Providence College - Veritas Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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WHEN FATHER DANIEL GALLIHER FIRST ARRIVED IN PROVIDENCE AFTER MANY YEARS OF STUDY, THE YOUNG DOMINICAN FOUND HIMSELF ASSIGNED TO A COLLEGE WHICH EXISTED ONLY IN THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF THE CATHOLIC PEOPLE OF RHODE ISLAND. FATHER GALLIHER'S EARLY LABORS FINALLY BORE FRUIT AND HAR- KINS HALL WAS OPENED WITH SEVENTY-FIVE STUDENTS ATTENDING. HE WAS A FRAIL MAN BUT HIS STRENGTH OF WILL AND DEVOTION TO DUTY HELPED TO MOLD THE COLLEGE IN THOSE EARLY DAYS. FATHER GALLIHER WAS THEN KNOWN SIMPLY AS THE DEAN AND OLD ALUMNI STILL AFFECTIONATELY REFER TO HIM WITH THIS ALL-EMBRACING TERM. HE WAS IN CHARGE OF CURRICULUM AND DISCIPLINE, AND IN THOSE SHAKY FIRST YEARS, HE ALSO CON- TROLLED THE FINANCES OF THE COLLEGE. DEAN GALLIHER'S GREAT SENSE OF ORDER IN ADMINISTRATION CARRIED THE COLLEGE THROUGH MANY PRECARIOUS TIMES. HE ALSO WAS A STRICT NO- NONSENSE PROFESSOR, WHO, BECAUSE OF HIS DEPTH OF KNOWL- EDGE, TAUGHT AT VARIOUS TIMES A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS. THE CANON LAWYER ALSO WROTE A NUMBER OF PHILOS- OPHY TEXTS FOR THE STUDENTS STUDYING UNDER HIS GUIDANCE. AS A PRIEST, HE GAVE THE HIGHEST SPIRITUAL EXAMPLE TO HIS FELLOW DOMINICANS. HE WAS ALWAYS FIRST TO RISE IN THE MORNING TO CELEBRATE MASS AND WAS EVER FAITHFUL TO HIS SPIRITUAL OBLIGATIONS. STUDENTS WILL RECALL THAT HE WAS ALWAYS PRESENT AT THE 10:20 MASS IN HARKINS HALL AND THAT HE WAS OFTEN SEEN READING HIS OFFICE WHILE WALKING AROUND THE CAMPUS. IN HIS EARLIER DAYS, HE WAS ONE OF THE MANY DOMINICANS WHO PREACHED AND CELEBRATED MASS AT LOCAL AND DISTANT PARISHE5 ON WEEKEND ASSIGNMENTS. IN THOSE DAYS, FATHER GALLIHER HAD A MOTORCYCLE AND OFTEN HIS FRIEND OF FIFTY YEARS, FATHER FRANCIS HOWLEY, SHARED THE BIKE ON LONG TRIPS-ONCE TO ALBANY, NEW YORK. FATHER GALLIHER WAS CONTINUALLY ACTIVE. AS THE COLLEGE BECAME RECOGNIZED IN THE REGION, HE FOUND HIMSELF WITH ADDED RESPONSIBILITIES. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES, THE COLLEGE ENTRANCE BOARD, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES, THE NEW ENGLAND ASSO- CIATION OF COLLEGES AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AND NUMEROUS OTHER PRO- FESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS IN MANY OF WHICH HE SERVED AS NA- TIONAL OFFICER. HE WAS A FOUNDER OF DELTA EPSILON SIGMA AND SERVED AS ITS NATIONAL PRESIDENT. HE WAS REVERED IN BOTH SECULAR AND CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS FOR HIS FINE WORK AND PERSONAL QUALITIES WHILE SERVING AS REGISTRAR OF THE COLLEGE. FATHER GALLIHER SPENT HIS LIFE WORKING FOR HIS BELOVED PROVIDENCE COLLEGE. THE TWO YEARS HE SPENT AT ALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE WERE REFERRED TO BY HIM AS HIS EXILE. PROBABLY MORE THAN ANY OTHER MAN, HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDENCE COLLEGE-HIS UNFLAGGING WILL WAS A PILLAR OF STRENGTH WHEN THE COLLEGE WAS YOUNG AND BUFFETED BY ECONOMIC'STORMS. HE WAS A PIONEER IN CATHOLIC EDUCATION WHO FOR OVER FORTY YEARS AT PROVIDENCE MET ADVERSITY AND YET DID NOT FAIL TO USE EVERY MEANS AVAILABLE TO REACH HIS DESIRED GOAL. WITH HIS DEATH, WE HERE AT PROVIDENCE COLLEGE CAN TRULY SAY THAT THIS IS THE END OF AN ERA.

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DEDICATION THE PROVIDENCE COLLEGE MAN is a wise and good man, one who has developed a quest for knowledge, a love of truth and a mastery of the Christian virtues. To him, we dedicate this 1961 edition of the VERITAS. The preceding pages have presented a picture of the College, its campus and faculty. The remain- ' N h' activities and his accomplishments. der of the book is devoted to the MA , is