. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . sor of rhetoric. The nextyear he lectured on philosophy in the same institution;and in 1879 he was appointed to the chair of philos-ophy at the College of the Sacred Heart, at Woodstock,where he himself had studied, and where even at thepresent time the Jesuits congregate from all parts of theUnited States to finish their studies. Here he remainedfour years. The two succeeding years were spent at Georgetown University, where he also lectured on phi-losophy.
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . sor of rhetoric. The nextyear he lectured on philosophy in the same institution;and in 1879 he was appointed to the chair of philos-ophy at the College of the Sacred Heart, at Woodstock,where he himself had studied, and where even at thepresent time the Jesuits congregate from all parts of theUnited States to finish their studies. Here he remainedfour years. The two succeeding years were spent at Georgetown University, where he also lectured on phi-losophy. He then returned to Woodstock to occupythe chair of theology, left vacant by the elevation ofthe famous Father Mazzella to the rank of 1888 he again returned to the College of the HolyCross, as professor of philosophy, and in January, 1891,he was appointed president of Boston College to succeedthe Rev. Robert Fulton, S. J. The past two years ofthe Rev. Father Devitts life have been so closely con-nected with BostonCollege that it seemsonly fitting to say aword of that famousinstitution. It wasfounded in 1863, but Pi ^ 1. EDWARD I DEVITT, opened its doors forthe first time in Sep-tember, 1864. TheRev. Father Bapstwas its first presi-dent. The schoolopened with aboutforty pupils, but soonbegan to grow. Dur-ing the administra-tion of the Fulton, whowas appointed to thepresidency in 1870,the growth was veryrapid, and in 1877the first class wasgraduated. Everyyear has marked alarge increase in thenumber of ■\t present there arethree hundred andsixty in actual attend-ance. This is anincrease of fifty over last year. Ihe institution standsin the first rank among Catholic colleges. Nearly allthe younger clergymen of the archdiocese of Bostonare graduates of this college, and many of its alumnioccupy prominent positions in professional and politicallife. Father Devitt has successfully devoted himself tothe maintenance of the old standard in the study
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