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==Early life== |
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The grandson of banker [[George Washington Riggs]], Riggs was from a wealthy upper class Episcopalian family.<ref name="Landy2001">{{cite book|author=Thomas M. Landy|title=As Leaven in the World: Catholic Perspectives on Faith, Vocation, and the Intellectual Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zb8h2Ys0oJgC&pg=PA372| |
The grandson of banker [[George Washington Riggs]], Riggs was from a wealthy upper class Episcopalian family.<ref name="Landy2001">{{cite book|author=Thomas M. Landy|title=As Leaven in the World: Catholic Perspectives on Faith, Vocation, and the Intellectual Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zb8h2Ys0oJgC&pg=PA372|access-date=11 February 2013|date=1 September 2001|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-58051-089-9|pages=372–}}</ref> In his youth Riggs was an acquaintance of the artist [[L. Bancel LaFarge]], and came to know [[Thornton Wilder]], [[Monty Woolley]] and other notable creative people while at Yale.<ref name="Janick"/> Riggs was the president of the Yale Dramatic Society and a member of the [[Scroll and Key]] collegiate society.<ref name="Janick"/> Riggs was a member of the [[The Pundits|Yale University Pundits]], a senior society and literary group. He had a great love for the keeping of diaries and was the secretary of his class year.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Liber Punditicalis|publisher=Yale University Manuscripts & Archives|year=1906|location=New Haven, CT}}</ref> |
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Graduating from Yale as a member of the class of 1910, Riggs embarked on graduate studies at Harvard University as an assistant to [[Barrett Wendell]], which were interrupted by his foray into musical theatre.<ref name="Janick"/> Riggs never completed his doctorate.<ref name="Janick"/> |
Graduating from Yale as a member of the class of 1910, Riggs embarked on graduate studies at Harvard University as an assistant to [[Barrett Wendell]], which were interrupted by his foray into musical theatre.<ref name="Janick"/> Riggs never completed his doctorate.<ref name="Janick"/> |
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Riggs was [[Cole Porter]]'s roommate at Yale, and with Porter wrote ''[[See America First]]'', a patriotic comic opera that spoofed the "flag waving" musicals of [[George M. Cohan]].<ref name="Hemming1999">{{cite book|author=Roy Hemming|title=The Melody Lingers on: The Great Songwriters and Their Movie Musicals|url=https:// |
Riggs was [[Cole Porter]]'s roommate at Yale, and with Porter wrote ''[[See America First]]'', a patriotic comic opera that spoofed the "flag waving" musicals of [[George M. Cohan]].<ref name="Hemming1999">{{cite book|author=Roy Hemming|title=The Melody Lingers on: The Great Songwriters and Their Movie Musicals|url=https://archive.org/details/melodylingerson00royh|url-access=registration|access-date=11 February 2013|date=3 June 1999|publisher=Newmarket Press|isbn=978-1-55704-380-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/melodylingerson00royh/page/153 153]–}}</ref> ''See America First'' received a poor critical reception when it opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in March 1916 following previews in New Haven, Connecticut and Rochester, New York. Riggs had invested $35,000 in the production and never worked on another musical.<ref name="Hemming1999"/> |
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Riggs joined the Yale Mobile Hospital unit at the United States entry into [[World War I]] in 1917, and later served as a specialist in foreign languages to military intelligence in Paris.<ref name="Janick"/> |
Riggs joined the Yale Mobile Hospital unit at the United States entry into [[World War I]] in 1917, and later served as a specialist in foreign languages to military intelligence in Paris.<ref name="Janick"/> |
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Following the war Riggs decided to become a Catholic priest, a vocation he had been considering since 1910.<ref name="Janick"/> He graduated from [[The Catholic University of America]] and the [[St. Thomas Seminary]] in Connecticut.,<ref name="Janick"/> following which he was appointed the first Catholic Chaplain at Yale. The Catholic [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford|Bishop of Hartford]], [[John Joseph Nilan]], forbade Riggs to celebrate Sunday [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] on campus, in deference to local priests, who opposed the creation of a religious centre outside parish structures. Following Nilan's death in 1934, the ban was lifted in 1936 by his successor as bishop, [[Maurice F. McAuliffe]].<ref name="Janick"/> |
Following the war Riggs decided to become a Catholic priest, a vocation he had been considering since 1910.<ref name="Janick"/> He graduated from [[The Catholic University of America]] and the [[St. Thomas Seminary]] in Connecticut.,<ref name="Janick"/> following which he was appointed the first Catholic Chaplain at Yale. The Catholic [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford|Bishop of Hartford]], [[John Joseph Nilan]], forbade Riggs to celebrate Sunday [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] on campus, in deference to local priests, who opposed the creation of a religious centre outside parish structures. Following Nilan's death in 1934, the ban was lifted in 1936 by his successor as bishop, [[Maurice F. McAuliffe]].<ref name="Janick"/> |
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Yale had only 300 Catholic students out of a student body of more than 3000 in 1922, and no Catholic teachers until 1915.<ref name="Janick"/> Students would meet at Riggs' home; his lectures were initially unpopular, perhaps due to his deliberate style of speaking and a refusal to pander to public tastes.<ref name="Janick"/> Following his death $200,000 was raised to build the Saint Thomas More House and Chapel. The T. Lawrason Riggs Chair of Catholic Studies was established in 1962 at Yale. The first occupant of the chair was [[Stephan Kuttner]],<ref name="Nuesse1990">{{cite book|author=C. Joseph Nuesse|title=The Catholic University of America: A Centennial History|url=https:// |
Yale had only 300 Catholic students out of a student body of more than 3000 in 1922, and no Catholic teachers until 1915.<ref name="Janick"/> Students would meet at Riggs' home; his lectures were initially unpopular, perhaps due to his deliberate style of speaking and a refusal to pander to public tastes.<ref name="Janick"/> Following his death $200,000 was raised to build the Saint Thomas More House and Chapel. The T. Lawrason Riggs Chair of Catholic Studies was established in 1962 at Yale. The first occupant of the chair was [[Stephan Kuttner]],<ref name="Nuesse1990">{{cite book|author=C. Joseph Nuesse|title=The Catholic University of America: A Centennial History|url=https://archive.org/details/catholicuniversi0000nues|url-access=registration|access-date=15 February 2013|year=1990|publisher=CUA Press|isbn=978-0-8132-0736-0|pages=[https://archive.org/details/catholicuniversi0000nues/page/306 306]–}}</ref> and it is now known as the T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies.<ref name=Yale00>{{cite news|url=http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v29.n9/story8.html|title=Eire named T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History, Religious Studies Studies|work=[[University of Yale]]|date=3 November 2000|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202014342/http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v29.n9/story8.html|archive-date=2 December 2013}}</ref> |
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An independent member of the Yale community, Riggs resisted an attempt to reinstitute compulsory chapel attendance, and criticised the editor of the ''[[Yale Daily News]]'' for slanted coverage of religious topics. Riggs also wrote and published a seven-page pamphlet attempting to correct what he saw as an inaccurate and misleading description of the [[Origins of Christianity]] given by Professor Edwin Goodenaugh in his Western Civilisation course for Yale freshmen.<ref name="Janick"/> |
An independent member of the Yale community, Riggs resisted an attempt to reinstitute compulsory chapel attendance, and criticised the editor of the ''[[Yale Daily News]]'' for slanted coverage of religious topics. Riggs also wrote and published a seven-page pamphlet attempting to correct what he saw as an inaccurate and misleading description of the [[Origins of Christianity]] given by Professor Edwin Goodenaugh in his Western Civilisation course for Yale freshmen.<ref name="Janick"/> |
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Outside Yale Riggs was a patron and contributor to ''[[Commonweal]]'' magazine from 1922 until his death and a participant of the [[National Conference for Community and Justice|National Conference of Christians and Jews]] in the 1930s.<ref name="Janick"/> Riggs joined a rabbi and a Protestant minister on a speaking tour of the Southern United States in 1935 and the Western States in 1937.<ref name="Janick"/> Riggs died of a heart attack in 1943.<ref name="Janick"/> |
Outside Yale Riggs was a patron and contributor to ''[[Commonweal (magazine)|Commonweal]]'' magazine from 1922 until his death and a participant of the [[National Conference for Community and Justice|National Conference of Christians and Jews]] in the 1930s.<ref name="Janick"/> Riggs joined a rabbi and a Protestant minister on a speaking tour of the Southern United States in 1935 and the Western States in 1937.<ref name="Janick"/> Riggs died of a heart attack in 1943.<ref name="Janick"/> |
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Latest revision as of 20:56, 8 August 2021
Thomas Lawrason Riggs (1888–1943) was an American Catholic priest and musical theatre lyricist. Riggs was the first Catholic chaplain of Yale University.[1]
Early life
[edit]The grandson of banker George Washington Riggs, Riggs was from a wealthy upper class Episcopalian family.[2] In his youth Riggs was an acquaintance of the artist L. Bancel LaFarge, and came to know Thornton Wilder, Monty Woolley and other notable creative people while at Yale.[1] Riggs was the president of the Yale Dramatic Society and a member of the Scroll and Key collegiate society.[1] Riggs was a member of the Yale University Pundits, a senior society and literary group. He had a great love for the keeping of diaries and was the secretary of his class year.[3]
Graduating from Yale as a member of the class of 1910, Riggs embarked on graduate studies at Harvard University as an assistant to Barrett Wendell, which were interrupted by his foray into musical theatre.[1] Riggs never completed his doctorate.[1]
Riggs was Cole Porter's roommate at Yale, and with Porter wrote See America First, a patriotic comic opera that spoofed the "flag waving" musicals of George M. Cohan.[4] See America First received a poor critical reception when it opened on Broadway in March 1916 following previews in New Haven, Connecticut and Rochester, New York. Riggs had invested $35,000 in the production and never worked on another musical.[4]
Riggs joined the Yale Mobile Hospital unit at the United States entry into World War I in 1917, and later served as a specialist in foreign languages to military intelligence in Paris.[1]
Catholic chaplaincy
[edit]Following the war Riggs decided to become a Catholic priest, a vocation he had been considering since 1910.[1] He graduated from The Catholic University of America and the St. Thomas Seminary in Connecticut.,[1] following which he was appointed the first Catholic Chaplain at Yale. The Catholic Bishop of Hartford, John Joseph Nilan, forbade Riggs to celebrate Sunday Mass on campus, in deference to local priests, who opposed the creation of a religious centre outside parish structures. Following Nilan's death in 1934, the ban was lifted in 1936 by his successor as bishop, Maurice F. McAuliffe.[1]
Yale had only 300 Catholic students out of a student body of more than 3000 in 1922, and no Catholic teachers until 1915.[1] Students would meet at Riggs' home; his lectures were initially unpopular, perhaps due to his deliberate style of speaking and a refusal to pander to public tastes.[1] Following his death $200,000 was raised to build the Saint Thomas More House and Chapel. The T. Lawrason Riggs Chair of Catholic Studies was established in 1962 at Yale. The first occupant of the chair was Stephan Kuttner,[5] and it is now known as the T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies.[6]
An independent member of the Yale community, Riggs resisted an attempt to reinstitute compulsory chapel attendance, and criticised the editor of the Yale Daily News for slanted coverage of religious topics. Riggs also wrote and published a seven-page pamphlet attempting to correct what he saw as an inaccurate and misleading description of the Origins of Christianity given by Professor Edwin Goodenaugh in his Western Civilisation course for Yale freshmen.[1]
Outside Yale Riggs was a patron and contributor to Commonweal magazine from 1922 until his death and a participant of the National Conference of Christians and Jews in the 1930s.[1] Riggs joined a rabbi and a Protestant minister on a speaking tour of the Southern United States in 1935 and the Western States in 1937.[1] Riggs died of a heart attack in 1943.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Janick.
- ^ Thomas M. Landy (1 September 2001). As Leaven in the World: Catholic Perspectives on Faith, Vocation, and the Intellectual Life. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 372–. ISBN 978-1-58051-089-9. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ Liber Punditicalis. New Haven, CT: Yale University Manuscripts & Archives. 1906.
- ^ a b Roy Hemming (3 June 1999). The Melody Lingers on: The Great Songwriters and Their Movie Musicals. Newmarket Press. pp. 153–. ISBN 978-1-55704-380-1. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ C. Joseph Nuesse (1990). The Catholic University of America: A Centennial History. CUA Press. pp. 306–. ISBN 978-0-8132-0736-0. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ "Eire named T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History, Religious Studies Studies". University of Yale. 3 November 2000. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013.
- Catholicism and Culture: The American Experience of Thomas Lawrason Riggs, 1888-1943, Herbert Janick, The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 68, No. 3 (July 1982), accessed via JSTOR. Cited as "Janick"