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ne a t Salve Regina is by the observance of ~e' s own r eligious, social, vidua l traditions. Added iate routine is a varied 1 1 e which fills t h e p recs w eeks with a combined r everence, joy, cha rity, I will.
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Vol. 15, No. 2
Salve Re g ina Co ll e g e, Ne wport, R. I.
Ma rch, 1961
Jinxed Juniors Snowed Under; Look To April Saturday , February It was to be the date o f the Jun ior Sapphire Ball at Sa lve Regina College. R efreshm ents, programs and post-prom parry p lans awa ited in readin ess fo r t he e ve ning , but th e wea th er d d nor oblige. Beginning arou nd 3:00 a. m . on Febru ary 4 a snow stor m descend ::ci upon R hod e Isla nd proving ro be the worst "norrh easter路路 since 190 11. This r路esu lt-ed in a hecr ic day fo r the Juni ors and all those d irectl y con cerned w ith the Ba ll , since the rep orts fl uctu ated from the adam.uH asserti ons o f some of the Junio rs that the da nce woul d be held to th e H ighw ay D epartm ent's eq uall y adamant asserti on tl-:at the hi ghways were impassable .
!aria R egina Sodalit y's ~hristmas party for uneg ed children in N ewport f the most r ewarding of m's projects. All students ed t o share with the Soembers the joy of givin~ ibuting gifts of toys and for 30 young guests. At :y, h eld in M ercy Hall .h e second week of D eSa lve R egina's "fairy .ers " enchant the children pr ogr a m of delig h t s a nd ;, a nd a r e, in turn, amply :1 by the excitem ent and :s mirrored in the eyes of :le visitors. Wreath
(2 ) Cath y Foye , Ma ry He al y, Came le Ma ncini won d e r, " Will a plastic bag keep it 'ti ll Ap ril?"
Bur the sp iri ts o f th e Class of '62 refuse to be dampened. U nder rhe :ead ;o rship cf P'lt Sil va, P resid ent, the g irls look ro A p nl for the fulfill. ment o f th eir Sapph ire Ball dreams. Ap ri l 22 is rh e dare new ly-proposed for the Ball and o n Apnl 2 1 ~ a casua l "N ebbish " them e-d ance is sched uled ro he lp the Jun iOrs ratse fun ds for their yearbook. T hi s w ill be opened to the who le college. T he B:!l four co mpany is also o bl ig ing by promi sing to engrave the mi ssing dares on the rings. {1) " Thi s is what we wou ld have wo r n", soy Ba rbara Gor man, J e a n Pe tti ti , a nd Joan 0 Brien. 1
The conse nsus of opinio n fi nall y cam e to a head arou nd 2 :00 p. m. however, and the rea li ty had to be faced- the Sapphire Ball was c:tncelle d -the first dance to m eet thi s fate in the hisrory o f the college. But this was not the beginning o f the Juni ors' troubles. P rev ious w the danc ing d ilem ma of the g irls, it was d iscovered at their ring lin in.:; that the d:tte o f grad uat ion was o mi tted from the rin gs.
Salve Sponsors Missionersi
Boston Hosts I. R. C.
Seniors To Work In South
At the rece nt N ew Engla nd Reg io nal Conference o f I. R . C lubs Cathy Foye, a Juni or was el ected R eg io nal Vice Pres ide nt fo r rh e So u t h eas t e rn M assac husetts ~ nd Rh od-e Island Di srri cr. T he con fe rence was he ld at rhe K e nmore H otel in Boston o n the wee ke nd of M arch 3 ro 5. N an cy Leo nard, D owthy Du tra and Car heri n~ Foye rep r-esented rhe coll :"ge at t hi s m ee tin g. Th ey panicipa red in rhe g roup di scuss ions o n the vital subj-ect o f relat ions in Latin Ameri u . Som e of rhe speake rs and guests at the co nference wer-e Sra M arg<tri ta Macaya, the Costa Ri ca n dele gate to rhe U. N., l\ fr. Jameson o f the Stare D epart m ent Program o f H ousing and rhe Ass istant D ean -> f H arv ard U ni versity Law School who sp oke o n rhe Cuban rev olu tio n and the Bogata confere nce and alw four Lat in America n stude nts, one fr cm Pa nama, Pu erto R ico ~ tn d rwo fr om C ub.t.
Mary Langh orn and M arie M cCanhy ,. rwo mem bers of the prese nt Sen ior class, have ann ounced that they have volunteered for l:ty A postolare wc rk , soon after grad uatio n. Mary, Salve Regi na's Sru dent Body P reside n t. will leave shortly after gr :1d u <~ri o n to do ca teche ticai or parish cens us work in N orth Carolina . Marie , a H o me Eco nom ics ma Jor, is l1eaded for New M ex ico or Texas for teac hing. M ar ie plans to begin her m iss ionary work in September. Thes-e g irls wil l be p ioneers for the lay A po sw late movement fro m Salve R egina Co llege, answeri ng the ap peal made by Siste r J ohn of R eg is Coll-ege last year at a school assembly 13c rh ~1re engaged in :tcrivc memb:> rshi p in rhe M issio n U n it on campus. R osemary H yde heads th is group as Presid ent and Siste r M:t ry M arr h.1, R.S.M. is its moderator.
olemnity of th e Advent s k ept in f ocus by obthe cer emony of lig hting ren t Wreath. B eginning ~ f reshman cla ss on the 1day evening, each group :s in the Great Hall to ~ week with the simple, ve prescribed pra yers and th e ca ndle which symhe coming of the L ight orld . The Advent Wreath 1a l b eauty is fashioned ented by Home Economnts. ;h t procession
Pa tr icia Silva , Juni or C la ss Pres id e nt, rece ives he r ring o t a n nual cere mony.
Juniors Receive Sapphire Rings At Traditional College Ceremony Th e annu al R ing Ceremon y of rh e Ju n ior Class was held on Friday , February .'\ in th e Grea r H all o f Ochre Cour t. Pa re nts of the J tlll iOt g trls were present ro see their da ught-e rs rece tve thetr class nngs from M other M ary H ilda, R.S.M . Th e Juniors then sang the class so ng, t he school Alma Mater, and recited a loyalty p ledge to Salve R egtn a. Stster M ary R osalia, R .S.M. e xplained th e signi fica nce o f the ring~ rhe R ev. Father lrv ing G eo rges, O.P. spok e o n the rol e of sy mbols tn . o ur. ltves, and M cther Mary H il da, R .S.M. asked the cl ass ro read th e B tble tn order ro l:: e::c m e bette r Cath olic wome n. M ary L:!ng horn , Pres ident of the Stude nt Body, gave a cong ratul arory spe路ec h ro rhe class. Pat Sil va, J uni or Class Pr.:side nr. expressed rl~ a nk s to rhe pare nts for their important rol e in th e co! lege career o f each g trl. !h.e Freshman Cl ass Pres id ent otTe recl co ng ratul ati ons o n behalf o f the Juntor s Fr-~ s hm a n Siste rs. Follo wing th e sp eeches, the Juni or Class and the ir g uests fil ed into the C hape l for the cel-ebra t ion o f Bcncdi cr ion. After the cere mo ny a tea was held in the main dining room for J uniors, the ir pa re nts, and the faculry.
;teful elegance of Salve's ing room is a n approprilg fo r the annua l Holly ,ay faculty members are u ests and are fe ted by 1d junior r esident s tuthe na m e of the s t udent ditional N oel fes tiviti es through the week in a ll halls. riately, t h e merriment ' feasti ng is replaced by solemnity as the s tuticipate in t he tra ditioncandleligh t p r ocession. .g in the upper ba lconies, garbed in caps a nd ld c a r r y i n g ligh ted roceed down t h e br oad 1ircase to t h e dark ened !. Highlig h t of the cerethe placing of a wax the prepared creche. r tra ditionally belongs esident of the student , this year , is Marie B e f o r e the creche, e lig hted by each class .o r epr es ent the homa g e ~ I nfant King by every inian . .rd - bound s t u d e n t s t hey share in the three Eve Masses w hi ch eli! R egina 's observan ce birt h.
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