e Salve Regina College, Newport, R. I.
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October, 1949
Author of 'Deer Cry' Addresses Guild Oct. 9: Guild Bridge on Oct. 22
Bishop Feted For 25th Jubilee At First Honors Convocation
The Salve Regina Guild have included in their c a Iend a r the noted author, William G. Schofield, who will speak at Salve Regina College on October 9, and a bridge party is planned for October 22 . Mr. Schofield, feature-writer with the Boston Trave/er and author of the widelyread novel The Deer Cry, became deeply interested in early Irish history and music when he first visited Ireland during the recent war. At that time the writer was serving as a gunnery officer with the United States Navy. Graduated from Brown University, the creator of top newspaper stories, has been in the journalistic field since 1931. The author of other well-known works such as Ashes in the Wilderness and The Cat in the Convoy, Mr. Schofield has displayed versatility as a free-lance writer, musician, stevedore, and laborer.
To commemorate the jubilee year of his ordination to the priesthood, and to mark Salve Regina 's first honors convocation, Bishop McVinney pontificated at a ten o ' clock low Mass in the college Chapel on September 23 . At Mercy Hall Auditorium an entertainment was presented for our bishop . The Very Reverend Robert J . Slavin, 0 . P., president of Providence College, gave the convocation address on " The Philosophy of Citizenship ." Reverend Gerald Dillon, Chaplain, announced the Dean 's list and conferred shoulder fourrageres on Catherine Hogan and Jane Murphy of the Junior class for two year's scholastic excellence and on Marjorie Ackroyd and Anne Logan of the Sophomore class for one year's excellence . Those who attained the Dean' s list were: Grace Woods, Patricia Whelan, Katherine Price, Rita Belanger, Jacqueline Clark, Mary Ann Bolton, Loretta Ross, Catherine Mahoney, and Patricia Fox. Addressi ng the student body, visiting priests, and members of the Provincial Council , Bi shop McVinney referred to Salve Regina students as his " treasures" in reference to their knowledge and education in Chri stian principles. The Bishop reiterated that it is our privilege to attend a college which stresses the proper views of life and ¡trains us ¡to disentangle the ultimate goals that we seek from the flighty ele ment that makes up a great part of this world . Wh en the program ended, Bishop McVinney officiated at Solemn Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
* * * * Deviating from the cultural and stressing the entertaining, several preliminary meetings at which committees were chosen, have been held in preparation for the coming bridge party which will also take place at Salve Regina College. At a meeting of the Salve Regina College Guild held at the College in Newport on Sunday, Miss Rosalind G . West, president, announced that $1 0,000 had been donated to the College
C C D College Student Session Outlines Work for Graduates During the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, which took place on October 8, 9, 10, a special session was held for college students at St. Xavier's Auditorium on Saturday, October 8 at 3:00 P. M. Presiding at this discussion was the Most Rev. Russell J . McVinney. Sister Mary James, R. S. M. was the chairman and discussion leader. This special session emphasized the Catholic college student or graduate finding his niche in Catholicism through the Confraternity.
Junior Explores Caves in British Honduras Indian Pottery Discovered Arouses Questions Towards the head of the Sibun (Siboon ) River in British Honduras there are caves which run through ranges of limestone hills. This summer, a party of tourists, including Grace Woods of the Junior Class of S. R. C., found there relics of a civilization which might have been . "We were awe-stricken by these caves,'' said Grace . The passageways were long and winding. By lantern light the stalagmites and stalagtites glistened with embedded mica. The roof, when it grew low enough to be observed, dripped with moisture . Shadows transformed the rocks into curious shapes and colors. When the going, because of a narrowing of the tunnel, became too strenuous, we returned.
Yet these caves would have remained ordinary except that, on the ledges of the rocks, we found pieces of Indian pottery, some intact like a flat dish about two feet in diameter. Near the entrances we discovered remains of fireplaces with jawbones belonging to fish weighing about seven pounds in their ashes. Did Indians live in these caves or were they merely camping hostels? When i he English came to British Honduras from Jamaica, the Mayan civilization had long since been swallowed up by the jungle. Are these relics theirs or do they belong to the more nomadic tribes of later years? "Whatever scenes the walls of th ese caves must have witnessed, they keep their silence well," remarked Grace .
Registration Shows Increase As 36 New Students Arrive Girls from six states and British Honduras, seeking a Catholic Education , raised registration figures to 126 for both day and resident students at Salve Regina Colleg e on September 12. Together with the 82 Juniors and Sophomores, the Freshmen and newly arrived Sophomores represent the states of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New York , New Jersey, and British Honduras. Among the new Freshmen two girls from Central Am erica have joined the 97 resident students making a total of four students from Belize.
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Fresh men See Initiation As No Laughing Matter
The rosary- a cross hanging from a string of beads- a familiar sight. It has been used by writers and artists for years, and more recently by photographers and movie-directors as a prop signifying prayer. We see a pair of hands, usually worn and wrinkled, clasping a string of beads and an impression is conveyed. But perhaps this impression is too familiar. Perhaps we, and we say " we" advisedly, meaning the younger generation, do not meditate long enough to gain the full significance of the impression to be conveyed . We do not mean to infer by this that all youth or youth alone is incognizant of the true import of the rosary; but, however hackneyed it may be, the fact remains that " the future rests in our hands". Theology has taught us to seek that which is ultimate. We are to transcend that which is immediately accessible in search of the true reality. Accordingly, the rosary as a material object, is merely representative of a spiritual value. It is a prayer- the prayer of Our Lady, which she has given us as a key to immediate earthly peace and ultimate heavenly paradise. We are all intimately familiar with the stories of Lourdes, Guadalupe, and Fatima. We cannot hope to uncover any hidden facts about these apparitions. We can only reiterate Mary's plea. We cannot make you treasure the rosary. We cannot make you adopt the habit of becoming devoted to it daily. We can only challenge you to " face-up" with mature judgment. If you will be honest with yourself, you cannot refuse the rosary . You cannot forget that it is the key to heaven.
§7.Dwin9 g:Jain1- . . . Perhaps one of the most fascinating indications of life is growth- for growth, whether it be th e first tiny blade of grass that points its way ·;·hrough soft spring sod, or the sturdy three-year-old who never seems to " stay put" long enough to wear out a dress, is declarative of life itself. With this idea in mind, it's no wonder that we are delighted at the appearance of a new class here at S. R. C. Not that we think our freshmen are still in the torturesome stage of shooting arms and legs, when the first waking moment finds one dashing to the mark scratched on the wall just the morning before. Our freshmen aren 't growing- but our college is . You see, we are part and parcel of an infant college, growing INCHES as each successive year makes an en tran ce, leading a crop of eager newcomers by the hand. To our freshmen we say, " You are not typical freshmen - unidentified shoe-fillers who hold the fort and generally take a beating until another class offers relief and a chance to " get even ." You can't settle down to try on your new shoes, either, because Salve Regina demands action - now. In short, you ' re not a fill-in. You are most definitely an addition, a reinforcement, a vital part of our growth as a college. You are expected to think, to act, to give yourselves as volunteers to the pioneer front that began two years ago with a single group- like you. Our warm and honest welcome is yours, Freshmen. We offer encouragement, friendship , and gratitude .
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An Open Letter Dear Girls, October is coming slowly to a close. It is a month dedicated \o the rosary - Mary's prayer. What should that mean to you? Devotion to the Mother should inevitably lead to love of the Son . Strange, isn't it ·l hat ·;·he Church, wise mother that she is, closes the month with the feast of Christ the King. She would seem i·o indicate what we have just been saying - at the climax of a month given to Mary we find a feast of the Son. For this King people in Mexico within our own lifetime died martyrs crying " Viva Cristo Rey". Today in Communist controlled countries the cry is still the same. There are people ·;·hough who do not die for Christ, they live ·ior Him . Witness ·the new leader of ·; he German people- a daily communicant in these our days. And you? Do you live for Christ? Viva Cristo Rey in me!
'The Deer Cry' On Eire Attracts Great Attention The Deer Cry, William G. Schofield Longmans' Green & Co ., 1948-$3 .00 The life of the great St. Patrick of Eirinn is fictionally treated in true historical background by Schofield in his biography, " The Deer Cry" . Patrick, the slave, in his solitude grew in love of God and Eirinn until inspired by God, he pursued studies for the priesthood in Gaul. Celestine finally sent the Archbishop with his twenty missionaries to travel throughout Eirinn to convert both Dru id priests and people. After founding his see at Arclmach, he died - perhaps the greatest of all missionaries since the Apostles them selves.
RARE STYLE PARADE IN CAFETERIA . . . . provided all with the maximum of chuckles at the expense of the Freshmen, who were forced to display a rather odd array of styles. However, all was carried out in fine spirit and initiation ended with o nly a few sharp dagger looks ·1 directed toward upp erclassmen. BRIDGE FIENDS .... have suddenly taken the lounge by storm and ore rapidly becoming masters of the art. Ask two particularly ambitious strategists, Claire O ' Donnell and Pat Whalan, how they pulled the wool over the eyes of a couple of new recruits. NEVER BEFORE . . .. in the history of his early morning classes, has Father Dillon received such a spontaneous response ·lo one of his questions as occurred not too long ago j in Junior Theology class. The re- ' mark was even considered worthy 1 of immediate applause -irom a gen- I orally expressionless group. NEW BITS OF JEWELRY . . .. have been added to the persons of Joan Arnold and Patricia Byrne over the recent summer vacation . MUSIC MAJORS . . . . will be in- }. terested in making a study of the songs which Cappie Hogan brought all the way back 'lo Rhode Island from Catholic University in Washington. STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES .... forced Paulin e Choquette to remain captive in a room one night for more than an hour. Perhaps her roommates can explain the situation better than this reporter . SPEAKING OF STRANGE THINGS . . . . in what shop did a group of Freshmen walk into by mistake during an afternoon promenade through ·!he ·town in which we find ourselves.
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Ebb-Tide October, 1949 Issued monthly by the students of Salve Regina College. Editor-in-chief Patricia Byrn e
Assistant Editors Rita Be langer Joan Danis
Cathe rine Hogan J e an Judge
Staff Reporte rs Eleanor McGrath Camille Henault Jayn e Mycroft Patricia Whalen Exchange Editor
Patricia Dooley Frances McGuiness Margu e rite Johnson Delia Landi Circulation Manager
Barbara O ' Rourke
Margaret Feye
Art Editors
Adve rtising Manager Ann He rbert
Ann Marie Cotte r Norma Haronian
From SRC to Canadian Weekly Junior Becomes Jill of All News Two years at the helm of Ebb Tide gave Pat some experience. " Enough so that when sent downstairs for a galley-proof, I didn't return with a picture of a cook," she laughs.
Frosh and Art Classes Benefit by New Rooms
AT WORK- Po t By rne looks to future work
A super-human editor initialed " RWK" ; German, Latvian, French and Russian phone conversations; " Tasca," the Ballet and reviews; international Catholic leaders-fragments like these add up to an eighteen hour day on " The Ensign," a new world-coverage weekly, published in Canada . That's how Patricia Byrne, Editor of Ebb Tide, spent ·i he summer in 1he field for which her English Major is preparing her- newspaper writing. " It's one of the world 's most interesting occupations, " she ·told me, "whether putting the paper to bed (final preparations for printing ), covering a 'hot' story, or just doing re-write and make-up." According ·to Pat, oftentimes routine presents more serious difficulty than that over-rated ·final article before the presses start rolling . She illustrated this point with an incident concerning a recent "Ensign " mistake . When checking a number of pages to be sent to the printers, a staff member confused three photos; ·two, an EastIndian man and wife, one of a hero in a mine explosion. Result- the Eastern girl was married in print to the Canadian miner, while her husband appeared under the caption " Dead Hero." India's embassy was understanding, but, as Pat says, papers have been sued for much less!
Descriptive Publicity Folder Arouses New Public Interest To acquaint people with the opportunities and facilities offered by Salve Regina College, our new publicity folders have been printed and are now available to all. Each folder tells succinctly of buildings, activities, requirements for admission, and courses offered . Beginning with the front cover, eight pictures tell the story of the buildings, the dormitories, and the classrooms. These pictures give a complete, concise view of all the varied activities, ed ucational and social which the college offers.
Salve Regina College inaugurated its fall term with the opening of several new rooms for the freshmen and an art studio for the art majors in the Administration Building. Since the nation-wide housing shortage also exists here, the Freshmen are living in reconverted dormitories. Each of these rooms houses approximately six to eight students. The dormitory on the second floor was formerly known as the Gold Room during the Goelet era . Due to the increased interest in art courses, the art room has been constructed to suit the needs of the young painters. Equipped with the most modern implements, the room is a model art workshop.
P. C. President Addresses Student Assembly at S. R. C. During exercises commemorating the Most Reverend Bishop's twenty-fifth Jubilee, the most Reverend Robert J . Slavin, O.P., of Providence College, addressed the student body at Salve Regina College on September 23. Father Slavin based his topic, "The Philosophy of Citizenship, " on Thomistic Philosophy, stating that modern man blinded to the real goals of living, has adopted a pseudo-humanistic attitude, consequeiltly leading to a rejection of God, and the ensuing glorification of science . In pursuing education he emphasized the danger of being motivated solely by the desire to attain economic stability.
New England Council Meets at New Haven 0. S. P. Group Chosen The fall council meeting of the New England Region, National Federation of Catho iic College Students was held at Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, Conn e cticut on October 7, 8, and 9, 1949. Composed of the following regional officers: President- Frank Merrigan, St. Michael 's College, Winooski Park, Vermont; Vice-President- Jayne Mycroft, Salve Regina College, Newport, R. I.; Treasurer- Jeanne Dustin , Anna Maria College, Marlboro, Mass.; Corresponding Secretary- Patricia Canning, Newton College of the Sacred Heart, Newton, Mass.; Recording Secretary- Mary Murray, College of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee, Mass. and the senior and junior delegates from the nineteen affiliated colleges, the council formed the basic policies and plans to be followed by the Region for the coming year. Walter S. Conn , Regional Chairman of the Federation 's Overseas Program, with campus representatives, organized the campaign for the Regional 's 0 . S. P. project. An extensive demonstration for Mary' s Day, to be sponsored by the affiliated colleges in nine different dioceses, is be ing undertake n. Taking the initiative, an NFCCS com mittee has been formed on the campus comprising the following: Jayne MycroftRegional Vice-President; Catherine Hogan - Senior Delegate; Ann Logan- Junior Delegate; Barbara O ' Rourke - Campus Publicity Director; Theresa Walsh- Campus OSP; General Chairman and subchairman for Fund Raising - Barbara Brothers; Student T rave !- Francis McGuiness; Displaced persons- Sarah Conaty; Overseas Correspondence- Ann Collins and two delegates from each of the classes.
'Career In Social Work Depends On Individual'~' Says Dorothy Day of Catholic Worker Group " What unusual berries on that bush! Do you suppose anyone would mind if I picked some seeds to plant on our farm?" No one at S. R. C. would ever object to such a request, particularly when it was made by Dorothy Day, labor leader, newswoman, and social worker. Social work was the topic of conversation, and as we picked seeds, we continued our talk. I had asked Mrs. Day about the advantages of college education for social work, and she answered by examples from " both sides of the fence ." "One of the girls with us on Matt St., (first of many hospitality houses of the Catholic Worker Movement, which meets the immediate needs of all ·;· he poor in the U. S. ) was a Manhattanville sociology
major . She is a great help, and her training in newswork as well as sociology helps us with our paper, The Daily Worker ." " On th e other hand ", she continued, " my daughter Tamar didn 't study formally . She spent a year at St. Martine, Quebec, learning practical house-hold arts, a cultural year in Newport with Madame de Bethune, and finally came to Matt St. to learn our sociological methods . " Personally, a love of God and through Him, for His unfortunates seems most im portant. Training of any kind that devel ops these qualiti es makes the foundation firmer, and an aim at success in social work an established fact ."
New England Region Conducts Third Annual Summer Workshop The third annual Summer Workshop of the National Federation of Catholic College Students, New England Region, was held September 9-11 at Newton College of the Sacred Heart. Opening the conference on Friday afternoon, Mr. Frank Merrigan, President of the Region, addressed the group, and the agenda of the next two days was formally considered . Miss Jayne Mycroft, Salve Regina College, who is the Vice President of New England, offered a report of the Dayton, Ohio, National Council Meeting which she attended during the last week Patrick Cotter, National Fund Raising in August. Her report was concerned Chairman of the NFCCS Overseas Promainly with the yearly program of the Federation, and many of the items in it gram, addressed the student body on were placed on the list of topics to be O:::tober 6, 1949 on the purpose and aims of the nationwide project. handled on the agenda . The O.S.P., this year' s major undertakAmong matters treated during the ing of the NFCCS, is designed to give sessions that followed were the compilation of a complete mailing list of each financial and intellecutal aid to students delegate's name and address for the abroad and to foster the much needed regional office and -for each college's " personal contact" by sponsoring a student travel program for American Cathofiles, the question of a suitable time and place for the four planned regional coun- lic College Students during the summer cil meetings to be conducted throughout of 1950. These tours will be pilgrimages the academic year, the setting of an oc- in connection with the Holy Year. The casion for the Fourth Annual Congress students will be received by His Holiness, Pope Pius XII, on September 4 and 5, to be held in the spring semester . It was 1950, designated as Catholic Youth Days. tentatively decided by the body that the
Student Body Informed Of N.F.C.C.S. Project
Congress would take place in April at the Copley-Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, pending the decision of the official body meeting in New Haven in October. One of the most important considerations of the group was the Overseas Service Program , an enlargement of the former Student Relief Campaign of the Federation . On hand to present the program was Miss Ethel Dignan, Executive Director .
Salve Regina College Student Represents New England in Ohio Miss Jayne Mycroft, Vice-President of the New England Region N. F. C. C. S., represented New England at ·the National Council meeting held at Dayton University, the week of August 22. The council agenda consisted of two divis ions; the first was a workshop outlining the Federation's history, aims, and purposes, and explaining the duties of officers and members. The second dealt with the implementation of the resolutions passed by the Sixth National Congress, the presentation and discussion of the International program, region and commission reports, and a discussion on "The Federation as a Moral Influence in National and International Affairs" . The national council, the administrative group of the Federation, is composed of the five national officers and the president and vice-president from nineteen regions.
Blessed Virgin Mary Honored Through the Living Rosary To honor Mary through her rosary was the theme our Lady' s sodality used, when presenting the Living Rosary on the west campus before the statue of our Lady of Fatima on October 7. The procession formed in the great hall and proceeded to the west campus where the students stood in the form of a large rosary in front of our Lady's shrine. Here the rosary was recited . As each mystery was presented by one of the sodality board members, girls representing that particular mystery, placed a rose at our Lady's feet. Following this, benediction was held in the chapel.
Fresh men En joy Music Feist by Junior-Soph. Glee Club As an added welcome to the Freshmen after nearly a month of college life, the Junior-Sophomore Glee Club entertained the underclassmen in a traditional concert at Mercy Hall on October 3. Opening with the official welcome of the Glee Club by the president, Teresa Walsh, the girls sang many favorites, old and new. Solos were sung during the course of the evening by Catherine Mahoney, and Nancy Smith . Geraldine Walsh, star soloist of the club, chose for her selections 'When You're Away' by Herbert and ' Because You' re You' by Romberg.
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Seminars in Various Fields Stimulate and En rich Classes The Junior Class at Salve R:!gina College are conducting seminars i~ various fields . The primary purpose of these dis· cussions is to prepare for the comprehensive examinations scheduled ·for ;he :;enior year. In ·~hese seminars a problem is presented to a group, a trend in a particular subj ect is followed through hom its ·first beginnings ·;o ·; he pre3ent ·;im e, or :he varied aspects of an issue are studied and discussed at ·;·he sessions . 'lhe value of su:h a procedure lies in the stimulation it creates in the minds of the students •Jnd ·the opportunity it affords for ;·he coordination of ·t he whole ·i ield of concentration. It serves also -::1s boot traini:1g ·for anyone interested in graduate work since it widens th e student' s comprehensive view of her subject and enables her ·to attack a problem in a logical, clear-cut manner and with a certain degree of confidence. The seminars which take place two days a week, are under the guidance of ·;·he following members of ·;·he ·f aculty : history, Sister Mary Martina, R. S. M.; English, Sister Mary Jean, R. S. M.; accounting, Sister Mary Euphrasia, R. S. M.; and cO· ciology, Sister Mary Christopher, R. S. M.
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Big Sisters Treat little Sisters With An Informal Tea Dance An Invitation Dear Freshman, Because we are your big sisters and because we want you to enjoy in its fullness college life at Salve Regina, we have planned a social for you. Social: A tea dance. Place: Great Hall, Salve Regina College, Time : October 26, 1949 4- 8 P. M. Escorts will be obtained from Rhode Island State, the Newman Club of Brown University, and Prov idence College. Do come . We have planned what we hope will be an enjoyable ·;·ime ·for youbecause you ' re you, and we like you very much . You will come, won 't you? Please respond in person . We'll be waiting there for you . Your big sisters, The Junior-Sophomore Classes
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