. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . ndleft Holy Cross topursue the philosoph-ical and theologi-cal studies requiredby the order, atWoodstock College,Md. Here he spentnine years, and oncompleting hiscourse, in 1876, wasmade professor ofclassics in George-town College. Heremained at George-town six years, hold-ing in turn the pro-fessorships of classicsand of for four years\\i was prefect ofstudies at George-town, and for twoyears vice-presidentof the college. InAugust, 1887, he
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . ndleft Holy Cross topursue the philosoph-ical and theologi-cal studies requiredby the order, atWoodstock College,Md. Here he spentnine years, and oncompleting hiscourse, in 1876, wasmade professor ofclassics in George-town College. Heremained at George-town six years, hold-ing in turn the pro-fessorships of classicsand of for four years\\i was prefect ofstudies at George-town, and for twoyears vice-presidentof the college. InAugust, 1887, he wasmade rector andmaster of novices inthe Novitiate at Frederick, Md., the home of the Jesuits. This posi-tion he held for two years, and then, in 1889, wastransferred to Worcester to become president of theCollege of the Holy Cross. The college was founded byBisho]) Fenwick in 1843, and was incorporated in provides a classical and scientific education for youthof the Catholic church. For a number of years after itsestablishment, degrees were conferred on its graduatesby Georgetown College, the State of Massachusetts refus-. MICHAEL A. OKANE ing it a charter. In 1865, largely by the influence ofGovernor Andrew and Hon. Alexander H. Bullock, acharter was obtained. Father OKane found the collegewith about two hundred and twenty ]:>upils, and in thethree years of his administration has seen it grow toover three hundred, and so cramped for room as to beforced to refuse admission to many applicants. Underits original regulations the college received pupils asyoung as eight years, but this has been changed from time to time, andFather OKane hasrecently raised theage of entrance tofourteen. The col-lege has grown in re-sources as well as innumbers underFather O K a n e smanagement. Theestate, which includesa well cultivated farmof one hundred andseventy-six acres, inaddition to its pleas-ure grounds andbuildings, has beengreatly large addition tothe main buildin
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