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

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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

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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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HISTORICAL ? JUNIOR BUILDING The original foundations of the present Junior building were begin 21. 1890; late in June the walls were completed to the roof and in Nov • 111 'PI 1 1 1 AO 1 t pin on Nov. ±lf 107v, uuv ... j--- — ......- 1------ — — —......... in November the finishing touches were added. The building is 92x52 ft. and reaches to an altitude of 59 ft. and represents an outlay of $31,561.75. With the completion of this building the fourth floor of which contained an auditorium, dramatics took on new life. Plays written by the professors or adapted by them came into vogue and great interest was shown in the entertainments. This same year ample protection against fire was provided for by the installing of three-inch pipes running to every floor. A hose is attached to each and a constant supply of water at a heavy pressure is kept in reserve for these pipes which were installed in every building. The row of buildings at present housing the barber shop, the shoe store, the book store, the candy store and the biology laboratory were built in 1892 and 1893. The circular building originally contained the Junior reading room and library and the Senior billiard room. The hand ball alleys were added in 1893-94. By Nov. 10, 1893, the work of excavating for the lake which once lay north of the college was well under way and was finished early the next year. During these few years much was done towards the beautifying of St. Mary’s, walks and drives were laid out. special attention was given to the flower beds and shrubbery and the dilapidated houses of the workmen were torn down. EARLY ATHLETICS As early as 1871 baseball was in vogue at St. Mary’s. In May of that year Mr. J. B. P. Demands, who had come from the East, where the national pastime was fast gaining popularity, gave the boys a book of rules and the first diamond was laid out on a level plot of ground just cast of the orchard. Early in the eighties the present field was prepared. It was not leveled, however, until the spring of 1891. The games in these early days were restricted to intermural contests between the students organized into leagues, with Brother George as official umpire. The teams bore the names of the cities from which the major portion of the lineup came. An occasional game with the town team was played and though one game is recorded with a team composed for the most part of “old boys” from Kansas City, Sept. 20, 1890, it was not until the spring of 1894 that the policy of contests with outside college teams was begun. The initial encounter of this year was with the Kansas State Agricultural College nine. It ended in a 21 to 1 victory for St. Mary’s. Since that date St. Mary’s has made an enviable record on the diamond. A schedule of the achievements of the teams of each successive year will be found chronicled in the latter portion of this sketch. School of the Madamcs of the Sacred Heart Present Faculty Building DIAL ANNUAL One Hundred Eighty.Five H Srfvai k