St Louis University - Archive Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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THE VERY REVEREND PATRICK J. HOLLORAN, S.J. President Page 14

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Yesterday and Today As the University was growing, the city was also expanding greatly. In May of 1867, the University purchased the property on Grand Avenue between Lindell and West Pine Boulevards for a reported price of 52,600. In June, 1 881, the University closed its boarding school. The graduate school of philosophy and science was added to the curriculum in 1889. From its simple beginnings as an Indian Seminary with approximately 150 students, the University has grown to become one of the largest Catholic Uni- versities in America with a present en- rollment of over ten thousand students. Revelations — all student production. It also maintains a reputation for firsts in the field of education, the Uni- versity itself being the oldest University- west of the Mississippi; radio station WEW was the first radio station west of the Mississippi; Parks College of Aeronautical Technology is the first school of its kind to become associated with a university. The University looks forward to a bright future with the same spirit with which she confronted the past, and takes pride and comfort in the many eminent sons and daughters whose careers are a noble monument to her faith, sacrifices, and endeavors. Dental students ill work in the clinic s in the (. ' y F corridor. Page 13

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The President At the time of his appointment as Presi- dent of the University in June of 1943, the Very Reverend Patrick J. Holloran, S.J. was the youngest president in the school ' s one hundred thirty year history. During the five years of his presidency, despite the conditions caused by World War II, the University has made marked progress in all of its varied functions. The opening of the Institute of Geophysical Technology and the Institute of Social Sci- ences; the re-opening of the School of Law; the establishment of a Retirement Plan for lay faculty members; the organization of a full-time Public Relations Office and Place- ment Bureau for students and alumni; and the revival of the Honors Course in the College of Arts and Science are some of the important events of the period since Father Holloran ' s appointment as President. The scholastic year of 1947-48 marked the opening of the new classroom building, Des Peres Hall; the Student Union House, Chouteau House; and the new dormitory for male students, Clemens Hall. Father Holloran entered the Society of Jesus in 1922, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington in 1929, and his Licen- tiate in Sacred Theology from St. Mary ' s College, Kansas where he was ordained in June, 1935. He received his degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Magister Aggregatus from the Gregorian University in Rome in 1939. Senator R. E. Flanders, William Rand, and the Very Rev. Patrick J. Holloran, S.J. Father Holloran receiving an honorary membership in Theta Kappa Phi from Curtis Bayer, national president. Bishop Mark A ' . Carroll, Mrs. Danny Millet Father Holloran cheer for the Bills. and Fage 15