SHC 1830-1905 . an six hundred lightshave been installed. 56 SPRING HILL COLLEGE. Presidents of Spring Hill College. 1829-1905. Rev. Matthias Loras 1829—1832 Rev. John S. Bazin . , . , 1832—1836 Rev. Peter Mauvernay 1836—1839 Rev. John S. Bazin 1839—1840 Rev. D. Bach, S. P. M 1840—1842 Rev. C. Rampon 1842—1844 Rev. J. P. Bellier 1844—1845 Rev. a. Desgaultieres 1845—1846 Rev. Francis Gautrelet, S. J Sept. i, 1847—Oct. 29, 1859 Rev. Antony JOURDANT, S. J. r . . Oct. 29, 1859—Feb. n, 1862 Rev. Francis Gautrelet, S. J Feb. n, 1862—Nov.—, 1865 Rev. Aloysius Curioz, S. J Nov. —, 1865—Dec. 29, 1868 R
SHC 1830-1905 . an six hundred lightshave been installed. 56 SPRING HILL COLLEGE. Presidents of Spring Hill College. 1829-1905. Rev. Matthias Loras 1829—1832 Rev. John S. Bazin . , . , 1832—1836 Rev. Peter Mauvernay 1836—1839 Rev. John S. Bazin 1839—1840 Rev. D. Bach, S. P. M 1840—1842 Rev. C. Rampon 1842—1844 Rev. J. P. Bellier 1844—1845 Rev. a. Desgaultieres 1845—1846 Rev. Francis Gautrelet, S. J Sept. i, 1847—Oct. 29, 1859 Rev. Antony JOURDANT, S. J. r . . Oct. 29, 1859—Feb. n, 1862 Rev. Francis Gautrelet, S. J Feb. n, 1862—Nov.—, 1865 Rev. Aloysius Curioz, S. J Nov. —, 1865—Dec. 29, 1868 Rev. John Montillot, S. J Dec. 29, 1868—Sept. 3, 1875 Rev. Dominic Beaudequin, S. J Sept. 3, 1875—Apr. 29, 1880 Rev. John Downey, S. J April 29, 1880—Aug. 18, 1883 Rev. David McKiniry, S. J Aug. 18, 1883—June 26,1887 Rev. James Lonergan, S. J June 26, 1887—Aug. 20, 1896 Rev. Michael Moynihan, S. J Aug. 20, 1896—Aug. 23, 1899 Rev. William Tyrrell, S. J Aug. 23, 1899—. Klhi SPRING HILL COLLEGE. 57 Short Sketches of the Presidents ofSpring Hill College. REV. J. M. LORAS. Of all the names connected with the college of SpringHill no one, if we except that of the great Bishop Portier, will fill asconspicuous a place in its history or be surrounded with as great a lus-ter as that of Rev. Father Loras, it^ first president. From his nephew,Father de Cailly, who wrote a notice on his uncles life, we gatherthe following few facts : He was the son of Jean Matthias Loras andEtiennnette Michelet, and was born to the world and to God on thesame day, August, 30, 1792, receiving at baptism the name of his father, Mat-thias. The city of Lyons, his birthplace, was then in the throes of a revolutionand he was only a year and a half old when his father was led to the guillotine forthe reason that he was an honest God-fearing man. A few days afterward thetwo brothers of this excellent Christian died a like death for the same cause, andhis two sisters died in
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