Evening star., 1936-06-21
5ONZAGA EDUCATION HAS HAD SHARE IN D. c.. HISTOR
COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL,
Once Conducted Classes in Old Brick Capitol and
Place Other Parts of City Has been One Of Distinction
Church History Associated With War Hospital

sioner of Patents; David Tweedy;
Wannell, shoemaker: Wheaton, clerk;
Joseph Wilson, messenger, Land Of
flee, and Ezekiel Young, tailor.
r EGARDLESS of the few people
then residing on F street at this
early date, the city was not without its
Summer gardens and places Of amuse-
ments. as indicated in an old adver.
tisement of June "a, 1917, which an
nounces:
"San Souci Garden.
Nearly opposite the Roman Cath
olic Church in F street, will be opened
on Tuesday evening, the 9Th instant,
every Tuesday evening (f fine), the
Marine Band will attend, after sunset
Tickets may be had at the bar, price
so cents; they admit lady and gen.
tleman.
"On other days, tickets of admission
may be had at the bar, price 1912
cents, for which refreshments to that
amount may be had.
The baths will be exclusively for
the use of ladies before noon, and after
noon for the use of gentlemen. Price
of bathing, 25 cents"
Not far from the foregoing an
nouncement, appears another adver-
tisement which sets the name of the
school then occupying the college
building at that date and which, after
all. might have been the one that later
grew into, Gonzaga College. 1t says:
The Washington Literary Institu-
ton, under the charge of George E.
Ironside, A. M, has been removed to
Twelfth street, second door south of
F street" And Just what became of
Mr. IronSides after this, is not known,
though it would seem that the work
conducted by MIN was, by 1921, taken
over by the Catholic Fathers and re-
turned to the F street building which
had become Jesuit novitiate, and
where the Washington Catholic Semi
nary was conducted from this date to
1927. by Rev. Anthony Kohlman. In
deed, the Washington city directory
for 1922 (the first city directory pub
lished here) carried the following
statement in its pages:
Washington Catholic Seminary, ad-
joining St. Patrick's Church.
The classes in the seminary are,
two Greek. three Latin, two French,
two English, besides writing, arith-
metic. geography and mathematics.
The number of students is at pres
ent above 80.
Rev. Anthony Kohlmann, superior
Of the seminary.
REV. Adam Marshall. president Of
the school attached to seminary.
Professors attached to the semi
nary: Messrs. jeremiah Kelley, VIII
liam Grace, Edward Mccarthy, Joseph
S. Schneider, Peter w. Walsh, Ignatius
Combs. James Neale, Samuel Newton,
John Smith, Alex Divoff."
TN 1927 the seminary moved to the
old brick Capitol, where now stands
the Supreme Court Building, and this
change of location was announced in
the press Of September IS, as follows:
I'VE understand that the Roman
Catholic Seminary of F street, which
has deservedly required considerable
celebrity, is transferred to the large
and spacious house on Capitol Hill,
which was formerly temporarily occu-
pied by the Congress of the United
States. principally on account of the
superior convenience which it affords
in reference to the plan that is in con-
temptation, to convert it into a COL
lege, under the name of the WASH
ington City College where the higher
branches Of literature, as well as the
Bellies Lettres, will be taught, and for
the accommodation Of such portion of
the pupils as may become boarders in
the house.
From the high attainments and ex-
character Of the president of
the institution, the Rev. jeremiah
Kiely, and the ability with which the
seminary in F street has been con-
Quoted by him, we anticipate the most
auspicious and gratifying results to
flow from this movement, with respect
to the great instruction Of morals and
literature. We know enough of the
and learned gentleman, at
the head Of the institution, confidently