Fifty years in Yorkville, or, Annals of the parish of StIgnatius Loyola and StLawrence O'Toole . ion from no one. For the six years followingGettysburg, Mr. Scanlan taught at Holy Cross, andwhen Woodstock College was opened in 1869 he wasone of the pioneers. Here he remained for sevenyears and here he was ordained in 1875. During histheology the class was joined by Mr. had been heard of the imposing stature of thenew student from Prince Edward Island. Scarcelyhad he reached the house before he had to compareheight with Mr. Scanlan, who up to that time had heldthe record for altit
Fifty years in Yorkville, or, Annals of the parish of StIgnatius Loyola and StLawrence O'Toole . ion from no one. For the six years followingGettysburg, Mr. Scanlan taught at Holy Cross, andwhen Woodstock College was opened in 1869 he wasone of the pioneers. Here he remained for sevenyears and here he was ordained in 1875. During histheology the class was joined by Mr. had been heard of the imposing stature of thenew student from Prince Edward Island. Scarcelyhad he reached the house before he had to compareheight with Mr. Scanlan, who up to that time had heldthe record for altitude, and whose red pinnacle hadbeen conspicuous in house and grounds. The measure-ment resulted in victory for Mr. McKinnon with abouttwo inches to spare. Despite his defeat, he became aloyal supporter to Father McKinnon a quarter of acentury later for a period of two years. Father Scan-lan spent much of his life in Boston, now at St. Marys,the church of his childhood, now at the ImmaculateConception, but with most of his energy in both placesconcentrated on young men with whom he was a sue-. Blessed Virgins Altar MOSAICS 183 cessful laborer. He instituted the Young Mens Cath-olic Association at the very outset of his priestly careerin Boston, and thereby gave Catholics a standing therewhich they had not had before. Father Fulton edu-cated them. Father Scanlan bound them together andshowed them their strength. The last years of his lifewere devoted to the unfortunates of Deer Island in theharbor of Boston, a miniature Blackwells Island inthe East. He died at St. Marys, Boston, March 24th,1914. Another coadjutor to Father McKinnon in the up-building of the parish, and an assistant to all FatherMcKinnons successors up to the present, is FatherGeorge Quin. He had been here as an organizer ofthe boys and the young mens Sodalities in the lastmonths of Father OConnor and the early days ofFather McCarthy. Transferred to Troy in March,1891, he pursued the same course, and remained ther
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