Siena College - Saga Yearbook (Loudonville, NY)

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Foreword Twenty-one years ago Siena College made a humble beginning in a large brick mansion, part of the attractive residential community of Loudonville. The Most Reverend Bishop Edmund F. Gibbons, D.D., invited the Franciscan Fathers to extend their activities into the Diocese of Albany On September 22, 1937, Siena of- ticially opened, and the entire student body of ninety gathered and ioined Bishop Gibbons to invoke the blessing of God Upon the new venture. Since that time the growth of Siena College has been phenomenal. The second year of her existence saw another im- portant stride-the inauguration of a co-educational evening division. At the celebration of her third birthday Siena boasted an enrollment of seven hun- dred men and women. Through the ensuing years the student body in- creased amazingly until, at the Fall Semester Registration of 1948, the maximum enrollment of 2,752 was recorded. St. Bernardine of Siena was selected as the patron of our college for he was a shining example of the ancient Fran- ciscan motto In Sanctitate et Doctrina, as well as of a practical and wholesome outlook on the social adiustment be- tween all classes which is of such tre- mendous importance in our own day. Being a lover of youth and youthful activity and sport, St. Bernardine does not mind that the young men and wo- men under his tutelage drop his name and say simply Siena College. Dear Siena Alma Mater Glory to her Blessed Name . . . II t i l l I i

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