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14 Swz, 0e '43 lggg- 4H the Clouds of time seem to dim the scene a little for 11s but we can still see ourselves hitch hiki11g t0 Siena for the first time to End a sing le building, not yet 00111 pleted barren helds surrounding it, and a I7de11se forest 111 the rear.B11t this was to be our Alma Mater, and we plunged recklessly and happily into our college career, only to be prompt- lV confronted by the Freshman Rules and the accompanying 01111110115 warning, . don't be rash. With typical fresh- man foolhardiness, however, many of 11s disregarded the rules . . . thus we have memories of community sings, 1which 1111' covered some outstanding material to be shunned by the Glee Club1, all 111al 1itterbug c011tests,swims and 2Mr 42, hung clehantly over the upperclassmens entrance. We can all forget his burial. Then came elections; the results were ana 1101111Ced at the smoker held 111 our honor at the K. of C. 111 Albany. The initial leaders of our class were Iames VVhalen, Dean Brackley, Ioseph Reilly, and Henry Gabriels . . . Remember the Erst open house at N ew111a11 Hall-many of us found dates there . . . We held our Erst dance 011 November 22, at the Hendrick Hudson with Gus Metro providing the music . . . Never shall we forget those basketball games played at LaSalle Institute gymna- sium . . . W 1th our loss of the Freshman Sophomore basketball game and the 00111 tinued Violation Of the Freshman Rules came the establishment of a court wherein misdemeanors and felonies among the freshmen were tried before a Sophomore 111dge and 111rV;3111131e punishment was provided. .VVe freshman were well represented 011 the All- Siena football team bV Donald Bulger and William Nolan .Many of 11s spent a glorious Christ- mas vacation in New York listening to the Song of Siena as composed and written for our school by Fred Waring . After the New Year was cheered 111, we were confronted by mid-year exams- who can forget those shaking knees, wor- ried frowns and fearful apprehensions. .But we weathered them somehow and began to e11101 0111 11e11 luxurywthe cafe- teria. Also during this Vear we saw our old recreation room 111 the left wing dis- appear, but not before Allan Clarke de- feated Robert Flanagan for the ChampiOIP ship of the ping-pong tournament . . . On April 1;, we held our second dance, also a sports hop, at the Aurania Club with rhythm provided by Paul Parker . . . With Iack Pennock, James Whalen, and Harry Coughlin leading the way, our frosh base ketball team won six and lost seven games against stilt competition . . . Remember those F0111 Gentlemen from Troy who did our Class proud 111 fencing-Norrnan Dolan, William McDermott, Joseph C0- la11eri, and Arthur DeLucia . . . The 1111- timely death of our classmate, Diamante Bruno struck a chord of sadness . . . W 1th Senior at work. Unposed!
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.11.; Elective 111131 exams came the Erst upurge, and then-a glorious summer. And so 011 to 1940-41 . . . When the hunted became the hunter. This year, it was our grimly pleasant duty to haze the freshmen, which we did eHectively. Lead- ing us were our olhcers,Willian1 Nolan, W ill1an1 McDermott, Harry Coughlin: Thomas Pendergast, and 11111 Guthinger .Micl October saw the beginning of the construct1on of our gy11111as1un1, des- tined to be one of the most outstanding buildings of its kind 111 the Capital Dise trict . . . Couscription . . . Recall the lightness with which we took the new law? Little did we real1ze so many of us would be called before graduation . . . In this year, before the completion of our gynr nasium, Siena was still forced to hold its dances off the campus. Our class chose the Edison Club 111 Schenectady for our first sport dance of the year. The dance was a social and-wonder of wonders-a Enancial success. Later 011 in the term Wallace Clarke,bel1eving 111 variety, broke his hand The previous year it was his leg And suddenly mid semester examina- tions were upon us F ather Anselm Krieg- er stunned us 111 his American Civilization exan1111at1011,by giving us the answers and asking us for the questions-all of which received 110 small notoriety. The 1941 15 social season was ushered in by our Soph- omore Soiree 111 a panorama of color at the beautiful Club Ed g,ewoocl we danced to the famed music of Iohnhy Messner and his orchestra. This dance was not 0an a Emancial success tan oddity for forn1als1, but a huge success socially which will long live 111 our memories. With March,can1e a blizzard which cov- ered the campus 111 a blanket of white. Ioe Graziano got off the beam 011 his way to Siena Hall and turned into the school driveway 100 feet before he got to it, losing himself and his car 111 the snow That month also brought a most regret- atble accident, which saddened many Siena men. For 011 March 14, a favorite rendez- vous of ours, the Club Edgewood, where only a month before we had held our Soiree, was utterly destroyed by fire . . . Early 111 the spring the classes of Dr. Ale bert Uilenheimer, which had always conr bined the wisdom of a scholar of note, and the dignity of great simplicity, sud- denly terminated, for 011 April 2g, the be- loved Professor died . . . The athletic su- periority of our class was clearly evidenced when we captured the interclass track meet at Bleecker Stadium 011 May 14 . . . Cra111n1111g once again for exams, we somehow survived the Hpurge, and after a summer of work for some, ease for oth- ers, we entered our Junior year . . . 1941-42 . . . This year was one of the Good Morning! 3 7
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