Ebb Tide, Vol. 25 No. 1 (Sep 1973)

SALVE REGINA COLLEGE I NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND 02840

Vol. XXV, No. 1

September, 1973

SALVE REGINA COLLEGE/Newport, Rhode Island

CONCEPT OF COEDUCATION: A REALITY

A trio of co-eds relaxes during a break between classes on the Salve campus.

Presidential Viewpoint' Offers New-Perspectives~

by Terri Kubitschek and Ma.rladonna McCarthy A Tuesday morning interview with the new president of Salve Regina College, Sister Lucille McKillop, R.S.M., proved to be ·less a formal question and answer period and more, a pleasant exchange of ideas and reflections. In our conversation, Sister Lucille expressed her views . --concerning the various · facets of the Salve Regina -community in particular, and of all communities of thinking people in general.

Sister Lucille has held qefinite hopes of some day fulfilling the objectives" of a college president.

Her durations as faculty member and service on faculty committees convinced her that some day, she would like t o foster a facility in carrying out ideas.

She views the task of the college president as - a creative one, whose purpOse is to create an atmosphere where ideas will work. And Sister Lucille displayed obvious enthusiasm about the innovative people and innovative

curriculum which she confronted on the Salve campus. In extending her position as president, Sister sees a definite need for a p e r s o n a 1 interaction between president and students, for after all, she stated, "That's why we're here."

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Sister Lucille McKillop, R.S.M., newly appomted president of Salve Regina College.

Philharmonia Notes Reach Newport

Theatre Division Discloses Plans

by Susanne Neely October will bring to Newport the appearance of the entire Boston Philharmonic in a United Nations Day Concert at the Van Alan Casino on October 24, 1973. Special conductor of this program, featuring Hayden's "Symphony No. 44 in E Minor," Martin's "Concerto for Seven Winds, Strings and Percussion," and Brahms' "Serenade in A Major", will be Ling Tung, the only Chinese-born conductor performing outside China. He is currently Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Summer Festival and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Philadelphia and a regular guest conductor of the Vienna Symphony, the Roy a 1 Philharmonic, and the Japan Philharmonic.

The Boston Philharmonic is the only orchestra in the Western Hemisphere wherein the musicians themselves cooperatively select their conductors, programs, and personnel. The orchestra, founded in 1967, is noted for its extensive musical expeditions throughout the New

by Terri Kubitschek The Salve Regina College Theatre Division, under the direction of Joan David, associate professor of English and Dramatics, projects a jubilant concatenation of events for its 19731974 season.

The major production slated for the first semester is Royall Tyler's The Contrast, to be performed January 18 in the Creative Arts Center in conjunction with Salve Regina's Bicentennial Interim Project. Tyler's play appeared in New York City in 1787, and bears the distinction of being America's first professionally produced native comedy.

Utilizing the conventions and themes of eighteenth century British drama, the social comedy of The Contrast embodies and reflects American attitudes previously unformulated in dramatic literature. This play also hallmarked the first time that a dram at i c presentation pitted European sophistication against

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by Susanne Neely Coeducation is a c o n c e p t sweeping across many campuses of all-women or all-men colleges.

The true merits of the idea can only really be evidenced in the attempted actuality of the program.

Prior to this 1973-74 academic year, men had been admitted to classes at Salve Regina through its Community Education Division. However, the idea of complete coeducation of the college began to be formally considered in 1969 in the Salve Regina Col- lege Long Range Planning Analysis. In June of 1970, a month following a consensus reached by the department chairmen on introducing coeducation at Salve, the Faculty Senate and faculty at large met to consider the Long Range Plan. There resulted a unanimous vote for as much immediacy as possible in instituting the coeducation plan.

The Board of Trustees of Salve Regina College met on June 11, 1973, and recommended that the Administration study and impl~­ ment the advisability of accepting full-time men students and report back by September 30.

Dr. Ascanio G. DiPippo, as requested by Sister Lucille McKillop, organized a College Community Committee on Coeducation to study the issue. This committee consisted of Sisters of Mercy from the Corporation, members of the Board of Trustees, members of the administration, members of the faculty, the alumnae, the students and the l!ecurity and maintenance forces, representing in total, all areas of S.R.C. On July 9, 1973, the Faculty Senate convened to once again formally reaffirm its support of coeducation. By July 11, 1973, the College Community Committee on Coeducation re-met, and discussed and passed two motions: 1. That the College Community on Coeducation recommend to the Board of Trustees that the philosophy of the College be stated in terms which acknowledge that Salve Regina College is coeducational. 2. That the College Community Committee on Coeducation go on record approving coeducation at Salve Regina College.

Several days later, on July 16, 1973, implementation of the coeducation plan was recommended by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees. By July 24, 1973, the Board of Trustees had voted unanimously in favor of the policy of coeducation at Salve, effective from that moment. Thus the concept of coeducation is an actuality at Salve and will continue to grow through the cooperative efforts of the members of the academic community.

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Editorial For s e v e r a 1 years now, a notion has wedged itself into the conversations of the Salve Regina College Community. The notion is coeducation, and hypotheses concerning Salve Regina's adoption or rejection of its tenets had begun to take the form of a whacked-about birdie in a verbal game of badminton.

But this summer, the notion became a reality, and the verbal volley was halted. Salve Regina College is now a coeducational institution.

It is not the present intent to make blanket projections, as the signature G-0-D has yet to grace anything wielding its way from the typewriters of time.

But certainly one must take a pause t o think. For with t oday's emphasis on woman's individual growth, the adoption of coeducation dilutes the strength which Salve Regina College possessed as a women's academic institution.

Studies of fifteen hundred women achievers by Elizabeth Tidball, physiology professor at George Washington University, indicate that since 1910, a larger percentage of achievers have attended women's colleges than coeducational schools. Professor Tidball also proved that as the ratio of women faculty to women students grew, so grew the number of women achievers. And collegiately, an increase in the presence of males was accompanied with a decrease in the performance of the women.

These findings m a n i f e s t a specific verification in the experience of a former womens' institution, Vassar College. Prior to Salve Regina, the Seven Sisters travelled the route of coeducation. In a September article in Ms., Vassar alumna Sue Lydon

observed that some Vassar teachers and students felt that deterioration accompanied coeducation at their college. Some teachers felt that coeducation weakened academia by attracting the socializing-oriented student. One professor found Vassar a more interesting place when all women, for then, the women were more serious students.

Herein lies · the challenge to the women of Salve Regina College. It has been seen that coeducation can dilute, but if we rise to the challenge, we can make it work for us. We must never lose sight of our past history, present pursuits, and future potential as female individuals.

This will require a large degree of personal introspection in shaping our identity. In our past environment at Salve, such identity was cultivated in an environment of total feminist nurturing.

But loss of this particular environment need not presuppose a consequent loss of identity; indeed, it should not.

If we rise to the challege of coeducation, we at Salve need not become yet another verification of the previously cited statistics. The woman at Salve, while cultivating a sense of personal pride, should necessarily continue to form her close personal and intellectual friendships with women, while simultaneously including the male component. And · in her subsequent experiences with men, she should thus approach them as an equal whose life is comparably interesting and important.

Given our past tradition of womanhood, how dare we settle for less?

Terri Kubitschek

From the Office of the Dean suffered from trying to prepare

by Dr. Beverly Mlller people to face today's societal Academic Dean problems which are always more The sign in the local gas stacomplex and aggravated by the tion read, "Don't Expect Mirtime the student leaves the arena acles." Obviously it referred to the establishment's limitations of formal education.

Just as in the case of the gas in regard to equipment, time, and personnel. It also appraised station, colleges have limitations the mechanical limitations of of equipment, time and personnel. T h e y are organizations Detroit's major product. It was staffed like any other by people not offered as an excuse for a lack of concern, nor ability, nor with human qualities, . strengths and weaknesses. Colleges are atspirit of public service. tended by students with those It simply assessed the realistic same limitations. The student world in which we live.

Higher education is also a ser- - who comes to college "expecting miracles" will surely be disapvice with limitations that are just as obvious. It is grounded pointed.

A student will generally dein tradition, and everyone knows how slowly the field changes. rive from his education what the limitations of the college will It suffers much more acutely allow, but more importantly, than most businesses in the face of the nation's economy. It has what his own self-direction and responsibility will permit him to never pretended to make money.

Approximately two-thirds of the develop. Changes are occurring real cost of educating a college both in colleges and in students.

As the year moves on, perhaps student is provided by sources we can look at some of these other than his tuition. changes together. In the meanEducation has had an increasing problem in trying to prepare time, "don't expect miracles."

Depend on your own strengths students to live and compete in and those of the institution you a society in which multiplying bodies of knowledge are outdated have selected, and let's work tobefore the textbook publishers gether to minimize the mechancan get them into print. It has ical and human weaknesses.

Letters to the Editor Dear Students, I want to wish all students a healthy, happy year at SRC! Health services are located off Miley lobby by the information desk. You are welcome to drop

in to say "hello" and get acquainted.

With the change of weather colds will be common. There is an old saying that a cold lasts LETTERS Page 4

Reflections on the John Brown House

by Regina Tracy In May, I decided that an-

other summer in Newport would probably put me in Payne-Whitney majoring in basket-weaving.

I did not, as yet, have a summer job. This was not, in itself, cause for alarm, but the resultant threats from creditors were.

I obtained a job at the Rhode Island Historical Society, where I had been working on a volunteer basis.

The Historical Society is also a house .museum, furnished as it would have been in the late eighteenth century, when it was the home of John Brown, one of the wealthiest, and most intrepi!]. of the Providence mercantilists. Brown wanted his home to be among the more notable of the city's residences, furnishing it with articles of the highest possible craftsmanspip.

Today it c o n t a in s many of Brown's own possessions.

As far as I was concerned, there were only two drawbacks to the job - the first being that I could not indulge my propensity to work fifteen hours a day, and the second was that I have a tendency to go into depression when I leave a house abounding in beautiful Goddard furniture, and return to one decorated in what might be termed "Middle Period Stafford-Furn-A-World".

At this point, I would like to go into a brief digression and try to clear up a popular misconception about museums which I have found people· held. The general public, when it thinks about museums (which occurs with about the same frequency as the advent of Hayley's Comet) tends to regard them as stodgy, dull, dust - covered institutions.

Our future-oriented society has, I think, instilled in us the feeling that dealing with the past is a waste of time, and an escape from reality. Preservation of the best of the past is what museums are all about, and without this type of knowledge, one cannot hope to prepare for the future.

(End of sermon.)

My duties at the museum were varied and might not sound particularly exciting, or even enthralling, but were both. One task was to locate a rather extensive list of missing objects.

I am still not exactly sure how one loses a grandfather clock, but that, along with such things as "Roger William's ashes" were listed. One of the things that I enjoyed the most (and this will sound as if I'm regressing into my second childhood, or haven't escaped from my first) was the accessioning of an eighteenth and nineteenth century doll collection.

The most interesting activity, that gave me stories that I can regale listeners with at cocktail parties for years to come, was tour-guiding. It is best described by the slang of a friend as definitely "off the wall", translation - straining credulity. My favorite remark was from a woman who entered a room full of children's toys. She gazed at the doll dishes, and then in perfect seriousness t u r n e d and marvelled, "My, the people really were s m a 11 e r then, weren't JOHN BROWN Pace 4

SHELLS UPON THE SHORE. "Shell8 upon the Shore" will be a regular literary column which will feature poetry, prose, reviews, and essays. Students and faculty are invited to submit their work.

by Mariadonna McCarthy You're the top, you're the Colosseum. You're the top, you're the Louvre museum." This is only one of the well-known tunes heard in a recent revival of the Cole Porter musical-comedy, Anything Goes. · Basically, Anything Goes rests on an archetypal boy meets girl plot. Hysterical complications do arise. The girl, Hope, allows her mother to choose a gentleman, Sir Evelyn, for her to wed. Billy, Hope's wronged lover, is crushed. Hope, Sir Evelyn and Hope's mother go on a European cruise. Billy, having no funds as usual, borl'QWS a passport so he will be able · to go on the cruise. Unfortunately, Billy borrows the passport from Moonface Martin, America's thirteenth most wanted criminal. The passport marks Billy as Snake Eyes, America's first most wanted criminal. Consequently, all the passengers on the ship believe that Billy is a deadly criminal. This is where the fun begins. In order to pursue Hope without being pursued himself, Billy launches a series of disguises: sailor, chef, old woman and George Bernard Shaw. He teams up with Rene Sweeney, a flame singer who travels with her four angels, Purity, Chastity, Charity and

Virtue. Rene agrees to aid Billy by trying to charm Evelyn away from Hope.

Meantime, the captain unearths Billy's disguises and believes ,Billy is a top notch criminal. Hope is distressed, Rene is amused, and Billy is delighted.

The entire group of passengers had been waiting for a celebrity to come on board - America's number one criminal fills their expectations. While Billy parades unabashedly in his new role, Hope tries to persuade him to c o n f e s s that he is not a criminal, just Billy Crocker, an office boy from New York.

Eventually Billy owns up to his masquerade but the passengers are incensed. They believed he was a criminal, now they realize he is a nobody. Billy is thrown into jail. Hope's mother, alarmed at the lengths to which Billy has gone to court her . daughter, orders Hope and Sir Evelyn to marry at once. Rene, while helping Billy to win Hope from Evelyn, had developed "hot pants" for Evelyn.

Hope and Evelyn stand before the captain for the wedding ceremony. Billy hilariously dons a Chinese coolie costume which he had won in a game of strip poker. He rushes to the scene, concocts a beautiful tale, and forbids the marriage. Rene marries Evelyn; Hope marries Billy.

Tip: The star of Anythjna" Goes, Jeff Keller (Billy) moves from New Jersey small-time to Broadway this fall. Keep an eye on him, he's sure to go places.

JABBERWOCKY

by Regina Tracy

Welcome back - or just welcome? Things are changing rapidly, and it promises to be an interesting year. T h e s e first weeks are probably the lea.st busy times you'll have, and those of you who are new might wonder- what does one do in Newport? Here are some hints from one who's grappled with the problem for almost twenty-one years.

Obvious attractions are the ocean (wine and cheese picnics?) and the architectural diversity, ranging from the Colonial to Harrison to the gilded age of Hunt. Take your own walking tour of the town - stop at Trinity Church, Historical Society, Old Colony House, Redwood Library. Restaurants - Try the Twilight Dinner at the White H or s e Tavern - inexpensive (yay!) and includes champagne . . . Black Pearl for best chowder in town and Irish coffee . . .

Pizza - go to Providence . . .

Night Life: The Tavern - Wednesday nights ... Candy Store tri-level restaurant, porch and discotheque - o w n e r s want "stylish clientele" so no jeans, but worth sacrifice . . . try the pumpkin ice cream there. Shops: Njema - Indian things . . .

Army-Navy Surplus - everything if you're one who thinks Thoreau was right . . . Bowen's Wharf stores - everything if you don't think Thoreau was right . . . Country Store - different and fun.

Sheerly Personal Plugs Dept (mostly for those with transport) see "A Touch of Class"George Segal and Glenda Jackson . . . for fun slumming breakfast at n Capri about 3 a.m. . . '. Providence - Joe's Sandwich Shop . . . Boston Tello's on Boylston for great clothes . . . Museum of Fine Arts - excellent exhibit of French and American Impressionists till Oct. 14. Remember "You only live once, but if you work it right, once is enough."

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EBB TIDE Newport, Rhode Island Published each month by Salve Regina College Newport, Rhode Island 02840 Editor-in-Chief ............. ................................................... Terri Kubitschek Associate Editors ....................... .............Anne Quigley, Regina Tracy, Susanne Neely, Mariadonna McCarthy Staff .............. ........ ....... .......... ............................. Meg Bowler, Lynn Burke Photography Editor ........... ............................... .................. Edith Mitchell Instructional Advisor ........... ....... .... .......... Sister Mary Loretto, R.S.M. The opinions expressed herein are the opinions of the editorial board and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the administration, faculty, or the student body at Salve Regina College.

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Opinion -Poll

Comments on Co-eds

by Anne Quigley and Susanne Neeley With the advent of coeducation on this campus there have been many and varied reactions to this phenomenon. F r o m among the students of Salve we have recorded some of their comment~ on this subject. In many of the comments, as a matter of fact, . the majority of the students felt that the change would benefit the school. One girl felt that although she "likes the idea of an all girls' school, coeducation doesn't turn me off." Another student was heard to say that "I never had it any other way!" She also feels that it can only do some good for the college. It was thought of as "kiilda nice" and a well-appreciated change. Concerning the field of sports, some students saw Salve's coeducation as a blessing and a new challenge.

There were also some remarks other · than complimentary. One student was quoted as saying "There aren't any men in my classes therefore I don't feel the effects." As a result she could give no comments on our riew college image. Another felt "at this early date I have not been exposed to a coeducational atmosphere. Therefore it is impossible to correlate the difference between an all girls school and a co-ed school." But she does think it is a good idea and hopes that the girls looking for an all girls college are not disappointed. · Occasionally the responses of the students were strongly af_fected by their majors; nursing being the most notable for its lack of male students. And yet other nursing students seemed

oblivious to any supposed significance of this factor, focusing instead on the social advantages of having a co-ed community on campus.

Several girls referred to the importance of dormitory housing for male students on campus for complete integration of students, as well as for the accessibility of college facilities for the men.

Complete participation in the college community activities could be hampered by the necessity of residing off-campus.

Various interviewees observed the benefits in gaining the male perspective in class and on campus. Others hoped that the coeducation move will encourage an increase in social and sports activities. ,Equally stressed were s u g g e s t I o n s of promoting stronger development in such areas as the sciences or engineerIng. A small number of students interviewed s e em e d apathetic toward the whole ·issue, though they did not disparage the idea of coeducation. But when probed, such lukewarm feelings were consistently induced by the currently low number of male students actually in attendance; a fact, however, easily attributed to the infancy of the program.

The overwhelming spirit appears to be one of an optimistic "wait and see" attitude, keeping one eye on the expanding male enrollment figures. As is characteristic in instituting any change, there must exist, besides a willIngness to change,· the necessary follow-up steps of concrete participation in achieving the reality. Each individual can help determine the success of coeducation at Salve Regina.

The Wrong Side o-f Paradise

by Regina Tracy This summer, Newport was stricken wi-th "G a t s b y fever" due to the filming by Paramount pictures of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. This produced .two immediate results - a new crop of men to enliven a social ·s~ne that was heading for advanced rigor mortis, and a plethora of star-struck Islanders the last because Paramount was holding t r y - o u t s for extras.

Rtpnor had it that one got anywhere from minimum wage to twenty dollars a night, and all the I o b s t e r, champagne, and pheasant that one could digest during the party scenes.

My decision to try-out was based on two things. I would be applying for graduate school in the fall, and thought I'd better accustom myself to rejection.

Then there was Robert Redford.

I had seen "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" so often that I could deduct Redford from my income tax as a dependant. Obviously the chance of meeting him (slim though it was) was not one I could pass up without qualms.

I prepared for try-outs by reF i t z g e r a 1 d ' s major They could not, however, Jel'UCiaalce for me what the "Gats-

of my acquaintance.

Eventually, the day came when I wandered into .O'Hare, looking for the casting director's office.

I saw there an aggregate of creatures that could only have escaped from bell jars at Dow Chemical. We were first handed a form to fill out. The occasion had all the solemnity of being sworn in for jury duty. We had to promise that we would: work nights (good-by social life); not get a tan during filming (goodby beach); not wear glasses (good-by car); and not wear cosmetics (good-by part) : The fleeting thought crossed my mind - was Robert Redford really worth it?

We were then led in small groups to the casting director's office, (who at th~s point was in a position analagous to that of St. Peter). He 'walked out, and attempted to put fifteen hypertense people at ease by talking about "Gatsby". He wasn't sure what the look was either (the ranks were swelling) but used words like "class" and "style" a lot. I began to get a sinking feeling - comparable to what you get when you flunk an exam.

The final criteria was- "If Mr. Gatsby would have invited you to his parties". Two seconds later, I was struck from Jay Gatsby's guest list. I philosophically accepted the fact "class" was not my strongest attribute, and went to see "Butch Cassidy'' for the twenty-third time.

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The Male Spectrum of SR;C Speaks Out

by Regina Tracy Although it is yet early in the academic year for opinions of Salve to be formed by the new male arrivals on campus, it is extremely interesting to record the first impressions of one of them, Mr. Manuel Rodrigues.

Mr. Rodrigues has returned to complete his education. After graduation from high school, he operated his own business. This year he completed a two year liberal arts course at Rhode Island Junior College. He is enrolled here as a history major and an education minor.

When asked why he had chosen to attend Salve Regina, Mr. Rodrigues admitted that there were a number of reasons.

Availability was the prime consideration, since he is an island resident. His wife had also attended Salve. He said that "I had alWays heard that Salve's academic standards were good,

and that the teachers and the courses were excellent. I was particularly impressed by the helpfulness of my department heads, and by the administration also. I did look into other Rhode Island colleges, but they -were not as helpful with transferring - here they did all they could to ease things." Mr. ·Rodrigues saw Salve going co-ed as "an excellent idea" and felt that it would ''provide a new spirit of intellectual competition". When asked if he thought that with such things as Women's Lib, and the r i s i n g consciousness of females, it might not have been more advisable for Salve to remain specifically g e a r e d to women's education, he said that he did not view that as being particularly advisable. He reiterated that he thought it was far more valuable to have an atmosphere conducive to an exchange of ideas between men and women.

SRC Heralds . The Class of '77

When asked how the new male students can become more closely integrated with the Salve community, Mr. Rodrigues replied, "Well, when there are more men, I would like to see a much greater emphasis on athletics, for one thing." He felt that "the

by Anne Quigley As the academic year of 197374 opens, Salve welcomes another new class of freshmen.

This year Salve hosts a class of eighty-four freshmen and twenty-six transfer students. All in all, 1973 has brought one hundred and ten new members to our campus. The majority of the freshmen are in nursing. The new freshmen arrived at Salve on -sunday, September 2, and that night met their ·Resident Advisors and the Student Congress. Monday, they took the Viking Tour and saw all the interesting sights in and around Newport. The following day the class of '77 met Dean Miller and were given a course explanation. Wednesday was the day of the Mass and Picnic at Wakehurst and also that of class registration. These events were held in an effort to allow the freshmen to become better acquainted with the College community.

Following orientation, the freshmen were placed in the hands of the sophomores, who promptly introduced the girls to a different aspect of college life: Freshmen Initiation. Beginning Septemqer 4, the freshmen had to present different skits for the school while accompanied by that old favorite, "We Love You Sophomores!" At this time a few eggs were dropped on a few freshmen heads. Next on the agenda was the commencement of 'the freshmen scavenger hunt, in which they were expected to turn in such items as: · a beer pitcher from T .J.'s, a string of 100 cola flip tops, a napkin from the "Datum", a tour booklet from Rosecliff and other such sundry items due on September 11. Besides these activities, the individual wings forced their freshmen to perform such tasks as: sitting by the phone and answering it for half hour periods with each one having her own turn at the phone. Although initiation ended September 12, the freshmen were still wearing their beanies. So goes a freshman's first -week of college.

Help Needed Students! H ave you an hour to spare to help Sister Lucille with a special project Y Sister needs people w ho w ould be willing to spend some of their free t i me i n order to address envelopes. These envelopes will carry l e t t e r s to every high school in the United States announcing that Salve is now a coeducational college and giving a brief outline of our new curriculum. Any time that can be spared by any student would be greatly appreciated. The only reward offered is the chance of writer's cramp, but the effort is well worth it if it is beneficial to the school. · Thank you for any cooperation that can be given.

location and impressiveness of ~he college will attract men to Salve, as it has many of the girls." He elaborated by stating, "I like the small college community, for people are friendlier and closer; there is more personal attention in class. And the college is good academically.

I see these as the m a j o r strengths of Salve."

He concluded with a grin, however, and said that he hopes we intend to become "truly co-ed", as "I looked at my registration card that read: Manuel Rodrigues has paid all her financial obligations, and may register."

Student Congress Reports At a recent Student Congress meeting the Election Committee for the 1973-1974 school year was chosen. The members of the Committee are: Meg Bowler '75, Pam Sinyei '76, Jeannie Meadows '75, Molly Donohue '75, and Sheila Kissane '74. The Committee has selected Meg Bowler and Molly Donohue as its co-chairmen.

This year's Election Committee would like to see Student Congress elections, and consequently class elections held earlier in the year. The Committee also hopes to retain the % majority requirement for voting, a matter to be decided by Congress. Ultimately, the Election Committee seeks to impress upon the student body the importance of exercising the privilege to

vote in all elections. For this is Salve's best insurance for positive communication among all factors of the campus community.

House Council elections were held in Ochre Lodge and Founders Hall on Monday, September 17, ·1973. House Council elections for Miley Hall were Wednesday, September 19, 1973.

Elections for the class officers of the Class of '77 will be as follows : September 23: petitions due by midnight, September 24: speeches in Alumnae Lounge, September 25: run-offs, with elections on September 26.

Elections will soon be held to determine the two students for the Student Affairs Committee which is now in effect.

S.N.B.A. Bducational Persuasion

by Anne Quigley Again, with the start of a new school year, Salve's S.N.E.A., the Student National Education Association, will start its membership campaign in an effort to recruit new members. The purpose of S.N.E.A. is to acquaint the student with the world of education and teaching, and to offer different ways to experience what it means to be a teacher through the media of films, lectures, and field trips.

The student also receives valuable hints on such information as insurance for teachers.

This year, Salve's S.N.E.A. hopes to expand its organization so that it will become a strong dynamic force on the edu<'!ation scene in Rhode Island. S.N.E.A.'s

officers, Jayne Williams as President, Kathy McMullen ,the VicePresident, and Anne Quigley, the Secretary-Treasurer, have high hopes and plans for this year's club. The S.N.E.A. drive for membership will begin within the next week. This entails a $4.50 fee which covers the cost of membership and the delivery of the club's magazine which comes to the student every month. The recruiting table will be set up at the start of recruitment in O'Hare Academic Center with one of the officers present and ready with answers and encouragement. Every education minor should make a note to see any of the officers just to find out what S.N.E.A. is all about. It is 'a helpful club to any hopeful teacher.

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Coordination Corner

by Meg Bowler Welcome back to all you athletic and not so athletic Salve students! Believe it or not, it is going to be a great year for all you active people. Through the continuous efforts of the new Athletic Committee, Salve now has sports! !

Through the summer months, the Athletics Advisory Committee, consisting of Sr. Mary Renata, Sr. Mary Brenda, Dr. Di-

Philharmonia (Continued from Page 1) England area. . Setting the t ane far a season of musical quality, the Salve Regina Fine Arts Series presented the Brink-Pinkham Duo on Saturday evening, September 15, 1973, in tpe Great Hall of Ochre Court. The Chamber Recital, with violinist Robert Brink, harpsichordist Daniel Pinkham, and guest artist Judith Davidoff, (viola da gamba) impressively performed Sonatas by Purcell, Buxtehude and Handel, Suites by Coperario and Jenkins, a "Musette" composed by Pinkham himself, and concluded with the Concerto in E Major by Telemann.

The duo, with the recent third of Judith Davidoff, has ambitiously toured throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe since its founding over a decade ago. Robert Brink is the concertmaster of the Boston Philharmonia Orchestra and is on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Arts, as is Daniel Pinkham. Pinkham, noted for his Baroque interpretations, is Music Director at the King's Chapel in Boston.

Pippo, Mr. Cunningham, Jeannie Meadows, Sheila Kissane, Mary Jo Gabriele, and Mary Ann Dydo, has put much hard work, valuable time and careful planning into an active intramural program -for the campus. However, it is not being appreciated or utilized. Everywhere one goes, there are signs for softball and volleyball. Half the signs are void of signatures. Why aren't you students involved? Why can't an hour a week be taken out for some fresh air and athletics?

Others are finding time; so can you!! Only you can put life into the campus! If there are problems with late night classes, a re-scheduling is easy enough to accomplish for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday games. There are enough kids around on weekends who would love something to do, especially in the way of exercise.

Touch football intramurals will begin at the close of the softball season, around October 24.

Nothing is better on a brisk fall day than a great game of football. Remember that!!

Hey, have you heard about track? Remember to sign up!

Just think of all the training you'll have to chase the guys or gals of your fancy. It is feasible that Salve's team will be "fleet of foot!"

Plans are in the making for tennis tournaments, skating parties, sailing, and a ski club.

However,- these hopes cannot be a reality unless you participate.

These people have been working for your interests; how about showing them how much it is appreciated!!

Make sure you try out for our dedicated basketball team. This is the only sport on campus that is inter-collegiate. Last year there were games with Provi-

PICNIC SPARKS SUCCESS

by Lynn Burke · The first Sa 1 v e Collegiate Community Picnic was held on September 5 on the grounds at Wakehurst.

Prior to the picnic, a folk mass was celebrated by Father Christopher Johnson, O.P. The folk mass and picnic marked the official opening of another school year.

Delicious hamburgers, hotdogs, brownies, and potato salad at the picnic were provided by the school cafeteria.

Even though the weather was somewhat overcast and muggy the turnout was extremely good.

Taking part in the College Community Picnic were Sister Lucille McKillop, R.SM., President of the College, members of the administration, clergymen of the community, and students.

The students had the unexpected pleasure of meeting Rhode Island's Governor Noel, as he ar-

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rived on the campus grounds by helicopter. During the picnic, Governor Noel greeted many of the students as well as others who attended the picnic.

After the barbeque, students played softball and frisby on the spacious grounds of Wakehurst.

In the opinion of many students the picnic proved to be very s u c c e s s f u 1 because it marked one giant step toward improving the communication between the faculty and students . on campus. Students viewed the relaxing and in f o r m a 1 atmosphere as a perfect setting for meeting and enjoying the company of the rest of the college community. Other students seriously hoped that there would be more informal events like this throughout the school year.

In any college community, communication between faculty and students is absolutely necessary and beneficial for a healthier academic community.

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seven days if you treat it and a week if you don't. Get enough rest and eat a well-balanced diet.

Remember . . . nothing is too "silly" to talk about.

they?" There is virtually no answer to such astute perception. Children on tour never hesitate to ask what is exactly on their minds. Witness the six year old who queried, "Why didn't Mr. and Mrs. Brown sleep in the same bed? The response to this is simple and direct -

Sincerely, Rose McGann, Student Health Counselor

dence College, Emmanuel, Mt. St. Joe's, Barrington College and SMU. Unfortunately, Salve had a poor season last year, but this year will be different! The Hoopsters will try their dribbling skills, zone defenses and deceptive plays to make this season a success.

Now, what more could anyone ask for? I know, PEOPLES' 'PARTICIPATION!!

On other campuses . . . Don't forget that area colleges will be starting their football seasons (Brown, PC, Holy Cross). Get enough p e o p 1 e together and Social Committee will be glad to sponsor a bus.

Theatre Division (Continued from Page 1) American innocence. In realizing this theme, The Contrast became the first attempt to use native materials as the substance of art, and in corpora ted the performance of an Indian song and the original rendition of "Yankee Doodle Dandy" in its urging of national spirit and pride in the American experiment.

The first semester also holds a November production -of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and presentations by students in the directing workshop.

Second semester heralds the initiation of a Children's Musical Theatre Workshop. This Saturday workshop will offer experience in acting, choreography, and singing to six to fourteenyear-aids, and will climax in a spring presentation. Also incorporated into the second semester will be Salve's Acting Workshop, the straight version of Collete's GJ.gl, and the all-college musical production in May of Briga.doon.

Alumnae Greet President at Champagne Fest On Saturday, September 8, Ochre Court was the scene of a champagne luncheon given by Salve Regina alumnae for Sister Lucille McKillop, R.S.M., college president.

The - gathering initiated at noon with a champagne hour, as senior and new alumnae became acquainted am o n g themselves and with our new president. Following a buffet luncheon was a question and answer period, presided over by Mary E. Connolly, '62, alumnae president. Participating in the discussion with the alumnae were Sister Lucille; Mr. Robert J. McKenna, Director of College and Community Relations and Catherine E. Graziano, Faculty Senate president. Primarily, the alumnae stressed their desire for more effective communication of college activities.

"Moving right along to the Carrington Collection . . ." The house was occupied until 1942, so one will find things that are not purely eighteenth century, such as the Victorian bathrooms added by one occupant. To call them "elaborate" is like saying Lizzie Borden was not very kind to her parents.

The Historical S o c i e t y is located at 52 Power Street in Providence. It is a beautiful and fascinating place to see.

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In the academic realm, Sister Lucille favors a liberal arts program, for she views the liberal arts as "those tools of particularly the mind which liberate us to live in our society." In her philosophy, she extends these areas of liberation to such realms as computer science· and business. And at the foundation of her thinking is the strong belief in the importance of the basic skills of reading, writing, and mathematics, for given a grasp of these fundamentals, the liberal arts truly become liberating arts.

Sister Lucille views a college education today as one tool with which people may further a development to their greatest potentials. A college education is one available choice in satisfyJng the basic human drive toward perfection. Sister emphasized the importance of coeducation as an opportunity for Salve to consiqer the entire community, rather than only the female segment. She felt that coeducation brings a certain broad-

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ness to a woman, giving her incentives which might not have existed otherwise. Sister Lucille also stated that, "Single colleges are out." She believes that male initiative will have a decided effect on general campus a ttltudes.

Sister Lucille sees the alumnae as a vital cog in the mechanisms of college functioning.

She viewed the alumnae association as an enthusiastic group who "wished to share the goodness they had experienced at Salve."

When asked about projections for Salve's future, Sister Lucille believed that the combined forces of the College's full enrollment plus that of the Community Education division provides a firm foundation upon which Salve can build.· Sister hopes to eventually begin a cultural arts program at Salve which would extend itself into the community. Her personal interest in the culture, music, and dance of Ireland fortifies her hopes that ethnic studies courses will begin at Salve.

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