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

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■ ! ' ' I It li u I ,v I «t li t| ijif I The Chapel of GOTHIC SPIRES ALONG CHARLES STREET Pictured above is the Loyola Chapel as seen from Charles street and Coldspring lane. Students approach- ing the campus from the south each morning see first the Gothic spire of Our Lady ' s Chapel. Our O N September 15, 1952, the one hundredth anni- versary of the founding of Loyola, a dream offi- cially was realized when the Most Reverend Francis P. Keough, Archbishop of Baltimore, dedicated the Chapel of Our Lady of Evergreen. This imposing Lady of Evergreen Gothic structure rises above the Western tip of the campus, and in addition to the Chapel proper, also contains Cohn Auditorium, the scene of many campus I educational and social functions. 1 Following the dedication, a Solemn High Mass was | 16 n

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I sion conducted a scries of lectures on the radio-isotope. The Block L Club held its annual dance, “The Athletes’ Fete.” In conjunction with the newly established Re- serve Officers Training Program, the precision drill team of the third infantry regiment performed on the athletic field. National Students Association representatives from Georgetown University, Dumbarton College, the Uni- versity of Delaware, Trinity College, Howard Univer- sity, and Notre Dame of Maryland met at Loyola in November to map out projects for the year. The de- bating society was concerned with the subject: Re- solved that Congress should adopt a compulsory Fair Employment Practices Bill. A Mass in celebration of the Sodality’s 100th anni- versary was sung in the Chapel on December 7 by the Very Rev. Thomas J. Murray, president of the college. THK (1AMPU.S SHOP, left, where llie elile meet to tlis- eiiss sports, is presided over by Uill MePdroy. In true eraeker barrel fashion, impresario McEIroy conducts daily sessions on the world situation and life at Ever- green. Known in some ijuarters as the Toots Shor of ( ' .harles and t oldsprins. Mack has a large following and is one of the best-liked members of tbe Eoyola family. Two members of the Loyola International Relations Club, Victor Sudnik and Thomas Southerington, at- tended the conference of the Catholic Association for International Peace held in Washington at the Statler Hotel. The Glee Club under Felice lula’s direction presented its annual Carol Concert on December 14 in Cohn Auditorium. I ectitre series inaugurated Brigadier General Leslie Carter, chief of staff of the 2nd Army Corps, made an on the spot inspection of the college’s ROTC unit in actual drill maneuvers and expressed great pleasure with the job done by Lt. Colonel Vandervort and his aides. The Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society inaugurated a lecture series which brought outstanding authorities on world problems to the campus. This series gave promise of becoming one of the most significant annual events at Loyola. Much was accomplished by students and faculty in the period 1952-53 to aid in enriching the academic soil at Evergreen and in ensuring an even more re- warding educational experience for the men who will enter Loyola’s classrooms in the future. TOI» SCIENTISTS DISCUSSED THE RADIO-ISOTOPE Two members oj the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Dr. James G. Beckerley, director of classification, left, and Captain Hyman G. Kickover, USN, chief of the Naval Reactor Branch, Reactor Development Division, were among scientists who conducted a course at Loyola during the first semester. This was the first such course held anywhere in the country on the use of radio-isotopes in science te aching. Other scientists who lectured ivere: Robert L. Butenhoff, AEC expert on the geiger counter; Dr. Robert Swain, chief physi- cist of the U.S. Public Health Service in Baltimore ; Dr. Walter Koski, supervisor of the construction of the Van Der Graff Accelerator at Johns Hopkins, and Dr. I aul C. Aebersold, director of the isotopes division at Oak Ridge.

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7 ■ offered by the Rev. Thomas J. Murray, S.J., President of Loyola College. In attendance were the Honorable Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor of Maryland, many priests and Monsignori of the Archdiocese, and former faculty members and benefactors of the College. The sermon, which recounted the important steps in Loy- ola’s growth during its first hundred years, was de- livered by the Rev. Francis X. Talbot, S.J., noted author and former President of Loyola College. Thus, our Chapel officially was dedicated to Our Lady, Mediatrix of All Graces, and consecrated to the memory of former students who served and died in the Second World W ' ar. Yet, a sort of personal, spir- itual dedication has been growing in us during the years we have watched this “enchanted Cathedral” rise so impressively. It is a dedication to the Catholic principle, an appreciation of man’s dignity and above all a conscious dedication of our lives to the greater glory of God. Whether on frosty Lenten mornings when Loyola men shivered into their pews for early Mass, or in the evening when they congregated in Cohn Auditorium for a play or dance, the Chapel building has become and will continue to be the focal point of life on the Loyola campus, and the symbol of all that is Loyola. STUDENTS PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF MEDITATION Above, a student visits one of the ChapeVs side altars between classes. An interior view from the choir loft is pictured below. Daily Mass is offered in the Chapel at 7 o’clock. Each First Friday, the student body attends Mass and receives Holy Communion in a body.