University of Bridgeport - Wistarian Yearbook (Bridgeport, CT)

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There are men whose abiliTies To mold and nurTure indusTry mark Them as gianTs in American busi- ness. There are men who, prompTed by love oT mankind, share unselTishly Those resources which They pos- sess in greaTer abundance Than Their fellows. Such men are known as philanThropisTs. BoTh oT These deTi- niTions are exempliTied by lvlr. Charles A. Dana. When The new science building rises To grace our campus, iTs exisTence will be due largely To The ToresighT oT This man. The audiTorium which is To be a parT oT The building will owe iTs exisTence To The business man wiTh The idea ThaT The UniversiTy need- ed a place where sTudenTs mighT hear lecTures or, more imporTanT, parTicipaTe in religious services. Mr. Dana's varied and exTensive career illusTraTes his characTer. ln his youTh Mr. Dana aTTended The CuTler School and Columbia UniversiTy where he received his B. A. and M. A. degrees in law. l lis early career in corporaTion law led To a posiTion on The sTaTT oT The New York DisTricT ATTorney. For Three Terms Mr. Dana served as a prominenT Republican on The New York STaTe LegislaTure. l'-lis career in poliTics culminaTed in his serving as campaign manager Tor Theodore RoosevelT. As one mighT expecT oT a broad-minded, vigorous person, lvlr. Dana's inTeresTs cover a broad scope. While a young lawyer he spenT his vacaTions working as a cowhand on a Mexican ranch which he now owns. lvlr. Dana's presenT business aTTiliaTions include The Dana CorporaTion, oT which he is presidenT, and many oTher corporaTions in This counTry, Canada, England, and France, which necessiTaTe his Traveling aT leasT Twice The disTance around The eguaTor each year. Age and experience have sharpened Mr. Dana's abiliTy and heighTened his achievemenTs: iusT lasT year The UniversiTy oT Toledo awarded him an honorary degree Tor his abiliTy To organize new indusTries. lvlr. Dana is primarily a business man. l-le considers his paTronage oT The UniversiTy an invesTmenT - an invesTmenT in youTh and in a sTronger naTion. WiTh ToresighT - ThaT same ToresighT ThaT has enabled him To amass a business empire - lvlr. Dana saw ThaT The TaciliTies oT The UniversiTy soon would be in greaTer demand and ThaT a new science building would in- crease opporTuniTies Tor many. l'le has remarked ThaT all successTul businesses succeed because oT good organizaTion. l-le believes, as do The sTudenTs, ThaT The U.niversiTy has an exemplary organizaTion in iTs TrusTees, adminisTraTors, and TaculTy. l-le has placed his conTidence in The organizaTion: conTidence ThaT Those oT us who are leaving will do crediT To The UniversiTy by succeeding in our chosen Tields: ThaT Those oT us who remain will conTinue To uTilize To The besT oT our abiliTy The opporTuniTies Tor beTTermenT ThaT we Tind here. lT is in appreciaTion of This TrusT'ThaT This book is dedicaTed To Charles A. Dana.

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Each oT us who spenT The year I958- I959 here aT The UniversiTy oT BridgeporT will carry away wiTh him diTTerenT memo- ries, Tor each oT us noTices only Those Things which impinge on his paTTerns oT liTe. So iT -is ThaT To mosT oT us, someThing as minuTe as a damp, earTh-scenTed spring breeze, a shell salvaged Trom a winTer- ravaged shore, an A paper will mean more To us Than a proTessor's new docTor- aTe, The addiTion oT a new building To The campus. or a vicTory Tor a sTudenT organi- zaTion. YeT our very presence here made us a parT oT This insTiTuTion. In as much as whaT we gained or losT here will re- main embedded in ourselves all our lives, This insTiTuTion has become a parT of our- selves. This arTicle is wriTTen in The hope ThaT iT may provide us wiTh a beTTer under- sTanding oT whaT our school is ThaT iT may Turnish us wiTh some iusTiTiable pride in The insTiTuTion oT which we are a parT. The rain rolling in Trom Long Island Sound, shrouding The campus in gloom mosT oT Freshman week, heighTened The confusion oT The purple capped newcomers. Bewilder- ed, beraggled Treshmen, rallied by Their spiriTed guides, Toured The campus and en- dured The many social TuncTions planned Tor Them by The Freshman Week CommiTTee during The summer. The Freshman Ball cul- minaTed wellcome-week, and Those Treshmen who sTill had sTrengTh enough To aTTend iT saw I-larrieT ZiTron oT The Bronx, lovely ad- vocaTe oT The bouTTanT hair-do chosen Freshman Queen. EnrollmenT reached a new heighT This year, as did conTusion during re- gisTraTion. Following The minor havoc oT Freshman W'eek and regisTraTion, sTudenTs welcomed a chance To seTTle down To The comparaTive peace oT classes. BrighT OcTober broughT a bursT oT ac- TiviTy To campus. FaculTy and sTudenTs alilce had noT yeT seTTled inTo The comTorTable, sTeady mold oT acTiviTies which paTTerned The laTer monThs. The clear, colorful days of early Tall seemed indicaTive oT explora- Tion and experimenTaTion. The Circle K