A legendary St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team and an SBU graduate who went on to a storied media career with the Buffalo Sabres are part of the Greater Buffalo Sports
ST. BONAVENTURE — “Wade in the Water,” the theme song for the golden era of St. Bonaventure basketball when coach Larry Weise roamed the sidelines, reverberated through the Reilly Center.
(Editor’s note: Following is the second in a three-part series on the great 1967-68 St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team, about which members of that team reminisced in an on-campus panel
From Exchange National Bank reaching toward the heavens to help housing homeless veterans, from bad news for the Bonnies to a Christmas made whole again, hereâs a look back on the week that was 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago on this edition of Turning Back the Clock.
1920
Dec. 21 â âAmericanizationâ classes are now underway in Olean, said Rovillus Rogers, director of Americanization work in this district. Classes have been formed at the Pennsylvania Railroad car shop in the early evenings three times a week. The first class had 64 men attend, learning civics, as well as a better grasp of English. Another 18 men in the locomotive shop are also learning. Two home classes for Syrian women have also been formed, and classes for Syrians, Italians and Poles are now in contemplation.