Daemen University - Summit Yearbook (Amherst, NY)

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i tsar Margaret Roach, Literary Editor; Clare Kuebler, Janet Weaver, Assistant Art Editors. TRIBUTE TO THE STAFF By a legitimate extension, the entire class of 1953 should be designated as the staff of this year’s Summit because we have been so closely united in mutual helpfulness. Unity, we have learned, is a transcendental attribute of being. A thing is to the extent that it is one. A class realizes its own nature more perfectly when it attains the degree of unity that is appropriate to it. This unity should be that of end, of purpose. We feel we are not presumptuous in saying that our class has achieved something of this unity; for the Summit, the joint effort of the whole senior class, is patently the product of a singular unanimity of spirit, of purpose, of endeavor, and of accomplishment. The oneness of our effort has, we believe, resulted in the integrity of this year’s Summit as seen in its unity of theme, simplicity of structure and style, and the subordination of its various parts to the central effect. All of this, in turn, reflects the singleness of mind and will of a united senior class which has produced it. Ann Mayer, Subscription Manager; Dolores Attea, Patricia Mahoney, Special Activities; Ann Deck, Patron Manager. Kathryn Reardon, Editor; Marilyn Jacobi, Business Manager; Mary Stager, Art Editor.

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THEME 1 .osary Hill College is so named in honor of that devotion to our Lady which, since its inception, has been a constant source of comfort and hope. It is fitting therefore, that the theme of our yearbook should be the theme on which our college was founded and is administered—the Rosary of the Seven Joys of the Blessed Virgin—the Franciscan Crown. Since the year fourteen hundred and twenty-two, this rosary has been an inte- gral part of all Franciscan communities. In that year, a novice, especially devoted to Our Blessed Mother, decided to quit the Franciscan cloister. As a layman it had been his custom to adorn Our Lady’s statue with a wreath of fragrant blossoms. Unable to continue this generous practice in the novitiate, the youth experienced so tremendous a feeling of loss that he resolved to abandon his religious vocation. As he was about to execute his decision, the Virgin Mary appeared to the young man and expressed her desire for a more lasting wreath—a crown of prayers commemorating the seven great joys of her seventy-two years. Since that mem- orable occasion, an imperishable crown has adorned Our Lady’s head. The prayers of the Franciscan Crown have fashioned a wreath befitting the Queen of the Holy Rosary. We hope that our lives may prove worthy of the theme of our yearbook, and that our prayers may become spiritual roses acceptable to her who has provided us with the Rosary. Eacfx aay sfwff 6c an avc... our fife a rosary s

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ADMINISTRATION and FACULTY intents SENIORS DEPARTMENTS SOCIAL ACTIVITIES CLUBS and ORGANIZATIONS UNDERGRADUATES RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES