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the Independent Retard, Helena, Mdfttafla, Sunday, July ti, Edition Page Nine Carroll College Is Observing Its 55th Anniversary enrollment atid the lack of hew personnel, the good sisters left Carroll. frame Changed On May 29, 1932, at the college's 22hd commencement exercises, the name of the school was officially changed by the Most Rev. George J. Fihhigan, the third bishop of Helena, from Mt. St.

Charles to Carroll College, in honor of its founder, John F. Carroll. It was also at this time that the high school department was dropped and the decision to concentrate on the education of students at the college level was made. During the centennial year of 1964, Carroll College will observe the 55th anniversary of its founding by the Most Rev. John P.

Carroll, the second bishop of Helena. At the time of the laying of the cornerstone in 1909, the Capital City of Helena was 45 years old and the state of Montana an infant of 20 years. The idea and the inspiration for a Catholic College for men in Helena dates back as early as October, 1884, when the Most Rev. John Brondel, first bishop of Helena, wrote to the Association for the Propagation of the Faith. In his letter Bishop Brondel said: "An extraordinary appropriation is asked as 1 desire to build a college for boys." In June of 1887 Bishop Brondel petitioned the Father General of the Jesuit Order for priests to teach at the proposed college, and it was granted.

Two tracts of land were obtained for the school, one of which is the site of the present St. Joseph's Orphans' Home, and the other, was located on Phoenix Avenue, north of the Northern Pacific right-of-way. However, a committee, which was appointed to solicit funds, raised only several thousand dollars, which was not enough to insure the success of the undertaking, so the project was put aside for the time being. Bishop Brondel did not live to see his dream realized, but his hopes were effected by his successor, the Most Rev. John F.

Carroll, who was enabled to establish the college under the supervision of the diocesan clergy. The immediate predecessor of Mt St. Charles (now Carroll) College was St. Aloysius Institute, which was founded in 1870 and located on the site known as Catholic Hill. In 1906 it became a boarding school for boys, and the growth of the institute was rapid, and the need for more ln wom war room to accommodate the increasing enrollment became acute.

Taking advantage of the situation, Bishop Carroll planned the construction of a college and minor seminary to be combined with the high school facilities. A 60- acre tract of land at the north end of the city, known as Capitol Hill, was secured, and plans made for the erection of the new building. President Taft Aided The sen-ices of an architect, A. 0. Von Herbulis of Washington, D.C., who had previously designed St.

Helena's Cathedral and school, were secured. Ground was broken for the building on June 16, 1909. In the fall of the same year, on September 27, the honorable William Howard Taft, President of the United States, assisted Bishop Carroll in the laying of the cornerstone. At this time, it was thought that the name of the new institution would be Capitol Hill College. However, an encyclical by Pope Pius commemorating the 300th anniversary of St.

Charles Borromeo was published. St. Charles had, through the Council of Trent, originated and established in the legislation of the church the idea of the diocesan college. And so Bishop Carroll decided to use the name of this saint, with the hope that the ideals and example set down by him would become the ideals for its students. Mt.

St. Charles College opened its doors Sept. 22, 1910, and graduated its first student in 1916. In the face of a growing enrollment, ground was broken on June 13, 1917, for a gymnasium-science building, and in the spring of 1920 the construction of the south wing, which provided more dormitory and classroom space, was started, On August 12, 1925, at the invitation of Bishop Carroll, eleven Sisters of St. Dominic arrived from Germany to take charge of the domestic affairs of the institution.

A stone convent on the east slope of the campus was erected for them. For 32 years the sisters handled the feeding facilities for the college, and then in 1961, because of the increasing When the earthquake struck Helena in the fall of 1935, Carroll suffered damage amounting to $12,000, mainly to stone gables, cornices, and plaster walls. The disaster necessitated the dismissal of classes until Nov. 11, 1935, and by November of the folowing year the damages had been completely repaired. An astronomical observatory on the south slope of the college grounds was built by Dr.

Edward Neuman and the Carroll students in 1937 to house a telescope designed and constructed by them. The college was incorporated under the laws of Montana in 1916, with the Bishop of Helena as chairman of the Board of Cor- porators. Scholastic accreditation for all academic departments of Carroll have, over the years, been obtained from the highest accrediting associations in the country. In 1924 Carroll was notified that its degrees are registered and approved by the Board of Regents of the University of New York, and in 1937 an affiliation as part of the curriculum until the spring of 1948. Carroll trained 38 Army pilots, 12? civilian pilots, and 1,254 Navy pilots.

th keeping with its wartime training schedules, the Board of Studies adopted an accelerated academic program beginning in June 1943. Through this program Carroll offered three 16 week semesters ih place of the customary two. The college also adopted the policy of admitting high school juniors that ranked in the top third of their class. Both of these practices were discontinued after the summer of 1946. The end of the armed conflict returned the school to full civilian status, and with it an upsurge of enrollment.

with the Catholic University of America was secured, as well as with the National Catholic Education Association. Becomes Coeducational In the fall of 1946 a department of nursing education was established in co-operation with the Sisters of Charily of Leavenworth, and in 1952 Carroll College went completely coeducational. Since then the woman student has been afforded the opportunity to earn a degree in any major field offered by the college. In 1958 Carroll recognized the trend in college education to that of the whole student, and entered into a co-operative liberal arts- engineering program with the University of Notre Dame. Since then similar programs have been entered into with Montana State College in 1959, and with Gonzaga University in 1962.

In recent years the Bishops of Helena, regarding the college as the keystone of the diocese's educational system, have appointed, the following priests as presidents: The Rt. Rev. Norbert Hoff (1921-1932); the Rt. Rev. COLLEGE OF artist's conception shows the Carroll College campus at the completion of the development program announced recently by the most Rev, Raymond Hunthausen, bishop of the Helena diocese.

The new buildings, shown in their approxi- mote location In relation to St. Charles Hall, rear center, built in 1909, are; (1) gymnasium; (2) women's dormitory; (3) men's dormitory; (4) chapel (old gymnasium); (5) library addition, and (6) administration and classroom building. World War II played a predominant part in Carroll's history. With much of America's manpower gone to war, the enrollment situation at Carroll became critical and the threat of having to close its doors loomed heavily over the Capitol Hill school. However, the leadership and determination of the bishop and the president, the Most Rev.

Joseph M. Gilmore and the Rt. Rev. Emmet Riley, refused to allow this to happen, and Carroll College went to war. The conversion of the Civilian Pilot Training program into a military operation for training Army and Navy personnel was the first of three major steps that were taken between 1942 and 1943 that enabled Carroll to remain open and at the same time aid in the war effort.

Emmet Riley (1932-1951); the Rt. Rev. Vincent Kavanagh (19511957); the Rt. Rev. Raymond Hunthausen (1957-1962); and the Very Rev.

Anthony Brown, who was appointed in September of 1962. Carroll College has been honored twice by Popes of the Catho- The second step in the operation was the acceptance of Carroll as a base for the Navy V-5 program for the training of Navy pilots. Part three, and the culmination of Carroll's wartime program, was the acceptance by the Navy Department of Carroll as a V-12 training school. With at least one of these operations lie Church, on the occasions of two of its faculty members and graduates being elevated to members of the church's hierarchy. The first honor came when the Rev.

Bernard J. Topel, a professor of mathematics, was consecrated as the bishop of Spokane, on Sept. 21, 1955. Then on Aug. 30, 1962, Monsignor Raymond Hunthausen, president of Carroll, was consecrated bishop of Helena, following the untimely and unexpected death of the Most Rev.

Joseph M. Gilmore. New Buildings Since 1957 Carroll College has undergone two periods of extensive development and expansion, both in enrollment and facilities. On Nov. 4, 1957, Bishop Gilmore formally dedicated two new buildings on the college campus.

The science-library hall and Borromeo Hall, a men's residence, were the first two structures to be erected at Carroll since the building of the observatory in 1937. Four years later in December, 1961, Bishop Gilmore was once again on the scene, this time to dedicate the Carroll Commons, a dining hall-student union, and Guadalupe Hall, a women's residence. The latest, and to date the most ambitious undertaking by the college, was the announcement in February, 1964 of a 15 year six-million-dollar develop ment and expansion program. The purpose of the program is to provide the academic and physical means necessary for Carroll College to meet the future growth and expansion, and to continue the high degree of academic ex cellence characteristic of the col lege. The plan calls for the erection of five new buildings: a class room-administration building, a women's residence, a field house a men's residence, and a libera' arts building.

It also include; plans for a faculty endowmen fund, expansion of the library fa cilities, and renovation and com pletion of existing physical plant Water for Helena An improvement that will be of great benefit to Helena is now go- tig on in Grizzly gulch. R. S. Hale, he water, king, has purchased all he interest in Grizzly and has a gang of men employed putting in glazed water pipes to bring the water to the city. The stream is not sufficiently large to make any perceptible inroad on the present supply, but it is pure and wholesome and will be heartily Daily Independent, April 25, 1890.

New Catholic Church at Boulder The Catholic Church in Boulder Valley is in fine progress. The foundation has been laid, and the building will be completed by the last of October. At a meeting held in August, Mr. Edward Ryan was elected President, Phil. Smith, Vice President, and Wm.

Ryan, Treasurer. The executive committee is composed of Messrs. Con Clarke, John Brady and Richard Dunn. The Helena Independent, Sept. 1, 1880.

Imported Millinery Madame Coe, of New York, wh has just returned from Paris, ha engaged room 64, Grand Central hotel, and cordially invited the ladies of Helena to inspect her elegant assortment of imported bonnets, loquis and large hats. Madame Goe visits semi-annually and this is a rare chance to ladies of Helena to secure the latest Paris Daily Independent, Jan. 4, 1890. Notice The Independent will pay a reward of $20 for the arrest of any person taking papers from the doors of Daily Independent, April 24, 1890. COLLEGE OF detachment of the Students Army Training Corps (SATO which was assigned to Carroll College, then Mount St.

Charles, during World War is shown here. The Montana Historical Society: Partner in Helena's Heritage Preserving and promoting the unique and colorful history of ihe Treasure State has been fhe business of the Historical Society since 1864. Indeed, we share a common birthday with the territory and with Last Chance Gulch, even though the instrument creating the Society was not signed until early in 1865. We hope to continue to work for both the past and future of Helena and Montana not only through the facilities of our museums, library, art galleries and publications, but with items of Western Americana which make their own contribution to that end. We here list only a few of them.

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The four issues of each volume year are now being bound with linen covers for permanent preservation, and these are available along with many single back issues. The subscription rate is only $5 a year, $8 for two years, $11 for three. Prescriptions make splendid gifts at Christmas or for any occasion, and we have cards to send in your name, appropriate to any of them. Russell Oils on Canvas C. M.

Russell Medallions FREE TRAPPER 22x31 $25 INDIAN 4 HUNTERS RETURN BEFORE RECENT BUILDINGS-He re it a pre-1960 picture of Carroll College with iorromeo Hall in the foreground. Since then Carroll Common; end Quoda- lupe Holl hove been constructed, 22x33 The Historical Society carries the largest selection of C. M. Russell prints and reproductions available anywhere. These include subjects in our own collection of original paintings, as well as the most-wanted subjects from galleries throughout the country.

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