SALVE REGiNA COLLEGE I NEWPORT, R.I.
Vol. I, No. S
Presentjng a Tncentennial Minute
March 1976
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CampUs Prophets E·nvision· With everyone looking back 200 years, Ebb Tide thought it might be interesting to· do the opposite, and asked people what they thought the next century might bring. Responses published this month are from Sister Mary Consilii Reynolds, Professor of History, Dr. James Hersh, Professor of Philosophy, and juniors Martha Wolf and Tony Kutsaftis. Anyone else with precognitive flashes should contact a member of the Ebb Tide staff at once, and their views will be pwblished in the next issue. We will print both the probable and the improbable, and allow you to decide for yourself which is which . . . Sister Mary Consllll Reynolds "Without a doubt some element of · Amei:"ican society will celebrate the tricentennial of the Declaration of Independence, but I do not foresee any vast improvement in .the interest and in- 1 volvement nationwide, over that expressed for the bicentennial celebration./ · In burst of optimism I'd like to believe 2076 will find Americans handling the social ills bf the day with more understanding and arriving at m,bre lasting solutions. If war cannot .b e averted in the first quarter of the next century, by 2076 there wm b'e a peace secured by a UN structure that will be able to negotiate mutual respect between nations. Europe will have ·b ecome a United States of Europe, a political structure that will do much to safeguard peace. Economically, there will always be periods of depression, irecession, and inflation. However, job opportunities stemming from stepped-up scientific progress in space, medicine, communications, • transportation and automation will be in better balance with 'the
job force. At the same time limited families, forces of nature and natural demise will have adjusted population balance. In cultural output, 2076 will be a far cry from the Renaissance, but I think a profound change will have taken place in man's artistic productivity. I think by 2076 Ame~icans will be offering the world new dimensions of art based on space exploration and underwater developments. With regard to religion, the mad search for identity that plagues 1976 will graduaUy realign creature with Creator and build • an inner, peace in the hearts of
men. Religion as we have known it will be gone but in place of the formal, structured. practices that are just now beginning to disappear I think newer, deeper principles will take root. In conclusion, I must say I'm sorry I can't be around to check out 2076. I pray America will still be the "land of opportunity", but truly in word as well as actions, and that in looking back 100 years people will speak of our day as "good" but from our good they will have made this country better." Martha Wolf "Although human nature re-
mains basically the same, and the only changes 100 years could bring might be superficial ones, it's nonetheless interesting to speculate a b o u t w h a t those changes might be. First off, as I see it, we'll all be "under the dome". The ozone layer will be shot to pieces soon, and we'll have to erect huge domes -over our cities to deflect the harmful rays. An intricate network of tunnels would connect one dome with the next. But then, during one of the World Wars that will no doubt take place, the domes will be blown up, the survivors stranded
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in the sun. .AJ.ien beings ·w ill then step in, to save us, and to enslave us. Earth will be playing Third World to planet Xnerf; our factories will be used for the mass production of long, cigar sHaped objects with flashing lights. SociaJ problems will, no doubt, arise. Act the mov1es will be "Guess What's Commg To Dinner'', the story of an earth girl who brings an Xner.tlan home to meet the folks. He is a runtish, green thing with a bulbous hellid and luminous eyes, wno can barely caress her calf even if he stretches. All through dinner he makes a low, gurgling sound while munching his nutrient piJl. "Really, Astrola", says the mother after the traumatic evening, "I don't know what you see in him, or, for that matter, how you see him at all." "Resembles a certam species of lizard," remarks the tather acidly to the anguished Astrola. Some things will be much easier in 2076, ·b ut there wiLl still be n o thing you can take called "Find- Yourself", and you will still have to do that all on your own. And so, one day and age is as good and as bad as another, ~ suppo,se . . ." Anthony KutsafUa "100 years from now, I'll wake up and pick out my body for the day. I think I'll be an athletic heman today. I look out the window and the regulated dally temperature of 77° beams down from the artificial sun. As I screw in my hairy he-man legs I listen to the whirring of atomic daytime, a harmonious reminder of man's genius. I take out my astrocar, fly to church, and listen .to a tape recording of God who was found in quadrant Z-6. Continued on Page 2
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Surfer Acquires Popularity In ·Spite ·Of Limited Skill by PATRICE DeVEAU Moses had the ability to attract a large number 'of spectators clad in summer apparel, ranging from trunks to beach ro~es, whenever he surfed at Newport Beach last summer. The fame Mo acquired somewhat amazed me. For his talent was extremely limited and he 8ibsolutely refused to surf in waves over two feet high. He managed to paddle into the deeper water by himseJf, ·b ut he always expected someone else to transport the surtboard for him. Although surfers should assume this responsibility for themselves, this did not diminish Mo's popularity in the least Needed Help Mo required aid in rder to mount the surfiboard. While lifting him, I often gazed at the shore and found that my ~lance
was retwrned by sometimes as many as fifty smiles and expressions of amazement. As Mo secured himself in a sit-down position on the board, he never made any effort whatsoever to plliddle and catch a wave. Rather, he waited to be pushed into a wave. Mo's lack of surfing ability could be best observed in· the manner in whi.ch he rode a wave. He would sit on the board and ride straight to shore, never attempting to turn the board or move from his original position for fear of losing his balance. Crowd Cheers Upon reaching the shore, the response that Mo received was always the same. The crowd cheered, giggled, an d smiled, while younger members of the group gathered around him in .fascinatibn. Mo would sit indifferently in the midst of his
fans pretending that they did not exist. Despite his rude behavior, I truly believed that he lapped up every moment of his reception. Knowing that I could surf much ·b etter than Mo but remained unnoticed, I often questioned his popularity. However, I always experienced pride as he would wag his fluffy tail and run toward me while I was retrieving the surtboard. Walking back toward the ocean, I would realize that Mo's talent certainly was exceptional. For I doubted that any other two-year old golden shep~e'rd could surf as well as ¥oses. Occasionally Mo has attempted winter surfing, but his fear of plunging hellid first into the icy water has impaired his skill. We are in the hopes of someday findLooking very modest here, Moses demonstrates his expertise and a ing a wetsuit to fit him. friend assists him in ~ettin~ to lihore. I
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