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Red Fox 16
1984 yearbook sketch of the Red Fox on skis - found on page 83 -
Red Fox 15
1983 yearbook image of Red Fox mascot - found on page 40 -
Red Fox 14
1983 yearbook image of the Red Fox mascot - found on page 11 -
Red Fox 13
1982 yearbook image of the Red Fox mascot with the Marist Cheerleaders - found on page 97 -
Red Fox 12
1982 yearbook image of Red Fox mascot found on page 21 -
Marist Land History: Barnard and Bech Farm 1
The barn included in the purchase of the MacPherson property in 1905, together with additions: a silo and water tank. The worker near the road tends food crops in land between the barn and the acPherson/provincial house. -
MacPherson/Provincial House Fire 7
The Brothers were unaware that the wrecker would use fire to destroy the building. Gerard Weiss chanced on the fire after it was well under way. -
MacPherson/Provincial House Fire 6
The Brothers were unaware that the wrecker would use fire to destroy the building. Gerard Weiss chanced on the fire after it was well under way. -
MacPherson/Provincial House Fire 5
The Brothers were unaware that the wrecker would use fire to destroy the building. Gerard Weiss chanced on the fire after it was well under way. -
MacPherson/Provincial House Fire 4
The Brothers were unaware that the wrecker would use fire to destroy the building. Gerard Weiss chanced on the fire after it was well under way. -
MacPherson/Provincial House Fire 3
The Brothers were unaware that the wrecker would use fire to destroy the building. Gerard Weiss chanced on the fire after it was well under way. -
MacPherson/Provincial House Fire 2
This fire was not accidental. the building was empty by late 1956, The wrecking company had secured permission to destroy it by fire, but the blaze got out of hand, and there was not enough water to attempt to fight the blaze. -
Red Fox 11
1981 yearbook image of the Red Fox mascot with a child during a football game - found on page 218 -
Red Fox 10
1981 yearbook image of the Red Fox mascot with President Murray and his wife Marilyn and their daughter - found on page 199 -
MacPherson/provincial house evolution
This is the earliest photo we have of the MacPherson house. We know that the MacPhersons took out three mortgages to upgrade the house. The result was a presentable Victorian building. But the house was unoccupied from the date of Cordelia MacPherson's death in 1993 until its purchase by the Marist Brothers in 1905. The taxi driver's advice to two Brothers who wished to visit the house was that it was occupied by the devil. "That's why we want to buy it!" they replied. The annals of the Brothers indicate that the building was run down when they purchased it. However, it did house the grand piano used by Thomas MacPherson during the soirees held there. The religious statue at the right of the building tells us that the Marist Brothers had improved the house, but tried to keep the facade facing the main road close to its original shape. The small blockhouse atop the section at the right was for a water tank to provide water for the occupants during busy times. The rear of the house shows a long addition. -
Marist Land History: Barnard and Bech Farm 9
Students emerging from the tunnel are probably unaware that until 1950 the field was a cornfield. -
Marist Land History: Barnard and Bech Farm 8
field near the new tunnel to east campus, once a cornfield -
Marist Land History: Barnard and Bech Farm 7
the greenhouse and onion patch along the water works road. St Peters building in the far left, with a wooden attachmebnt reflecting sunshine. The far field was usually planted with corn, to be used to feed the cattle. -
Marist Land History: Barnard and Bech Farm 6
Brother Philip Joseph, a retiree living in the Provincial House, in cassock and Brother Abelus, the gardener. Brother Abelus, a native of Canada, worked for over two decades as a carpenter on the property, including the extension of the MacPherson building. He then became the head gardener. A quiet may, he lived on campus during the 1960s, then transferred to Tyngsboro to live with other retured Brothers. -
Marist Land History: Barnard and Bech Farm 5
By the 1940s the bee operation had been located at the Novitiate. There were two rows of hives, and half of a building next to Saint Mary's dormitory was devoted to the bee operation. Brother Petrus was the first beekeeper. By 1940 Brother Henry Charles, Master of Novices, was the beekeeper. Each year one or two of the postulants were chosen to learn the business, and did most of the work under the direction of Brother Henry Charles. The road in front of Seat of Wisdom Chapel was lined with cherry trees, and the bees were useful to pollinate the many flowers grown on the property. Brother Nilus Donnelly in his Memories of 75 Years described discovering and demolishing an old orchard on the hill adjoining the water works road. That orchard was probably carefully tended during the Bech occupancy to 1900 but left untended in the interval between Bech and Marist Brothers, and was not used or cared for by the Brothers. I remember Vincent Costanzi removing fruit trees from the field between the MacPherson House and route nine with his army surplus equipment in 1947-1948. -
Marist Land History: Barnard and Bech Farm 4
Several cold storage caves (French name caveau) were constructed on the grounds. These were used principally for potatoes, onions and carrots, but sometimes for apples. The white spec at the top center of this photo is part of the silo built by the Brothers close to the barn on the Barnard property (area north of the water works). -
Marist Land History: Barnard and Bech Farm 3
Dairy cows were kept in fields north of the water works road. During World War II the Brothers purchased beef cattle and stored them on neighbors fields. One one occasion the beef cattle broke out of their enclosure and wound up on the Saint Andrews property in Hyde Park. At times, the cows were grazed in fields near the Novitiate, now occupied by Tenney Stadium and Leonidoff Field. Those in the Novitiate were assigned certain tasks. Some were appointed gardeners who took care of the flowers and bushes. Others were assigned some vegetable patches. Others became beekeepers. I was assigned one of four rows of strawberries. My row was planted with Senator Dunlop, a still popular variety that produces fruits of medium size with a rich, red color. The strawberries took two seasons from planting to producing fruit. I planted them, watered them, weeded them. But then I moved to the College, and another reaped the fruit of my early labor. -
Marist Land History: Barnard and Bech Farm 2
Student brothers picking apples on a neighboring orchard. The students picked apples for the farmers and were awarded apples (very often the drops from the trees would could not be sold but could be converted into apple sauce or other types of canned apples processed in the cannery near the Novitiate. -
Leveling Myers Parcel 2
This enlargement features the area now occupied by the McCann Baseball field, which was a part of the Bech parcel. Note the outline of the Marist Brothers cemetery, hidden in the trees just above the white car. This marks the end of the Bech property. The white auto and the red and black trucks are on the Myers parcel. Eventually the fill ran about 15 feet above the level of the cemetery. Much more fill was accepted to raise the Myers parcel to its present level. -
Red Fox 9
1980 yearbook image of the Red Fox mascot - found on page 69 -
Red Fox 8
1980 yearbook image of Red Fox mascot - found on page 41 -
Red Fox 7
1965 yearbook sketch of the Red Fox found on page 159 -
Red Fox 6
1965 yearbook sketch of the Red Fox found on page 138 -
Red Fox 5
1965 yearbook sketch of the Red Fox found on page 107 -
Red Fox 4
1965 yearbook sketch of the Red Fox found on page 87 -
Red Fox 3
1965 yearbook sketch of the Red Fox found on page 69 -
Red Fox 2
1965 yearbook sketch of a red fox - found on page 18 -
Red Fox 1
1961 yearbook image of the Reynard - red fox -
NYCentral Separating Myers Land 3
The rights owned by Myers to cross or go under the tracks to get to his dock were not included when the triangular parcel was sold to Marist College in 1963. Note the bridge over the tracks at the upper part of this photo. This was the Hoffman Street bridge, and was the southernmost end of the Poughkeepsie Iron Works owned by Edward Bech and Albert Tower. -
NYCentral separating Myers Land 2
The railroad on a straight run north from the Poughkeepsie station, with the Myers parcel purchased at the left (not seen) and the Myers dock at the right (also not seen). -
Ice Harvesting 4
Levenson Sculpture: In 1866, at the peak of the ice harvesting industry, there were over 25 million tons of ice harvested in the United States. Henry D Myers' business was a part of the total. The sculpture stands outside a tattoo parlor next to Nekos Drug Store at the main intersection of the village of Red Hook, where route 199 crosses route 9. -
Ice Harvesting 3
Levenson sculpture: The two upright pieces of this sculpture consist of saw blades used during ice harvesting. Each of them are five feet in length. -
Ice Harvesting 2
Harvesting on an unknown location -
McCann Center Pool 2
A 2010 view of the pool in use for women's water polo shows the bulkhead in a different position to create a regulation length venue for water polo. -
McCann Center Inside
Photo taken shortly after the gym was opened. -
McCann Center Dedication 6
Guests at the dedication ceremony. -
McCann Center Dedication 5
Ron Petro, basketball coach, flanked by Marty Ligouri the invited speaker and Howie Goldman the director of athletics. Howie deserves the most credit for the functional design of the McCann Center. -
McCann Center Dedication 4
Roy Ketchum, chairman of the Board of Trustees. Roy was a strong supporter of educational activity; there is a secondary school in southern Dutchess names in his honor. -
McCann Center Dedication 3
Marty Ligouri, Olympic miler, was the invited speaker. -
McCann Center Dedication 2
Marty Ligouri, Olympic miler, was the invited speaker at the dedication. On stage, from right to left: Ron Petro, basketball coach, William J Murphy who spearheaded the development of varsity athletics in the 1960s, Richard Foy (wearing glasses). At the back, right to left, Student Government President, Father Richard LaMorte. -
Poughkeepsie Waste Water Plant 2
is aerial photo taken about 2010 shows the location of the waste water plant relative to the original McCann Center (with dark gray roof), the McCann addition (in white roof) and the McCann baseball field. The northern line of the Myers parcel ran approximately along the right field fence and in front of the original McCann center. -
Carport at Carriage House 2
This photo shows part of the back wall of the carport. Dr. George Way added this three bay carport to the original carriage house. He used rock debris from the remnants of the original house to match the rock on the face of the carriage house, but more importantly to reduce the amount of cement needed to form the floor, the piers, and the tall retaining wall at the far end of the carport. The dark structure barely visible at the far end of the carriage house is an addition that provided office space and a back porch to the residence. Just beyond the wood stockade fence at the left of the photo is a pool and stairway down to the back of the carport and house. -
John Witter Oral History
John Witter describes his time at Marist, and how he went on to start programs at local prisons to educate the inmates there. He also talks about how the band should have a music major, since so many students who are playing have a serious commitment to it. -
Newbold Carriage House
Existing structures are the former Newbold carriage house, the caretaker’s house close to route nine, and the Reilly house (built in 1947 and still on Reilly heirs property). There are several former carriage trails through the property. The original gardener's cottage facing route nine is on a four acre site once owned by the Newbolds, but now owned by someone other than Marist College. -
Hermanse and Sanders Patent 2
This chart of the actual land included in the Hermanse & Sanders patent shows that the northern border became the Town of Clinton (later the Town of Hyde Park). The southern border was a straight line up from the mouth of Fallkill Creek (near Mount Carmel Church). The Fallkill dips south as it moves eastward, then bends back and eventually moves north behind the present St. Peter's Cemetery on Salt Point Turnpike road in the town of Poughkeepsie. Variations in the course of creeks and the direct east line led to many disputes between neighboring patentees.