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Silver Bells Herald Jubilee Tributes "May the blessing of Almighty God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost descend upon you and remain forever!" As Father Dill on turned at the end of Mass to bless al l who had joined with him in thanking God for the joys and blessing of his Silver Jubilee, these words were the fervent wish and pr:lyer of every Sister of Mercy for him as we knelt in our College • chapel. To us Father Dillon has been a loyal friend and disringu ished educator. He was first known to the Sisters in the early years of his priesthood as chaplain of Saint Xavier's Academy. There he gained the respect and esteem of both faculty and students. During his years of service to our country, his loyalty to the Sisters was always appreciated. When our college became a reality, Father assumed his work of chaplain with a priestly dignity always admired by those who know him. The faithful performance of his duties and his ardent piety give to all here at the College a greater love and
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realization of the nobility of the things of God. As an educator, those who have benefited from Father's rheology classes appreciate the new vista which Father gives to truths long known and practiced. His classes manifest to everyone his great knowledge and love of God, and the significance he places upon the least creature of God. We are sure that God will bestow blessings innumerable upon this priest who is admired and revered by all who know him. It is persons of his character that make a College campus truly a training ground in the Summum Bonum. This Silver Jubilee year and every year, the Sisters of Mercy will always express prayerful gratitude for the work accomplished by this distinguished priestFather Gerald Dillon. What a glorious tribute to God are these twenty-five years of apostolic work. It is om heartfelt wish that the silver may turn to gold!
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Contemporary Literature determines the extent of subject matter for the Workshop that will be con- Vol. 8, No. 1 SALVE REGINA COLLEGE ducted here from August 26-Augusr 31 by Sister Mary Cleophas, R.S.M., Ph.D. To afford an opportunity for teachers of English to become acquainted with some of the major figures in contemporary literature Juvenile delinquency will be the core of a Workshop held at Salve and the twentieth century literary Regina College from September 6-9 from 9:30 A. M. to 4:30 P. M. under theory which integrates their work rhe direction of Mr. Albert McAloon, Director of Public Health and Welis the prime purpose of this work- fare in Newport. shop. Correctional officers, probation officials and social workers throughout Participating in the offering of the state will be in attendance. The workshop will aim at a close cooperathe Holy Sacrifice of the Mass each tion between misguided or unguided youth and the adults who can aid morning, the students will inauguthem. To carry out this aim promirate rhe daily program for the nent men from the fields of psychiaWorkshop. During the morning try, medicine, and law will speak on session two classes will be held each various days. Origins of delinquenday and in the afternoon one class cy, physical and environmental facA piano recital given by Miss tors, preventive measures and corwill be held. Modern Poetry-Its Differences and Difficulties, The Margo Kilroy of Newport was heard rective procedures will form the Myths of the Twentieth Century, by the summer school students in basis of workshop activities. and Auden includes the matter for the Grear Hall on Thursday, July 28 Aiming at diminishing juvenile the opening day, Friday, August 26. at 8 p.m. delinquency, Mr. McAloon hopes, Miss Kilroy, a student of Rogers through the workshop, to provoke Diction and Device- Then and Now, Yare's Vision, and Hart Crane High School, was born in this city, a wide-spread interest on the part comprise the material for discussion April 2, 1939. Her musical edu- of those already in the field, and to on Saturday, August 27. On Mon- cation began with Miss Eunice Con- interest others in working with day, August 29, Pound's Innovation, ron, a former resident of Newport, youth against corruptional forces. Eliot's Commedia: The Waste Land, with whom Miss Kilroy studied for Mr. McAloon's interest in this and Robert Lowell will be taken up. three years. Four years ago she con- work is long-standing. His posiAsh Wednesday, The Four Quar- tinued studying with Miss Ellen I. tions during 18 years have been tets, and Dylan Thomas will be ex- N ason. Co-ordinator of Prevention of DeFor three consecutive years, Miss linquency in the Rhode Island Jupounded upon on Thursday, Aug·•· usr 30. Some Important Continen- Kilroy has won rhe auditions in the venile Court, Chairman on the tal Contemporaries, Verse Drama N:uional Piano Teachers' Guild. Newport Family and Youth CounI of the Twentieth Century, and The She has appeared in concerts at cil, reacher of Community Organi/ Integration of the Arts will be sub- Rogers High School over the local zation and Abnormal Psychology at mitted for consideration on Wed- radio station and with the Newport Rhode Island College of Education 1 nesday, August 31, the closing day Music Club. In addition to this, and various other posts of similar Miss Kilroy is a member of the character. His work as a public of the Workshop. Sister Mary Cleophas, R. S. M., Mozart Club in this city. speaker throughout New England Included among her selections is well known. Particularlv does Ph.D., the director of the Workshop, Couperin's "Windmills", Mr. McAloon address gro~1ps of is the Pres ident of Mount St. Agnes were: College and the Chairman of the Scarlatti's "Sonata in G", Beetho- reachers, youth leaders and ~ocial Humanities Division. Sister is a ven's "Largo D" and "Scherzo a workers. visiting lecturer in the English De- C, B, B, G", de Falla 's "Fire Dance", In undertaking the workshop itpartment at the Catholic University minor", Chopin's "Four Preludes, self, Mr. McAloon hopes to combat and Debussy's "Engulfed Cathedral'. the inroads of delinquency. · summer school.
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Lecturer Stresses Ideas of Pontiffs Workshop on Juvenile Delinquency On Religious Life
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To expound the papal concepts of a religious vocation was the purpose of a lecture given here by Reverend Stanley Gaines, 0. P., on July 20. Responding to the request of our present Holy Father, Father Gaines developed his remarks according to a five-point outline stressing that we have nor simply a call to follow Christ, bur also an invitation to answer that call in a specific religious institute. The basis for this five-point outline was the findings of noted Dominican scholars who, at the direction of their Father General undertook the compilation, from the writings of the Popes, of informamarion which would correct erroneous concepts of religious vocations found in books sent to the Holy Father. In addition to his work at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, Father Gaines is a retreat master for the Province of St. Albert the Great. A Providence College alumnus and a native of Woonsocket, Father Gaines has lectured to Sisters of Mercy in six American provinces. During the question and answer period which followed, Father explained the new curriculum being undertaken by the Sisters of Mercy at Xavier College in Chicago in cooperation with the Dominican Fathers.
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Novelty Painting Becomes Current Hobby at Salve If you have th e probl e m nf a Christmas li st or so me u nuti li zecl time , Siste r M a ry Aniccta, H.S./11. , wi ll b e able to offer a so hotion . Inte rested in th e newest hobl,y , Sister paints beautiful trays, wastepaper baskets, and desk b askets in matching patterns. Th ey arc n1adc ~~f bhtt:k en;.\, .1cl , e dged \Vit!; a Rn c gold li ne . In th e cen t e r of each , Sister is
Atmospheric Pressure I magine you rself in a panell e d room of a French c h atea u , trying to conce ntrate on an academic subject The bea u ti es of yo ur surroundings a lmost distract yo u from th e subject at hand. Add the coo l breezes of th e At lantic blowin g in , and you have th e u niq u e se ttin g of Salve R egina Coll ege Summe r Schoo l, a place of beauty for th e assim il ation of c ultmc.
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Newport Welcomes French Visitors Celebrations Re-Enact 1780 History
Art Students Visit School of Design Ae ~·o mpan i ecl b y Sister ~Ia · ) \l ereedes, R.S.M ., art instructor , m e mbe rs of th e summ e r session a rt c lass visited the Rhod e Island Schoo l o f D es ign ~ lu scum , ProYid ence, on Jul y 2.
Especia ll y inte rest ing to th e gro up was the Egyptian art ex hibit, since many class hours ;1rc spen t in st ud ying t hi s p h ase of th e worK. Among other exhib its vis ited were the 13aby lonian , C reek and Roman , ea rl y Christian and Romanesqu c art The c lass profited a lso frnm view in g works of the English school , th e Dircctoi re pe ri od ,,nd the oil paintin gs of th e co lonial peri 1 ~rn French artists' works, nam e ly ihosc of the Reno ir , Toulou sc- Lautrec, D egas, and others were v iewed.
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French fleet anchors in Newport H arbor! Rochambeau leads troops ro the aid of General Washington. France lends her support to American Revolution! Historic Newport of 1780 played host to French service men who repaid Calmness and serenity reigned at Salve Regina College. That is, they us by their aid in the American Revolution . Although there has been a passage of 175 years, Newport still shows her gratitude. Commemorating did until .. , , , , . , To you who are unfamiliar with summer sessions, may I offer a brief the landing of French troops under Count de Rochambeau , France aga in word of introduction. G athered here underneath the roof of Salve Regina sent her sons to our shores. Gun salu te> greeted the present French fleet, Newport for a second are Sisters from various parts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts ro increase Marquis de Rochambeau and the rime opened her heart and cemented their knowledge. Some scurry for the English department; ochers relive the harrowing experience and thrilling adven tures of rime long past; still Count and Countess de Lafayette an international bond! more hasten to "parlcz-vous" or who accompanied him. Newport "hab la espana!". A small minority hostesses entertained the French Small Fry betake themselves ro rhe business visirors borh formally and inforroom to further their experience mally with parties, dancing, sightwith secretarial procedures. It is seeing, a huge fireworks display and with this latter group that we are the Rochambeau ball at the Breakconcerned, for herein lies the reason ers. h I French sailors viewed scenes re- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sc 00 Daze for the disturbance of tranquil Salve enacting the part played by their The sister in Grade two sh uddered. Wouldn't the supervisor ask Regina College. Insignificant as it may sound, the ancestors in our American Revolu- rh:n' Every prayer in the book except one to Sr. Joseph, and what did word "Sound ex" is the disturbi ng tion. T;radirion has it that the French troops of 1780 were very she want? A prayer ro Sr. Joseph! A minute's tense silence, then a piping element. It has created a new system c f id entifica tion. Instead of the famuch impressed with Newport voice, "I know one, sister. Sweetheart of Mary, be my salvation." miliar, "Sister, did you find the belles. The g irls of today have kept There! Everyone knew the correct use of the predicate nominative. references?"; it's "L24 3, did you up that trad ition. Wherever the sailors from the Jean Bart appeared, Cloud seven was pink and comfortable until the dinner plate crashed. note that page?" From all sides come A540, T530, Fooling in line. Who was the culprit? "It was me," said a voice. "It was their welcome was assured. Climaxing the days of celebra- I," retorted the sister. "Well, it's all right with me if you want to take C645, A542 , W450 and as m :~ ny more combinations as there are Sis· tion was a low Pontifical Mass cele- rhe blame!" ters. For a full explanation of brated by Bishop McVinney on the steps of the Old Colony House. On A puzzled first grade frown. A serious problem. Mother said SISter Soundex, a book WQ!JJd be required. this site 175 years ago was said wore a ring because she was married to God. No, not a seat problem, H owever, ro all who would further their educ:~tion in the intricac ies of the very first Mass offered in Rhode sister. Just this. When you were married to God, did you go to heaven "Soundex", I recommend you to Island. Borh Bishop McVinney and Sil~t e r M ary Frederica-pardonthe French Chaplain, Rev. Ives Le for the wedding or did Jesus come to you? F 636. Bihan, praised the example of Grade five were intrigued by the history lesson. They were fighting friendship shown by the two nath e Revolutionary War. A good text, a crucial moment, a redcoat attack, tions. The Cygnet Before departing from Newport, and a pennant-minded sister with a Kathari ne Cornell voice read, "The groups of sailors visited Salve Regi- R ed Sox are coming!" published by na. Students and Sisters were on D aily an uninvited guest of 4 meandered arou nd our college chapel hand to guide their tour and enterSisters rain them. After American and at odd times. Privacy? There was none! No, his mother didn't mind of the French dances and a program of his coming. Perhaps the Mother sister wouldn't like it? Oh! a moment's musical selections, the sailors bade Summer Session deep thought. At last something struck home! Then, "Are there Father farewell to American friends. sister\ roo?" Truly, with this "invasion" of the 1955
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jMeet Miss Fleur-de-Lis Sheila McEnness Wins Paris Trip Chosen and crowned Miss Fleurde-Lis, Miss Sheila McEnness, a junior at Salve Regina College, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McEnness of this city, was awarded a trip ro Paris at the Newport Chamber of Commerce retail trade board dinner at the Hotel Viking ; on July 4. Miss McEnness was sponsored by rhe Newport Rotary Club, which heaped additi onal honors on her ] ar their last meeting. Presented with a check of $100 for "spendi ng money" in Paris by rhe retail board , Miss McEnness also receive::l a long list of gifts from the Newport merchants who sponsored d rhe contest. Leaving the plane fr om Boston 's :s Logan airport o n July 23, and ll scheduled to arrive in Paris on the following Sunday, Miss Fleur-de-Lis will be welcomed by a delegation arranged by the French embassy in ' Washington. She will be the guest of Mrs. Danielle de M ange of 75 Rue de :y Courcelles during her week's stay. A number of funcrions and sight:f seeing trips have been arranged for Miss McEnness in Paris.
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song." Time has stopped for teacher and student. We are subm erged in the eternal. In that consid eration physical weariness, helplessness, suffering and the harsh realiti es of this exile are softened and sanctified in the Will of Him "Who is our peace." That is as far as we have gone-from here to paradise. As tl-.e lesson ends, M arie with her quiet patience, fortitude, and disarming cheerfulness calls out, "Thank you, Sister. See you at two on Tuesday. D on't forger." Who could forget?
Would you like to make some money? Fast? A graph of the latest stock market ligures on the eraser industry shows 100 '/b increase in profits si nce Ju ne 27. A survey revealed the following reason for this increase. A group of Scive Regina summer school m usic m:~jors working in H armony find erasers especially usefu l in their attempt ro observe the ru les forbid .. ding the use of consecutive octaves and fifths. I t is fur ther understood that since these octaves and fift hs have a way of hiding themselves, the profits of the eraser industry will continue ro soar. Buy your stocks now, folks.
Ups and Downs of Homemaking Viewed by Uninvited Guest . . . . . Because I'm me, it has been my eager desire ro be a privileged fl y upon the H ome Economics Laborarory wall. Opp ortu nity knocks! From my exalted position I am amazed to see what constitutes A special a homemaker's life. luncheon is being prepared. Enterraining can be fun , but from the looks of things, it can also be frustrating. Here come Sister hostess, cooks and maid. Red hot stoves smile wide-mouthed awaiting their victim, white lights blink ro tell that all is well, and bells ring merrily to an nounce that another angel cake has been perfected. Sister hostess escorts her guests to the diner. The Biltmore has nothing on this! Cue one: Sister hostess unfolds her napkin. Life for Sister maid is full of ups and downs. Up with course one, down with course two! My eye is caught by something to the left. It seems robe a 3D display. A bulletin board which looks almost
alive! Fashions on Parade! H aven' t seen anythi ng so "sm art" since I flew over Fifth Avenue Easter Sunday morning. But look! The eyes of one of these efficient housekeeprs have lighted on me. Alas! I must depart if I wish to continue my observation elsewhere!
Theology Students Probe Ha ppiness In Human Life Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is a phrase that has passed the lips of millions of people. T he Theology class at Salve R egina is diligently studying rl1e pursuit of happiness. They are quire busy scrutinizing just what m akes an act human , the m orality of st:ch acts, and the norm of that morality. The secret of findin g and attaining this happ iness, which all the world p ursues, is to conform each deliber:aely control led act to Div ine Re:~ son and human reason. Ou tside of this there can onl y be the pursuit of an elusive dream.
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Novelty Painting Becomes Current Hobby at Salve If you have the problem of a Christmas list or some u nu tili zcd time , S iste r Mary Aniccta , R.S .l\1. , wi ll he ab le to o ffer a so l1 •tion .
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Among oth e r exh ibits v is it ed were the Baby lonian , Cree k and Rom a n , earl y Christian and Homan eStJUe a rt. Th e c lass profit ed a lso from v iewing works of th e En glish school, the D irectoi rc p e riod ,,n d th e oil pa intings of th e co lonial peri 1 2rn French a r t ists' works, namel y ihosc o f the Henoir, To ul ousc-La u trec, D ega s, and oth ers w e re v iewed. T o co mplete t h e ri e lcl trip, th e c lass also visited th e stude nt ex hibits in i11 dustrial >1<\. D es ig n ex hibits using mate rial s su c h as rope, h1 •111n
French Fleet Invades Salve Regina; Coun terattack Ma de With Bunny Hop N ot Paris in the spring, but Newport in the summer! Certain members of the French navy had a treat in store for them . Arriving in the city on ] uly 9, they found that Newport wou ld do her best to welcome them. Inv itations pre::.sed in. Among other spots of interes t, on the afternoon of July 11 , they visited Salve R egina College. Bei ng one of a gro up of sisters studying at the Coll ege, I can safely say that the annou ncement of the coming visit of the French navy came upon us as a novel idea. A French fleet! W e had one major problem. As most of us could trace our ancestry back tc the Emerald Isle, what ab ili ty we did have with the French tongue was not very fluent. Needless to say, part of our preparation consisted in learning such things as "Bonjour, mes am is" from the sisters more talented along rhat line. When the doorbell r:111g to annou nce their arriva l, we were gathered in the Great H all to make
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Stu d ents Register In Varied Courses
With the registration of fortynine students, thirty-three relig ious and sixteen lay students, the 195 5 summer session of Salve Regina Parabolas and Hyperboles Coll ege opened. Coming from Pennsy lvan ia, New Engross Math Students York, and Massachusetts, rhese stuT o engage the attention of some dents work in different fields of of the summer school students two concentrat ion. Theology class, which courses in mathem:~tics , An.·tlytic h :~s the largest enrollment with Geomelry (/1/d Th eory of Equrttions, twenty-fo ur students, examines the are given each day by Sister M. Rose field of the moral Ia w and com · mand ments. Hisrory, exploring the Agnes, R. S. M . Stressi ng the practica l as well as vistas of Modern Europe; English, theoretica l value of analyt ic geome- exam ining the Divine Comedy and try, Sister M. Rose Agnes intro- Modern American Poets; and Mathduces th e Math students tO the ematics, solving the problems of secrets and intricac ies of the p ara- Analytical Geometry and Th eory of bola, hyperbola, and e llipse. Stu- T!qlfcttions, are the next largest dents find that the properties of the classes. Cou rses in the Romance Lanparabola are the bases for the construCtion of such parts as automo- guages, in Latin, in business pracbile head ! ights and reflecting tele- tice, in music, and in Home Ecoscopes, while the hyperbola is useful nomics with its practical laborarory applica tion are also scheduled. in range findi ng.
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"The Sister-Foundation Conferences seek the advancement of the religious, culmral, and professional formation of sisters on pre-service and in-service levels." Such is the purpose of this committee as stated and accepted by the College and University Department of the National Catholic Educational Association. Originating in the work of a voluntary subcommittee of rhe N. C. E. A., the committee was empowered at the Kansas City Convention in 1952 to address a questionnaire With the eyes of the world fo- to the General Superiors of all cused on Geneva, the history stu- teaching communities in the United dents feel capable of act ing as side States. The prescribed purpose of line adv isors ro the Big Four meet- this project was the gathering of ing. Hindsight is a precious g ift exact data on conditions and probfor determining what in the past lems in Sist er-Education, and the proved faulty, bu t our courses in bringing of these findings to the Modern European History m ake us attention of superiors and compealmost experts on past treaties and tent ecclesiastical and educational alliances. authorities. What will Russia do now in At the Atlantic City Convention, 1955? What did she do in the days April, 1953, the existing survey of Cather ine the Great and i\lexancommittee on Sister-Formation was der the I? Will France and England approved with the suggestion that league rogether? As the 20th centhe committee be enlarged by the tury has b-een the "era of friendship" addition of a representative from in the Anglo -French relatio nships, all interested communities, and that one can hope for the best. What of the committee be empowered to the Uni ted Stares? Maybe we are sponsor exploratory regional conprejudiced, but the hours of research fere nces at interested institutions. spent in the library by the hisrory Further attempts at organization stu dents fail to unearth a denial of were suggested and approved at the the fact that our beloved country 1954 Chicago convention. It was stands roday as the number one decided to conform to the idea of power of the world. If the Geneva Conference is as the N .C.E.A. regional divisions and to hold conferences in con junction successful as our hi srory dasses with these regional meetings. have proved usefu l and interesting, Working as an integrating body, we can be assured th:~t the outcome the survey committee was authorwill equal if not surpass the Conized to draw up a program for disgress of Vienna. cussion on major issues, suggesting that rhe regional committees adapt these programs to the special needs of their areas. This plan was apSummer sessions are offering to proved as a temporary guide. students the works of great writers The first series of conferences of French, Spanish, and Latin liter- was held in all the areas from at ure. November through J anuary 1955. In French, the first course on All followed the same pattern; nineteenth century drama shows the namely, explanation of the Sistervarious trends from roman ticism to formation movement, definition of symbolism as they affect the theater. the ecclesiastical directives for the French contemporary works of the education of religious, a comparatheater and novel introduce the stu- tive study of the courses of study dents to such writers as Mauriac, for orders of men and women. Saint-Exupery, and Cocteau. Each region has as the topic of One Spanish class is studying the the second conference "The Integra· dramas of the Golden Age. The tion of the Spiritual and lntellec· other, Cervantes' "Novelas." Since tural Elements in the Formation of Cervantes is noted for producing Sisters." It is to be handled by a the most univ ersal works, his satires main speaker with a p~1nel discm· on the socia l classes of the time are sian by a psychologist, a professor applicable tO modern day. of sisters, and a vicar of religious. Wi rh the study of Cicero's essays Sister Mary Constance, R .S. M., is on "Old Age" and "Friendship", and chairman of the New England Livy's story of the Punic wars, Latin regional conference which will be students again see human nature in its greatness and its meanness re- held under the auspices of Salve maining unch a n~ed thro ugh the Regina College on November 25, 26. At present S. M. Constance and centuries. Listening to recordings of the her committee are planning a prodramas being studied aids in the gram to present to the National appreciation of the mas ters. Commit-tee for approval.
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