Mount Marty College began as a dream in the midst of a nightmare.
The dream belonged to the sisters of Sacred Heart Convent, who had long envisioned a school of higher learning for women.
The nightmare was the Great Depression and drought of the Dirty Thirties, which crippled the national economy and sowed misery throughout the fields of the Midwest.
But Sacred Heart's prioress, Mother Jerome Schmidt, was not dissuaded. In the depths of the Great Depression, she began raising enough funds to begin the construction of what would become Bede Hall and the home of Mount Marty Junior College. Through tireless work, and prayer, Mount Marty College opened its doors in the fall of 1936 as a junior college.
It became accredited as a four-year school in 1961.
In 1968, the Mount Marty College Board of Trustees recommended the school become a co-educational, which it did in the fall of 1969.
CENTURY EDITION
