St Xavier College - Xaverian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Now more than ever, when in the field of education, one fad is treading on anotheris heels; when, in the domain of economics, socialism is rampant, and when under the guise of reform, social and political unrest is being stirred up among the people and the traditions of our fathers are being fiung to the winds: - now more than ever is such training as is imparted by St. Xavier the only safe protection against the many vagaries and fallacies that permeate much of our present so- calleci education. HSince 1840, St. Xavier has gone the noiseless tenor of her course without asking aid from those who would have been glad to help her. Now, that her Diamond jubilee is at hand, her former students intend to manifest in a special way their appreciation of the good she has done. To this end it is proposed to ask St. Xaviefs friends to subscribe to the Diamond Jubilee Fund, payments to which may be made within a period of two years, either quarterly or in any manner which may suit the donorts convenience? Many of the Fathers of the College were most sanguine, and shared the work of the Committee. Frt Heiermann was indefatigable and the ingenuity of Fr. Francis J. Finn, S. L, the author of so many books, was inexhaustible. Fr. Joseph P. DeSmedt, S. J., Fr. Albert C. Fox, 5. J., Fr. T. Nolan, S. J., Fr. Eugene Daly, S. J., and many others7 did everything in their power to assist the Committee The resistance met by the Committee was purely psychological. For almost seventy-iive years St. Xavier College had never asked aid; and its students and friends seemed to think the College over-supplied with money. It was indeed difhcult to make them realize such was not the case but this state of mind was finally overcome. However, in the long run the interest in the cause manifested by the Alumni and the friends of the Jesuits finally brought the glorious result shown by the Science Building which now adorns the campus in Avondale. During the course of the campaign the following were added to the membership of the Committee: Very Rev. Joseph MeCabe, S. 1., who succeeded Fr. F. Heiermann, S. 1., Very Rev. H. F. Brockman, S. J., who in turn succeeded Father McCabe, Rev. G. R. Kister, S. J., who succeeded Father A. C. Fox, S. J.,; John P. Murphy, E C. Moer- mann, A. B. Dunlap, Robert Mullane, A. W. Leibold, Albert Wesselmann and Thomas Geoghegan. The eEective publicity work of the Alumni in this campaign attracted the atten- tion oers. Frederick Wallis Hinkle t0 the needs of the College and to the admirable educational inHuence it has been exerting in the community; and this cultured Catholic lady contributed the money for the erection of the Administration Build- ing, the handsome structure which adorns the hillside, adjacent to Science Hall. The Alumni campaign grew in enthusiasm after the erection of these buildings; and the fine stadium, named Corcoran Field, after two of the largest contributors to its erection, was soon added to the equipment of the College. The classic dormitory, located on the hiilside above Corcoran Field, and now being prepared for occupancy at the beginning of the next scholastic year, is also to be credited to the solicitation and generosity of the Alumni, ably assisted by the beloved faculty of the College and the pastors of St. Xavier Church. Page Sevmzy-fuur