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Young Democrats Club Advocates Involvement Reviewing the editorial position stated in the November, 1966 issue of Ebb Tide, one is relieved and enthused to observe at Salve the activity of metamorphosis from a political indifference to a dynamic political concern. Today the Salve Regina Young Democrats Club is a reality. The organization is new, and is in a formative stage, however membership in the Rhode Island Federation of College Democrats and in the National Federation of College Democrats is antici~ pa ted.

Informal Seminar Senator Joseph Garrahy, Democratic State. Party Chairman conducted an informa l seminar on state, local, and national political implications for the YD and for concerned guests, December 13 in the Alumnae. Lounge.

He naturally indicates the Democratic Party as the party of progress, and foresees no drastic change in the presently differen" tiated dual party system. He termed the Vietnam conflict "a frustrating war" but emphasized that President Johnson has facts available to him from diplomats and ambassadors, and is doing

what he feels is best for the country. Other to,pics discussed! were the state's role in educational processes, the controversy over the Rhode Island constitution, and presidential aspirant Eugene McCarthy.

The Young Democrats Club will provoke and will stimulate dialogue among its members as well as with qualified political ·p ersonages on the contemporary .party stru-cture, will discuss current problems confronted by a political system, will foster an active Involvement in campaigns, and thereby a sincere conc ern for a candidate; will cognitive1y relate the student from the ·college campus to the governmental community.

As was pointed out in the editorial pr-eviously referred to, this interest and awareness is a necessity in the development of a mature voter who has the responsibility to formulate a decision and to pr-esent as intelligent opinion.

The club affords an initial encounter into the funationings of a po1itical party, as well as an experiential acquaintance with political candidates and their policies.

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(New York, New York) - A collegiate presidential primary, involving nearly 2500 colleges and several million students, will be held simultaneously on campuses across the country on April 24, 1968. Leaders of student During the past twenty years, library hours, a request for a organizations at more than 200 the Salve Regina library has daily subscription to the New major universities have already grown along with the rest of the York Times, and the possibility of asked to participate in the vote. college. Starting with a mere 274 . a reading room.

Announcement of OHOICE 68, books, the library shelves now Sr. M. ThOJnas Aquinas, R.S.M., National Collegnate Presidential hold some 44,000 volumes. The li- Head Librarian, stated that with Primary and an invitation to brary services have been extended the beginning of the second se- take part will go out to 2200 adto meet the ever-increasing needs mester the library will remain ditional colleges this week. of the students, and many innova- open until 10 p.m. on weeknights, CHOICE 68 is being run by a tions have been made or are now while the present schedule of 11 Board of Directors composed of in the planning stage. to 5 on Saturdays and 7 to 9 p.m. eleven student leaders, each from Of special interest to those in on Sundays will remain in effect. a different region of the country. the various concentrations of edu- In January, both the New York The Board is establishing guidecation and nursing is the exten- Times and The Washington Post lines for the Primary, des~gning sive curriculum library, located will be delivered daily. Regarding the ballot and providing overall on the second 1l.o01;. Here can be the possibility of a reading room, direction and leadership. Schools found teaching' aids, texts in ev- Sister looks upon the suggestion represented by the Board are the ery subject, and on all grade favorably, but, presently space is University of California at levels, and a wide selection of a major deterrent.

Berkeley, Kansas State Teachers children's literature. Also on the Another novelty to appear sec- College, University of Texas, second floor, the vertical file pro- ond semester will be a suggestion F o r d h am University, Univervides access to pamphlets, ar- box where students may fill out sity of Wisconsin, University of ticles, and materials of interests book request forms. Under con- Utah, Uiiiversity of Tennessee, in political science and social sideration is a popular paper-back Michigan State University, Yale studies. The library has recently book section, to feature current University, Georgia Institute of acquired a third microfilm reader, best sellers.

Technology, University of OreIn retrospect, the library budg- gon. and the facility of a Xerox copying machine remains available et has always concentrated on Administrative costs are bein;gJ upon request at a small service academic fields. It is now branch- underwritten by TIME magazine charge. ing out to in c 1 u d e additional as a public service. Results of the Primary will be freely available A survey was conducted by the works outside this realm.

Library Committee of the StuSister Thomas Aquinas stressed to all media.

Initial response by student dent Council, under the direction that the library is meant to servof Mary K. Segar. The most ice the students. She urges them leaders has been highly favorable. pressing concern of the students never to be hesitant in asking for According to Robert G. Harris, Executive Director of OHOICE was voiced as the need for longer anything.

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68, formerly student body president of Michigan State University, "college men and women see the Primary as a meaningful political activity and a monumental opportunity to make themselves heard in an effective way." · In addition to indicating their choice of presidential candidates, students will also have a chance to vote on certain issues of national concern. The selection of these issues will also be made by the Board of Directors.

Philosophy In its informational prospectus on CHOICE 68, the Board explained the philosophy behind the idea this way: "Never in the nation's history have so :many college students been so well informed about the major issues of the day . . . yet they have had little opportunity to express their views in a unified, coherent manner. CHOIOE 68 offers students the opportunity to e~press their preference on Presidential candidates and selected issues - to speak for the first time as a body politic."

According to its spokesman, "The Board e~ects to turn out upwards of two million votes on campus, enough to command the nation's consideration and attention."

Salve Regina will participate in Choice 68, and Mary Dowd, Student Council President, asks for the support and enthusiasm of the student body.

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The O'Hare Academk Center,. after a . year of carefully formulated plans and designs, is ready to open its doors to Salve students and faculty.

S c i e n c e, Mathematics, and language majors will profit from new facilities offered in the structure; built by the firm of Kurtz, Denning, and Gazda from East Provdenc e, Rhode Island.

Among its many features are separate labs for biology, microbiology, anatomy and physiology, histology and parasitology, phy- \ sics, analytical chemistry, biochemistry, organic chemistry, and physical chemistry. There are also fully equipped instrument rooms, scienc.e reading rooms, and research areas.

There are two large mathematics rooms and two language labs with language preparation rooms with library storage rooms adjoining.

Two types of classrooms, regular and tiered, offices for many of the faculty, storage . space, a cold room for .keeping biology specimens, a large multi-purpose seminar room with dark room and projection booth, and two lounges are also included.

This building is named after Mother Mary James O'Hare, the first academic dean of the college.

The total picture presented by the college plant is a far cry from that of September 21, 1947, when Salve Regina opened its doors to the first Freshman class.

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Anyone who is fortunate enough to enjoy the pleasures of Miley Dining Room has become attuned to the sound of ''I'm sorry, but you can't come in without your meal ticket." Yes, I can · see you've heard that somewhere before.

Upon enrollment in Salve we were presented with our meal , tickets and asked to bring them to all meals. Fine. With no real bother we did, or at least tried to. When forgotten on occasion there was no problem and dinner was served, or, as the fates may have it, you absolutely could not have your meal, or yes you could if you would please sign your name and no I'm not going to tell you what's going to happen when I bring that paper to Sister.

And so on.

Of late, there is at last an element of' consistency to be found in the pattern. With a meal ticket, and only with a meal ticket (not a Mobil Credit Card or your handy American Express) can you have access to cafeteria. No exceptions have been made by either Mrs. Hattub or by student ticket checkers. Unfortunately, the usual sound of mumbles and grumbles have accompanied this decision. Dear students, it is not that terribly difficult to remem-

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~To the . Editors~ Dear Editor: One of the big issues in last year's Student Council elections was · student apathy. Everyone agreed that apathy was indeed a ;problem on campus, and various remedies were discussed. Recently I have begun to wonder how much of the apathy of the students is fact, and how much is fiction ~

During November, the Student Council Library Committee issued a questionnaire on student suggestions for library improvement. According to the questionnaire, students were to place them "in the Library envelope in the Haven or in the Mail Room."

I have been carrying my fUled out form for two months! As yet, no library envelope has appeared to put it in.

'Similarly, a directive went out that each student was to contribute one ornament for the Christmas tree at the Holly Dinner. "The ornaments are to be placed in the boxes for them in the cafeteria and in the Haven."

Where was the box? Who's apathetic?

Signed, A frustrated Junior

Salve Regina Receives Grant From Sears ..JALLY ..:SALvE.

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ber to bring your card to meals, and you might even save Mrs. Hattub from a slight coronary. The plan is not one formulated with no rationality behind it, just as it is not an uncommon one among colleges of all sizes. · If any group, or ,perhaps one hungry individual sans ticket, is interested or bothered enough by what we see as an improvement please feel free to visit with Sr. Michaelinda, who will be more than willing to provide an immediate and intelligent explanation of the decision.

We have started the New Year. Let's not make it one of complaints and that other word that we swear we will not have to mention this year. Our community works together and for one another, not against each other.

O'llare Academic Center Continued from Page 1 ties, cafeteria, and classrooms. and Chaplain's resideooe, and Mercy Hall was the second gift Saint Joseph Hall. Ground was of the Goelet family, presented in broken for Miley Hall in 1963 1948, and Cornelius Moore gave and in the winter of 1965 was Moore Hall in 1950. In 1955 a sig- open to the students. Ochre nificant addition was McAuley Lodge and Founders were addiHall and the adjoining buildings tions in 1964.

The fast pace of the college's of Rosary Hall, Marian Hall and Angelus Hall, the gift of Mrs. development is indicative the William A. M. Burden. Four needs of the times. The opening years later, in 1959, Queen Hall of the O'Hare Academic Center was purchased from the Moulton is a major advancement in the family. In 1960 and 1..961 the col- growth of the campus, the sciel!ICe lege obtained the Faculty House wing being one of the most fully

Salve Regina College has received a $50.0 grant from thet Sears-Roebuck· Foundation under a conttnuing program of aid to privately supported colleges and universities. Mr. D. P. Bierman, local representative of the Foundation, announced the distribution of the 1967 grants which are designed to help institutions of higher learning meet their financial needs. A total of more than 600 c o 11 e g e s and universities across the nation receive SearsFoundation grants. Sr. Mary Emily, R.S.M., President of Salve Regfua College, accepted the grant on behalf of the college. equLpped of its kind in the country.

While trying to be optimistic about any future building plans, Sister Mary Emily stresses the need not only for increased financial support, but also for available property. As Sister sees it, we may look forward to a new dormitory within the next two or three years that wtll be able to house our student nurses as well as a good many other students. The necessity for a new and properly equipped gym as well as an auditorium and Arts Center cannot be ignored, but must be waited for realistically. 9ur growth is proceeding at a good pace, and as a sophomore stated, "The improvement of Salve's physical plant cannot help but reflect an improvement in its academic standing."

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Will Present World Premiere Adrian Hall, Artistic Director, and David Harper, Managing Director, announced today that the Trinity Square Repertory Company, Rhode Island's resident professional ~heatre, will present the world premiere of "Years of the Locust," a new play about Oscar Wilde by British playwright Norman Holland.

Opening February 8 at the Trinity :Square Playhouse, "Years of the Locust" covers the two years during which Oscar Wilde .served his prison sentence after his scandalous trial in 1895. Especially timely, the new play will follow Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest," which opened Thursday, December 28 at the Rhode Island School of Design Theatre, and will continue through January 20.

The cast of "Years of the J..o.... cust" is filled with such historical characters as Lord Alfred Douglas, Frank Harris, Robert Ross, Lord Haldone, Lady Wilde,

(who was also famous as a writer and an Irish patriot) , and Oscar Wilde's wife, Constance. · Under Adrlan Hall's direction, the production will feature a. special sound score created bY: Richard Cumming. Sets will be designed by Eugene Lee, with costumes by John ·L ehmeyer and lighting by Roger Morgan.

Historically ' true, "Years of the Locust" centers around life and conditions in Victorian British prisons, which exemplify "man's inhumanity to man."

With the Trinity Square Repertory Company production of!

"Years of the Locust," Norman Holland is having his first major work produced in this country. Author of over 60 plays, and rec~ient of 8 playwrighting awards, Mr. Holland's most recent one-act play, "The Small, Private World of Michael Marsden," will be included in the soonto-be-released "Best Short Plays of L968."

Summer Social Work Positions Open Baltimore City and many other counties throughout the State of Marylana are sponsoring paid summer positions for an 8-10 week period in the field of social wo!ikJ. These positions will be under the supervision of trained social workers and will involve actual field work. Working with children, teenagers, and/or adults witl).in the community will enable students to evaluate justly the possibility of entering this profession. Valuable career information and actual ex.posure to the many different areas of social work will afford the student ample opportunity to explore the many aspects of such a career.

During the summer of 1967, 104 students from 54 colleges worked in agencies including family service, recreation, residential care, correctional institutions, and both

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Requirements Requirements for applicants are based primarily on interest and •c oncern in the field of social work. The student must be 181 years of age or older, must be attending an accredited college, and must be entering his junior or senior year in the fall of 1968.

For application blanks· and further in!formation concerning this excellent opportunity to discover the rapidly expanding field of social work, letters may be addressed to Mrs. R u t h C. Schwartz, Director, Summer Jobs in Social Work, Health and Welfare Council of the !Baltimore Area, Inc., 10 South St., Baltimore, Md. 21202. The opportunities in social work are immeasurable and will continue to expand in the immediate future.

EBB TIDE STAFF The opinions of this newspaper are not necessarily those of the administration, faculty, board of trustees, or entire student · body. Any reader wishing to express his or her views concerning any subject may write to Editor, Ebb Tide, Box 223, Salve Regina College, Newport, R. I. Editor-in-Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diane Mazzari Feature Editor ..............••................ Nancy Gillis News Editor •.................. : . ............. Kathy Podd Managing Editor ............••...•...... Belinda St. Angelo Business Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . • . . . . . . • . . Kathleen Burtt Assistant Business Manager ................ Jane Garganese Art Editor ..••...............••............... Dee Sullivan Editorial Board ...........•................... Dianne Fitch Marianne Cronin Reporters: Mary Amodes, Cindy ,Bates, Rosemary Bianco, Sue Boyle, Margaret Cardillo, Nancy Crane, Kathy Crimaldi, Kathy Dobber, Karen Gross, Diane Hardy, Marifrances Kelley, Michaella Kelley, Mary Klestinec, Christine LaFlamme, Margaret Frances Lalli, Sharon Lanoue, Carmela Lepore, Catherine Litwin, Gloria Luther, Patricia McCarten, Donna Place, Catherine Pratte, Peg Sheehan, Kathy Shinners, Carole Smigiel, Pam Sweeney, Joyce Visconti.

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To most of us Mr. Robert McKenna is known only as a teach~ er of political science, but outside the classroom he is involved in numerous and meaningful activities.

Mr. McKenna received his ¡education at Brown University and Catholic University, where he majored in political science .

Through this course he became interested in the issues of Church and State. When asked about his interest in the field he said, "It kind of grows on you." He also feels that teaching complements his outside work, and that a political scientist must be involved on the outside and to know the working field.

"It is a joy to hear af students who have learned to care and have learned to learn."

This is the sentiment of Joan Mary Jane Abbot, sophomore: David, who deserves applause for "The few lectures that I have creating a whole new world of been to I have enjoyed, but I repulture at Salve Regina. Her con- gret that my schoolwork someception of a Committee for Cul- times keeps me from attending. tural A f f a i r s has achieved a More well-known speakers and a much-needed cultural renewal on better campaign for attendance campus. In its infancy last year, would create more interest among the CUltural program has this the students." year come into its own, presenting The faculty, too, has an importo the school such outstanding tant role in this respect. Their personalities as W. D. Snodgrass, infiuence upon and communicaJim Dobbins, Theodore Ullman, with the student body can inand Zwi Kanar. The International crease interest in the speakers Film Festival has been brought and therefore increase student atto the campus for a second year, tendance. If the students themshowing such :films as "400 Blows" selves, however, will not take the and "Odd Man Out." initiative to investigate the proOne of the program's main gram then it will prove that the achievements is the rapport it has intellectual and cultural level of established with the Newport Salve Regina is beneath that of community. Public attendance has other colleges, who support their increased at each presentation, cultural program. As reported by with many member..s of the sur- a frequent attender of the Culrounding towns attending each tural Program of Connecticut event. Such an accomplishment College for Women: "The student can be considered highly bene- participation was outstanding, ficial to the school as a whole, for they far-outnumbered the memit proved to society that we are bers of the community present." attempting to involve ourselves Steps are already being taken with our neighbors while at the to alleviate the attendance probsame time reaching for a higher lem. The faculty will be urged to cultural plane upon which to base avoid the scheduling of tests and our studies. papers on the day after a major Public relations have also been presentation. Also, the re-organmuch improved, with the New- ization within the committee itport Daily News and The Provi- self will aid in the publicity setdence Journal reviewing the ma- up and renew enthusiasm in the jority of the events. The press, program. Elections were held at however, has brought to light the a recent committee meeting, the most pressing problem of the cul- results: Marianne Cronin, Presitural program - the meager stu-' dent; Cathy Litwin, Vice-President attendance. Although they dent; Margaret DiCairano, Sechave never stated this fact, the retary; ' Pat Dwyer, Treasurer. newspapers have consistently Membership in the committee, hinted that Salve's student body which is open to all students, has seems to take little interest in the nearly doubled, and at present committees' work. The following includes : students gave their opinions as to Freshmen: M au r e en McCorjust how much the students do mick, Kathy Shinners, Kathy care .about the Cultural presenta- Walsh, Diane Anker. Sophomores: tions.

Peggy Fontes, Deborah Sullivan, Ellen Gri11ln, sophomore: Nancy Gillis, Karen Gross, Kathy "There is not enough communica- Podd, Maureen Daley. Juniors: tion as to what activities are go- Joanne Murray, Kathy Gorman, ing on, nor enough support from Michelle Marino, Jean Gordan, faculty or students. Those on the Marsha Marra, Ann Dolan, Kathy Cultural Committee should talk Dolan, Maria Sci~UTotta, Janet up the events. The events that I Coyle, Diane LaCazette. Seniors: have gone to have been the ones Sue Derham, Roberta Neuert, Bea I heard people discussing before- Abraham, Mary Crowley, Carrie Ruocco, Mary-Lou Gualtieri, Mahand." ry Cowley.

Brooke Denihan, freshman: "I The committee is now in the don't think enough background hands of the students, with faculabout each speaker is given be- ty members including Rae O'Neil, fore he comes."

Mrs. Ramos, Sr. Mary Jean, Sr. Noreen 'Serur, freshman: "I Mary' Consilii, and Sr. Mary Suzhaven't attended that many cul- anne, who will act as advisors tural events, mainly because in while keeping the teachers in many instances I have had major touch with the plans of the committee: tests the next day." ' Controversy will be the broad Sue Bouchard, junior: "I haven't been to many events be- topic of discussion in the second cause I haven't had the time. A semester program. Such subjects lot of times people don't go be- as politics, sociology, the ghetto cause of their work and their situation, and poverty will be amount of interest in the speak- expounded upon by several tentative speakers including Mike er."

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Harrington and Pat Moynihan. As the Reels Roll: Negotiations are being made to get Prof. Murray Levin on the ~odd new student left, and Aba Eban from the United Nations. There "Close the door when I'm gone will also be a renewed emphasis and forget me." Upon hearing on the theatre, witl\ the Regina these words, the viewer becomes Players reactivated in a new or- aware of the tragedy of Johnny, ganization, including a drama an "Odd Man Out." Suffering workshop, and the annual musical. from a bullet wound in his left Next semester the program arm, Johnny, the head of the promises to show Salve the new Irish underground of a small citY! cinema. Films will be run for two in Northern Ireland, is running consecutive days, four or five desperately from death. His tale times a day, and will consist of is tragic in that he cannnot find fifteen to twenty minute sequenc- anyone who will truly help him es from the best directors of the - they all take his advice and 50's and 60's, including Fellini, forget him when he is gone.

Mastroianni, and Bergman. A disIndeed there are many possible cussion of the director's technique ' rescuers but each of these people will follow each :film presentation. wears a mask and only pretenThis program, according to Joan tiously attempts to assist JohnDavid, "will provide the student ny; hoping all the time to sell with a basic knowledge of the him for the highest reward, film art." whether it be to the police or to It must be agreed with Joan his partners in the underground.

David that the Committee for They treat him as an object, Cultural A1l'airs has had "positive pushing him back and forth, successes." The Ebb 'fide sta1f dr~JÂŽging him here and there, but salutes Joan David and her asso- never harboring any intention ciates, who through their e:ll'orts to really help the dying man. Luhave obtained for Salve the type kie, -t he artist, wants to paint of cultural program which is a him, hoping to capture the esnecessity for a well-rounded edu- sence and horror of death, an old cation. bum of the streets wants to sell - Nancy GIUls him to his friends, the priest of the local parish wants to talk him into doing the right thing (tuming himself in), and Kathy - well Kathy is, perhaps, the BASKETBALL SCHEDULE shining light in the midst of a. terrifying darkness. She is the FEBRUARY only one who cares for him and she tells the parish priest that 8 Vernon Court The Hut 7:00 she would rather die than give 12 U.R~ Away 7:00 him up, saying: ''Love is stronger than my religion, my faith is 18 Rivier College Away 2:00 my love." She attempts to find him, but after doinlg so, she 21 Barrington Away 7:00 realizes that her plan for escape must fail.

MARCH The story, however, has deeper meaning than this. The climax~ 4 R.I.C. The Hut 7 :00 seems to be the scene in which Johnny is brought by Lukie, the 11 Vernon Court Away 7:00 artist, to his studio to be painted.

14 Pembroke The Hut 7:00 While a friend of Lukie, a "doctor'' without his M.D., tends to The next basketball practice his wound, and Lukie feverishly wUl be February 1st because of attempts to paint him, Johnny reaches a sort of self-realization. ex&DlS. The portraits lining the wall be-

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Mr. Robert McKenna Mr. McKenna has been the coordinator for the recently inaugurated Student Intern Program, appointed b y Representative LRobert 0 . Tiernan. He has also been on the Democratic Advisory Council, appointed by Senator Joseph Garrahy. He has served as a management analyst for six years at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and as vice-<Chairman of the Citizens Committee to study the Newport Police Department. Mr. McKenna is the Vice Presdent of the Rhode Island Federation of Citizens for -Educational Freedom, a new organization formed of parenf!!J--a!ld other individuals dedicated to the cause of securing freedom and equality in education.

Mr. McKenna likes teaching at Salve. He would like, however, to eventually see a major in Political Science. He believes that communication between faculty and st\tdents can and should be increased, such as through the faculty notes which he suggested.

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The Viet Cong The National Liberation Front; or Viet Cong, had its beginning shortly .after the Geneva Accord of 1954, when former Viet Minh remaining in the South began to regroup and operate against the government in Saigon. Although it claims to be an ind_ependent group striving for an independent South Vietnam, it was in reality created by the Hanoi government and its "zones" of operation are under Hanoi leaders' direction in both administrative and military capacities.

The National Liberation Front works in the form of a front and uses other organizations under different names, but presumably all function in similar capacities under the· direction of the NLF. The NILF grew in size during the Diem regime wherein Diem's policy of "witch-hunting" and branding of every dissatisfied person a Communist soon , brought oppressed people together. !Buddhist sects, persecuted by the Catholic Diem regime, tribesmen, promised freedom of development by the VC, and landless peasants, all rallied behind the forces of the stay-behind and infiltrating Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam. Besides propaganda and promise of land, these guerrillas used "selective terror" to win support. During Diem's regime, they assassinated 14,000 .p rovincial and local officials, police,. teachers, and other personnel. As early as 1959, they were 3,000 strong, and had inflicted heavy losses on the South Vietnamese government troops in two battles. · In September 1960 the Hanoi Congress or Lao Dong authorized the creation of the NLF, which would be autonomous but closely linked with Hanoi to receive aid from it. By December 1960 the NLF assumed a dimension and efficiency that continued to grow.

In the ten points that were an-· ~ounced shortly after its formation the NLF called for overthrow of the Saigon government and the formation of a NLF government to "negotiate" with North Vietnam on "reunification." Although the original purpose of many VC was simply overthrow of the Diem regime, the-Lao Dong by 1962 had set up the People's Revolutionary Party, an overly Marxist group which would control the NLF, being "in effect a counterpart of the Lao Dong in the Zouth."

When the true character of the NLF was obvious, the United States began intervention, first in the setting up of a military government to replace the Diem regime, then with actual military commitment. By ' January 1963 the NLF had ~gaged , in the battle of · Ap Bac, where. a dozen American helicopt~rs were shot down. By January 1965 the VC had 35,000 elite ·"troops" as well as 60,000 to 80,000 "local force".

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, ,( ~ 1 .• \ guerrillas. In 1966.,. it..wa."s estimh- lage Chiefs . began by way of ted that there were 237,'00!) V~et "stay Q.ehin~~' guerrillas.

Cong in South '· _vietnam, · clearly Why 'did'. the reunification of under Communist :contr.ol, 'and . Viet Nam· through fr~e elections f~ghting for Communi~~~ objec- •. fail? 1first ~f all, Diem's regime bves. .t • caused conflict and the build up - Jeanne Roy of tension between the two existing ·governments. He refused any · :- · trade ,agreements and it's a doou* * * ·..mented"fact that Hanoi repeated)y asked for low.level agreements The Viet Nom .' .but was turned · down. Another · · f~ctor is the constant criticism of Elections the 1954 Agreement by the SaiOn July 21, 1954 the Geneva gon''Government did not bring Agreement ended hostilities in . respect for Qle' Agreement on Viet Nam, dividing the country at either side. Thirdly the West did the 17th parallel pending general not reaffirm their support of eselections which will bring about sentials of :the Agreement, which unification of Viet Nam. Later, gav·e th~ North VietNamese enth~· day was set for July, 1956 couragement to advance. tffi.der ~pervision of an Interna- Theresa Martin tiorui.l Cohunission of member states of the I .C.S.C. There were no questions to . the language of the declaration which prescribes the :rp.echanism of general elecContinued from Page 3 tions for all of Viet Nam to be held in two years. The North Viet come animated in his eyes and Nam Communist regime, under whirl before him just as the resHo Chi Minh, signed this docu- cuers whirled before him all along his road of escape. All of a ment as a formal gesture South Viet Nam was expected to sudden Johnny rises from his collapse before the two year cool- chair on the platform and starts ing-off period had ended. Hanoi screaming into space about his accepted the document knowing childhood, his manhood, his life. that it would never be implemen- He realizes that everything haS/ ted. 4-ccording to statistics, 15 not been futile because he bemillion peo~ple lived in the North lieved in ' everything he tried to and less than 12 million in South do and belonged completely to Viet Nam and taking into per- the organization, even in his last spective th11t almost all of the hours. Finally he says:· "I am industries and essentials to the become a sounding .braSs - not Viet Nam economy were situated a tinkling symbol," and with these words, he . sinks back into in the North, Ho Chi Minh eXpected a peaceful takeover of all of the chair. He has not given up, VietNam. Even President Eisen- though, his last chance being to Hower said thit 80% of the find the priest. He never finds people ·would have voted for Ho the priest - instead Kathy finds Chi Minh if the elections were him, staggering alone through the snowy streets. She calls to held then in 1954.

Diem, ruler of South Viet Nam, him, but he cannot believe it is refused to consult with this nor-· really her, as he says: "If it's them counterpart about the elec- really you, reach out to me." She tions because he felt that the Ge- does ·aiid Johnny · has · finally neva Agreement was in contempt found something ·meaningful, a hatid to grasp, a reality to 'know.

Of Viet Nam national interest.

Has it come too late? Pe;-haps.·' Diem aiso turned down the - Mary Klestinoo North's offer to try to normalize the economy or ~ven talk about * * • postal regulations. As for the elections, well, the deadline passed without either a ballot or undue incident. Both North Viet :hnpressions of ~o~e .· .. y:ll~w Nam and the Soviets protested the break of the Geneva agree- sunlight reflected in a field of ment but the South and the Uni- daisies . . ·. butterflies, and two ted States angued th~t the North lo':~rs, so much .the~t; true seiv~, a.Iready violated the cease-fire · so real, that they are ·lost in a provisions with ·regard to in- :romantic idyll from which. ·they crease of North VietNam troops will never return. "Elvira Madi:_ from ·seven to 20 troops. gan" 'portrays 'love as it 'rouid The North Viet Namese felt ~e, ,but 'ra,rely is - completelY. that the passage of the 1956 'elec- idealistic, completely romantic. tions was a !Ugnal that South Viet Bo Widerberg, a p~ol;nising young Nam wou1d not come to terms director, utilizes· the Swedish willingly. As long as there was countryside to perfection in poreven a remote chance Of peaceful trajing the love of two people reunification, Hanoi presented a whq· have escaped from their . for-~ picture of reasonableness to the mer selves, and found truth in world. After- all there was hardly eacli other•. any point in risking international The story is based on fact officer · in .the good-will to hasten what was around 1889 assumed to be an orderly take 'S wedish ariny, . Count Sixtt~n· over. Within a few months, after Sparre, deserted his position, the election deadlne had passed, wife, and children to run away the assassination of S.V.N. Vii- with a tight-rope walker, Elvira

For ,'INavy Sworn Into The Service

A holder ·of the Purple Heart Medal, . Lieutenant Ann D. Reynold.s, Navy Nurse <:::orps, of Dover, New Hampshire, swore · six candidates into the Navy Nurse Corps at 11:30 a.m._on Fridax morning, December 8, 1967, in the lol;>by of the JFK Building, Boston.· Lieutenant Reynolds was a~arded the P_urple Heart for wounds she received during the Viet Cong bombing in Saigon, South Vietnam, on Christmas Eve of 1964.

Ensign Deirdre E. Field, a Salve senior, from Branford, Con~ il.ecticut, ~as among the girls sworn in. Deir<h;e is a s~dent in the nursing program· and will graduate in June with an R.N. and a B.S.

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Madigan. Pia Degermark and Tommy Berggren are superbly cast; · they are two beautiful people, and convey the love of .J!llvira and Sixte~ with an amazing lielicacy of expression. They ultimately prove, however, that one cannot survive on love alone ; yet their surrender . is so extraordinary that it cannot at first be comprehended, . it ,is at the same time brutal and . beautiful. One feels nq sorrow, only numbness, and . when. leaving the theatre :g~.ust foN)e himself, regretfully, ~ack to reality.

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CULTURAL COMMITTEE CO~G EVENTS February 6 George Szpinalski Violin Concert 8:oo · - Ochre Court Feb;ruary 15 • :"Lady Windemere's Fan" : University of Connecticut · Theatre : on Tour 8:00 Rogers High School ' Auditorium

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What Do Providence Boys Think of Salve Girls?

Just what do the boys we come in contact with the most think .of us? This question was pos.e d at a recent mixer. The majority of the views given belong to the Junior Class, but the tone of the <>pinions seem the same through all the classes. Whether you .agree with these opinions or not, they will be found extremely '"interesting."

Gary Diamanden, a Sophomore, naive than I believe they could :Said "most of the girls from Salve be." ·are nice kids; they're innocent Terry (The Bear) McMahon and sweet," but as an after thought injected that "when you said, "Salve '8'irls are cold as get too many of them in your car stones," and Vinny Myers felt that "They try too hard." This you'll probably get a _flat tire." statement had the implication A Senior, Leo Mionano, stated: that it was not hard enough. ~•salve girls are clean, have Complimentary or otherwise, class, and are pretty intelligent, this is what was said. Now the but a bit prudish." He felt that question is: Just what do Salve on the whole we are well liked. girls think of P.C. boys?

It seems that it is the Juniors who have definite opinions of the good and bad points of Salve girls. Jack Warwick felt that, "In general relationships with Salve girls are beneficial. They make a good appearance and I would recommend them to my best friend." He also thought, however, that we are cold, and "pretend to be more innocent than they really are."

J. Barry May, also a Junor, felt that "On the whole the girls are well liked and deserve respect." He pointed out that "all they seem to cqme in contact with are drunken guys from P.C. or drunken sailors." For this reason .he felt sorry for us, and said our social life was in a bit of a predicament. One bad point he mentioned was the fact that "Salve girls all seem to look alike."

A stronger voice against us in the Junior Class was Bob (Dink) Newberg. He thought that "all Salve girls are stereot~ed, they look, act, and think alike." He said that he has never met an individual at Salve. "They are cold and stand-offish, and I would rather date a Wheaton girl any day."

John McCougney's only opinion was "They're Puritans."

John (The Fake) Fisher told us that "The Salve girls~ ideals are so high that it is impossible for us to stick to them." He continued: "If a boy doesn't agree with her 'limited' opinions, the Salve girl will invariably dump on him." They are Puritanical, but act far more innocent and

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Opportunties Abound In Foreign Placement; Twelve Countries Offer Varied Positions

Job opportunities in Europe this summer . . . Work this summer in the forests of Germany, on construction in Austria, on farms in Germany, Sweden and Denmark, on road construction in Norway, in industries in France and Germany.

Well there are these jobs available as well as jobs in Ireland, SWitzerland, England, France, Italy, and Holland are open by the consent of the governments of these countries to American university students coming to Europe the next summer.

Every year, the program has been expanded to include many more students and jobs. Already,

many students have made application for next summer jobs.

American-European Student Service (on a non-profitable basis) is offering these jobs to students for Germany, Scandinvia, England, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, and Spain. The jobs consist of forestry work, child care work (females only), farm work, hotel work, (limited number available), construction work, and some other more qualified jobs requiring more specialized training.

Purpose of Program The purpose of this program is to afford the student an opportunity to get into real living con-

tact with the people and customs of Europe. In return for his or her work, the student will receive his or her room and board, plus a wage. However, students should keep in mind that they will be working on the European economy and wages will naturally be scaled aocordingly. The working conditions (hours, safety, regulations, legal protection, work permits) will be strictly controlled by the labor ministries of the countries involved.

Please write for further information and a.pplication forms to: American-European Student Service, 'Box 34733, FL 9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein (Europe).

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January 1968:

Glamour Contest Starts Search National CICOP Conference In 1965 it was Diane Brouillard, (who was chosen as one of the 10 final winners), in 1966 it was Kathy Flanagan, in 1967 it was Suzanne Carter- who will be Salve Regina's representative to Glamour's "10 Best-Dressed College Girls Contest" this year?

According to the rules used by Glamour in selecting the "10 Best-Dr essed College Girls," each winner must have: 1. a clear understanding of her fashion type, 2. a wo~able wardrobe plan, 3. a suitable campus look (she's in line with local customs), 4. appropriate - not rah, rah - look for off-campus occasions, 5. individuality in her use of colors, accessories, 6. imagination in managing a clothes budget, 7. good grooming, not just neat, but impec:cable, 8. clean, shining, well-kept hair, 9. deft use of make-up (enough to look pretty, but not overdone) , and finally, 10. a •g ood figure, beautiful posture. Keeping these points in: mind, the contest on our campus will open sometime in January.

The manner in which we select our candidate has, in previous years, been an open · ballot by which the entire student body elects the rE!jpresentative. Each class will nominate one candiDIANE BROUILLARD

Mademoiselle Says:

The Romantic Revolution Though Christmas and New Year's have passed, the holiday spirit will be in the air for weeks to come. Mademoiselle offers the following suggestions to the collegiate miss who wishes to carry the gay winter spirit into the cold winds of January.

This holiday season tuck away, your kilts and sweaters; your knee socks and loafers. Exit (for a few hours or days) the college girl. Enter a new you - in a black velvet hostess skirt, a white satin shirt, sashed with shocking pink kid, your hair shining in curls. Sound like fun? Definitely!

Well, this is the season to try it.

Romance abounds in fashion.

Ruffles, tucks, soft full skirts even marabou feathers - make dressing more sentimental than in years.

End hard chic, tough brash fashion. Begin the soft and tender look - much more appealing, .much more approachable. Colors and fabrics all romantically right include lots of white, lots of black, soft pastels, great contrasts of textures: crepe, velvet, satin, wool, chinchilla, cashmere,

soft heathery tweeds. Banish all worries about the cost - among the many great party looks in Madamoiselle's November issue, there are 20 for less than $36.

Ruffles aRd flourishes sound the knell of the hard-edged dress.

This year arrive in a white satinbacked crepe shirtdress ruffled at neclk and sleeves and down the front. Or a white crepe dress with a hood of ostrich feathers. At home, wear a dirndl-waisted long skirt in a heathery tweed of camel, black and ivory. With it, a ruffled white cashmere sweater. For a special dinner a deux, greet him in a plunging-neckline dress of pale peach over soft gray peau de soie wrapped with a brown satin belt. With them all, wear glittery stockings, shiny, chunky shoes.

Job Horizons Expand For College Women Today's college woman can choose from a wider range of career possibilities than was true for any previous generation, a newly released Department of Labor publication reports.

"Job Horizons for College Women" describes 32 career fields. Many of them provide opportunities in relatively new fields for college women.

The booklet points out that

continued shortages of professional workers are projected, not only in the traditional fields of nursing and teaching, but also in science, engineering, mathematics, and medicine, among others. Because of the short!llges, longstanding barriers to women's advancement in professional and technical occupations are diminishing.

A long-time trend toward

·Jobs Available In Swiss Ski Resorts Grand Duchy of Luxembourg - The high season for skli.ing starts in February in the Alps.

Do you want a job at a famous winter ski ressort in Switzerland? The American Student Information S e r v i c e annoUlliCes that there are still jobs open for · the winter season and many more are available for next summer in Europe. The .AJSIS has successfully placed students in Europe for over a decade. ASIS guarantees a job in Europe for any student applying. Some sales jobSI pay as high as $400 per month.

Many jobs are available with no previous experience or foreign language ability required. Room and board are arranged for with each job.. The _ most requested! jobs are resort work, office work, lifeguarclinig1, sales work, ship~ board work, factory y.rork, child care and camp counseling work and farm work. Interesting work, not found in the U. S. is living as a guest of well-to-do European families in return for teaching their children English. Job applications and detailed job descriptions (location, wages, working> hours, photographs, etc.) are available in the latest ASISI booklet which interested students may obtain by sending $2 (for the job application, overseas handling and an air mail reply) to Dept. IV, American Student .Information Service, 22 Ave. de la Liberte, Luxembourg City, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

broadening women's occupational opportunities in the professions is reported.

date and from these four nominees, the entire student body will choose one representative.

After a candidate has been selected, the entry requirements for the national contest must be fulfilled. These requirements consist of a completed, official entry form, to be submitted with three photographs of the campus winner. The photographs must show the candidate in: 1. a typical campus outfit, 2. an off-campus daytime outfit, and 3. a party dress (long or short). The candidate should also write a commentary of not more than one thousand words on the suggested topic, which is a desciption of the candidates fashion taste, including a future vision of what she thinks it "will be like ten years from now. After complying with the above requirements, the candidate .w ill then be subject to the judging of a panel ·o f Glamour editors who select the national winners using the same list of qualifications mentioned previously.

Watch bulletin boards for further announcements concerning Salve's Campus contest.

Covers Cultural Factors Of Inter-American Relations

Washington, D. C. - The Fifth Annual National Catholic InterAmerican Cooperation Program (CICOP) Conference will be held. from January 29-31, 196&, at the Chase-Parlt Plaza Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri.

Theme Theme for the 1968 CICOP ConfereiiJCe will be cultural factors in inter-Ameri'Can relationships: Bond or Barrier, The three-day session will feature speakers and delegates from most Latin American countries, Europe, and the United States.

It has been estimated that attendance at CICOP, 1968, will exceed the 3,000 participants at last year's CICOP Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.

Outstanding Forum

Latin American religio-social and economic experts attending past CICOP Conferences have praised the annual sessions as an outstanding forum for dialogue on inter-American understanding and collaboration.

J ose Humberto . Cardinal· Quintero, Archbishop of Caracas, Venezuela has received an in'Vitation to attend the annual Conference.

Praises Spirit

Bell & Howell Offers Provocative Films Chicago - "The new generation of film audience is demanding a new kind of film." With these words, the Bell and Howell Company, long a pioneer in the motion picture industry, announced its entry into the field of short-film distribution to the college market.

"We are interested," said Bell and Howell president Peter G. P eterson, "in film as expression, not product. These f i 1m s are called experimental, underground, documentary, art. While all may not be brilliant or enduring, they are interesting, provocative, challenging."

Bell and Howell has arranged the films into 90-minute ·programs in what is entitled its Art and Document collection. Program titles include Canadian Underground, Protest and Politics, Historical Underground, International Underground, Animation and Abstraction, The Scene, California Undergi"ound and The Teenage Underground.

According to a company spokesman, programs from the Art and Document collection have been shown at a select number of colleges and universities such as the University of Illinois, University of Hartford, Notre Dame and Colorado College and have been extremely well received by the hundreds of student and faculty viewers. The entire collection of eight programs is now being made available to universities and colleges throughout the country.

C a r d i n a 1 Quintero praised CIOOP for acting in ·t he spirit of the Second Vatican Council by strengthening the bonds of collegiality between bishops in North and Latin America through the promotion: of interAmerican dialogue and mutual concern.

"It seems to me that the Cat h o 1 i c Inter-American Cooperation Program· corresponds point by point with the teachings and exhortations of the Second Vatican Council," Cardinal Quintero said. "I pray God that these meetings will continue to take .place every year."

R ev. Louis M. Colonnese, Administrative Director of the Latin America <Bureau, United States Catholic ConfereiiJCe, and Director of CICOP, presented the in'Vitation on beha]f of the U. S. Bishops' Committee for Latin America. Father Colonnese extended the· invitation while in Caracas during a recent factfinding trip to eleven Latin America countries. lnfonnation Reserva:tions and further information concerning the Fifth Annual National CICOP Conference are a'Vailable at Catholic Inter-American Cooperation.

Program, Box 946, Davenport, Iowa 52805.

CANCELLATION

Due to the closing of the Yankee Trader Shop the Home Economics Fashion Show has been cancelled.

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