Seattle University - Aegis Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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Prior to 1939 the College had no facilities on campus for lunch. The students were forced to go off campus or bring a lunch. This problem was remedied in October. 1939, when lunches were sold at the Knights of Columbus hall on East Union. The building had been used by the College for additional classroom space. Mrs. Genevieve Reynolds and her sister. Mrs. Ann Mitchell ran the establishment. In September, 1941, the cafeteria was moved to the basement of the Garrand Building and was called the Cave. Mrs. Reynolds ran the Cave until 1947 when Mrs. Gertrude Anderson took charge. In 1953 the Chieftain replaced the Cave as the student cafeteria. Henry T. Ivers, Archbishop Thomas A. Connolly. Howard LeClair and George Stuntz cut the cake at the dedication of the Chieftain. Ivers, LeClair and Stuntz were the first to receive degrees, in 1925. when Seattle College re-opened follov ing World War I. Marycrest Hall for women was dedicated October 17. 1954. Ww.i. 1.1 wm t

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On October 26. 1931, Seattle College admitted its first women students in night school, noncredit lecture classes and by 1933 the coeds were taking afternoon classes for credit. The foundations for the School of Nursing started that year when a two-year program was established in connection with Providence Hospital. Fr. Howard Peronteau. S.J., the dean, was instrumental in opening the way for women to be admitted. The plan was completed under Fr. James McGold-rick. S.J.. who became dean on June 2. 1933. In January. 1933. the students began to take more interest in campus life and produced a two-page mimeographed bi-weekly paper called the Theatus. Greek for Spectator. On March 10. 1933. a banner headline announced the name was officially changed to The Spectator and on October 26. 1933. the first printed edition of the newspaper was published. The Spectator became a twice weekly publication in 1961. The Very Rev. Francis E. Corkery, S.J., became president in 1936 and during his eight years in office the acquisition of property and physical growth of the University began. The programs would be carried on by his successors the Very Rev. Harold O. Small. S.J.. president for four years, and the Very Rev. A. A. Lcmieux. S.J., president for 17 years. On April 7. 1937. Seattle College was granted full and unconditional accreditation by the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools. In addition to the College of Arts and Sciences, which started in 1900, the second academic unit, the School of Education, was added in 1935. The School of Nursing was established in 1940 and the School of Engineering added in 1941. The School of Commerce and Finance was started in 1945. Prior to construction of the Chief the student cafeteria was the Cave, located in the basement of the Garrand Building. The Cave began operation in September, 1941. Construction of the Chieftain, the student union, was completed in 1953. Three past presidents of the University met in 1959. The Very Rev. A. A. Lemieux, S.J., served as president for 17 years. The Very Rev. Francis E. Corkery. S.J., became president in 1936 and was suceeded by the Very Rev. Harold 0. Small, S.J., in 1944. who held that office for four years.

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Railroad equipment was used by excavators in 1911 to remove dirt from the Broadway and Madison corner of the campus, where the Liberal Arts Building was later constructed. The dirt was sold and used for fill at 12th and Madison to raise the street level in the area as part of a city regrade project. The excavated site remained unused for 30 years. In 1941, during Fr. Corkery’s presidency, construction began on the Liberal Arts Building. The north half of the building was completed and in use for classes by October 6. 1947. Building materials became scarce and the south half of the building was not finished until 1948 under Fr. Small. In 1941 the Seattle Transit Company car barn adjoining the campus was acquired for the laboratory work of the School of Engineering. The Memorial Gymnasium was purchased from the U.S. Army Air Corps at Paine Field in 1946. The building was dismantled and moved along the highway during the night and reassembled on its present site at Eleventh and Marion. The first Seattle College basketball game in the new gym was played November 5, 1947, against the University of British Columbia. Seattle College lost by one point. I The Very Rev. A. A. Lemieux, S.J., and John Murphy, 1955 president of the Alumni Association, leave Xavier Hall, dedicated in 1956. Xavier was first a men's residence, then turned over to the coeds and now serves as an office building. The Very Rev. A. A. Lemieux, S.J., and Dr. Walter Moore, a member of the Board of Regents, discussed the grov th of the University at the dedication of Loyola Hall. The building, dedicated in 1956, is (he Jesuit faculty residence. U H f