Spring Hill College - Torch Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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REV. Jos. E. FARRELL, S. J. Secretary H REV. G. MCHARDY, S. J Treasurer

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Rev. foseblz M. Wfafslz President

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REV. J. A. GREEI,.EX', S. J. Dean of Studies REV. DANIEL J. CRONIN, S. J. Nlathematics REV. W. F. OEERING, S. J. History REV. J. J. MURPHY, S. J. Latin, English REV. JAMES DE POTTER, S. J. Philosophy The College Faculty On July fourth, eighteen hundred and and thirty, the cornerstone of Spring Hill was laid, the college which was to be the result of the earnest labors and unquenchable zeal of the Rt. Rev. Mich- ael Portier, first Bishop of Mobile. Be- fore the college was completed classes were held in a house loaned to the Bishop by a friend, Mr. de Vendel. Forty students made up the college in 1830. In 1839 Spring Hill graduated its first class the Alabama State legislature having the year before granted the title of university with the right to confer degrees. One year later Pope Gregory XVI gave the college the power to con- fer degrees in Theology and Philosophy. bfi.. .,. 1 . ... W. .... V . - - f ,5-Af-- V-.1 V---QW- 'N'W 5,,z.,J 1. ,