V :^''€i!m^ mi'm^^ml^ m, :^tmm.m^ m'.v.^. :liiH'i;Wfr'MiK:'"-'v""M:':'!^ ii»iu<iiii(f(»n48i»iw«iriatr-n'i:'Wt<wiu»«i«i<(««»s **'>"•''*•' •'(..^^jiSw^h^v^, \ t i«iSiKni:«CiTil3C)3i oywap. ^ ,':.f'. f r> /gca 0 m ts aw^SSSWHB (k>^i -t^-w;(»y*eyw>j#!« pioiiiiiMMil •cr^^:^*¥:i'i^mK^'i:^^s^f^''-^?*'^si:^^ ^olumto. ^udlijdedex 'in cekbratlon oK the <3£spiccntmn# tlie founcling of "©eoraeamnr ^Htraque Wimm THE SESQUICENTENNIAL EDITION OF Being an historical sketch of the University and its progress, together with a review of the current year 0/; 938 -? 93 9. Published yearly by the SENIOR CLASS OF GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Washington, D.C. MCMXXXIX COPYRIGHT, 1939 RICHARD K. MARTIN Editor MARTIN S. QUIGLEY Business Manager DESIGNED AND PRINTED BY T H O M S E N - E L L I S COMPANY, BALTIM ^ before unf olbing tbe sinhat' quent pages! of tbisi bolume, let US! pausie, anb place a toreatb of gratitube upon tbe grabeg of tbosie 3lfesuit£i tobo plapeb s!ucb an beroic part in tbe bebelopment anb acbiebementsi of (S^eorgetoton buring tbes!e one bunbreb anb fiftp pears!; anb tobo noto lie peacefullp in tbe ^nibers!itp'si mos!t ballotoeb acre. .^ (ITbougb tbetr bobiess babe been consiigneb to tbe eartb» map tbeir sielf-ssacrifice, tbeir lopaltp anb tbeir ^eal for ^Ima iWater— tbat pet libe on in tbe beartss of tbeir felloto-Jes!uitg noto laboring among u^"-ht eber an ibeal anb an ins!pi- ration to #eorgetoton men tbe toorlb ober. OqeX)edicate e Dome^dau to Jfathcr Jfoltg TO the founders of Georgetown, education represented more than an intellectual assimilation of facts. In their system moral development preceded mental improvement, and culture was synonymous with an adequate and appreciative realization of what man is, and how man, a rational being, should act to attain God, his ultimate end. This concept of education, inaugurated by Ignatius Loyola, has been per­ petuated by an unbroken line of capable, devoted men. It is to one of these. Father Foley, that we now voice our appreciation for what he has given us. As priest, teacher, and Catholic gentleman, he is a worthy exponent of those ideals of truth which inspired Georgetown's founders. As moderator of this yearbook, his judicial counsel and friendly advice have been of invaluable help in our attempt to preserve the memories of our college life. To him the Class of 1939 gratefully dedicates this book. REV. CHARLES J. FOLEY, S.J., PH.D. r©J<^sscJ)r<rsj i;iit^iIili^__jgf|mfL,^ N f <>) 7^ <:^ ':><i:?-ve^^ ^-^V^^-^-c .-/i -'-A^u*^t(/:i J^yC^^^^/^ \l '-'if ^>'' =tvtt* X5T*ttt^ oftB t cot*'GK«.S * Et^'^ 6Ttt»»°- ' H'eo, .»«" f>'-ej'i^A/ A C, B«6-*-^,^oU^-;^deVfe' ;ciojCo^«-^ ahel>i^^' °*g>Ut ojGeo^S'etow"- ' S^;!"-.* "^'^St theColl«9 ' ConW nin? NS \Ct „J«»"« '°^nco.'•pon •«''<•<?< 4JV Acrr ""''"'"^Colu li'^-'1°'^"..J./'^--'"' /„,-/^'" -"^tri, (,<^«' i^' y«^|l".Cfl' ', J '^PMM^ -^^^i J F^ -/-^^.^ ^**r^ •A^->,u 7^^W^ , 'ecretum^ Macrae Congreaationitt De $roposanba:filie /urn R.P Joannes Roothaan.SocieWis Jua Pratpositui Gcntralii suppliobus pcecitui aJ Sanc- tissimure a Oominum Nostrum 6rcgorium Di». Prov. P.P XVI datis cxposutnt, ejusJtm 5otitJatis Col- Ugium Oeorgiopoli in Amwica Stphntnonali situm, pfrlegtm a Conventu FojJeratciruni Statuum jnnoi8i5 Uhm,fuiisein Un'ivcrsiW»m««ctum,ln «0()ut juvcno.Philosopkicli tHheologicis disccplh nis institui j auintamen m«o Oradus con^trantur, t^uod eorum conTcrtndorum potestas a Sanca Sed« nortdum facta fucrit; insuptr ajdidtrit, quod Ji Gjorgiopolitano ColUjio ea facultas darctur ad illius Instar. Ofiii olim p«r Bnvia Julii 111 anno 1551, tt PillV anno 15(11 (omp<t«bat omn'iUi «jusd«m Socl«tatis CoHegiis, in quibus Ptiilo5opliia«, «t Ttitologiac cursus ntj absolvcbantur, multa Religion) emolumcnta obventura, sed lllud maxime, quod Georgio- politainum G)ll«gium, cum sit in Foederatis Am^rlue Statibus sola Universitas putlice agnita, ipe Doctoratus illecti, qui in illis Regionibus maximi fit, uncli^ue aJ tlluJ confluerent juvenes eccUsiastici, sicque cursum Theotogiae,qu«mineorum Dioecesibui leviter mtiiio attingunt, rite aksoUcrent; relatis per R.B. 0. Castruccium Castratane, Macrae Congregationis de PropoganJa Fide Secretarmm, aJ ianctissitium Dominum Nostrum Gregarium PR XVI precibus, Sanctitas sua tenigne annurt, <t facultattm OraJuum conferendorum, fac^o prius <1« iJoneitate promovenJorum penculo, Col- legio Georgiopolitano Societatis Jcsu impertita est. Datum Koniae ex A(d, Jictae Jit Cor\gregationij die v> Martn 1S33. Gratis tin* ulU omnino lalutione qyeojmque titula -^ M. dkiJJ. Prsfnnt, Cordmahi PeJ'Ci^i. Pr^rfechii V.procapia contormi I 1 of 6eorgeto\wn lantoersity i:ht jfounding of "^arjiland==i63i HEN, after patient and enduring effort. Sir George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, obtained the province washed by the Atlantic Ocean and Potomac River, two Jesuit priests accompanied the Catholic pioneers who landed on the shores of Maryland in 1634. From that very day, they began their ministry, blend­ ing the training of youth in secular learning with instruction in the ways of God. One hundred and sixty-four years before the beautiful city of Washington was envisioned; a century and a half before its marble pillars pointed to the sky; seven score and thirteeen years before the Constitution was conceived, these Jesuit Fathers, Andrew White and Ferdinand Poulton, projected a seat of learning at St. Mary's City, in 1634, as the handmaid of religion in Maryland. From that day forth, the lamp of Catholic education in America was entrusted to the steady and capable hands of the Society of Jesus. But among the inhabitants, who had been received into the Maryland colony and who enjoyed its blessings of civil and religious liberty, some there were who rose up against their benefactors; and a bitter war of persecution was suddenly waged against the Maryland Catholics. Yet, though the hours of religious adver­ sity were enshrouded in darkness, the light of learning burned with unflickering brilliance. With military precision, new sons of Loyola rose to replace those who had fallen; and for a hundred and fifty years the first Catholic school survived— sometimes in the seclusion of the forest, sometimes in the more populous areas of the colony—never failing in its one outstanding task of educating the Catholic youth of Maryland. In the year 1640, when the very existence of the Jesuits themselves was threatened, the school founded at St. Mary's City was transferred to Calverton Manor, on the Wicomico River. Here during the course of some twenty-seven years, despite innumerable trials and difficulties, that would have broken hearts less brave, the Jesuits continued unflinchingly their sacred and noble task of edu­ cation. Not alone did the academy endure; but it expanded as well; and in 1667, 15 a more spacious location was chosen for it at Newtown Manor. With this change in site, came a change in name, for the academy was now known as ''A School for Humanities." Had the religious persecution abated, Georgetown, instead of being the lineal descendent of Newtown Manor, would perhaps have been identified with it. But the Jesuits were driven from Southern Maryland in 1746, crossed the Chesa­ peake, fied into the wilderness and immediately set up another school at Bohemia Manor on the eastern shore. Thither came the sons of Maryland's more promi­ nent Catholic families—the Brents, the Neales, the Carrolls, etc.—to strengthen the religious faith that others would uproot from their hearts. From the humble portals of Bohemia Manor they later went forth, fully prepared for the historical part they were to play in the American Revolution. Bohemia Manor was also the last link in the chain forged by religious persecu­ tion—St. Mary's School, Calverton Manor, Newtown Manor, Bohemia Manor— these were the successive and painful stages in the development of Catholic education in America. But, thank God, a brighter day dawned—new faces appeared on the horizon and men's hearts, despite their relig­ ious beliefs, beat once more in harmony. Upon the ashes of religious bigotry, with the humble Jesuit schools of Maryland as its foundation stone, rose the new, more pretentious and more abiding edifice of Georgetown College. Eorgetom OnwerMqi '^]m]mp' )URNING to the historical pages of the year 1789, interwoven , with the ratification of the Constitution of the United States, we find the names of George Town and Carroll—George Town the picturesque, tree-studded village crowning the banks of the Po­ tomac, and the Most Rev. John Carroll, First Archbishop of Baltimore. For the former was the chosen site of the College that was to bear the name of the town; and Carroll, patriot, priest and prelate, was the man who laid its foundations. Unfolding his plans for the school before a chapter of the clergy at Whitemarsh, on November 13,1786, Carroll described the site as "one of the most lovely situations which the imagination can frame." Happily, Carroll's suggestions were approved; and plans drawn up for the erection of an institution for the education of youth and the perpetuation of the clerical body in America. The General Chapter appointed a Committee to act as Directors of the school; and listed on it were the Rev. Messrs. John Carroll, James Pellentz, Robert Molyneux, John Ashton and Leon Neale. On March i, 1788, Dr. Carroll wrote: "We shall begin the building of our Academy this sum­ mer. On this Academy are built all my hopes of permanency and success of our holy religion in the United States." Construction of the building, known when completed as the South Building, progressed rapidly; and in 1789, a circular was widely distributed announcing the opening of the Academy at George Town.