Santa Clara University (Calif.); Jesuits; Ricard, Jerome S., 1850-1930; Astronomical observatories;
Fr. Ricard, known as ""Padre of the Rains"" on steps of Ricard Observatory on SCU Campus. ""When forecasting weather, he wore a Panama hat, when foul, he donned a somber sombrero.""
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Santa Clara (Calif.); Turrill, Charles B. (Charles Beebe), 1854-1927; Mission gardens;
On the left is the Adobe Lodge which then extended to its juncture with the students' dining hall; the Sacristy; and the Mission Church. In the distance is the tower of the Science Building, and farther to the right, the rood of the Students'...
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Construction; Buildings; Santa Clara (Calif.)
Construction of St. Joseph's Hall. The building employed steel and reinforced concrete and introduced a type of Mission Revival architecture to the campus.
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Students; Luggage
At the end of the academic yeat, students load their trunks on horse-drawn wagon and return home. Outside O'Connor Hall. Some students' names are annotated, L. Jennings, J [Boguet] Oneill, Mr. Eagan.
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Gardens; Varsi, Aloysius, S.J., 1830-1900;Jesuits; Muybridge, Edweard, 1830-1904
Aloysius Varsi, S.J. president of Santa Clara College from 1868-1876, standing beside a newly planted palm tree in the Mission Gardens. The Administration Building is in the background.
Messea arrived in California in 1854, founded Santa Clara College's Science Departmtent, and purchased an impressive treasury of scientific instruments and minerals.
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Young, Edmund J.A.
One of the first American Jesuits to come to Santa Clara, Edmund J. Young arrived in 1861 and remained the rest of his life. He taught rhetoric and directed the school's literary activity for 30 years. He was a favorite teacher.
