Regis College - Ranger Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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WE HONOR Father Armand W. Forstall, S. J. Sc. D:, because the year 1938 marks the sixtieth anniversary of his entrance into the Society of Jesus, and the fortieth of his services at Regis. Page 5

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» ' •ST ' v... CLOUDS ON TRAIL RIDGE— FALL RIVER PASS. FOREWORD In the hope that Regis students may more adequately appre- ciate her title Queen of the Western Hills , we have in- cluded as division pages of this book outstanding panoramas of the neighboring Rocky Mountains. It is our aim that the 1938 Ranger will be a pleasant reminder of the events of this year and a jubilee record of the accom- plishments of the past fifty years. Page 4

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■HH - The circle drive with the mall beyond. The Story of Fifty Years by FRANCIS C. MAYER From deep in the heart of the College of Nobles, in Naples, Italy, through the old Colo- rado-New Mexico Mission, by the stages of Holy Family school, Las Vegas College, Morrison Col- lege, and from the old College of the Sacred Heart has emerged the greater Regis College of today. Regis College is proud of its glorious past and is looking forward to an even more glorious future. The story of Regis is one of tribute to the per- severance of the Jesuits in their desire for a truly outstanding college. The urgent need for priests prompted Bishop Lamy ' s request for aid from the Jesuits in the year 1866. They accepted the invitation and the first Jesuits arrived at Santa Fe in 1867. Immediately their desires for a school of higher learning were manifested. The result was the first school to come out of the Colorado-New Mexico Mission, Holy Family School founded by Fr. Gasparri in 1873 at Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school was not successful, being abandoned before 1877 to the Sisters of Charity. It was evident from the be- Page 6