The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-11-12
l FINE INSTITUTION
Such Is Mount st. Charles College,
Helena, Mont.

In September, 1905, shortly after his
arrival in the Diocese of Helena,
Bishop Carroll opened the first year of
a high school course for boys in st.
Aloysius school, that city. This was
day school, During his visitation
Of the Diocese, however, the Bishop
found a considerable number of boys
who would be glad to take up the
study OF the higher branches if suit
able accommodations could be pro-
vided for them at Helena. This in
teresting discovery pointed to the op-
portuneness of an institution for the
cultivation of native vocations to the
priesthood-an object which the
Bishop had most at heart. Sister Cor
nelia, of st. Johns hospital, having
generously promised to take charge
of the culinary department, a tenn
porary dormitory was fitted up in the
old school house, and on September
Sth, 1906, st. Aloysius Institute for
boarders and day scholars was opened
with Rev. J. M. Venus as it's first
principal. The following year Profes.
sor Charles A. Scullon was appointed
Project of Discipline and Director of
Athletics, and on the retirement of
Father Venus to parochial work In
1909, Rev. Joseph c. Willging, who
had been preparing himself for col
lege work in the Catholic University
Of America, succeeded as principal.
The growth of St. Aloysius Insti-
tute was steady and solid, and it was
apparent, early in 1908, that more COM
modious quarters would have to be
provided. A magnificent tract of fifty
acres lying on the edge Of the city,
popularity known as Capitol Hill, was
secured. Plans were prepared by Mr..
A. o. Won Herbulis of Washington, D.
c., the architect of the Cathedral and
St. Helena school, and on June 18th,
1909, ground was broken for a new
college to bear the name of the saint
ly Cardinal Archbishop of Milan, who
had done so much for Christian edu-
cation and the reformation of morals
in the days of the Council of Trent.
The cornerstone was laid ON Mon.
day afternoon, September q, 1909, by
Bishop Carroll, assisted by William
Howard Taft, President of the United
States.
The college building is the first
unit of group of buildings designed
for Capitol Hill, whose erection in the
not distant future is the hope of all
the friends of Catholic higher educa.
ton in Montana It is five stories high
and has frontage of 1870 feet and a
depth of IS feet. The material used
in its construction is red porphyry,
native stone. The building is abso-
lutely fire proof, the floors being con-
crete, the roof steel and the stair
cases steel with marble treads. The
style of architecture is Gothic. The
plumbing, heating and ventilating are
of the most approved modern sys-
TENS and the lighting is by electricity.
Besides the traditional dormitory. one
whole floor is devoted to private
rooms.
One must visit the grounds TO get
an idea of their extent and suitable
ness for college purposes. On the
campus is a spacious baseball park
with splendid amphitheater. There is
an outdoor hand ball court, 60 feet
square, an. provision has been made
for coasting and skating in the win
ter season. So blessed by nature is
the site of Mount st. Charles that
the college authorities will have no
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