Canisius College

The images presented in the photo gallery below are taken from the Canisius College student newspaper, The Griffin. These pages represent campus life at Canisius during the tumultuous year 1942. 

The images are arranged chronologically from January through December, and depict the changes made in school schedules, classes, and students’ extracurricular life.  An attempt was made to present the historical documents with as little alteration as possible.  Some pages have been physically modified to allow lengthy articles to appear on one page, instead of the two on which they originally appeared. No alterations were made to content of the articles.

Articles can be found throughout The Griffin that illustrate the effects of war on the homefront. From turning corsages sold at a dance to "warsages" made of war bonds instead of flowers, to dispensations regarding fasting for Catholic defense workers, life for Canisius students inevitably became more involved in the war effort on the homefront.

Digitized images of the articles from The Griffin can be viewed by clicking on the thumbnails below.

1/9/42: A Thank you to the students from the Student Counselor for correspondence sent to Canisians in the service.	2/6/42: Announcement of three-year course at Canisius.	2/6/42: New courses offered by Physics and Math departments.
2/6/42:List of servicemen from Canisius as of this date.	2/20/42:Red Cross visits campus.	List of Servicemen from Canisius as of 2/20/42.
2/20/42: Fasting dispensation for War workers who work past midnight.	2/20/42:Alumni offer lectures on problems arising from the war.	5/1/42: This article puts upcoming exams in the context of civic duty.
5/15/42: Announcement of Summer School Sessions.	5/15/42: Canisians respond locally to the shortage of doctors and nurses during the war.	9/25/42:  Fr. J. Clayton Murray, S.J.'s first letter to the men in service for which he became well known and well loved.
10/9/42: Debut of new Science column occasioned by the war work done in Buffalo N.Y.	10/23/42: "Warsages" replace corsages at the Strohaver-Mendel dance.  These were corsages made of war stamps instead of flowers.	10/23/42:Request for current addresses on these Canisian servicemen.