Alma Peter, 1970–1972 (interim appointment). The College resides within the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. Proposals to merge with University of Notre Dame (then a men's institution) in the early 1970s were rejected by Saint Mary's College, and Notre Dame became coeducational on its own in 1972. There are approximately 120,000 living alumnae. Today the school offers five bachelor's degrees and, beginning in 2015, four master's degrees (the master's programs are co-educational). Saint Mary's was the first women's college in the Great Lakes region. Saint Mary's College is located across the street (Indiana 933) from the University of Notre Dame. In 1945 Saint Mary's Academy moved to the former Erskine estate on the south side of South Bend. Erskine donated a vehicle for hands-on instruction. It was taught by Miss Mary Callahan, who had taken a course at a Studebaker plant in Detroit, and John Seibert, the college chauffeur. In 1915 a course in auto mechanics was offered in hopes that students would become "intelligent" drivers. A typewriting course was introduced in 1886 students practiced on Remington typewriters. Saint Mary's College eventually grew from the Academy. At the age of fifteen, Mary Ellen Quinlan, who later became the mother of playwright Eugene O'Neill, attended Saint Mary's Academy and graduated with honors in music, playing Chopin's Polonaise for piano, op. In 1864, Ellen took up temporary residence in South Bend, Indiana, to have her young family educated at the University of Notre Dame and St. The main building and a former blacksmith shop used as a office were drawn by oxen to the new location.Įllen Ewing Sherman, wife of General William Tecumseh Sherman was a cousin of Mother Angela Gillespie, directress of Saint Mary's Academy. In 1855 the school moved to its present site, under the leadership of Mother Angela Gillespie. In 1844, the sisters opened their first school in Bertrand, Michigan, about six miles from Notre Dame it was a boarding academy with pre-collegiate grades. In 1843, four Sisters of the Holy Cross came from Le Mans, France, to share in the apostolate of education under invitation of Edward Sorin, who together with his priests and brothers of the Congregation of Holy Cross had founded the University of Notre Dame. Additionally, Saint Mary's College offers five graduate degrees: Master of Autism Studies, Master of Science, Master of Social Work, and Doctor of Nursing Practice. Saint Mary's offers five bachelor's degrees and more than 30 major areas of study. Founded in 1844 by the Sisters of the Holy Cross, the name of the school refers to the Virgin Mary. Due to copyright restrictions Harvardiana is no longer included within this collection.Saint Mary's College is a private Catholic women's liberal arts college in Notre Dame, Indiana. of Chicago) When THe Irish Backs Go Marching By (Notre Dame) White Star of Sigma Nu The(Fraternity) (E6117B). of Wisconsin) Rambling Wreck From GeorgiaTech (Georgia Tech) Sweetheart of Sigma Chi The (Fraternity) Varsity (U. Naval Academy) Northwestern Push On Song (Northwestern) Notre Dame Victory March (Notre Dame) On Wisconsin (U. of Pennsylvania) Mighty Oregon (U.of Oregon) Minnesota Rouser (U. of Indiana) Iowa Corn Song (Iowa State) Men Of Pennsylvania (U. of Southern California) Go U Northwestern(Northwestern) Hail Purdue (Purdue) Illinois Loyalty (U. of Nebraska) Down The Line (Notre Dame) Far Above Cayuga's Waters (Cornell) Fight On (U. Due to copyright restrictions Harvardiana is no longer included within this collection.Ģ nd Trombone-Contents: Across The Field (Ohio State) Carmen Ohio (Ohio State) Dear Old Nebraska U (U. of Chicago) When THe Irish Backs Go Marching By (Notre Dame) White Star of Sigma Nu The(Fraternity) (E6119C). Contents: Across The Field (Ohio State) Carmen Ohio (Ohio State) Dear Old Nebraska U (U.
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