Rosaverian, Vol. XI, Issue 8

              Pag Two ROSAVARIAN
ROSAVERIAN, 1947- 48
Mem b e r A S SO C IA T E D CO L L EG IA T E PRESS
V o lum e X I Ma y 31, 1948 N um b e r 8
ED ITO R IA L STAF F
Editor-in-Chiej....................................................A n n e L e v s h a , ’48
Assistant E d i to r ..............................C h a r l o t t e P r i n g l e , ’49
Associate Editors.....................................D o r o t h y Sw a n , ’48
J e a n L ew i s , ’49
Art Editor............................................ L a u r am a r i e H o g a n , ’49
N EW S STAF F
M a r y F r a n c i s N a v a r a t r i l , ’4 8 ; P a t r i c i a M o r g a n , ’4 9 ;
K a t h e r i n e P e d l o w , ’4 9 ; C a r o l R a n n e y , ’4 9 ; S o p h i a
R u g a r e , ’4 9 ; C o n s t a n c e T r o i d l e , ’4 9 ; K a t h e r i n e
B e h r i n g e r , ’4 9 ; M a r g a r e t D y e r , ’5 0 ; J e a n F a r r e l l ,
’50; K a t h e r i n e F i t z p a t r i c k , ’5 0 ; M a r y R o s z y k i e w i c z ,
'5 0 ; A n n e T o o l e , ’5 0 ; J a n e t B e l l c o u r t , ’5 1 ; K a t h ­e
r i n e C a n t w e l l , ' 5 1 ; M a r y D a l e y , ’5 1 ; B e t t y J o y c e ,
’4 9 ; C e c e l i a K o l o c z y k , ’5 1 ; J a n e L i n em a n , ’51;
H e l e n e L ip p e r t , ’51; E l a i n e O ’R o u r k e , ’5 1 ; M a r y
P e n a s a c k , ’5 1 ; P a t r i c i a R e i l l e y , ’5 0 ; B e t t y A n n e
R i c h a r d s , ’5 1 ; M a r y J o a n R y a n , ’5 1 ; P a t r i c i a W h i t e .
’51.
C O L UM N I S T S
G ertr ude B eiche r t , Je a n B e n s o n , M arie B r o w n , R en a
Carr, M arie C hirico, M ary G a g a n , M ary M o r a n ,
M ary Jo a n R e il l ey , B arbara S h e e h a n .
BUSINES S STA F F
Business Manager..............................L u c i l l e M a s c h i r l , ’48
Assistant Business Managers— J e a n L o n g , ’5 0 ; J a n e C um ­min
g s , ’4 9 ; J a n e M c C o rm a c k , '49.
C IR C U L A T IO N STA F F
Circulation Manager.....................................M ary M arin, 48
M a r y L o u C o s e n k e , ’4 8 ; A lm a G o d b o u t , ’4 8 ; P a t ­r
i c i a M i n k , ’4 8 ; C a t h e r i n e S u l l i v a n , ’4 8 ; L o u i s e
Q u i n n , ’4 9 ; A n n C o s e n k e , ’5 0 ; M a r y D e lm a r , ’50;
M a r y G e i e r , ’5 0 ; F r a n c e s M u d g e , ’5 0 ; R i t a J e a n
E n r i g h t , ’5 1 ; R i t a M c D o n a l d , ’5 1 ; A n n e O 'C o n n o r ,
’48.
TY P IS T S
N ancy W h a l e n , ’4 8 ; K a t h l e e n Y o u n g , ’4 8 ; P atricia
H o l t o n , ’4 9 ; An n t o n in a M elita, ’51.
Mary’s May
T h e r e i s p o w e r i n g e n t l e n e s s , a n d M a y i s a
g e n t l e m o n t h . I t i s f i l l e d w i t h t h e w i s t f u l
w h i s p e r i n g s o f b r e e z e s s t i r r i n g t h r o u g h
n e w l e a v e s , a n d w i t h t h e f r e s h f r a g r a n c e o f
b a b y f l o w e r s d o t t i n g v e r d a n t l a w n s . I t i s
d e d i c a t e d t o a q u e e n l y m o t h e r w h o s e s m i l e
i s g e n t l e a n d w h o s e p o w e r i s g r e a t . I t i s
t h e m o n t h o f M a r y .
W e , S a i n t R o s e s t u d e n t s , p a i d t r i b u t e t o
M a r y o n t h e o p e n i n g d a y o f M a y . H a v e w e
b e e n d o i n g s o s i n c e ? W h e n w e p a r a d e d d o w n
t h e s t r e e t a n d p a r t i c i p a t e d i n t h e c e r e m o n i e s
a t C a p i t o l P a r k , c r o w d s a c c l a i m e d o u r d e v o ­t
i o n . W h e n w e s k i p a c o k e b e t w e e n c l a s s e s
t o s p e n d a f e w m o m e n t s i n c h a p e l s a y i n g
M a r y ’s r o s a r y , o n l y s h e a n d h e r d i v i n e s o n
w i t n e s s o u r d e v o t i o n . I s t h a t w h y t h e c h a p e l
i s n ’t o v e r c r o w d e d a s t h e s e M a y d a y s s l i p b y ?
W e h a v e a C a t h o l i c s e n s e o f v a l u e s — w h a t
a b o u t i t ? T h e r e a r e n ’t m a n y d a y s o f M a y
l e f t , b u t t h e n e e d f o r p r a y e r g o e s o n a n d o n .
R e m e m b e r , E t e r n i t y d o e s a l s o .
College Training?
C a u g h t i n t h e n e t o f c l a s s e s , a s s i g n m e n t s ,
a n d t e r m p a p e r s , c o l l e g e s t u d e n t s a r e i n ­c
l i n e d t o n e g l e c t t h e c u r r e n t e v e n t s s i d e o f
t h e i r e d u c a t i o n . W o r l d - s h a k i n g e v e n t s a r e
t a k i n g p l a c e — w h i l e t h e c o l l e g i a n c o m p l a ­c
e n t l y i g n o r e s t h e m .
T r a i n e d i n c o r r e c t t h i n k i n g h a b i t s , t a u g h t
t o e v a l u a t e , t h e c o l l e g e s t u d e n t h a s t h e q u a l i ­f
i c a t i o n s n e c e s s s a r y f o r u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d
i n t e r p r e t i n g n a t i o n a l a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l p r o b ­l
e m s . I n s t e a d , t h e a v e r a g e s t u d e n t r e c e i v ­i
n g h e r d e g r e e k n o w s m u c h o f t h e c u l t u r e o f
a n t i q u i t y , a n d i s o n l y v a g u e l y a w a r e o f
p r e s e n t - d a y e v e n t s . I s i t n o t a s t r a n g e s i t u a ­t
i o n ?
Campus
ALIAS B R A IN TWIST INO
P R E V IEW
B y Marie Chirloo
We l l students , here is your Las t
Laugh Is sue, or “J u s t a Br ea th
Awa y F rom E x am s ”). Since no one
s e ems to be the leas t perplexed
about the s i tu a t ion—we ha v e taken
it upon our se lv e s to g ive y ou “A
Glanc ing Review" of the bi t ter
affairs:
. . . This que s t ion never fa i ls to
be on World Geography final:
"State the numbe r of tons of coal
shipped out o f the Uni ted Sta te s in
an y g iv en y ea r .”
Correct answe r : In 1942—“n one .”
. . . F o r “T h a t Deb a te Course,"
they ne v e r h e s i ta te to put this one
in: “W h a t ’s the mo s t c ommon im­ped
iment in the spe e ch of Ame r i ­can
p e o p le ? ”
Answe r : “Chewing Gum.”
. . . This one the nur se s can even
store for the ir State Boards .
“W h a t would you do in the ca s e of
a per son e a t in g poisonous mu sh ­r
o oms? ”
Answe r : “R e c ommen d a chang e
of die t .”
. . , The Hi s to ry s tu d en t s usual ly
g e t off e a s y an ywa y . Bu t here is
a s t ick e r th a t ma y appear: “Who
is the S p eak e r of the House?"
Answe r : “Mother."
. . . I f thi s one h a s the nerve to
inser t i t s e l f on the sc ien c e quizz
you are al lo t ted full impudenc e
wi th this a n swe r . . . “W hen rain
falls, does it ev e r rise a g a in ? ”
Answe r : "Yes, lU dew t l iiie.’’
. . . We u nde r s tand tha t the la n ­gu
a g e d ep a r tmen t has mo s t of its
dif f icul ty wi th “mood” and “t en se .”
H e r e ’s one you can an swe r in an y
language . "Let the cow be taken
out of the lo t”. “W h a t mood?"
Answe r : “The cow.”
. . . F r om p a s t experience , it
s e ems as thou gh a dis s e r ta t ion on
the sa l iv a ry g lan d s is the fa vor i te
on the Bio lo g y exam, so ma y we
prepare you:
Answe r: A h—L e t ’s s e e—h umm—
w e l l . . e r .. n ow. . . i f . . . o h . . . so sorry,
but as y e t we can find n o th in g on
the se o r g an s—the y are much too
"se c r e t ive .”
. . . Chemis try s tudents , h e r e ’s
one th a t jus t came from the
mimeo g rap h room — (Th an k you
spy 2-4-6-S).
“When w a t e r b e come s ice, wh a t
is the g r e a t e s t ch an g e tha t take s
p la c e ? ”
Answe r : “T he price.”
. . . Th e y w o n ’t g ive us spa c e re ­quired
to do the phi losophys ju s ­tice.
Bu t all in all the y neve r fail
to a sk for a def init ion of the
course. So ma y we summa r iz e for
you:
“P hi lo sophy : A route of many
roads, leading from nowhe r e to
n o thing .”
. . . We expe c t this one to really
“s la y ” the “good p r ie s t s” wh o have
been so pa t ient in our religion
courses. May we add this to our
sins, s inc e th e y ’d a lwa y s quest ion:
“I f I we r e to be f logged for a
period of t ime, tha t would be cor­poral
punishment . Howeve r , i f I
were to be beheaded it would b e—
Answe r : B y all means CAP ITAL
F a th e r . . .
So Ros ebuds , if you feel indebted
to us for all you Itnow—we beg of
you not to ment ion such a mere
trifle...................
And now we end wi th a r eques t
from our dear educa to r s—a f te r you
are f inished wi th your ex am please
pa s s all the te s t papers to the side
of the a is le and kindly inse r t a
carbon sh e e t under the paper so
th a t all error s ma y be corre cted
at onc e . . . .
CAMPUS QUIZ
M a r y J o a n B e l l l e y
E a sy C h a ir
“All thr ough the y e a r ” w e ’ve
been a n swe r in g q ue s t ions put forth
to us by the facul ty, e i th e r v e rbal ly
or by mean s of a wr i t ten e x am in a ­t
ion. W e ’ve racked our brains,
pulled out hair and all but stood
on our heads try ing to g iv e the
co r r e c t a n swe r s wi th tha t def inite
minu te detai l th a t is a lw a y s needed
and v e ry def ini tely required for
th a t “g lo r iou s” A.
N ow before we once a g a in make
an a t temp t for tho se A ’s, let us
a sk the fa cu l ty a q ue s t ion . . . .
In your opinion w h a t w a s the mo s t
o u t s ta n d in g ev en t during the pas t
y ea r a t the col leg e?
Mo the r Ro s e , our Dean, fe e ls
th a t the c omin g of the beaut i ful
a n d ma gni f ic ent s ta tu e of Our
Lady of F a t ima , fol lowed by the
v e ry impr e s s iv e retr eat g iv en to us
by F a th e r Ro oney , ha v e played an
impo r tan t par t in the spir i tual
mood and spir i t of the g irls here
a t col lege . Mother Ro s e h a s been
d e eply impr e s sed by the a t ten d a n c e
o f the g ir ls in Chapel dur ing the
d ay a s wel l as at Mass.
S i s te r E u g e n ia has marve l led at
the in c r ea s ed a t ten d an c e at Chapel
d ur ing the day and wi l l nev e r
fo r g e t the c omin g of Our Lady of
F a t im a s ta tu e here at the col lege.
Mr. Wa l ton fe e ls tha t the a t ­t
i tude of the s tu d en t s in regard to
the S tu d en t S en a te h a s g r ea t ly im­proved
over i ts ini t ial first year.
Mr. Wa l ton also fe e l s th a t the s tu ­d
en t s realize the v a lue and the
w o rk involved wi th the Senate .
“F r om the d e sk o f Sis te r J oh n
J o s e p l i” we find m a n y thou gh t s .
S i s te r re c e ived many inspira t ions
fr om the Marian Congres s. . . .
f e l t v e r y proud s e e in g the S a int
R o s e “A rm y ” mar ch down Madison
A v en u e on May D a y wi th the
s t r a in s o f mus ic in the backg round
. . . and enjo y s w a t ch in g the in­t
e r e s t the En g l i sh 9 c la s s “ap­p
r e c ia t in g ” poetry.
S i s t e r F r a n c i s D en i s e wi l l neve r
fo r g e t tho s e many wonde r ful t ime s
tha t she h a s had at Cabrini Hal l
th i s y ea r wi th all tho s e nice
Seniors. Sis te r also will ne v e r for­g
e t the c omin g of the S ta tu e of
Our Lady of F a t ima .
S i s te r Em i ly J o s e p h wa s im­pr
e s sed by the spir i t of coope rat ion
and ini t ia t iv e and s in c e r i ty of the
g ir ls at the May D a y d emo n s t r a ­tion.
S i s te r Mary deLourde s c la ims
th a t a lot o f pr e t ty big th in g s have
hap p en ed this year. The r e ha v e
been m a n y con fe r en c e s th a t the
g ir ls h a v e a t ten d ed and the resul ts
o f th em will be v e ry impo r tan t in
the y e a r s to come.
S i s t e r Clara Agn e s w a s pleased
w i th the May D a y d emons tr a t ion
and the fa c t th a t Saint Ro s e w a s
in s trumenta l in s ta r t in g it.
S i s te r Ro sa ir e c la ims th a t the
ar r iv a l of the Sta tu e he r e at the
c o l leg e wa s the b ig g e s t e v en t of
the year. “Our Lady mus t ha v e
been touched by the m a n i f e s t g r a t i ­tude
o f the y ou n g gir ls wh o had
be en pr ivi leged to be the first on
th i s con t inent to pay her tr ibute .”
S i s t e r Noe l hai ls May D a y a s the
m o s t ou t s tan d in g ev ent o f the year.
F a th e r Ka y fe e ls th a t the end of
the school year is the mo s t im­po
r tant ev en t of the year.
S i s te r R i ta Agn e s will a lw a y s re­memb
e r the arrival of the s ta tu e of
Our Lady here at the col leg e and
the pecul iar c ir cums ta n c e s th a t
b rought her here.
S i s te r Th oma s F r a n c e s r emem­bers
c ou n t le s s e v en t s here a t the
col lege , but the one sh e ’ll n eve r
fo r g e t is the Madonnas. Th ey
w e r e the mo s t beaut i ful eve r se en
and lif ted her above the th in g s of
the earth to God and h e a v en and
the th in g s to come.
S i s te r Al ice Marie fe e ls tha t the
u nexpe c ted arrival of the P i lg r im
S ta tu e wa s the mo s t impr e s s iv e
e v en t th a t occurred th i s year.
And last, but not a t all the leas t ,
Mr. H a h n r emembe r s the May Da y
at the Capital.
B y MARY GAGAN A N D
B A R B A R A SH E E H A N
W e t w o c o l u m n i s t s , b e i n g o f o n e s o u n d
m i n d a n d b o d y , d o m a k e t h i s o u r l a s t a t t e m p t
a t w r i t i n g a c o l u m n . . . W e s h a l l n o t o n l y
l e a v e o n e b r o k e n d o w n t y p e w r i t e r , a n d o u r
w a s t e p a p e r b a s k e t ( a n d w e d o m e a n w a s t e
p a p e r ) t o o u r s u c c e s s o r s , b u t a l s o w e l e a v e
w e e b i t s o f p h i l o s o p h y t o o u r r e a d e r s . . . .
W e a r e l e a v i n g t h i s w i t h t h e E d i t o r t o b r i n g
t o t h e p r i n t e r , a n d p r o b a b l y a f t e r y o u h a v e
r e a d i t , y o u ’l l w i s h t h a t w e h a d l e f t o u r s e l v e s .
L e f t , t h a t i s , f o r t h e r i c h e r w o o d s o f M a s ­s
a c h u s e t t s , o r f o r a n y p a r t , a n y w o o d s . W e
h a v e h e a r d t h e s t o r y t h a t i n a f o r e s t a d a i n t y
d o e w a s t r i p p i n g a l o n g g r a c e f u l l y . S u d d e n l y
s h e m e t t w o y o u n g b u c k s , p r a n c i n g w i t h
p r i d e a l o n g t h e l o g g i n g r o a d .
“ H e l l o , ” s a i d t h e y o u n g b u c k s .
“ H e l l o , t h e r e , ” s a i d t h e y o u n g d o e .
“ W h e r e a r e y o u t r i p p i n g t h i s f i n e m o r n ­i
n g ? ”
“ W e t h o u g h t , ” s a i d o n e o f t h e b u c k s , “ t h a t
w e ’d g o o u t a n d m a k e a l i t t l e d o u g h . ”
“ C a n ’t I g o a l o n g t o o ? ” a s k e d t h e d o e , “ I
c o u l d d o w i t h a c o u p l e o f b u c k s m y s e l f ! ”
T h e r e f o r e , t o t h e s e n i o r s , w e s a y , t h a t i n
l o o k i n g f o r y o u r f u t u r e j o b s , d o n ’t p u t t o o
m u c h s t r e s s o n t h e m o n e y f a c t o r , f o r r e m e m ­b
e r “ Y o u C a n ’t T a k e I t W i t h Y o u ” . . .
I n f a c t , t h e g o v e r n m e n t w i l l t a k e m o s t o f i t
a n y w a y . . . B u t w h a t t h e y c a n ’t t a k e a w a y
f r o m y o u i s t h e i n f l u e n c e t h a t y o u a r e a b l e
t o h a v e o n w h o m e v e r y o u m i g h t m e e t . . . .
R e m e m b e r w h a t y o u a r e , w h a t y o u ’v e g o t ,
a n d w h a t y o u c a n d o . . .
“ B e y o n d t h e n e x t f e w w e e k s
L i e s a w o n d e r f u l d a y ;
W e m e a n o u r g r a d u a t i o n .
W h a t a g r e a t s e n s a t i o n !
W e l e a v e o u r A l m a M a t e r ,
O u r B r e a k f a s t C l u b a n d s o n g f e s t s .
A n d a f t e r g r a d u a t i o n
T a k e a l o n g , l o n g r e s t . ”
A n t i c i p a t i n g t h i s g r e a t d a y o f t h e p r e s e n ­t
a t i o n o f t h e “ s h e e p s k i n , ” w e a r e o v e r ­w
h e l m e d w i t h t h e p o t e n t i a l a c h i e v e m e n t s
t h a t l i e o p e n t o u s . . . P r o b a b l y n o w , t h e y
w i l l l e t u s e x p l o r e t h e “ s t a c k s ” i n t h e S t a t e
L i b r a r y . . . . W e a l w a y s w o n d e r e d w h a t
d e e p s e c r e t s l a y i n t h a t o t h e r r o o m , w h e r e
s t u d e n t s n o r d o g s a r e a l l o w e d t o e n t e r . I t i s
o n l y t o t h e l i b r a r i a n t h a t t h e s a c r e d t r u s t i s
b e s t o w e d t o d e s c e n d i n t o t h e “ i n n e r
s a n c t u m ” t o l o o k u p o u r “ C a l l N u m b e r ” . . .
A n d a s t h e s e c o n d d a y p a s s e s , a n d s h e h a s
n o t y e t r e t u r n e d , w e w o n d e r i f w e s h o u l d g e t
h e r “ c a l l n u m b e r ” a n d r e p o r t h e r t o t h e
L i b r a r y B u r e a u o f M i s s i n g P e r s o n s !
M a y b e n o w w e ’l l b e a b l e t o g o a n y p l a c e
a n d o r d e r o n l y a c u p o f c o f f e e . . . . W e ’v e
h e a r d i t s a i d t h a t a c o l l e g e g r a d u a t e c a n g e t
a c u p o f c o f f e e a n y w h e r e f o r a d i m e . . .
w h e t h e r i t b e S t i t t i g ’s o r t h e A s t o r . . .
N o w , i n l a t e r y e a r s , i n S t i t t i g ’s o r s u c h
p l a c e s , w h e n a c r o w d i s a r o u n d , w e ’l l b e a b l e
t o f i g u r e o u t t h e c h e c k r i g h t l y . . . . G a d !
F o r a l o n g t i m e w e t h o u g h t a l l y o u h a d t o
d o w a s t a k e t h e t o t a l a m o u n t o f t h e b i l l ,
d i v i d e i t b y t h e t o t a l n u m b e r o f p e o p l e
p r e s e n t a n d t h a t g a v e y o u t h e a m o u n t e a c h
o n e h a d t o p a y ! B u t t h e n w e f i g u r e d o u t t h e
f a c t t h a t n o t e v e r y o n e g o t t h e s a m e o r d e r .
T h e y w e r e a l l d i f f e r e n t i n p r i c e a n d t a s t e .
T h i s s t u m p e d u s .
B u t a s c o l l e g e g r a d u a t e s , e a c h o f u s w i l l
h a v e e n o u g h i n t e l l i g e n c e , I . Q . , s h e e p s k i n , t o o ,
t o p l a c e h e r o w n o r d e r , a n d p a y h e r o w n
c h e c k . . . . O h , t h e n i s t h e t i m e t h a t w e
a r e e x p e c t e d t o l e a v e “ t i p s ” ! !
G u e s s w e h a d b e t t e r l e a v e y o u n o w w i t h
a m o r e s o u n d m i n d a n d b o d y . . . a n d m a y
w e i m p a r t t h i s l a s t a n d m o r e v a l u a b l e
“ t i p ” ? . . .
H a v e s t r e n g t h ! B e y o u r s e l f , b e h a p p y , a n d
y o u ’l l b e s u c c e s s f u l ! !
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