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

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HE Bells of Santa Clara have constant- 1} ' been made the subject of song and ])en since the day they first rang out their Peace on Earth in the Old Mission tower. The one on the right was do- nated by King Charles of Spain in the year 1798 and still bears the inscription to that effect. P elo v, the facade of the Xew Mission and the tower in which the bells now hang ' . ip —

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HE Padre of the Rains, Reverend Jerome Sixtus Ric- ard, S. J., has this year realized his fondest hope and life ' s ambition in the com- pletion of the Knights of Colum- hns Ricard Memorial Observa- tory. . bove, the new weather house as seen from the roof of the C)ld Jnhrmary. r elow. the main entrance to the ()l)servator - with the in- scri])tion (jver the door bearin ;- testimony to the g-enerosity of the donors.

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HE entrance to the (ireater Santa Clara. above — The A 1 o y s i u s R a ggio date, one of the three entrances to the University grounds, with the New Mission in the (Hstance. This scene can only be ap- preciated by those who have known the Santa Clara of a quarter of a century ago, when the University was making m;igniticent efforts to rise to the jjeak it has reached today. r elo v. a close-up of an ivy- clad pillar of the Raggio Gate.