Siena College - Saga Yearbook (Loudonville, NY)

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FR. JOSEPH VANN, O.F.M., MA. Dean of Arts JOHN R. XVILKINSON, M.B.A. Dean of Business Ad1111'111'stmt1'011 FR. VINCENT DEVINE, O.F.M., B.A. Dean of Admissions FR. GILES XVEBSTER, O.F.M., B.A. Dean of Discipline humpm

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EATHER CYPRIAN7S vision, foresight and energy have, Within the space of four short years, raised before us our present College. Under his leadership we have seen the modern structures, which now grace the campus, developed from an old colonial mansion. His thoughts and deeds have always been for the task before him . . . the founding and building of Siena. The sacrie . hces he and the first faculty endured are 16 Wte BEVEREND CYPPJAN MENSING 0. F. M PH. D. Pigmwi 9f $5243 60W enshrined in every inch of the Colleges growth. Seeking no honor or glory for What he has done, his real reward can be found in the durable structure he has created amid the shifting sands of contemporary thought. With heartfelt gratitude, we, the hrst graduating Class, Will ever remember the untiring efforts of our President, who epito- mizes the same spirit which has dominated the work of the Franciscans from ages past.

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Our College Days Bcglu. September 10,7 EEMEMBER four years ago-pcrhaps it was in the Spring of ,37-perhaps it was in thc fall-whcn you Erst heard that a new Catholic Institution of higher education for young men was to he founded in Loudou- Villc? You were rather puzzled . . . perhaps you'd planned to go away to school . . . perhaps you hadlft plauucd to go to collcgc at 2111 . . . but regardless . . . over ninety young mcn registered in the old Carrctt Mansion in the middle of year . . . the accounting and economics Classes held in the hcellar -thc thrccwmau German Class in the cloak room-thc main classroom with the French windows-out of which-whcn spring camc-lots of the boys used to disappear as if by magicato-it wasn't magiC-it was those swiuguf French doors. Remember the booming Hall right. boys which heralded the entrance of Father Adalbcrt. And thou the first gct-togcthcr whcu wc' Clcctcd Class Recess 21 held . . . somewhere in Loudom'illc. No-it wasnyt an auspicious beginning . fact . . . it wasnt likc any of the colleges youll heard of. You were startled avou were promised greater thingsn-aud you received them. Oh, but that first officers at St. Amhrosc's Hall in Lathams. ch-it was the CBA hoys-hcadcd by Bud Lcuuon-who couv qucrcd! Into the fall of that First Ycar, and our first dance at tho Shakcr Ridge Country Chlh, prob ably thc most representa-