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Mr. Willging Cites Library Foci Iities Mr. Eugene P. Willging, director of the library at the Catholic University of America, was favorably impressed with the physical set-up of the library at McAuley H all in a ' visit here on June 30. Mr. Willging is a specialist in the field of Cat.holic library activities. An authority on college library problems, he contributes regularly to library periodicals. H e is associate editor of Best Sellers, a Catholic book review m edium. "I have enjoyed every moment of my stay and hope that this is j us r the begi nning of a long friendship with Salve R egina," Mr. Willging commented. Students are becoming familiar with library m aterials and services through two courses offered by Sister Mary Laura, M.E., B. S. in L.S. - "library in Society" and "Introduction to Library M aterials. "
Sisters Hear Home Economists Lauded Home economists were lauded for their great contributions to the stability of the American family at a meeting of the AHEA in Washington, June 26-29, attended by Sister M. M artha, R.S.M. and Sister M. Kathleen, R . S. M. of the college home econom ics department. At a ninth annual conference of the National Catholic Council of Home Economics on June 25, -these Sisters heard Monsig nor Irving A. DeB!ance, director of the Family Life Bureau of the NCWC. The Monsignor cited the truely Christian woman as the greates t cultural influence second only to the Blessed Sacrament. He pointed our the implication in the White House Confere nce for those dedicated to improving famil y living. Speakers discussed civic responsibilities in educating for Christian family living as well as the inculcation of a sense of reverence for authority.
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Lecturer Conducts English Workshop In Literary Theory Literary Theory determines the subject m atter for the English W orkshop to be conducted here from August 27 - August 31 by Sister Mary Cleophas, R .S.M., Ph.D. Three sessions will be held daily at 9: 30 a.m., 2:00 p.m., and 7:00 p.m. The subject matter for Monday, August 27, wi ll be "Why a Literary Theory" and "The scientific Method of Literary Criticism." "A Discussion of Process" and -the "Nature of Art" is slated for Tuesday. On Wednesd ay Sister will present "Originality vs. Tradition" and "The Logic of Art Objects." Ma terial for discussion on Thursday will be "Form" and "Diction." The closing day, Friday, "Sound Stru cture" and "Values" will be subm itted for consideration. Each evening a¡t seven, Sister will give praorical applications of the theory. Sister Mary Cleophas, R.S.M., Ph.D., director of the workshop, is president of Mount Saint Agnes College, Baltimore, Maryland. Sister conducted a workshop last summer on modern poetry.
52 Attend Summer Session; Religious Outnumber Lay Fifty--two have registered in the current summer school session, June 25 - August 3. There are thirty religious coming from Braz il, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. Twentytwo college students and professional in-service trainees also take supplementary work. Courses include philosophy, English , history, French, math, library science, business, and art.
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Very Rev. I. A . Georges Receives Highest Honor Very Reverend Irving A. Georges, O.P., former Chaplain of Salve Regi na College, received the highest D ominican honor, the degree of D ocror and Master of Sacred Theology, at Sr. Vincent Ferrer Priory, New York City, on June 10. The degree was given in recognition of high standards of intellectual and theological studies of the Order. Previous to his appointment to Salve Reg ina College, F ather Georges was head of the philosophy department of Provid ence College. He h as written m anuals in philosophy, metaphysics, log ic, and ethics. Students and faculty are hopeful of his return to chaplaincy at Salve Regina in the Fall.
Various Sisterhoods Grace College Campus Besides the familiar Mercy Sisters on campus this year, the Franciscans, Carmelites, and Sisters of Saint Joseph of Cluny are also represented . Sister M ary Rosalima, O.S.F., comes from Peres do Rio-Goiaz, Brazil, South America. Since December, Sister has been stationed at the Franciscan Motherhouse at A lleghany, N ew York. She has been working for her B.A. from Saint Bonaventure University in New York. Sister atte nded Cleary School, Providence, before entering the Order of Saint Francis. She teaches religion at Sacred Heart School in
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novi tiate and staff Stella Maris Convalescent H ome and Guest H ouse. Newly established in Newport in the former Cenacle Convent on Battery Street, the Corpus Christi Carmel Sisters are represented by Sister Grace Michael and Sister Jane Frances who study art and logic. This Carmelite Order do religious, social and welfare work in home and foreign missions. The ministry of priests holds a special intention in rheir prayers. Besides conducting a program of lay retreats here, they have opened rheir Eastern noviti ate in Newport, also.
One hundred two students have registered for the fall session, nintey-three of whom are freshmen, reports Sister Mary Martina, registrar. It is expected that the total freshman enrollment will probably exceed one hundred, four times the number in the first class in 1947. Because of the large number of resident students, the third Boor of McAuley Hall will be utilized . Forty-seven are registered for teacher training, while nineteen will study nursing. Twenty-seven are equally distributed in the humanities. Four states are represented in the freshman enrollment. Fifty have registered fr om Rhode Island, twenty-seven from Massachusetts, ten from Connecticut, eleven from New York, ;1nd one from British Honduras. Young women who have transferred from other colleges and who will enter the September classes come from M errimac, Our Lady of the Elms, Rhode Island University, and Rhode Island College of Education. Creative writing and journalism are two new courses being offered this year. College classes will open September 10 and terminate on June 3, 1957. There are forty-five seniors.
New Dominican Ch a plain Has Theology Doctorate R everend Francis Lehner, O.P., professor of philosophy, was formerly stationed at Saint Andrew's Rectory in Cincinnati. During the past year, Father taught at Mother of Mercy Academy conducted by the Sisters of Mercy. Previous to this appointment, Father Lehner taught at Providence College and Sr. Mary's College, N otre Dame. Ordained at W ashi ngton June 5, 1947, he received the degree of Lector of Sacred Theology there in 1948. In 1950 he received the Doctorate of Sacred Theology from the Angelicum in Rome. During these rwo years in R ome, Father Lehner served as secretary to the Opera tor General. H e is a member Operator General.
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Are you as teachers aware of the many ways you can help increase the enrollment of Salve Regina College? In your classrooms, talk enthusiastically about college. Supplement your discussion with illustrative slides, obtainable from the college. For your class paper contact some local Salve R egi na girl for an article concerning college life. When the children m ake their career b ooklets, suggest inte rviews with teachers, nurses, and business women who are SRC alumae. Av ai l yourself of the college catalog, copies of Ebb Tide, a nd pictures for your bulletin board. If yo u have charge of a sodality, arra nge for a small supervised g roup to visi t the college some Saturday afternoon. Drop a judicious word to parents an d suggest hig h sc h oo l~ that offer scholarships to Salve Regina. Above al l, reali ze that you as a teacher are of prime importance in this matter o f publicity. Be alert to utilize every opportunity to make Salve Regin a known and loved.
Cliff-Walk There is no uoon today. .Mon1ing has gone; dusk is long away. Time bas slipped into tbe sea, Or else the s;m, Athena-wise, Has bid it spin a web ctgainst a tree. Love 1·eckons the r11nning of the tide, And turns the leaves, and moves a flow er A gainst a fJ atch of sky. And only love Shows me t!Je way through the warm bttzz And h!tSb of a timeless day to the secret wine cellars Of a Friend. -S. M. Thecla, R.S.M.
Imagine you rself in a panelled room of a French chateau, trying to concentrate on an academic subject. The bea uties of yo ur surroundi ngs almost d istract you from the subject at han d . Ad d the mol breezes of the At lant ic blowing in , and you have the un ique setting of Salve Regina College Summer School, a place of beauty for the assim il ation of cu lture.
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We Enjoy Summer Studyl Nowhere could summer study be more profitable and enjoyable th an here at our college. You may class this statement as "too general ", perh aps even too e nth u siastic. T h en you've never tau g ht, studied , or prayed a t our b eautifu l college. Teachers love it. They appreciate h aving professional people in the ir classes. G o n e are the factors that take t h e joy out of teaching . Here are adult person a l ities, open and matu ring minds, attentive courtesy, eagerness to learn . "Home" assignme n ts are always prepared; t h ese studen ts k now h ow to study, want to study, do study. And t h ere are never a n y classroom interruptions, n o truancy, o r discipline problems. The student indolence which restricts a teacher's enthusiasm and self-giving has no place here. And oh, the luxury of teaching lesson after lesson just the way you've p lanned them. It is part of the instructor's paradise. And the students? "I know it cannot be half so wonderful anywhere again!" comments a Sister-student who will complete h er work here this summer. Space e l iminates so many of the incon veniences of study; students can discover a quiet spot quite easily on our vast campus. They find the calm blue stretch of ocean tranquilizing; the beauties of tree, shru b, a n d flower help them to be receptive. Solitude, peace, quiet, a schedule of study that is manageab le, profitable, and interestin g-what more could a student desire? w ·e sound too joyful about the situation, you say? The pictur e is too idyllic? But the source of our joy is mirrored in our chapel, whose altars and sanctuary are so exquisitely kept and adorned. Here is the Heart of the matter, th e Beginning and End of all o u r labor. Christ is on o u r campus. Together teachers and students pray, "0 Holy Spirit, shed T h y light upon the mind t h at we h ere in these deeps may find the Word we seek . . "
To lose prestige, to sacrifice friendship, and ro face an avalanche of criticism in order to be a noble, steadfast defender of one's principles demands courage. It is just this type of courage that is demonstrated in the eight character portrayals which Senator Kennedy presents in support of his thesis: contrary to prevalent misconception, men of courage have occupied public office. The Senator's book bears the mark of much critical research. It reveals the author's appreciative understanding of the personages treated. The author gives greater emphasis .ro the profiles of Congressmen, and incorporates many fascinating quotations and insights which illuminate the characters and incidents. Too, the declaration of belief that senators are representatives of sovereign states opens a new avenue of approach in the consideration of this focus on courage. An excellent bibliography and index proves the value of the book to students as well as to the general reader.
Departure You must set out alone, alone I say, For there ctre none to guide your soul Save only God. And on this secret
way He guides you by your sometime falling tears. Take not a staff or purse; go comfortless, No compass, httman made, will mark the goal. Who nears The place of setting out will find prepared The rod, tbe staff, the gourd of loneliness. -S. M . Thecla, R .S.M.
Letters Reveal Maturing Power, Joy Of Spirit Amid Persecution In t he book, Dying lf/ e Li,ve, America ns learn for the first time the story of resolute souls who faced death rather than condone the injustice that abounded during the N az i reign of terror. In this collection of letters that prisoners wrote to loved ones during the last hours o f life runs a constant theme of deep joy a nd maturity of spirit. Ewald Von Kleist-Schmenzin, arrested because he found refuge for outlawed persons, wrote: "I can find such deep a nd lasting joy in seemingly insignificant things as I would never have known before." From his prison cell at Hamburg,
H erman n Lange was able ro say , "PersGnall y I am perfectly ca lm , facing steadfastly what is ro come. When one has really ach ieved complete surrender to the will of God , there is a m arvelous feeling o f p eace and a sense of absolute security." Besides ab iding joy of spirit, these letters m anifes t maturity of soul gained by perfect conformity to God's Will. This marurity underlies the letters o f Cato Bonries Von Beck. At the age of twenty-one, Cato joined a group o f political act ivists. Their a mbitious schem ing repelled her, so a ft er two m onths she withdrew. For this "crime" she
was executed. In a fa rewell letter to lx: r sister she wrote : "You must leave aside in life everything that d oes not carr y you fo rw ard spiritmlly. There is so mu ch that is us eless." Brot her P ~u l. known in the world ~ s ?vf1X J oseph M etzger, was 57 years o ld whe n he fa ced his death scnten ~e . For rhe crime of being act ive in social we lfare work, he was executed in Brandenburg. In writ ing ro his fellow prisoners, I3rm he r Paul sa id , 'That m a n is truly free who is superior to every ccr: di ~ i (J n a nd who find s a rew<trd in every lot. Can this be? The Apostle
Paul, when he was himself in chains, said: 'A ll things work together for good to them that love God.' I have written this to you, because I wish that you could all be as free and as happy as I am." Here are but a few examples of rhe sterling joy and m aturity of character reached by these modern martyrs und er constraint of suffering and approaching death.
TH E CYGNET Pub lish e d an nually by the studen ts of th e summ er session of Solve Regina Co llege, Ne wpo rt, Rhode Isla nd .
IPages From A Student Journal The Blind and the Seeing ... "There is none so blind as he who will not see." These words apply to hLunan beings not only in a physical sense, but also in a spiritual sense. Who has nor observed the man crashing his way to material success, heedless and insensitive to the Godcreated beauties surrounding him? He might say, if reminded of this, "Rubbish! I've no time to be moon ing over scenery. There is work to be done and I must hurry." Agreed, fri end. There is work ro be done. You really should hurry.
A sau l and spirit long neglected will wither and droop like an untended plant. If death came suddenly, how cou ld such a soul attain the radiant, pure state desired for homecoming to the Divine Creator? The glories of nature are at the disposal of everyone. The sighted person enjoys such delights as these: a feathered streak of gold as a tiny finch dans from her nest ; delicately shaded pinks and purply-reds of the wild roses cupped by glossy green leaves; the incomparable radiance of a child 's smile, and the haloed mist of the sun on her hair. For those without physical sight the rhythmic pounding of the surf, as-
saulting the shore is no less soothi ng, nor the clash of cymb::ls and the tam-ta-ra of trumpets in a parade less stirri ng. The blindness to be pitied is that which ex ists by the will of the person who possesses ir. It is a signboard clamoring to the world, "God and I are strangers. H e does not live in me. I will make my way without Him." Are First Impressions Fair? It is unfair and sometimes dangerous ro place wo much importance on first impressions. Upon meeting a person one is likely to check swiftly such externals as dress, carriage, grooming, social poise, and
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Nassau, often called Th e lsle of June, is a haven for tourists. Our wonderful climate has made it a beautiful place for a vacation. Sand y beaches make swimming and water skiing a pleasure. H orse racing is the main attraction from January to April. The straw manufactured by native women provide many visitors with straw bags, hats, baskets, and even small straw dolls for the little girls. In the center of town is a monument of Queen Victoria. Statues of pirates in the forts recall former ' days when pirates found a haven in the Bahamas. The Isle of June is under British sovereignty. The Duke of Windsor has made it his home. It has been honored by the visits of many important personages like Princess Margaret and Princess Alice. These visits are filled with merry-m aking.
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Newest among the features of the 1956 summer session is the college library recently moved to the first floor of McAuley Hall. Physical set-up Four rooms have been assigned to the library proper. Located in the former reception hall, the circulation room is flanked on one side by the periodical room and on the other by the reading room and stack room. On this lower floor also, the librarian has her office and her workroom. One room has been designated for faculty use. Aesthetic beauty Modern library equipment and florescent lighting have been installed, of course. But as far as p_Qssible the aesthetic beauty of the former Twombley reception and dining rooms has been left untouched. Silk tapestried walls, brocaded drapes, gold leafed wainscoating and woodwork, ornate fireplaces, oriental rugs, and luxurious furniture provide a unique atmosphere for study. Periodical room Particularly comfortable with luxuriant lounge and easy chair, the bay windowed area in the periodical room is artificially lighted by crystal candle clusters on ornate pedestals. Here the atmosphere of reading is the more restful because one may view the sloping green terra in and expanse of ocean beyond. Yes, the college library offers service, comfort, and aesthetic beauty, within and without.
-Gloria Young
Business Students Tou r Newport National Bank An informative g uided tour through the Newport N ational Bank provided the members of the business department with first-hand knowledge of modern banking methods. Mr. Arnold H . MacCarthy, vicepresident, acquainted his visitors with the procedures of the various depar.rments of loans, savings, deposits, and bookkeep ing. In teresting to note was the efficient handling of the afterma.rh work that must necessari ly affect each transaction. All possible means are taken ro safeguard the interests of customers.
by Margaret Mary Corr the kind of car the person drives. This will establ ish his position in our somewhat absurd scale of society, but it will not answer these questions: Is he on good terms with God? D o his everyday business ethics bear out his religious training, if any? Is he tolerant of others' ideas and of the ir faults? Are his manners as considerate with members of his own family as they are with outsiders? Will he give you an honest opinion on controversial issues, or w ill he fencestraddle? Certainly one must have such a nearly complete pic.ture of a personality before he dares to evaluate and criticize.
Flight En gineer Tries Hand At Fren ch Ve rbs Francis X. Quinn of Newport, after completing four years of service in the Air Force, is taki ng prepararory courses in French here. Mr. Quinn reports that duri ng the four years in the Air Force, he spent some time in both England and on the Continent. As he traveled through Germany and Rome, Mr. Quinn fou nd it very interesting to reca ll his European history and connect the facts to the corresponding sights. The most impressive view was the Bavarian Alps which were covered with snow in November. During his air force career, Francis X. Quinn served as flight engineer, a member of the ground crew. He pla ns to explore this field to a greater extent through the study o f aero nautics. He will attend Newman Prep School in Boston next September. This is the first opportu ni ty that Mr. Qu inn has had tO adm ire the architecture of S:dve Regina College. "'It certainly isn't the homey type of house that we construct today," he comments.
Sister Mary Me rcedes Com p iles CCD Booklet
THEY SERVE YOU ... Sister M. Mercy, S.M. Benjamina, S. Marie Therese, S. M. Ethel, S. M . Alicia, and S. M. Laura.
The first published bu lleti n of the Diocesan Teaching Brothers and Sisters Committee has been compiled by Sister Mary Mercedes, R.S.M., cha irman. Pope Pius X is the patron of the T. B. S. C. The bulletin contai ns a review of the year's work as a committee, national confratern ity news, and contr ibutions from the Teaching Brothers and Sisters Committee. Reverend David J. Coffey expressed his deep appreciation of the work of the booklet.
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H onze Econonzics [ Tnites Scicuces Suppose you w e re to drop into th e c loth ing laboratory some \\ 1edncsday nr F rid ay morning, what wou ld you see? Three students bending over beakers with st irring rods. \ Vhat arc th ey doin g!' Testing cotton in a solution of sodium hydroxid e b eca use , you sec, there is more to clothing than th e obied that m eets the eve. lf you are anxious
Art Students Visit School of Design Ac ~·ornpanicd by Sister J\l:r · J 1\l ercedes, H.S.M. , art instr11dor , members of the summer session art c lass visi ted the Rhode Island Sc hool of D es ign Muse um , Providence, on .Jrd y 2.
Espec ially interesting to th e group was the Egyptian art ex hibit , since many c lass hours a rc spen t in studying this pha se of th e worl-; . Among other exhibits visite d were the Baby lonian , Greek and Roman , e arly Chri stian and Homanes<JU C art. Th e class profited a lso fmm view in g works of the English sc hool , the Directoire period ,,n d th e oil paint ings of the colonial peri 1 ~rn French a rti sts' works , nam e ly lh ose of the Hcno ir, Toulou sc-Lautrec, D egas, and oth ers were v iewed. To co mp lete the fi e ld trip, th e class also visited th e student exhibits in indu strial <1't. D esi g n exh ibits using materials suc h as rope, h1 •1nn
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Are you searching aim lessly for release of pent-up energy? Cease your endless wanderings! We have just the remedy tO allay your difficulty. "Where?" you ask. Accounting intricacies Assuredly, the answer is found in solving the intricacies of accounting. Such mysteries as a debit entry to the accounts receivable ledger column and a credit entry to cash in the combined cash-journal, once solved , ca n be intriguing as well as practicaL Those unfamiliar terms of posting, trial balances, adjusting entries, become second nature; eventually you may place after your name rhose covered initials, C.P.A. Shorthand, typing The advanced shorthand and typing class progresses through a rapid refresher course in Gregg shorthand simplified as the pens g lid e on, like wago n-whee ls to .rhe rune of "pushon, pu sh-on." Rapid ly they go over rolling plains of "rn , n, r, or 1", up glen with "nt or dent", and dow n dale with "pent or gent", and fina lly concluding with the abbrev iat ing principle. Through this stud y of selecred fund amentals, a sound and solid transcription sk ill is built, ensuring a writing ab ility that is sustained in taking long and rapid dictations.
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In all colleges there is to be found a group of students who are set apart from the rest of the populace. These are t'he logic students, dedicated individuals who are "learning to think." Thus it is at Salve Regina, for our philosophers are easily discernible as they walk about the grounds with serious faces and open books. Although mindful of the scenic beauties of Newport, they often regard these delig.hrs nor with souls at-tuned to their aesthetic qualities but in terms of universals, predicables, or substances. Even the grass beneath their feet becomes part of the comprehension and extension of this bit of God's handiwork. Lest the reader come to the conclusion <that logicians are a sad lor, let me assure you that they are the happiest of individuals traveling the way of the ultimate, leaving the rest of mankind to follow in their footsteps.
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Life-bearing aridity So the inner life of the spirit continues when drabness and desolation overwhelm us. Burdens appear inDesert beauty supportable, and our existence is To one unfamiliar with the deser.r, surely a desert, lonely, vast, eternaL a menral picture appears of a drab, It is then the soul ·will stir and gendesolate, ugly expanse of rock, sand, era·re life and movement through and space. Actually, there is much divinely established c-hannels of beauty in the deserr. At different grace and love and faith and beauty seasons irs floor blooms with thou- and truth. These have been stored sands of exotic cactus blossoms, in the spiritual reservoir which God pink, cream-white, pale orchid; gives to every human being to aid golden spider lilies, and spikey, the fulfillment of his life cycle. amber barrel cactus. Always, even As the blind scorpion swings his at its apparently most lifeless rime, tiny insect finger, searching nourishthere is life. Spritely little prairie ment from his desert home, the bardogs dig their subterranean homes tered human soul, stumbling blindly and romp near the entrances. Tan- in its own desert, reaches out a gray sidewinders and multi-pat- tentative finger of prayer and hope terned black, whi-te, and yellow king ro the Divine Light. The reward snakes undulate among the rocks will be enrichment and sustenance and arroyos. Blind scorpions swing and rebirth surpassing any physical their feelers about, seeking susten- gratification known.
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"Only a few privileged people can risk living in the land of sunlight and sleep; bur for each of us there is a desert made to measure and within reach."
Thank you ... Facul ty and stud ents appreciate the splendid lectures given by Rev. Frederick Mor iarty, S. ]., and by Miss Teresa Fitzpatrick
Musical Features Piano Ensemble The Great H all will be the setting for the summer musical to be presented by the music department on Sunday even ing, July 29. The harmony students under the direction of Sister Mary Rosina, R.S.M., have been preparing various piano ensemble pieces during the p:1st weeks in addition to their regular classes in Harmony II. These ensemble renditions include a duet, two-piano, four-hand and two-piano, eight-hand selections. Included in the p rog ram are four choral selections in which talented members of the student body will participate. Vocal pieces include : K en111cky Babe-Giebel; T each Me T o P·r ay-Jewett; Carmena-Wi lson; Espana-Charbrier. The piano ensemble will render: Light Cavalry 0 vert11re-von Soupee; CountrJ' Gardens-Grainger; W altz from Fa11st -Gounod ; Alleg1'0-H ayd n; Babel/age-Del Castillo; Copellia-Delibes; j enny Lind Polka - Wallerstein; Whimsical Charms-Fresco; Soldier's Chams - Gounod. Pianists include: Sister Mary Rosina, Sister Marie Andre, Sister Marie Georgette, and Sister Mary Paschaline.
"0 world, I cannot hold you close enough" is in Sister's every word and gesture. Trees? She knows them intimately. Lovingly she handles the deeply cerrared leaves of the white beech, the more glossy texture of the copper beec-h, and the delicately outlined leaves of the holly beech. You must see our Paulonias. It's roo bad you can't be here in September when they flower and view the velvety brown calix and its lavender blooms. Evergreens? Here are umbrella pine, arbor vitae, Norway spruces. Flowers? Oh, the profusion of beauty in the rose garden, the blue delphinium, mock orange blossoms, powder puff argeraturn, fox rails, the hybrid rambl~r, Miss Newport, fuscia , poppies, sweet alyssum, heliotrope: how much loveliness can you absorb?
Rose Garden Attracts Prospective Rembrandts Pencils, palettes, and paints! Yes, if one would look our a window each morning she would see the ar t students on parade to an outdoor classroom. Led by Sister Mary Mercedes, instructor, a group in Carernelite, Franciscan, and Mercy habits may be seen walking toward the rose garden or to view a scene along the cliffs. When sketching and smdy of color is completed in the outdoor laboratory, students finish their oil painting indoors. Corne and see!
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Shrubs and vines are numerous, variegated, full of health . The estate was called Vinland, wasn't it? The grapes in the greenhouse arbor are already hanging in heavy green clusters . . . Thank you, Sister! Without you we never could have known all this loveliness.
Sister Professor Presents Masters Franee's I iterary masters of the seventeenth century are introduced to Sister students by Sister Marie Pierre. Since -these will be Sister's last classes, the students are taking full advantage of them . Sister bids adieu to Salve Regina College after summer courses and returns to her Cincinnati province. Previous to her Salve R egina assignment in 1952 as head of the French Department, Sister was president of Our Lady of Cincinnati College. While there, she also conducted French classes for thirteen years. Sister has had wide experience in French language and literature. After receiving her M.A. in French, she continued her studies for a doctorate. She received her Ph.D. in French at Catholic University of America. A summer in France has added a wealth of practical knowledge to her studies. May your future years, Sister, be as successful at these four at Salve Regina. Diett vous benisse; Adieu!
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