University of Santa Clara - Redwood Yearbook (Santa Clara, CA)

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President ' s Daw 1W5 addnicd in fcslivc olive, with triumphal arches at either end of the grotincls. The forenoon was spent in athletic contests, while the afternoon was given over to the memorahle flig ' ht. Jn justice and honur to MduI- L;i)mer ' , it must he said that, although the niddern ])lane is greatly imi:)r(jved, it is essen- tially the same as that in which Montgomery first llcw ahove Santa Clara. Professor Montgomerv was aided in perfecting his plane hy heather Richard P)ell, S. J., a true scientist, and until recently Professor of IMiysics at the University. Father I ' ell is an acknowl- edged authority on electricity. Me was the first, moreover, to demonstrate in western .America the practical working of Marconi ' s wireless. In July of the same year in which Montgomery made his flight. Father Kenna was succeeded in the office of President hy Father Richard E. Gleeson. It was during the latter ' s term of office that the earthqtiake of 1906, astonishing the world with the story of its devastation, visited California. The great disaster dealt more gently with our Alma Mater than with other institutions round ahout. I ut the historic California Hotel, a huilding of adolie, huilt as a wayside inn during the sad days follcjwing the suppression of the Mission, was lost. Previous to its destrttction, it supplied the hall for the Literary Congress, a society flourishing today with all the vigor it enjoyed during the time of Father lulmund Young and his illustrious students. The students ' chapel was likewise severely damaged. Ahout four years later, Decemher 2i, 1909, the Faculty Building, a wooden structure erected in the early sixties, was destroyed hy fire. This huilding consisted of three stories, the lowest of which had been the dwelling of the early Franciscan Padres. Had it not been for the timely and efficient assistance of the Santa Clara and San Jose fire departments, coti- pled with the heroic efiforts of the townspeople, the entire College would undoubtedly have been de- stroyed. As it was, the destruc- tion of the Faculty Building was a severe blow, perhaps the great- „, ,., . , .,,. . . . ,, 1 , ,, , A, , , z. , I lie old faculty builduiq the vionunq after the est that Santa Clara had sufi ered. ' fi,-c of 1909

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' K trospcct EDWARIJ P. ML ' RPHV When, (jn March 19, 1001, Father Rohert E. Kenna, at that time President of the College, l)egan the celel)ration of Santa Clara ' s Golden jnhilee, and hrought it to a glorious conclusion, June 3, with the first ])resentation of Clay M. (ireene ' s I ' assioii I ' hty of Santa Clara, hf little realized, jjerhaps, the vast changes which were to take jjlace Ijefore his Alma Mater would have grown to celebrate her Diamond jubilee in 1026. l)Ut twentv-five years, though seem- ingly few to those who have lived them, give time fur ])rogress; and the (nitstanding events in that march of ])r()gress make an interesting history. In the early years of the twentieth century. Santa Clara had, as a college, attained its high- est point ; and on April 2 ' , ] ' U2, it became the University of Santa C ' lara. The history of the last years of the College, from 1901 to 1912, may be l)riefly told. In ( )ctober of the year 1902 was published the first issue of ' flic Hcdwond. so called in honor of Father Kenna, who had taken a most active interest in the preservation of California ' s redwood forests. This i)eriodical took the place of the literary review called The 0-n ' l. Established to publish the scholastic work of the students and to chronicle the activities of the University, it is growing in importance and still ranks high among University ])ublications, if not in splendor of appearance, at least in the merit and sincerity of its contents. Perhaps the greatest event of this period took place on Pres- ident ' s Day, April 29, 1005. On this occasion the first air glider ever constructed soared over Santa Clara College. After years of study, devoted principally to the action of our familiar Cali- fcjrnia sea gulls, i ' rofessor John J. Montgomery (jf Santa Clara built his |)lane. ' idle day of the flight was an illustrious one for Santa Clara. The campus was .iLi.:..!!., ■ ■, .nul his m-r, The California Hotel, on the site of O ' Connor Hall, first home of the Lit- erary Coni ress. Beimj of adolic, it eollat seil in the IW ' 6 carlluiiiake. I ' Sl

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i 4» The Big Parade, 1912 lUit the eanli(|u;ikc of I ' Klfi and the subsequent destruction of the Faculty building in l ' J09, while in themselves calamities, issued in a result not altogether unfortunate, i ' revious to the earthquake, the ad- ministration hafl seriously consid- ered transferring; the College to Loyola, in the foothills behind Mountain View. I ' ledged support- ers, however, whose assistance was indispensable to the move, were, bv the 1906 financial depression, pre- vented for a time from donating any money ; and consequently the plan was tempor- arily dropped. The final decision, which was thus left hanging after 1906, was precipitated by the bm-ning of the Faculty Building: whether at Loyola or at Santa Clara, reconstruction had to begin at once. The Lovola idea was revived, but money had remained scarce, and at length Father Morrissey, the President, announced that the College would remain permanently on the Mission site at Santa Clara. The campus was then enlarged. Father Morrissey secured title to the heretofore public streets which ran through the campus, thus making a solid property of fourteen acres. Stables and ])oultrv yards which had been on the campus itself were removed to College projjerly some blocks awaw Flans were put under way for an extensive program of building. ( )n March 1 ' ' , 1 12, the new Administration Building, a reinforced concrete structure, was occupied by the faculty. It is now called Bergin flail, in honor of Thomas L F ergin, the first graduate of Santa Clara, who received the degree of luichelor of Arts in il 1X57. In Sei)tember of the same I year, the Senior class took pos- n session of the building now known — in honor of judge M. P. ( ) ' Connor and his wife, who were Bcn i„ Hall u, construction. 1912 benefactors of the College and l2ll