| 1915 |
Marywood College is founded. It is the first college for women in Northeastern Pennsylvania and the first Catholic college for women in the State. Bishop Hoban offers a Mass of the Holy Ghost in the College chapel, September 8. Three four-year courses of instruction are offered: a Bachelor of Arts program, a Bachelor of Science program, and a Bachelor of Letters program. Students may also enroll for one- and two-year "special courses" in Music, Domestic Science, Art, and Secretarial Studies.
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The Motherhouse, the original Marywood College building
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| 1915 |
Renovations are made to the Seminary Building to accommodate the thirty-four students in the first College class.
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| 1915 |
The Teresian Dramatic Society produces the morality play Eager Heart, Christmas.
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St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Teresa of Avila, and St. Brigid are selected as the College patrons, and the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is designated as the patronal feast day. The school motto, "Sanctitas, Scientia, Sanitas" ("Holiness, Knowledge, Health") is formulated by the Reverend Francis Donnelly, S.J., an eminent scholar and a former student of the I.H.M. Sisters. The seal of the Congregation is adapted for use by the new institution, with the words "Marywood College" replacing "Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary."
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The Tennis Court, 1915 |
| 1916 |
Marywood College acquires the Cleland country estate, Mt. Cobb, called St. Joseph 's Place. Because of the large conservatory, the new property will serve as a valuable adjunct to the College's Biological Department.
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| 1916 |
The St. Brigid Society, fostering the study of journalism, produces the first College newspaper, The Marywood Quarterly.
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| 1916 |
The Shrine of the Sacred Heart is established in memory of Sister M. Carmel Gallagher, I.H.M., by her brother, John Gallagher, of Kansas, MO, September.
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| 1916 |
A resolution is passed at a meeting of the Members of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart, directing its officers to procure a charter under the name of Marywood College, for the purpose of conferring degrees under the provisions of the Act of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, known as the College and University Act of 1895, November 11.
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| 1917 |
Marywood is incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a nonprofit corporation named Marywood College, by decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County. Its purpose is to establish, conduct, and maintain a college for the higher education of young women, with power to confer degrees in art, pure and applied science, and philosophy, and to grant the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music, and Bachelor of Science in Household Economics, June 4.
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| 1917 |
Marywood's first one- and two-year students receive certificates at a formal ceremony, June 20.
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| 1918 |
The Cottage is made available as an Infirmary for resident students.
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| 1918 |
Father Price, a Maryknoll missionary based in China, speaks at Marywood, March.
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| 1918 |
Marywood students conduct a fund drive for the war, raising nearly $2,500, May.
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| 1919 |
The "League for the Promotion of Modesty in Dress," a particularly successful and enduring student group, is formed, May.
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| 1919 |
The founding issue of the Bay Leaf (later Bayleaf), a quarterly literary magazine, is published, May. Its name derives from the ancient Greek and Roman custom of crowning heroes and poets with wreaths of bay leaves.
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Title page of the first issue of the Bay Leaf, May 1919 |
| 1919 |
The Venard Club is established after students visit Venard College of the Maryknoll Fathers of Clarks Green.
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| 1919 |
The Reverend Martin Fleming, uncle of senior Mildred Walker, offers a Solemn Baccalaureate Mass in the chapel, June 15.
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| 1919 |
The first formal Senior Banquet and Dance takes place in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Casey, June 20.
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| 1919 |
Marywood confers the baccalaureate degree for the first time on seventeen graduates. The Baccalaureate Mass is celebrated in the Chapel of the I.H.M. Motherhouse. Commencement exercises are held in the Strand Theatre in Downtown Scranton, with Bishop Hoban presiding and with an address by the Reverend Terence Shealey, S.J., Dean of the Fordham University Graduate School, June 22.
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Class of 1919 on steps of Motherhouse |
| 1919 |
The College opens its evening and Saturday courses to qualified women in the area who are not regularly enrolled.
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| 1919 |
Mother M. Casimir Murray, I.H.M., becomes the second President of Marywood College, August. |
Mother M. Casimir
Murray, I.H.M. |
| 1919 |
Four young women from France, the College's first foreign students, arrive on campus to study via scholarships provided by Marywood at the request of the National Catholic War Council.
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| 1919 |
Eamon De Valera, President of the Republic of Ireland, speaks at Marywood.
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| 1920 |
The Cottage becomes known as "Martha's Cottage" and is equipped for the Department of Home Economics.
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Martha's Cottage
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| 1920 |
Twenty-two students receive degrees at Marywood College.
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| 1920 |
Donal O'Callaghan, Lord Mayor of Cork, speaks at Marywood.
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| 1920 |
An Athletic Field Day becomes a part of the Founders' Day celebration, May.
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Athletic Field, 1921 |
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The Pennsylvania Department of Education grants Marywood the right to credit all its standard courses, including summer and extension classes, toward permanent certification of teachers.
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| 1921 |
Bayberries, a collection of poems from the pages of the Bay Leaf, is published in honor of Bishop Hoban's Silver Jubilee as a Bishop.
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| 1921 |
Twigs, an informal student newspaper, is published.
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| 1921 |
The first issue of the Tourmaline, Marywood's yearbook, is published. According to the Foreword in this volume, "It is the purpose of 'The Tourmaline' to reflect the larger phases of our privileged life at Marywood. The tourmaline stone has been chosen as their ring setting by the college girls. Like the tourmaline pincetta, which absorbs extraordinary light rays and permits the transmission of ordinary rays, 'The Tourmaline' will show the ordinary course of events in the college years. The stone has well known optical properties, but of its magnaetic powers not so much is known. It attracts when charged in much the same way as amber. In fact, it is the most interesting in its phenomena of all precious gems. We are entrusting to its powers of attraction and to its unique properties, the title of the Marywood Year Book."
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First issue of the Tourmaline |
| 1921 |
The summer session, previously restricted to Sisters, is opened to seculars, following a request from the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction.
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| 1921 |
The College earns charter membership in the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
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| 1921 |
Eighteen students receive degrees at Marywood College.
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| 1921 |
The Teresian Drama Society produces How a Woman Keeps a Secret.
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| 1921 |
Sister Immaculata Gillespie, Dean of the College, receives a Ph.D. from Fordham University. She is the first regional woman to earn a doctoral degree. |
Sister M. Immaculata Gillespie, Dean of Marywood College, 1915-1943 |
| 1922 |
Ground is broken for the Liberal Arts Building, July 22.
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| 1922 |
Marywood receives approval from the American Council on Education.
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| 1922 |
The Pennsylvania Department of Education approves Marywood's General Home Economics curriculum.
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| 1922 |
The Regents of the State of New York recognize all Marywood degrees.
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| 1922 |
Home Economics majors begin the St. Elizabeth's Guild, a charitable association.
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| 1922 |
Eleven students receive degrees at Marywood College.
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| 1922 |
The Teresian Drama Society produces The Hourglass.
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| 1922 |
Through the first amendment to its charter, Marywood becomes empowered to confer the degrees of Master of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Education, June 26.
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| 1923 |
Most Rev. Michael J. Hoban blesses the cornerstone for the Liberal Arts Building, the first structure totally dedicated to Marywood College use, May 24. Lieutenant Governor D. J. Davis speaks on behalf of the Commonwealth.
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Construction of Liberal Arts Building,
viewed from Motherhouse balcony,
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Boland Bros. Contractors,
construction site of Liberal Arts Building |
| 1923 |
Thirty-four students receive degrees at Marywood College.
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| 1923 |
The Pennsylvania Department of Education approves Marywood's Art Education curriculum.
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| 1923 |
After this point, only four-year programs are offered at Marywood.
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| 1923 |
Music students form an orchestra club, and those with instrumental or vocal specialties are active in the St. Cecilia Club.
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St Cecilia's Music Society, 1930 |
| 1923 |
The Teresian Drama Society produces My Aunt from California.
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| 1923 |
The Powerhouse is completed.
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| 1924 |
Most Rev. M. J. Hoban, D.D., celebrates Mass and blesses the Liberal Arts Building, formally opening the first facility totally dedicated to Marywood College use, March 25. The cost of the building is about $700,000.
However, not all Marywood classes leave the I.H.M. Motherhouse/Notiviate/Seminary building at this time; in fact, the Music Department remains in the Motherhouse until the opening of Assumption Hall.
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Liberal Arts Building, c.1928 |
| 1924 |
The Secretarial Department opens on a full-scale basis to prepare teachers of commercial subjects for high school teaching and executive secretaries for the business world. It is inspected and approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, winning for Marywood the right to grant Secretarial Science degrees.
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| 1924 |
Forty-two students receive degrees at Marywood College.
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| 1924 |
The Teresian Drama Society produces The Lady of Athens.
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The Roger Bacon Chemical Society publishes the Baconite, a scientific quarterly. |
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