Rev. Francis J. Hart, S.J.
Scope and Contents
The Classics Department record group is split in to three series:
Series 1: Office Files
Series 2: Courses, Curriculum, and Catalog Changes
Series 3: Teaching Files
Series 1: Office Files contains six document boxes organized chronologically. Box 1 contains materials pertaining to classics theater performances from 1895-1925. Box 2 cotains materials for the 1926 performance of Hecuba, and Box 3 holds a Scrapbook for this Hecuba performance. Boxes 4, 5, and 6 contain office materials organized chronologically, and include department correspondence, meeting notes, press releases, reports, and budgets, as well as other programming files. These files include play programs, scholarship information, brochures, and newspaper articles.
Series 2: Courses, Curriculum, and Catalog Changes is held in Box 7, and contains course lists, curriculum reports, and course descriptions. It is ordered chronologically by academic year.
Series 3: Teaching Files contains 12 document boxes of materials created by the classics faculty for teaching courses. Box 8 contains general materials of the classics department for teaching courses, as well as those files unable to be idenitfied and assigned to individual faculty members. Box 9 holds all materials, correspondence, programs, and newsclippings related to the Hellenic Tradition Seminar, also known as the Greek Honors Course. Boxes 10 to 19 contain the course materials created by individual faculty members of the Classics department. The files are organized alphabetically. Boxes 13 to 18 contain the file for Rev. William H. Fitzgerals, S.J. and hold a large collection of notes and translations for many Latin and Greek plays. These plays are organized alphabetically, as well as separated by language.
Dates
- Creation: 1909-1995
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical Note
Francis J. Hart was born on December 3, 1899 in Haverhill, MA and was the son of Michael J. and Catherine (Tobin) Hart. He first came to Holy Cross as a freshman in 1917 and spent two years at the college before entering the Society of Jesus on September 12, 1918. He was ordained at Weston College on June 16, 1931. Fr. Hart taught at Holy Cross as a Latin and English instructor from 1932 to 1940 and later from 1946 to 1953. He became student counselor in 1940 and held this position for 24 years. Additionally, he was an associate chaplain and was well known for leading student retreats. Hart was most well known for his involvement with the college’s intramural program, which was started in 1933. Initially, he was named the associate director but became the director in 1940 and served in that capacity until his death. In 1973, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Holy Cross Varsity Club and in the following year, the new athletic complex, The Rev. Francis J. Hart Recreational Center was named in honor of Fr. Hart. He died on February 3, 1986.
Extent
From the Record Group: 8.28 Cubic Feet (19 Document Boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Record Group: English
From the Record Group: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
From the Record Group: Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives Repository