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TheRing Ceremony Tribute totheJuniors Elegant simplicity reigned in the college chapel on Saturday, February 6, at 2: 00 p.m. The occasion marked the presentation of rings to the members of the Liberal Arts course and of the Cultural-Secretarial class. Parents ' relatives and friends of the stu dents we.re present to enhance the touchmg ceremon~. The guest speaker, Rev. Frederick J. Stevenson, Associate Superintendent of Schools, gave an enlightening discourse on the symbolism of the ring: Its seal bears the name of ·t· f • m commemora ion o e co ege th 11 · C b . . th a r1n1, e St . F ranees X av1er · ed ·ti' . t f th r canon1z c1 zen-sa1n o e fi st United States. T,he initials inscribed on the seal, A. M. G. SS. C. J., (ad majorem gloriam Sacratissimi Cordis J esu) signify the dedication of our patron saint "to the greater glory of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. 0 The heart, the star and the sea symbolize the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Mary, Star of the Sea, and the sea of life. Thus the Cabrini College woman is reminded that on the sea of life she is constantly guided by Christ and enlightened by Mary. It was indeed a pleasure to have Right Rev . Monsignor Edward M. Reilly, J.C.D., Diocesan Superintendent of Schools, officiate at the ceremony. After blessing the rings, Monsignor Reilly awarded them to the following students:
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LIBER .AL ARTS COURSE Valerie Bartoluzzi, Cabrini Boggiano, Arlene Boraczek, GretchenBroden, Margaret Cassidy, Marguerite Corbo, Evelyn Cot-
teta, Loretta D~llapia, Margaret Elgrim, Anna M. Fontana, Veronica Gillen, Maria Harding, Elizabeth Hutchison, Patricia Kelly, Rosemarie Mahon, Kathleen Mars, Margaret Mastronardi, Vesna Mohorovicic, Mary Morrow, Kathleen McGlone, Frances Noone, Mary O'Connell, Joan Percaccio, Patricia Plotnick, Renee Principe, Marie San Filippo, Delphine Sbarboro, Arleen Schlamp, M·argaret Spier. Nancy Torpey, Constance Urynowicz, Gertrude Young, Mary Yw-asek. CULTURAL-SECRETARIAL CLASS Sandra Anderson, Barbara Cappie, Eleanor De Cara, Carol Duffy, Anne Grady, Susanne Holden, Ann J anelli, Maria McCracken, Margaret McGinniss, Vivian Meola, Helen O'Brien, Grace Sinisi. The solemnity of the service was augmented by the Cabrini Glee Club under the direction of Mrs. Christine Westerfield and climaxed by benediction of the The Most Blessed Sacrament. Alma Mater terminated the memorable ring ceremony of the charter class of the college, the class of '61. Evelyn Cotteta, '61
If reminiscing is recalling past pleasant experiences, then certainly the sophomores can here reminices about the junior class . We were certainly fortunate to have the juniors as our big sisters welcome us to college life on the day of our investiture. . 1We realize now that they have many memories of their first year at Cabrini when they were the only class on campus. It must have been . a new experience to have excited little sisters to guide to ''higher and to introduce learning ." . . I To us, the Juniors have always . . . 1 been seniors and pioneers n · . . L·:.k spirit. 1 e the pioneer, they are . . strong; they possess bis integrity, his aloofness, his ability to forge ahead, his individualism, and his willingness to help others. As pioneers they were also making traditions; such as, hazing day, the Student Government Association, the Athletic Association with its Tennis Court Ball, the Sodality, and the Glee Club with the annual Christmas performance for the orphans. Yet the juniors welcomed the suggestions the underclassmen put forth. Taken as a group, the junior class is a good organizer and interested in intellectual pursuits as well as in promoting social events on campus. The class is optimistic and looks forward to Cabrini's future as a prosperous one . We, the sophomore class, wish the juniors happiness and success for the coming eventful year, and happiness when they are alumnae of Cabrini College. :Anne ,M. Giarletta, '62
Hotel. The menu featured turkey as the main course and the meal was followed by three hours of ,to the orchestra of dancing Charles Gresh. The quiet period of the weekend came Sunday afternoon when the girls had the opportunity to spend a pleasant day sightseeing in and around the area with their dates, many of whom had come from out of town. The Misses Rosemarie Mahon and Arlene Boraczek, who handled the arrangement of the festivities, reported satisfaction with the affair from the social standpoint and from the fact that this inaugural week-end was received in the manner it was. Patricia Kuhn, '00
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The Treadway Inn and the Belleview Stratford hotel were the scenes in which the first annual Junior Week-end was passed on Friday and Saturday evenings, February fifth and sixth. To start the pleasant week-end the junior class and cultural-secretarial group sponsored a semiMe: "Well, tell me an~hing. It formal affair at •the Treadway. should be factual and achieveThis dance was open to all the , ments though, 'cause it's not a permembers of the college and their sonal sketch." escorts and was fairly suppo .rted. Gert: '•Okay." Me: "What did you do as a Saturday evening saw the juniors at a closed dinner-dance in baby and child that was outstanding?" Philadelphia's Belleview Stratford
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Saturday afternoon came quickly, and too soon we found ourselves entering the doorway to our new home at Cabrini College. As freshmen always were and always will be, we were nervous, excited, happy, and sad at the same time. Sunday brought the same confused state of mind; perhaps, even more so. The upper classmen began returning from their summer vacations. Shouts of ''Hi, where did you go this summer?0 and uHey, haven't you put on a little weight?" echoed and re-echoed throughout an otherwise peaceful dormitory. Shyly we freshmen grouped together for moral support and stood on the balcony watching the long procession of suitcases, trunks, boxes and bags. How we envied the carefree attitude of the juniors. They seemed so aloof as they settled down tor another long stay. Yet we freshmen had already met several juniors who had come a week earlier to pave our way and make it smoother. They tried to be very helpful and friendly, but at that time we paid no attention. As the week wore on, several
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CO-EDITORS-Ruth A. Dailv, Patricia Shevillo MANAGING EDITOR-Roseane Morrow CLASS EDITORS-Arlene Schlamp. Patricia Redden, Agnes Orsatti, CONTRIBUTORS-Helen · Byrne, Carol Cross, Evelyn Cotteta, Cabrini Boggiano, Anne M. Giarletta. Agnes Orsatti, Vesna Mohorovicic, Nancy Torpey, Bonnie Gillespie. Delphine Sbarboro, Patricia Kuhn, Frances Cc)ltabiano. ARTIST-Alba Cosenza MODERATOR-Mother Eleanor, M.S.C.
came to visit us in our rooms. Quietly we sa,t on the edge of our chairs as they tried to make polite conversation. We fresh ·men were still too uneasy in their presence to find such visits very enjoyable or entertaining. Somehow we felt they were just viewing us as one would look at an unusual exhibition. Our feelings, however, we are very glad to say here, soon took a course in another direction. Our big sisters proved to be as funloving and as wonderful as we hoped they would be. All our uneasiness vanished at the JuniorFreshman Tea when they told us of the •things that seemed so tragic and important to them as freshmen and which t~ey could now laugh over as juniors. After that evening the j.uniors began to take on a more human aspect. Overnight they changed from robots that constantly said, ''Stop, you cannot do this," to warm, approachable girls. Gradually we found that if we made an effort to go . half way, they would always go all the way to be friendly and helpful. Living in the same dormitory with the juniors has helped us to understand them. Although they give that first impression of maturity and sophistication, we can readily see that deep down every junior can still be a child at ·heart, trying on her ·mother's clothes to make her look older. The -sight of a junior's beau always brings squeals and mass to the third floor. confusion Rarely is a junior ready when her date calls for her; rarely does she walk to answer the telephone. In these respects rarely is a junior too different from a freshman. Helen Byrne, '63
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be that anyway. The phone call was made at 9: 00 p.m. The conversation went something like this: Me: "Hello, Gert?" Gert: "Okay, what do you want to know? You'll have to make it snappy 'cause I have a test tomorrow."
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. .. Just cried all the time, was a cry ba·by, just cried all the time." Me: ''Okay, ·we'll skip that. Now when were you born?" Gert: "On October twentythird, 5: 00 p.m., 1939. It was a blue Monday ." Me: "Oh, a blue Monday! That must · have produced a psychological effect on your youth--crying all the time." Gert: "Yep, it sure did." Me: "And then there was grade seh~l and high school. Did you cry a lot then?" Gert: "Nope, was mature for my age, straightened out in a hurry.'' Me: "Good girl! Anything else?'" Gert: "Well, I went to Sacred Heart Academy for twel~e years and ... " · Me: "And what?'' Gert: "Well I don't want to sound like I'm bragging!' Me: "Go ahead and brag. I'm getting desperate at this point." Gert: "Well, I was president of the science club durin.g my senior year and manager of ,the hockey team ... that was either in ·un. .,...._ ior or seruor year. I don't remember which." Me: "Wonderful! You were president of the science club in high school, and I know you're a biology major in college. It's beginning to fit together now. The scientific flower of Cabrini College, paving the way for future scientists in our school, a woman pioneer of science; one of the two girls in our class in something other than education and English . . . Seeking .a ·hig ·her profession . ~ . a pioneer! Simply terr1fic!'' Gert: '(.$ure, sure, that's right; sure it is. What else?" about social events?'" Me: '"How . .. Gert: "It all depends on what they are. Yes, they're okay.'' Me: ''How about people?" Gert: "How? What about people?" Me: "Do you like them?" Gert: ''Who? People? Yep,. they're all right too, I guess. Yes,. I guess I like them enough." ·Me: '"Now I'll ·have to mention your brothers and sisters. There's Blue Boy, <the cat, and Mama Pat and Baby Pat, your horses - the ones General Patton gave you and then there's Girlie, the greatest Great Dane dog I've ever seen. How is Girlie's rheumatism?" Gert: ''Not so good. She had a heart attack the other day.'' Me: "Oh, poor Girlie. Surehope her condition improves." Gert: "Yep, we're hoping it will." Me: "Your favorite color is blue. of course . . . •Blue Monday and Blue Boy and all . . ." Gert: "-Nope, it's red, a flaming red, bright flaming red.'' Me: "Oh, yes . . . 'Flaming Mame' . ,• . red for onward into science and all.'' Gert: ''Okay, really have to (Continued on Page 5)
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Gert, Red and Me "Who are you and what are you-r achievements?" I asked the driver of the car on our way home from _ Cabrini . The car ,..SPUD around the corner quite fast, almost taking a policeman with it. But he was on the same corner every day and had enough sense to. jump out of the way w·hen he saw the Oreen Bomb coming. "Gee, he's cuter every day," I remarked. "Come on, B_aby." She was coaxing the car up the hill. "Don't stop now." The car stopped . It always did when it was excited. "Who are you and what are I asked her your achievements?'' again. The car started and we were once more on our way, speeding up the wrong side of the street. An inspiration hit me (being an amateur writer), so I pulled out my notebook and jotted down: "Subject has strong desire to visit England; disapproves of American driving rules strongly. "Did you ask me who I am and what are my achievements?" she asked. I nodded affirmatively. ' 'That's what I thought," she said. "What are you doing now, working for the rn.J?" "No, writing a biographical article on someone in the Junior Class at Cabrini-namely youfor which the two basic prerequisites are asking .friends about you and doing research. But I don't know your friends and nothing's been written about you yet, so who are you and what are your achievements?'' The car went through two stop signs. It really felt peppy now. "Fortunately I know who I am, but as for achievements • . . that will take some thinking." "Fortunately I know who you are too," I said, ''and you don't have much time for thinking." The car had ground to a halt at the foot of my driveway. "So I'll call you tonight and thattll be that!" I was hoping that would
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l Re.miniscences FTeshman Year This was the year of our investiture. Because we ·had dedication in the rain, we met more people more quickly than ever before in our lives. We were pioneers. Since there were no upper classmen to upset our plans, every corner of the campus resounded with "It's a bore!" ".Jump for Joy!" ''Hopalong with Cassidy!" "Kelly, stop taking those bio notes in shorthand!" and "Tennis anyone?" In bio class ketchup appeared the day we cut up clams. Blisters abounded before, in and after the St. Patrick's day parade. We had a crowded Mixer at St. Catherine's in Wayne. We became radio stars and even stage stars. Who , will ever for get the 'lPea th, pea th" of our Shakespearean Show? · The same night a few noble Romans .in their bedsheets carrie~ in the mighty Caesar on a lowly ironing board. In our Game Room, Dick Clark became the fad. The volume Birds of America mysteriously disappeared from the library for three whole days. Vesna almost became a martyr of the test tubes during a chem experiment. Niagara Falls came to Pennsylvania when Sonny Scott left the water on in the bathroom of Room 8. (T ,he steno class was flooded and part of the chapel became a bit damp.) 1'95-'1-58was quite a year for snow too. A
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That rainy Dedication Day (November I. I95.7). Rain usaually has an the spirit of our Juniors, they were at there best.
Renee On TY Monday, February 1, was a dreary day weather-wise but the TV screen radiated light. Our sunny Renee Principe was helping to stump a panel on Play Your Hunch. She and two other contestants were mouthing the words to songs, and the panel had to guess which one of the three was singing in Englis ·h. Sure enough the ·panel by-passed the
Love thy neighbor . . . Forgotten too soon Is this · peace-ins ·pired golden rule. Beneath -the sorrow there lies the ruinA man in the ·field, a wea ,pon his tool. When will they learn? effect of dam.pening things but not God alone knows Only lov.e and brotherhood are able to halt sentative THE TV CELEBRITY This tragic stream which flows OF THE JUNIOR OLASS. and flows . Ca-brini Bogiano, '61 Cabrini Boggiano, '61
two energetic men and settled on demure Renee, whereupon she burst forth with a few lines from Ciao Ciao Bambino. She fooled them! The best part of the pro- r: -w "' . gram, however, was yet to come. Renee stated that she attended · Cabrini College in Radnor, Pennsylvania. She should have heard the cheer that went up in -the television room in Grace Hall. Renee wa s certainly a charming repre-
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OUR FIRSTST. PATRICK'SDAY PA.RADE (March 17, 1958) ''Oh, my aching feet! How big is New York City?? Will Fifth Avenue- ever end,???" Such were the remarks passed by the Pennsylvaniansduring the parade. Nevertheless. they followed Sgt. Molcany'$ directions: "Heads up, chins in, spirits high''. while stepped in unison to the tune of McNamara's Band. blizzard arrived on the night of our long - aw·aited Valentine's dance. Some of our escorts managed to arrive by 11: 00 p.m. but • left soon afterwards. Room 3 became the scene of a snowball fight that has never been equaled. The term "Cabrini diamonds" entered our vocabulary when two freshmen became engaged. The faculty beat us in softball at our annual picnic , and they .used one arm in swinging too. There was a "study for the finals in the bathtu ·b" fad. No water, but lots of books and no dozing . Yes, it \WlS quite a year. We ended it with a bang and a backache. Between studying in the b athtub and sleeping in the halls the last night, everyone had to
Being all of thirty ..years. Youth flees too fast, no reaching Tears for past hopes not held high.
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And so I watched by dreams go by Being all of twenty years. Drearnsville crushed by ·Knowing's leers. Knowing never learned to fly, And buried Knowing, never shall I. And so I watched my dreams go by Carole Cross, '61
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class. Scenes from The Merchant of Venice were enacted in the sun . More ''Cabrini diamonds" SOPHOMORE YEAR came into brilliant focus when We welcomed the newly ar- six sophomores b€Came engaged. rived freshmen and christened It was farewell to them and to Grace Hall. Th e first four months the graduating cultural-secretarwere enlivened by the Spanish ial group on that rainy, tearful fling. One could not be a member June 2. Those hearty liberal arts of the class if she did not date a students who remained eagerly Spanish boy or at least do a cha looked forward tocha. The .January exams found us JUNIOR YEAR settling down. At 4: OJ) a.m . we played bridge , thumper and This is our most quiet and most potsie. For the finals, however, we studious year. It opened very really calmed down: We used in- busily: a trip to St. Louis .for ner tubes and did our cramming the N.F £.C.S. Congress, a warm in the pool. May Day was beauti- welcome to the freshmen, and inful. Betty Hutchison was crowned itiation. A few English majors bequeen. The faculty didn't beat us came the poet laureates of the qui t e so badly . -Shakespeare's campus with "Death Under a Car birthday was ce1ebrated in his, (Continued on Page 4)
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Reminisences tContinued from Page 3) Hood." There was a sudden, invigorating interest in the law. Black gowns became familiar sights on Thursday afternoons. the Art We welcomed Loquitur, Club, the Biology Club, and the Literary Club. Ruddy and Jim burned up much gasoline. Renee became a celebrity. Junior Week end was glorious, especially the
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to the "hidden room" for Sem- fore then we shall accumulate inar Class and walking upstairs more memories. We shall never during the break for the mail. We forget our pioneer cl ass , and the are so subdued and dignified as changes the years have brought to be almost unrecognizable. The to Cabrini College. It's been next year . and a half will find us great fun. leaving our Alma Mater, but beCabrini Boggiano, '6,1 1
The first Shakespearean play (May, 1959). The Elizabethan surroundings of the campus gave the play an air of authenticity while th& actresses portrayed the characters with originality and sincerity.
Good Taste
Gee ... Who are you my roommate? Ooooo! Could this be you, Lady Macbeth, or ... 1 seems. No more do we listen to blaring rock-n-roll and stay up Pat Keegan and Joan Hogarty? ".O, yes, worthy Juniors,We love till all hours. We have calmed you. Air raid? Not again, in front of all these people? Gos.h, those down to the fanatic playing of Juniors are Here they come again run! Of course, I would bridge and Frank Sinatra. Our like nothing more than to make your bed; yours ,too, and major exercise is walking down yours, too Why, certainly." It was hectic but what fun.
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There are few things left in this world that the big green dollar sign cannot help us to obtain. There is something which never was and never will be on sale at Woolworth's or Macy's. It is ind.eed a pity that manufacturers are unable to bottle it and that storekeepers cannot keep it in stpck, for I would like to see everyone in possession of good taste. Let's just suppose that Mr. Gimble of Gimble Bros., ·Inc., miraculously got his hands on this rare product of which I speak. Undoubtedly his first move would be to buy a two page ad in all the Sunday newspa,pers (provided he discovered it on Saturd.ay) so as to let the public in on his "big find." In the meantime, Mr. Gim·ble . ( a very cautious man) would lock up good taste in his vault, go to bed and have pleasant dreams of Monday morning when the doors of Gim ble Bros., Inc., would be opened to the eager public. Monday morning finally arrived for Mr. Gimble, and at 9 a.m. his store was flooded with customers. Why, Gimble Bros., Inc., hadn't looked so prosperous since September, 1958, when they ran a special on round -toed shoes after pointed-toed shoes came into style. But it was different then. When the customers left Gimble Bros., 1
Beautiful May was given its fullest development by if'leJuniors on their fint May.Day ceremony. Each girl was dressed in her prettiest gown and wore a very special air of grace. (May, 1958)
Inc., in September, 1958, they were wearing round-toed sl1oes and displaying very poor taste .. After today, all those who patronized Gimble's new product. would have good taste. How happy Mr. Gimble looked ,as he stood in front of .his huge vault, guarding his most prized possession. His first customer obviously needed his product badly. She was a middle aged woman and she was. wearing a red plaid blouse with a pur .ple and green striped skirt. This woman definitely needed good taste. Mr. Gimble rushed in. to his vault and came running out with a pa-ckage labeled, appropriately enough, "good taste.'? Mr . Gimble's first customer was very satisfied. By the end of the day Gimble Bros., Inc., was completely sold out of the new wonder product. Poor Mr. Gimble! He had had such a promising product and now it was impossible to replenis·h his supply. That night, however, he went to bed with a feeling of enrichment. His bank book was enriched and his customers seemed to be also. Poor disillusioned Mr. Gimble! Every one should know th .at every package of "good taste" purchased on Monday would be returned on Tuesday. What a pity! And it was such a promising product. I could have told him it would never work. Agnes Orsatti, '63
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When the sunniest of disposi(Continued from Page 3) 'tions is complimented by the gayI study now. Want me to pick you est of smiles, the general impression is one of exhuberance. It is up tomorrow?'' probably this infectious laughter .Me: "Yep, around five to nine's that most obviously betrays the okay. We always make it on presence of my roommate. Renee, notably characterized by her time.'' · gaiety is that brand of optimist Gert: "Okay, bye-bye." that elevates the ordinary to the Well, my notes are now com- I extraordina~y and the depressing plete I thought, and into the room to the. corrucal.. I went all ready to write the Having studied in Rome for with greatest biographical article yet three years, shde returned written in the history of college countless anedc 0t~e: ~:out the . 1 Europeans an e1r I iosyncra. . h f . ·th g1r s. c1es, wh1c become unnier wi It was discouraging, completely repetition, and repeat she does depressing . It made me quiver. this roommate of mine! The poise Dejection, depression, mopish- of ·her bearing is not to be misness, low spirits, heaviness, · taken for an attempt at pretengloom, weariness, disgust of life, sion, nor is it completely the reprostration, despair, hopelessness, sult of her European training, but · ·, all set in. Then came melancholy, it is the natural gift of gracioussadness, horrors, pessimism, de- ness. Complementing the influence spondency, disconsolateness, all of home and travel, she is the hope deferred. I was sink.fng fast, well-rounded American girl. Her but I knew what would help. I interest in jazz, Sinatra, potato took a nardil, two nardils, three chips, and jitterbugging is rivaled nardils from a bottle my doctor only by her appreciation of ophad given me that was clearly era, Petrarch, Whitman, and Carmarked one tablet a day. Nardil ravaggio. Her cosmopolitanism, is an anti-depressant for the however, is manifested in ·her mind. I wondered if I had any choice of male acquaintances. I remember a Cuban interlude mind, but the weeping and lamenting gave way to deep sleep. which created a greater disturbance on campus than did the revAt two minutes to nine Baby's olution of Fidel on the U.S. forhorn began blowing as it ~p- eign policy. At any time of the proached my ·house. Grabbing day or night the piercing cry books, lunch, coat, et al., I raced "Joaquin!" could be heard echoing down the drive and slid into the through the dorm. The sleeping car. awoke, nerves rattled, and the "Hi!" Gert said. ''How did the midnight oil burners shuddered article go?" at t h e soun d o f Ch a- Ch a- Chas On Hi-Fi blasting in the still of night. was "What article?" I asked as I For two weeks everything Spanish. Latin rhythms played inlit a cigarette. ,1Tfie -biographic ·a1- ar='= 1ccT". e::-,-=-:o~ cessantlY. Wtf"Cha;e~ctl<rbrealrrourre.'' She was looking at me--- - - ------- ~in a strange
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any"Gee, I don't remember thing about a biographical art1-• cle," I said. "What did you have to write one for?" ''Skip it," she said. "You know, the most amazing thing happened to me this ing. When I woke up my to be a writer had suddenly with the wind. Instead, could think of was red, flaming red. I think I want a scientist." "What's morning?"
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"Why, G e r t r u d e Elizabeth Young! Nothing's wrong with me. I feel joyously, wonderfully, exuberantly happy and carefree. Why I don't have a worry in the world. W·hat's wrong with you? Grouchy?" "Not a thing,'' she said. "Not an absolute thing. It's just odd to see someone else feel the way I always do ... so carefree." "Isn't it the greatest!"
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"Everything's Com in g Up Roses" was playing on the radio. The policeman winked when we dashed by. Baby was in an excellent mood. It looked like it was going to be one of the best days in my life like the first day of spring, even though it was snowing. •
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Mambo'd to bed. English was banned in her presence to the extent that I had considered placing a sign "Aqui se hable espanol" on our door to warn our "no comprendo" friends. Then, as suddenly as it had been born, the infatuation died. The next phase was the Italian gentleman, the epitome of culture, class, and refinement, whose titles were as long as his name. This time ,Mambo a la Italiano," "Arrivederci Roma" and "Ciao, Ciao Bambino", were the noisemakers. The only mementoes are a dozen or more Italian novels Renee had bought for the occasion and countless letters as poetic and musical as the language itself. The French were next for representation at Cabrini. This time Renee was more serious with her affections. To demonstrate her sincerity she enrolled in the French class. She even developed a startling resemblance to one of the prominent French stars of the fi.lm world. Suddenly and dramat ically she became the epitome of
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Margaret Spier Mary Notaro Vivian Meola Maureen Lucey Sue Holden Jerldene Camey Carol Duffy Ann Byrne Jane Corlis Ca ·therine Hirsch Nancy Pa ,penbrock Marie Raffo Regina Rothlein Madeline Schwartz Ellen O"Connell CONGRATULA'TIONS!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!
elegance and coquetry and 'La Vie en Rose" played on. However, Michel suffered the fate of the others, defeated by the charm and sincerity and perhaps the nonchalance of a Villanova Yankee. We all sighed with relief and could once again wrap ourselves in the security of the land of the Stars and Stripes. Yes, things are finally fairly normal now; English has once again been incorporated into our conversations and the Kingston Trio and Ahmad Jamal reign suART CLUB ... T,he works of preme on the third floor of the ll~f! the controversial Gustave CourMain-Building of Cabrini eoneg~ i-.-.._:: S_G_A ~ . ... ... Junior Week-end was-+-bet rec~ived the attenti~ of F~t h---- ----~ magnillc~.~hs~lycoograt~~vinshl'sartappreci~~n~ relishes anything on Auntie Mame. ul a te Rosem ary Mahon and Ar - art methods classes as they mad~ MAGG IE She has no patience with Tennes- lene Boraczek. The week-end of Maggie is one of four see Williams, Elizabeth Taylor, or March 5th promises to be quite the Philadelphia Art Museum the roommates, and whether this is Eddie Fisher. She has lately taken busy. There is a basketball game scene of their first cultural outing and an N.F.C.C.S. State Congress. of the semester. The class tookadfortunate or unforturt f Considered an interest in a 11 so s o 1ega 1 nate is beside the point. We three, writing. She still loves Frank Sin- The congress is being held at the vantage of the special ex .hibition Sheraton Hotel in Philadelphia on February 10th. Since Father in passing, think that she is a atra. and everyone is welcome. Eleven Syvinski commented and explainvery lucky girl. Why? For econMaggie decora.tes Room 8 in her Cabrini students are registering ed, the style and philosophy of Oml·c reasons, of course. Also, . spare time •big floppy dogs, Frank for the week-end; five of them the self-ta~t French painter
where else could she get the experience she has already accumulated? She is now almost (?) eccentric. She loves Frank Sinatra. She adores kosher franks with mustard and sauerkraut at 2: 00 in the morning, and kosher dill pickles and pizza at any time. She bowls (183--one fateful night), and plays basketball (just like a guard; her only trouble is that she is now a forward)· She plays ·hockey and softball with a vengeance. Perhaps it is only fitting that the president of the Athletic Association should be such an athlete; she has so much bookkeeping and so many telephone calls to make. Maggie loves New York in June. She likes cows and playing ''Charley over the Water." She has grown accustomed to her phone number, and she frequently polishes the medal she won for the 50-yard dash in gra~mar school. She loves Greenwich village and never gets nosebleeds in the elevators of the Empire Stat~ Building. She is an avid tan of Alec Guiness and English movies, but she loves Frank Sinatra. She has dented the hearts of four boys while at Cabrini, and yet sees red whenever she thinks of a snowstorm or Ellwood St. She is going to Ireland on her honeymoon and is going up to Alfred State Tech soon. She reads Hemingway, Poe, and
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Sinatra, . and a C·hristmas wreath which should be down by Easter. She awakens with a smile each morning but sometimes growls at the bathroom door. She has a rigid system for studying and will never allow herself to be distracted. She is an excellent student, a basketball star, and a great chac.ha artist: She practices her elementary educational techniques on us, and when she is working on her minor, psychology, we run. She plans to teach in Westchester County, New York, and will be a commuter via Sputnik from the Hall Moon. She loves Frank ·Sinatra and I guess we love her. We consider her fortunate in being surrounded by three people who are normal, well adjusted, and non-neurotic. Perhaps in the rem ·aining year and a half we shall be able to finish the job we began two and a half years ago--we have tried to make Maggie a less frantic Frankie fan.
In Memoriam
Garrett E. Lyons February 6, 1960 To Gaye Lyons we extend our heartfelt condolences and prayers on the death of her father •
are on the Credentials Committee under the chairmanship of Mary Ann O'Connell. Valerie Reiss attended a Holy Family dance, representing the S.G ..A. Ginny Gallagher is going to C·hestnut Hill, and Cabrini Boggiano is attending the Mardi Gras B;.11 at La Salle. On April 3oth the S.G.A. will sponsor a semi-formal and would be most grateful for the support of the student body. The Athletic Association will sponsor several affairs the week-end of February 27-th. Your suppor.f will be greatly appreciated. FESTIV AL OF FRANCE · •. • • On January 16th the French class attended the program and tea given by the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French at the Center for International Visitors in the Commercial Museum. The students enjoyed a Guignol Puppet Show, a fashion showing of the Dupont collection of Paris originals, a ballet and folkdance exhibition from two to four p.,m., and the A.A.T:F. Tea from four to five p.m. PARENTS' CLUB ... On Sunday afternoon, January 31st, the Parents' Club had a friendly gettogether at 2: 30 p.m. Plans for future activities will be announced by the officers: Joseph Mastronardi, President; Thomas Redden, Vice-President; Joseph De Barbieri, Treasurer; Delphine Sbarboro, Secretary.
became more clear to the twentyfive Cabrini-ites who made the trip. Over ·fifty paintings had been collected from various museums and private owners for the showing in the two wings of the musewn. The tour left the art students foot-weary but well informed. RADIO CLUB .•• Renee on TV. Monday, February 1st, was a dreary day weather-wise but the TV screen radiated light. Our sunny Renee Principe was helping to stump a panel on Play Your Hunch. She and . two other contestants were mouthing the words to songs, and the panel had to guess which one of the three was singing in Englis•h. Sure enough, the panel by-passed the two energetic men and settled on demure Renee, whereupon she burst forth with a few lines from ''Ciao Ciao Bambino." She fooled themt The best part of the program, however, was yet to come. Renee stated that she attended Cabrini College in Radnor, Pennsylvania. She should have :heard the cheer that went up in the television room of Grace Hall. Renee was certainly a charming representative as the TV celebrity of the Junior Class. The Radio Club will hold a raffle on a transistor radio from February 11th to March 10th. The proceeds will go towards the purchase of a transmitter on campus. (Contiued from Page 5)
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Editorials
Literary Club
Authors Luncheon
The first informal Authors' The members of the junior Meeting took place on schedule I Without a doubt, television toc!ass who are majoring in Eng- at the home of Carole Cross in ~ay play~ a very impo_rtant part 1n our lives. TV certainly influlish attended the Catholic Au- Devon, Pennsylvania. .thors' Luncheon and Conference An article on Ernest Heming- ences and molds public opinion. on Saturda.Y, February 20th, at way from This Week magazine The question as to whether or not the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in started the members off to a spir- the progra .ms presented on TV are Philadelphia. The hosts at the ited discussion. The group next legitimate is therefore a serious luncheon were the members of considered the contents and sym- one. By observing various practhe Philadelphia Area Unit of the bolic representations of The Old tices of television ethics in some Man and the Sea and The Green other countries, we can better Catholic Library Association. The Cabrini students were es- Hills of Africa. Carole Cross and compare the procedures of Ameripecially interested in the Catholic Rosemarie Mahon stressed the can broadcasting companies. Literatur~ Group over which pre- fact that Hemingway makes use In considering the French telesided Miss Ellen Schaeffer, an ex- of short, simple sentences which vision system, one will find that, pert on rare books and the advisor have a wide reader appeal, and unlike the American system, on rare books at the Philadelphia that he often uses words that French TV sanctions government Free Library. Miss Schaeffer has have a parabolic meaning. Point s operated programs. Since there is been co-operative and helpful to in which Hemingway's life and only one television network prevthe students who are currently writings are paralleled were then alent in France, there are no comworking on research papers. discussed. Margaret Cassidy gave mercials. Thus French TV perThe luncheon, which was an interesting and vividly critical formances have continuity. On served at twelve-thirty, offered report on his experimental work, the other hand, because there is an opportunity for the students to Death in the Afternoon. The gen- only one television network, the represent Cabrini College at its era! discussion that followed also funds for top-notch performances the exown reserved and well-marked included Across the River and In- are lacking. Furthermore table. Speakers at the luncheon to the Trees. The Old Man and tent of TV coverage embraces apone-half of France, included Barry Ulanov, the au- the Sea provoked much di sputa- proximately thority on jazz who is known for tion and variance of opinions. In which means that only part of the his popular Handbook on Jazz, making a comparison between the Frenc ·h people may benefit from and who recently has had pub- book and the movie, everyone this medium. What seems to be lished his volume called Death. agreed that the movie did the the greatest disadvantage in havMiss Covelle Ne,vcomb charmed book no justice. Club- members ing only one government domithe audience with her informa- then arrived at similarities in nated network is the fact that tive talk on biography. Miss New- theme in the works of Donne, news can be distorted or omitted. comb is the author of several Faulkner, and Steinbeck. Within the recent past, however, teen-age biographies and works The gr o u p also discussed an innovation has been m·ade; about famous people which are . briefly The Sun Also Rises and namely, exchange programs are more correctly classified as nov- Torrents of Spring. Veronica Gil- shown from other European counelized biographies, the most re- len placed particular emphasis on tries; such as, Italy, Ger ,m ·any cent being BrotJier Zero. The the symbolic intonations in these and England. The exchange "live" third speaker was Rev. Raymond works. In the process of analyz- or "filmed" s·hows do noit seem Teller, well-known author of ing For Whom the Bell Tolls the to compensate for the lack of qualchurch history. Father Teller's re- group included background ref- ity and variety in programs uncent work is in the interest of erences, emphasizing the import- der the supervision of the governMatthew Carey. ance ·of certain biographical fac- ment operated TV network. Following the luncheon, the tors which reflected the au·thor's London too operates its television programs under governstudents joine9- the autograph treatm ent of this work . party and book exhibit. The exThe meeting closed with every-- ment control. There are two telehibit included an infinite range of one's agreeing that Hemingway volumes of Catholic literature, will always remain one of our from our mistakes and take heart from our achievemen :ts. Without American au_both of the past and of the most most· influential recent time. The books included thors, both as an innovator of a doubt, it -vv:asquite a time in . . . . which to mature. If it presented noyels, h1stor1es, b1ograph1es, an- style and as a portrayer of sig- subtle afflictions, which can and thologies, poetry, drama, chil- nificant nationa1 characteristics. Nancy Torpey, ,61 usually are more nerve-racking dren's literature, teen-age volumes, philosophy, and varied than major catastrophes to mature adults, what do you think it ~exts. Physical Educa_tionDept. did to those of us who welcomed The following students have it in at about ten years of a.ge Campus News been selected for the Basketball and waved it out at a not much c b · · ·B · A wiser twenty years? But we are (Continued from Page 5) Tea FRESHMAN ELECTION REm~ a r1n1 ogg1ano, nn t 1 . . nd rt . 1 Boyle, Helen Byrne, Margaret no comp a1n1ng, a are ce a1n Y TURNS ... On February 3rd and Cass1·dy, Anne F1·tzgerald, Joan not emb1.ttered· , we ·had too much 4th the freshman class elected Hogarty, Elizabeth Hutchison, fun. Helen Byrne, President; V·alerie Patricia Keenan, Patricia Kelly, Yes, this was the confusing deeReiss, Vice·President; Agnes Or- Mary Mitchell, Vesna Mohorovi- ade of Elvis Presley and Leonard satti, Secretary; Regina Sullivan, cic, Mary O'Connell, Margaret Bernstein, Brigitte Bardot and Treasurer; Frances Caltabiano, McGinniss, Valerie Reiss, ,Marie Grace Kelly, Billy Graham and Class Representative. San Filippo, Patricia Slattery. Oral Roberts, Rocky Marciano VALLEY FORGE DANCE ... Manager, Roseanne ,Morrow; as- and Ingemar Johansson, and PresThe freshmen who attended the sistant manager, Virginia Gal- ident Eisenhower and Khrustchev. dance of the · Mounted Battalion lagher; scorekeeper, Margaret If most of the pairs strike you as of Valley Forge Military Academy Spier; timekeeper, Regina Roth- being in striking contrast, the pieon Saturday evening, February lein ~ ture is strictly deliberate, not at 6th, were DELIGHTED wibh the The following students have all coincidental. WONDERFUL band and the EN- been selected for the Varsity It was a time of TV "heat and JOYABLE atmosphere. C-heering Squad: Ann Byrne, eat" dinners, going steady in N.F.C.C.S. COLLEGIATE RE- Louise Broomell, Joyce Culmone, grammar school, the sack, the Van VUE ... Bernice Solga and Judy Catherine Goldner, Patricia She- Doren scandal, the heart breaking Cabrini villo. Captain, Wachter will represent ·Maria Harding; move of the Dodgers, the tiny forCollege in the N.F.C.C.S. Collegi-. substitutes, Margaret Elgrim and eign car boom, the payola revelaate Revue at Villanova University Bernice Solga. tions, Peter Townsend, traffic tie on February 21st, St. Josep ·h's ups, commuter ulcers, three cars College on February 28th and to a family, super markets built March 11th, and La Salle College on almost every corner, bermudas, on March 18th. This year's theme jamaicas, long and short hemlines, I~ is really no news to proclaim Johnny and his lack of reading is along the lines of the BEATNIK -all in fun - and is composed of that a new deeade is here. (Ten ability, the ugly and non-ugly most progressive acts from the ten Catholic col- of mankind's Americans, McCarthyism, color leges\ in this area: Villanova, St. years have flown by, and now an- TV. the LP, Hi-Fi , Stereo, et cetother ten are facing us full of the era, et cetera. Joseph's, La Salle, Immaculata, • Rosemont, Chestnut Hill, Manor, promise that is peculiar to youth. In politics, it was a period of Gwynedd-Mercy, Holy ·Family, Perhaps we hopefuls will profit the Korean War, Stalin's most --- - - --~ and Cabrini. Tickets are $1.25 stag, Shea years and his death, of . the Philosophy Depart- tyrannical $2.00 drag. of Hungary and ment of Villanova University lec- the slaughter tured on the metaphysical aspects Tibet, the growth of China's powOPERA CLASSICA of music . . . from Gregorian er under the hammer and sickle, On Wednesday, February 17, Chant to "My Fair Lady." Dr. the summrt conferences and the O'Shea supplemented his lecture olans for future ones, a smiling 1960, at 8 p.m. -in .the Auditorium purigv visitor from the Kremlin, of Grace Hall, Dr. Robert S. 0'- with hi-fl records.
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vision neh\•orks. One is operated without any commercial advertising; the other makes broadcasting time available to private companies who in turn sell time to advert~sers. The commercial network 1n London differs from the commercial network in the United States. In London the <:ommercial network does not sell the programs. to advertisers but merely permits spot announcE:ments which last no longer than sixty seconds. T~e spot announcements are pern11tted to appear only before and after the program or during nat~ral breaks . The _television advert1s~rs have no direct contact with or influence on the program. Thus advertisers cannot dominate TV programs in London. The noncommercial advertising channel finances its operations ~Y collecti~g. a fee annually fro,m each telev1s1on set own~r. Both the commercial and non-commercial channels carry programs w.hich are analogous to American progr ,ams. Some of the popu lar shows inelude the Briti sh version o·f "What's My Line?" and "Wagon Train." In further comparing British with Ameri~an programs, one finds that serious programs are more popular on the London cha~nels. than are programs o'f a comic vein . Scrut inizing the various television practices abroad, one may ask the question, "Can American TV be improved?" If improvement is a goal, is it advisable for the American television companies to observe more closely and perhaps benefit from the practices of television operat ions abroad? Evelyn Cotteta, '61
We had sea novels in great quantity-The Cruel Sea, The Old Man and the Sea, and The Caine Mutiny, to name a few. There were The Silver historical novels Chalice, The Egyptian, and Andersonville. In a survey of the decade, no matter how slight it is, we can not omit our probing . "conscience" books because they are so typically American - The
etc. etc ..•. The past ten years saw the celebration o·f the Marian year, the death of the beloved Pius XII and the election of the benevolent John XXIJ:I, the completion of the shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., the furor over the over-population issue, and the wider realization that communism is atheistic dialectical materialism. It was an era of "My Fair L a d y, " ,,rr,,i. .L!LleTh reepenny Opera," ''The Sound of Music," and a great Shakespeare revival. Then we also had "On the Waterfront," "The Ten Commandments," 'Gigi," a.nd "High Noon," to name a few on the movie .front. We've enjoyed Rogers and Hammer -stein for a long time, and in these past few years we've had the opportunity to welcome Lerner and Lowe. We have also been perhaps less than privileged to watch Tennessee Williams move from the heights he reached with the touc·hing "The Glass Menagerie" down to t.he depths of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," and "The Sweet Bird of Youth." Most people will agree that our literature, more than anything else, shows how varied is American taste and how often the latter is completely lacking. In this eventful decade we had Life is Worth Living, A Man carted Peter, The Power of Positive Thinking, This I Believe, and also Peyton Place, Lolita, Lady Chatterley's Lover, and A House Is not a Home. To prove that these ex-
tremes in taste that we have affected were not accidental we can also recall Dr. Kinsey's famous reports, Morey Bernstein•s search 1 for Bridey Murphy, and Gerold Frank's revelations as a ghost writer about Lillian Roth, Diana , Barrymore, and Sheila Graham.
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American, The Status SeekThe Man in the Gray FlanSuit ' The Exurbanites , and House of Intellect. Then, of
course, we must include the books which fit into really no category and follow no trends. They simply sell by the thousands-Auntie Mame, Peanuts, The Education of a Poker Player, The Best from Ask Abby How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time The Mous~ that Roared and Th~ Complete Book of Etiq~ette. A French Dom-
inican came over to America for eight years to study our people · and left to find the peace to writeabout us in Image of Am-erica. We received praise from a .former inhabitant of the lower east side too in Only in America and For 2c Plain. We get plaudits and con- structive criticism from within and without it seems. Well, any- · way, it's better than indifference which is a luxury we c~ never afford. Our best seller.s are exceptionally varied; but in considering the great number of books produced and the generally hi gh quality of these books and the suddenly vast reading public of the '50's, we can also term this "the paper back age." On a whole, I don't think we did too badly. We could not possibly close without remarking on the rise in this past decade of the "niks." The most popular ones, of course. were the Beatniks and the Sputniks. The former is a rebel group currently thriving in our society. and the latter is also a group one of whic ·h was a Russian rocket which had the audacity to mar our romantic moon. Inez Robb was most succinct when she wrote in the World Telegram and Sun: '"We stood unshaken in our belief that the pad mad beats with an aversion to soap and sense are not necessarily the only vessels of truth, beauty, and wisdom.•• As for Mr. Sputnik, is it wrong to surmise that adherence to high moral purpose and principle is a greater weapon than a successful tec,hnological machine? Yes, the '50s were many things, mostly wonderful. They were sometimes awe-inspiring; they were even challenging; they were often frightening; and they were frequently heart-warmin ·g and joyous. Like most of Hemingway's heroes and heroines, we, who are timidly or bravely peeking in to the '60s, :have lived through a very trying time; and we are bloodied and a few are scarred; but, like his characters, we are unbowed and even victorious. It is such a fallacy to believe that easy times and a flux • of modern conveniences promote easy living. No, man always acts up to a major event, but he loses sight of the basic values of life when the living becomes easy. This is the subtle, insidious evil · we lived through and survived. As Miss Robb said: "Anyone who survived the '50s has nothing to fear in the '60s. Let us walk into the new decade with the courage and faith we have deserved to possess and let us wave a fond farewell to a most momentous age which is gone forever, but which will never be for gotten."