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HOLY FAMILYCOLLEGE FOUNDED 1954

A HISTOR Y OF ITS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT by

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Holy Family College Torresdale Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19114

DEDICATION sincere pleasure we dedicate this history of Holy Family College W ith M. Neomisia Rutkowska, C.S.F.N., Ph.D., the one who, Sister to

twenty five years ago, initiated the idea of the College and who, from 1954 to 1959, served as its Founding President.

As a dedicated religious, Sister has served the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth for over sixty years in different capacities: as teacher; as founder and principal of Nazareth Academy;

Provincial Superior with responsibility for convents from Massachusetts to Puerto Rico; and, from 1959 to 1971, as the first American Superior General whose authority extended from Rome to four continents: North America, South America, Europe, and Australia. as

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Through the years Sister has given witness to her genuine love of youth; to her moving with grace in the world of learning and of education; to her contagious enthusiasm and concern for diffusing the beautiful, the good, and the true; and to her seeing all things in the light of eternity.

A woman of high principles and of far vision, Sister has been endowed

by God with exceptional gifts of keenness of intelligence and of memory; of strong habits of will and industry; of courage of conviction and largeness of spirit. Hers is also a high respect for truth and for justice and a dynamism of personality which, at the same time, radiates goodness and peace.

Words cannot adequately express what Sister has done, and is still doing, for Holy Family College. In prayerful appreciation we will but say, "May God in all His goodness be praised for her, through her, arid in her!"

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reader may ask, "Of what value a history, a recounting of deeds long past and possibly irrelevant to our own situation?" But such a query would carry the peril of built-in indifference and superficiality. The only response can be the perennial one of St. Paul, "Stand firm...and hold fast to the traditions which you have learned from us (2 Thes. 2, 16)." A sense of history and the perspective it'ffers our life and work was rarely more urgent than today.

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visitor or resident in the vast area known today as Philadelphia's "Great Northeast" would hardly be aware of the original condition of the land, or the development of the communities that existed in the early days of the nation. Yet the area in which Holy Family College is situated is rich in tradition and folklore and was, in its time, inhabited by a galaxy of famous and interesting people who contributed much to the growth of the local community and who had an impact on national affairs. In a sense these pioneers are the ancestors of the present community, including the College, which came to occupy a significant portion of the land lying west from the Delaware River and Poquessing Creek.

Before there was a Holy Family College, much less before there was a Northeast Philadelphia, there was the land. Standing wooded and silent, it was for at least five thousand years the homeland of the Lenni Lenape Indians. The red men roamed the banks of the Delaware and its many small tributaries in search of the profusion of fish and game with which they shared a land undisturbed by "progress," living in perfect harmony with the natural environment. The wide Delaware served as a main avenue of travel, while countless trails led into the deep interior, which one day would be named for an English Quaker seeking refuge from religious persecution. The Indians who settled in the area between the "Penickpacka-kyl" and "Peetquesink" Creeks also developed skills at farming, raising not only corn, their principal crop, but also beans, peas, pumpkins, tobacco and berries.

This existence, so long unchanged, was transformed by the arrival of the first settlers from Europe. These were Swedes who settled on the banks of the Delaware in the 1630s. The first known settlers in the area of Torresdale were Laers Laerson and Olle Caeckal who in 1679 purchased some six hundred acres of "fast land, swamp and marsh" from the Indians.

Meanwhile, in London, William Penn was seeking to establish a colony in the New World where his co-religionists and those of other dissenting sects might find a place of refuge and tranquility. Charles II in 1681 awarded Penn a grant of land which he called "Pennsylvania" in honor of Penn's father. The following year Penn set out on his "holy experiment" to establish his new city of Philadelphia.

To do this, he needed the services of a competent land surveyor. This he found in one Thomas Holme. Born in Yorkshire in 1624, Holme served in Cromwell's army and later went to Ireland where he converted to Quakerism. Jailed for his religious opinions, he was paroled and joined Penn's band of colonists. Penn asked him to develop a suitable plan for his new city and to survey the land for an appropriate site. The most promising location was the fertile, rolling country between the Pennypack and Poquessing valleys. Holme originally projected a long, straight road from the Delaware inland to the much wider Susquehanna, obviously without having any idea that more than one hundred miles separated the two rivers. Were it not for the original Swedish settlements some miles downstream, where Holme finally laid out his city, Torresdale and Holy Family College might well be today in the center of Philadelphia.

Holme received from Penn a grant of 1,646 acres in the area then called Lower Dublin Township. This area of Northeast Philadelphia continued to have this as its official political title until 1852, when the portion eastward from what is now Roosevelt Boulevard to the river was carved into a new township called Delaware. But this township existed a scant two years, since 1854 marked the year of the consolidation of all outlying townships and boroughs of Philadelphia County with the City, to establish the nucleus of the modern metropolitan center. Holme's original estate was called "Wellspring" and was situated north of the Pennypack Creek. The area around his estate was subsequently divided among a number of early settlers, mostly farmers, and the village which developed was called Holmesburg. Holme died in 1695, and was buried in a small family plot, which is today located almost equidistant between Holy Family College and Nazareth Hospital, along present Holme Avenue.

One of the area's most urgent early needs was the establishment of good transportation routes linking the various settlements in the Province, as well as with the older English colonies to the north. Bristol Pike was the first road in the Northeast to be laid out. Marked out in 1675 and called the "King's Road," its first portions were opened in 1677. In 1683, the first grand jury which met in Philadelphia under Penn recommended that "the King's Road from Scuilkill to Neshaminy Creek may be marked out and made passable for horses and carts." Eventually the road ran from the falls of the Delaware at Trenton to Bristol, and one mile inland as far as Frankford.'t is from this village that the road derives its present name, Frankford Avenue, although north of the city boundary at Poquessing Creek, it is still called Bristol Pike.

In its early days, Frankford Avenue was the major connecting route between Philadelphia and Trenton, and beyond to New York. A threeday stagecoach served these points in 1756, and many noted personages used it for travel. Penn occasionally used this road when travelling from the city to his country manor at Pennsbury. In 1774, John Adams and other delegates used this highway en route to the Continental Congress.

In 1781, Washington and his army, travelling to the Battle of Yorktown, passed down Bristol Pike, as did Lafayette in 1824, on his way to a reception in his honor in Philadelphia.

In order to facilitate travel across the uneven terrain, a series of bridges was built over the various streams. The oldest surviving bridge is the one which carries Frankford Avenue across Pennypack Creek. Completed in 1697, it was a stone arch structure, surviving flooding and the constantly

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of Linden Avenue, his shop provided Washington's army with bread and sea biscuits during the Revolution. Its location near a deep section of the

river permitted boats to come close to shore to take on these provisions.

Another early landmark in the area, still in existence, is the old Red Lion Inn, one of many essential stopping off points in the days of carriage travel, to permit long voyages to be broken by intervals of rest and refreshment. The Red Lion Inn, situated about a half mile north of the College, was opened in 1730 by Philip Ames and straddles the Poquessing Creek, which forms the boundary between Philadelphia and Bucks Counties. George Washington is believed to have dined here on at least one occasion, and, in August 1774, the Massachusetts delegation to the Continental Congress stayed the night en route to Philadelphia, fourteen miles distant.4

Social life in Northeast Philadelphia centered around the extended family, with the church being the most significant social institution. Quakers were the most predominant religious group in the area, followed by Episcopaliafts, Baptists, Methodists and Lutherans. Each of these denominations operated its own school system. Blacks first arrived in the area as slaves of prosperous landowners. Slavery was abolished in Pennsylvania in 1780, and the blacks then served as domestics. Forbidden to attend existing schools or churches, they were obliged to establish their own.

Among notable early residents of the area, mention must be made of Benjamin Rush, born near Byberry and Dunks Ferry Roads. Patriot, physician, educator, he was a member of the Second Continental Congress, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and helped care for sick and wounded soldiers during the Revolution. He was also instrumental in the care of victims of the yellow fever epidemic which swept Philadelphia in 1794 and was among the founders of Pennsylvania Hospital. Unfortunately, his birthplace was demolished in 1969.5

Two other prominent families in the area were the Drexels and Biddies.

Francis Anthony Drexel, a prominent banker, established his country estate called San Michel, on a hill just north of the College campus. One of his daughters, IvIother Katherine Drexel, was foundress of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament; an order devoted to missionary work among the blacks and Indians. San Michel was later used by the Order as a retreat center and is now the site of the new Frankford Hospital. Nicholas Biddle, whose father was Vice-President of Pennsylvania under its first constitution, established a country estate just north of Torresdale. Because of his long admiration for Spain, he called his estate Andalusia, named for the Spanish province. Eventually, the village and post office surrounding his estate also came to be called Andalusia. A descendant of these two families, Anthony Drexel-Biddle, figured in the dedication of Holy Family College.

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Early Schools and Churches Beginning with Thomas Holme's will, which left four pounds for the "establishment of charitable education," learning figured prominently in the early history of the Northeast.7 Holme's bequest was realized in 1723 with the establishment of Lower Dublin Academy, located near the intersection of Frankford Avenue and Academy Road, from which the latter street derives its name. Among the early students of the Academy was naval hero Stephen Decatur, who later operated a nearby mill. Another rural school house was the Red Lion Academy, situated across from the previously-mentioned Inn. Among the early churches built here were Byberry Friends Meeting, established in 1689, and All Saints'piscopal Church, established in 1772; this latter church is located only a block from the College campus and is Torresdale's oldest existing religious institution. In recognition of its early history, its official corporate title remains "The Protestant Episcopal Church of All Saints in Lower Dublin Township."

The founding pastor of All Saints was the Rev. Dr. William Smith, who belonged to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in London.

The church was dedicated November 3, 1773. Parish documents point out that dedication differs from consecration, as no bishop was available from England for the performance of this rite, and may be taken as yet another grievance of the American colonies against the mother country.

Smith himself encountered difficulties with his congregation. On July 20, 1775, he publicly invoked God's blessing on King George III during the course of a sermon entitled "Of Love and Unity." Following the British withdrawal from Philadelphia, he was requested to resign his pastorate for his "Tory opinions." Other noted ministers of All Saints were Dr. James B. Peale, grandson of portrait painter Charles Willson Peale, and Dr. Charles King, grandson of Rufus King, a member of the Continental Congress and minister to England under President John Adams.

The present church building was erected in 1853, and in 1875 the first permanent rectory was built on the present site of the Torresdale-Frankford Country Club, opposite the College.

CATHOLICISM IN THE NORTHEAST The Catholic Church entered the Northeast part of Philadelphia relatively late. Bishop Kendrick decided that it was time to establish a parish in the area of Holmesburg in the late 1840s. He sent Rev. John D. Berrill into the area in 1848, at the time when Nativism and the Know-Nothings had only recently provoked violent anti-Catholic demonstrations in the city. Father Berrill first said Mass in the area along Frankford Avenue in "a little stone house in the fields" with the congregation frequently gathered outside to hear Mass. Berrill was an amateur architect who designed his own church and, aided by his parishioners, personally undertook the construction of the church which he named St. Dominic's. The Very Rev. Francis X. Gartland, Vicar General of the Diocese, dedicated the church September 9, 1849, which today rightly calls itself the Mother Parish of the Northeast, because all other parishes were later carved from.its vast initial boundaries. St. Katherine of Siena, the parish in which the College is located, was not established until 1922. St. Dominic's second pastor, Father Patrick Lynch, erected the tall steeple of the church, which is still a highly visible landmark over the area. The first parochial school was opened in 1884.0

Another important Catholic landmark in the area was the Sacred Heart Academy, or Eden Hall, a private school established in 1849, and which included a portion of the land now belonging to the Holy Family campus, as Grant Avenue was not yet in existence. The site was once the home of Commodore John Barry (1745-1803), a distinguished Catholic layman usually given the title "Father of the United States Navy." He resided at this estate between 1789 and 1799. On April 14, 1847, Rebecca Cowperthwait sold it to Julia Adeline Boilvin for $ 29,500, and the Sacred Heart Academy was opened. (It was first called Pleasant Hill, then Eton Hill, but the religious gave it its present name).u It was dedicated by Archbishop Hughes of New York, and among other contributors were Francis Drexel and his daughter Mother Katherine Drexel. In November 1856, the Chapel was blessed by Bishop John Neumann, the only known visit to Torresdale by Philadelphia's sainted bishop.x'Following the closing of the school in the early 1970s, the spacious grounds were acquired by the city for use as a park.

TORRES DALE As previously mentioned, an Indian village was once located near the confluence of the Poquessing Creek and Delaware River. The area was first called Risdon's Ferry and became a center for mail and passenger service by boat and stage. About 1850, a Scotsman named Charles Mac-

alester bought land here and laid out a village which he named Torrisdale for his ancestral home in Scotland.+ The village was able to be developed because at this time the Pennsylvania Railroad was laid out through this section of Philadelphia County, just prior to the city-county Consolidation of 1854. Mansions were built west from the railroad to Bristol Pike. A glance at an atlas of 19th century Philadelphia will reveal that some of these early residents left a permanent imprint on the area by giving their names to area streets: Samuel Grant, A. B. Stevenson, C. Aubrey, J. Fitler, Mrs. C. Morrell, Giles Knight. At the turn of the century an amusement park was located at Frankford Avenue and City Line, but lack of access forced its closi'ng after only a few years.

Generally nothing disturbed the rural atmosphere of Torresdale until the mid-1920s. With the completion of the Frankford Elevated, and the inauguration of electric trolley cars, the transformation of the Northeast from rural to urban was phenomenal, with convenient transportation to center city making the open tracts of land available for new development.

The growth of Mayfair and Holmesburg was but a prelude to the larger developments north of Pennypack Creek, the impact of which continues to be felt into the late 1970s, virtually at the College's doorstep. Farms gave way to subdivisions, industrial parks, expressways, shopping centers and new schools, with all the concomitant problems of rapid urbanization and poor planning. Virtually all the open fields and woodlands which formerly surrounded the campus are now gone. Only the Torresdale Country Club and the older homes off Grant Avenue give respite from a generally monotonous urban scene. Sister Neomisia herself once remarked that, at the time of the construction of Nazareth Hospital in the 1940s, also located in the Northeast, "people thought we were foolish for wanting to build way out here in the sticks."~

NAZARETH IN TORRESDALE

Torresdale, 1975

The development of Holy Family College was merely one step in the growing presence of the religious Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth in Philadelphia area. The Congregation was founded in Rome by Mother Mary Frances of Jesus the Good Shepherd (Frances Siedliska, 1842-1902). Her family belonged to the higher echelons of Polish nobility, and she seemed an unlikely candidate for the establishment of a religious order.~Nevertheless, she persevered in her vocation despite family opposition and established her Congregation with the approval of Pope Pius IX. Originally called the Sisters of Loretto, the Congregation

adopted its present name in 1879.~ A semi-contemplative order, it soon became engaged in religious instruction, retreats for women, and care of students and working girls.n

In 1885, the foundress and eleven of her sisters came to the United States to assume direction of an orphanage and a parochial school in Chicago.

The sisters'ork extended to elementary, vocational, and secondary schools; hospitals and convalescent homes; orphanages and homes for retarded children.+ Today, with more than 2000 members worldwide, more than two-thirds are in the United States. Mother Mary believed that America would be the most productive ground for her and her new Congregation to cultivate.

She signified this by accepting American citizenship July 26, 1897. The sympathy she felt for the United States, because of its freedom of worship and equality of opportunity, convinced her that by acquiring American citizenship, she and her other sisters may be more effective in the American apostolate.+

The sisters first came to Philadelphia in 1892 to conduct the school at St. Stanislaus parish. By 1918 the Philadelphia Province was established.

On her last visit to Philadelphia, Mother Mary paid a call on Mother Katherine Drexel in Torresdale, and the former decided quite prophetically that the lovely countryside would be an excellent location for a future provincial "house of prayer and adoration." However, nothing came of the plan during her lifetime.

Today, in addition to Holy Family College, the Congregation provides its services to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in a variety of fields: elementary and secondary education, and care of the sick, the retarded and poor. The Sisters may be found throughout the Archdiocese in St. Adalbert, St. Katherine of Siena, St. Mary of Czestochowa, Our Lady of Calvary and St. Stanislaus parish schools; Archbishop Ryan, Little Flower and St. Hubert's High Schools; Nazareth Academy, Nazareth Hospital, St. John Neumann Nursing Home and St. Mary's Villa in Ambler, Villa Nazareth, the novitiate, and Mt. Nazareth, the retirement home for the Sisters.

The need for a permanent Provincial House became obvious shortly after the Province was established. On December 6, 1920 the Congregation acquired the twenty-three acre tract in Torresdale, at Grant and Frankford Avenues, the estate of Emily Middleton (see pp. 20-21). The Congregation was merely the last in a series of owners who may be traced in City deed records back to the origin of the Commonwealth. The original own-

er was one Edward Hopton, who received a patent from William Penn, dated November 8, 1701 consisting of two hundred and fifty acres. Hopton, a brewer from London, paid Penn the sum of one hundred and thirty pounds sterling for the land. Hopton's son Jeremiah made the first land survey in July 1717. From Jeremiah Hopton, the genealogy of the campus may be traced as follows: Hopton sold the tract to John Swift, who by default lost the premises to Septimus Robeson, sheriff of Philadelphia "by the pleasure of his gracious majesty George I.",Sheriff Robeson deeded it to his son Thomas, who granted resident tenancy to "four Negroes to use through their lifetime." This bequest was dated May 4, 1768. The tracing of title continues: January 23, 1796: William Pars and Peter Robeson, executors of the estate of Thomas Robeson, to Christian

Minniek; Christian Minnick to his son John by will; June 30, 1797: John Minnick to Peter Harewaggon;

July 18, 1801: Peter Harewaggon to Jonathan Thomas;

March 28, 1812: Jonathan Thomas to Joseph Cowperthwaite for the sum of $ 2730; March 31, 1846: Joseph Cowperthwaite to Charles Harrison;

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1867: Charles Harrison to Jonathan and Edward

Thomas; June 6, 1890: Edward Thomas to Henry V. Massey; 1893: Henry Massey to Abraham

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May 20, 1897: Abraham Beitler to Henry C. Forrest; October 10, 1900: Abraham Beitler to Emily Middleton; December 6, 1920: C. Wilmer Middleton to Marcella Kapciak (Mother M. Valentine, C.S.F.N.);

March 31, 1923: Philip Deubel to Albina Piekarska (Mother Mary Celestine, C.S.F.N.).

With the rapid growth of the Northeast and with growing emphasis on higher education among Catholic young women, it became evident to the leaders of the Congregation that a four-year liberal arts college would further their mission. 3 The ideal location of the Provincialate and the reputation of the Academy mandated the site of the proposed college on grounds already owned by the Congregation.

Sister M. Neomisia, as provincial superior, sought approval of State and Archdiocesan officials for the founding of the College. Born Josephine Rutkowska in Philadelphia's Port Richmond section, this vigorous and dynamic educator had long earned a reputation for educational innovation and flexibility. It was her dream, vision and labors which led directly to the establishment of the College. 4 Her spirit and philosophy continue to guide her successors in its present growth. On November 12, 1960, in recognition of her outstanding work in the field of education, Sister Neomisia was presented with the First Alumni Award of the Catho-

lic University of America.

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The Provincialate building, which remains the dominant structure on the campus, was dedicated by Dennis Cardinal Dougherty on October 7, 1928, and at the same time Nazareth Academy, a secondaiy school for girls, was opened and housed in the same building. Sister Neomisia was named first principal of this institution, which may be considered the first step in the direction of the establishment of the College. A co-educational elementary division was added some years later. The first grade school building was situated on the same site now occupied by the College Library.

College Foundations As the number of younger sisters grew, and the demand for their services increased, the Congregation established the Holy Family Teacher Training School in 1934. Located at the Provincialate, its purpose was to prepare new religious teachers professionally, as well as to provide inservice training for those sisters already in the teaching profession. It is from this "normal" school that Holy Family College developed.

Dedication of Holy Family Hall by the Most Reverend John F. O'ara, CSC, D.D.

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Archbishop to Dedicate New College The Most Rev. John F. O'ara, C.S.C., D.D., Archbishop of Philadelphia, will officiate at the dedication of the new Holy Family College building on Monday, Nov. 21, at 10:30 a.m.

Major General Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr.

His Excellency, The Most Rer. John F. O'ara, C.S.C., D.D. r

Initiating the program of the day will be a Pontifical.

Mass celebrated by the Most Rev. Carroll J. McCormick, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia. in Nazareth Academy Chapel. The Rev. Charles F. Martin and the Rev. Francis J. Urbanowicz will be masters of ceremonies.

Following the Mass, students and guests will join in an academic procession to the new building to welcome Archbishop O'ara and to witness the dedication. Assisting His Excellency will be the Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph J. McGlinn.

Deacon and sub-deacon will be the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Peter J. Klekotka, J.C.D., and the Very Rev. Francis J. Fitzgerald, C.S.Sp. Students of Holy Ghost Missionary College will serve as acolytes.

A convocation in Nazareth Auditorium at 11:45 a.m. will feature Major General Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr.. as guest speaker. Gen. Biddle is a well-known Philadelphiaborn diplomat. former ambassador tn France and Poland. and veteran of both world wars.

February 11, 1954 was the official "birthday" of the College, when the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania awarded the Charter for the establishment of Holy Family College, as a four year liberal arts college for women, empowered to award the Bachelor's degree in arts and sciences. Every February 11th since then has been observed as Charter Day. Pope Pius XII proclaimed 1954 a Marian Year, a time of special devotion to the Virgin Mary, and February 11th is observed in the church calendar as the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes; as a result, the founding date has a special significance to the College and the Congregation.

Sister M. Neomisia was appointed the first president of the new College, the two hundred and fifty first Catholic affiliated College in the country. For the first years of its existence, she guided its development, not only in the physical or academic sense, but in the spirit which she wanted infused in her institution, and the philosophy which reflected the ideals of the Congregation. The following words of Sister Neomisia might well sum up the reasons which compelled her toward the establishment

of the College: The church is making such efforts toward reform, toward a fuller realization of the teachings of Christ, and for the diffusion of that teaching throughout the world.zs

Barely a month after the charter was granted, March 25, 1954 ground officially broken for the new College building, the planning of which had been in the process some two years. On November 21, 1955 the completed structure was dedicated by The Most Reverend John O'ara, Archbishop of Philadelphia. The featured speaker for the solemn occasion was Major General Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, former U.S. ambassador to France and Poland, and at the time, Adjutant General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This main academic building, known as Holy Family Hall, has undergone considerable modification over its twenty-five year history, serving as the only campus building until the additional facilities were added. In the beginning, all academic and social facilities were housed under one roof. was

The first academic year began September 28, 1954 following an opening Mass of the Holy Spirit. Seventeen full time and seventy part time students were enrolled for the pioneer school term, and classes were held in temporary quarters in the mezzanine in the newly constructed cafe-

teria-gymnasium wing of Nazareth Academy. The roster of faculty and administrators for that first year lists the following: Sister M. Florence, Academic Dean; Sister M. Aloysius, Bursar-Registrar; Sister M. Florianne, Dean of Activities, History; Sister M. Jane, Librarian; Sister M. Callista, Music; Sister M. Gregoria, French and Spanish; Sister M. Rose Ann, Biology and Mathematics; Rev. Robert Puhl, Religion; Mr. Raymond Lodise, Chemistry; Miss Claire Winkler, Voice and Diction; Mrs. Dolores Audet, Physical Education.

On the day of the official groundbreaking, the College also acquired the former Tall Oaks Estate, located east on Grant Avenue, for use as the first student residence, renaming it St. Mary's Hall. Four resident students were housed there during the first year.

With the first academic year under way, Holy Family inaugurated its curricular and extra-curricular programs. Closely associated with the founding president was Sister M. Florence Tumasz who was to serve the College as Academic Dean for eighteen years. Also a native of Port Richmond, Sister Florence contributed time and effort measurable only by the recording angel. Having earned her doctorate in English from Fordham University, Sister Florence has been not only administrator, but teacher, writer, poet, and lecturer. Interested in the Ecumenical movement, as well as in her Polish heritage, Sister Florence has frequently participated in Catholic-Jewish dialogue. Never at a loss for words â&#x20AC;&#x201D;many of them golden â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Sister Florence was a leader of Holy Family College in its difficult, formative years, and set many of its patterns for the future.

In 1977, the Golden Jubilee of her religious life, the Philadelphia City Council paid Sister Florence public tribute by awarding her a commemorative plaque.

Affiliated in its early years with the Catholic University of America, the College evolved academic programs and curricula strongly emphasizing the liberal arts and sciences, and hinging on a four-year sequence of required courses in philosophy and theology.~ Many of the academic, religious, and social traditions of the College were inaugurated early in its history. With changing student interest and

1956: first dramatic presentation, "The Barretts"; The Genesiennes, the College's dramatic troupe, provided many fine presentations exhibiting both talent and hard work; a list of their productions is in Appendix II;

needs, some of these were subsequently abandoned or modified; others have been retained. Some of the activities and events noted for their historical significance are listed below:

April,

November 5, 1954: first student government was established, with Sister M. Florianne Zacharewicz as modera-

May 27, 1956: first "Regina" procession;

tor;

October, 1956: Adult Non-Credit Education inaugurated;

December 17, 1954: first Christmas Rose program;

January, 1957: "The Tigers" basketball team organized;

January 9, 1955: first Holy Family Symposium;

May, 1957: first Ring Day;

February 10, 1955: first freshman Capping Ceremony was held for twenty-one freshmen;

November 21, 1957: first Honors Convocation, with Rev. Joseph Boyle, Vice President of Villanova University speaking on "The Intellectual Life";

February 11, 1955: first Charter Day Mass was celebrated;

February 19, 1955: first social event, the "Stardust Cotillion," held on campus;

May, 1958: first edition of The Familogue;

The first tuition charge for an academic year was $ 500.00, or $ 17.00 per credit hour.

May 31, 1955: first issue of Tri-Lite was published with Sister M. Florence, adviser, succeeded by Sister M. Placide Karczewska in 1956;

In addition to its academic programs then, the College consistently maintained a variety of co-curricular and extra-curricular programs and social activities, under the general supervision of the Dean of Students, Sister M. Florianne Zacharewicz.

November, 1955: College seal designed;

March 25, 1956: first Glee Club concert, consisting of music for the Easter season;

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Board Of Trustees

—1954

Left to right —Sister M. Aloysius, Sister M. Fidelissima, Walter Gibbons, Mother M. Neomisia, President, Chairman, Msgr. Casimir Lawniczak, Sister M. Simplicia, Sister M. Florence.

Regina Night —May 31, 1958.

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A PHILOSOPHY FOR CHANGE

During his years at Holy Family, Dr. Patka contributed to the building of an intellectual climate at the young College. Sometimes abrasive, often controversial, he nevertheless insisted that a challenge was worth more than a C-plus. Among his noteworthy contributions were the establishment of the Logos Institute, a monthly series of lectures on key philosophical issues; the Logos Journal: Ideas of Academic Dialogue, a publication of faculty and student authored papers, gathered intercollegially; and the Academic Symposium, an annual faculty-student panel discussion of issues concerning both the campus community, and those facing society at large. Some of the themes discussed at early Logos lectures have included, "The Wisdom of the East," "The One and the Many: Individualism vs. Collectivism," "Human Types in History." Some of the topics of the Symposium have included, "Love, Sex and Marriage," "Limits of Student Dissent," and "Conscience and the Magisterium."

From its inception, the College has sought to maintain two major aspects fundamental to its philosophy: the religious affiliation with the Catholic Church seen in the tangible area of courses in philosophy and theology and in the intangible areas of a religious and ethical atmosphere consistent with Church teachings; the second is the emphasis upon the humanizing and personalizing concept of higher education, embodied in a family spirit and the school motto "teneor votis." This is seen in the emphasis on a strong liberal arts foundation for all students and emphasis on cross-disciplinary programs and seminars.

Both of these concepts can be summed up in the words of Rev. Francis Cegielka, one of the most learned theologians to teach in the Department of Religious Studies, when he says, "Christian charity intensifies truth within us. In practice, charity relies upon the truth that God lives in us, and so Christian charity loves God present in every human being." s

The Holy Family curriculum has always been constructed around the seminar within each field of concentration. Designed for maximum student input by means of discussion, reports and research, the seminar helps to personalize the student's integration of the area under study, in preparation for the comprehensive examination of which the pros and cons have been endlessly debated by faculty and students alike.

At the same time, the search for academic excellence must remain at the forefront of a college curriculum. Recognition of that excellence comes formally with the Honors Convocation and the publication of the Dean's List. On the subject of that list, Sister Florence stated on February

The educational philosophy of the Congregation has always been rooted in the strength of the family, modeled on the Holy Family of Nazareth.

For several of its early years, the College held an annual Family Life Symposium, dealing with critical domestic issues from a Christian perspective. These symposia were often highlighted by distinguished guest experts in the field of Christian marriage.

19, 1958:

...to be a Dean's List student means to have courage and perserverance, constantly thirsty and desirous of drinking at the very source of knowledge, and to have a continuously intimate acquaintance with books.s~ Dr. Frederick Patka, first chairman of the Department of Philosophy, put it more succinctly when he told generations of his students, "Good stuff is not for everybody." The notion of excellence, of achievement in non-tangible areas of human endeavor, is generally not apparent in many areas of contemporary society, and as a consequence, mediocrity of thought or of action has too often become the norm. Sister Lillian, current College president, stated:

Yet education in American society was through this twenty-five year period undergoing a radical revolution in its very nature. In 1957, when the first Soviet satellite "sputnik" was sent into orbit, American education bore the brunt of criticism. Commenting on this, Sister Neomisia told students and faculty, "By some mysterious and devious logic, the entire U.S. system of education has suddenly become totally inadequate."ss Lacking a value system, education could not help become confused.

It is sometimes

disquieting to see some of the fine young men and women look at their educational opportunities as a process to be endured, as a prerequisite for financial or future success instead of recognizing it for the truly exciting experience that it can be. In a sense, education is the coordinator of all one's powers and abilities.

With its objectives clearly defined, the College experienced a steady increase in enrollment. The year 1958 marked the culmination of the early development of the College, for in June of that year it conferred its first degrees at its initial Commencement exercises. Thirteen graduates of this first class went out to make their mark in the world.

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First graduating class

ADAPTABILITY sumed would go unchallenged forever. The Catholic Church, standing like a rock, under the pontificate of the now much-maligned Pius XII, offered certitude and assurance in its teachings which appeared as immutable as they were divine. The nature of Catholic education seemed to flow in perfect harmony with a world in which few profound questions disturbed American Catholics. But profound change was in the making, though few could have anticipated the degree or the nature of such change. Few would disagree that the young College chartered in 1954 was the same then as when its idealistic foundresses opened the doors for the first academic year. At that time Catholic education was clearly defined, affecting not only the classroom and laboratory, but the whole atmosphere of the campus as well: social, religious, cultural events all flowed about a clearly defined set of values and behavioral patterns of faculty and students.

Holy Family College has, from its inception, sought to maintain a healthy balance between a need to retain traditions together with the principles upon which it was founded, and a necessity to adapt itself to changing circumstances confronting higher education and to the evolving patterns of change in its student population. Thus, conceived as a college for women, Holy Family has become co-educational, has adopted new courses and programs, and has sought to serve a variety of constituencies in the ybung and adult population, the handicapped and minorities, in both day and evening sessions, and in degree and non-degree programs.

Chartered in the mid 1950s, the College has witnessed the profound changes, scarcely conceivable in 1954, which have drastically altered society. In 1954, American society was in the midst of the complacency and conformity characteristic of the Eisenhower presidency. The nation's "let's not worry about tomorrow" leader seemed to stereotype the concept of American economic, military and cultural hegemony which most as-

The 1960s and 1970s brought profound change in the nation and in the Church, from which Holy Family could not exclude itself, even had it 13

The College, however, was determined not to abandon its image as a Catholic institution of learning. New courses in Theology and Ecumenism were added, but the College had the vision to avoid courses in "pop theology" or "instant salvation" that proliferated on so many campuses across the nation. A judicious choice of speakers and a positive attitude toward controversial issues enabled the College to retain a sense of per-

wished to do so. The College structure was itself a microcosm of the world about it. Sometimes uncertain, often emotional, those associated with the school responded in varying ways to internal and external forces of controversy.

Beginning with the idealism of the early 1960s, Catholics and Americans were made aware of injustices, social dilemmas and increasingly atrophied and unresponsive institutions. The idealism of John F. Kennedy's "New Frontier" with its ringing call to young America to "ask what you can do for your country" ended with disillusionment and cynicism in an open square in Dallas. The orgy of violence in Vietnam, the civil rights protests, the ecology movement, the peace movement, the feminist movement, and the final revelation of Government corruption in the Nixon White House led young Americans not to a heightened sense of purpose, but to a more pessimistic appraisal of their own chance of survival in a hostile world. These led to a disillusionment with all social institutions: government, church, industry, family and school.

spective.

Under the pontificate of Pope John XXIII, the Church inaugurated of profound renewal, embodied in Vatican II, bringing about sweeping changes in liturgy, catechetics and attitudes of clergy and laity.

But the upsurge in renewal was accompanied by a level of confusion and uncertainty as a number of clergy and religious, along with the laity, began to raise questions which were previously unraisable: divorce, birth control, abortion, married priests, women priests. No longer could Catholic tradition be viewed as permanent and unchanging. a period

as narrowretreats or or soft-pedaled abandoned. were No longer ly Catholic were other religious services compulsory. Dress codes, parietal rules, class attendance and other regulations were brought into question. The required number of Theology and Philosophy courses were reduced, and an ecumenical approach was adopted. The sisters modified their traditional religious garb and some reverted to baptismal and family names.

Thus Sister Flaventia became Rose Ann; Micina, Antoinette; Misaela, Florianne; etc. In her capacity as dormitory moderator, Sister Immaculata remarked:

At the College, many traditions which identified Holy Family

Raising of the flag

Any resident of the last several years, before the closing

of Lourdes Hall, would consider the above [changes] incredible, so great was the change throughout the years as Holy Family moved along with the times.34 14

A CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS

to be established. Lambda Iota Tau, the international literature honor society, was established. At its second Commencement, twenty-seven diplomas were conferred.

The progress of the College over its twenty-five year existence is measured in many ways, perhaps best measured in the achievements of its faculty, students and graduates. Taken together, a series of seemingly disparate occurrences can bring into focus the life of an institution to make it into the sum of the life of those who have been associated with

1959-60: Full membership in the National Catholic Education Association was obtained. The holdings in the library reached 20,000 volumes and the Logos philosophy club was established. An exhibit of original student art work was displayed at the Lit Brothers Store in the Northeast.

Through the courtesy of Mr. Frank Hartman, a collection of nuclear materials, including an original Geiger counter, was acquired by the MatheAt the third Commencement, where fortymatics-Physics department. four young women were graduated, the first Mother M. Neomisia Award was bestowed on Mary Jo Paglione. This award for loyalty and service to the College is granted annually to the graduate who best exemplifies the ideals of the College.

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During this year, the founding president was named Superior General of the Congregation. Succeeding to the presidency was Sister M. Aloysius Sabacinska, who held the office for twelve years. A native of Worcester, Massachusetts, Sister Aloysius earned her Ph.D. from the University of Ottawa, Canada. Admired for the gentle warmth of her personality, she guided the College through the turbulent times of campus disruption and young people's disillusionment with social conditions and institutional structures. Like her predecessor, Sister Aloysius had a perspective and a set of values which enabled her to keep the College on an even keel. Her tact was essential in defusing confrontation and hostility.

Sister M. Aloysius, second President of the College 1956-57: Sister Clara Grochowska, first chairman of the Department

of Modern Languages, appeared on a televised program, explaining the importance of foreign language study, while demonstrating the newly installed language laboratory.

1960-61: On February 11th, the student residence, Lourdes Hall, was dedicated by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph McShea. With a capacity for nearly 100 students, the dormitory enabled the College to extend its student population beyond commuting range. Students were drawn from many distant parts of the country, and from several foreign nations as well. The Logos lectures were devoted for the entire year to a study of Existentialism and included guest speakers from other area colleges. Florence Szawlewicz, Frances Veitz and Margaret Dobbs, were the first students from Holy Family College to enter the Congregation. Today they are Sister M. Bertilla of Nazareth Academy, Sisters M. Frances and M. Kathryn of the College faculty. Thirty-four graduates received diplomas.

1957-58: The Pennsylvania Council of Education granted approval of

the program in Secondary Education. Sister Neomisia inaugurated a series of lectures and discussions, open to the public, on student health.s6 1958-59: The program in Medical Technology was approved by the

Council on Medical Education and Hospitals. This program, affiliated with Nazareth Hospital, was one of the earliest career-oriented programs 15

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torate upon Sister Aloysius by La Salle College. At the same time, planning for the future began with the formal launching of a $ 2,500,000 physical expansion program. This program was begun with a fund-raising banquet at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel under the chairmanship of John Cardinal Krol.~ Expansion then appeared obvious, since the original enrollment had increased fifteen times, and the original faculty had grown to thirty-seven.

The number of graduates rose to fifty.

1962-63: In February, 1962, the first dialog Mass was said on campus, prefiguring the more fundamental changes to come in the wake of Vatican II, then in session. In June, 1963, a half hour radio broadcast, devoted to publicizing the College, was aired on station WJMJ. Four members of the faculty earned Ph.D. degrees: Sisters Rose Ann, Placide, Florianne and Florence. At the annual Commencement, fifty-seven degrees were

Blessing of Lourdes Hall by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph McShea

awarded.

1963-64: This year marked the tenth anniversary of the founding of Holy Family, and the event was commemorated by a series of academic and cultural events. Msgrs. Casimir Lawniczak and Peter Klekotka were

honorary chairman of the Tenth Anniversary Program, under the general chairmanship of James Kenyon. The key events were the Charter Day Mass and reception, and a Glee Club recital at Town Hall on April 25th.

The Glee Club, under the competent direction of Herbert Fiss, had often shown its talents through a variety of performances, both singly and in joint recitals with choral groups from other Colleges. The Tenth Anniversary Concert was one of the Glee Club's memorable public perfor-

First vocations from the College: Sisters Kathryn, Frances and Bertilla 1961-62:-A real milestone was reached when the College was fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, confering equal status with all other fully accredited institutions of higher learning. Having accomplished this in a relatively short time, the College could point with pride to an enormous amount of dedication and work 'which brought about the achievement of this goal.

The Colege was also approved for Veterans'ducation and Training by the Department of Education War Orphans Program.

mances.

In paying public tribute to Holy Family College, Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton wrote, "Then, as now, it was interest in promoting culture and civilization which prompted men to a concerted effort â&#x20AC;&#x201D;often nurtured in great sacrifice â&#x20AC;&#x201D;to realize their ideals by laying a firm foundation through education." the time of its tenth anniversary, the College had an enrollment of 243 full time and 355 part time students, and a faculty comprised of two priests, 22 sisters and 18 lay persons. The Commencemen't saw the number of graduates exceed one hundred for the first time. During those exercises, Cardinal Krol conferred the first honorary degree, fittingly, on Sister Neomisia, the founding president.

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The first Biology Institute was held under the direction of Dr. Alice Olszewski of Hahnemann Medical College. The Bell Telephone company also sponsored a science exhibit on the campus, and Alpha Mu Gamma, the national foreign language honor society, was established. Further recognition of the College came with the bestowal of an honorary doc17

Also noteworthy that year was the adoption of the second Alma Mater, composed by graduate Mary Ann Scarano. The College also obtained membership in the College Entrance Examination Board and the American Association of University Women.42

others became faculty members. Thus, the College, conceived as a means of educating the Sisters of the Holy Family, was now extending its services to other religious communities.

Another educational innovation was the establishment of the Biophysics Adjunct Program. Its director was Dr. John Lontz, with coordinators Sister M. Rose Ann Federowicz and Sister M. Lillian Budny. Initially a modest undertaking, the research program at Holy Family attracted attention of private industry and governmental agencies alike.

Students received several invitations to present papers detailing the methodology employed and the experimental outcomes. The Biophysics program stressed undergraduate participation in research, an interdisciplinary endeavor involving the basic sciences, mathematics and paramedical disciplines. The program gave the College de facto accomplishments in advanced programs including research in basic sciences.~

In a rather unique form of recruiting, Hollywood actresses Rosalind Russell and Ida Lupino visited the campus to recruit students to serve as "extras" for the movie "Trouble with Angels" being shot at the Ambler home for children.45 The campus was mildly disturbed by the issue of class "cuts" which resulted in exchanges of views between faculty, 'students and administrators. Fifty-four graduates completed their studies.

1965-66: The College received a loan of $ 436,000 for the construction of the library, the total cost of which would be $ 1,308,624. During the year,

the Advisory Board was expanded to include a broader perspective of lay members who could contribute their expertise in College development.

In an effort to improve communication, the Faculty-Administration Committee was established, giving the faculty the right to elect four representatives to discuss matters of mutual concern with the administration.

Initially the program emphasized a lecture series in concepts of Biophysics, followed by a formal course in scientific methodology. With the already established affiliation with Nazareth Hospital, the Biophysics ventures soon became directed to hemodynamics and to studying the basic entity of life systems, the DNA molecule. Financial and material assistance for the program was provided by Walter Golaski, president of Bearings Product Company and a member of the College Advisory Board; Mr. John Petriello, president of Dilectrix Corporation; and Dr. Joseph Hughes, president of the Jay Hughes Memorial Medical Research Foundation of Wilmington. The work in the transport of blood components through artificial arteries attracted sufficient attention to be included as a paper by Dr. Lontz at the Seventh International Conference of Biological and Medical Engineering in Stockholm, Sweden, August 21-23, 1967. An exhibit of the program as a cooperative effort with textile engineering and vascular surgery had been set up in 1967 at the Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown, Pa.~

The celebration of Poland's Millenium of Christianity was observed with a series of social, academic and cultural events, including a student essay contest, won by Dorothy Cupich of St. Hubert's High School. The faculty contributed to the observance by various publications and seminars. Bronislaw Sadnicki, chairman of the Department of Economics, was invited by the Institute of Economic History at the University of Florence to give a seminar on "The Italian Economic Influences on the Economic Life of Poland and Eastern Europe." Sisters Florence, Clara, Placide and Dr. Sadnicki all published articles relating to Poland's religious and cultural heritage, while Sister Grace published a book, Modern Mathematics: The Genesis of a School in Poland.~ One of the major cultural events was a "Festival of the Arts" which focused on drama, poetry and music. At the conclusion of the year, fifty-eight graduates joined the growing ranks of alumni.

1964-65: As the first tangible step in its expansion program, the College applied for a federal grant to finance construction of a new library building. Though students were more eager to see a new student center, a library appeared a more pressing need to accommodate the increasing collection and the inadequate facilities in the existing quarters on the third floor of the main building. Alpha Delta Theta, the honor society for Medical Technologists, was established, and for the first time Missionary Sisters of the Blessed Trinity (Trinitarians) enrolled at Holy Family, while

1966-67: The Secondary Education program was re-approved by the Department of Education, and initial approval was given for a program in Elementary Education. The College became an associate

of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. In response to changing patterns, the Philosophy and Theology requirements were reduced to twelve semester hours each, and the type of courses in these departments was broadened to offer students a wider selection. The National Players visited 18

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such as courses in Parenting, Guidance of Children, Introduction to Counseling, and Learning Relaxation techniques with the aid of Biofeedback apparatus.

the campus and a presentation of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice was performed. The College conferred degrees on sixty-eight graduates.

1967-68: Of significance during this academic year was the establish-

Opportunities for a wide variety of field experiences were introduced through the Philadelphia State Hospital, Eastern State School and Hospital, Woodhaven Center, and the Psychiatric Unit at Nazareth Hospital.

ment of the Department of Political Economy. In changing its structure to meet changing requirements in the areas of Economics, Political Science, Sociology and Business Administration, this department has consistently demonstrated flexibility in its reorganizations and revisions, and has serviced a variety of student clientele.4~ Under the chairmanship of Bronislaw Sadnicki, the department has managed to maximize its potential through flexibility and adaptability. In conjunction with this department, the College hosted a Forum for Businessmen in the Northeast area, presented by the Small Business Administration in cooperation with the Northeast Chamber of Commerce. For two days in July, 1968, a Catholic-Jewish Dialogue was held at the College, sponsored jointly by the College and the Metropolitan Advisory Board of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith.

With the new trends in the seventies, the office of the Department of Psychology also took on a new look. It was remodeled to make possible a broad spectrum of psychological services, including rehabilitation via individual and group dynamic counseling sessions.

Continuing its expansion, Holy Family acquired the stone house and property at the southeast corner of Frankford and Grant Avenues. The residence, shown below, was renamed Marian Hall and has served variously as a priests'esidence, the first office facility for the Department of Nursing, and more recently as the "Alpha House" nursery school. During this year, Sister M. Lillian, professor of Biology, was named an Associate of the Danforth Foundation.4s

A C.C.D. Summer Leadership program was established as a means of training students in the task of religious instruction at the parochial level in accordance with norms established by Vatican II. The Department of Psychology and the Counseling Center evolved simultaneously under the chairmanship of Sister M. Florianne Zacharewicz.

Basically the Psychology curriculum was designed to further the selfdevelopment of the students and to prepare concentrators for acceptance into graduate schools in Psychology or for work in social service areas.

In June, 1968 a chapter of Psi Chi, a national honor society of Psychology, was chartered at the College. This Chapter and that of La Salle College organize on a yearly basis a Colloquium providing students from colleges in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York an opportunity to exchange their scientific research in a professional climate. A high point for Psi Chi occurred in June, 1976 when Holy Family College concentrators were selected to present the results of their research before the Pennsylvania Psychological Association in Harrisburg.

The Department of Psychology has been affected by the ferment of the sixties and the seventies. While academic excellence and core courses remained a priority, additional applied Psychology courses were added,

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Another milestone in the community service rendered by the College was the establishment of the Reading Center, under the auspices of the Department of Education. In an effort to meet the needs of local elementary school youngsters deficient in reading abilities, the College opened the center under the direction of Sister M. De Lourdes Zdrojewska and Thomas Garberina. Hundreds of neighborhood youngsters have obtained needed assistance in improving their learning skills, while the Elementary

Education concentrators obtained experience in the reading practicum.

In December of 1972, in recognition of her work in this area, Sister De Lourdes was the recipient of a Resolution passed by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. She was cited and listed in the 1973 volume of Outstanding Educators in America, and has remained a reading consultant for eleven parochial schools.~ The school year concluded with the graduation of eighty-one seniors.

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1968-69: The highlight of the year was the dedication on December 15, 1968 of the new Library building, with John Cardinal Krol officiating at

the ceremonies. The new structure vastly expanded the capacity for research and provided over 75,000 volumes of material, including a research center, and a rare book collection of Polish materials. One of the characteristics of the Library has been its continuous growth, not only in quantity, but in quality as well. 'hortly after its opening, the Library became a member of the Tri-State College Library Cooperative, or TCLC, for the sharing of materials among various academic and special libraries in Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. In 1977, an Ohio College Library Cooperative computer terminal was installed, giving access to cataloging information and locations for materials to be borrowed through interlibrary loan. Under the direction of Sister M. Jane Menzenska, and more recently of Sister M. Kathryn Dobbs, the Library has performed

much needed services to faculty and students alike. A more recent addition to the Library has been the creation of the official College Archives, under the direction of Sister Jane. A repository for all materials relating to the growth and development of the College, the Archives also serves as a research center on the history of the College and the local com-

1969-70: The freshman orientation program assumed a new aspect with the introduction of a Book Seminar. Intended to encourage good reading habits and instruct students in fundamentals of research and criticism, the Book Seminar, under the direction of Sister Florianne, Dean of Students, discussed some of the contemporary works of interest to young college students. Beta Beta Beta, the biology honor society, was inaugurated with a campus chapter, helping to grant national recognition to graduates of the science programs.

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In her annual report to the Board of Trustees, Sister Aloysius commented that in the face of nation-wide student unrest, Holy Family remained at relative peace. She attributed this to the friendly and close spirit which has traditionally characterized the relations between students, faculty and administration.~ The Academic Symposium of March, 1969, dealt with the topic of student dissent, providing a forum for faculty and students to express views on issues which divided the campus and the nation.

Judge Genevieve Blatt, Commencement speaker, urged the graduates of 1969 to be "valiant women" in their search for values and virtues in a confused and polarized society. Exactly one hundred diplomas were awarded, while the total enrollment had increased to over three hundred and sixty full time and nearly three hundred part time students.

In an atmosphere of limited contention, three of the Student Council officers resigned their positions because they "were unable to function in a capacity satisfactory to both administration and students."55 A new social-cultural activity was organized, which became a tradition: an International Dinner, sponsored jointly by the International Relations Club and the Department of Modern Languages highlighted by ethnic cuisine and entertainment, the dinner was frequented by students and guests in national costumes.

The major milestone of the year was the granting of Program Approval by the Pennsylvania Department of Education for the program in Elementary Education at Holy Family. Under the chairmanship of Joseph Burak, this program soon became the largest department of the College, having awarded more than five hundred degrees. A strong working rapport was developed between the Education staff and the local schools in which Holy Family education concentrators perform their student teaching.

During this school term, faculty distinctions continued to grow: Frank Smith did art work for Marriage, Ave Maria and for the Insurance Institute and the American Testbook Design;

For several years, this program also served the needs of the Archdiocesan school system, with the training of new or in-service parochial school

Bronislaw Sadnicki served as director of the Associacao Cientifica International Contabilidade;

teachers.

The class of 1970 had one hundred and five members.

Sister Placide was named national editor of the LIT Newsletter, and served as provincial coordinator for a special Chapter of the Congregation; '

1970-71: Eappa Mu Epsilon, the Mathematics honor society, was chartered and the new Department of Nursing was established. With employment and careers replacing sit-ins as a major pre-occupation of college students, together with the spiraling cost of higher education, the College turned its attention to a new program in Nursing Education because of a perceived demand for college-trained practitioners in the field of health sciences. The close of the "baby boom" predicated a decline in the need for more elementary school teachers, and this can be witnessed at Holy Family by observing the decline in the Department of Education and a corresponding rapid enrollment increase in the Department of Nursing. Within four years, Nursing would supplant Education as the largest depart-

Sister M. Grace Kuzawa was included in the 1968 edition of Who's Who of American Women and American Men of Science; Sister M. Immaculata Kraemer earned her doctorate in modern languages from Middlebury College in Vermont; Sister Lillian's work in Biophysics was featured in two articles in the Franciscan Message and in Catholic Digest.5 23

ment.56 Under the chairmanship

of Elizabeth Forbes, Dorris Guerin, and presently Alice Phillips, the Nursing program has expanded and cooperated with numerous health care institutions in the area.

spirit of sympathetic and emphathetic understanding...

There is no need to act in response to pressures either for precipitant change or a concomitant reaction to preserve the integrity of the traditions of the Order and the College. ~

Holy Family has never believed in isolated nor compartmentalized education. Rather it has sought to integrate learning within an interdepartmental context. One of the best examples of interdepartmental cooperation at Holy Family is the annual "Issues Day" program. A full day is set aside from regular classes to afford faculty and students an opportunity to discuss important contemporary problems. Usually in seminar form, the discussion focuses on group participation, consisting of faculty and students from all disciplines. Perhaps the most successful was the program on "The City," which focused on urban problems from an esthetic, social, economic and cultural perspective.

Nevertheless, the report cautioned the College to be aware of subtle pressures for change and a need to balance its sense of mission with the practical realities of higher education and the needs of its students.

Significant in the area of change was the establishment of the Faculty Senate, an organization of the full time faculty whose purpose was to bring faculty together to discuss issues and concerns pertinent to the faculty as a whole in such matters as evolving policies of promotion, tenure and salaries. Joseph McElhenny, chairman of the Department of History, was elected first president of the Senate, and his major function was to lead in the preparation of a constitution for the new body.5

In 1971 the College was re-accredited by the Middle States Association for another ten years. In its preparation for the Middle States visit, the College undertook a year-long self-study report, a significant passage of which is excerpted here: There is no identity crisis at Holy Family College: it is a liberal arts institution. Liberal education by its very nature liberates, stimulates, and actualizes the potentiality of students for their harmonious development as persons ...The emphasis here is primarily on students as maturing persons with all their intellectual, cultural, social, civic, and religious potential.57

In re-affirming the accredited status of Holy Family, the visiting team stated in its report:

In seventeen short years, Holy Family College had developed a smoothly running operation in which procedures are spelled out meticulously and clearly. Institutional objectives and their implications are expressed in such a way thatitis evident Holy Family is a college which knows where itis going, what it wants and what means it wishes to take to achieve its objectives...Holy Family has a core of hard-working, loyal and dedicated teachers who are lively and open in their academic pursuits and who appear ready for many of the challenges which lie ahead of all liberal arts colleges... There is an absence of divisive issues and [there is] a thoroughly constructive

Members of the Education and English Departments interview prospective student teacher 24

A more fundamental change occurred when the administrators petitioned the Commonwealth for a change in the College charter. The proposed change would permit the conferral of degrees upon men as well as women, in short, co-education.

and her dedication to the best interests of the College and those associated with it. Perhaps appropriate to a new president, Matthew Costanza, the then Superintendent of Philadelphia schools, told the 107 graduates "we have only just begun," taken from a popular song. That same year, the Pennsylvania Department of Education again gave approval to the elementary and secondary Teacher Certification programs. The College campus was also extended by the purchase of sixteen acres of vacant land north of Stevenson Lane, which otherwise would have gone for resi-

The issue of co-education had been under discussion for some time, but as late as 1968, Sister Aloysius stated in her Annual Report, that in her opinion Holy Family "would remain an all-women's college to better preserve her sense of unique mission and identity."~ It was also her contention that single sex colleges were less subject to disruption and polarization. Yet in the course of three years, administrative opinion had changed drastically.

dential development.

Changing social values and attitudes regarding the nature of higher and perhaps a not-too subtle pressure of governmental agencies in the push for "equality of rights" might one day render educational institutions ineligible for aids or grants; the anticipated decline in the available pool of entering freshmen; and, lastly, the decision by the other single-sex colleges in Philadelphia, notably the men's schools, to adopt co-education all influenced the change at Holy Family.

'ducation, interpersonal relations,

Fortuitously, however, the transition to co-ed status at Holy Family proceded smoothly and with no fundamental changes in the spirit or atmosphere of the campus. One hundred and ten students graduated that year.

At this, its Fourteenth Commencement, the College bestowed an honorary degree of the Doctor of Humane Letters on Sister M. Medarda Synakowska, chairman of its Board of Trustees from 1959 to 1971 and now elected to the office of Superior General of the Congregation, succeeding Sister M. Neomisia Rutkowska.

Sister M. Lillianâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;President

1971-72: The school year opened with the appointment of the third

chief, administrator of the College. Sister M. Lillian Budny succeeded Sister Aloysius to the presidency. Long a member of the Department of Biology, Sister Lillian was, like her predecessor, a Massachusetts native.

She earned her degrees from Marywood, Notre Dame and her doctorate from St. John's University. Perhaps because she had been a colleague and teacher, Sister Lillian was able to establish a close rapport with both faculty and students. There was no need to "get used to" a new president; she had long been known to the campus community. To her new responsibilities Sister Lillian brought her diligence, her understanding of people,

The campus was saddened in December, 1971 by the death of Sister M. Martina Banach, chairman of the Department of Art. Long known for her creative talent, Sister Martina's work had added measures of beauty to the campus buildings, and her dedication to the esthetic endeared her as a teacher and friend to all who knew her. She was succeeded by Sister M. Jude Niemiec.

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The painting "The Holy Family at the Crossroads" produced and copyrighted in 1959 by Sister M. Martina Banach, CSFN, MFA, was enthusiastically accepted by the famous New York painter, Kenneth Noland, and by the Art Department of the Ca'tholic University of America in fulfillment of requirements of the artist's MFA degree.

Sister M. Patrice Feher succeeded Sister Florianne to the position of Dean of Students.

Having earned degrees from Holy Family and Temple University, Sister Patrice has had broad teaching experience at the parochial level before joining the Department of History at the College.

Sister M. Patrice Dean of Students

1972-73: During this year, other changes in administrative personnel were undertaken. Sister M. Immaculata Kraemer became the second Academic Dean, succeeding Sister Florence. Sister Immaculata, a native of Northeast Philadelphia, has been associated with Holy Family from its inception. She was a member of its first graduating class and shortly thereafter became a faculty member in the Department of Modern Languages. In her area of French literature, Sister has always shown deep scholarship and abiding enthuiasm. After studies at the Sorbonne, she was awarded a Doctorate from Middlebury College, based upon recognition of linguistic proficiency in three r'omance languages: French, Italian and Spanish.

Another "first" for the College was the opening of the Mathematics Center. Paralleling the Reading Center in scope, the Mathematics Center, under the direction of Wanda Wieckowski, provided the same community service to youngsters deficient in quantitative skills. Another community service was a special conversational Spanish course offered by Sister M. Consolata Pylilo to U.S. Army officers in need of such linguistic skills. The Department of Modern Languages inaugurated the annual tradition of a liturgy celebrated entirely in French or Spanish, in which foreign language students participated with responses and hymns appropriate to the foreign cultures.

A four-acre tract of ground with a large house, fronting on Frankford Avenue, was added to the campus. Formerly the residence of the late U.S. Congressman William Green, who had once been a member of the Advisory Board, this addition served as the first site of the Math Center, then the "Alpha House" nursery school, and is now used as a student activity and recreation center.

The 1973 Commencement marked another milestone for Holy Family.

Four men among the 143 graduates received diplomas, the first males to graduate from Holy Family. One of them, Wayne Killian, had been elected the first male Student Council president. Also at this Commencement, the first Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees (B.S.N.) were conferred on five graduates.

Sister M. Immaculata Academic Dean 26

1973-74: This year was marked by expansion of the curriculum into interdisciplinary programs and new areas of academic endeavor. The College joined the Lehigh Regional Consortium, which enabled it to offer courses for graduate credit acceptable at area graduate schools participating in the Consortium. The agreement was terminated after two years.

A similar arrangement was set up with Rosemont College in the area of

Art Education, and with Millersville State College for Special Education.

The latter program is described in the College Catalog:

Certification in Special Education is possible to students majoring in Elementary Education. Through an agreement with Millersville State College, students who successfully complete the approved program designed by Millersville, will be granted Mental/Physical Handicapped Certification, in addition to the certification in Elementary Education received by Holy Family.6'he

College also established Certificate of Proficiency programs in BusiAdministration, English/Communications and Real Estate. "La Tuna," a singing group from Barcelona, Spain, performed at the College, having been brought here through the efforts of Sister Consolata. Sister Consolata's own musical talents have contributed much to the inspiration of the College's major religious celebrations, such as Baccalaureate Mass and Charter Day.

ness

February 1974 marked the Twentieth Anniversary of the College, and this was observed by evoking the theme of the Family in course seminars, lectures and faculty-student discussions. Under the direction of Sister M. Xavier Kozubal, Associate Professor of the Department of Psychology, the Shepherd's Fold, a Christian recreation center was opened. This provided a new impetus to the activities of the Christian Action Committee.

1974-75: This school year was marked by the closing of hall. The College inaugurated an evening interdisciplinary on the book and television series "Civilization" by Kenneth the first of many team-taught courses offered primarily in to the adult student.

the residence course based

Clark.

It was

seminar form

The Department of Nursing received approval from the Pennsylvania State Board of Nurse Examiners, and a new degree program in Child Care was inaugurated. At the Commencemrnt program, where one hundred and ten students were graduated, the first Founder's Award was presented to Stanley Skromak, M.D., a member of the Board of Trustees, in recognition of his years of service to Holy Family College. Subsequent awards -

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ucation Budding have also been made to F both members of the Boa of 1974, was the celebrati held on the campus. Thorn his bride Victoria Inverso witnessed by "best man" T

in a true family celebrati 1975-76: This year mark gre ation of the Sisters o spiritual and social events

funds, the structure was designed primarily to house the new Department of Nursing and its ancillary facilities, but also to provide more space for other faculty and for general purpose classes. The completed structure was officially blessed and dedicated April 15, 1977 by his Eminence John Cardinal Krol.

The Department of English updated its curriculum by revising its concentration to offer students various options, which included a new program in communications and media. To allow a practical application in the field of media, a cooperative arrangement was established with broadcasting studios, publishers and graphic arts studios. With the expertise of Joseph Grady, a new broadcasting studio was prepared for the program.

The College also inaugurated additional graduate courses with St. Joseph's College, and moved to establish new degree programs in Fire

Pinning Ceremony, April 1975

During this year, the Bicentennial of the United States was observed with a series of events, which included an "Issues Day" program on the theme, "Growing up in America," and a unique "talks and tours" course conducted by Marion von Rosenstiel of the Department of English which consisted of visits to off-beat historical sites in old Philadelphia. The International Eucharistic Congress, held in Philadelphia in 1976, was also heralded on campus with a discussion led by Father John Jagodzinski, College Chaplain, on "human hungers," as it related to the Congress themes. A committee of faculty and students planned the program, as well as a series of other Congress-related activities throughout the school year. During the congress, the campus was blessed by a visit by Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, now his Holiness Pope John Paul II, who celebrated Mass in the main chapel. (See page 42.)

1976-77: Construction was proceeding on the fourth major building on the campus: a four-story Nurse Education Building. Aided with federal

Dedication of Nurse Education Building by John Cardinal Krol 29

Joseph Grady oversees activities in the Broadcasting Studio he is held by the College, he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree to recognize his major efforts in organizing the Eucharistic Congress and in furthering the canonization of Bishop John Neumann. One hundred and sixteen Bachelor's degrees were conferred, and for the first time, the largest number was in the field of Nursing.

Science Administration, Criminal Justice, American Studies, Humanities, Comparative Literature, Biochemistry, Psychobiology and Sociobiology.

All of these were designed to be primarily interdepartmental or interdisciplinary programs. Also, the Department of Sociology was established, under the chairmanship of Sister Rita Kathryn Sperka. The Department of Modern Languages began offering new courses with an orientation toward career and professional use of foreign languages.

1977-78: Under the direction of Sister Lillian, Sister M. Aurelia Lopata, Francis S. Gregory and Robert J. McNulty the College began planning for its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary celebration, with the appointment of various committees to plan appropriate observances. Looking to the future, the College also inaugurated a five-year Long Range Planning St'udy Such a

At the close of the school year, Cardinal Krol returned to preside at the Commencement exercises, where, as a measure of the esteem in which 30

chologist Thomas Brennan, constantly seeking a "close encounter" with creatures from outer space, the late Father Daniel Grabowski, whose untimely death was mourned in Thomas Lombardi's Burial in Bucks County; and Father John Jagodzinski, former chaplain, loved well enough by all to be called simply "Father John." There are many others who deserve equal mention and whose contributions are legend to hundreds of Holy Family' students. (See Appendix I)

comprehensive look at the College and its prospects for future change will require close examination of departments, programs, funding and potential student enrollment. It was Sister Lillian's intention, in initiating the plan, to strive for the strengthening of the resources of the institution, as well as preparing for additional transformation of the College's role as an institution of higher learning. The Curriculum Committee, at several meetings, expressed concern over a continuing decline in basic skills of the students, particularly in the area of reading and writing abilities. This is a local manifestation of a national trend, observed on campuses throughout the country.

The Departments of Education and English inaugurated, respectively, a Reading Skills program and Writing Lab to assist students in these critical areas.

Sister M. Antoinette Targonska of the Department of English and Sister M. Lucidia Drong of the Department oi Chemistry retired after nearly twenty-five years of service on the faculty. The latter was succeeded by Sister M. Bernice Andrelczyk as chairman of the Department of Chemistry. Miss Catherine Paris, Director of the Careers Center, also departed the College after many years of dedicated service. One hundred and nineteen

graduates received diplomas at the 21st Commencement.

A POSTSCRIPT The chronology of events in the life of the College can merely show the reader what the College has accomplished, but it cannot capture the flavor of the events, or the multiplicity of personalities which went into making up the history of the College. Holy Family is not merely an impersonal institution, but composed of individuals of unique character who have all left their imprint on the school.

It would be impossible to conclude without at least a passing mention of some of those it was my pleasure to know, and who are no longer at the College, but who left something of themselves behind. My list is by no means all-inclusive, but comprises those whom the author encountered in a personal way: Claude Koch, author and poet; Catherine Iannarelli, English instructor; learned theologian Rev. Francis Cegielka; Sister M. Louisa Piotrowska, theologian who never lost sight of the moral and personalizing influence of religion and who conveyed that to her students; the late Emil Kycej, chief custodian; former History chairpersons Robert Quigley and the late Jane Benjamin, known for wit and scholarship; Sister Lauretana, now Sister Clara Grochowska, professor at Jackson State University in Mississippi, who was an invaluable guide to the author in his early days at the College; John Ecsodi, scholar and humorist; psy-

Claude Koch with two English concentrators 31

Glimpses of the Past.

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EPILOGUE As Holy Family College observes its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, it can look back with pride on the accomplishments of all who have been associated with it: alumni, students, faculty and administrators. Yet, with all the change accomplished at Holy Family, it is still easy to perceive the permanence of certain values and the philosophy which has underpinned the College from the start. In the earliest edition of the Catalog (1956-58), the aims of the College were stated as "...committing itself primarily as a liberal arts institution, to the guiding of the intellectual growth of its students as part of the education of the 'whole woman'hich..." comprises the whole aggregate of human life, embracing a cultural, social, civic, and religious consciousness.6

courage students to think with freedom but with care, using that knowledge as a resource to weigh, evaluate, consider, and compare; learning thereby to avoid generalizations and dogmatic judgments; to become aware of similarities and differences; to recognize connections, to strive for their highest human potential, to understand education as a lifelong continuing process, and themselves as a continuing universe, to which they have a responsibility.

Sister Immaculata has always stated that the College's best advertisement is its graduate. The graduating class of 1974 expressed its feelings about the education it has received and about its alma mater: "All in all, the College has changed in many ways, but not in the pursuit of its primary objectives: academic excellence, belief in a strong value system, and a cultivation of a family spirit, within and without its environs."65

In 1964, the tenth anniversary year of the College, these objectives were worded:

As a Catholic college...it believes in theology and philosophy as the basis for, and the unifying factor of, its varied curricula, embracing the study of the world of self (humanitiesj, the world of nature (natural sciencesj, and the world of man (social sciences), and recognizes education both for time and eternity, the working out in time of one's supernatural destiny. s

In addition to that, after twenty-five years, it can and does look back with gratitude to Him who has guided the institution in all its trials and hopes, to the Holy Family of Nazareth, the patrons of the College who foster the concept of the sacred character of family life, and to all its friends and benefactors down through the years.

By 1978, the philosophy was stated:

The College is at a milestone, a turning point. A second generation of leadership is now in control of its future. Having looked back, the College can continue to look to the future with confidence and a sense of optimism that the same Spirit which guided the College at its foundation will continue to inspire all those of future years who will be the recipients of its wisdom, its compassion and its pursuit of excellence.

...to provide its students

,

with a sound, cross-disciplinary foundation of knowledge through studies in the Humanities, Social and Natural Sciences, Religious Studies and Philosophy, with a major strength in one area. Concomitant with this purpose, the College endeavors to en-

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END NOTES 1.

A Magical History Tour of Northeast Philadelphia, a joint social studies project of the students of George Washington High School and Archbishop Ryan High School for

2.

22. Dylewska, p. 114.

Ibid., p. 253.

Boys (Philadelphia, 1976), p. 26.

23.

Ibid., p. 55.

24. Rutkowska, loc. cit.

3. Old Northeast Philadelphia County, 1609-1854 (Philadelphia, 1969), p. 33.

25. Dylewska, p. 9.

4. S. F. Hotchkin, The Bristol Pike (Philadelphia, 1893), p. 286.

26. Chronicles

5.

A Magical History Tour, p.

College, vol. I, pp. 10-25.

27. Ibid.

27.

28. Dylewska, p. 115.

6. Ibid., p. 11.

7.

of Holy Family

Mary Blakiston, "A Few Facts about Lower Dublin Township," Philadelphia Historical Society (Philadelphia, 1911), p. 220.

a paper delivered at the

29.

Holy Family College Catalog, 1956-58 (Philadelphia, 1956), p. 14.

30. Francis A. Cegielka, Nazareth Spirituality (New 8. Cory H. Rush, All Saints Church: A 1916 (Philadelphia, 1972), pp. 16-24.

9.

107.

31. Sister M. Florence Tumasz, C.S.F.N., Dean's Memo, February 19, 1958.

Ibid., p. 22.

10. St.

York, 1966), p.

History of its Birth and Growth to Maturity, 1772-

32. Sister M. Lillian Budny, C.S.F.N., quoted in The Familogue 1974 (Philadelphia, 1974), p. 37.

Dominic's: Mother Church of the Northeast, 1849-1974 (Philadelphia, 1974), p. 16.

33. Rutkowska, quoted in The Tri-Lite, vol.

11.

Hotchkin, p. 238.

12.

Ibid., p. 239.

13.

William Bucke Campbell, Old Towns and Districts of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1942),

III, March,

1957, p. 2.

34. From data provided by Sister M. Immaculata Kraemer, C.S.F.N., 35. The Tri-Lite, May 1957, p. 1.

p. 38.

36.

M. Neomisia Rutkowska, C.S.F.N., in a personal interview with the author, February 27, 1978.

37. Holy Family College Bulletin, vol.

14. Sister

38.

15.

Katherine Burton, Where There is Love (New York, 1951), pp. 3-4.

16.

Catholic Directory

17.

Ibid.

18.

Ibid.

for 1976

April, 1978.

Ibid., vol. V, October, 1959, p.

Ibid., September, 1962, p.

2.

VIII, January,

1962, p. 1.

1.

39. Ibid., December, 1962, p. 2.

(New York, 1976), p. 287.

40. Ibid.

41. Tenth Anniversary Program

19. Sister

1964), p. 2.

42. Holy Family College Bulletin, vol. X, August, 1964, p. 1.

M. deChantal Dylewska, C.S.F.N., Out of Nazareth (New York, 1974), p. 112.

Adjunct Program, I966-67. A report to the Academic Dean, prepared by the Department of Biology, May 1967.

43. The Biophysics

information is recorded in various Deed Books in the Philadelphia Department of Records, City Hall.

20. This

21.

of Holy Family College (Philadelphia,

44. From data provided by the Department of Biology, March, 1978.

Ibid.

34

45. The Tri-Lite, vol.

46. Tumasz,

XI, February,

Annual Report of the Dean, 1965-66, p.

47. Data supplied by the Office

Holy Family College Bulletin, vols. I-XX.

Holy Family College Catalog, vols. I-XIII.

of Psychology.

Annual Report of the Dean, 1967-68, pp.

50. From data supplied by the Department 51. Sister

8.

of the President.

48. Data supplied by the Department 49. Tumasz,

A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ABOUT THE COLLEGE

1965, p. 2.

Holy Family College Chronicles, vols. I-XX.

7-81

Holy Family College Annual Reports of the Academic Dean, 1956-1975.

of Education, Holy Family College.

Holy Family College Annual Reports of the President, 1956-1975.

M. Valentine Sulewska, C.S.F.N., The Holy Family College Library: Its First

Decade (Scranton, 1965), pp. 17-22.

The Familogue, vols. 1-18.

M. Jane Menzenska, C.S.F.N., A History of the Archives of Holy Family College (Philadelphia, 1974), p. 2.

52. Sister

53. Sister M. Aloysius Sabacinska, 1968-69, p. 4.

54. Tumasz, 55. The

C.S.F.N., Annual Report to the Board of Trustees

of the Archives of Holy Family

College. Philadelphia,

1974.

for

Sulewska, Sister M. Valentine, The Holy Family College Library: Its First Decade. Scranton, 1964.

Annual Report of the Dean, 1968-69, pp. 9-10.

Tri-Lite, vol XVI, February, 1970, p.

56. From data supplied by the Office 57.

Menzenska, Sister M. Jane, A History

The Tri-Lite, vols.

1.

I-XXII.

Tenth Anniversary Program

of the President.

of Holy Family

College.

ABOUT THE CONGREGATION

Self Evaluation Report submitted to the Commission on Institutions of Higher Learning of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools (Philadelphia,

Cegielka, Francis A., Rev. Nazareth Spirituality. New York, 1966.

1971), p. 19.

Dylewska, Sister M. De Chantal, Out of Nazareth. New York, 1974.

Administration, Trustees of Holy Family College. An evaluating Team representing the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools (Philadelphia, 1971), pp. 4-6.

58. Report to the Faculty,

Lombardi, Jr., Minutes of a Meeting College (Philadelphia, October, 1970), p. 1.

59. Thomas F.

of the Faculty

Senate

Menzenska, Sister M. Jane, A Guide to Nazareth Literature. Philadelphia, 1975.

ABOUT THE AREA

of Holy Family

Blakiston, Mary, A Few Facts about Lower Dublin Township. Philadelphia, 1911.

60. Tumasz,

Annual Report of the Dean, 196748, p. 3.

Campbell, William Bucke, Old Towns and Districts of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, 1942.

61.

Holy P'amily College Catalog, 1978-80, Vol.

XIII(Philadelphia,

1978), p. 68.

Hotchkin, 62. Holy Family College Catalog, 1956-58, vol.

I (Philadelphia,

1956, pp. 15-17.

63.

Holy Family College Catalog, 1964-66, vol. V (Philadelphia, 1964), p. 8.

64.

Holy Family College Catalog, 1978-80, vol.

XIII (Philadelphia,

S.

F., The Bristol Pike. Philadelphia, 1893.

Rush, Cory H., AllSaints Church:

A History of its Birth and Growth to Maturity,

Philadelphia, 1974.

A Magical History Tour of Northeast Philadelphia. Philadelphia,

1978), p. 10.

1976.

Old Northeast Philadelphia County, 1609-1854. Philadelphia, 1969.

65. The Familogue 1974 (Philadelphia, 1974), p. 10.

St. Dominic's:

35

Mother Church of the Northeast, 1849-1974. Philadelphia, 1974.

1772-1916.

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APPENDIX I

C. Robert Shearer

Albert M. Tantala George Della Pia, ex officio Christine A. McDonnell, ex officio

BOARD OF TRUSTEES The Very Reverend Mother M. Medarda, CSFN Superior General of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth and Honorary President

Administrators and Departmental Chairmen, 1954-1978

The Reverend Sister Mary Rose, CSFN Superior Provincial: Chairman Sister M. Daniel, CSFN Francis S. Gregory The Very Reverend John A. Klekotka, O.S.A. Sister M. Lauretine, CSFN Sister Margaret Mary, CSFN Sister M. Neomisia, CSFN Sister M. Salvatore, CSFN Stanley J. Skromak, M.D., F.A.C.P. Sister M. Lillian, CSFN, ex officio

BOARD OF ADVISERS His Eminence John J. Cardinal Krol, D.D., J.C.D. Archbishop of Philadelphia, Honorary Chairman Robert J. McNulty, Chairman Salvatore S. Calderaro, Vice Chairman Bernard Dlutowski, M.D. John W. Gondek Carl F. Gregory The Honorable Theodore S. Gutowicz Norman L. Hughes John R. Jakubowski, Esq. The Reverend Msgr. Anthony E. Jaworowski Ronald F. Kidd, Esq. John F. Lontz Alfred J. Lutz, Jr. Anthony E. Mazur Raymond E. Mullen, Jr. William P. Rohlfing Philip F. Schieber Joseph Schmitz, Jr.

PRESIDENTS:

Sister M. Neomisia Rutkowska Sister M. Aloysius Sabacinska Sister M. Lillian Budny

ACADEMIC DEANS:

Sister M. Florence Tumasz Sister M. Immaculata Kraemer

DEANS OF STUDENTS:

Sister M. Florianne Zacharewicz Sister M. Patrice Feher

REGISTRARS:

Sister Sister Sister Sister

M. Aloysius Sabacinska Margaret Mary Machowska

TREASURERS:

Sister Sister Sister Sister

M. M. M. M.

LIBRARIANS:

Sister M. Jane Menzenska Sister M. Kathryn Dobbs

DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS AND

Rosemarie Griffin M. Louise Jurewicz

Aloysius Sabacinska Irenea Gecewicz Lauretine Mis Praxede Kociela

Angela Godshall

FINANCIALAID:

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DIRECTORS OF CAREERS CENTER:

William S Kreindler

DIRECTORS OF PUBLIC RELATIONS:

Norman Hughes Sister M. Florence Tumasz

DEVELOPMENT OFFICER:

Norman Hughes

ART:

Sister M. Martina Banach Sister M. Jude Niemiec

Catherine C. Paris

BIOLOGY:

Sister Rose Ann Federowicz

CHEMISTRY:

Sister M. Lucidia Drong Sister M. Bernice Andrelczyk

EDUCATION:

APPENDIX

GENESIENNES'RODUCTIONS

Estelle Conroy William Rawn Sister Mary de Lourdes Joseph Burak

ENGLISH:

Sister M. Placide Karczewska

HISTORY:

Sister M. Liguori Bryzgornia

May 12, 1956 Dec. Nov. Nov. Dec. Dec. Dec. Nov. Nov. May Nov. Nov. Nov. Dec. Feb.

8, 1956 2, 3, 1957 9, 1958 5, 1959 2, 3, 10, 11, 1960 2, 3, 1961 3, 4, 1962 23, 24, 1963 6, 1964 14, 15, 1964 21, 1965 20, 1966 10, 1967 1, 2, 1969 April 18, 19, 1970 March 6, 7, 1971 Feb. 18, 19, 20, 1972

Robert Quigley Peter Feledick Joseph McElhenny Angelo Randazzo

Sister M. Grace Kuzawa

MODERN LANGUAGES: Sister M. Clara Grochowska Peter W. Frey NURSING:

Elizabeth Forbes Dorris Guerin Alice Phillips

PHILOSOPHY:

Frederick Patka Mary Di Carlo Rev. Patrick McDonough, C.P. Arthur Grugan

Sister M. Florianne Zacharewicz

RELIGIOUS STUDIES:

Sister M. Celeste Huszcza Sister M. Louisa Piotrowska Rev. Francis Cegielka Rev. James Collins

SOCIOLOGY:

—The Barretts —Arsenic and Old Lace —Lute Song —Our Hearts Were Young and Gay —The Diary of Anne Frank —Jenny Kissed Me —One with the Flame —Happiest Years —Little Moon of Alban —When Shakespeare's Ladies Meet —Blithe Spirit —The Heiress —The Chalk Garden —The Bald Soprano and The Precio us —Take Me Along —Comedy in American Drama —Up the Down Staircase —The Matchmaker

APPENDIX

Damsels

III

GUEST LECTURERS AT HOLY FAMILY COLLEGE

POLITICAL ECONOMY: Bronislaw Sadnicki PSYCHOLOGY:

TITLE OF PLA Y

DA TE

Jane Schwartz Benjamin

MATHEMATICS:

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Oct. 27, 1954 — The Rev. Francis A. Cegielka, S.A.C., retreat master, theologian, —"Womanhood" Nov. 17, 1955 — Seumas McManus, Ireland's famous shanachie (story-

teller) —"Irish Folklore"

March 12, 1956 — Dr. Oscar Halecki, noted scholar and author, Professor

Sister Rita Kathryn Sperka 38

'of History

at Fordham University, President of the American Catholic Historical Association —"Pope Pius XII, Pope of Peace"

Feb.

10,

Dec. 12, 1961

Narcisco Irala, S.J., "Achieving Peace of Heart"

June 2, 1958—

psychologist,

June 3, 1962—

author—

Dr. Elizabeth Salmon, former president of American Catholic Philosophical Society and professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. (Commencement Ad-

Nov. 19, 1962 — Dr. Kenneth M. Setton, Professor of Medieval History and Director of Libraries, University of Pennsylvania —"Medieval Universities"

Nov. 25, 1958 — Dr. Harold G. Reuschlein, Dean of Villanova University's School of Law —"The Liberal Arts and the Catholic College" (Honors Convocation Address)

1959—

May 26, 1963 — Dr. Glenn Christensen, Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, Lehigh University —"God's Other Conduits" (Commencement Address)

Dr. Clarence Walton, Associate Dean, Columbia Graduate School of Business; Former President of Catholic University of America —(Commencement Address)

Nov. 20, 1959 — Brother Daniel Bernian, FSC, Ph.D., Former President LaSalle College —"Catholic Higher Education and the Woman" (Honors Convocation Address)

Nov. 21, 1960— Maisie Ward (Mrs. Frank Sheed), author, lecturer, co-founder of Sheed R, Ward Publishing House, onetime resident of Torresdale —"Woman's Place in a Man-Made World" (Honors Convocation Address)

Dr. Roy J. Deferrari, Secretary General of Catholic University of America —"Contributions of the Catholic College for Women to American Life"

June 2, 1961—

Dr. Albert E. Meder, Jr., Vice-Provost and Dean, in Three Rutgers University —"Commencement Tenses" (Commencement Address)

July 20, 1963—

Right Rev. Msgr. Philip E. Donahue, Vicar for Religious of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia —"Pope John XXIIIand the Aggiornamento"

April 21 and

Dr. Werner Von Rosenstiel, interpreter at the Nuremberg War Trials, lawyer —"The Significance of the Nuremberg War Trials"

July

Oct. 26, 1960 — Miss Elizabeth Reid, Australian member of the International Grail Movement —"The Church and the Changing Structures of the African and Asian Nations"

Feb. 9, 1961—

Dr. Alba Zizzamia, Assistant Observer of the National Catholic Welfare Conference for United Nations— "Women in International Affairs" (Commencement Address)

dress)

June.1,

Francis Litz, C.SS.R., Vice-Postulator for the Bishop Neumann's Beatification Cause —"The Life of the Venerable John Neumann"

March 22, 1962 — Right Rev. Msgr. Charles B. Mynaugh, Archdiocesan CCD Director —"The Spiritual Collaboration of the Faithful in the Vatican II Council"

1957— Dr. Regis Louise Boyle, Director of the Journalism Institute at the Catholic University of America "Students become Alumnae"

May 15, 1958— Rev.

— Rev.

12,

1964—

May 5, 1964—

Dr. Angela Lograsso, Chairman of the Italian Department, Bryn Mawr College —"Our Lady in Dante"

July 19, 1964—

The Rev. Walter Ciszck, in Soviet Russia"

Nov. 1, 1964—

Dr. Eugene Kusielewicz, Vice-President, Kosciuszko Foundation —"The Six Hundredth Anniversary of the Jagiellonian University"

S.

J.—"Twenty-three Years

Nov. 30, 1964— Msgr. Francis B. Schulte, Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Archdiocese of Philadelphia —"The Sense of Man" (Honors Convocation Address) 39

Dec. 1, 1964—

July 9, 1967—

Dr. Zygmunt Piotrowski, eminent psychologist and psychiatrist known for his Rorschach Inkblot Method —"Fear, Anxiety, and Emotions: An Attempt at Clarification of Differences in Meaning and Function"

Oct. 22-24, 1967— Dr. Richard Pattee of Laval University, Canada —"Latin America" and "South Africa: Fact and Fiction"

May 30, 1965— Miss Margaret Mealey, Executive Director of the National Council of Catholic Women, member of President Kennedy's and President Johnson's Commissions on the Status of Women —"Women in Community Service" (Commencement Address)

Oct. 8, 1968—

Sept. 28, 1965— Mr. W. Thatcher Longstreth, Director of the Greater

Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce of the Future"

Nov. 27, 1968— Sebastian Temple, renowned folk singer —"The Universe is Singing," a lecture-demonstration on "Teilhard de Chardin's Phenomenon of Man"

Dr. Eugene Kusielewicz, Vice-President, Kosciuszko Foundation —"Poland's Millennium of Christianity"

Dec. 3, 1968—

Feb. 15, 1966— Dr. Sigmund Wesolowski, internationally known surgeon, Director of LGH Laboratory, Mercy Hospital, Rockville Centre, New York —"Science and Chris-

Feb. 5, 1969—

tianity"

Humberto Almazon, internationally famous Mexican movie star who became a priest —"Don' Call Me; We'l Call You!" Dr. John Lontz, Adjunct Professor of Biophysics at Holy Family College —"The Artificial Creation and Prolongation of Life" (Logos Lecture) Padre

May 18, 1969— Dr. Genevieve Blatt, Director of Departmental Audits, Office of the Auditor General of Pennsylvania, now Judge Blatt —"Where is the Valiant Woman?"

(Commencement Address)

May 29, 1966— Dr. William H. Conley, President, Sacred Heart University, Bridgeport, CT —"Education and Renewal" (Commencement Address)

Dec. 13, 1970 — Dr. Alan Glatthorn, Principal of Abington High School (North Campus) —"Schools for the Seventies"

Nov. 17, 1966— Sir Arnold Lunn of London, internationally famous lecturer and author —"The Techniques of Christian Controversy" Dec. 13, 1966— Dr. Anatole G. Lindsay of Cultural Films, New "Moral Issues in Motion Pictures"

Rev. Peter Rohrback, O.C.S., editor of the Spiritual Life magazine in Washington, D.C.—"Making Speeches and Writing Novels"

Nov. 26, 1968 — Dr. Helen Murray Kleyle, Dean of the School of Teacher Education at Duquesne University —"Teacher Education"

—"Philadelphia

Oct. 29, 1965— Tomas Roseingrave, Director of the Institute of Catholic Sociology, Dublin, Ireland —"Social Encyclicals in Contemporary Society" Feb. 8, 1966—

Dr. Joseph L. Lichten, Director of Intercultural Affairs of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, New York and Rome —"Catholic-Jewish Relations Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow"

Jan. 26, 1971—

Dr. Lisp Richette, Professor of Clinical Law at Villanova University, now Judge Richette —"The Throwaway Children"

Feb. 3, 1971—

Dr. Joseph C. Reino, Professor of English at Villanova University —"The Philosophy of Modern Poetry" (Logos Lecture)

York—

May 27, 1967— The Rev. Terrence Toland, S.J., S.T.D., Executive Vice President of St. Joseph's College —"The Learning Community" (Commencement Address) 40

Oct. 15, 1974— John Ormond, Welsh poet and filmmaker —"Poetry Readings"

May 16, 1971— The Rev. John C. Haughey, S.J., S.T.D., Assistant Editor of the America magazine —"Holy Family College from the Perspective of a Non-Christian Religion" (Commencement Address)

April

March 23, 1976— John F. Marion, author —"Philadelphia Encountered, Discovered, and Savoured"

13, 1972 — Dr. Charles Lee

of WCAU, Channel 10 —"The Function of the Critic" (Lambda Iota Tau Installation)

Oct. 6, 1976—

Feb. 19, 1973— Dr. George Danielewski of Nazareth Hospital, slide-

lecture —"Poland, Homeland of Copernicus"

Feb. 20, 1973 — Dr. William Klepczynski of the U.S. Naval Observa-

Nov. 15, 1976— Julius Zulawski, author, lecturer from Warsaw, Poland —"Historical Trends in Polish Literature" (cosponsored by the English Department and the Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia)

tory in Washington, D.C., illustrated lecture —"Highlights in the Life of Copernicus the Scientist"

April

10, 1973

—

Dr. R. Bruce Lindsay, former Dean of the Graduate School og Brown University, renowned physicist and author, Sigma Xi Bicentennial Lecturer —"Sounds in Society"

Rabbi Edward Maline of the Jewish Chautauqua Society, lecture-symposium —"Motivation in Jewish Ethics"

Feb.

May 13, 1973— Dr. William S. Rhodes, Coordinator, Private Colleges and Universities, Department of Education, Harrisburg —"The Mountain and the Squirrel" (Commencement Address)

17,

1977— Mrs. Eileen Meyers, from the Stop E.R.A. Movement —"You Can't Fool Mother Nature"

March 17, 1977— Mrs. Trudy Martino, lecturer —"Symbolism in Astrology" Oct. 14, 1977— Ms. Donna Couch, Exxon Corporation

July 2, 1973—

Nov. 8, 1973—

Dr. Karol Estreicher, author, lecturer, bibliographer, curator of the Collegium Maius of the Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland —"Renaissance Art in Cracow"

Nov. 8, 1977—

Impact International, Inc., a demonstration lecture—"Memory and Learning Development"

February8,1978

class

Feb. 2, 1974—

April

—"The

Energy

Outlook"

Mrs. Walter Meyers —"The Truth about Women' Liberation and the Equal Rights Amendment"

18, 1974 — Joe and Penny

Sister Marie Whitman, S.H.R., and Ms. Arlene Swidler —"The Role of Women in the Church"

—George

A. Maloney, S.J., noted author and Director of the John XXIIICenter for Eastern Christian Studies, Fordham University, on "Christian Transcendental Meditation."

March 16, 1978— Rev. Michael A. Jamail, Roman Catholic priest, author, psychologist, and social psychotherapist— "Psychotherapy and the Catholic Tradition"

Aronson, a program of narration, drama, and folksong entitled —"A Recent History of the Jewish People"

May 11, 1974— Dr. Luther Harris Evans, Director of International Collections, Columbia University Libraries, New York —"God's Law and World Peace" (Commencement

April 5, 1978—

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Dr. Michael Toconita, Chairman, Department of Modern Languages at St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia —"Andre Malraux: His World and Yours"

The Author:

Visit To The Campus August 1976 Peter Frey, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Modern Languages Peter W. Frey is a native of Northeast Philadelphia. He graduated from Nazareth Academy Grade School, LaSalle High School, and LaSalle College where he majored in French. He received a Master's degree in French from the University of Pittsburgh, and pursued further study at the University of Pennsylvania and Laval University in Quebec.

Since 1962 Mr. Frey has been on the faculty of Holy Family College as a member of the Department of Modern Languages, and since 1969 has been chairman of the Department. He is currently serving a two year term as president of the Faculty Senate.

Mr. Frey resides in Southampton with his wife Lenore and two sons, Jonathan and Adam.

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SECRETARIAT OF STATE i~oM v~avAwcrw, 12

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December

Dear Mother M. Medarda, The Holy Father has noted with interest that Holy Family College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary oi'ts foundation by the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth.

On

this

happy occasion His Holiness sends

cordial greetings. He gives thanks to God for the graces bestowed over the past quarter-century, and he prays that the present celebration will mark a decisive step forward in the Christian lives oi'he members of the faculty, of the students and of their families. With these sentiments he imparts his Apostolic Blessing to all taking part in the )ubilee.

With every good wish,

1

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Substitute

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FAMILOGUE 1979

Holy Family College Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Sister Mary Rose, Chairman Sister Margaret Mary, Secretary Mr. Salvatore S. Calderaro Sister M. Daniel Rev. J. Stuart Dooling, O.S.F.S. Mr. Francis S. Gregory Sister M. Laurentine Sister M. Lillian Sister M. Neomisia Sister M. Salvatore Stanley J. Skromak, M.D.

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Sister M. Neomisia, Ph.D., Founding President Professor Emerita of Modern Languages

Sister Mary Lillian, Ph.D., President

Sister M. Immaculata, D.M.L., Academic Dean

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Sister M. Patrice, M.A., Dean of Students

Sister M. louise, B.A., Registrar

Sister M. Praxede, M.A., Treasurer

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Left to right: Sister M. Kathryn, M.S.L.S., Director of Library Services Sister M. Martha, B.S., Director of Auxiliary Staff and Services Miss Angela Godshall, M.A., Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Sister M. Florence, Ph.D., Director of Public Relations Sister Lucia, M.A., Assistant to the Treasurer

Left to right: Mr. William Krindler, M.A. Director of Careers Center Mrs. Christine McDonnell, B.A. Executive Secretary, Alumni Association

Mr. Norman Hughes Development Officer Miss Donna Fitzgerald, B.A. Admissions Counselor Sister M. Theodosette, M.A. College Archivist

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DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN Left to right: Sister M. Jude, M.Ed., Art Sister M. Rose Ann, Ph.D., Biology Sister M. Bernice, Ph.D., Chemistry Dr. Bronislaw Sadnicki, D. Comm.

Economics and Business Adminis-

tration Dr. Joseph Burak, Ed.D., Education Sister M. Placide, Ph.D., English Mr. Joseph McElhenny, M.A., History SisJer M. Grace, Ph.D., Mathematics

Mr. Peter Frey, M.A., Modern Languages

Dr. Alice Phillips, Ed.D. Nursing

Dr. Arthur Grugan, Ph.D. Philosophy Sister M. Florianne, Ph.D. Psychology Rev. James Collins, S.T.D. Religious Studies Sister M. Rita Kathtyn, M.S.W. Sociology

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FACULTY right:

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Sister M. DeLourdes, M.A. Education Sister M. Consolata, M.A. Modern Languages Mr. Sidney Shotz, M.A. Education Loretta Stoebenau, M.S.L.S. Readers Service, Librarian Miss Regina Schroder, M.S.N. Nursing Dr. Thomas Lombardi, Ph.D. English Mr. Frank X. Smith, B.F.A.

Art Mr. Charles A. Haggerty, M.A. English Mrs. Dorothy Ponisciak, M.A. Chemistry Sister M. Frances, M.A. Modern Languages Mrs. Marion Von Rosenstiel, M.A. English Dr. Celia Prairie, Ph.D. Biology-Chemistry Mrs. Hannah Holyoke, M.S.N. Nursing

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Left to right: Mrs. Gunvanti Asher, M.S.L.S. Technical Services Librarian Miss Patricia McGrath, M.S.N. Nursing Mr. Daniel Tumulo, M.B.A. Economics and Business Administration Mr. John Gonzales, J.D. Economics and Business Administration Mrs. April Stevens, M.N. Ed. Nursing Mrs. Kathleen Kulesza, M.A. Education Mr. George Kugler, M.B.A. Economics and Business Adminstration Mr. Thomas McCormick, Ph.D. Cand. English Mr. Francis Halloran, B.S. Economics and Business Administration Mr. Richard Brown, Ed.M. Education Dr. Sandra Klein, Ph.D. Psychology Mr. Vincent Serfilippo, M.A. Modern Languages

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Left to right: Mr. Joseph Grady, M.A. English

Mr. Morton Tannenbaum, M.S. Economics and Business Administration Rev. Thomas Scanlon, M.A. Religious Studies Mr. Angelo Randazzo, M.A. History â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Chairman, Jan.. 1979 Miss Sandra Bincarousky, M.S.N. Nursing Mr. Joseph Cebula, M.A. Mathematics Mr. Charles Jankowski, M.A. Philosophy Rev. Robert Brennan, M.A. Religious Studies Mrs. Carmel Fischer, M.F.S. Nursing Dr. Ronald Duska, Ph.D. Philosophy Mrs. Kathryn Osenlund, B.F.A. English Mrs. Helene Popper, M.A. Mathematics Mrs. Kersti Linask, M.A. Biology

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Left to right: Rev. Joseph McCafferty, M.A. Religious Studies Mrs. Eileen Moran, M.S.N. Nursing Mr. John Harbison, M.A. History Sister M. Timothy, M.S. Biology Mr. David Losinno, M.A. Psychology Mrs. Bette Tokar, M.A. Economics and Business

Administration Dr. Jerome Perlish, Ph.D. Biology Mr. John R. Scioli, M.A. Music Appreciation Dr. Dora C. Pruna, Ped.D. Modern Languages Mr. Louis F. Hoelzle, M.S. Physics Mr. Paul Kraft, M.A.

Education Ms. Elaine A. Schneitman, M.A. Education Mrs. Andrea Hollingsworth, M.S.N. Nursing

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Left to right: Mr. Eugene A. Donohue, M.A. History Miss Judith M. Markowski, M.A. Psychology Ms. Maria Brown, M.A. Sociology Mrs. Victoria Lombardi, M.A. English Mrs. Regina Hobaugh, M.A. Philosophy Dr. Paul Critelli, Ph.D. Psychology Sister M. Aurelia, M.A. Education Mrs. Kayann Laughlin, M.S.N. Nursing Dr. Thomas Garberina, Ed.D. Education Sister M. Xavier, Ph.D. Psychology Sister M. Irene, M.A. Modern Languages

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ALPHA HOUSE Left to right: Miss Mrs. Mrs. Miss

Rev. Dennis Mattern, O.S.F.S., B.A., Campus Ministry

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Georgia Trantas, B.A. Serafina Tarantin, B.A. Margaret McKeogh, B.A.

Marie Orth, B.A.

STAFF Left to right: Mrs. Helen Chapman Bookstore Manager Mrs. Loretta Mucci School Secretary Mrs. Evelyn Adamczyk Secretary to the Dean of Students Mrs. Mildred Malone Switchboard Operator Mrs. Elizabeth Hearn Secretary, Department of Nursing Mrs. Emma Cordek Secretary to the Treasurer Mrs. Theresa Hoyle Secretary to the Academic Dean Mrs. Sandra Crane Secretary, Department of Education Mrs. Barrie Bates Secretary to the Director of Public Relations Mr. Steve Szybowski Plant Engineer

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Mrs. Eleanor Weigand Secretary to the President Mrs. Florence Tilsner Library Staff Mrs. Patricia Wagner Library Staff Mrs. Elaine Javage Library Staff Mrs. Jeannette Kelley Library Staff Mrs. Ida McBride Maintenance

Mr. Walter Krupinski Maintenance

Mr. Panfilo Ventresca Maintenance

Mr. Joseph Niedosik Maintenance

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STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS Left to right: Sue Schoenberger, Vice President; Mike Trivelis, Treasurer; Bobbi Rentko, President; Pat McCormick, Secretary.

Not shown: Ellen Kane, S.O.C. Chairperson.

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SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS

Left to right: Glenn Ritter, Steve Michalowski, Mike Whittle. Not shown: Sharon Neumann, Debbie Dick.

JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS Left to right: Donna Conroy, Pat McCormick, Kathy Dickinson. Not shown: Kathy McMahon, Liz Limbrunner.

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FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS Foreground, left to right: Debbie Mann, Secretary; Cathy Boland, President; Gail Garberina, Treasurer. Background, left to right: Therese Trombetta, Representative; Chris Doyle, Vice President.

SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS Background, left to right: Marta Graffy, Deborah Romano, Diane Kirk. Foreground, left to right: Pat Dockery, Janet Mccullough.

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Foreground, left to right: Ginny Keane, Sue Schoenberger, Kate Smink, Kathy Doebley. Background, left to right: Rosina Ciocca, Steve Michalowski, Mary T. McMahon, Mike Trivelis, Miss Judy Markowski, Bernie Saturnino.

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THE TRI LITE EDITORS Foreground, left to rtght Roberta Loux, Sam DeLeo, Maryann Mazzafro. Background, left to right: John Coyne, Kathi Donnelly, Jim Bennett.

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THE TRI-LITE STAFF Foreground, left to right: Cindy Beaumont, Carina Panzera, Mary Ellen DiMichele, Maryann Mazzafro, Adrienne Zarzatian. Middle, left to right: Jim Bennett, Debbie Mann, Kathi Donnelly, Jim Hall. Background, left to right: Sam DeLeo, Roberta Loux, Linda Battagliese, Tony Baker.

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SOCIOLOGY CLUB Left to right: Ada Caamano, Barbara Birnbrauer, Kathy Chinn, Mary Oetzel, Janet Althouse, Sue Smithgall.

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MEMBERS OF CAMPUS MINISTRY Alphabetical order: Jan Althouse, Denise Basile, Cathy Boland, Rita Celli, Rosina Ciocca, Nancy Clark, Sue Couval, Anita Derbyshire, Ann Devine, Angela DiNunzio, Kathy Doebley, Pat Duffy, Debbie Fry, Ann Hayes, Janet Jeslolowski, Maribeth King, Nancy Mac aluso, Maria Maurizio, Mary McMahon, Carolyn O'eill, Elizabeth Picariello, Mary Ann Piscopio, Bernadine Saturnino, Bernadine Sejda, Sr. Carolyn, Sr. Veronica, Donna Szwanski, Kathy Todd, Betsy Turner; Sr. Xavier, Father Dennis Mattern, Moderators.

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LAMBDA IOTA TAU Left to right: Sam De Leo, Ed Ulrich, Maryann Mazzafro, Adrienne Zarzatian, Carina Panzera.

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KAPPA MU EPSILON Left to right: Jan Buzydlowski, Glenn Ritter, C indy

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ALPHA MU GAMMA Foreground, left to right: Susan Ricci, Lynne Jacquillard, Gail Mirijanian. Background, left to right: Rosemarie Fricker, Adrienne Zarzatian, Ada Caamano, Maryann Mazzafro, Loretta Felici, Mary T. McMahon.

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LE CERCLE FRANGLAIS Foreground, left to right: Jane Matecki, Loretta Felici, Sister M. Frances, Bill Derbyshire. Background, left to right: Geny Mahoney, Kathi Donnelly, Kathy Rossman, Tom Healy, Nancy Clark, Marianne Forst, Denise Basile.

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BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS CLUB Foreground, left to right: Silvia Laemmle, Kathie Arnold, Mike Paquette, Maribeth King, Alice Meintel, Sue Schoenberger, Jane Matecki, Pat McCormick, Richard Michelfelder. Middle, left to right: Diana Brosko, Jane Lydon, Gerry Mahoney, Kathy Dickinson, Penny Leidtke, Bill Derbyshire, Anita Derbyshire, Andrea Elliot. Background, left to right: Greg O'rien, Pat Dockery, Pat Mattia, Tom Long, John Coyne, Janet McCullough, Tom Boland, Dave Skiendzielewskh

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INTERNATIONALRELATIONS CLUB Foreground, left to right: Maribeth King, Bobbi Rentko, Mike Paquette, Jane Lydon. Middle, left to right: Tom Long, Jane Matecki, Silvia Laemmle, Janet McCullough, Pat Mattia. Background, left to right: Pat McCormick, Nancy Macaluso, Kathy Dickinson, Kathie Arnold, Gerry Mahoney.

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"Remember, don't shoot 'til you see the whites of their eyes."

"I want my mother."

"Whatever it is, I hope it's friendly."

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GLEE CLUB Foreground, left to right: Pam Wilson, Kathy Tamulavage, Debbie Mann. Middle, left to right: Diane Kirk, Pat Hodoruk, Marta Graffy, Sue Mouat, Kathi Donnelly. Background, left to right: Carolyn Shaffer, Betsy Harris, Theresa Whann, Eileen Lavin, Eileen DiGregorio, Maryann Mazzafro, Linda Kopaczewskh

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FOLIO Foreground, left to right: Maryanne Heretyk, Kathe Fosbenner, Chris Woods, Pat Obelcz. Background, left to right: Bill Derbyshire, Chris Doyle, Dr. Thomas Lombardi, Ed Ulrich.

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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM Foreground, left to right: Sue Schoenberger, manager, Kathy McMahon, captain, Donna Mauro, manager.

Background, left to right: Mr. John McOwen, coach, Margaret M. Gronendahl, Pat Dockery, Mary Louise Thomas, Robin Tomkinson, Eileen Everling, Pat Hanney, Marianne Forst; not shown Chris Lorenz, Sue Smithgall, Mary Ellen Dealy.

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CO-EDITORS Ada Caamano Kathy McMahon Kathy Quigg

LAYOUT Gail Garberina Kathy Quigg Eleanor Simpson BUSINESS Julie Hargadon Mmi Patton COPY Ada Caamano

PHOTOGRAPHY Kevin Judd George Kocman STAFF Kathie Arnold Rise Chemey

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Eileen A. Agger, BSN Nursing

Janet S. Althouse, BA Social Work

Geraldine B Aiena BSN Nursing

Susan M. Apold, BSN

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Helen M. Abele, BSN Nursing

Eileen A. Agger, BSN Nursing

Geraldine B. Aiena, BSN Nursing

Susan M. Apold, BSN

Janet S. Althouse, BA Social Work

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Elyse M. Bartolozzi, BSN

Donnamarie Brennan, BA Elementary Education

Nursing

Denise A. Brosko, BA Elementary Education

Diana Brosko, BA Business Administration

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Christy A. Bujac, BSN Nursing

Maureen Burghart-Feeley, BSN Nursing

Coleen M. Casey, BS Medical Technology

Jan W. Buzydlowski,

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Lauren A. Casey, BSN Nursing

Carmel Rose M. Centrella, BA Elementary Education

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Kathleen Chinn, BA Social Work

Ralph A. Ciarroco, BA Elementary Education

Joann Chroboczynski, BA

Elementary Education

Donna J. Clopp, BA Elementary Education

Velia Rose Colombo, BSN Nursing

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Jeanne M. Conlin, BSN

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Diane L. Curtin, BA Elementary Education

Kathleen Conner, BSN Nursing

Donna M. Crouse, BSN Nursing

Debbie M. D'more, BA Elementary Education

Donna M. Degnan, BSN Nursing

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Samuel A. DeLeo, BA English/Communications

Linda DeLong, BA Elementary Education

Deborah A. Dick, BSN Nursing

John M. DiFeo, BA Elementary Education

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Jeannie Lynne DiBrino, BA

Biology

Isabelle T. Duffy, BSN Nursing

Lorraine C. Evans, BA Elementary Education

Loretta T. Felici, BA French

Jeanne M. Griffin, BSN

Maryann Grimaldi, BA Elementary Education

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Maureen E. Fitzpatrick, BA Elementary Education/Early Childhood

Patricia A. Hanney, BA History

Barbara A. Hassett, BSN Nursing

Linda J. Hayes, BA Elementary Education

Roxanne G. Hoffman, BSN Nursing

Lynne S. Jaquillard, BA Spanish 131

Sr. Irene Hoffman, BSN

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Patricia M. Kalinowski, BA Elementary Education

Ellen M. Kane, BA Elementary Education

Guy Klecker, BA Business Administration

Karen Kopertowski, BSN Nursing

Marjorie A. Kleidon, BA Elementary Education

James J. Konzelman, BA

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Denise M. Lahiff, BSN Nursing

Nancy Larovere, BA Spanish

Elizabeth A. Krajewski, BA Biology

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Marybeth R. Montgomery, BSN Nursing

Gail Mirijanian, BA Spanish

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Betty M. Nutting, BA History

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Lisa Panaccio, BSN Nursing

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Josephine I. Raspanti, BA

Roberta

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Susan B. Ricci, Spanish

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