St Marys College California - Gael Yearbook (Moraga, CA)

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l 1 3+ I I HF ' :ff-:gif - R H Q J l - ' It y I I 6 3 I - - I I V W n A -1 -e In 1862 Brother Justin, with seven companions, came from New York in obedience to the order of his General, and assu 0 9 1 College, near San Francisc-o. The original site of Saint Mary s iCollege was the old Mission Road, Bernal Heights, south of San Francisco. On account of the greatly increasing attendance withinadequate accommodations, and the insalu- -brity of the locality, the College was transferred in 1889 to what was .then a suburb of Oakland. An account of the change as then recorded, read: uThe new site affords many advantages, it is suliiciently remote from the center of population, and yet near enough for the convenience of day students, the cli- mate is salubrious, the environs embrace a long reach of the Piedmont Hills and a vast stretch of land and water scenery extending west to the Golden Gate. med the direction of Saint Mary's The laying of the cornerstone by the Most Reverend Archbishop Riordan was an event of much significance. It brought to Oakland the Catholic organi- zations of San Francisco and some of the Bay Cities, together with a large gathering of interested friends of the College. The event was a strong evidence of the living interest of the people of California in Catholic education. A ,stir- ring address was delivered by the Reverend Father Sasia, S. J. He said: 64We -1- hold that there can be no true education which is not founded on the principles lv' of religion. How then is the work to be accomplished? I know of no process but that under which the Christian I V p V E F if Brothers are now building this i'i if ? Qftiqgjyim g temple to education. Their motto, .,,,,,:..., Q naiilyvnn, , yy i f cReligion, Science, Morals', reveals i ,,,,:. 5 ,,, f yp.. C., y .pw the foundation of their Work. Here eifi y V pspqan y in this College the Youth Of Cali- . . f iii ,... a v a a r e t 72 fomia will 1-iam fidelity to tha .LT country, obedience to their supe- ,ii T- rior, and devotion to their God. In 1872 the College was Char- .,. ..,...... ,,.,..,,..... ,,.,..,a,,.,.. . ...... on J . ..,,, ,,., ,,.,, Q E, tered by an act of the Legislature PROSPECTIVE CHAPEL of the State offs California, and endowed with all the rights and privileges accorded to a University. At the time the College was chartered it had an attendance of two hundred and Hfty students. This showed that a growth of over two hundred students had been made in four years. The iirst two Presidents of the College were Brothers Justin and Bettelin, Y91f:JC51v1f1'eiaflscthmggrcvincialsaof the Province of California. Since the year Michaef 2: 13551 Ld 211111 NT-ary sTCollege have been directed by Brothers Cianan, , , enonian, Yellesian, Vantasian and Gregory. Sm1i2S13?i1i1i 13314326 WEE jlleitgoyed by a gre which consumed more than two Wishing to lose a Wholg year movlgel ogcclirrge lin iiptember, tlre Brothers, not Mission Road. Classes were conduct llc h 0 t filo Saint Mary S qollege on the 1894 and 1895. 1896 found the 13 Ouee t ere a during the remaining Part of ge again back in Oakland. X M i W t 3 Z1 lfv Nl '-- '1i - R as-all +safQ.a,...,m,,nA,Q,4?Qn,Lortri? s P ,E ,nn , ,W .il ,E E 'fS.1.XlN'T , eseree iz - S E' Nt 5 PIN.: eeeee lil sr ,4Ngs3Ef S, PRRFRMC inrl FFTJFMMAWNF TiveE'FfEi?f'? 77 E 1 47 5

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