DEDICATION OF DORMITORY, STUDENT UNION APRIL 28 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations Contents Copyright by the Catholic Press Society, Inc., 1958 — Permission to Reproduce, Except N e w W i l l M e a n On Articles Otherwise M ark ed, Given After 12 M Friday Following Issue Record College Enrollm ent DENVER CATHaiC ^)ompletion of new buildings on the campuses of Regis and Loretto Heights Colleges, Denver, signals a new era in Catholic higher education REGISTER in Colorado. Regis expects total enrollment next VOL. Lli. No. 37. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1958 DENVER, COLORADO fall will pass the 1,0W mark for the first time in the schod’s history. At the A T SEMINARY APRIL 27 same time Loretto Heights will enable the college to handle put into use-its new $1,12^,000 about 60 more bt^ders than in former years. The principal residence hail, enabling the col­ lege to inaease its enrollment by benefit of the new residence 425 A ltar Boys Are Invited almt 200 to 700 or higher. building was to relieve crowded conditions in Guroll Hall, for­ Advance registrations at Regis merly the college dormitory. were reported running much Dedication heavier Aan last year, probably To Eighth Annual Field Doy at an all-time record rate. The On April 28 schoc^’s total enrollment this Archbishop Urban J. Vehr year is 930. O'Connell Hall, a will dedicate O'Conaell HaU, Sponsored by Serro M em bers new dormitory, has been in use along with the new Student for several months, but will Union building, Monday, April “ What ^ e s on within a semi­ 28, as part of the celebration by nary?” The e^hth grade altar 'Register' to Run Regis of its 70 years in Denver. boys of the Denver Province will have a first-hand opppr Ratings on Films It was moved from Morrison as tunity to view for themselvesilvei Sacred Heart College in 1888 Starting this wrek, the Den. this Sunday, April 27, when under Bishop Machebeuf and Fa­ the eighth annual Serra Field per Catholic Regiiler will pob- Day will be held at St. Thomas’ lith the Legion of Derenry ther Dominic Pantanclla, S.J. Seminary, Denver. For many, ratings on motion pirluroa The big rise in college enroll­ toe daily rountine in a seminary The new dormitory on Hall, and will allow an increase in boarder en­ shown on television stations in ment is not expected in most appears to be mysterious. To Denver and Colorado Springs. O'Connell Holl the campus of Regis Col­ rollment of about 60 Students next fall. areas until I960, according to a dispel this veil of the unknown, Dedication of O'Connell Hall, along with that Serra Club members of Denver lege, Denver, is named for a Las Animas bene­ The Legion's rating of ear- o f the new Student Union Building, on Mon­ rent motion pictures being ex­ Regis spoicesmaa The boom in are making it possible for the factor who helped keep the school open in the day, April 28, will signal opening of Regis Week, hibited in theaters is listed Colorado seems to be the result youth of the area to inspect the dark 1930s. The building has allowed Regis to marking the 70 years the school has been in each week in the lYntionaf of local conditions, namely the inner workings of St Thomas’ relieve crowded dormitory conditions in Carroll Denver. E d itio n of the Register. post-war population growth. Col­ Seminary. Invitations to this annual leges in other areas are either event have been sent to 425 holding at the same enrollment eighth-grade servers. These level, or else seeing it slip some­ participants will be enabled to 'Legal Robbers' become acquainted with the fu­ what. ture priests of the area and The constiuaion of the new their training. dormitory at Loretto Heights The day will bei^n at 9:16 Are Given Blow has enabled the college to re­ a.m. with registration at the tower of the seminary. Follow­ model its administrative build­ ing the registration there will By Credit Union ing, giving space formerly used Prizes to be awarded at the Serra Club Field Day at St be a Solemn Mass in the semi­ as living accommodations to of­ Thomas’ Seminary, Denver, will include the trophies nary chapel, heart of the semi­ By Paul Hallett eyed wistfully by the youngster above. Seminarians displaying narians' daily lives. Athletic The loss o f $762.38 suf­ fices and classrooms. Another the trophies are, left to right, Thomas Braig, Richard Hanifen, events, toure o f the campus, a fered by St. Cajetan’s innovation on that campus is and Edward Jeep. The prizes will be awarded to eighth grade picnic lunch, visits with the Credit Union in a holdup the opening of an Olympic sized altar boys participating in field events at the seminary Sunday, seminarians, a movie and the swimming pool April 27. awarding o f more than 100 Saturday, April 12, though prizes will round out the day. painful, was .slight in com­ Both Regis and Loretto Benediction o f the Blessed Sac­ parison with the assets of this P a h i c This building is the first] snack area for Regis students, and later a con- Heights were born from the de­ COLLECTION SET M AY 4 rament will complete the events noted organization, it was A n i J l Student Union in the his- verted Quonset hut served the same purpose, at 4 p.m. tory of Regia College, Denver. The basement] The Student Union boasts s lounge, kitchen, sire of pioneer Bishop Mache­ learned. The loss by robt«ry beuf to bring Catholic education Most o f the activities are was, however, great in com­ o f Csrroll Hall for a time was a recreation and I banquet room, and dining room. scheduled for out-of-doors. In parison with the loss by default to Colorado. Both had their ori­ Archbishop Vehr Urges toe event of inclement weather, the credit union has sustained gins in the New Mexico mis­ however, indoor activities will in the almost 20 years of its sions, from whence Bishop be substituted to afford the youth a memorable day. existence. In its first two years Canon City Abbey Has Made Progress Machebeuf had come. 'The Jes­ Readers for 'R egister' it had lent $36,465, and taken Day U Project a loss of S5. uits opened a school at Las “An informed Catholic must keep current on pres- Of Serra Club • Today tba credit uaion, Vegas, N. Mex. In 1884 Fa­ This eighth annual Field Day which bogaa in Fobruary, Under Direction of Abbot Schwinn ther Pancanella began Sacred Mt-day developments as they affect the Church at large is a project o f the Serra Club 1939. on tho provorbiat abeo- Byiy C.i J. Zecha Abbey from the time Abbotiwest of the monastery building, Heart College in Morrison, and and our own archdiocese,” declares Archbishop Urban o f Denver. Serra Club members (trint. baa ouUtandinf leant The Rt. Rev. Leonard Schwinn came to the monastery was completed in 1956. In 1968 •J. Vehr in his IWter announcing the annual R egister on this year’s field day commit­ of $186,544, an ineraato of the New Mexico school died the Schwinn, O.S.B., Abbot o f Holy in 1933 unlil theae ppresent has a $50,000 industrial arts build­ tee are Prank Wieek (chair­ 1120.000 from 1949. It hat a year the Morrison College was subscription drive. The collection will be taken up in Cross Abbey, Canon City, an been remarkable. The most re­ ing was completed. It was de­ man), Judge Edward Day. Mar­ mamberthip of 964. an in- churches of the Archdioce.se of Denver Sunday, May 4. outstanding Catholic educator cent achievement was the ac­ signed by Father Michael Jan- moved to Denver. tin Kelley, and Jam'-s Fattor. ereata of about 1S3 over that and well-known throughout the quisition of 88 acres o f farm­ kowski, O.S.B., industrial arts Sisters of Loretto came to Anxious to show the altar year. country as a retreat master, land, including many fine build­ instructor at the Abbey school. ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER boys a fun-filled day. Frank Id its first 10 years the Denver from Santa Fe in 1864 will be the recipient of an hon­ ings and installations for farm Chancery Office ' , Hoetek, seminarian chairman union had saved its members Within the past 15 years a for toe day, said plans are now orary doctor of laws degree to and ranch purposes. Formerly by stagecoach, and opened a in the vicinity of $20,000. How beautiful convent was built for 1536 Logan Street in the final stages of prepara­ be awarded by St. Benedict’s kno^n as State Prison Farm school the same year. The acad­ much suffering it has saved the the Benedictine Sisters, who Denver 3, Colorado tion. Seminarians working on Lord alone knows. A t the time College, Atchi4on, Kans., at its handle the kitchen and domes­ emy was moved to the present 100th annual commencement ex­ various committees are Larry of its erection many of its mem­ tic affairs of the monastery. An­ Loretto Heights she Nov. 2, Kelley, registration: Mike Mul­ ercises on May 28. bers had been paying loan other addition was the modem 1891. ' April 23, 1968 len. athletic events; Edwards sharks nearly as long as they Others to receive the same all-purpose gymnasium, one of Reverend Dear Father Simons, tours; Richard Hanifen could remember, and the holdup honorary degree with Abbot the finest in the country.