e Vol. 3, No . 6
Vati ca n City Dis plays Centuries' Treasures
To Holy Year Pilgrims During the 1950 Holy Year pilgrims will have the opportunity to view the treasures of art and literature accumulated in the Vatican throughout the cen-
March 1950
Worl d A ffairs Week Features Renowned Count As Speaker Count Nicholas de Rochefort will ~ peak on " France Today " as a special feature presented by Salve Regina College for World Affairs Week which will be ob served March twenty-three to thirty .
Educated at the University of Paris and St. Cyr in France, Count de Rochefort, now a professor in the political science department of Georgetown University, is an informative source on conditions with-
turies.
in that country .
Among the art masterpieces are Raphael ' s ' The Coronation of Our lady', 'Madonna of Falingo' , and ' The Trans-
professor and originally a member of the Fordham University faculty , the count served in the French infantry in 1940, was
figuration ' . The Pinacotea galleries contain the work of hundreds of artists, some of the more famous of whom are leonardo do Vinci , Titian , and Murillo. Friar Angelico' s artistry is found in the Chapel of Nicolas V . Michaelangelo' s magnificent fresco, The last Judgment, to which he
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devoted seven years, may be seen in the Sistine Chapel. In the Treasury and Sacristy of St. Peter' s Church the sacred relics are kept, among which are two 路;路horns from Our lord's crown and a relic of the True Cross. Also well-worth seeing are the Greek, Etruscan, and Egyptians museums, and the five Vatican libraries. Contained in the Vatican library, in addition to onehalf million books, are the original scores of Palestrina, the greatest composer of thurch music .
Physics Students Hear Two Scientific Lectu re s During the past 路(ew weeks four members of the Physics class, under the direction of Sister Mary Rose Agnes, R.S.M ., have been attending a series of lectures . The students were invited to attend these lectures, sponsored by ihe Newport Engineering Society, by Mr. Dow, president of 路ihe society . lectures concerning the use of the spectro scope in industry, movies, electricity, and jet propulsion were the main topics of interest. Doctor Dowd, from Tufts College, lectured on the Spectroscope . He showed slides of intricate machines which, in a matter of perhaps twelve seconds, in one case, could give the amount and composition of various e lements in any given sample. Those attending the lectures were Catherine Hawkins, Pauline Silvia , Vivian Delmonico, and Harriet Atamian .
A Russian-born French
later captured by the Germans, and after his
release
volunteered
in
the
First
Armored Division . Promotion of informed public discussions on international affairs and American foreign policy is the object of the World Affairs Council of Rhode Island. Salve Regina College joined the collegiate World Affairs Council this year and plans to assist in such programs throughout the future . These aims will be realized under tne student leadership of Jane Murphy and
Patricia
Fox,
delegates
to
the
council. Every
March
the
council
brings
to-
gether more than sixty community organizations to sponsor a state-wide educational program. The 1950 assembly will mark the organization ' s thirteenth annual world affairs week.
Interest Of College Students Plea ses Mrs. Roosevelt In speaking to an audience of well over
ties and The Declaration of Human Rights
2300 people in the Veteran ' s Memorial
and Covenant." After her formal speech
Hall in Providence, February twenty-four, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt stated that, " Our
however, Mrs . Roosevelt invited que stions
children and our grandchildren may have to continue the struggle to win against
on various other phases of current foreign policy and world problems to the fore. In
Communism because it is a struggle for men's minds, so we must pass on our faith
practically every ca se, the opinions ex-
to younger generations ." She went on to soy that our success in this endeavor may well depend upon whether or not the citizens of the United States and other demoerotic nations can be " the kind of people that can win a peaceful world. " Mrs. Roosevelt was addressing a meeting sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Rhode ls!and of which Salve Regina College is a member . The theme of her speech was the " United Nations' Activi -
from the floor and thus brought her views
pressed by Mrs. Roosevelt w ere those of a true humanitarian unbounded by any narrow, political considerations . She insisted that today all people should realize that they are under a mutual obligation to understand one another, and the United Nations is one of the best agencies through which this obligation can be met . In answer to the popular charge that the UN . is a debating society, Mrs. Roosevelt replied, " It is, but it has to be. " She emphasized the fact that it takes infinite patience to work out a prob -
lem in the UN . because so many complex interests are represented, but the prob lems must be solved if there is to be a permanent peace. She claimed that the one way we can win the fight against Communism is by making our daily life, our community, and hence, our nation a living example of real democracy free from intolerance. After the meeting a small group of collegians, including several Salve Regina girls, were given a brief interview with Mrs. Roosevelt. She said she was always happy to talk with college students and know that the leaders of tomorrow are thinking in terms of world affairs. On the whole Mrs . Roosevelt left her audience in complete agreement with Governor Pas tore who introduced her as one of the most lovable and greatest Americans o f our day.