1948 Yearbook
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1948 Yearbook
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Most Rev. Henry J. Cosgrove
Bishop of Davenport
1884-1906
Most Rev. James J. Davis
Bishop of Davenport
1904-1926
College widened its scope of training to include others
than students for the priesthood. And thus it was that
in 1908 the name St. Ambrose seminary was changed.
During the earlier years emphasis was placed on the
liberal arts, a course based on the classics and a sufficient amount of science for a general cultural education.
Since then various courses have been introduced to
offer a more specialized study in law, medicine, engineering and business. The school was for a brief time coeducational, but in 1939 a corporate woman's college
was founded on a separate campus.
A further modification of education at the school took
place during the war years when the institution's facilities
were extended to the Navy Department for training of
officer candidates.
The ecclesiastical department was removed to another
locality in 1943, but it resumed activity at St. Ambrose
in March of 1945. The school as a whole went on a
strictly civilian basis in November of the same year.
Ambrose Hall once housed the entire college, but increasing size necessitated additional buildings. LeClaire
Gymnasium was built in 1912, Davis Hall for boarders
in 1925, Lewis Hall for classrooms in 1934, and the Library
and Administration building in 1940.
In addition, G. I. dormatories and housing units were
built in 1946 and a building for the Music Department,
this spring. Off-campus McAuley Hall was procured for
boarders in 1946 and Marycrest College for women was
established in 1939.
And now, though proud of its past, St. Ambrose College
looks forward to the future. It proposes to do nothing
actually new, but rather what it has always done—
liberally educate young men in a Catholic Christian
manner.
Most Rev. Henry P. Rohlmann
Bishop of Davenport
1927-1944
Rt. Rev. Aloysius J. Schulte
First President
Bishop of Davenport
1884-1906
Most Rev. James J. Davis
Bishop of Davenport
1904-1926
College widened its scope of training to include others
than students for the priesthood. And thus it was that
in 1908 the name St. Ambrose seminary was changed.
During the earlier years emphasis was placed on the
liberal arts, a course based on the classics and a sufficient amount of science for a general cultural education.
Since then various courses have been introduced to
offer a more specialized study in law, medicine, engineering and business. The school was for a brief time coeducational, but in 1939 a corporate woman's college
was founded on a separate campus.
A further modification of education at the school took
place during the war years when the institution's facilities
were extended to the Navy Department for training of
officer candidates.
The ecclesiastical department was removed to another
locality in 1943, but it resumed activity at St. Ambrose
in March of 1945. The school as a whole went on a
strictly civilian basis in November of the same year.
Ambrose Hall once housed the entire college, but increasing size necessitated additional buildings. LeClaire
Gymnasium was built in 1912, Davis Hall for boarders
in 1925, Lewis Hall for classrooms in 1934, and the Library
and Administration building in 1940.
In addition, G. I. dormatories and housing units were
built in 1946 and a building for the Music Department,
this spring. Off-campus McAuley Hall was procured for
boarders in 1946 and Marycrest College for women was
established in 1939.
And now, though proud of its past, St. Ambrose College
looks forward to the future. It proposes to do nothing
actually new, but rather what it has always done—
liberally educate young men in a Catholic Christian
manner.
Most Rev. Henry P. Rohlmann
Bishop of Davenport
1927-1944
Rt. Rev. Aloysius J. Schulte
First President
Date
1948
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St. Ambrose University 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA 52803
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