SALVE REGINA COLLEGE I NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND 02840 973
Vol. XXIV, No. 1
SALVE REGINA COLLEGE/Newport, Rhode Island
February, 1973
Fine Arts Mini-Week On Campus
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AT PRACTICE, Salve's Glee Club prepares for February 25th joint concert with St. Michael's College, Winooski Park, Vermont. The concert wiU take place at 8:00 p.m. Sunday l!n the Great Hall, Ochre Court. ¡
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Salve Regina's Fine Arts Committee sets this weekend, February 23 to 25 as the second special entertainment weekend of the 1972-73 scholastic year. "We are not planning as many activities as in 'the Fall," said Regina Tracy, Fine Arts Committee chairman. "It might be logical to call this one our minieffort." Frank Walsh, folk singer and guitarist, performs from eight to twelve midnight (Friday) at the Boathouse, Salve Regina's coffee house. On Saturday and Sunday, the National Gallery of Art film series, "Pioneers of Modern Painting," will be shown at ten and eleven a.m. Painters Monet, Manet Cezanne, and Munch are featured in this series. The film showings, at O'Hare Academic Center, are free and open to the public. Sisler Marianne Postiglione's "Mass of Hope" is the Liturgy for Saturday at five p.m. and Sunday, 11:15 a.m. Salve Regina's J;>laywriting Workshop features three one act
plays by participating students, on Saturday. Liz Morcusson's "The Rainy Day Kid Kit," "It" by La1.1rie Maurer, and "Thursday Morning" by Brenda Schoolfield are the plays, under the direction of Miss Joan David, assistant- professor of English and Dramatics. The recently remodelled theater section of the Creative Arts building (formerly Mercy Hall) is the scene of the Saturday performance. In the evening on Saturday, a joint concert of the Salve Regina Glee Club and the men's Glee Club of St. Michael's College, Winooski Park, Vermont is scheduled for Ochre Court, at eight p.m. The featured number is "Song of Democracy" by Howard Hanson, directed by Dr. William Tortelano from St. Michael's College. The work is built around the poem by Walt Whitman. Sunday afternoon at 3:00 p.m., the Warwick Brass Quintet performs at Ochre Court. This unique concert is free to the College community, $.50 for other students; and $1.00 for guests.
Alumnae Champagne Show Preview Spring F'ashi~ns A Champagne Fashion Show is scheduled for Ochre Court, Wednesday, March 14 at 8:00 p.m. Sponsored by the Alumnae Association, the Program will feature Bunny North, former WJAR-TV personality. Mrs. North, currently Gladdings-Shepherd's fashion co-ordinator, will comment and direc't the showing of latest Spring fashions. In an effort to make the Fash-
ion Show a major social event of the campus semester, the admission price has been kept to $3.00 a person. Ann Marie Sweeney Barton ('62) and Helen Murphy Cahill ('62) are chairmen; Mary E. Connolly ('62) serves in an ex officio capacity. . \ For 'tickets, contact the Alumnae office, third floor- of Ochre Court, during business hours.
President 0 'Rourke Reflects Salve
Sister Mary Christopher O'Rourke, R.S.M., president of Salve Regina College for the past five years has announced her resignation from the position effective this June. "You know, there is no big reason for my resignation. It is just time for change; for myself, and for the all-around good of the college." In a recent interview Sister Christopher elaborated on her views of education today and on Salve in particular. Sister feels that a college presidency should extend for five year spans, as each five year period demands new insights. Any college presi.dent operates -under 't he myth of
stereotypes. Actually, presidents have very little power because they have too many publics. This responsibility to all factors introduces an element of constraint. Further difficulty evolves because 't hese multiple publics rarely communicate with one another. Communication on a:n levels is essential to the dispelling of the myth of stereotypes, and 't alking is the best means of communication in any situation. Sister Christopher believes that a college presidency is the mos't cha:llenging job in the country today, especially in small liberal arts colleges which are experiencing growing pains. Pres-
idents of such colleges must approach their positions with the basic philosophy that 'their schools wiU survive, and proceed from there. When ¡asked what qualities she would like to see in the new president of Salve Sister replied that ideally she would like 't o see a nun in the position for two pertinent reasons. Firstly, the president presents 'the image of the college, and a sister would best present the philosophical convictions of a college which is sponsored by a religious community. Secondly, Sr. Christopher would like to see a woman in the position as an affirmation (Continued on Page 4)
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