Excerpt from Sub Turri Boston College was established in 1863, and in 1907, when. It was not yet fifty years old, Father Gasson, foreseeing the future needs of the. College, purchased the present site-facing Commonwealth Avenue and overlooking the Reservoir. No one who has enjoyed the beauty of this place will doubt the wisdom of the choice. The Recitation Building, the first of the eighteen buildings which are to be erected on the Height, was finished in 1913, the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Col lege. The cornerstone was put in place in June of that year, the ceremonies being per formed by Right Reverend Joseph G. Anderson, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Boston. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.