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For whom McDonough Gym named?
McDonough Memorial Gym, dedicated in 1951, is named for Vincent
S. McDonough, S.J. (1870-1939), who served as Director of Athletics
from 1916 to 1928. Father "Mac" was both revered and
feared by students. In addition to serving as Director of Athletics,
he was also Prefect of Discipline and Student Counselor. When
asked what he would most like to honor his 25th anniversary as
a priest, he replied, "You give the boys a new gym and I'll
be happy." A few days later, on September 3, 1939, he was
found dead in his room, beside a radio broadcasting news of the
declarations of war by Britain and France. Coaching legend Lou
Little, who worked under Father "Mac", said of him,
"I never knew a man with so broad a vision. I never knew
one who understood boys as he understood them. I never saw him
confronted with a decision and fail to give a fair and sympathetic
answer- one that satisfied all hands and endeared him to all."
When did the first male students graduate from the Nursing
School?
The College first admitted women in 1969. In March of the same
year, the Nursing School announced that it would accept applications
from male students. The dean of the School, Sister Rita Marie
Bergeron, OSB, cited expanding the supply of professional nurses
as the main reason for the change. Three male students graduated
in 1976, among them Richard Haas, the first male to enroll. In
an interview published in The Washington Post on May 17,
1976, Mr. Haas recounted how, as a volunteer firefighter in Prince
George's County, he was nicknamed "Flo" and was continually
questioned and teased by his fellow firefighters about his status
as a nursing student. However, that changed when "we had
an accident where two people were killed and seven were lying
in the street. A little girl was pinned under a car. Nobody knew
where to start. I kept pressure on the girl's femoral artery for
45 minutes [and saved her life]. Nobody asked me any questions
after that."
What does the Latin
inscription on the middle gable of Copley Hall mean?
This large inscription reads: Moribus Antiquis Res Stat Loyolaea
Virisque which has been translated as: Loyola's Fortune Still
May Hope To Thrive, If Men and Mold Like Those of Old Survive.
Copley Hall, along with the White-Gravenor Building, has been
described as a "sermon in stone" because of the
Catholic and Jesuit symbolism of its external architectural
details. These details include, on the south gable, the family
crest of St. Ignatius Loyola (founder of the Society of Jesus),
the lily of the seal of the University of Paris where he was
educated, and the seal of the Society of Jesus and, to the
right of the main entrance, a shield bearing the coat-of-arms
of John Carroll. The Hall is the namesake of Thomas Copley,
S.J., who embarked for Maryland in 1637 and hoped to found
a college as early as 1640. |
Copley Hall, ca. 1931. From the Georgetown University
Archives.
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