the chapel itself is on an upper level, while on the north side, at a lower level, is the entrance to the basement auditorium, originally in- cluded in the plans. The auditorium, named for Mr. Charles M. Cohn, seats five hundred and fifty and the chapel six hundred and twenty-five. The new cruciform structure occupies eleven thousand square feet of Ever- green ' s terra firnia. AFTER BLESSING THE SITE WITH ST. FRANCIS XAVIER’S ARM, CONSTRUCTION BEGAN

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Our Lady’s Chapel of Evergreen Loyola pays lasting tribute to her twenty-eight sons, who gave their lives for a better world. For every Jesuit-Boy, the Chapel on the Campus is his starting point. Here he eommunes with his God. ... It is here, more than any- where else, that he learns most of his really valuable lessons — that life is real, earnest, and a victory to he won. It is to the chapel that he returns in later life, slipping in quietly with wife and child, heart aglow with gratitude and love. William M. J. Driscoll, S.J. A utumn brought to the students - of Loyola a new diversion — watch- ing a chapel steadily take form. Steam- shovels, stonemasons and bulldozers at Evergreen hold as much fascina- tion for the college student as they do for the common man elsewhere. Our Lady’s Chapel of Evergreen fdls the last gap in Loyola’s basic circle of buildings. It supplants a ninety-five- year-old Tudor structure, which served successively as a German Reformed church, the Church of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, and a parish hall, before it was donated to Evergreen. With a seating capacity of less than one hundred and fifty, the old chapel was seldom used for major religious functions. A war -born idea College presidents may be remembered in terms of the campus construction undertaken during their particular tenure of office. And so it is that the new Chapel of Our Lady of Evergreen is closely associated with the names of the Very Reverends Edward R. Bunn, S.J., and Francis X. Talbot, S.J. During the recent, war, the incumbent president. Father Bunn, drew up plans for a fitting memorial to Loyola’s warrior sons, who fought and died in the Second World War. His idea materialized in 1945, and he imme- diately commissioned Air. Lucien Gaiidreau, as architect, to design a chapel. Early in the following year the first announcement of his intention was made in a brochure. Lest R e Forget. The campaign for funds began in Alarch, 1946, at which time four hun- .ai THE ARCHBISHOP BROKE GROI XD

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Fall Sports at Evergreen Greyhound soccermen split even in Coach Bish Baker s fourth year at the helm. W HEN THE 1949 soccer season be- gan, Coach Bish Baker’s Loyola pitchmen were considered unofficially by rival coaches as the team most likely to succeed in the race for the Mason-Dixon crown. The Greyhounds had copped the gonfalon the year before and, since they had lost only three men from that outfit, seemed in an excellent position to retain their laurels. Shortly before the first game, how- ever, came bad news in the form of Nick Kropfelder’s ineligibility. The high-scoring center-forward had for two years sparked the Green and Grey’s attack, and his absence created a gap in the Hounds’ offensive ma- chinery. In their opener, on October 15, the Greyhounds upended an inex- perienced American University eleven, 5 to 0, at Evergreen. Three days later the Hounds absorbed their first defeat, dropping a 1 to 0 decision to a sur- prisingly strong team from Towson State Teachers College, in an away test. On the following two Fridays, the hooters threw out the welcome mat for Washington College and Western Maryland, respectively, winning from the Shoremen, 1 to 0, and from the Terrors by a 4 to 0 count. The Greyhounds then fell into a slump, as they lost a hair-raiser to the University of Maryland, 4 to 3, at College Park, on November 1. A week later, in their season’s home finale, they were knocked out of all contention for the 1949 Mason-Dixon title, as they fell before Baltimore University by a 1 to 0 score. On November 12, Seton Hall’s Pi- rates handed Coach Baker’s hooters their final loss, edging the Green and Grey, 2 to 1. The season ended on a winning note nevertheless, as they topped Johns Hopkins, 3 to 1, on November 15 at Homewood. The final record: four wins, four losses. BAKER’S ELEVEN WINS FOUR Coach Baker s charges were strong contenders for the Mason-Dixon championship. Their four and four record does not telt the whole story. Left to right. In the first row are F. Weitz, J. Kerr, A. Liizzi, G. Fenwick. In the second row are M. Kalengas, J. Kimmel, P. Swentkowski, J. Rehak, D. Kaufman, J. Whaten, R. McGee, B. Brem- mer, B. Slang, M. Stuehler, G. Franz, K. Moore, T. Lind, and Coach Bish Baker. PART ORK, PART PLAY Thus, another soccer campaign was written into the books. Veteran per- formers Duke Kerr, George Franz, Jim Buffington, George Phillips, Tom Lind, Armando Luzzi, and Johnny Gants gave the fans much to cheer about. The play of newcomers Bernie Stang, Ben Bremer, Ed Kow alzck, and Joe Nelson augurs well for the future of Loyola soccer. In Senior Frank Weitz the team had an enthusiastic and de- pendable manager. Coach Bish Baker, rounding out his fourth year as mentor of the pitchmen, couldn’t annex another championship, but his 1949 squad was a contender right down to the wire.