Siena College - Saga Yearbook (Loudonville, NY)

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INSTRUCTION is given to the student body in St. Mary of the Angels Chapel. 14 The Post-war era had been one of phe- nomenal growth for Siena College. The student body had increased to such an extent that the subsequent decade had to be devoted to a constant building program. On April 25, 1949, a big step in this pro- gram was taken when the Rev. William A. Scully, D.D., Coadjutor Bishop of A1- bany, blessed the cornerstone of the Siena Friary and St. Mary of the Angels Chapel. The friary was the first building con- structed on campus strictly for the use of the Franciscans. This new structure en- abled the clerical faculty to reside in a truly communal dwelling. The chapel was a signal triumph for the Friars and further evidence of the rapid development of this Catholic college.

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THE SPIRIT of Siena basketball is generated each season by the annual pep rally. From the steps of the Capitol Father Mark Kennedy, O.F.M., addresses When the Siena College Varsity walked off the Hoor of Washington Avenue Armory on the night of April 1, 1950, the team had captured the National Catholic Intercollegiate Tournament. This team of teams had shat- tered twenty-two of thirty-two school records. Individual honors went to Ed Lange and Billy Harrell. Lange had scored the incredible total of 1,012 points in his four years of play. Harrell, as a sophomore, had grabbed three hundred and eighty-seven rebounds in one season. This team, which had defeated Man- hattan College at Madison Square Garden, had a season record of twenty-four wins and five defeats. Siena College was thus permanently placed on the basketball map. The Siena Basketball story would not be 13 the student body, arousing them to the support of their team. fully told if mention were not made of great individual play. The name of Billy Harrell is familiar to every Siena student. Thislathlete from Troy set numerous scoring and rebound- ing records during his four years of basketball. At a half-time ceremony in January, 1952, he was presented with a trophy giving tribute to 0a great basketball player, a fine student, and a gentleman. When one considers scoring there can be only one name, Tim Hill. In four years of play Tim scored 1,092 points and established six other records ranking him as the greatest scorer in Siena history. In more recent years the squad, although handicapped by a deficiency in height, has continued to give its best in the Siena spirit of determination and pride.

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1311$- . .-i3!!!?'l II ON AUGUST 10, 1948, His Excellency Bishop Gibbons, blessed and broke ground for the Saint Bernardine of Siena Friary. REV. EDMUND F. CHRISTY, O.F.M., President, aids in laying the cornerstone for the Father Jerome Dawson Memorial Library. OVER 100,000 VOLUMES are catalogued in the Li- brary, a memorial to the First Chairman of the Board of Trustees. In 1950, a Graduate School was formed at Siena College. Courses of study leading to Masters degrees in Arts, Science, Science in Education and Business Administration were offered. The student interested in graduate work at Siena was thus given an opportunity to increase his academic and professional competence through the means of advanced instruction and indi- vidual reasearch. Another milestone in the Colleges his- tory was the construction of the Father Jerome Dawson Memorial Library in 1954. The attic of Siena Hall had served as a library, but the pressing need for more space had long been realized. Father Jet- ome had been the first chairman of the 15 Board of Trustees of Siena. He had held that position in the critical years of the school and had helped to guide the school's administration from its conception. The Fall semester of 1959 was delayed two weeks as the construction was com- pleted on the long-awaited residence hall. Dedicated to the memory of Thomas Plass- mann, this dormitory accomodates two hundred and fifty students. A Dining Hall was also constructed which can serve five hundred students. The most recent step in the schools development is the building of a new dormitory, adjacent to Plassmann Hall, to be ready for occupancy in the Fall of 1962.