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

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-oZia. SnS HE REDWpoz) C. J. McCoy, S. J. President W. C. GiANERA, S. J. J. J. Hayes, S. J. J ' icc-Prcsidcnt Secretary cAdministratioru During the month of July, 1926, an important change was made in the personnel of the Administrative Board of the University. Reverend Cornelius J. McCoy, vice-president for the two preceding years, was appointed to succeed Reverend Zacheus J. Maher in the office of president. Reverend William C. Gianera hecame vice-president. Continuing the program inaugurated ])y the previous administration, the P)Oard established three new resident professorships at the Ijeginning of the fall semester : one in the College of Liberal y rts, one in the College of Business Administration, and one in the Department of Physical Education. Tliese were accepted respectively by Mr. Edward H. Pfeiffer of Columbia University, Mr. P ' red C. Sauer of Stanford University, and Mr. Harlan Dvkes of Stanford Universitv. J. M. Georgex, b. J. Administrator J. A. Lennon, S. J. Dean J. P. MOOTZ, S. J. Spiritual Advisor - } i-siii)

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HE REDWDoo Cornelius J. oMcQoy, S- J- President of the Unwersity The Rcdzcood of 1 ' ' 27 has for its dcjminant note the restoration of the Mission Church. y fter the fire of last ( ctoher, committees set alxuit the raisin.L; ' of funds. Tliey did so in hope, perhaps, l)ut hardly in confiflence. The result has surpassed their hopes, and rehukes their lack of confidence. Wherever they turned .i;(jod will met them, and kindly words and t enerous hands. All viewed the restoration of the Mission Church as a work after California ' s own heart. The response from the Cami)us was most gratifying. I ask myself what it was that appealed to you voung men of the University. Was it the romance of the old cal)allero days? Was it that our California stands out among all the western states as the state with a historv? Such considerations no douht had their influence, but above all vou were moved, I feel, by the thought of (lod ' s work, that was done so Ijravely and so well here on -our C anijius b ' the friars of the iNIission of Santa Clara. God ' s work in the world never stops. The friars sleep in the ground beneath your feet, amid the children of our lovely valley, whom they brought to God. The University in its third generation is doing God ' s work for you, and you are doing God ' s work with them. The Mission Church, that some might think out of harmony with our modern surroundings, will stand in perpetual testimony to the innermost reoion of the Universitv of Santa Clara. r lir J1A2 feW§ -nm i i) 1 okii L tj I i) i. .ni ? 1 7}

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E T;HEREDWDo ) , Joseph Q. S sia, S- J- Juhilarian Fifty golden years of Priesthood, spent in the service of his church and his order, were celeljrated by Reverend Joseph C. Sasia of tlie Society of Jesus on April 24, 1927. Zealous, active years they were, whether as professor, or author, or execu- tive, or priest. To the man and his works we pay our just tribute of praise. On his return to California in 1878 from Woodstock College, Marvland, where he had received Holy Orders, Father Sasia spent five years as professor of chem- istry and philosophy. In 1883 he was made president of Saint Ignatius College, San Francisco, and in 1888 superior of the California Mission. He was called to Italy in 1894 and appointed Provincial of the Turin province. In 1899 he returned to California and was sent to Saint Joseph ' s Church in San Jose. During these four years he finished the compilation of his now famous work, Christian Apologetics. In 1904 he was back in San Francisco as a professor until 1907, when he was again appointed President of the College. From P ' ll to I ' HS he was engaged in ministerial work in San Jose, and in 1916 and 1 ' ' 17 lie instructed at Sacred Heart Novitiate, Los Gatos. Here he completed his long planned work on Future Life. Father Sasia was .seventy-five years old when he came to the University of Santa Clara in 1918. He has since remained with us, giving an example of industry and devotion to dutv. Even now he is laboring to complete a work on Moral Philos- ophy. May he live to celebrate yet another jubilee. lAf? .q W Mo f29l