XAVIER UNIVERSITY
The building in
the first three cards was located on the s. w. corner of Seventh and Sycamore Sts.
next to where the present day St. Xavier Church stands, the third card shows
this very nicely. This school, which
opened on October 17, 1831 was the first Catholic institution of higher learning
in the Northwest Territory. It was originally called the College of the
Athenaeum of Cincinnati. Bishop John B. Purcell offered the Athenaeum and the
adjacent St. Peter the Apostle Church to the Jesuits. They accepted and upon
arriving in Cincinnati in 1840 rededicated both institutions to St. Francis
Xavier, their patron saint. St. Xavier opened with 16 students on November 3.
1840.
I put up the third card to demonstrate something that
occurred quite often, which was the misprinting of the descriptions on the
cards. Almost all postcards printed in this era were printed in Germany and
information about the cards sometimes were mixed up, and the Germans would not
know if what they were printing was right or not. Of course the start of WWI was
one of the major reasons for the decline in postcard collecting.
Not a postcard
1900 engraving
On July 31, 1911 Father Henry Moeller, who was then the schools president, approved the purchase of 26 acres owned by the Avondale Athletic Club. On January 5, 1912 the school transferred its' 87 students to the old clubhouse and renamed it Xavier Hall. The building above was still being used as St. Xavier High School. It was torn down in 1960 after the high school moved to its present location on North Bend Road in Finneytown. After much construction Xavier College became Xavier University on August 4, 1930.
Three overhead views of the campus.
These cards are all self-explanatory
Same image
Newer cards of Xavier
The Karl L. Alter Classroom
Building
Hinkle
Hall
Brockman
Hall
Football
Stadium
Paul
O'Connor
St. Robert Bellarmine
Chapel
Sports
Center
O'Brien Terrace
leading The
Shrine of Our Lady
to Hinkle
Hall
OUR LADY OF
CINCINNATI COLLEGE
(EDGECLIFF COLLEGE)
Founded by The Sisters of Mercy in 1935 in the buildings previously used by the College of the Sacred Heart, which had closed that year, in Clifton at 2220 Victory Parkway. The 3 story building built in 1831 was called Edgecliff and had been the residence of Thomas and Mary Emery. Judge Lawrence Maxwell house was bought and renamed McAuley Hall. Another home was bought and turned into a library. The administration building was constructed in 1937-38. The college formally adopted the name Edgecliff in 1969. Male students were admitted in 1970 and the old L. B. Harrison Club Hotel was acquired for housing and athletic facilities. Failing enrollment caused Xavier University to assume the operation of the campus. The university purchased the 8 building campus in 1983. In 1987 the property was sold to land developers. The Emery home was razed, to much public anger, but the University of Cincinnati disclosed plans to relocate its O.M.I. College of Applied Science to some of these buildings.
Brennan Memorial
Library
Library on
left
Sullivan Hall Lounge
Grace Hall background
HEBREW UNION COLLEGE
Located at 2849 Clifton Avenue across the Street from Burnet Woods, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, (HUC-JIR) is the oldest Jewish theological school in the country. Founded by Isaac Mayer Wise in 1875, he was president of the institution until his death in 1900. The first classes were held in the vestry rooms of the Plum and Mound Street Temples. The college moved to a one time residence at 6th and Cutter streets in 1881, seen in the next photo.
In 1905 land was purchased in Clifton Heights and construction was begun. The first buildings opened in 1913. The college was chartered by the State of Ohio in 1927. There are two divisions to the school: the college proper and the teachers institute, devoted to the preparation of teachers for religious schools around the world. It is affiliated with the University of Cincinnati. The third card shows the addition of newer structures that were added in 1960 & 1965.
GLENDALE COLLEGE
Was located at the northwest corner of Laurel and
Sharon Avenues.
1947 Graduation Class
General Motors Training Center
Poro School of Beauty
10100 Reading Road
*
Cincinnati Law School Next to Phoenix Club.
21 West Ninth Street. (See Clubs Page)
*
Ohio Military Institute Located At 5553 Belmont
Avenue in College Hill.
Football Squad
Sigma Theta Fraternity
The Eclectic Medical College was an outgrowth of
the Worthington Medical College in Worthington, Ohio begun in 1830. That school
closed in 1839 after the citizens of Worthington learned that the occupants of
the local cemetery were turning up on the dissecting tables of the medical
school.
In 1845 it reappeared in Cincinnati as the Eclectic Medical
Institute. The Eclectics believed in specific diagnosis and specific medication;
in the use of plant medication to an extent greatly exceeding that ever
attempted by other schools; in complete academic as well as professional
education for medical students; and in "the ethics that govern
gentlemen."
The school operated at the NW. corner of Court and Plum Sts. until
1901, when it moved to 6th and Mound Sts. It then moved to 630 W. 6th St.
in 1910 assuming the name Eclectic Medical College. The school closed in 1939.
This card shows a room that has a pennant on the wall for the Nelson Business College which was on the corner of 7th and Elm Sts. An written note on the back states the room is at 1311 Elm St. which is one block North of the Music Hall. With the violin on his bed and with him holding a trumpet I believe he was actually going to the Cincinnati College of Music next door to the Music Hall. This was taken in 1911.
