St Xavier College - Xaverian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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patronage of the immediate vicinity of Cincinnati. Struggling against what really were heart-breaking situations, the College carried on, until, in 1890 we find it celebrating its golden jubilee. From this time forward, Xavier entered on a new era; an era of progress, expansion, and some prosperity. From this time on students began to attend in ever increasing numbers, which not only gave added revenue, 'but encouraged the Faculty to greater programs. Extension lectures, then special graduate courses were inaugurated as early as 1896. The step, while actually premature from the financial standpoint, added almost immeasurably to the reputation, and general stanv dard, as well as to the influence of the College in this vicinity. Pressing de mands for other departments and improvements made it advisable to discon- tinue such work till larger resources could be realized. Departments of Econv omics and College of Commerce were added in 1911,.and shortly after a course in Journalism, which was however abandoned five years later. In 1918, a comprehensive system of Sociology was begun, and which is enjoying right up to the present time, a most gratifying success. These classes, along with others of the Arts type are attended by members of the teaching sisterhoods in and about the City, for whom they were originally intended. On October 1, 1918, a unit of the Students Army Training Corps was established for those of the class who had been inducted into service. This S. A. T. C. group received academic instruction of a kind adapted to its needs until its was dis- banded. At the instigation of prominent Alumni, mostly of the legal pro- fession, a Law Department was opened in the fall of 1919, and continues to the present in a very prospering condition. The institution at Seventh and Sycamore Streets is a busy one indeed. From nine o'clock in the morning till two twenty-five, the High School Classes are conducted for more than six hundred boys, necessitating the use of every available space for lectures, recitations, laboratories, and attendant work. Extension courses are carried on from three otclock until five, and then the Night School Classes in the evening follow. The situation which the College occupied 0n Sycamore Street, being in the heart of the City, had many advantages in the matter of accessibility, but also a very great disadvantage from the standpoint of building room, and campus facilities. The Faculty, always aware of this draw-back, began as early as 1847 to find location in the East Hills. The so called Purcell Mansion on Walnut Hills was acquired, and Preparatory Classes conducted there for twu years under the direction of Fr. George A. Carrell. The undertaking was too premature, the situation remote for the then existing means of commmunis cation, and so the project was abandoned. The second effort at branching out was made by Fr. Albert A. Dierckes, S.J., who bought the property at the corner of Gilbert and Lincoln Avenues in Walnut Hills. For six years, until 1912, the Branch High School was located here, when, realizing the need of still further expansion, it was moved to the Avondale Athletic Club, which building and grounds had been purchased the previous year, This action marked the beginning of a New St. Xavier College, a College which is growing in leaps and bounds, a College which is a College in the true sense of the word, and to which the rest of this article is devoted. Kt Page Twentysnine

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