St Marys College - Dial Yearbook (St Marys, KS)

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HISTORICAL society was donated by Horace H. Hagan. After a brief interval during which no prize was offered, Dr. George J. Miller, the college physician, established the medal, in 1891, and since then this annual contest has been a notable oratorical event. In 1923, the present year, the medal was given by Mr. T. J. Ryan and his sons, all of St. Mary’s, Kansas. Since 1891 a purse of $100 has been offered by Mr. David F. Brem-ner, Sr., of Chicago, for excellence in English essay writing. PHILALETIC SOCIETY, 1884-1885 This purse is open to the competition of the students of the Jesuit colleges of the Missouri Province. In 1892 a similar competition in Latin was established by the Very Rev. Father Provincial of the Province. In 1900 Mr. Simon J. Harbaugh, an alumnus of the college, established the annual prize known as the Washington medal for the l est constructed and delivered debate speech on some subject connected with American citizen- ' ! ship. This medal now ranks with the oratorical medal. During the year 1884-85 various constructive improvements were made; sidewalks were laid near the buildings, the reservoir on the hill was constructed and pipes were laid to conduct the water to the buildings, two windmills were erected to supply the reservoir. On June 24, 1885, degrees were conferred on the second group of classical graduates, John J. Conroy and R. F. Gilkcrson. A field containing a stone quarry was purchased, an outdoor gymnasium constructed, a steam laundry and an ice house were added to the equipment. The old log church, the survival of the Indian days, and the early Pro-cathedral was razed during this year and a huge quartzeite boulder, of glacial origin, was rolled in place to mark the spot where it once stood. In 1886-8 the three-scory building which today contains the senior reading rooms, the chemistry laboratories, and the commercial class rooms was erected and a part of the basement of the old cottage 40x60 ft. was converted into a natatorium. The following year a single story structure was erected, which served as the senior gymnasium until 1910, a movable stage could l e fitted up in it, and for some time plays, entertainments, and even the closing exercises took place under its roof. OLD INDIAN SHRINE ERECTED BY FATHER DIELS nj sc3[DlAL ANNUAL One Hundred Eighty-Three

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One Hundred Eighty-Two RIV. JOHN f.OICLS.SJ. Utt-W !EV.«n‘CABL5.J. IMl-8 [vmWQUOMttSJ. tafiwec itsnjuifRrKSJ. ami tnABMtaamsww PRESIDENTS OF ST. MARY’S COLLEGE, 1862 to 1907 (Rev. Daniel McErlane, S. J., President, 1884 to 1886)

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 EDITORIAL STAFF OF FIRST DIAL, 1890 DIAL ANNUAL JUNIOR LITERARY, 1890 THE DIAL Early in 1888 the students raised sufficient money to purchase the statue of the Guardian Angel that looks down on the playground from the faculty building. Late in this same year the Dial, a student publication which has since made an enviable record in college journalism, was got under way. The initial issue did not appear until February, 1890. It was published monthly until 1919 when it became a quarterly publication. The Hour Glass, a bi-monthly newspaper, was added to the list of college publications this year, in 1919, and confined itself to the chronicling of college activities, while the Dial became a distinct literary periodical. On Aug. 28, 1889. the infirmary was begun and on March 28, 1890. completed at a cost of $15,000.00. It is 81x44 ft., contains two stories and is 39 feet in height. During the same year the grandstand on the campus was erected and arc lights were installed on the college quadrangle. In 1891 similar electric lights were installed in the Senior and Junior study halls and a private telephone connecting the college with the railroad station was put in, a $600.00 steam pump was purchased and a pumping plant erected. One Hundred Eighty-Four