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 .
FLOTSAM ...
!J{e is !Risen With the words of the angel to Mary Magdalene re-echoing in our ears, we come to the end of another penitential season of Lent.
Once more with joyous
Death's Dark Hand Takes Flop Away; Mystery Envelops Disappearing Lamb
alleluias we throw off our purple shrouds of deep mourning and greet the Risen Christ.
.. and JETSAM
He is risen!
Death no longer has dominion over Him . In His death
Quarterlies are over . . . .
is our hope.
the proximity of Easter vacation is an ever-cheering thought, and yet we slump along corridors with down -cast eyes and sagging lower lips. Why? You remember our two pet gold fish. Well , Flip is doing well, but Flop has departed to the spiritual haven for Unfortunate Fish . Stella Matutina will never be the same . R. I. P. P.S. Any modern Miltons, wishing to submit an elegy in honor of the above, shall be given special atten tion and space in the forthcoming issue .
A few short weeks ago the hymn of the Church was ' Gloria in Excelsis Deo" sung by an angelic choir to herald the birth of man 's Redeemer . On Holy Saturday the Church sings, " 0 happy fault to have merited such a Redeemer and on Easter Sunday She cries with the angel hosts at the tomb, " He is risen . He is not here ." It is a new Incarnation of a Crucified Savior . The message of the Easter season is hope, a strong virile hope . As Christ is risen from the dead in the newness of life, so may we hope for a like resurrec tion . This is a resurrection from the just ordinary state of hundreds of Catholic college students to something a little bit better, a little more noble, a little more imbued with that Christopher spirit- the Christ bearer spirit- the bearer of Christ's hope to a discouraged and despairing world , so that its tiny light there may cast out the darkness of the tomb and raise the world to that newness of life which is in Christ. The battle cry of the Catholic College girl, filled with the spirit of Christ's Resurrection, is " In Thee 0
Lord have I
hoped ."
fDon't Laugh Jlt {J.zandma Can we afford to laugh at hats worn by past genera t ion style -setters? On Easter morn Grandma and her crowd will be snickering in fine style as the walking cherry baskets come drifting by . Whole orchards and watermelon patches have been pruned to decorate madame's chapeau, not to mention leafy sprays which have been left attached to attain a two-fold goal - create that careless, willowy look and prevent anyone from crowding you o n the uptown bus . And , of course, there is the outdoor type who has recently returned from a hunting trip and rather than throw the feathers away, has adorned her cranium so that she looks as if she and Frankie Laine had split up their toll of wild geese . Next we come to the array made especially for the sophisticate who considers her \¡aste neither huit nor fowl. For her there is the drape, which may also be used as an arm-sling in case of accident, or the picture hat, a miniature beach umbrella fashioned for the northerners who wish to captivate Miami Beach a1r . Lastly we note the perambulating petunia, who smiles coyly from beneath a wild growth of poesies which appear to have been grafted from some un known species of jungle fungi . Most of these, of course, must be gracefully cam ouflaged by ten yards of veiling (the minimum ) so that the male may be fascinated by the multitude of clouds seen promenading sunny avenues. Grandma may well say, " She who laughs last, laughs loudest."
We also have it ... that some of Harriet Atamian ' s room -mates caused a great deal of mental distress to their victim a few weeks ago when they very cruelly hid a pet lamb (stuffed, that is, lest a reader should think we ' re taking in irrational boarders) and almost drove Harriet to the edge of the cliff in desperation . Something new has been added ... to Pat Byrne's latest ensemble. The girl now carries a bamboo walking stick.
Margy Parker ... has written a book entitled THE PERILOUS ADVENTURES OF A STUNT ARTIST. First hand information was obtained after an informal interview with one of those daring and dashing entertainers while crossing the Mt. Hope Bridge.
The cheerful greeting was " Hello, Teachers," in answer to which the " teachers" blushed, stammered, and felt greatly elated. P.S. One progressive young gentleman even asked " teacher" for a kiss.
The neat sum . .
of $15 was added to the worldly wealth of Pat Byrne when The Ladies Home Journal paid her for an article she se nt to th em.
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A Byronic collar do I wear, Tied with a Byron-like tie. My thoughts rise up like Shelley's With a skylark to the sky . I carry too, a broken heart For Annabelle and Poe ; A marijuana cigarette For De Quincy, drugs and woe. Upon my head , Medieval cap For Chaucer and his tales; And I live in Newport, by t he sea For Melville with his whales. A well-bound book of Shakespeare' s plays Are with me week by week . The " mighty line" of Tambur/aine At seminar we squeak . Weighty tomes and tired eyes, I study, analyze and read; With all the work I have to do, I' m on the shelf, like the books I read!
Ebb-Tide
The receipt of a certain letter .. . a few weeks ago caused
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a great deal of excitement in the vicinity of Ann Foran . sometimes have a very disturbing effect. Disturbing both to the consumer and those chancing to be around . Charlou Maroney will be glad to answer any questions concerning such an affliction.
Assistant Editors Rita Belanger Catherine Hogan Joan Danis Jean Judge
The education classes
Maiori e Ackroyd Patricia Dooley
have recently been doing practice work in schools close by, with the result that one afternoon a while back, a few of the " pupils" happened to be walking down the avenue behind three of th eir "instructors" - wearing bobby -sock s.
Editor-in-chief Patricia Byrn e
Staff Reporters Ann logan Jayne Mycroft Marguerite John son Patricia Whelan Delia Landi Grace Woods Exchange Editor Circulation Manager Barbara O ' Rourke Margaret Feye Art Editors Advertising Manager Ann Herbert Ann Marie Cotter Norma Haronion Typists Barbara Barry Joan Shugrue Jacqueline Beaupre
New Officers Elected As Student Body And Classes Hold Ba I loti ng
Miss Lucille Harrington Interprets Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins One of S. R. C. 's favorite lecturers, the literary authority, Miss Lucille Harrington, will have a return engagement at the college on April twenty -one. Miss Harrington , head of the English department of Roslindale High School in Massachusetts, has addressed the students on two previous occasions; at both times she was enthusiastically received. Catholic Thought in Current Literature was her topic last March. At that time she pointed out that the trend in modern literature is toward a sound philosophy, high morals, and excellent style . In 1948 she spoke to the students of the summer school on Dante's DIVINE COMEDY.
Vulcania Sailing Starts TSF On European Tour Very soon our diminutive dynamo and executive secretary Miss Teresa S. Fitzpatrick will descend on Europe with all her charm, energy, and delightful savoir fa ire . The Vulcania sailing from New York will be the first step in her hegira . She will visit the Holy City of course, Florence, London, and all the various places of special interest to Catholics. Miss Fitzpatrick will renew old acquaintance with her many friends in the old world . We look forward to next year when we will enjoy vicariously all the high points of her Holy Year pilgrimage . We anticipate with a great deal of pleasure hearing her re-actions given in her own illim itable way . The good wishes of the sisters and the students follow Miss Fitzpatrick on her in teresting voyage .
Gerard Manley Hopkins will be the subject of Miss Harrington's lecture this year . This noted Catholic poet is known as one of the ancestors of modern poetry . Hopkins' verse, like that of Eliot and Browning, is extremely obscure to the layman . However, once understood, his poetry will be found to reveal a singular and haunting beauty. It is hoped that Miss Harrington will guide us to a fuller comprehension and appreciation of the difficult verse of Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Luncheon Bridge Cuts Yearbook Costs for '51 A mother's club has developed at Salve Regina for the purpose of helping students with student activities. Their first project on banding together, a luncheon bridge, will help defray expenses on the first, the 1951 yearbook. Cards- bridge, canasta, whist-anything anyone wants to play will be the order of Saturday, April twenty-nine. Instead of the clatter of golf clubs, the Metacomet of Providence will resound with the clatter of female tongues. Mrs. William Arnold is general chairman, and is assisted by Mrs . N. H. Heronion and Mrs. J. J . Cotter, in charge of the special feature. Table prizes are being handled by Mrs . H. I. Roberts and Mrs. J . Testa, while Mrs. J . D. Mclaughlin and Mrs. R. Walsh collect door prizes.
The cafeteria was the scene of the voting for student government officers for the tenure of the next school year. The results were : president, Jane Murphy ; vice-president and Sodality prefect, Mary Cahill; secretary, Marjorie Ackroyd ; and treasurer, Loretta Ross. The outcome of the class elections for the coming academic year was also an nounced. The slate of the Senior class is : Jane Mycroft, president; Jean Judge, vice-president; Lucy Roberts, secretary ; and Barbara O ' Rourke, treasurer . The Junior class named Joan Shugrue as presi dent, with Patricia Sullivan as vice-presi dent; Barbara Barry, secretary; ond Mary Fran O ' Hare, treasurer. In the Sophomore balloting Ann Collins was elected president; Mary Fitzgerald , vice-president; Catherine Hawkins, secretary; and Mau reen Oates, treasurer.
Mr. Gerald Hayes Presents Illustrated Lecture On Rome Gathered During Pilgrimage Mr . Gerald Hayes, a member of the personnel department of the National Shawmut Bank in Boston , will present an illustrated lecture on Rome at Salve Regina College, April twenty-three. Traveling with Archbishop Cushing on a pilgrimage to Rome, Mr. Hayes was able to compile a varied and informative assortment of illustrations which many in the vicinity of Boston have had the opportunity to enjoy. Intensely interested in visiting various nations, Mr. Hayes also completed a pilgrimage to Ireland last September .
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Peace Federation Plans May Convention at P.C. Providence College will be host to the annual convention of the New England Catholic Student Peace Federation scheduled for May six. The Federation is an intercollegiate organization for the better enlightenment of students in international relations for the promotion of international peace . Tentatively the morning session of the congress will feature a prominent speaker who will discuss some phase of the Russian question. Later three panels, each con ducted by a student speaker, will take place . Ann e Logan will direct one of the panel discussions. In the evening there will be a dance . The enti re program will be arranged with the help of Presiden t Daniel Sullivan of P. C. and Vice -president Jane Murphy of Salve Regina . Any col lege student is welcome to attend the Congress .
Mr. Smith Gives Lecture To Commerce Departmenti Aids The Future Secretaries " G enerally speaking a good secretary must be one who can take bossing gracefully" , said Mr . George Smith , speaking to the Commerce Department on what a business man expects of his secretary. Enumerating other necessary qualities of neatness, good taste in dress, enthusiasm for work, tact, and punctuality, along with a good memory, and the ability to develop adminstrative qualities he continued with his topic . " Top management cannot afford to ad vance to a position of trust and confidence a person who associates with people who do not conduct themselves properly in public places," the speaker went on to say. What social life a secretary has outside of business is just as important to her character as the impression she makes during her working time and has a great bearing on her advancement .
Members of Home Ec. Class Sponsor Silver Tea Viewing Extensive Study of Silverware The members of the Home Economics class sponsored a Silver Tea in the dining room at Ochre Court on March eight. An extensive study of silverware from trading coins of the " Easterlings" to the hall -m ark of the modern silversmith was made by members of the Home Economics class . Proud possessors of heirloom silver loaned their treasures to club members for exhibition . Items included baby spoons and tea sets bearing baronial coats -ofarms. Mr. C. V. Harrigan, an authority on quality silver, lectured on points of appr eciation and identification . Guests and club members tasted tea brewed in two hundred year old tea pots. Pourers were Miss Mary Donovan and Miss Patricia Sullivan .
NFCCS Regional Convention Opens With Workshops The Fourth Annual New England Regional Convention of the National Federation of Catholic College Students will be held on April 21 , 22, and 23, 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts. The theme chosen for the Congress ·i his year is: " Order of the Day: Catholic Living ." The Congress will open Friday evening in th e Copley Plaza Hotel with His Excellency, the Most Reverend Richard J. Cushing, Archbishop of the Diocese of Boston, as guest speaker. Panel workshops will be held Saturday at Boston College. Providence College and Salve Regina College will co-chair man the Forensic Panel. Miss Marjorie Ackroyd will be the co -chairman from Salve Regina . Miss Jane Murphy and Miss Anne Logan will participate in a model debate in the morning session of the ponel, and Miss Patricia Fox will speak on " The Value of a Knowledge of Parliamentary Proceedure" in the afternoon session . The Glee Club of Salve Regina has been chosen ·io sing at ·;· he opening Friday evening. Miss Theresa K. Walsh, Glee Club President, will be ·i he accompanist. On Saturday evening, ·the second in a series of Public Service Lectures sponsored by the NFCCS will present Mr . John Julian Ryan of Boston College as guest speaker .
R. I. Colleges Arrange Foreign Students Forum At a monthly meeting in Providence, March twenty-one, delegates to the Collegiate Affairs Council of Rhode Island discussed the possibility of conducting a forum sometime in the near future made up of foreign students now attending colleges in R. I. The purpose of the forum will be to have natives of other countries give their various reactions to college life in the United States and to compare it with a student' s life in their own country. Grace Woods will discuss British Honduras.
P.C. Cameras "Shoot" Latest RIIPA Meeting Photographs for pub I i city purposes were one of the many projects put in motion at the April meeting of the Rhode Island Intercollegiate Press Association. As the executive board of senior and junior delegates assembled at Providence College, Walter Little, photographer for The Cowl, took a series of shots of the group in action . When developed, copies are to be sent to all member colleges for distribution through local publicity chan· nels. Whil e the name of RIIPA is before the public ey e, student speakers will be telling high-school journalism groups of the third annual convention at Bryant, Saturday, May six . One of the functions of Rhode Island 's press group has been guidance aid to journalistically inclined high-school seniors.
April Ushers In Convention Spirit/ As Faculty Prepare For Forums In New England During the month of April religious from all over New England will attend conventions held in various colleges in order to gain additional knowledge in their fields. Conducted in a spirited manner, general meetings attended by all and afternoon group meetings will enable each person to approach particular problems in a concentrated field . Those nuns who plan to attend these various conventions are: S. M . Martina, S. M . Constance, S. M . Martha, S. M. Mercedes, S. M . Kathleen, S. M. Jean, S. M . John Francis, S. M . Rose Agnes, S.M. Euphrasia, S. M . Augustine, and S. M. Evangelista.
Barbara O'Rourke Named New Senior Delegate To NFCCS Miss Barbara G. O ' Rourke, Salve Re· gina College Junior, has been chosen the new senior delegate to the NFCCS to fill an office which has been vacant for some time. An active campus member of the federation since her freshman year, Miss O ' Rourke also attended the National Convention in Philadelphia in 1948 and the Regional Conventions in 1948 and 1949.
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