Onyx Anneau Fall 2021

Top Left: Early postcard of the Guerin Hall terrace with the Conservatory of Music next door. Right: The Victory Team - SMWC’s 1921 Women’s Basketball Team with Captain Dorothy Helm holding the ball. Clockwise L to R: Frances Helm , Esther Pomeroy , Elizabeth Letson , Mary McGinnis and Bee Kennedy . Center icon: Artwork of a woman playing the piano drawn by student Ruth Marcotte ‘22 from the 1922 Les Bois yearbook. Bottom: Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Left: Early postcard of aerial view of Le Fer Hall.

1921

The first intercollegiate women’s basketball game in Indiana was played at The Woods against Indiana Normal School, now Indiana State University. SMWC won 17 to 12.

The College launches the Women’s External Degree (WED) Program – leading the way in distance education as the second in the nation to offer such a degree.

1973

Scholarship athletics program begins with inaugural softball team and a reinstalled women’s basketball team.

The College has its largest enrollment to date with 529 students.

The library, now the Mary and Andrew Rooney Library, opens.

1994

1966

1964

The Academy moves to Indianapolis, becoming

The Sisters of Providence separately incorporate the College from the order and install Jeanne Knoerle, SP, ‘49 as president.

Ladywood School, living on today through Cathedral High School in Indianapolis. The College continues its tradition of being a pioneer in women’s education. The first in the Nation to offer journalism courses, women can also receive professional degrees in secondary education, home economics and secretarial science.

1931

1924

Le Fer Hall opens with grand amenities including hair salons and flower shops; Guerin Hall is reserved for freshmen.

1968

1984 Coeducational graduate programs begin.

2001 Mari Hulman George School of Equine Studies is expanded.

1969

The science building, now Hulman Hall, opens and features full science laboratories and a wing dedicated to home economics.

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