St Marys College - Dove Castellan Yearbook (St Marys City, MD)

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Contents Introduction 2 Sophomores 6 Freshmen 20 Academics 40 Activities 62 Advertisement 110

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. . . and a time to every purpose under the heaven: To everything there is a season ... and to St. Mary ' s College of Maryland this is no exception. She has seen and faced many sea- sons throughout her 129 years of existence. St. Mary ' s has watched her seasons change. She now again experiences a tinne to grow ... a time to transcend ... a time to emerge into the season of a four year college. St. Mary ' s College of Maryland is located on the shores of the St. Mary ' s River in Southern Maryland, and her campus is surrounded on three sides by bodies of water which contribute to her atmosphere and beauty. Her existence began in 1839 as a commemoration to the site of Leonard Calvert ' s landing, and as a living monument to St. Mary ' s City which was the first capital of Maryland from 1634 until 1694 when it was moved to Annapolis. Here under the patronage of Lord Baltimore, freedom of worship was first brought to America. To commemorate this event there stands at the entrance to the college and the restored State House, a large Freedom of Conscience Monu- ment which was erected by the counties of Maryland. Adjoining the campus is a replica of Maryland ' s First State House. The First State House was built in 1676, and was the first erected in America. In 1939, on the Tercentenary Anniversary of the settle- ment ' s founding, the present building was dedicated. The campus of St. Mary ' s is small, but ever growing. The campus, once all of I I acres, now consists of an acreage of 265, much of it being on St. Mary ' s River. In the early days of St. Mary ' s, she was known as St. Mary ' s Female Seminary. Her enrollment was less than 10 students, the youngest of which was five years old. In 1931, under the same name, St. Mary ' s became a fully accredited, first class high school. In 1929, the Junior College Department was started with one student. By 1940, St. Mary ' s was accredited with Maryland State Department of Education as a four-year junior college, the last two years of high school and the first two years of college. In 1949, the Legislation changed the name of St. Mary ' s Female Seminary to St. Mary ' s Junior College. This change was due to the fact that the college had turned coeducational. In 1958, the discontinuance of the high school was announced and the last high school graduation was in I960. In the spring of 1964, St. Mary ' s Junior College was changed again to St. Mary ' s College of Maryland by the Maryland General Assembly. The enrollment for the 1967-68 school year was an anticipated 500 students. Another change brought about by time are the college buildings located on campus. Ten buildings are now being used with construc- tion to begin on eight more in the near future. These eight are to be a new gymnasium, library, health center, two men ' s residence halls, one women ' s resident hall, and a fine arts center seating 1,000 persons. Recently constructed and now In use, are a student union building complete with dining hall, lounging area, and snack bar, and a women ' s resident hall housing 150 students. Because of the college ' s location on the water, last summer St. Mary ' s took another step in expansion upon a new academic venture — a summer institute in marine biology. St. Mary ' s College is on the move. She is preparing for many, many changes. The most recent change in St. Mary ' s historical period is transition — the junior college has become a four-year Institution of higher learning. St. Mary ' s is now four years! Time has taken her from a small school of less than 10 students to a four-year college, from one building to 18, from 1 I acres to 265 acres of spacious land. Time is a measured period during which an action, process, or con- dition exists or continues. St. Mary ' s College of Maryland has existed for 129 years and she continues to grow in land, buildings, faculty, students, prosperity and knowledge.