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Poetic Em is sa ry Merges Pleasure - Instruction

In Reading Recital Under the direction of Mr. Hugh J. C. Mackarness, eminent English lecturer, a reading -recital will be conducted at Salve Regina College on Friday, October twenty. Graduated from Oxford University, Mr. Mackarness has proven "the versatility of his talents as writer, social worker, pol itician, soldier, and literary artist. In 1929 he was invited to lecture in Canada and the United States, where thousands of listeners were captivated by his interpretation of the beauty and spirit of poetry. Returning to America after a prolonged absence, Mr . Mackarness has devoted all his efforts lecturing to students in various educational institutions. For his initial appearance at the college, he has chosen for his topic " Wit and Humor in English Poetry", which will be offered in an unusual and d istinctive style. 1 1 In eager anticipation, the students of (f

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a keener appreciation of literature . Mr . Mackarness' balanced recitals in the past are evidence that this anticipation will re sult in fruitful realization.

Bishop Caps Nurses; Honor Students Feted

OH! NURSE. Th ese are SRC nu rses . S. Prke, E. Schwe nk , B. Block, A. He aney, T. Fa ria , B. Moriarty and M. A. Bo lton .

Courses Complete as New Students Arrive Forming the fourth Freshman class to enter Salve Regina College, thirty-three new students enrolled on Sunday, September ten. Among those registering for the class of ' 54, two Chinese and three Colombian students joined with girls hom New Eng land and surrounding states to mark the memorable occasion . New additions to the faculty include Sister Mary Venard, R.S.M., Sister Marie Therese, R.S.M., and Sister Mary Phil e mon, R.S.M.

Cosmopolitan Touch At Salve Regina As Five Foreign Students Arrive "Saludas amigas" is our greeting to our new Latin American students- Rosario Martinez, Nora Borrero, and Ligia Vesga . lacking the proper Chinese salutation, we nevertheless offer a hearty " Hi and welcome" to our Virginia Li and Yin -Cheng Djuh . The senoritas from south of the border make their home in Barranquilla, Colombia, and have been acquainted with e ach other since childhood, although attending different schools. "Engl ish, it ees so difficult" is their plaintive plea. With only a slight command of the spoken language when first arriving , they have amassed quite an active vocabulary and are rapidly becoming fluent conversaltionalists . Perhaps their eagerness to learn is the prime impetus to

th e ir progress. Assiduously they pour over ·::1eir Spanish-English dictionary i·o acquire a larger vocabulary . On occasions they produce little notebooks containing lists of words they are mastering . Members of the Junior class, they are taking the com me rc e course to prepare them for work which has a large demand for maste ry of both English and Spanish . Virginia Li is our pretty Freshman from Canton, China . Many of us who have admired her oriental clothes, strikingly beau tiful with delicate color and design , will be ~ urprised to learn that Virginia is her own designer and dressmaker . Soft spoke..,, she will shyly tell a little about he r l'fe in China, the devastation of war, a nd of her two years in Illinois at a Sacred Heart Academy.

Capping of the stud e nt nurses, a wa rd ing of fourrageres , and the annou ncing o f the Dean 's List highlighte d i he Ho no rs Convocation at Salve Re g ina Coll e g e on Se ptembe r '1wenty-six. The program open e d with o p rocessional of faculty, guests, and stu dents, attir e d in caps and gown s. Afte r asse mbling in the Great Hall , ·rhe g rou p marched ·;·o the te rrace wh ere jhe y :;ang th e National Anthem . Right Re verend Monsignor Will iam Dillon , D.D., princi pa l speaker at the convocation , add resse d the asse mbly . Functionalizing Edu ca tio n was the topic of his speech . Reverend Dr. Gerald F. Dillon , cha plain of the colleg e , announce d th e De an 's list and the names of th e re cipi e nts of th e fourrageres . The Most Re vere nd Ru sse ll J. McVinney, D.D. award e d th e d e co ra·iio ns and Sister Mary Augustin e, R.S.M., he ad of the Nursing depa rtm e nt a t jhe coll e ge, bestowe d caps o n i·he stud en t nurse s. Th e Bishop gave th e final add ress 11 nd his blessing . At ·;·he conclusion o f i he ce remo nies Bi shop McVinn e y offered Sol e mn Be nediction in th e colle g e chape l. The honor stud e nts a re .J e an .J ud ge, Katherin e Price, Loretta Ro ss, Pa tr icia Fox, Barbara McAndrew, Mary Lou ise Bu rckhart, Cathe rine Hawkins, Ma rjor ie Ac kroyd, and Jane Murphy . The nurses will return to St. Jose ph 's hosp ital to finish th e ir train ing a nd retur n in two years to the coll e g e to g radu a te .

Students Celebrate Traditional Mercy Day in College Chapel Me rcy Day was cel e brate d be aut ifull y and simply with in the chape l o n Fr ida y, Se ptembe r twenty two, at e le ven o' clock . The traditional procession and p resen tation of flowers at Our Lady's Sh rine was reverently e nacted to t he stra ins o f th e hymn, " Loved Mothe r" . Fo ll owin g the presentation of Hewers a nd the re cita l of th e Act of Consecration , Re vere nd G erald F. Dillon delive red his annual se rmon in honor of Our Lady of Me rcy . Th e hym n, "To You Our Blessed Mothe r" , followed Father Dillon's address. The program was conclud e d with Benediction, and the closing hy mn , " Sa lve Regina ".

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Sometime during the summer you may have listened to the United Nations Sessions. If you did, your blood probably boiled when you heard the suave, ·;-reacherous voice of the Russian representative, Jacob Malik. You and every other American recognized ·;·he ~-hreat of war contained in his verbal attack on ·;·he United States. We hope ·;·hat ;here will not be another war, but we know that there will never be absolute peace and freedom until Russia is converted . Our Lady herself assured us of this fact. And how will Russia be converted? Only through our prayers; ·; here is no other way . What more appropriate ·t ime can be ·iound ~han this, Our Lady 's month, ·f or Catholic •: ollege :; tudents to start a drive to convert Russia through ;·he Rosary . Remember ·1 hat each of us is capable of :;hoping the fate of the world ·through our prayers.

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have communism or christianity? War or peace? It' s up to us!

<:iYzeshmen - - !J{elfo - Though the sacrifice is great, we gladly :Jbandon our scholarly pursuits and devote what little energy we still retain to exten ding ·rhe welcome mat. With our coke bottles on high we salute you, ·1 he last, but not least members of our collegiate family . With your arrival we place another glowing candle on our campus cake; one that we hope you will burn at both ends. You are more than a group of eager-faced, friendly Freshmen .... you are completion, the spirit of '54; a strong link in the chain that has been forged . Four years and ·five thousand books ago we, 'loo, underwent the same wonderful, but harassing ex perie nce of " Freshmania ", so let us assure you that it isn 't fatal. This is your beginning, t he first chapter in your book of achievement . .. . of priceless memories; " yours for the taking ". We have blazed a trail here together, we offer you ·f riendliness, collective action, and sincerest wishes that you shall broaden it.

Musical Debut; Old Pals Meet

Gregoire Gourevitch-

Mercy Day Observance

Honors Convocation

Piano Recital

The short summer days . . .

ny McGuiness acquired a ukelele, with all due respect to Arthur Godfrey . Mary Cahill has made an earnest request ·chat she be allowed to sing a solo with the new accompaniment.

While we're on the musical theme, ... Anne Cotter and Bobby Brothers are seriously consider ing offering their vocal talents t o the Glee Club. The latter also •:Jcci dentally bumped into Flo Mclaughlin when both were vacationing in Bermuda ·;·his summer.

Pat Byrne . . . continued her Canadian research in fossilized rock and one Jack Feeley . Charlou Maroney also had a very interesting summer . .. with even more interesting results. Could be that the addition of a pin will cause a great deal of conversation about Annapolis?

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now are in the past and we are all back again ·;·o begin or resume our scholastic endeavors. But, though winter draws on, \he events of ·;·he last few months will not be forgotten, among them a few of the foL lowing bits of information overheard in the usual chatter marking a new year.

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Right now this command reminds all fans of t he very tight pennant race . Whatever team holds your preference, you must admire th e spirit ·that has pulled the Red Sox from their summer slump into t heir present chance at the pennant and world series. A generous amount of this spirit of teamwork was shown recently to the fans . So that Goodman and Williams might remain in the line-up, .Johnny Pesky has voluntarily offered to sit on the bench for the rest of the season . A good player himself, Pesky willingly sac rifices his personal fee lings so that his team might have the best possible chance of clinching t he pennant . In the course of th e year here at school we, ·;·oo, may ·find a situatio n w here our personal ·feelings .:onf1ict with the good of " our team ." If we are really " playing ball " for the greater good of all , our own personal ideas will be benched in order \hat " our team " may come out on ·top . Our motto for 19501951 , " Play ball!"

. namely Pauline, Yolanda, Blan ca Castillo ·::md .Jacqueline Bulger, are very busily engrossed in a new pastime-- the making of sweaters and afghans. Put in an early bid and you may get one.

Norma Haronian . . . who recently gave a going-away party for Gerry before he left for Georgetown, suggests that we publish a Lonely Hearts Column. We wonder why??? The nurses . . . have left for St. Joseph' s Hospital as part of \·heir !raining, but other additions have been made, among them ·three •;:Jirls from Colombia and ·1wo from faroff China. To these new girls ond to the Freshman class, our se niors of 1954, we offer a sincere welcome and a speedy recovery from ·;· he ·i lrst week ' s hectic initiation.

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Ebb-Tide October, 1950 Issued monthly by the students of Salve Regina College Subscription rate $1.00 a year.

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Editor -in -chief De lia Landi

Assistant Editors Joan Danis

Rita Belanger

Jean Judg e

Staff Reporters

Marjorie Ackroyd Patricia Dooley Margu eri te Johnson

Exchange Editor

Delia Landi J"y ne Mycroft Grace Woods

Margaret Fe ye

Art Editors

Typists

Norma Haronian

Joan Shugrue

Circulation Manager

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Sophomores Sponsor An Au t umn Festival

National Home Economists Convene; Presidents Attend Boston Meeting Frances Mourningham an d Mary Cahill were delegates to the annual meeting of the Amer ican Home Economists at Mechanics Hall in Boston hom July \e n \o July fourteen. This year ·ihe t heme of \he convention centered around enlarging ·;· he sphere of home economics. Miss Mourningham .:Jnd Miss Cahill, respectively t he incoming and out·going presi dents of the Home Economics Club, made th e Statl er Hotel their headquarters. They were accompanied ot 'i he var ious meetings in Mechanics Hall by Sister Mary Martha, R.S.M ., and Sister Mary Kathleen, R.S.M., heads of ~ he Home Economics department, and by stud ents Joan Devlin and Rose Jolette. Filling Mechanics Hall were displays sponsored by such national known com ponies as Gorman 's Silver a nd Dupont Fabrics. The students were interested observers of performances of ·;·he different attachments on t he Singer ~ewing machines. Aunt Jemima, in person , served them breakfast pancakes, and Nestles served coffee. They drank Dole':; Pineapple .Juice poured out by \wo girls from Hawaii, dressed in the long si lk costumes of iheir country . The students obtained samples ·: m d pamphlets of the different products •: It •:I ll the booths. They received books and charts on salads, on meats, and on diets,

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for their own use and to help them in ·i heir teaching courses this school year. The climax of ·i he social aspect of ·;he convention was a moonlight sail in Boston harbor on July thirteen .

Gourevitch Casts Spell Of Musical Charm The celebrated p ianist, Greg oir e Gourev itch, presented a conc ert in ·;·he great hall of Salve Regina on Sep tember ·; wenty -one . Russian born Mr . Gourevitch received his education at the Imperial School of Music and Conservatoire and •:It ·t he University of St. Petersburg. During ·the Revolution he left Russia and embarked on continental tours, later settling in Par is. Mr . Gourevitch is also a prominent leeturer and a founder of " Romantism e", a Center of Lecture-Concerts in Paris . Mr. Gourevitch played : Mu si c of Christian Inspiration , " Lord! My God! Now Heaven's Gates Unlock, " J. S. Bach ; Pr el_ ude, " Choral and Fugue", Franck ; " In i·he Convent, " Borodin Five Works of Chopin: Preludes, " C minor and E-fl at minor"; " Nocturne E minor"; " Valse E minor" · " Etude F minor"; " Scherzo B minor" ; and the works of Scriabin , " Poem in F-sharp major"; " Etude in D-s harp minor".

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Hablo Ud . espanol? has become the key phrase of Spanish -minded collegians. Whether or not you are able to take formal courses the Spanish club, Circulo de Salamanca, may be your outlet for conversation in the Spanish way . This club, a member of National Affiliation of Spanish Clubs through t he division of the Hispanic Institute in the U. S., will begin functioning in the near future. Members of i·he upper division courses are getting a real workout in the lan guage. Lectures, notes, questions, and answers ore all in Spanish and we have even heard phrases like " La vida es sueno

es magnifico" , and " Don Quijote es ·;·an caprichoso " being bantered around in ihe locker room. Especially designed to increase conversational ability is the oral Spani sh class. Linguaphone records and class ·;·ap e re-

S. M. Therese Offers Library Science Course A new ·::!lective course in Library Science i; bei ng offered ·; o .Junior and Senior Education stud ents on Monday and Wednesday ot two P. M. Under ·; he direction of Sister Marie Therese, R.S.M ., ·;·he girls are learning \o make o more intelligent use of iheir own coll eg e library and libraries in general. A.. :thou ;:t h Sister':; original intention was to offer a ~ourse in library work, she has discovered ·i hat ihe more practical and immediate need of \he •;:Jirls is i'he knowl3dge of how ·;·o use i·he catalogue, reference books, biographical books, and ev ~ ryth i ng else necessary for ·i he efficient and 2conomic use of ·: J library. cordin;Js are employed as additional aids in thi ; cours::!. El estudio del espanol es muy interesante. Po rque no probarlo?

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living Rosary Pays Tribute To Our Lady and St. Joseph A living dramatization of the rosary to honor Our Lady of Fatima took place on the campus on October six, the eve of the Feast of the Holy Rosary . Following Mary Cahill, prefect of the sodality, the procession paid homage to Our Lady and St. Joseph, after which, Reverend Gerald F. Dillon, assisted by Reverend John Shea , gave benediction in the chapel.

An .Autumn Festival, sponsored by ·;·he Sophomore Class, will be o feature for the benefit of the missions, ot Mercy Hall from three to six p . m. During the ·i all a program of ·;·his :;art is usually planned ·i o ~ ponsor \he mission fund. This year the task has been under;·aken by ·i he class of 1953, with Miss .Jacqueline Bulger as chairman . Each of ·;·he classes will participate by runnin g a special table with o member of the Sophomore class in charge . The Freshman class will supply ihe Door Prize h eaded by Miss Dolores O ' Neil. rhe S::Jphomores will ~ ponsor a refreshment ;oble, with Miss Catherine Hawkins in charge. The .J un iors will be represented by a Novelty Table run by Miss Maureen Oates; while ·;·he Seniors, headed by Miss Delia Lar.di, will have charge of o grab l:ag ·i·ab le . The ofternoon '.; \-estivities will also include games .

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Others Return To Hospital To Stay Even though ·ihey loved .; very moment of it, our ·;·hree nurses, Pauline Choquette, Mary Fitzgerald, and Catherine Hawkins all agree that nursing requires a lot of hard work. While most students relaxed on vacation this summer, t hese girls spent eight weeks ot St. Joseph':; Hospital learning through actual work how to care for patients . During the first t hree weeks ;·heir days consisted of all class room work. Such arts as bed making, the setting up of trays, back rubbing , and the job of admini stering ·~o ·the comfort of ;·he patient in general, had to be thoroughly mastered before being put into actual prac\ ice. All agreed too, that their ·i irst day on a ward was really their most exciting O:! Xperience . Here, in spite of fluttery 5tomachs and cold feet, they managed ·i o :;urvive and t hereafter, .; ach day of working with patients brought new knowledge and experience . Beginning their day with mass •'Jt -livethirty, the girls started work at seven ond worked on until ten. Classes until twelve were followed by lunch and compulsory study from one ;·o ;·hree .

Sociology Course Elicits Agency Co-operation Sociology majors will gain actual •3 Xperience in their chosen ·i ield in •:l course to be offered for the first time this year in cooperation with the social agencies operating in t he Newport area . The students will work ·f our hours weekly in one of the various agencies where they will be supervised by a professional member of the department. In this way they will receive pre-professional ;·raining in case work in preparation for ·f uture study in ·the professional field. The course sponsored by ·the department of sociology is ·following ·;·he general outline suggested by ·;·he American Association of Social Workers . The ::ooperation of ·~he agencies in the community makes this possible .

The Field of Social Work is a survey of the welfare field . As a further evidence of ·~ heir interest, ·;·he various members of the Council of Social Agencies will speak to the students when their particular ·iield of work is being studied . The plans for the field work are to be outlined at a meeting to be held at ·;·he college early in October and \ o which representatives of the private and public agencies will be invited .

Also at ·~he hospital, but operating under a different schedule were last year's Sophomores and Juniors, Susie Price, Eileen Schwenk, Ann Heany, Mary Ann Bol ton, Teresa Faria, Barbara Block, and Barbara Moriarty. Although they, too, had classes, their hours and work in :·he wards varied more and they started to enter specie I fields. Although their caps and uniforms will differ from the regular uniform of St. Joseph's, when they returned on August thirty-one, they mingled with •:J regular class at the hospital. Hereafter, ·they will return here only on friendly visits, •: lnd ·i o graduate.

Mary Louise Hickey Entertains at S.R.C.

.Margaret Sherwood, prominent o:onsuitant on subjects of interest to every young woman, lectured here ·:Jt Salve Regina College on September t wenty-eight. Out of her rich background of .;ducation, travel, and social life in Europe as well as here in her native land, Miss Sherwood aroused enthusiasm and encouraged the opening of new doors in social life. Her lectures presented a new idea of grace, charm, and social ease . Her gift for anecdote and mimicry made her lectures " good theatre " as well as inspirational. Miss Sherwood's lecture dealt with \wo topics, HOW TO BE A GIRL a nd A TrENDING SOCIAL EVENTS. In her lectures she tri ed to emphasize the art of establishing confidence in everyone, young or old, who is not sure of herself.

Salve Regina students witnessed the performance of Mary Louise Hickey presented at the college on September twenty-seven. Nationally -famous solo dramatist, lecturer, and author, Miss Hickey has re ceived unanimous acclaim hom leading critics throughout the country. She interprets human characters with flawless technique and rare dramatic ability and presents them with unusual versatility . Her original sketches are presented with a depth of wisdom, humor, and sympathy. One of Miss Hickey's previous presentations at the college was " The Barretts of Wimpole Street", a tenderly humorous account of the deep love of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning . It is the warm and humorous story of ·~wo poets who are attracted ·i o one another and the trials and ·i -ribulations which :hey have to endure . " Life With Father," Clarence Day's vastly amusing sketches of his despotic parent, was presented this year by Miss Hickey .

Student Body Re-enthrones Sacred Heart of Christ The renewal of the Enthronement of Christ the King will take place at the college on October twenty-seven, with Reverend Eugene Robitaille, S.S .C.C. directing ·;·he e xercises. 1 Renewal of the Act of the Enthronement \ of the Sacred Heart as the King of the college will be made in anticipation of :he Feast of Christ the King, celebrated on October ·iwenty-nine . Directing the morning exercises will be the Reverend Eugene Robitaille, S.S.C.C., Novice Master of Fairhaven, Massachusetts. This will be Father Robitaille's second visit to the college, after being our Retreat Master last year. The original Enthronement of : he Sacred Heart took place during ·t he Fall of

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