St Josephs College - Footprints Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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i ffl ffi tuated the need f(ir furllu-r i ' x|i;)ii ioii. The first step in this enlargement was taken early in the year when, throuch the generosity of Bishop Molloy, a new gymnasium was provided and equipped. Greater interest in athletics was ac- cordingly aroused, and a series of intercollegiate basketball games scheduled. The death of Sister Gelestine in January cast the shadow ol a deep sorrow upon the college. As one of il lounilers. and its dean for the first seven years, she had given to St. Joseph ' s a loyal and devoted interest that will be difficult to equal and impossible to forget. As the Class of 1923 leaves it Alma Mater, the sun of successful achievement rises over the ridges of the mountain, the gray of the dawn gives place to the radiance of day, but the Spirit of S. J. C. pressing onward to its goal, may not yet pause. The way is long, yet so rapid has been the progress, that even now the light floods the valleys and illumines the road with the promise of a glorious destiny. 19 23 - ' Wf lyl Page thirteen

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(UiiUrur lirtiitnnt 111 ffl B March 19. 1922— March 1 ' ), 192:! In the fust faint liulit nf dawn a traveler stdod at the foot of a mountain lately hlark in the dull lilarkness of iiij;ht. As one nieditatinp; on his goal, he gazed at ll ic sunnni t. visilile l)ut inilislinil in the haze of the early morning. It was thus in 1916, that St. Joseph ' s College, about to begin its career, saw in the distance a realization of the ideal for which it was to strive — the molding of Catholic womanhood for the greater honor of God. hen tiie class of 192.) matriculated in Seplemlier 1919. the ollege was beginning its fourth vear, completing for the first time its register of classes. With ihe other pioneer classes the present Seniors, who were tlien Freshmen, felt all the thrills of that first Commencement year. How the college has grown since then ! October last witnessed the reopening of the College with a registration of one hundred students. This meant the realization of a long-cherished ambition, and the new semester still further increased the number. The once ample building, which in 1919 seemed so spacious to tlie four pioneer classes, is now filled tc capacity, and the steadily increasing register in the freshman classes has accen- acsase€ ::€3=€3= BB Page twelve rrf

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