e Vol. 5, No. 4
Salve Regina College, Newport, R. I.
S.R.C. Participates In Ann ua I Model Senate At U. Of Rhode Island Five delegates hom S.R .C . wil! attend the annual Model Congress held at ;he University of R. I. on April twenty -five and twenty-six . Under 'lhe sponsorship of ·; he d ebating clubs at ·rhe University, ·;·he a ssembly is patterned on our own national legi slature and attacks current national p ro b lems in the light of a unifying ·;h eme---·ihis y ear " A Congress ·;o Combat Com m unism ." Comm ittees picked ·;o stud y sel ected a reas for this general problem inclu de o)n es in Far-Ea stern foreign policy, o n Middl eEastern foreign policy, on Eu ropea n ~ or ei gn policy, on American M ilitary d efen se, on Un -American activi t ie s a nd o n National Economic controls . Working Friday night a nd S·.::. tu rday morning , the committees w i ll pres:c nt bill s to a joint senate se ssio n Sa t urd a y ·:~ h e r noon . While informal probl em-solving discussion wi l l keynote th e com mi ttee sessions, parliamentary proc edure wi th emphasis on d ebate will ·;J OVern ·i he jo int senate session. Those attending from here includ e Dolo res O ' Neill, .A nn Collin s, :'v\arguerite Johnson , .Joan Kan e, and .A licia Don ahu e.
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Mar. - April, 1952
Juniors, Sophs Unite Dances Freshmen Hold Court Cotillion Under the leadershi p of Miss Ann Coll ins and Miss Pa ula Roach, the ju niors an d sophomores are plannin g their Spring Formal, while the freshmen und er Miss Marie Toppa will hold th eir Court Cotillion . Fe aturing the music of Lou Vallaincourt a nd his orchestra, the joint da nce of the two classes will em pha size a sp ringti me motif in its decorati o ns. Slated for M a y 10, the Spring Formal will be held in Ochre Court.
Sextet Renders Program A t Annual Choral Festival Establ ishing a " first" in ·the musical history of the college, six members o)f ; he G lee Club will journey ·i o Burlington, Vermont, April 26 to participate in a choral f estival. Th is mu sical gathering is he ld a nnuall y in th e Spring at Trinity College in Burlington. The se xtette, which will pa rticipate wi th ·i rom eight ·;o ;en gro ups of college students, includes : Katherine M a honey, Mary Elizabeth Murray, Barbara McAndrew, Martha O ' Rourke, Consta nce lynch , and Barbara Barry . They will be accom Fani ed by Mary Lou Aylward . The group will offer " Cre scent Moon " - Charl es, " Summertime" - Ge rshwin , and " Co me to th e Fair" - Martin . Barbara McA ndrew will render " Your Song From Paradise".
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Worki ng with th e co-chairm en are : Orchestra Commi ttee: Chairm en, Virginia Balf and Th erese Scullion; Deco rations Committee: Chairmen , Gertrud e M cGrath and Jan et McDonald ; Refreshm ents Commiftee : Chairmen, Mary Elizabeth Murray and Mary Duffy ; Public ity Committee : Chairmen , Sallyann MacLeod a nd Marguerite John son ; Programs Co mmittee : Chairm en, Bar bara O ' N eil and Virginia Day ; Tick et Committee: Chairm en, Hazel Sullivan and Yolanda Castillo ; Photography Committee: Chairmen , Dorothy Waynor and Blanca Castil lo . With " Stardust" for th eir t heme and carri ed out in the d ecorations, ·;·he fres hman cla ss w ill dance 'lo ·the mu si c of Lou Vallincourt and his orche stra at th e semi formal prom on April 26 . A mong t he dance committee members a re: Music Committee : Chai rman , G eraldin e Barry; Tick et Committee: Chai rman , Cla ire Randall; Program Committee: Ch airma n, Patricia Kenn y; Refreshm ents om mittee : Chairm a n, Mad e line Saccocci o; Publicity Committee: Ch ai rma n, Mary Nagl e.
Alice Djuh, Chinese Student, Discovers New Vistas At S.R.C.
Miss Alice Djuh
In N ovem be r of 1950 a shy , but d el:g htf ul litt le Chinese miss who se English v x a Su:ar y w as limited to " y es a nd no" (w hen she w a s able to und erstand what she mu st have deem ed a bab ble of v:J i :es), co me to Salve Regina f rom Fo r rno:a . Be :ng b right and alert th e shyn ess cf meet in g new friend s disappea re d and 1-\l i:e b ec am e anoth er Salve Reg ina g irl. Yet som ehow it w a s different . Th ese girls had som ethi ng w hich she did not have a:-d somet hing , w hich as months we nt by, che lov ed and wanted - Fa ith . So it wa s that on Passion Sunda y of th is y sar, dressed in gleaming China silk, kn eel in g by a tall lighted candl e, Alic e re ceived Our Lor d for th e first tim e in Holy Communion . On th e day b efore, clim ax ing month s of thought, praye r an d
study, she w a s baptized in St . Mary's church by Fath er Dillon . Hap p in ess? Truly th ere ha s neve r bee n such a joyful occasi o n at Salve Regin a . Happin ess certai nly key noted her Com munion bre a kfa st a fte r Ma ss, and again o verflowed in th e informal p arty with w hich her clas s sur prised her that night. Th ey marke d thi s joyful occasi o n by presenting her with a silver rosary- a rosary w hich led Alic e to Love. Our sto ry end s in St . Pa tric k's Ca th edral on Ea ster Sunday . For, w hil e we sported ou r new o ut fi ts, Alice and her sister Joan strengthen ed th eir new Faith in Confirmation . Bec au se of th e efforts of Cardinal Spellm a n, Bishop Pa ul Yu Pin confirmed a g ro up of recen t Chin ese co nverts and Alice b eca me a so ldi er of Chri st.