Ebb Tide, Vol. 15 No. 5 (Mar 1974)

Vol. XV, No. 5

SALVE REGINA COLLEGE/NEWPORT, R.I.

Theatre Division Cites .Camelot in Lusty May One time long ago, whether in the reality of history or the reality of man's imagination, a second Garden of Eden was created.

"A law was made a distant moon ago there: July and August could not be too hot. There was a legal limit to the snow there . . . in Camelot."

And on May 9, 10, 11 and 12 the Theatre Division of Salve Regina College will present Lerner and Loewe's musical, Camelot, at the Rogers High School auditorium.

The musical will be directed

by Miss Joan David, Assistant Professor of English and Dramatics at Salve Regina. Assisting her as production manager will be Miss Paula O'Malley.

By Susanne Neely In a spirit of fancy and fun, the idyllic setting of medieval Spring will be blossoming in all its colorful glory in the Chamfolklore will be brought to life pagne Fashion Show at Ochre on stage. Enhanced by a musical Court, Wednesday, March 20th score of haunting poignancy and at 8 p.m. The second annual robust vitality, the story of the Arthurian legend will encompass fashion show is to be sponsored by the A 1 u m n a e Association. the amorous advances of the self-assured Lance 1 o t toward Chairman of the event will be Mrs. Mary Carol Bryant, coKing Arthur's beautiful wife and chairman is Mrs. Eileen Jorgenqueen, Guenevere.

Ambitious Undertaking son, generously assisted by Miss Mary Connolly, Mrs. Patricia ' According to Miss David, the Burns and Miss Nancy Shields. production of Camelot will be Professional Touch one of the college's most ambitious undertakings to date. The Mrs. Bunny North, who is comain characters with singing ordinating the program will be parts total nearly fifteen. They providing commentary on the a:re supported in the action by a newest fashions for the spring and especially summer sessions. full chorus of women singers and The fashions, from the Puritan a substantial number of knights and pages. The entire cast will Ladies' Apparel Shoppe of Newinvolve at least fifty persons. port, will be p r of e s s i o n a 1As the song says, "In short, ly modeled. there's simply not a more conCasually floating down the genial spot; for happ'ly evergrand staircase of Ochre Court aftering than here in Camelot.'' will be some of the latest pantOr, when Salve finishes, than suits and pant-dresses of polyin Camelot . . . via Newport. ester fabrics for spring comfort.

Flowing ·long gowns for the summer and spring will drift through the Great Hall in prints and solids of chiffons, polyesters and other fabrics. Also previewed will be new bride ensembles.

Styles Spark Spring Mood

Music Starts Spring Fest

by Regina Tracy Spring is here and you're really in love for the first time ... for this week, at least. Staring into his gorgeous brown eyes, you struggle madly . to recall narrie and occupation: "Michael, uh Malcolm, oh Brian; oceanographer, no, sociologist!" Establishing that, you try to find somewhere to go. The wine and cheese picnic routine does become a bit of a bore and the lear jet is grounded due to the fuel shortage. One needs something that is fun, but replete with that presently overworked yet highly marketable commodity . .. class.

The Fine Arts Series of Salve Regina provides a solution to the problem by presenting a spring series of events guaranteed to launch the season of joy and song in fine style. Herein is a taste of days to come: March 15, 8 p.m. - Boston Symphony Brass Trio ; March 24, 3 p.m. New Music Ensemble of Providence; April 7, 4 p.m. - John Gibbons, harpsichordist; Apr i 1 25, 8 p.m.- Jazz Ltd. and Mike Renzi Trio; May 1, 8 p.m.

Providence Recorder Society.

Plus Prizes

Tickets, only $3., may be obtained through the moderator of the program, Sister Joannes Griffen, or through the Alumni Office in Ochre Court. Chances will be offered on a liquor basket as well as other prizes.

GOP Hard Core Geared to Action That campus interest in things political is far from vanishing seems to be the message of the 26 member Salve Regina College Republican Club.

Hard core members serve as enthusiastic participants at all levels of the party system. And involvement is as varied as these individuals wish to make it, ranging all the way up to summer internships at the College Republican National Committee in Washington, D. C. Future SRCRC meetings concern plans for increasing membership, o b t a i n i n g volunteer ushers for the traditional gala dinner, and climaxing in a combined business/ pleasure May 4 New England Federation Constitutional Convention and beach party.

March, 1974

Dr. Burrell Is Dean.

Other Changes Made

Dr. William Burrell, newly appointed Dean of Salve Regina College.

Report Highlights Alumni ActivHies In January the first college newsletter, entitled Report from Newport, was i s s u e d by the Salve Regina Public Relations Office under the supervision of Mr. Robert J. McKenna, Director of College and Community Relations. The purpose of this publication is to foster communication among the college community, parents, and especially the alumni.

In the near future, the college newsletter will be issued four times during the school year.

Included in the publication will be a special alumni supplement called "Class Notes". It will contain news and information of special interest to all alumni.

The college newsletter has received a large number of favorable responses from the Alumni Association, which indicates its viability for the college community,

Effective as of February 1, 1974, Dr. William Burrell, Professor of English and Education, became Dean of the College as announced

by Sister Lucille McLillop.

In conjunction with his new position, Dr. Burrell will have the responsibility of the curriculum, the academic budget for all college areas except administrative and support areas, and all faculty personnel.

All academic personnel will be responsible to Dr. Burrell. In turn her will repor.t directly to the president of the college.

Besides being Dean of the College, Dr. Burrell is Assistant Dean to Graduate Students. He will serve as Director of Graduate Studies. Dr. Burrel has many plans for the graduate program.

He hopes to have graduate courses during summer sessions

By Peggy Cremin with a six credit practicum in Salve Regina College is now reading. Dr. Burrell feels that the offering a graduate program in graduate program will be "well human development. The prounder way by the summer". gram is anchored in a core of Also, Dr. Burrell's immediate eight courses, depending upon concern is "to help the faculty one's professional program and work out a more equitable workpersonal needs. load and a more equitable salary Students choose a field of proschedule." fessional service from one of five Other changes in the adminareas of specialization, including istration have occurred. Sister teaching, reading, religious eduRenata Cremins has been apcation, spec i a 1 education and pointed as Assistant Dean for human development.

Non- Traditional Students. For Each student must be given this semester, however, Sister tools which will allow him to Renata will maintain her duties discover and utilize tomorrow's as Director of Student Affairs. knowledge. He must "learn how This position will be filled as of to learn" so that he can adapt the beginning of the next school to change throughout his life. year.

The graduate program at Salve Dr. Beverly Miller remains the Regina College is designed to Academic Dean for Traditional meet this educational challenge.

Students. She will continue to Dual goals define the gradudirect academic counseling and ate program: t o help the individwork with student affairs. ual who enrolls to realize his own full potential and, through Sister Mary Audrey O'Donnell focused study in a professional r etains the position of Dean of area, to prepare that student to A d m i s s i o n s. Her admission help others achieve self-actualicounselors are Barbara Connolzation. ly and Marlene Johnston.

College Sees New Studies

Library Staff Accepts Challenge: Change In Structure and Set-Up,

By Cora Agnes Collins Libraries, in the collectively unconscious generalizations held dear in the minds of the greater part of the populace on almost any given campus in the United States, seem timeless, somehow changeless. Yet this common impression of traditional sameness, though upheld by a casual glance

by McAuley's ivy covered, brownstone exterior, soon collapses upon a more careful investigation.

A gradual but steady process of transformation for the better has been advancing throughout the past several months of this academic year.

Under the new directorship of Sister Mary Giles, R.S.M., and all the other members of the staff, in conjunction with a sympathetic Library Committee, a continuous consideration and reassessment of the desires of those persons using the library facilities, and a correlative adjustment and response of things in need of improvement has been under-

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Sister Mary Giles, R.S.M., director of Salve Regina library. taken and moved ahead as rapidly and sensibly as budget priorities and other realistic considerations will allow.

Changes in the physical plant itself inc 1 u de, among many others; improved lighting (both indoors and out), rearranged

furnishings to facilitate the more efficient flow of traffic, and lastly, the installation of fire doors at either end of the second floor corridor at once for greater quiet and safety.

Also, on a trial basis for the time being, the four week loan period enjoyed by faculty mem. bers has now been extended to Salve students.

Acquirement of the new depository for the American Enterprise Institute has substantially increased the r eserves available for resourceful students and faculty. The new material alone is greatly significant in further underscoring and reinforcing the r eal r ole any good library should play - to provide sufficiently wide-ranging opportunities for the acquirement and synthesis of knowledge, new and old, to any serious seeker requiring quality and pertinence, as well as mere quantity and diversity in the scholarly materials at his disposal.

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Student Forum:

Campus Involvement To Be Or Not To Be You have distinguished yourself in a co-curricular activity here on campus. Do you believe your experience has been valuable?

Terri Kubitschek: Herman Hesse once parallelled the human personality to an onion with a multiplicity of layers and interwoven and ever-deepening teguments. It seems to me that the years allotted to college are an opportune time for one to explore and realize the many and multi-dimensional facets of "self." Such realization requires a diversity of experience beyond that of the classroom. College presents a concentrated variety of experiences and interactions.

To ignore such opportunities is to deny one's dimensionality. Yes, I have chosen involvement ... anything less would have been a gross cheating of myself.

Faith Zabriski: The answer to this question is a definite "yes."

There is a limited variety of extra-curricular activities offered on campus due to unavailability of facilities, but there is no problem in getting involved in those offered. What I've discovered is that if the student has the initiative the possibilities are endless. The people on campus are very friendly and willing to help and contribute.

When I came to Salve I saw things to change for the better and attempted it. Working with the administration, faculty, and students many changes evolved. In the upper classes there is apathy and it shouldn't be. Anyone can get involved. Courtesy, politeness, and positive attitude are what is lacking. People and friendship are what are important.

You have chosen not to become involved in campus activities.

What are your reasons? Do you feel that you are missing anything by your non-involvement?

Beverly Blaine: Campus activities have always been of distant interest, feeling that observation of their bureaucratic system presents interesting and obviously fallible social phenomena. Assistance rather than criticism is more helpful, but irregular time demands my sitting back and making suggestions outside ,t he system.

Difficulty finding any activities of interest caused discovery. When time does present itself, often last minute, more can be done on one's own initiative than in conjunction with an immovable mass.

Clubs and committees tend to regiment one to a task where freedom allows diversity. Walking and working in town has presented the opportunity to meet people and know Newport, allowing the enjoyable relaxation of private time. Off campus involvements are rewarding in their own right.

Barbara Underwood: I'm a commuter. I live off campus and the only part of campus life I'm really involved in are my classes.

One reason is that I work nights which takes up a lot of time.

Between classes, studying and work I don't have much free time, and what I do have I prefer to keep free. I know a few girls on campus who also work but are involved in every activity they can cram into their schedules and they usually complain about their lack of free time. That's fine for some people but I like as much freedom as I can have under the circumstances.

Certain Projects Cited In Nursing Progratn

by Marcy Remer In the nursing curriculum there are various personal projects with which a student becomes involved. They include a freshman orientation program, "clinic mothers," and a senior guidance seminar.

Numerous community agencies are used in conjunction with these projects.

Thus, a student gains insight to her patient through personal in-depth care and assessment of a patient's psychological, physical problems; their personal as well as environmental facets.

Freshman nursing students had expressed a desire to be introduced to nursing before their sophomore year. The nursing faculty agreed to a non-credit program that would expose them to various areas of nursing.

Among these are: expressing observations and experiences; becoming aware of man's basic needs for comfort, understanding, and respect, during illness; and utilizing basic nursing skills.

A "clinic mother" is a project undertaken when a nursing stu-

dent enters the Maternal and Child Health area of training.

Each student is assigned a pregnant woman due before the end of the semester. The pre-natal care includes a home visit, accompanying her to checkups, and touring labor and delivery areas.

The student follows her "mother" through labor and delivery.

Post-natal care is dependent upon time and the individual student. It may include more home visits.

Senior year entails a guidance study seminar. Each student chooses from one of four specific areas: Maternal-Child Health, Medical-Surgical, Psychiatries, and Community Health. Various subjects in these areas are selected and researched. Some topics have been Midwifery, Death and Dying, Battered Children, Patient Teaching as Utilized in Pediatrics, and individual case studies of various long-termed illnesses. This second-semester project involves field study, technical research, and conducting a seminar on the chosen subject.

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Upon :Jfte Shore From the soul of ships I saw land Hidden by night Lighted by man; From the soul of ships I saw the sea Marking the distance Between land and me The breeze blew warm Our skin turned brown The silence blew inward, And a soul's sounds Were muffled To the fears Of life The near Of Death, Could I, About to live, Know dying?

So young.

I craved peace. . . I took my men, Dead and living, Sealed forever as brothers To where the water Meets the land And waves flow through Swordless hands; I gathered my brothers together And we left the incest Of sand and sea I gathered them aboard The soul of ships as one And we sailed with the tide, Running wherever the water Would run.

March,

Why Not Join Us?

by Anne Quigley and Susanne Neeley One of the most pressing problems facing any college today is that of the recruitment of new students to fill the ranks.

This is one aspect of college life which is a major determining factor in the life o~ death of a college.

But, it is not only the responsibility of the admission counselors to see that this job gets carried out. It is up to every individual student who is a part of their college campus to try to do what they can in order to increase the enrollment. It is their college. They are the ones who will benefit. In the last analysis, it is upon them that the destiny of their college lies.

This is the situation facing Salve. What we need more than anything in the recruitment drive is students. Students themselves are the best advertisers of the college.

Salve's Admissions Office has initiated, under the direction of Sister Mary Audrey with Barbara Connolly and Marlene Johnston, and with the strong support of the president, Sister Lucille McKillop, a four-point program aimed at encouraging recruitment.

First is the one-to-one correspondence which involves writing post-cards to interested high

school students offering an opportunity for a weekend visit to Salve.

Next, in follow-up, would be contacting of Salve students by the high school students to arrange a weekend study.

Thirdly, Salve students on Easter vacation could return to their high schools to inform guidance departments, faculty, and especially students of the opportunities and interests they are pursuing at Salve. In conjunction with the idea, the Admissions Office has issued a paper to be given to every student.

The paper is mainly concerned with Easter vacation and the feasibiilty of students returning to their former high schools in an effort to recruit by sharing their experiences at Salve with the high school . students. Barbara Connolly and Marlene Johnston 路 would appreciate it if every student could fill out this paper and return it to Admissions.

Lastly, changes are proposed for the orientation of incoming freshmen, details of which are currently under discussion.

The viability of an entire school can hang by a tenuous lifeline. You, the student, can play a substantive role by actively maintaining that lifeline of students at Salve - if only you recruit.

An Interim of Positiv~ism

by Terri Kubitschek The month of January on the The interplay of ideas in both Salve Regina campus saw a vitalclassroom and field trip situaity and stimulation that even the tions created an informal and inbleary winter weather couldn't formatively stimulating three dampen. weeks.

For two years now, Salve Re路 A dialogue between college gina College has operated on a and community was fostered by 4-1-4 calendar. And finally, in series of lectures and work1974's one month of interim, the shops and a Colonial Arts Weekconcept of January academia end on the Salve campus. The was realized on our campus. lecture series saw audiences This realization occurred with ranging between 150-200 people. the initiation of the tripartite Colonial music and drama workcourse, "Education for Our Bishops were enthusiastically atcentennial." tended. The Salve Regina draThe beauty of this course was matic production of Royall Ty路 that its impact was not only ler's The Contrast witnessed an manifested on campus, but reachSRO crowd in the Creative Arts ed into the Newport communLty Center, and over 200 persons and even the country at large. passed through a colonial decoSuch pervasive positivism berative arts exhibit in Ochre gan with the small group of Court. A colonial music concert people who populated Salve's in Newport's Trinity Church was library for three hours each Janalso filled to capacity. uary morning. This coterie of One of the strongest indicathirteen students and four teachtions of Salve Regina's impact on ers approached their study of the Newport community in Jancolonial America with a strength uary was the substantial numof enthusiasm which made up ber of feature stories on the in- 路 -Burrows Younkin for their paucity of numbers. terim activities which appeared in the Newport Dally News throughout the month.

But in an even more pervasive sense, we of Salve also have cause for pride due to the nationwide recognition which our interim course received. Coverage of it appeared in papers spanning such cities as Los Angeles, Denver, and even Peoria, Illinois.

Good things happened on this campus in January. It is unfortunate that more people could not have partaken of January's positivism. The price of the course prevented a number of people from enrolling; it would seem that reduction of price would be compensated for by the additional enrollment it would foster.

Nursing students participate in Freshman Orientation, one of For something as positive as nursing division's special projects. L-r: Marcy Remer; Mrs. Hull, Salve's 1974 interim should be moderator; Cathy O'Connor; Kathy Stevens as patient. experienced by many.

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Jobs of Class of 1973 Graduates Extend Across The United States

by Kathy Stevens Graduates of Salve Regina Class of 1973 were placed in a variety of jobs ranging from Massachusetts to Florida, and Rhode Island to California.

According to Sister Mary Marjorie, R.S.M., the placement office placed 84% of the one hundred twenty-three graduates.

Fourteen teachers were placed in elementary school systems and four as high school teachers. Of the elementary school teachers six found jobs in Catholic schools In Rhode Island. The high school teachers are in high schools in Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York.

In the field of special education, teachers found jobs in East J>rovidence, Newport, and Stamford State Training School in Connecticut. Two graduates are also employed as teachers in Okinawa and in Greece.

The majority of students found jobs in the health fields. Graduates, nurses and medical technologists were placed in every hospital in Rhode Island, nine hospitals in Massachusetts, three in New Jersey, three in Connecticut, two in Illinois and others in Florida, New York, California and Washington, D. C. One girl entered the Army Nurse Program.

In the field of nursing three

Exorcist Viewing Evokes Reactions

by Mariadona McCarthy One of the foremost subjects of controversy rests with values of the film, The Exorcist. A recent survey reveals some of the reactions which the film has evoked.

The primary reasons given for seeing the film were curiosity and as a class requirement. Although several students thought the film was terrifying or disgusting, a few added that they were now afraid to enter a room alone and had difficulty sleeping.

While the majority of responses indicated a disbelief in demonology, several acknowledged the possibility of its existence. Many responses supported the idea that the integration of a person's psychic forces could produce an effect similar to demonology. Also, the so-called possession could be a method of manifesting a psychological disorder.

Questions were asked regarding the views of an experimental psychologist who feels since the value system is disintegrating, society is turning inward to sexual sensation, mysticism and shock. Many students polled believe that man is basically materialistic and when the materialistic ethic does break down, people become stranded. They seek a new meaning for their lives and hence, try to extract some purpose from the unknown (i.e., mysticism, etc.).

Other responses indicated a belief that some men, instead of turning to the bizarre, locate meaning in some form of religious experience, thus finding sensationalism unnecessary.

of the graduate students assumed positions as nursing instructors. Of the nursing instructors, one teaches at Children's School of Nursing in Boston, another at Saint Mary's Hospital School of Nursing in Waterbury, Connecticut and Wesley Passavant School of Nursing in Chicago; Illinois.

Ten graduates planned to go

on to graduate school as fulltime students. The graduate schools chosen were Adelphi University, Boston College, New York University, Springfield College, the University of Rhode Island, and Yale. Two girls wished to pursue careers in law and entered Suffolk University Law School and University of Illinois Law School.

The Question of Challenge: English Students Answered

by Sister Mary Jean Tobin, R.S.M. (Editor's

Note:

The following

is the second of a series of articles presented by the department chairman on career opportunities.)

What can I be? That is the question and the challenge for the English Major who imagines a kind of outer darkness beyond the teaching profession. But there are other pathways as yet unexplored.

Literary World The literary world has many facets. You might investigate such specializations as film, art, children, law, catalog, the bookmobile as possibilities within the profession. Most of these require graduate study.

In the publishing companies there are such needs as proof readers, research workers, literary agents, manuscript readers, script readers or script writers.

You might be an editorial assistant or an editorial writer. A liberal arts background is invaluable here.

Law and Journalism The law profession is open to you. You could be a law clerk or a research assistant. It would be well to investigate intern programs that would serve to initiate you into the profession and give you deeper insights into affiliated services.

Journalism of its very nature has a wide scope. Your liberal

arts background is a fine preparation for entrance into a journalism school. A journalism minor would certainly be an asset for an English major.

There is the vast area of communication arts and the highly specialized careers for those who set out to be critics or creative writers in their own rights. Then again you might even try teaching! It is a noble profession.

Glee Club' Plans Future Concerts

by Peggy Cremin The SRC Glee Club, under the director of Mr. Glenn Giuttari, will present several concerts for the remaining academic year.

A joint concert will be held at St. Peter's College in Jersey City, New Jersey on March 15. The glee clubs involved in the concert are SRC, St. Peter's College and Fordham University.

A concert on campus will be held with Villanova University on March 29. The concert will be held in Ochre Court at 8 p.m.

A concert tour will be held in Philadelphia from Wednesday, April 17 to Sunday, April 21.

The Glee Club will be participating in the musical Camelot being presented by the Theatre Department from May 9-12.

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Interprets Poem

CLC Determines Spring Activities

by Peggy Cremin "Bronze Shades," written by Burrows Younkin, a Vietnam veteran and presently a Ph.D. candidate in biochemistry at URI, will be performed March 22-24 in the T.B. Room at O'Hare at 8 p.m.

Under the direction of Mr. Robert Kulo, "Bronze Shades" will be performed in three parts.

At 8 p.m. there will be interpretations of the poem by the readers. This will be done using a multi-dimensional effect of slides and music to enhance the literature.

Part II will be readings of short poems also written by Burrows Younkin. Part III will be an open dialogue between author and audience.

A poem written about the experiences in Vietnam, "Bronze Shades" consists of six characters. There are two narrators who express the feelings of the men. There are four characters: the lieutenant, the colonel, the sergeant and the corpsman.

by Martha Wolf The Christian Life Center will sponsor a number of events on campus during the spring semester.

Rap sessions are held on Mondays and Thursdays from 3:004:30 in Room 215 in O'Hare.

Faculty participants include Dr. Trimble, Dr. Trimbach, Mr. Carlin, Mr. Hersh and Dr. Maguire.

On March 12, "Charismatic Renewal: Aquidneck Island," was presented by a local pentecostal group."

On March 26, the Word of God community will present an evening of guitar singing and gospel dramatization.

On April 2, Dr. Gene Nameche will lecture on Jung or Hesse.

On either April 9 or 23, the Jewish Chautauqua will supply a lecturer whose topic is yet undetermined.

On April 30 and May 7, two events will take place in response to student interest presently being solicited by the CLC.

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Basketball Sees End; Spring Thaw Coming

by Meg Bowler Ever yone is still frozen but . . it's almost spring, time for the "Student Thaw." Maybe the thaw will bring about student participation and interest.

BEST DEFENSIVE GAME The girls r eturned from six weeks of vacation a bit rusty but with an undaunted spirit to surpass it. They versed Mt. St. J oe's. Once again no more than five students came to cheer and support the t eam. The girls played the best defensive game of the season, starting with a 2-1-2 zone and then switching t o mant o-man. Unfortunat ely, as I previously ment ioned, they . were rusty and couldn't sink the shots.

The last college compet ition was with URI. The first quarter of play saw Salve holding URI to only 8 points and only trailing by 4. The girls played hard against the t eam of P .E . majors but could not cut it in the end.

The final scor e was URI 69, Salve 16.

SEAGULLS THWARTED The boys' team has played t wice since their r eturn in January. One game was against the faculty, in which the Seagulls lost. The other game was against the Naval War College. There was a big turn out of faculty and students to support "our" t eam. In case you don't understand, I am being sarcastic. Best

How To Lose Librium Blues

by Regina Tracy In October, Salve's history department, r ealizing I'm incapable of writing "My Day at the Zoo," assigned me a colonial arts exhibit for a thesis.

Exhibits are governed by the law of diminishing r eturns people are seldom as willing to loan things as one is to fleece them. Its corollary is : it is easier to soak public institutions than privat e donors.

At first, things went well. I secured many objects from one unsuspecting curator, whose mind is now brilliantly recomposed, but still cannot utter my name in normal conversation.

Other museum loans were easily obt ainable, and the last I r eceived without pleading, bribery, crying, coercion or threatening and suggest ive letters.

What happened next would turn the most det ermined (the word "fanatic" comes to mind, but I r eject it) would-be curator into a basket case - or worse, a Rom per Room teacher. Seven loans collapsed two weeks befor e the exhibit . One couple divorced - wrong person getting the lowboy. The sixth draft of the catalogue had more errors than an early Mets game. The movers forgot t o bring four pieces of furniture. The kitchen served a luncheon on my $15,000, 250-year-old t ea table - and I was supporting the Librium people.

Unbelievably, everything jelled. I loved every minute - and am engaged in designing another independent study. Why shouldn't I be director of the Metropolitan???

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Co111petency Is GoaO Of Teacher Trainees

play took place in the fourth quarter; the Seagulls soared!

High scorers and stars for the t eam were Clay Jones with 15 points and Tony Kusaftis with 9 points. Final score was the War College 46, Salve 36.

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Adjusting Hard

by Martha Wolf Virtually all commuters have experienced, and are still experiencing, the difficult adjustments one must make in becoming a member of this minority group on campus. Few of us have considered, however, the plight of those who are not only commut ers, bu.t transfer students.

Transfer students presently receive no orientation upon entering the college, and are left uninformed a n d floundering.

Further alienated are those who enter at mid-year, for they must adapt to what others adapted to long ago.

One transfer student has suggested that these students be furnished with "big sisters," as are freshmen. Those entering in September might also be included in other freshmen orientation functions.

Adjusting to commuter life is difficult enough without this additional handicap. Aside from college work, many commuters have families, jobs, and other commitments which demand their time.

For these reasons, commuters are not always able to devote as much time to college activities as they would perhaps like. Future issues of the "Brown Bagger" will feature individual commuters and their interests, and any comments or suggestions will be welcomed.

Legend Fills EmeraldDay

by Janet Dawson There is magic in the air, a special warmth, as we celebrate "the day of the Irish."

The legend commemorates Patrick's conversion of the Emerald Isle to Christianity and the teaching of the Trinity by use . of a shamrock. Since then, the shamrock has remained an emblem of Ireland, denoting the true birth of a people whose culture and religion fused as one.

The Irish "gift of the tongue" is attributed to the Blarney Stone. Upon reaching the top of Blarney Castle, ¡one can lean backwards, kiss the relic and be endowed with mysterious powers.

St. Patrick's Day parades in Boston are very similar to those in Dublin, lacking only the element of Irish spirit which can never be fully captured by another culture. It is a type of simplicity, a way of life, where time is enjoyed and clocks stand still.

So come ... come by 'the hills to the land where fancy is free.

Put on your green, let troubles fall away, and enjoy the 17th of March as you become . . . an Irishman.

To The Editor.

Dear Editor: Extant in our country today is this apalling reality : Indians have the highest disease rate and lowest life expectancy of all Americans! The staff of the Senate Indian subcommitee recently r eported serious disease epidemics, including tuberculosis outbreaks, in the Aberdeen, South Dakota area! In addition, surgery is needed for 13,000 Indian children. Because of an astounding lack of health workers and the deteriorating health facilities, it is likely that epidemics will occur in many of the nation's Indian reservations during the coming year. In the Aberdeen area alone, state inspectors have declared at least 60 % of the Indian Health Service buildings unfit for use. Despite the ghastly conditions of Indian life, President Nixon has impounded the monies for Indian Health Services for four of the past five years. This critical lack of funds has precipitated the present and r ecurring Indian health crises. I earnestly urge all those who care about the quality of life to protest this tragedy by writing immediately to President Nixon, elected senators and representatives.

by Nancy Harden This past semester, ten Salve students were teacher trainees in area middle schools, starting a new _program of student teaching.

Each trainee received a handbook which was developed for the approach of a performance-based teacher education (PETE). In the handbook are seven characteristics which the middle school staff felt a good teacher should have. The seven characteristics are divided into competencies, which are more specific and behaviorally oriented activities.

The competencies are divided into three phases. The first is primarily observation and limited Following the annual nominakinds of involvement with the tions by faculty and Sigma memchildren. The second phase in-bers, the Salve Regina Chapter volves responsibility for specific of Sigma Phi Sigma nominated groups of pupils on a daily bafourteen girls for entrance into sis. The third phase involves the honor society. major classroom activities.

Sandra Dittman, Ann Harmon, In the new Portsmouth Middle Felecia Maresca, Sister Elaine School of grades five through Osborne R.S.M., Kathleen Roceight, there are learning centers chio, Barbara Silvia, Elizabeth of four times as many students.

Bagana, Mary Borsuk, Margaret Each center has a team of four Bowler, Marianne Campion, teachers, which the trainee Mary Jo Gabrielle, Jo Anne joins, working with one coopBurke, Patricia Keenan, and erating teacher.

Pamela Sinyei were nominated Each activity that the trainee to Sigma Phi Sigma. teaches is followed by a self-evalInduction into the society took uation and the comments of a place Sunday, March 10 in the cooperating teacher or college great hall of Ochre Court. Sister advisor. The emphasis of this Paula Sharpe was the guest program is on the student teachspeaker. Parents and friends aters' deciding on their own, and tended the ceremony. A recepin concert with their advisor, tion followed in the state dining how successful they were in room. reaching the competencies.

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Write : Cong. Fernand St. Germain, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. 20515 and Sen. Claiborne Pell, U.S. Senate, Washington, D. C. 20515. If you live in Providence, write : Senator John 0. Pastore and Cong. Robert 0. Tiernan.

Sincerely, Mary-Charles Santopietro Department of Nursing Dear Mrs. Santopietro, The revelency of your letter is indeed a spur toward action for all truly concerned persons.

In a nation of peoples who possess mental images of themselves as benefactors of the world, the fact that indigency breeds all around us is an "appalling reality."

We of Ebb Tide offer our personal endorsement of your message with individual written responses to the appropriate officials. Hopefully, concerned persons on campus will do the same.

Specifically, perhaps the members of the American Indian course could also organize a response.

Sincerely, Terri Kubitschek Editor-in-Chief, Ebb Tide

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by Regina Tracy

At this writing (4 a.m. with surroundings of dubious social, aesthetic, and moral value) there are 120-odd days until graduation. Shooting animal tranquilizers notwithstanding, something must get us through, as slavering with anticipation, we await those papers which four years ago we naively assumed assured us jobs. Faithful Jabberwocky readers (Hi Mom) can guess my expedient (hint: "Gatsby") chacun a son gout, I suppose, this is not everyone's. The following mad, gay ( ? ) suggest~ons are culled from diseased sources in my own frame of reference: Maria, Pat, Terri, The New Yorker, Peter-at-Syracuse, Monroe Doctrine, the Divine David M, the wonderful Maserati peo-

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