Seattle University - Aegis Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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The Year 1914-192.5 CFRTAIN evening in the middle of June will see three young men receiving sheepskin diplomas upon which will he written that they have completed a liberal education at Seattle College and performed the work necessary to attain a Bachelor of Arts degree. The degrees thus conferred upon them will he the first awarded at this institution since 1018. 1'hesc three men can literally be said to have risen with Seattle College, risen from those trying days when the Great War took the young men of America from their desks and classrooms and placed them in the muddy trenches of stricken France. 'These same three were a part of the handful of students that attended the school during that upset post-war period when Seattle College was hut a dormant, litt’e-heard-of institution, in rank scarcely the equal of a small preparatory school. They have taken part in the long progressive strides that the school has made in the past few years, and when they receive their degrees this June they will feel proud in the knowledge that they have graduated from a now prominent, full-grown college that seems destined to play an important part in the future of the city. Just as this year marks for the three graduates the completion of an apprenticeship and their entrance into a new sphere of activity, so too it marks for the school a return to the full status of a college and the dawn of a new era. The opening of school in September found a substantial increase in the number of students. With the progress that has already been made and the improvements that arc to he added in the near future, next year and each succeeding year should find the increase even more pronounced. If the present rate of expansion continues, as it gives every indication of doing, new buildings will soon be erected and extra space utilized to meet the added requirements. But not only in numbers have we grown. Considerable prestige and a certain individuality have been acquired during this past year. Where formerly we were content with the backing of a small circle of loyal Catholics, we have now branched out and widened our scope to embrace the city as a whole. Persons who a few years ago had never heard of Seattle College, now show real interest in all our undertakings.

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.'iM»mu:ii:tiiiiiiuii;ir unitmi: m;:maimuii. i.imiii. nt imnuiumtuunii: .1:11.11. uiuii . iiaminii::i:u.im: i::un Mi.nuiiMiia'iifmwiiiiiuiiuiiiiuiiiaimaii This was clearly demonstrated on Thanksgiving Day when more than three thousand people turned out to witness our football game with Columbia University of Portland. There we first realized the full extent of oui backing by the citizens of Seattle. And this is but a beginning; there is no limit to what may he accomplished in the future. Knowledge of such support as was shown at the Columbia game brings with it a confidence that cannot but inspire success in all our enterprises. Each year has its touch of sorrow, and the. year just past was no exception. Scarcely had the students returned to their classes in September than they learned with a shock the sad news of the death of William Kendall, a member of the Sophomore class. Five years at Seattle College, lie had endeared himself to all with whom he came in contact. Always an honor student, a gifted speaker and journalist, a star in football, basketball and tennis, and a leader in all school and class activities, no more popular fellow ever attended the College. “Billy'' Kendall, small in stature but great in all the qualities that make a man, so combined vitality and enthusiasm with the gentler traits of amiability and good-will, that he made friends wherever he went. Quick to see and quick to act, precision was the keynote of all his works. To his energy and dependability, the success of many of our past ventures has been due. His death left a sad void which was only filled by our confidence that his soul is now enjoying perfect happiness in Heaven. The Faculty of the College underwent a number of important changes, both at the beginning and during the course of the year. Fr. Coudeyre, S. J., who had been the prefect of studies for eleven years, was transferred to St. Leo's High School of Tacoma, and his duties were taken over by Fr. Murphy, S. J. After a few months, however, Fr. Murphy was forced by ill-health to return to California. his former home, and was succeeded in the office by hr. Smith. S. J. Another familiar figure departed in November when Fr. Burke, S. J.. after more than ten years as prefect of discipline, was changed to Hillyard, Washington, where he now acts as vice-president of the Scholasticate. His place was filled by Fr. Garri-gan. S. J., until January when Fr. Busch, S. J., returned as a prefect to the College where five years previously he had taught as a scholastic. Ordinarily so many facultv changes coming as these Idl’d in the midst of a school year, would make for an unsettled condition in the school, but such, fortunately, was not the case, since in every instance of change the successor was an experienced man