Student Publications, 1899-2011
Description
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Types
- Newsletters
- Periodicals
- Description
- SCOPE AND CONTENTS
This series includes literary journals, newspapers and newsletters produced by and for the students of St. Jerome's College.
THE BEE, a literary journal, began publication in 1899 to aid students in the development of their literary talent, to be informational and to confirm and strengthen the bond between the college and its alumni. It includes poetry, essays, news items ("editorials"), speeches, alumni notes and athletic news. Published monthly, it also included a few advertisements from local merchants and a few photographs. In 1905 the name of the journal was changed to THE SCHOOLMAN. An expanded version of its predecessor, it was more scholarly and included Letters to the Editor. It was published monthly until 1912 and thereafter quarterly until it ceased publication in 1918. The journal was resurrected in 1927 as the ALMA MATER. More of a newspaper, it was published monthly (until 1935, then quarterly) to record student activities, to develop literary talent and to keep alumni informed of school events. The publication includes brief articles on alumni news, college events, sports news, the literary societies, editorials, short essays and jokes. It continued to contain advertisements from local merchants and only a few photographs in earlier issues. It stopped publication in 1953 and resumed again in 1963. By 1965 there were no advertisements but many more photographs chronicling school events, staff, sports and important occasions. It ceased publication sometime after 1965.
From 1967 to 1989 there were several attempts to establish a student newspaper or newsletter. They include: THE GALOSH [1967]; VULGATE (1968); THE SANDAL (1968-1970); THE LAMPLIGHTER (1972); THE COFFEE SHOP CHRONICLE (1974-1977); THE STUDENT ORGAN (1980); THE STUDENT UNION NEWSLETTER (1988-1989); and the S.J. SCENE (1988-1989).
In 1989 ACROSS THE CREEK, a newsletter published under the auspices of the St. Jerome's Student Union, began publication. Issued quarterly until 1991, it appears monthly and includes news on current and upcoming events, personnel, essays, poetry, puzzles, recipes, movie reviews and student elections. ACROSS THE CREEK ceased publication in 2011..
There is also one copy of THE JEROME RADICAL (Vol. 1, Jan. 1995, No. 1) published by the Student Catholic Community. It is a Catholic paper which offers a forum to stimulate dialogue within the college and the larger university Catholic community.
LAUREL is an inter-church-college student newspaper published monthly to encourage interdenominational communication, the sharing of ideas, and to provide a Christian forum on current events and controversial church issues. LAUREL includes notices of upcoming church college events, profiles of students and faculty, humor, fiction, poetry, opinion pieces, letters to the editor, and short essays. - Notes
- Holdings:
THE BEE: Vol. 1, No. 1 (March, 1899) - Vol. 7, No. 4 (July, 1905)
- 3 bound volumes containing Vol. 1, No. 1 - Vol. 7, No. 4
- some issues have been mis-dated or mis-numbered
- the bound volumes are fragile, discolored and have broken or loose bindings
- Unbound issues held: Vol. 1, No. 6 (Sept., 1899); Vol. 2, No. 1 (March, 1900) and No. 4 (June, 1900); Vol. 4, No. 5 (Sept., 1902); Vol. 6, No. 10 (March, 1905); Vol. 7, nos. 1 and 4 (1905).
- there is a duplicate copy of Vol. 7, no. 1
THE SCHOOLMAN: Vol. 8, No. 1 (October, 1905) - Vol. 20, No. 3 (May, 1918)
- missing issues: Vol. 13, No. 8; Vol. 16, No. 4
- special issues: Vol. 10, no. 1 (Sept., 1907): the Alumni Association unveiled led its monument to Fr. Louis Funcken, founder of St. Jerome's, during the celebrations marking its 50th year;
Vol. 11, No. 3 (Dec., 1908) : fire destroys old wing of the college.
- 10 bound volumes containing Vol. 8, No. 1 - Vol. 20, No. 3
- 1 bound volume containing Vols. 16, 17, and 18
- Bindings are loose
- Unbound issues held: Vol. 8, No. 9 (1906); Vol. 9, No. 4 (1906); Vol. 10, Nos. 1, 7, 9 (1907/1908); Vol. 11, No. 2 (1908); Vol. 12, No. 7 (1910); Vol. 13, Nos. 1, 3 (1910); Vol. 15, No. 4 (1913); Vol. 17, Nos. 1, 4 (1914/1915); Vol. 19, Nos. 2, 3, 4 (1917); Vol. 20, Nos. 1-3 (1917/1918).
- duplicates held of some unbound issues
- many issues are damaged, torn and/or stained; in fragile condition.
ALMA MATER: Vol. 1, No. 1 (May, 1927) - Vol. 27, No. 4 (May, 1953).
-5 bound volumes containing Vol. 1, No. 1 - Vol. 21, No. 3
- duplicate copies of the volumes 1 - 5 and 6 - 10
- the volume entitled Vols. 12-18 actually contains vols. 19-21 as well.
- the last two issues are undated.
- Unbound volumes: Vol. 11, No. 2 (1937; a xerox copy); Vol. 12, no. 2 (March, 1938); Vol. 12, No. 3 (1938; a xerox copy); Vol. 13, nos. 1-3 (1938-1939); Vol. 17, Nos. 2-3 (1943); Vol. 18, No. 1 (December, 1943); Vol. 19, Nos. 1-3 (1944/1945); Vol. 20, nos. 1-3 (1945-1946); Vol. 21, nos. 1-3 (1946-1947); Vol. 22, nos. 1-3 (1947/1948); Vol. 23, nos. 1-3 (1948/1949); Vol. 24, nos. 1-3 (1949/1950); Vol. 25, nos. 1-3 (1950/1951; misprinted as vol. 24); Vol. 26, nos. 1-3 (1951/1952); Vol. 27, nos. 1-4 (1952/1953).
Volumes held for 1954, 1963 and 1965 can be found in the records for St. Jerome's High School.
- there are duplicate copies of most unbound issues
GALOSH: Vol. 3, no. 5 (undated)
VULGATE: Vol. 1, #1, March, 1968; Vol. 1, no. 2 (April, 1968); 1969; 1970
THE SANDAL: Vol. 1, no. 1 (March, 1968); Vol. 2, nos. 1-3 (undated); Vol. 3, nos 1-3, 6 (undated); one issue dated October, 1970; one issue, undated
- there are duplicate copies of all issues
THE LAMPLIGHTER: Vol. 1, no. 1 (October, 1972); Vol. 1, no. 2 (December, 1972)
THE COFFEE SHOP CHRONICLE: Vol. 1 (October 16, 1974 - Vol. 9 (March 27, 1975); Vol. 1 (September 17, 1975) - Vol. 10 (March, 1976); Vol. 4 (December 3, 1976); Vol. 5 (January 19, 1977); one undated issue
- there are duplicate copies of most issues
THE STUDENT ORGAN: No. 1, February 26, 1980
STUDENT UNION NEWSLETTER: October, 1988 and October, 1989
S.J. SCENE: No. 2 (November, 1988); January, 1989; and the Final Issue, 1988-1989
ACROSS THE CREEK: Vol. 1, no. 2 (November, 1989) -
Vol. 11, no.4 (April, 2003); re-numbered at Vol. 1, Issue 1, July-August, 2003 - December, 2011.
There are duplicate copies of most issues.
Across the Creek ceased publication in 2011.
LAUREL: Vol. 1, #1 (May, 1985) - Vol. 3, #5 (March/April, 1987).
- Date of Publication
- 1899
- Corporate Name(s)
- St. Jerome's University
- Collection
- St.Jerome’s College records
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.4694629930038 Longitude: -80.5461678844833
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- Physical Description
- 2.2 m. of textual records (includes duplicates)
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- SJU Archives
- Location of Original
- 2-1-4-C10;
2-1-2-A36;
2-2-2-A66;
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- Unrestricted access.
- Contact
- St. Jerome's University LibraryEmail:sjuarchives@uwaterloo.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:290 Westmount Rd. N.
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G3
St. Jerome's University is located in Waterloo, Ontario, and is situated in the University of Waterloo. It was founded as St. Jerome's College in 1865 by the Congregation of the Resurrection. In 1959, it was granted university status and changed its name to the University of St. Jerome's College. It has been federated with the University of Waterloo since 1960. In 1998, the name was officially changed to St. Jerome's University.
