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Peace Corps College P'r ogram Expanding

Juniors Set Plans For Ring Weekend

The officials of the Peace Corps' ana the State University of New York College at Brockport announced completion of arrangements for continuing and extending the unique Peace Corps/ College Degree Program.

This would admit a third group of candidates in June, 1969.

The members of the first contingent, completing the fifteen month program combining the upper division undergraduate education with Peace Corps preparation, are now serving on binational educational development teams in the Dominican Republic.

The second group is now in the academic year phase of this joint project and is slated for overseas assignment in Latin America in August, 1969.

The candidates will be selected from the ranks of students in good standing at an accredited college who are completing their sophomore or junior year by June 1969. Those selected will be able to earn an A.B. or B.S. degree and be eligible for a Peace Corps assignment in one academic year, flanked by two summers of fully subsidized and integrated academic courses and Peace Corps training. They will be expected to major in mathematics or the sciences; those who have completed their junior year prior to entrance into the program will have the opportunity for a double-major.

The traditional conferring 'of rings to members of the junior class will take place on February 14th in Great Hall in Ochre Court with parents and friends invited.

After the ceremony, the girls and their dates will follow clues, similar to those used in a Treasure Hunt, in order to reach the surprise location for the night. Lunch will be served at The Surf Club Saturday afternoon followed by continuous entertainment by a band. The Sapphire Ball Saturday night will be held in Ochre Court. The Tune Toppers, who were a huge success at last year's ,Nocturne, will provide the music. Following the formal, a buffet will be held at -S hamrock Cliff. C o.f f e e and doughnuts will be served after'a special mass Sunday morning.

Leo Connerton will be featured Sunday afternoon at The Castle in Bristol, R. I. General Chairman for Ring Week-end is Margot DiCarano; the two co-chairmen for the event are Kathy Lannon and Fran Kozma. Heading the various committees are: Connie MeBriar, publicity; Susan Boyle, Mass.; JoAnn Gauthier, entertainment; Susan Keally, refreshments; Dianne Morelli, favors; Jeanne Murphy, invitations; Mari-fran Kelly, raffle; and Susan Dick, programs.

Soph Nocturne mghlights Campus Winter Weekend The Nocturne, the traditional formal sophomore dance, has been rescheduled for January 11, which will coincide with Winter Weekend.

The Newport Motor Inn will be the setting for a cocktail party Friday the tenth from 6 to B p.m. Following the cocktail party there will be a skating party from 9 p .m. to 1 a .m. to be held at St. George's in Middletown.

To the tunes of "The Baker's Dozen," a group from Yale, Salve students and their dates will enjoy the entertainment at Hurleys Saturday li.fternoon. Late in the even\ng a semi-formal dance will be held at the Castle Hill from 7 to 11 p .m. with music by the "Just Us." The sophomores will attend the Nocturne in Ochre Court which will be followed by dinner at the Viking Hotel.

Beginning at 2 p .m. ·on Sunday, entertainment. will be provided at Sully's by Tom Sullivan and Chuck Eisenhardt, two singers from Harvard. There will be a split bid to allow students to attend the functions of their choice.

At the end of the second summer armed with the degree, a teaching license, in-depth cross cultural preparation and fluency in Spanish, the graduates as Peace Corps volunteers will be off on their Latin American assignment. As members of the staffs of teacher training institutions and/ or consultants to secondary teachers of mathematics or science, they will be important participants in the educational development efforts of their host countries. During their two ·y ear sojourn they will have the opportunity to earn up to twelve semester hours graduate credit.

Peace Corps and College officials pointed out several features which make this joint program unique including: academic credit for Peace Corps training, two fully subsidized summer sessions totalling thirty semester credit hours, in-depth Peace Corps training synchronized with the liberal arts and specialized professional preparation, individualized programming, opportunity for double majors, and supervised overseas graduate work.

This integrated program is based on the two fold conviction that (1) to combine the college and Peace Corps experiences is both niore r e I e v an t and meaningful and the personal product more valuable (2) to provide much-needed skilled specialists - mathematics and science teachers - as Peace Corps volunteers in Latin America js to

make a significant contribution to all concerned.

Student Council Lists / Intercollegiate Bulletin Student Council is planning to initiate an Intercollegiate Bulletin containing information from nearby colleges including . Providence College, Brown University, Rhode Island College, University of Rhode Island, Bryant College, and Roger Williams College. The object of this publication is to facilitate communication among the schools and to increase awareness of the various school sponsored activities.

Also in the planning stage is a Coed Day to be held sometime in February. Male students from nearby colleges will spend the day at Salve attending classes: and eating meals with Salve students. Plans are also in the formutative stage for a ·mixer to conclude the day's activities.

College Council Meeting The first College Council meeting of the year held on December 3, discussed the problem of al-

lowing boys on campus during the week. Presently male visitors are allowed on campus only on weekends. Student Council formulated a bill calling for freedom to entertain boys in the Haven and in dormitory lounges until curfew on weekdays as well as on week-ends.

Also discussed was the possibility of initiating grace minutes. With this policy in effect, lateness woould no longer warrant a minor campus or a Judiciary Board appearance. Rather, the student would subtract the time late . from the alloted grace minutes.

On December 9, Salve's Student Council entertained members of P. C.'.s Student Congress.

Following dinner Mary Kay Segar and Danny Ryan, presidents of the Student Councils, presided at the informal discussion in Miley Lounge.

December 1968

Sr. Mary Donald Egan Resigns In an official bulletin from the office of the President, Sister Mary Christopher O'Rourke announced that Sister Mary Donald Egan has resigned from her position as Dean of Women as of June 2, 1969. Sister Christopher also · announced that of that date Sister Mary Thomas Aquinas O'Brien would assume the position.

Sister Mary Donald came to Salve Regina College in September, 1949 as an Assistant Professor of English, a position she still maintains. Sister received her :B.A. in English and Philosophy from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland and her M.A. in English and Dramatics from Boston College. In addition, Sister Donald studied summers at the University of Notre Dame and Oxford University, England.

While studying at Oxford during the summer of 1960 Sister travelled through Italy, parts of Germany, France, Ireland, Wales and England. She was appointed Dean of Women of Salve Regina in September of 1961 and is a member of the National Association of Women Deans and Counselors.

As for future plans, Sister Mary Donald commented, "The future is yet undecided, but it most certainly will have to do with teaching English which is what I like to do best."

Sister Mary Thomas Aquinas will work with Sister Mary Donald during the next semester before officially assuming the position. Sister Thomas Aquinas fil'st came to Salve Regina in September of 1967 when she was appointed Librarian of the college.

Sister received her Bachelor of Education from Catholic Teachers College and her M.S. in Library Science and Guidance and Counselling from Catholic University.

Before coming to Salve, Sister Thomas Aquinas taught both in grammar and high schools, and was Vice-Principal and Director of Guidance at St. Xavier's Academy in P:r;ovidence, R. I. While speaking of her new ap-

pointment, Sister Thomas Aquinas said, "I will always be open to ideas from the students - even though I may not always agree with them.'' She stressed that she is most interested in establishing a good working relationship between herself and Salve students.

Eight Salve Girls On P.C. Cheering Squad Eight Salve girls have been chosen to join the Providence College cheering squad for the 1968-69 basketball season.

Those selected were Sophomores: Nanette Robillard, Mel Turley, and Muff Horack and Freshmen: Bet fi Casey, Pat Eagan, Leslie Friend, Pat Mullany, and Janet Robinson.

The girls will cheer with the PC squad at various home and away games as well as at the Holiday Festival in Madison Square Garden on Dec. 26-27. At the latter ev·e nt, Providence College will take on the UCLA team.

Congratulations! ''But we loved with a love that was more than love • . ,"

Edgar Allan Poe

Congratulations to ...

Jean Maigret '69 on her engagement to Bill Potuchek.

Kathy O'Dell '69 on her engagement to John Tufarolo.

Mary Watterson ' 70 on her en·gagement to Michael Trainor.

Terry Martin ' 71 on her engagement to Randy Cirner. ~ue Murphy '71 on becoming the pinmate of Don Carbone.

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In the past few weeks 1:here have been a few changes on the Salve campus which have not been well received by both faculty Hola Salve, Bullfights on a Sunday afterand stu'dents. Now we have several new no parking signs, the noon . . . the clapping castanets gate at McAuley is half closed, and the circle in front of O'Hare of 'the flamenco dancers ... the is empty. serenading students beneath our This restriction has angered students and faculty members. balcony at night ... the Prado Presently, the faculty are allowed to park their cars on Shepard . . . the plazas and their sparkAvenue and at the same time ruin their automobiles as a result ling fountains ... wine at every meal ... sidewalk cafes ... the of the poor condition of the avenue. Another alternative is the lot ever-present "piropo" of the in front of Angelus which is inadequate for the number of faculty Spanish man . . . the crowded members on the campus. The students have a choice between "Gran Via" at two a.m .... This fighting for a prime place on Ochre Point Avenue and parking is Madrid.

Of course, like any other great at Miley. For students who only have one or two classes a day adventure it has its drawbacks; this entails unneeded problems not to mention the chaos which namely: books. In other words, results when it rains. we still have to study. All of our The circle in front of O'Hare as a consequence, is completely classes are conducted in the "Facultad de Filosofia y Letras" empty because it is a fire regulation. O'Hare is fire-proof, but located on the huge campus of Angelus is not. This building is more inclined to be enveloped in the University of Madrid. AlHames with the strike of one match or one stray spark from burn- though classes are classes, there ing leaves. Also, between O'Hare and Angelus is McAuley which are some distinctive differences is not only the library but houses resident students. Cars are in attending a European university. One of the many is having double parked most of the time in front of Angelus. Therefore, if to "whip out" your student a fire should occur in Angelus the fire company would be unable "carnet" upon entering the to reach the building. "facultad."

Books, however, are not the Is this logical? The apparent disenchantment of the students only source of our learning. · and faculty members seems to reflec~ that it is not.

llnsung H ero ines Unfortunately we are sometimes unaware of the good that others around us are doing. A group of unsung heroines here at Salve are the members of Action Core. These girls are giving up their time on a regular basis in service both to the College and the community.

Most of us have heard of the Big Sister Program, the Children's Home Project, .the Thanksgiving Mass and other Action Core projects but how many of us have stopped to evaluate the time and energy put into these projects? Surely the work is rewarding for those who are participating but it is also an asset to the College. We hope that Action Core will keep up the good work and that others on campus will be inspired to do "some little thing" to help a neighbor.

Noted Sociologist Talks At Providen,ce College SEYMOUR MARTIN LIPSET, a professor at Harvard University and the author of such books as The Political Man, Social Mobilism, and Agrarian Socialization, spoke at Providence College on November 21, 1968, Professor Lipset spoke on the politics . of . protest movements, pointing out that the basis for these movements lies in the loss of power or status. People come to feel displaced in their own land because of changes in prevailing norms. These groups of people with a cause, minorities, form p artie s or "anti-movements" to represent their feelings for or against certain activities. They locate the source of their threat and attempt to destroy it through various means.

Mr. Lipset developed this idea of protest movements by indicating the historical development of these groups. In doing this he gave a brlef background Qf the era and the characteristic political problems. For example, following World War I the Ku Klux

Klan developed, operating not as a third party but through the other two parties.

Also, in the twenties there was a tremendous reaction of Protestant Americans to the changefl taking place. Various other movements characteristic of their times were mentioned such as thP. Anti-Communist movements by Sen. Joseph McCarthy, The John Birch Society, and the Wallace Movements. People were forced politically, economically, and socially to take actions that would indicate their feelings and wants.

This is the basic idea or theme that Lipset seemed to wish to indicate by discussing the power of political movements; he mentioned that no movement has ever overthrown a republic but they are still clearly a danger.

The fact that the United States has so many vital political movements suggests that one must be ever vigilant and concerned with politic.

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There's the Spanish way of life itself. Madrid abounds with dance halls, cafes, theatres, movie houses, music halls, and night clubs. But because the Spanish dinner isn't 'til 10 p.m., the night life of Madrid really doesn't begin 'til morning. One of our favorite spots is the "mesones" which are cave-like inns where the environment is vibrant and spontaneous - singing, hand-clapping, flamenco dancing can .be seen with ,regularity. But what really makes the Spanish night life so different are the Spanish men. One word to describe them would be . . . "continental," we'll leave the rest to your imagination.

Although Madrid is home-base while here in . Europe, we are taking full advantage of travel opportunities. Since our arrival, we've walked down the Champs Elysees of Paris, bargained for sheep skins and genuine African tom-toms in the Casbah of Tan-

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gier and Casablanca, and driven through picturesque Portugese fishing villages. Our plans don't stop here, however. The rest of Europe awaits us.

Europe is great, but there are some things we miss. Just send us three hamburgers and we'll be satisfied!

Hasta Luego, Cindy Bates Anne Conaty Rita Francis

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Dear Editor, Respect for the college - begins with respect for its students. Salve Regina looks for this respect from the community, but it also must oe found within the

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Recently this p o i n t was brought strongly to my attention by the. treatment I received from a younger member of the staff of our library. Seeking help, I was subjected to an irate and undisciplined commentary on how the library was to be used. I felt as if I were a child who had wandered where she did not belong.

If this is the treatment accorded a full-time, married student who is ten years this librarian's senior, what treatment is forthcoming lo the younger students.

A. freshman entering a new school, adjusting to a new schedule, would think twice before entering again this person's domain.

Regardless of the class status of the student, is this the picture which Salve Regina wishes to project? I know that my children are treated more maturely in the local public library.

Is this an atmosphere co!lducive to learning? A library should be a place of inspiration, knowledge and enjoyment; Salve Regina's library is no longer this for me. Courtesy is a small thing, but its application can leave a lasting impression.

After leaving the Library of Salve Regina one certainly has a lasting impression - librarians are superior and should never

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 426, Salve .Regina College, Newport, R. I. Editor-in-Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathy Podd News Editor ................................... Betsy Ellis Feature Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karen Gross Circulation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peg Sheehan Layout Editor ............................... Kathy Norton Business Manager ........................... Marifran Kelly Assistant Business Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pam Sweeney Photography Staff ......................... Diane Lacazette Janice Perry, Michaella Kelly Editorial Board ........................... MaryAnn Cronin Kathy Litwin, Mary Anne Tierney Reporters: Lucille Andriozzi, Mary Sue Bruno, Pat Cadigan, Pat Caravan, Barbara Carrillo, Jane Carroll, Nancy Crane, Pat Heeran, Linda Kane, Susan Keally, Sharon Lanoue, Joyce Lawrence, Carmella Lepore, Mary Ellen Litwin, Joyce Lukasewski, Margaret McGahan, Joe Ann O'Bymachow, Maria Pietrafitta, Ann Savage, Carole Smigiel.

On Salve Campus Every year Salve Regina College sponsors the traditional Christmas Party for the underprivileged children of Newport.

Four sophomores, Mary A nn Reabey, Kathleen Shinners, Paula Donnovan, and Caroline Reder, under the direction of Sr. Mary Eloise, R.S.M., were the committee members for this year's party.

The party was held on December 12 fron1 3:15 to 4:15 in the Miley Hall Dining Room. There were thirty first and second grade children, fifteen boys and fifteen girls, from Mumford School in Newport. Students in· terested in participating in the party signed up for a child in advance in order to plan appropriate gifts and games. Refreshments ·were served to the children, and the entertainment planned by the committee centered around a pantomime of "The Night Before Christmas.''

As usual, the highlight of t he party was the appearance of Santa Claus played by Kathleen Shinners.

The annual Christmas Party is an event that is always well supported by the Student Body.

The true meaning and spirit of the holiday season is generally felt through this opportunity to make Christmas a little happier for these chilaren. be approached for assistance, most certainly not courteous assistance.

A student must think twice be· fore returning to use the facilities of our library. This is wrong.

A librarian should think twice before browbeating any student, regardless of age, who comes seeking her services.

Sincerely yours, A Married Student

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v' Dear Editor, A bill will be presented in t he near future for consideration by the administration. The issue may appear trivial but we feel it could be a step towards studentfaculty cooperation.

The student request is a very simple and reasonable one, in fact it seems ludicrous that it even has to be requested. Boys should be allowed in residence halls until curfew on weekends and during the week. On what gz;ounds can anyone object? How many parents encourage their daughters to entertain their friends at home? We feel that the couples will use their discretion in sharing the designated rooms with the other residents.

If you are opposed to our viewpoint, kindly offer some suggestion as to how and where we might spend our time.

"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."

- I I Timothy 1:7 Kathleen Pfeiffer Michele Marino Christine Beaulac Cont inued on P age S

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Spqtlight: Chris WHERE does a student teacher find time to' participate actively in extra-curricular a-ctivities here at Salve? Well, Christine Beaulac is fine proof that there is time for such activities. As one of the editors of the Regina Maris, Chris has certainly kept herself quite busy. Besides this time consumer she is also the state secretary for the S.N.E.A., a member of the Glee Club, .Social Action Group, and Cultural Affairs Committee.

Chris, a member of .Sigma Phi Sigma, is also vice president of Delta Epsilon Sigma. Earlier in the year she received a nomination to "Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges" and she is also a nominee for a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship.

One of the qualifying prerequisites for a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship is the writing of one's intellectual interests. To fulfill this qualification . Chris has spent many hours writing a play about the lack of communication.

The main theme is based on the idea that people must relate to one another on each other's level.

It is the story of a mother who can not relate to her two children because she speaks in a different, poetic-type language. The father can communicate with them but, because of the lack of communication with the mother, tragedy

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Regina Maris Discloses Plans For Yearbook

S.N.E.A. The Student National Education Club has joined the new "Salve lives" spirit on campus this year by offering a variety of activities. On November 18, Mrs. Wallberg, head of the Cosmotology department at Rogers High School, spoke to the club on "Makeup and Dress For The Teacher in The Classroom."

Many helpful hnts ;were given to the girls on how coloring of clothes and m akeup affect the students in their classes. Also, a variety of hairpieces were made available to try on and discover how different an added wiglet affects one's appearance.

On December 11, Dr. Wilkinson, from the Massachusetts Education Department spoke on "Job Opportunities." He opened the doors for many of the students to positions that are available in the education field in programs of Headstart, Vista and the Peace Corps.

The club plans a Christmas party on December 16 for the pre-schoolers to be held in Founders Hall. Gifts will be provided for each child and Santa will appear.

This year's club officers include Marie Phelon - President, Michele Marino - Vice-President, Susan Coyle, Treasurer, and Rena Pattri, Secretary.

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On Nov. 20th a team of three speakers spoke on alcoholism incidence psychological implications and family. On Dec. 3rd there was a joint meeting of S.N.A.R.I. and the State Nurses'

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Since the violation of smoking Salve's yearbook staff is in private living quarters has represently compiling the 1969 Recently come before Student Coungina Maris. The book's distribucil, we have asked the following tion date is now set for the end people their opinion on the type of May. o~ penalty, if any, that should be The staff is initiating various . imposed on an offender. changes in the '69 edition. This Pat Mullany, a freshman, feels year's book will be album-like, and it will contain more pages the following way about smoking than previous publications. As a and imposed penalties: "Living result of this increase in size, in Miley I can't see why we can't greater emphasis will be placed smoke in the rooms. I think we on undergraduates and their ac- should be able to smoke in the cafeteria because it is ridiculous tivities.

No longer will the Regina Ma- to have to go up three flights of stairs just to have a cigarette sets in. This is the plot around ris be limited to a uniform blue after a meal. As far as a penalty, cover.

Although its exact nature which the whole story evolves. once the rules are set, I feel that Chris is not only the author of has not been disclosed, the cover's a monetary penalty is sufficient, texture, size, and color promise a play but she is also very ina campus is not necessary." terested in poetry and has en- to be unique.

Christine Quinton, a Junior, The most extreme changes are tered some of her own poems in voiced her views on the subject: those concerning the book's phovarious contests.

"I feel that there should be a After her graduation from tography. Senior pictures are in- fine imposed for violating the formal this year, and they do Salve, Chris would like to fursmoking rule. There are so many ther her education at either Yale, not conform to the standard fj.re hazards, especially in the yearbook size.

The faculty will Tufts, or Boston University house dorms, and with so many Schools of Drama. If she doesn't · be presented in candid photos, in girls the hazards are multiplied. contrast to their usual formal continue her education in graduBut, I think that just the fine itate school, she would be in- poses. In addition, over sixty self is sufficient for punishment! pages of candids will reveal the terested in work in the publishing undergraduates involved in vari- God, a fifteen dollar fine!". field. ous activities around campus. ' Her accomplishments are cerSubscriptions for the Regina tainly something to be proud of, and it is thus apparent that Maris are now on sale for $10.

SALVE does LIVE in Christine The yearbook staff asks for your support and urges all students Beaulac. to purchase this unique '69 edition.

****************** ****************************** { Club Activi ties ~ Spanish Club The Spanish Club is presenting a variety of activities. On December 12, there was a Christmas celebration with the singing of carols and the playing of Christmas records. Then February 11, is International Night which entails a joint meeting of the Spanish and French clubs at Ochre Court. On March 4, the Spanish club will show some films on Spain and Portugal.

They will be shown by Joyce Lawrence, a junior who has spent some time abroad in these countries. Finally, a lecture, Spanish Speaking People of Today, is scheduled for March 2.5.

It will be given by a member of the Naval War College.

French Club Last month the ' French Club presentep its first movie, "Ne Tirez pas sur le pianiste," from a series of films which will be shown throughout the school year. On Dec 4th "Jules and Jim" was s h o w n . The remaining movies are: · "Hiroshima mon Feb. 12 amour."

Mar. 12 "La Belle et la Bete."

Apr. 16 "Ascenseur pour l'echafoud."

May 7 - "La Guerre est finie."

In keeping with the holiday spirit of December, the Alliance Francaise held the annual Buche de N6el ceremony on December 10. This portrayal of the traditional French Christmas was enhanced by the elaborate decor of Ochre Court and was one of the major events of t he French Club.

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Letters Continued from Page 2 Dear Editor: V Procrastination in policy is anathema to youth in dissent.

The principles for which youth, seeks recognition and those which it discards as irrelevant are stifled and if considered at all, are filtered through channels of "the system." The voice of protest cannot be heard until it is recognized by those in control.

Its effectiveness cannot be impressionable when it rejects the values of the existing power structure.

How, then, can students on this campus be expected to operate within "the system" ----:- to voice opposition through the proper channels? Experience in the formation of student policy has witnessed this ineffectiveness. How can students become involved in meaningful policy unless they themselves legislate and not have their power siphoned through "advisory councils" in which the students are in the minority?!

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Playing with fire is like playing with chance ... we are only lowering the odds by one. If we wanted to eliminate the chance of fire we should take out all the wiring, remove the stove, the oil burner and all combustibles as well as doing away with every outside force that could possibly cause fire. If we did all this we would definitely eliminate most fires.

I have smoked in my room at home for years, and because I know it can cause fires I am very careful. Most Salve girls are old enough and mature enough to do the same. I feel very badly that we are not given the chance to prove ourselves. We are modern students and Salve has come a Continued on Page 4

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by MARY McGANN GONE- r deed they should not - but rather they emphasize the very fact A THREAD OF STORIES · Man has ever delighted in of lffe.

Rumer Godden always porstories. This perhaps is a partial explanation of the popularity of trays her characters in their short stories which may be read moments of human paradox: and between just about anything. isn't this life? She no doubt sees But the length of the story is herself as Conrad did, that is "as not its importance. Rumer God- trying to achieve by the power den has once again produced a of the written word to make you work tl!_at delights: Gone-1'- hear, to make you feel, to before all, to make you see.'' And in her Thread of Stories. stories, one can find consolation, These stories are tales of childfear, charm, truth - and also hood that have snatched moments of courage, mirth, irony, and joy: delight.

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all the paradoxes that children see; and the author makes us feel and see them through those children's eyes. Some bf them go beyond childhood and trace themselves into a lonely woman's grasping for a touch of elegance.

Rumer Godden has chosen her title, as she says in her preface, because each story "is founded on a moment of experience felt or seen or touched, that has long since gone." But because man's memory revels in celebrating what is past, and because the past is so humanly relevant, one can read the stories with a sense of anticipating oneself.

"No More Indians" Mick Mohaghan in ''No More Indians" is a moment of revelation to his mother's employer, the 'S enator. He is the child who is "father of the man"; the child who sees reality more accurately through his wild imagination.

The irony and sadness of the story is not in Mick but in the stubborn rationalism of the Senator. t The two stories "Down Under the Thames" and "The Little Fishes" are autobiographical: they recount for us, the first in more disguised terms, what happened to Rumer and her sister Jon when they were "exiled" from their beloved Indian Sun; the "little fishes" of the title, These are again the two Godden girls, who, after a five year reprieve in India, are back in England at a Convent school.

There is something comical in Ruth (who is Jon) and her reaction to Sister Gertrude's weary dictum "A time and a place for everything;" for Ruth answers gently, "But it takes time to learn the places." The story is simply a tale of a growing up.

All of the stories remind us of the wom:an who blended the past and present so beautifully in China Court; the same woman who is a child herself in The Kitchen Madonna and The Battle of VUla Fiorltia, but she is perhaps most alive and a woman in "L'Elegance." Miss Mountfort is terribly proper and English; she is also a very lonely woman and her shock at the earthy French chef's crudities is :r:eally loneliness. It is this simple human verity, the small glimmer of truth that the reader, in his delight, is suddenly confronted with. Like all artists, Miss Godden is showing us life, and her beauty and skill as an artist does not cushion the shock - as in-

JACQUELINE GRENNAN This is a personal critique: and since r e v i e w s are editorial opinions it is then justifiable. On November 18, the Paulists' Christian Culture Series presented Miss Jacqueline Grennan, President of Webster College.

Her subject was the future of American Higher Education a discussion which was enhanced by Miss Grennan's own very vital role in shaping and reshaping many colleges around the country.

Miss Grennan believes in "slugging it out" - she quite honestly admits that she is frightened by the recent student outbursts but she wants to discern what students think. As a result, she has come to a few "tentative conclusions the only kind I ever come to." These conclusions generate from her passionate belief that there are no frozen standards of education, especially c o 11 e g e education.

Standards are continuously being made and re-made - if only we let them.

Flexibility is the only 'standard.'

"Let's have a sense of humor, and laugh at ourselves first and then we can move on to achieve the tension and balance of many elements. One element should never have a total option on what is done and how it is to be done."

This petite woman, who has tackled the heads of industry and persuaded them to endow hers and other schools, went on to discuss this very human foible (in all of us) of demanding "total option.'' We are in danger of swinging the pendulum from the stifling grip of traditional orthodoxy to the demand.i.-\).g vise of a new liberal orthodoxy. It is ironic that those who decry anyone's right or office to bestow imprimatur, simultaneously demand an imprimatur for their own liberal ideas. The most significant aspect of choosing a lonely position\ is one's acceptance of the world of the lonely position: this takes courage and responsibility. One almost wonders if she might have added humility to that.

Colleges Are Anachronistic This preparedness and need to face the consequences of position on the part of students must be incorporated into our plans for their education. Miss Grennan does not pretend to have all the answers "because the only answer is not an answer at all but an attitude which supports

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the balance and tension of ideas;" but she does propose to define this attitude as multilateral.

Colleges, administrators, parents must revamp tiieir attitudes as must the oft-protesting stuThe distinguished S e n a t o r have a small amount of personal dents. This is the raison d'etre behind Webster's free wheeling Claiborne Pell, a resident of goods they'll want more. Comatmosphere: academic and social. Newport, R. I., addressed a .g roup munism will gradually be reColleges, she maintains, are ana- of students, faculty and guests at moved from the world, but this chronistic because they are still O'Hare Academic Center on De- will not happen till Moscow "total" institutions or communi- cember 2. The Senator is the erodes.

Senator Pell cited contact beties that need total revision. She first former Foreign Service Ofmentioned such specific student ficer to serve on the U. S. Sen- tween the communist countries concerns as course-choice, hours, ate Foreign Relations Committee. and the western world as a cause moral and social decisions, and He has traveled extensively of stepping up the erosion of the tremendous "pressure-cook- abroad, especially in Europe. He communism. More trade would had just returned from a trip to be an excellent means of contact. er" of dormitory life.

The total revision Miss Gren- Czechoslovakia and Russia when Also the Senator said he would like to see more students travelnan sees as inevitable and neces- he spoke here.

The Rhode Island Senator, ing to countries behind' the iron sary has an extremely practical side. As an administrator, she is who averages a trip a year to curtain. "Each side would see a very much in touch with the Czechoslovakia, spoke on this little more of the other.''

In concluding, Senator Pell economic facets of institutions. country. He described CzechosloShe sees private enterprise, the vakia as "the key to the fate of spoke of his own travels which federal government, parents and Europe.'' He told how humanistic are quite extensive. He felt that students as the multiple based and democratic ways had been travel was a necessity for anyone for better support of colleges. No adopted by the Czech govern- in a governmental position. After individual source would be con- ment. ''' Russia could not permit a trip to Hungary, Czechoslova·trolling, rather they would en- this to occur. If it happened in kia or Russia, one understands able the college to remain auton- Czechoslovakia, they would lose the people and their culture so the country to the west." This much more completely; it is an omous.

Jacqueline Grennan As A Person type of government would "cor- education in itself.

Senator Pell was excellent. It This, in brief, outlines Jacquel- rode the area" in the eyes of the line Grennan's ideas. But she is Russians. Thus they decided to was an honor for Salve to present also, besides an educator, a per- move in, "the sooner the better, such a distinguished person. The son. As I listened to the educator, for there would be less blood- only thing wanting for the evethe person was very apparent shed." ~e Russians felt they ning was an audience. One would and I thought how different it "just could not permit demo- think that a college community would be interested enough in was to listen to the attractive cratic ways to develop."

On communism the Senator the world outside to attend a lecredhead in the green dress in comparison to Sister Jacqueline felt "it has the seeds to destroy; ture such as this. Obviously this of the Sisters of Loretto. Four itself. The principles go against college is not.

-Jane Carron years ago I listened to the then human nature." Once the people Sister Jacqueline in Boston. Webster College was still an experiment, her philosophy was still in Continued from Page 8 the "dialogue" stage (though one the concerns of others, if their contain photography and art might wonder when someone's immediate interests are met with work. However this is now imthought outgrows that stage the answer of course is really delayed action resulting in op- possible since the magazine is never). This woman's thought position on the part of the ad- typed rather than printed. What is needed is more enthusiasm has matured and evolved. Her ministration?

The question of whether the from the students in order t hat "slug-it-out" sessions with her students have no doubt added to students exist for the school or the administration realize the her insights into the student mind the school exists for the students beneficial value of the magazine and into her own mind and is basic to this argument. · If stu- to college life. dents consider their existence If the magazine is to continue thought. only in relation to the values pre- next year, it will need new staff Student's Potential sented by the system, their at- members. The present staff is She is a bit of a realistictempts at reform will be !_utile. composed entirely of seniors: Meidealist (if there is such a perIt is only when students become gan Daly, chief editor; Chris son) and she is implicitly humble. aware of their power, dedicated Beaulac, Lora Carberry, Betsy She is frankly alarmed by a stuto their convictions, and operate Fiore, Jane (Thibault) Gannett, dent who informed her that "we outside the system, that dissent Mary Hetherington, and Jane came to college with a very high will have triumphed. .

Morhardt, with Mr. Richard protest level and finding nothing Kathy RUey McGinn as moderator. If anyone to protest, we almost hung the Sue Boyle has any literary work such as barber." Her alarm, however, is • • * poems, short stories, or essays superceded by her faith in the Dear Editor, - or would like to work on t he human world family, and in the The Signet, Salve Regina's staff, please contact any of the wonderful po.tential of these stu- literary magazine, has seemed to above editors. dents. She sees a high protest be one of the less vibrant aspects Lucille Andriozzi level being channeled in a flexible of campus' life. Yet an issue atmosphere that will enable the came out December 9. The Reporr~r students to participate in college literary magazine was instituted policy-making to a much greater Continued from Page 8 by and for the student body. The degree. magazine intends to present a long way - Don't stop us now!"

In all of her conclusions Miss cross-section of the college with Sister Patricia Murray, a house Grennan repudiates the old cliche literary works from all depart- mother in Queen, felt this way: that focuses the ~ollege as a com- ments.

"It is not the smoking I object munity of learning. •S he affirms Initially, the magazine was to to, but the hazards that could the concept of college education occur in the dormitories as a reas in many ways a do-it-yourself sult of it. As a non-smoker i.t is job that still must be guided in mism and by the qualities difficult for me to envision ex· a non-restricted way. The direc- which are important in an actly how the g i r 1 s feel. tives are general and idealistic educator, a lecturer, a person. However, I think a penalty although not in the least con- Because she is human she has should be imposed for any violatradictory. changed in the past four years; tion of the smOking rules, and While listening to Miss Gren- and because sfie is truly human this penalty should be formulated nan one is struck by her dyna- her ideas are startingly alive. by the Student Council.''

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