Saint Ambrose College - Oaks Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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I TRODUCTIO Because of increased efforts in recent years to develop a sound educational format, St. Ambrose has now reached a point where it is imperative to expand and refurbish the physical plant. The school has arrived at a plateau both in academic content and atmosphere, and, from this plateau, the college must either expand or stagnate. Internally, the most notable occurrence within the aca- demic structure of the college is the contribution made by six of its teachers. Two teachers, Fr. Edward O'Connor and Fr. C. F. Griffith, are now serving the departments of philosophy and his- tory for their forty-Hfth year. In addition to these, four lay teachers, Miss Agnes Renner, Mr. Shannon Boyd, Dr. Prudent Coussens and Mr. John McGuire, have been teaching for twenty years. lt is a tribute to both the college and these educators that such loyalty is seen at St. Ambrose. The col- lege and students are well aware that these six teachers have become as much a part of the college as the buildings or the oaks. Externally, the most notable feature is, of course, the building plan with the first of its projects cur- rently under construction. It must be remembered that this is only part of the over construction program, and that its main goal is to bring to the school the best possible physical base for its operation. This year is truly a tribute to the spirit growth at St. Ambrose. COLLEGE ANNOUNCES PLANS

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Xxx XX, A Nw I X is BISHOP HA 2' ES RETIRES In September of I966, Bishop Ralph L. Hayes submitted his resignation to Pope Paul VI, The 82 year old preIate's tender was accepted by the Holy Father on October I9. Thus Bishop Hayes became the first Bishop to resign in keeping with the prescriptions ot the recent motu proprio Ecclesiae Sanctae ot Vatican II, which requested bishops to submit their resignation by their 75th birthday. Bishop Hayes, a native ot Pittsburgh, Pa., has been a priest tor 57 years and a bishop tor 33 years. He was installed as Head ot the Davenport Diocese on January II, I945. On Wednesday October 26, Pope Paul VI named the Most Reverend Gerald F. O'Keete, auxiliary to Archbishop Leo Binz of St. Paul-Minneapolis, Minn., to succeed Bishop Hayes as bishop ot Davenport. NEW PRELA TE: MOST RE VEREND GERALD F. O'KEEFE Bishop O'Keefe was ordained to the priesthood on January 24, I944 in St. Paul, Minn. On August 25, I945, he was named Chancellor ot the Archdiocese. Pope Pius XII appointed him a domestic prelate with the title of Right Reverend Monsignor on June I4, I957. He was named titular Bishop of Candyba and auxiliary to the late Archbishop William O, Brady of St. Paul on May 5, I96I. He was consecrated on July 2, I96I. At the time ot his ap- pointment at age 43, he was one ot the youngest bishops in the United States. Y' l'