Siena College - Saga Yearbook (Loudonville, NY)

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A saga is a story told by many people over a long period of time. Saga, the word itself, came from Iceland as the name of one man. It grew to mean not only the account of a hero but of a family. It later denoted the narrative of people and peoples - and spread and took on truth with legend, becoming an histori- cal saga in medieval times. A saga was told through genera- tions of man, finding itself in poetry - in the epic - in the narrative of manis encounters, for whatever manis experi- ences are, they must be told. The saga of a man begins be- fore his first cry for life as an 1963 AGA infant. It cartries even beyond his death. Folk tales are full of what man does, where he goes, and what is beyond. Each action of man is part of his saga. The saga is life. Here it is told by camera and pen, spokesmen for the voices of life at Siena. 'Wi J 'H J Lifih'iif .,