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held in June, 1918, Miss Madeleine Brassil and Miss Claire Smith receiving their B.A. degree. It seemed especially fitting that the Cardinal, who had taken such an interest in its beginnings, should have given the first degrees, the first fruit of the college he had so earnestly desired. His successor, Cardinal Hayes, has shown the same devoted interest, and graciously presides at our yearly Commencements. Not only to our two Cardinals has the college been indebted for interest and encouragement, but to a long list of loyal friends, the example of whose devoted service is kept as a precious ideal to be followed. Among these friends should surely be mentioned the first trustees: Rt. Rev. William J. Guinan, the Rev. John J. Wynne, S. J., Mr. Thomas Woodlock, and Mr. Walter George Smith. A great debt is due especially to Father Wynne, a most loyal and devoted friend who aided and encour¬ aged the establishment of the college and has never spared himself in giving advice and assistance at all times. Without the interest and work, of these and many other friends the college could not be what it is today. In the ten years of its existence, the College of the Sacred Heart has grown rapidly; there have been students from every state, and even from China, Japan, Cuba and Peru. But, with the succeeding years, has come something greater than mere increase in numbers, a deeper appreciation of the spirit which formed and still inspires the college. Though the spirit is the living principle of continuity, there are many external things on which this spirit depends for its continued vitality and its outward expression. Persons and events have their influence in intensifying this spirit and forming it into a definite tradition. During the war Manhattanville was not wanting in patriotic service. Two French students were registered at the request of the French government and funds were raised in a war campaign. Among the great war heroes who were guests were: Cardinal Mercier; Marshal Foch; Mgr. Baudrillard, Rector of the Institute of Paris, a well-known Academician; Mgr. Julien, the Bishop of Arras and the Abbe Flynn. Other distinguished guests were: Archbishop Hanna of San Francisco, the Cardinal Archbishop of Munich, Bishop Dunn, Mgr. Pietro Fumasoni- Biondi, the papal delegate, and Mgr. Liston, Bishop of Auckland. With special reverence the college cherishes the memory of a brief visit from Mgr. Cieplak, who had defied the Bolshevik government and suffered everything but actual martyrdom in defense of the church. Perhaps chief among the great events was the canonization of the beloved foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart, Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat. In May, 1925, a large group of students left for Rome to be present at the great ceremony. And the following November four days were given up to celebrating the glorious event. In any record of Manhattanville, two names must be recalled with special love and gratitude: those of Mother Brownson and Mother McLaughlin. To Mother Brownson, the first dean, the college owes its lofty intellectual ideals and high scholastic standing. And to Mother McLaughlin, the first warden, it owes its deep spirit of loyalty and the sense of real comradeship, which binds its students together. This is but a brief summary of the events of the ten years of the existence of Manhattanville as a college. The facts of history, however, are important only as they manifest the growth and development of a spirit, and find in this spirit their explanation and their principle of unity. “In exultatione metens”—in this motto the ten years of aspiration and achievement reach back to a splendid past and on to a hopeful future. The traditions of old Manhattanville are ours to reap, and so exultingly we gather in the harvest of the years. Mary Ruth Keefe, ’28. Page twenty
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