St Xavier College - Xaverian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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7 THE cbe Xavier Ethenaeum. THE XAVIER ATHENAEUM is a Lilerar Ma azme publisheq by the $tuqents of St. Xavier College, Eincin: nati. Ohio. Its mm 15 to foster a literary spirit among the Students of the College. It will also chronicle the important events of College life and thus serve as a band I between the College and the Alumni. It is desired that present and. former Students of St. Xavier College will co-operate I. making THE ATHENAEUM an efficient medium of mtercommunieation' between the different De- partments of the College and Alumni. BOARD OF EDITORS. PAUL J. SWEENEY. EUGENE A. O'SHAUGHNBSSY GEORGE 'H. VERKAMP JOSEPH F. SCHWEER LAWRENCE J, McCABE SYLVESTER F. HICKEY GREGORY G. BRAMLAGE JOSEPH A. McDONOUGH ARTHUR G. RUTHMAN CHARLES H. PURDY CHARLES L. WALTER HENRY BRAM'LAGE BUSINESS MANAGER, HENRY H. RIECKELMAN. VoL l. MARCH, 1912 No. l EhitnriaL FOREWORD. To our friends. the students of St. Xavier College offerthis, the first number of what we hope will be the official, and in certain sense, the immortal college organ. For some months past. it has been the desire of the students to attempt some kind 'of a continuous publication, which would be d credit to old St. Xavier Vears ago 5!. Xavier AM have The History On October 17, 1831. the Right Reverend Edward D. Fenwick, O. P., the first Bishop of Cincinnati, opened the lust institution of higher learning in Cincinnati., It was. however, nearly nine years later that the Jesuits Were given charge of the school by Bishop Purcell, the successor of Bishop Fenwick. Accordingly. on .October- l, 1840. the school. under the name of St. XavierlCollege, was opened with Father John A. Elet, S. J., as the first president. In its early years St. Xavier was a boarding school, but in the year 1854 the idea of a boarding school was abandoned, and the College catered to boys of the immediate vicinity. In 1867, the corner of Seventh and Sycamore streets was se- cured and a Faculty Building, named in honor of Rev. Walter Hill, 5. J., President at the tiine it was erected. The Catholic population had gradually increased, and the demand for higher education necessitated more buildings. And so in 1885 the Moeller Building, called after the President, Rev. Henry Moeller, S. J., was completed. The famous Athenaeum, which was built by Bishop Fenwick. and which for close on to sixty years served as a class-room building, was finally torn down to make room for the present class-room building which faces on Sycamore street. After a few years, even this building coulcl not accommodate the ever-increasing enrollments. And in 1906, Father Albert A. Dierckes, S. J., purchased a site at Gilbert and Lincoln avenues for a new Branch High School. This school in Walnut Hills was maintained until a better and more prom- XAVERIAN NEWS Fifly-lhrcc RT. REV. EDWARD D. FENWICK, o. P Founder First Institution of Higher Learning in Cincinnati of St. Xavier ising site was chosen in Avondale, whither the Branch School was moved. The building and grounds of the Avon- dale Athletic Club had been purchased in 191 l, and in l9l2 the High School was opened in what is at present the College Library Building. As the demands on the High School Department be- came greater, so a corresponding need was manifest for the In 191 l the Depart- ment of Commerce and Economics, now one of the most flourishing departments of the College, was inaugurated. The year I918 found a new department. that of Sociology, added. In the same year a new course was opened to en- able the teaching Sisterhoods of Cincinnati to conform to the recent legislation of the State Educational Department. In this Extension Course, as it is called, Sisters may work for credits and degrees. so as to be recognized by all educa- tional associations. The latest department. that of Law. 'opened in 1919, and this year the first graduating class of St. Xavier Law School, twenty-live in number, will receive their degree of Doctor of Laws. The opening of the F all Session of St. Xavier College in I919 marked an epoch in the history of the institution. A complete separation of the College students from the High School students was established. The High School classes were concentrated at Seventh and Sycamore streets. and the College classes Were transferred to the Avondale Branch High School. Here classes were conducted while the two new buildings were in the course of construction. extension of the College Department.

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?HE: XA VERIAN NEWS Al metde St, XaVIer in the Last F our Years What a remarkable difference has come over St. Xavier College in these last four years. Those college students, who entered in nineteen eighteen and are leaving now, have seen the transition. the glorious Zhange from the Old St. Xavier to the New. They should be proud to think that they have seen things come true which for years had been only thought of. For years had everyone seen the wonderful word- paintecl pictures of the hills in Avondale decked with college buildings. We thought them dreams. dreams which only would come true in years. But now the realization of those dreams burst upon us and we have a St. Xavier in a new era of success. glory and advancement. We have the build- ings long sought for and a reputatioii which has spreadlfrom a local to a nation-wide character. Her name has traveled from city to city, and from state to state. Who is responsible for this success? Who has brought about this wonderful change?- The spirit in a' school is what makes that school. The New St. Xavier is due to the splendid co-operation of Faculty, Alumni, students ahd friends of St. Xavier College. In former years it seemed as though that spirit of co- operation was asleep, but now that the spirit is there the school awakens. Nothing lives with0ut a soul. and loyalty is the soul of a school. Athletics is one of the most fundamental builders of college spirit, and St. Xavier has put out the finest brand of athletics ever prodiiced in this section of'the country. That'spirit which was cultivated by athletics has been of wonderful benefit to the school. In the last four years St. Xavier College has arisen from' a, slow, conservative College. to a progressive one, which will carry on in its progressto a glory envied by all. We who have seen-it are proud to think we were at College during this splendid transition, and hope that we, too, will be able to help in the work of those who have been an honor to St. Xavier. t