Regis College - Mount Regis Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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Reflects 30 Years of Sacrifice, Devotion New functional Library provides reading facilities , carrells, seminar rooms and the Language Laboratory . Here too are displayed the Newman and Philatelic collections.

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Growth of Stately and Dignified Campus Housing Chemistry , Biology and Physics Laboratories , Cardinal O ' Connell Hall , at the right of Katsura Drive, is the scene of Class Day tree planting over the years. Regis. . through the years. Though we are but thirty years old, the first seeds from which our college was to spring were planted in 1650 in Le Puy, France. A small group of women gathered there, under the direction of Reverend John Peter Medaille, S.J., to integrate the life of Martha with that of Mary — to pray and to teach. Thus began the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph. Martyrdom lay ahead, for the Reign of Terror held sway in France. When it was over, the scattered community gathered again and spread throughout Europe. Now the new world beckoned the Sisters to Saint Louis, Missouri.

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Informal Gatherings Mark Collegiate Life Sentimental memories bring students to new third-floor Lounge, site of the former library, to study . Bridge games and singing at the piano add pleasure to business. In 1873, under the direction of Mother Mary Regis, a small band of Sisters came from New York to Boston. The date was October 2, Founders’ Day. Regis com- memorates this day yearly by investing her Senior Class in academic robes. The young community grew and pros- pered, as did the Archdiocese. War came and went. But it left new problems in its wake. The Church became concerned over the higher education of her young women. The Sisters of Saint Joseph prepared to fill an urgent need. Mother Mary Domitilla opened the doors of Regis College in September, 1927- Harriett Haller has problem for Carol Noonan, Council Head.