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Baccalaureate Day Features Dinner For Parents, Play, Candlelight Sing Commencement activities which began with the Day of Recollection and Class Day, will continue with the festivities of Baccalaureate Sunday on May 31, with a 10: 30 Mass in the college chapel for the graduates, their parents and friends. Parents' Dinner Following 1the Mass and Baccalaureate address, the annual Parents' dinner wi.ll be served in the college dining room at 12 :30. At this dinner, with Miss Marguerite Johnson acting as toast mistress, the graduates will toast all of those who have had a great or small pal't in making their college years possible, happy and successful. The toasts to be offered will be to the President, Miss Catherine Hawkins ; to vhe Chaplain, Miss Barbara McAndrew; to the Dean, Miss Dolores O'Neill; to the Faculty, Miss Marjorie DeLellis; tO the Parents, :Miss Ann Collins; w the Faculty Advisor, Miss Mary Louise Burckhart; to the Class, Miss Maureen Oates; to Alma Mater, Miss Joan Babcock. This part of the day's activities will be concluded with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament in the college chapel. Two Plays Presented As a tribute to the Senior, th~ Regina Players will present two plays at Mercy Hall at 8:30 p. m. The plays to be presented will be Murder Will Out and Lady of Dreams. The first play concerns two attractive young girls who meet on a park bench and are drawn to one another by a mll!tual sorrowboth have lost their fiances. Each girl tries to console the other until their mutual consolation brings about a very unusual and humorous situation. Both girls enjoy the humor of the situation and make the best of it. The cast includes Miss Eleanor Taft as Evelyn and Miss Roberta Walsh as Cora. The second play of the evening, Lady of Dreams, recounts the story of two girls, Miss Paula Roche and Miss Barbara Harris, who, although already married, wonder what their lives woll!ld be like if each were married to the other's husband, the one a rich man, t he other a poor man. In the end they are quite surprised and agreeably so, by the turn of events. Both plays are under the direction of Mrs. Gardner Dunton, who coaches the Regina Players at the College.
Vol. 6, No.5 Senior Edition
SALVE REGINA COLLEGE Senior Edition
May - June 1953 Senior Edition
Bishop Presides Over Commencement Featuring Monsignor Charles H. Lynch Outdoor Exercises Mark Traditional Class Day Program Tradi.tional Class Day exercises will occur on Friday, May 29, on the grounds. The Sophomore-Freshman Laurel Chain will begin the events, which will culminate in solemn Benediction, after the planting of the tree, and the turning of :he tassels.
His Excellency the most Reverend Russell ]. McVinney, D.D., LL.D., Bishop of Providence, will preside at Commencement exercises on the Terrace on Monday, June 1. Monsignor Lynch Speaks
The very Reverend Monsignor Charles H. Lynch, Ph.D., LL.D. will address the grad uares. Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, St.
Charles Parish, Monsignor was educated in pub] ic and parochial schools of Woonsocket. He attended La Salle Academy in Providence, and St. Charles College, Baltimore, taking his philosophy courses at St. Bemard's Seminary, Rochester, New York, and theology courses :u ~he American College, University of Louvain. He was ordai ned at LouCeremonies held on Terrace vain July 14, 1929, and received The Academic Procession will his Master of Arts degree in Greek first go to the Terrace for the exerfrom Catholic University in 1930. i\.f ttr rhis he served as instructor cises with Miss Marguerite Johnsucessively at La Salle Academy, son as M::rshal. Miss Barbara NlcProvid-ence, St. Raphael's Academy, Andrew will lead the singing of the Pawtucket, and Catholic Teachers Class Song, and Miss Johnson will College. He obtained his Doctor give the address to the assembled of Philosophy degree from Catholic group. Her address will be directed VERY REV. MSGR. LYNCH University in 1938. In 1947 he beto Sister Mary James, R.S.M., Parcame prefect of discipline and an ents, Faculty, underclassmen, and instructor at the semi nary of Our classmates. Miss Ann Collins will Seniors Anticipate Lady of Providence in Warwick recount the Class History; Miss Neck. The following year he sucDolores O'Neill, the Class Prophecy ; Commencement ceeded Bishop McVinney as Rector of same. Recently Monsignor Lynch Miss Marjorie DeLellis, the Class Will ; and Miss Delia Landi, the Dining and Dancing has been appointed pastor of St. Mary's Church, Bristol, Rhode IsClass Ode. Whi.le still on the TerThe State Dining Room of Ochre race, the Sophomores and Freshmen Court will be the scene of the 195 3 land. will present the Laurel Chain Dance. Commencement Ball to be held on Dignitaries present The Reverend John T. Shea, A.B. Saturday, May 30. Tree Planting Ceremony Committees for Dhis annual din- will be Marshal of the Academic The procession will ad journ to ner dance are: Miss Mary Louise procession to the Terrace, where the Burckhart, Dinner chairman; Miss Bishop will give •the invocation. ~he east campus for the planting of D olores Albanese and Miss Ann Gre-etings by the Reverend Gerald the nee. When each Senior has Collins, Programs, tickets and fa- F. Dillon, LL.D., Chaplain of the placed some dirt around the tree, vors; Miss Maureen Oates and Miss College; His Excellency Dennis J. Miss Mary Louise Burckhart will Therese Scullian, Music; Miss Janet Roberts, LL.D., Governor of Rhode give the tree oration. Her speech MacDonald and Miss Virginia Day, Island; and His Honor Dean J. will emphasize the symbolism of decorations. Lewis, Mayor of the City of Newloyalty and growth which is assoContinuing from 8: 30 to 12 :00 port, will precede the address of p. m., the music for this last formal Monsignor Lynch. Candidates for ciated with dogwood. All will then go across the yard affair of the Senior class will be ren- degrees will then be presented ro the where Mother Mary Hilda, R.S.M., dered by Vin Capone and his or- Bishop by Father Dillon. Michael will turn the tassels on the Class chestra. Dinner will be served at E. Walsh, Ed.D., Commissioner of presidents. They in turn will take 8:30 p. m. in the State dining room Education in Rhode Island will and dancing will be extended to the present statements of elegibili-ty for care of their classes to the accom- outside terrace. t-eaching to Education Majors. paniment of singing. Prior to this gala evening affair, Bishop McVinney will then adThe procession will then recess a sail or beach party has been plan- dress the graduates and bestow his to t he Chapel for Solemn Benedic- ned by the members of rhe Senior blessing. After this the Recessional tion. class. will occur.
a Regina Sodality's tmas party for unchildren in Newport e most rewarding of projects. All students o share with the Soera the joy of givin~ ng gifts of toys and 30 young guests. At held in Mercy Hall second week of Dellve Regina's "fairy enchant the children am of delights and d are, in turn, amply the excitement and rrored in the eyes of sitors. th
nity of the Advent . ept in focus by obceremony of lighting Wreath. Beginning shman class on the evening, each group the Great Hall to k with . the simple, rescribed prayers and candle which symcoming of the Light 1. The Advent Wreath beauty is fashioned by Home Economprocession tul elegance of Salve's room is an approprithe annual Holly faculty members are and are feted by resident stuname of the student Noel festivities the week in all the merriment is replaced by •e1nnitv as the stuthe tradition-
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With the third commencement the college registers six complete . years, years of careful planning, constant ploddit1g, and gradual progress. It has been interesting for both faculty and students ro watch the calendar and ro nore the flow of events: a freshm an cap and gown ceremony, a sophomore Mission Queen Crowning, a junior ring ceremony, and a senior class day. Perhaps srudents have counted the years in socials, formal and semi-formal dances, and all college weekends. Bur how does it read above? ·what is written there? The Catholic College exists for one reason accord ing ro the philosophy of Mother Catherine McAuley, "ro fir souls for earth without unfitting them for heaven. " The direct result of a Catholic education certainly should be the spirit of Catholic living. • So let us look back ro-day, Girls, on the routine in the day of rhe Catholic college student, the morning Mass, the daily rosary, the chapel visit, the final night prayer, the principal duty-study. These things are nor obligarory ? Ah, bur college days are nor just preparation for life, they are life. Our lives are made up of the spiritual , the intellectual, the social, the physical; bur the spirit must predominate, must integrate alL The great D octor of the Church, Sr. Augustine, after his years of intellectual popularity and scholastic leadership cried our, 'Thou hast made us for Thyself, 0 l ord and our hearts ca nnor rest until they rest in Thee." Dear Seniors, members of the third graduating class, four years of college -~nd. Are you satisfied with your efforts in the past? Are you confident of success? The challenge now rakes on rhe world in irs :;cope. The characters you have formed · rhe standards set, the philosophy that is your gu ide, rhe spiritual life that is built strong and vibrant within you should be operative in every danger and difficulty. You, roo, can change the world. We send you forth confidently and our prayers follow you. May the coming years bring your higher, holier dreams ro a happy fruiti on. And may Alumnae Day always find you back at S. R. C,-a real home-coming day. God bless you! ~
These have been our "golden years" These years so swiftly passed, And in our souls will ever live From the first unto the last. Fondly our hearts will remember Your banner of white and blue Unfurled in all irs splendor ln our LaJy's colors r;• ·e. Your cherished paths we'll walk again By cliff, and chapel door Along old ways and roads now spent For days that are no more. Y er in our hearts rhe~e is no end Though time and irs moments fly, For now we shall hold thee closer still, Even now-as we say good-bye. - De lia Land i
Class Song "Salve Regina W e ' ll Remember You" Tu ne: Chopi n's Nocturne
Our years here are ending, Our joy with sadness blending, Our love ro you we're sending, Salve Regina we'll remember you Our days here at Salve now are fleering, The future smiles a greeting, Our joys once more completing, Salve Reg ina we'll remember you. When we leave these hallowed halls Our memories will foll ow ever after; Whare'er befalls We'll always keep close ro thee. The years soon will bring anorher meeting, While thoughts of thee we're keepmg, To you .always repeating Salve Regina we'll remember you. - Barbara McAndrew
fJ)t:a'l. §i'l.L~, One day in the early autumn of '49, we assembled for our first class I was there making friends with you. In those few minutes of our first contact a spiritual goal was set for the class of '53, the goal of personal devotedness ro Christ and His Mother, of a growing toward the things of the spirit, of a striving rowar1:1 a deeper sense of values in our journey ro the City of God. Four years have passed since then and God, in His Providence, has dealt with each of you in different ways. From some ft:!w H~ has taken a loved parent; ro orhers He has given lesser sorrows. There have been days, roo, pressed dowu and running over wi•h joy and peace and comradeship; there have been hum-drum days and red letter days-college life ·w irh all irs vicissitudes and dreams. Through the warp and woof of the whole pat tern, there has moved, without mutability or change, the directive power of God 's love and wisd om and mercy. We have lived and worked and prayed rogerher here at Salve R egi na. N ow we come to the parting of the ways, bur rhe friendships that have been made, the influences that have been at work have set their sea l upon us. Thus, in this last meeting with you, through the medium of the written word, the message is still the same-the ever more beautiful goal of a deeper love for God and Our lady with the added reality that we are always united in the Mystical Body of Chr ist, knowing full well that some day at journey's end, "ar some white corner of the road our eyes shall rest on Him." Until then, God keep you. me~ri ng. You were there just making friends with each other and
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Farewell To Seniors With mingled feelings of joy and sadness, we bid our fond adie us ro rh~ class of '53. We shall miss your familiar faces and roll icking laughter. Moore H all shall feel the loss with us. Bur we are happy with yo u and supremely confident in the success that shall be yours. May Mary be your life, your sweetness, and your hope! THE JUNIORS Our second spring at S. R. C. brings us ro the Commencement of our Senior sisters. l ast year you were our guides, our mentors, and our leaders. This year, our leaders still, you have been more, you our friends. May rhis friendship endure through the years as sister al umnae. Goodbye. God bless you! THE SOPHOMORES Graduation rime brings entirely roo much sadness and so very many farewells. And so, dear Seniors, may we ins read say sincerely, "Thanks! " for being ro many of us personally inspiring and roward all good sp orrs, wonderful examples, and most encouraging. May. God bless your future years (and careers) with real happiness and may we meet again soon as fe llow alumnae! THE FRESHMEN
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trying ro gather all our wits before departing on our various and sundry ways. May 9th brought a good rime ro alL It found Duff raking good care of her fav orite side kick "Delierr May" even though the larrer fell down and wenr boom with naught for an explanation bur "Jeekers, I'm so embarrassed!" MARGS ... arrived back from the boa r ride breathlessly exclaiming "You couldn 't roll your eye balls around that ship once without catching an aesthetic thrilL" V. DAY HAS KEPT .. . all enrevrained with a srory fr om "old Mexico." Recently, however, it's been changed w "you have your weeping hour and your cl ub" . .. . THEUS. S. WISCONSIN .. . was boarded rwo weeks back by five ,mysterious women in :5sherman coats. Things went along fine until we were pur into the five inch gu n turret for a "bird 's eye view " of irs cp erarion. The Chi·ef rold us "you have your target and your man work ing it. .. " Annie thought we could us e it aro und graduation rime bur d~c ided the sixteen inch gu n would fir in better. "TREES," ... commonly known as Red has taken ro the open roadgot ro learn ro dr ive. Beware all pedestrians in Prov. vicinity! JANET . . . . has been dashing heme to prepare for d1a1t trip abroad. N or only is she fortunate co be sailing off, bur rumor has it :;he has "a friend " waiting ro show her aro und, or so we gather from all those post cards fr om ga i Paris. AlBY'S ACTIVITIES . . . have come to a screeching halt by reason of a rorn ligament. Her cry has changed from "one minute" to "one momh." THE SUN LOVELIES .. . found on deck at Moore Hall are interrupted often by J ackie B. The window top side is in perpetual mot ion with an added cry of "H ow's the sun, kids ?" THE CASTilliO TWINS . . . roo are busy preparing for their trip homeward , while Maureen bids the whole group a render farewell with "let's sing one last song to gether before we go!" THAT'S IT CHICKADEES >there just ain't no mo .. EBB TIDE
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Nursing Students Of '53 Reminisce Three little girls from school are the sight of a row of beds full of we-Kate, Pauline, and Fitz gri n patients about to die any minute jauntily at us across the registration (and this when we were still at the desk. The class of '53's student pulse and temp stage) it was sheer nurses signed on the dotted line and exhaustion from heat, hard floors, nursing was the goal ahead. A little head nurses, and that cool voice ever college and a lot of fun, please, came at your elbow saying things like, in be~ween. That was September "Not your ·thumb, Miss . '49. Whose pulse are you taking-yours October found them in full swing. or the patients ?" Lab hours sometimes provided more That first summer was memoracollege than they had bargained for ble. As it ended we swore one anbur, after all-three afternoons a other to secrecy and answered all week!! It didn't dull the interest com ers with a chorus of "The hospiin fun, however. No one ever ap- tal, we loved it-every minute! " peared on a gleeful scene on the God forgive us! third floor to catch Kate at it but We got back to S. R . C. deteras she sat, knitting in hand , she al- mined to make the best of it. .And ways seemed to have a satisfied we did. Kate even picked herself a gleam in her eye. Pauline's giggle fourragere. We all had fun . Prowas more than once a dead g ive- fessional Adjustments at times left away. Fitz spent the year sprinting us a bit unad justed . We could ~ t i ll (if you could call her "in-a-hurry" remember--ssh! \ gait a sprint) and just making sesThe next summer we half-amussions after every bell. "But you ed ly, half-pityingly watched the new know how it is-" Don't ya? probies. Brother, what they had Summer came and they gave up ahead ! Pauline interrupted that looking in mirrors. Who'd want to reverie with-"And we with them! " -in a probie uniform ? It was a Capping was just a perfect day .. quaking six weeks. Somehow you starched uniforms . . . capes lined put one foot in front of the other with lady blue . . . a still solemn and repeated the process even when moment as we walked, taper in you knew you were paralyzed from ·hand, down the aisle of the chapel .. the hips down. If it .w asn't panic at a serious quiet on our guests as the
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Tracing the name D olores to its Latin source, we discover it . means "sorrow." N ot so with our class President, D olores O'Neill, however. In her case, it means Tom Sawyer clad in skirt, sweater, and knee socks, and charged with nervous energf. She loathes planning farther than owo weeks ahead, yet completes all chores with the slightest portion of effort. An English major, Oscar Wilde and F. Scott Fi'tZgemld took much of her time, and recently she's been completely absorbed in the writings of F. Donald Ventura. In September Dolores returned as President of the class oi "53" bringing with her from New Jersey a rare germ-the "D. A." Dixieland music from New York stations blares forth from her room, where she reigns-seated not upon a thronebut her bed ; wielding not a sceptre but a pair of eyebrow tweezers. That "casual look" is her keynote, and what's more casual than a shirred beaver coat topping plaid Bermuda shorts???? "Delorees" gets things done fast without appearing to hurry. This goes from her rising in the morning (she's the las t one up and the first one out ) to knitting argyle socks in less than a week. Hares frilly clothes, hats and gloves- loves cashmere sweaters over cotton dresses, and cord jackets with grey Bermudas. Still can't understand conservative New England, and sings the praises of cosmopolitan New York. Home Economics with its .g oblin tapestry and taffy pulling never cease to amuse her. Come Spring she turns nature g irl, and constantly cries "We need to have the sun." Her impersonations are terrific, and she readily adapts an English accent or an Irish rogue. As the cockney maid, Fanny, in Chintz Cottage she stole the show both onsrage and backstage, by waltzing with a dust rag to the tune of the overture'The Belle of the Ball." To lead us through a year of "banquets, parties, and balls", our choice could have been no better.
Public Health gave us a new light last words of the Catholic Nurses pledge were uttered. on our profession. We missed the The next day back on dury in our hospital gadgets bur in no time :u new whites and snappy caps and all we were folding newspapers for hospital routine began in earnest .. disposing of waste, steril izing in a day dury, night duty ... rime just s.wcepan, and enj oying rhe welcome suspended when our first patient light in the eyes of patients who died. That was almost the end but we three talked all night and in the regarded us nor only as nurse but morning just couldn 't quit. Then advisor, reacher, and friend. We talked it all over when we we went to the delivery room and who would want to miss that? Kate, rejoined our class for Commencewith her usual thoroughness, went ment Week. Somehow, we didn't quite have their nostalgia for colto surgery and insisted on personal experimentation. One morning we lege days. Finished-why, we had walked on the floor to find her psychiatry ahead and then, State among the patients. ·w e had to give boards, Finished-if we passed them, it was only a beginning! her good care or else! All the chatter •::nded when we In no rime at all we were on our way to affiliations. Kate was first suddenly remembered that we had on the list, then Pauline and finally just one hour and fifteen minutes to Fitz at Chapin. No one caught ~my get back on duty. Kate led the prothing and, after a vacation, we were cess:on our the door, then Pauline, back at Sr. Joe's and ready for our aed the horn honked to hurry Fitz next assignment. This ri me we all who had just one MORE word to say. went together to Public Health.
·Address For Class Day Class day is a solemn occasionan occasion more intimat-e ·chan either Baccalaureate Sunday or Commencement day. Here we are together as a fami•ly; parents, teachl"rs, iellow-students. We are gathered together for the last time in the quiet association of this program which bespeaks our thoughts-about today, romorrow or yesterday. Is it necessary nhen, to say welcome in the formal sense of that term, tO stand upon the ceremony of words in the midst of this circle of friends? We regret deeply that one who i1as worked and prayed and given so much to us is not here to shar-e our class day-to be with us as we take leave of our college associaotes. We know Sister Mary J ames is with us in spirit and we wish that somehow che ether waves would transmit our program to her and with it our best wishes for her well-being. Our parents share this day with us as they have shared so many occasions in the past, beginning with the Freshman Tea in the December of '49, when rhis day seemed so far away and almost beyo nd all possibility. They participate in our achievement and they share .:he personal touch of this day which, in a sense, culminates our ~o j ourn as students of Salve Regina College. They have been on the journey with us-the journey from the status of that of Freshman to that of Senior. Our fellow-students have gathered around many of their fire-sides and they have come to know them under various circumstances and in varied moods. Thus, this day is theirs as well as ours.
Our faculty, too, share this day with us. For four years they have given their prayers, time, and knowledge to the end or should I say beginning whiLh we will make Monday. Mathematical formulae and historical facts are quire important and constitute a part of their heritage to u's, but over and above these, they have given to us a philosophy of living and an example of a Christian outlook which cannot help but m ake us better women for having experienced it. This address could nor be complete without a special word here about Sister Mary Jean, our little Mother, who certainly prayed and worked so hard ro pull her twenty-one chicks up to this point. · My add ress to classmates is the shortest and hardest to express, whether we part for hours or for years on Monday. The joys and sorrows we have felt together have become a part of the fibre of our lives. Somehow or other a word or several thousand words cannot express the comradesh ip which binds and will always bind together the smallest class at Salve Reg ina College. So, perhaps, the best add ress I can mak~ to you all, parents, faculty, undergraduates and classmates is this. Our mutual debts and gifts in proportion to the degree of our association have so knit us together that a simple leave-taking on Monday can never unravel that murual love and trust. We will never forger Salve Regi na College; we hope you will never forger us.
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a Regina Sodality's stmas party for unchildren in Newport e most rewarding of projects. All students to share with the Soers the joy of givin~ ing gifts of toys and 30 young guests. At held in Mercy Hall second week of Dealve Regina's "fairy " enchant the children am of delights and d are, in turn, an1ply the excitement and
nity of the Advent ept in focus by obceremony of lighting Wreath. Beginning eshman class on the evening, each group the Great Hall to eek with . the simple, rescribed prayers and candle which symcoming of -t he Light d. The Advent Wreath beauty is fashioned d by Home EconomJ.
procession ul elegance of Salve's room is an approprifor the annual Holly faculty members are ts and are feted by junior resident stu• nan1e of the student :ional Noel festivities ugh the week in all the merriment is replaced by as the stuthe tradition-
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routine is a varied which fills the preeeks with a combined joy, charity,
a Regina Sodality's tmas party for unchildren in Newport e most rewarding of projects. All students o share with the Soera the joy of givin~ ing gifts of toys and 30 young guests. At held in Mercy Hall second week of Deve Regina's "fairy ' enchant the children am of delights and d are, in turn, amply the excitement and irrored in the eyes of sitors. th nity of the Advent . ept in focus by obceremony of lighting Wreath. Beginning eshman class on the evening, each group the Great Hall to eek with the simple, rescribed prayers and candle which symcoming of the Light tl. The Advent Wreath beauty is fashioned d by Home Economprocession ul elegance of Salve's room is an approprifor the annual Holly faculty members are ts and are feted by junior resident stuname of the student Noel festivities the week in all
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Class Will
Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday
We, the class of 1953, having come ro the end of our lives as collegians, have searched through our possessions ro obtain the elements of which ro make this-our last will and te9tament. We have fou nd there three precious gems; the brilliant diamond that is roday, the mysterious star sapphire rhat will be tomorrow, and the rich red ruby that was yesterday. To our parents, our chaplain, Dean and Fac ulry, we rerum the ruby, for it is theirs. In its crimson depths are seen the lov-e, appreciation, and humble gratitude of -che class of 195 3. To the Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman cl asses, we bequeath the diamond which represents the culmination of the four years of college life, with its hopes and heartaches, disappoimments and joys. The star sapphire we cannot bescow, for it is nor ye t ours. ·we must earn it just as we have now earned the right ro wear it as the symbol of Salve Regina College. We leave instead, rthe wish that we will become worthy of it throughout our lives. To any aspiring thespians, Ann Collins leaves her tender and poignant interpretation of "Olga" and also her unswerving devorion to "Kevin Barry". To one who is so indined, Mary Duffv leaves her interest in miniatures:_ (of B. C. class rings ). To future Ebb Tiders, Dolores O'Neill leaves her uncanny ability ro ga,ther up invaluable pieces of '"Flotsam and Jetsam".
Delia Landi wills her ability ro meet deadlines and write headlines to future journalists. Mary Louis-e Burckhart leaves her qu iet courage, unbounding charity, and a rather unusual sense ·Jf humor. Barbara McAndrew bequeaths her own musical composition, " Th~ Serenade of a Math Major", which introduces the new rival for Calypso rhythm, called "loga-rhythm". Ther-ese Scullian leaves her n imble needle and her needled nhimble to anyone who can wield them as we ll. T o incoming dayhops from Newp::lrt, Eileen Dwyer wills her not·::bcok of information on what's doing in tow"n for the enlightenment of r ~si dent students. Joan Babcock leaves a fl air for business and organization, and the happy facu lty of making fri ends. T o future students from Beliz-e, Blanca Castill o leaves her vocabulary of American slang, richly flavored with a Spanish accent. Marguerite Johnson leaves her inexhaustible supply o f questions beginning with, "But, ac tually, wouldn't you say ... ?" T o all interested in songs of the South, Virginia Day leaves her inimitable arrangement of "I W ant to be in Tennessee or Anyplace Far from S-2 3". To teacher-traini ng students, Maureen Oates leaves her enthusiasm and love for classroom chores and a spirit of sociability. Jacquelyn Bulger leaves her version of the Charlesron to the devotees of Terpsichore.
To home-eccers, Janet McDonald leaves her experience with baked macaroni and cheese at Mumford School. Catherine Hawkins leaves ro future nursing students her abi lities and devotion which m akes her ~ good nurse. Pauline ChoqueFe leaves hei· rules for nearness and also her agility with crochet hooks and knitting needles. Mary Fitzgerald leaves her thermometer, bandage, scissors, and the second hand from her watch to embryonic Florence Nightingales. To anyone who might need it, Dolores Albanese bequeaths her uncanny knowledge of the various passageways at Newport Hospital. Marjorie Delellis leaves her unswerving devotion to co mmutin~ and the covers from her books of school tickets ro anyone who is still trying ro make one thousand for a free book. Yolanda Castillo 1eaves in these hallowed halls the echoes of her imitations of Broadway stars, especially Carol Channing and her appealing rendition of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend ". This we declare ro be our LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT!
Rev. F. Talbot, S.J. Conducts Annual Day of Recollection Reverend Fel ix Talbot, S.J., conducted the annual day of recollection for the members of the Senior class on May 28. Father T albot Active in Retreats A graduate of Bosron Latin School, Father Talbot attended Holy Cross College for a short time before enter ing the Boston Investment Bank where he 'Worked for six years until -he entered the Sociery of Jesus in 1934. He was ordained ro the priesthood in 1944 and later studied in Eng land for one year. For the past • few years, Father Talbot has been exclusively engaged in retreat work, particularly ro men in collegiate groups.
Goodbye Seniors! from All of us.
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Activiries of the Day The spiritual portion of the day opened with Mass and conference in the college chapel and ended with Holy Hour at 4 p. m. Later in the day the Maria Regina Sodality held its final crowning of the statues of Our Lady for the month of May. Miss Dolores O'Neill, Senior class president, was ~he crowner. The material portion of the day closed with a final tribute paid to the Seniors by their Sophomore sisters. This rook the form of the traditional Sophomore-Senior Dinner on the college terrace at 6 p. m.
LEYS' CENTURY STORE THE FIRST DEPT. STORE ON THAMES STREET
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Class History In writing the hisrory of the Class of 1953 of Salve R egina College, it was necessary that w me hisrory book shou ld serve as my model. Neither the great Greek ~or Roman histOrians seemed apropos, but after long search, my guide came forth in the form of The H istory of Ireland by Seumas MacManus of Donegal. Mr. M acMan us, in his forward, write, 'This is an attempt ro sketch a rough and ready picture of the more prominent peaks that r ise our of Ireland 's past .. . ." and this, our class hisrory, is just that-an "a,ttempt" ro sketch a rough picture of the more prominent peaks in the past of t he Class of 1953. Just as the Fuibolg Celts (in Irish legend) sailed from Gr·eece ro settle in Ireland, we, roo, crossed the water to settle on the island of Newport in September of 1949. Since one half of our class was billeted at Ochre Court and the other half at Mercy H all, there was some d ifficulty in getting acquainted. This barrier was soon overcome when together we hit flat notes in Liturg ica,l Music, and delicately dissected worms in Biology Lab. Also tel help to break the ice, came such events as the Tea Dance given by the upperclassmen in our h onor and a scavenger hunt, which had us peering into all corners for a woman 's wooden arm, cigars or stale bread. Decemr.er was soon upon us, and we participated for the first rime in vhe impressive candlelight ceremony down the grand staircase, and later the same night, led on by the J uniors, we filed through the cloister serenading the Sisters. In February, Father Dillon presented us with our Academic Caps and Gowns; from then on we looked just like the rest of the students at Mass and Assemblies. Our first forma l, ~he Court Cotillion, came in a flurry o f April Showers literally and figuratively, as such decorations as water-cans, parasols, and a bubbling fountain decked the Great Hall. This firs•t year was the year of "firsts" all right, and it was also the year of pi llow fights, pie-beds, alarms that went off in the night at wierd hours, and hurried trips ro the D. L. After the stress and strain of fina l exams, we rook the swnmer ro rest for our Sophomore year. As the first meeting of the United Irishmen was held in Ocrober of 1791, the class of '53 was first uni-ted at Ochre Court in September of 1951. This same year the Naval Academy Prep aratOry School invaded Newport, and Salve Regina, stealing several of our hearts momentarily and one permanently. ·we became q ui te athletic as our gym classes rook us onto the soccer field
- Ann Collins and basketball court. Fall of th is year was our Concert at Bayview with Providence Coll ege. Many shaking hands held the music as we tri·ed ro recover from the shock of the grandstand collapsi ng under us that afternoon at rehearsal. Another near tragedy was preV·ented by the ingenuity of two of our Sisters when several of our classm ates were caught in the elevator, fearing starvation and asphixiation. As Soph cmores, we instituted National Hoky-Poky Day and celebrated the feast with a da nce held in the "Barn". The room adjoining the present infirmary was unanim ously declared ~he site of many varied a:rivities, one of wh ich ended in temporary confinement for one classmate. Manhattan's G lee Club helped us start our Christmas activities as we combined in a concert for the season. Und eniably, the rehearsal, with irs dance afterward, was more fu n than rh:: .::vent itself and with ·t rue class loyalty we celebrated at Oates' that night. After the calm of Lent, we opened our Spring campaign by combining w ith t he Class of '52 in giving a Spring Formal in honor of the Senior class. As the year drew to a close we suddenly realized we had n .lor of goodbyes ro say-ro our Sister Cb.ss, the Seniors, and ro our V·ery C> : n nurs ~s . w ·.e feted our nurses at Christie's and this day was so special and Maury McDermott and Paul Hendricks of the Red Sox ·~ ven :lppeared on the scene. To our Senior sisters we gave a d inner : m •the Terrace and, .rn idst roasts and songs, we said goodby:;. We formed the first Daisy Chain, under the di rection of Mrs. Dailey. Rehearsa l for the Daisy Chain was held in our Modern Dance class, amid chuckles and grins. Those of us who took parr in the Puppet Play at Commencement shall never forget the hysterics that overcame us as the overture flowed on like the Bosron "Pops" while the streamers which supposedly upheld us fell dc wn . I ndeed it appeared that "so me youngun had been at 'em again." The I rish migrations to England and Amer ica were repictured as, in J unior year, we migrated ro Moore H all. This was really living, and we spent much time raking advamage of the kitchen, .rhe smoker do ne by the art students, and the modernistic lounge. Even o ur postures appeared to improve that year due perhaps ro our new beds-narrow Navy cots on which we could only recline in a perfectly straight line. "Naps, the year before, and n ow 0. C. S. Afiter our class held the first rea dance with rhem, dating
became a geographical and historical timorously. The Educatto~ Students enlightenment, as these boys from turned reacher for the first sem.:;•er, all over the U. S. regaled us w ith and as they caught little Billy and Southern drawls and Mid-·Western Mary the mysteries of rhe ABC'5 twangs. We shouted H oo-ray :u • rhey themselves learned once again Texas cowboys, side-stepped with to cope with the mysteries of lose Tennessee Earnies, and gaped in fas· mittens, mixed up overshoes and cina<tion to see Chimpanzees jitter- stubborn zippers. bugging in suede shoes. We set up We tried Boston for o ur first big an efficient date bureau and no dance, and rhe Longwood Cricket weekend went by without some new Club furnished us wirh the atm osexperience to laugh over. phere for one of our best dances. A good percentag~:~>of us attended Seminar courses helped to tie up the first Alumnae Ball in November, the loose ends in our major subjects although some of us didn't rake •Jur and prepared us for the dread comgowns our of moth balls until ·~a rl y prehensives to come in April. the same night. Our favorite underclassmen held T he Sociology Majors continued a dance ar the ·wannamolsett Countheir voluntary R ed ·...:ross :lctivitit:·s try Club at which a few of us which had begun the year before ' tripped the light fantas-tic ". These and told many tales about thei r sta- dances also gave us an opportunity tion wagon jaunts ro Fa ll R iver to see our nurses who busied themhospitals. The Student ·ceachers do- selves at Saint Joseph's, on affi liaing observa.rion at Carey Street CiOn, and on district in this, our lase School had all they cou ld do to con- year. "Lee's have a parry " became trol the energies of th irty third our war-cry and perhaps our greares·t grade pupils, and their own mirth parry was the trip to New York, as well. which we planned momhs in adW e received o ur rings in f.::bru- vance. We invaded the Big City a:y and our Ring D ance turned into with the gusto of the Irish invasions a Charity Ball when our fears of of Brirain in the 5th century. Room meeting expenses brought donati ons clerks, traffic cops and cab dr ivers fr om sympathetic sources. alike blinked in amazement as elevMarch arrived and we breathlessly en Salve seniors demanded service await·d the day when we would m- and directions. The Statue of Liberty terrain Mr. Cornelius M oore, donor all bur rumbled into the Bay when of our domirory We w~re so ex- we \vaited ,,n ]Jour in iine for the h.larared by this weering that :>orne Ferry and then discovered we needed ot us got rongue-twisred-why, Mr. tickers. The subway service reM oore was even called Mr. Hall, mained remarkably intact despite and our voices wer·e hus!'! ed as we our attempts to have rhem wait for rec ited the p o·em "Down to Dear LIS. LJ_d Moore." The party held at our Day Hop's Tragedy struck when D. A lbanese house, Eileen Dwyer, turned our to was transferred temporarily to rhe be our own Mardi Gras celebration. :Newport Hospital. ·we hit the sunWe had had ma ny fads in our deck in preparation for rhe Spring ocher three years, hair cuts, polo Formal that year, and rhe grand coats, scarab bracelets, but we march was graced with the presence reached ohe ·epitomy. This fad had of several crisp seniors. "The p lay's about it an aura of permanency-it the thing" quoth H amlet, and last was, of course, becom ing engaged. year it was rhe rhing that provided Afr.er Ginny Day 's engagement at us with money toward our Yearbook Christmas time, the word was ourand a store of side-splitti ng memo- "Ir's smart to be seen with an ries. Equipped with Br itish :~ccents , engagement ring", and Dolores we darted in and our of an old wy O'Neill and Mary Duffy were not tr unk, und-erneath a w ind o.w ~eat long om of step. and all around an off stage garden. Comprehensives came at us and Milena Borrero, our adopted .class wirh blood-shot eyes and weary mate from Columbia, was married hands we poured o ut in three hour in Newport, giving us an •Jpportun- sessions all the knowledge we had ity to glimpse a Spanish wedding acquired in our major fields. accJ. meet Spanish gentlemen whose Under the leadership of rwo names somehow all seemed w be prominem day-hops, the Bridge held Jose. at rhe Viking Hotel removed from In J une we did something a little us all worry about meeting Yeardifferent to complete our third year. book expenses. Luckily we were srill here to parOur parems sponsored a Forma l D ance at the Pawtucket G olf Club, ticipate in the first College Spring which resulted in such a social :tnd Weekend. Dartmouth has irs 'W infin ancial success that we were ro try ter Carnival ro take advantage of chis idea agai n in our Senior year. its cl imate, and rhe highlight of our Senior year! ! ! H ere we found weekend was rhe sail on the bay ourselves on the thresholds of our Sunday of t he weekend. futures and we peeked our rather (continued on p. 8, col. 4)
routine is a varied which ftlls the preeeks with a combined joy, charity,
a Regina Sodality's tmas party for unchildren in Newport e most rewarding of projects. All students o share with the Soera the joy of givin~ ing gifts of toys and 30 young guests. At held in Mercy Hall second week of Deve Regina's "fairy ' enchant the children am of delights and d are, in turn, amply the excitement and irrored in the eyes of sitors. nity of the Advent . ept in focus by obceremony of lighting Wreath. Beginning shman class on the evening, each group the Great Hall to k with the simple, rescribed prayers and candle which symcoming of ·t he Light . The Advent Wreath beauty is fashioned d by Home Econom-
procession ul elegance of Salve's room is an a pproprior the annual Holly faculty members are ts and are f eted by junior r esident stuname of the student Noel festivities the week in all the merriment is replaced by ~Ie1rnnity as the stuthe tradition-
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Class Prophecy Ten years have rolled by since th at last day on the terrace when each of the class of '53 set hers ~ lf doggedly forward to fold her hand over her well-earned degree-wellearned as far as we were concerne:l. I don 't know what the faculty's ideas were on the subject. Doubtless had they been consulted, their an~wers would nor have coincided with ours. Just the same, the rwenry-one of us managed to scrape together enough information to pass comprehensives and then rest through the rem a ind ~r of the year. "W:hat fun reminiscing those last weeks in the spring! Poor Sister Mary Jean was close to distraction as June first sailed by, praying all the while that we'd do -che right thing and not disgrace her. We were primarily imeresred in our usual spring contest-who had the best tan. Had we been paid by the hour for sun soaking, we'd have made a small fortune. Classes really got in our way when they came around sun rime. We said we'd miss Sist·er Mary Jean and each other, but that was about all. We were close to •.)ne another bur we hadn't banked Gn missing the other friends we had made in the school, especially the class behind us-nhe "Jolly Juniors. " We had lived wi•th them for ·•wo vears at Moore Hall. Two classes couldn't \have become closer. w;.~ shared everything toguher ; hopes and dreams, clothes, foo:l, yes, ·~ven 0 . C.'s. Well, we found we did miss lots of things we never imagined we would. Remember how we thought each would turn our. Just goes to show how far wrong predicting ·<he future can be. Didn't you rather expect our three nurses to work a few years, quit, marry and settle down in some surburban town to a quiet life? What a jolt when I picked up the New York Times and read about their new sanitarium-such wise ones. Each married ~l Docror and the six of them opened a private institution of their own. Kathy Hawkins and her husband run the business end. Must keep rhe place from running "wild". Hear tell Mary Firz is in charge of the psyco ward. Guess they fix funny bones. Pauline Ohoquette rakes care of the more qui·e t patients. She also pokes around with Fitz in the psyco ward-the calming influence; you know. Margie DeLellis went our West to teach and rook over the whole school within a short rime. She inaugurated a completely new system. The students come and go as they please, study when and what they want and have all classes out doors. Barbara McAndrew 's major in mathematics really did the trick. Her scientific research has brought her
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lots of fame. She still does a little singing on the side too-no more professional work though. She just hasn't the time. Joan Babcock hopped right off for New York soon after graduation ro rake a secretarial job with a law firm , and by rthe end of the first year married the boss. Guess that secretarial procedure wasn't such a bad course after all. Eileen Dwyer fooled us all. She wound up being a demonstrator for a food corporation. Travels the country demonstrating Baking Powder Biscuits; and remember how we used to laugh at the Home Ecers and their rtaffy steps, etc. Guess it paid off in the end. By the by, what did you make of the new Castillo set up out in Hollywood? You know how that Blanch was constantly at the movies. She saw so much of movie stars she turned into one herself-newest things since Maria Montez. I hear Yolanda is quire the efficient manager roo. Blanch signs nothing without Yo. Mary Duffy always said a mother's chores were never done and how right she was. You've heard of Mother's Cookies-well, she's Mother. She's made a fortune on that recipe but has received so much publicity she finds little time for .those who can authl'ntically c1H her "mother". Red Scullian gave everyone the slip for awhile and where do you. suppose she showed up? In the last row of Phil Spitalney's All Girl Orchestra! No doubt you've heard of Evelyn and her magic violin! Well, she's known as Therese and her golden harp. Speaking of careers, Maureen Oates never stopped organizing. She organized play groups for children in summer, sewing classes in winter, and recenuly organized herself right
up to the president of the Camp Fir;:: Girls. Good luck to you M] ure.en. The one who really is the surprise of the class is Janet McDonaldcertainly expected her to be the most domestic of the group. Never would have dreamed of her as the career girl. When she starred getting interested in hair styles I thought it just a passing fancy . She and "Jack" have overwhelmed rthe nation. He taught her all he knew and now she far surpasses him. I haven't seen her in ages. J usdollow her through rhe papers. Who would have though t it? . Mary Louise Burckharr's new typewriter brough ~ fame ro both her and the college. Can you imagine a sociology major discovering an aromic typewriter? It whizzes along so fast she finds it hard to keep up with it. We really had a clever class back at Newport. Could you ever forget "Jeekers Kids" Delier Landi? She's been lecturing abroad on the Kentucky Hill Billy-a rather odd subject but one she learned a great deal about in her last semester at Salve. Between you and me, the Europeans find it as intriguing a subject as Delier did back in '53. If you pick up any paper at all you're apt to catch a snap of Jackiie Bulger. She's recently been collaborating with a Professor Brun wd tocether they stir up quite a blast. Their most recent experiment the origin of the dingle berry. H ave you heard of Ginny Day· ~ famous dancing school in Philadelphia? It's "the" place to send your awkward adolescent. You'll never .guess the very first dance she teaches her pupils-the old hoggie poggie. Hear tell Philly is going wild with all the excitement. It's taken the place of ·the Charleston. Ann Coll ins found a job that was a job, in Washington, and has been
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going up, up, and up ever since. She's known throughout D. C. for throwing the best parries the nation's capitol has ever seen. Time had a writeup on her last month as the Queen of H ostesses. The title of •the article was 'The Girl Who Best Shouts Hooray". H er fame has spread as far as Texas, they say. You know I find it ravher cumbersome getting around these days with my large family, so I don't see many of the group any more, but just the other day I received a long letter from Margie Johnson. She just arrived back from Europe-was over for the Olympics again this year you know, and still undefeated in the woman's championship for throwing the javilin. Anyway, she said she bumped into Dolores Albanese back at nheir old stamping grounds, Filene's Basement. I quote, "There I was, surrounded by ladies' shoes, handbags and luggage, and along came Alby dragging one child behind her and clutching another in her arms. She was naturally surprised to see me but managed a "one minute, Margs, I've lost little Bobbie somewhere". Will she ever change? " I guess some surprised us and others remained the same. N everthe less, we'll always remember each other as we were back in those carefree days of '53. ( continued /rom page 7 )
As Freshman year was the year of firsts, this was our year of lastslast Candlelight ceremony, last Christmas dinner, last H oly H our, and the last scene ~n our drama at Salve Regina College, where we had played the role of carefree students. Now the curtain falls, to rise again as we begin our roles as teachers, nurses, social workers, wives 1tnd mothers.
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