Spring Hill College - Torch Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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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. ,

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

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The College Faculty Spring Hill experienced many hardships and difficulties in the years following 1840, until in 1846 Bishop Portier of- fered the direction of the college to the Society of Jesus. It was accepted, and the next year Rev. Francis Gautrelet, S. J., was appointed President of the college. The music room, which was up to a few years ago the sodality chapel was erected in 1850. The in- firmary was built in 1866. On the night of February 4, 1869, the first big fire at Spring Hill took place, when the large college building, the two frame houses on the South Side, and the church were completely destroyed. The library and museum were also lost. It was due to REV. R. T. BRYANT, S. J Dean of Discipline REV. C. J. QUIRK, English REV. G. J. PICKEL, Chemistry REV. K. A. MAKING Physics REV. GEORl'.E EGANA, Spanish as si R I V 551 - S. J. S. J. S. J. S. J. fftfi' ,149