St Josephs College - Footprints Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Quite obviously, the three immediate needs that had to be met by the founders of the college were: the recruitment of high-calibre students; the maintenance of top-grade academic achieve- ment at the college, and thirdly, the necessity of getting the indispensible financial backing which the Regents required. On May 24, 1916, at the Commencement exercises of St. Joseph ' s Aca- demy. Brentwood, Bishop McDonnell announced that arrangements had been completed for the opening in Brooklyn of an institution for the higher education of Catholic women. The need for such an institution, said the Bishop, has long existed, and I feel sure that this announce- ment will meet with the full appreciation of the clergy and laity alike. The tendency to material- ism in education at the present day must be met by sound religious teaching which the new col- lege will give. The twelve pioneer students who responded and came to the college on October 2, 1916. were a diversified group. In April 1917, during the very first year of the College ' s existence, the United States became involved in a global conflict to make the world safe for democracy. This not only affected each of the students in a personal way; it also gave a purposiveness to all their sophomore activities when they returned in the Fall of 1917, accompanied by fifteen new freshmen. Early in 1918 the College was able to purchase the beautiful Georgian home of George Pratt (one of the sons of Rockefeller ' s Standard Oil partner) located at 245 Clinton Avenue on the east side of the wide tree-lined street stretching from DeKalb to Willoughby Avenues on the apex of what was known as the Hill , a social rival to Brooklyn Heights. The new college site was only two blocks from the original building and the Sister members of the faculty continued to live on Washington Avenue for a few years. Everyone felt that the new acquisition gave concrete promise of permanence for the nascent college, and when the student body returned to classes in the Fall of 1918 there was sufficient room to accommodate the eleven new freshmen. More importantly the Twelve Apostles felt that they had met the challenge, and they re- corded in their annals: We knew then that St. Joseph ' s was, is, and always will be proud of her pioneers. By the time they had entered their Senior Year, the original twelve felt the joy of a task well done , as they put it. be- cause two new young women transferred from other colleges into their ranks. Towards the end of that year they had boasted: Our fame had become so great and our names so illustrious that May travels from the Bronx every day, and Amalia from East New York, so that they may be among the numbers of the first class to graduate from St. Joseph ' s. The pioneer class was not wrong in its judg- ment; the quality of education at St. Joseph ' s was • remarkably good for such an embryo institution.

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St. Joseph ' s Girls Trounce St. John ' s Tlie St. Joseph ' s College girls bas- ketball team scored a 29-to-lO vic- tory over the St. John ' s College six in a fast encounter held at the winner ' s gymnasium last night. Led by Grace Twj ord, who annexed high scoring honors with 15 points, the victors gained their fifth triumph in six starts. Edrthe O ' Neill starred for the losers with ten counters. Playing inspired basketball, the St. John ' s team slowly forged ahead until they held a 6 — 4 margin at the end of the first quarter. Miss Twyford ' s accurate shooting gave St. Joseph ' s a lead, which they held throughout the game. St. Joseph ' s College held an ll-to-7 margin at half time. The lineup: St. Josephs St. John ' s Rumacn,!! Twyford O ' RelUj-.rf Banr.on Grace Bernard.c M.Clark.sc CampbeUJg Harris A.Clark.rg G. P. pi 2!ONeillJf 4 3 13 Silverman 2 Freidmann.rt F. P. 3 10 10 Marttn Oj Pelt Greenback.c Pocius.sc 0, Dean, If; O ' Buckley 0, Brooke, rR OlFarrell Totals 13 3 29 ' Totals 4 2 10 Referee — Miss Dignan, Savage. Umpire — Miss Plsano, Savage. Time of halves — 16 miiuites. ' - ' ' t ' V.r-