e Vol. 3, No . 7
Salve Regina College, Newport, R. I.
April 1950
S. R. C. Drama And Frosh Dance Steal News Spotlight For April Dramatic suspense in three acts will characterize the Regina Players' first pub lic play which will be staged in conjunction with some local talent at St. Mary's Academy, Riverside, on April thirty . Set in Switzerland at the beginning of World War II, LETTERS TO LUCERNE cen ters around a girls' boarding school. The students form a diminutive United Nations themselves. They are from America , England, France, Poland, and Germany . Un der the protection of their wise school mistress they are living an almost idyllic life when the war bursts around them . Then , even the headm istress cannot prevent the hysteria and contention which results from conflicting emotion of patriotism and friendship . The German girl' s letters proclaim the advance of the Reich. Her brother receives the iron cross for 'bravery' in a bombardment on Warsaw in which his fiancee, the Polish girl, loses her family . Only at the end do we discover what his bravery consisted of. The players are campaigning for an audience large enough to fill Bayview auditorium. On its production in New York, the Daily News reviewed LETTERS TO LUCERNE as, " the first of the newer war dramas to command serious atten tion ."
Here's What It looks like . .
says Marilyn Andrade to Janet MacDonald, Charlou Maroney, Carol Higgins, Catherine Hawkins, and Dolores O ' Neil , members of the Freshman dance committee. To achieve a general 'April Showers' theme for the annual Freshmen Court Cotillion, all committees under the general chairmanship of Miss Dolores O ' Neill are making great progress. The committee on decorations will set up a spring garden ~ urrounded by a white picket fence at one end of ·;·he Great Hall. Watering cans, parasols, and gardening tools among the flowers will further heighte n the springlike effect. Still in a
'showery' spirit, they plan to use a bubbling fountain surrounded by flowers , as the centerpiece for the refreshment table . In the shape of a parasol, the programs will repeat the design of the silver parasol charm on the charm brace let which they plan for favors . Since a new charm can be added to the bracelets for each danc e , at graduation everyone can have a permanent remembrance of her danc e s.
Miss Martha O'Rourke Assumes Role of Princess; Represents R. I. at Annual Cherry Blossom Festival Representing the smallest of the fortyeight states, Miss Martha O ' Rourke , Salve Regina College Sophomore, recently attended the Cherry Blossom Festival at Washington, D. C. Marty, as she is more familiarly known, was selected as a Princess, and whisked away to the cap ital for a whirlwind weekend, climaxed by the crowning of a Festival Queen . To Marty this was the unbelievable realization of a dream, which would open the magic casements to a royal world of festivities . Attired in her gossamer gown of aqua organdy, Marty, along with her sisterPrincesses, made her public bow at a reception in the Senate Caucus Room . Many members of Congress, and others prominent in Washington society, were present to fete the roy a I representatives. Adding to the festive air were the
flowers and plants from the Botanical Gardens, and music furnished by the Marine Corps Band . Highlight of the evening was the selection of the Cherry Blossom Queen , which was determined by a spin of the " Wheel of Fortune" . Marty, escorted by a me mber of t he armed services, also was present at the lunch which was held at the Hotel Statl er on the following morning. After a series of teas, dances, and receptions, Princess Marty' s sojourn was highlighted by the breath-taking Cherry Blossom Festival Pageant with its gaily decorated floats, and community sing ing . Now that the Cherry Blossom Festival is a thing of the past (and a joy ·f orever to Marty ), the Princess' " royal robe" has been put away along with a host of mem ories of that royal week e nd .