During the 1950's, the Department continued it's quick growth. Press Day broght national and regional attention to the Department and school, and, pusuing a policy of expansion, Journalism continued to grow. High schools weren't the only ones being drawn to the St. Bonaventure Journalism Department; other colleges, namely Canisius, and instructors attended the summer program at the university, learning how
Jandoli himself began to see an increased profile nation and worldwide; in 1959, he was offered a teaching position at the University of Kabul. Despite the well-paid offer, Jandoli turned it down. His commitment to St. Bonaventure and his brain-child, the Department of Journalism, was too great
Additional classes, such as photography, industrial communications and typewriting were added and the Department continued to add more majors. For the first time, a graduating senior applied for and was accepted into graduate school in 1951, and in the 1958-59 academic year, four of the top 10 graduates were journalism majors.
However, there were obstacles holding the Department back as well. Jandoli had to constantly push for new technology for the upstart program, and the number of faculty couldn't keep up with the increasing enrollment. But such problems were to be expected of a department started from scratch and seeing an explosion of attention and growth. The Deparment of Journalism forged ahead into the 1960s.
The following is the concluding paragraph of Jandoli's report for the 1950-51 academic year
The following are statements of Jandoli's submitted in the mid-1950s