Salve Regina University - Regina Maris Yearbook (Newport, RI)

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On September 21, 1917, Salve Regina College opened its doors to its first freshman class of fifty-nine students. During the ensuing months the faculty, realiz- ing that an auxiliary organization would be a definite asset to the College, began plans for the formation of such a group. By April, 1918 all plans and preliminaries were completed, and the Salve Regina College Guild was a beautiful reality, with Reverend Gerald Dillon as its Moderator and Mrs. Frank D. Fogarty as its first President. From the initial seventy-five members, the Guild increased year by year until it reached a total of two thousand fifty-one. The Guild mothered the College through its years of infancy and is now continuing to do so in these, its childhood years. And it will, we are confident, ever prove a real mother as childhood develops into maturity and maturity into old age. The marvelous assistance that the Guild is able to give to the College is due, in no small measure, to the inspiring leadership of its first President, Mrs. Frank D. Fogarty who, with her able Executive Board, planned, sacrificed, and accomplished so much culturally, educationally, and spiritually for the College. From the zealous first president, Mrs. Fogarty, to the present incumbent, Mrs. James Lynch, all intervening Presidents, with their Executive Boards, have emulated the spirit of the first year and have thus brought the Guild to its present status of success and devotion to the College. The members of the Guild feel perfectly at home at the College, while both faculty and students look upon them as a vital factor in the success of the College because of the family relationship that exists. All believe that one of the greatest blessings for the organization is that Reverend Gerald Dillon was appointed by His Excellency, Russell J. McVinney, D.D., our Most Reverend Bishop, as Moderator for the Guild. Under Father ' s spiritual leadership the Guild has reached its present peak of glory and achievement. To Reverend Father Dillon, to Presidents past and present, to all Executive Board members, Committee members, to each individual who has given of herself to the Guild, faculty and students of Salve Regina College sing a Te Deum in appreciation and dedicate this REGINA MARIS, the yearbook of the Class of 1958, as a token of deep gratitude to the Salve Regina College Guild.