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Pageantry, Procession, Important Occasions In Mexican Worship Explaining the importance of processions and festivals in Mexican religious life, Miss Mary A. Reardon, faculty member of Emmanuel College, gave an illustrated lecture, " Religious Customs South of the Border", here on Friday, February 15, 1952. Miss Reardon, painter, illustrator, and author of children 's books, is well known for her paintings in churches and private collections, as well as for her frescoes in Mexico and portraits in many private homes. She obtained degrees from Radcliffe College and the Yale School of Fine Arts, and worked in her studio in Ipswich Street, Boston, later turning i'o Latin America for further study and experience, especially with the eminent frescoes painters of Mexico. Processions and festivals with mixed noise and music, bullfights, dances, and fireworks characterize Mexican feast days, Miss Reardon said . The liturgical year is acted out much the same as the morality plays of Europe . It was while living as a mural painter in the Latin American countries that she grew to know the lands and peoples of which she speaks. In these countries she also photographed the graphic color scenes with which she illustrates her lectures.
Salve Regina College, Newport, R. I.
Jan . - Feb ., 1952
Juniors Hold Ring Ceremony Sapphire Ball In Great Hall Receiving their sapphire and gold class rings, the Junior class held the traditional ring ceremony on February 14 and the Sapphire Ball the following night. As each of the Juniors, attired in cap and gown, walked down the great staircase, Mother Mary Hilda, R.S.M., President of the College, placed her ring upon her finger. Previously these had hung on ribbons
Dean's List Announced For First Semester The reading of ·the Dean 's List took place on Wednesday evening, Fe bruary thirteen, immediately after Sodality Meeting in the State Dining Room . Sister Mary James, R.S.M., Dean of ·; he college, read the list, and certificates were awarded to the recipients by 'rhe Reverend Gerald F. Dillon, Chaplain of the college . Those students receiving Dean 's honors for outstanding achievement during the first semester were as follows: Se niorsMarjorie Ackroyd and Loretta Ross; Mary Ann Bolton and Katherine Price; JuniorsCatherine Hawkins, Marjorie De Lellis, Barbara McAndrew, Mary Louise Burckhart, and Marguerite Johnson ; Sophomores- Susan Whalen, Hazel Sullivan and Mary Silvia , Barbara O ' Neil ; FreshmenJoan Kane, Madeline Saccoccio, Alicia Donahue, Claire Randall, and Carolyn Woods.
around the students' necks. Members of the faculty, parents, friends, and the st udent body attended the ceremony. On behalf of the freshman class, Joan Kilduff, president, congratulated the Juniors and presented them with flowers for ·;· heir centerpiece . After the class of 1953 had recited a poem recounting the event, a \·ea in the main dining room closed the ceremony . To the music of Ralph Stuart and his orchestra, the Junior class and their escorts attended the Sapphire Ball. Open to all classes, the formal dance took place in the great hall. Members of the committees responsible for the dance included: General Chairman, Janet McDonald ; Decorations: Chairman, Barbara McAndrew, and Marjorie De Lellis, Blanca Castillo, .Jacqueline Bulger; Tickets: Chairman, Delia Landi, and Pauline Choquette, Therese Scullion; Music: Chairman , Virginia Day and Joan Babcock; Favors : Chairman, Dolores Albanese and Mary Louise Burckhart; Refreshments, Chairman, Marg ue rite Johnson and Mary Duffy, Eileen Dwyer, and Yolanda Castillo .
Maiga Silliers, latvian Student, Finds U. 5., Port Of Refuge Mixed with the varied accents of the Bostonian 's " caa ", the Rhode Islander's " coah", and the New Yorker's " carr", here at Salve Regina we hear also the soft bell of Chinese, the music of Spanish and the strength of Latvian. With these foreign students we have had added to our college life the benefits of their diversified and often trying experiences. Such is particularly true of our Latvian student Maiga . A small European republic Latvia, lies north of Lithuania and west of Russia . Although as a people, the Letts have possessed a language and culture for several centuries, they did not obtain recognition as a republic until 1918. Up until 1939,
the chief occupation was agriculture and only about thirty-five per cent of ·the population was urbanized . Since her early teens, Maiga has known the true meaning of "a ll out war" and " communism ". When Russians occupied her country in 1940, it was as a conqueror to dispoil the land and enslave the people. In contrast to the Russian " People's Democracy", German occupation a year later proved a welcome relief, as Maiga says, " the Germans were just stupid." When three years later, the Russians returned, Maiga and her parents migrated to Germany as workers rather than face any more examples of Communist "l iberty". Since that time they have not been able
to ma ~;e or have any contacts with Latvian relati ves other than a smuggled le tter or two . Wit h the coming of the Americans to G :::rmany, Maiga and her parents were finally freed, and three years ago they immig~ated with her to the United States. While her parents remained in Louisiana Maiga came on to live here with a Newport fomily where she cares ·for t he ir children and completes her education. A practicing Lutheran, Maiga has proven to be an excellent student and a good friend . Becau >e she has picked up Engl is h and Ameri can ways so remarkably fast, she has right now more than made a niche ·for herself here in our life at Salve Regina.