Rosaverian, Vol. XIX, Issue 12

              Page Four T H E R O S A V E R I A N May 1, 1956
P E N
S C R A T C H
By DJ and Ro
The WI’s say that Eloise and Skipperdee, her sneaker clad
turtle, are a little picnic. We hope that we two precocious grown­ups
don’t get slonked in our respective knee caps for being tired,
tired, tired from the pain and the fever.
Stop! Look! and Lead! — Learn also at Leadership Day how
to catch a caboose.—See Nancy DiGiulio for specifics.
Seems the snow was falling inside the RPI Field House imme­diately
after the Saint Rose - Fordham Glee Club Concert. Helen
Leonard was the center of this black magic. Hmmm—What to do?
April showers are wonderful! Ann Ahern will agree to this,
and Carol Mitchell and Elaine Del Gallo are glad..
Will the owner of Amsterdam license plated car parked out­side
the Capitol building. Mock Senate Weekend please take no­tice:
Your front left tire is still flat, you’re parked in front of a
driveway, your motor’s running, and the doors are locked!
Someone dove for the oysters and Rosemary Russell is sure
happy about it. Beautiful pearls make a wonderful surprise birth­day
gift for Rosemary.
Sally’s finger won’t be Hyer—it’ll be lower. But Sally plans
to get a chain for her emerald Seton Hall ring.
A tip from the teethridge for Ann Nardella and the circu­lation
staff—next time try carrier pigeon.
What makes practice teaching so pleasant? Fran Karp, Ann
Marie Bellantoni and Mabel Dolores Shaw say, “I t’s that nice car,
the blue boog, that drives us down to VI each day.”
WHEREAS, individuals are at a loss for meaningful words in
many situations, and
WHEREAS these individuals resort to either trite phrases and
obsolete terms, and
WHEREAS the point is never gotten over, and
WHEREAS we think this situation should be alleviated, be it
RESOLVED the policy of said column will be to acquaint our
ardent fans with henceforth unprecedented words and phra­ses
adaptible in all predicaments.
A few worthy examples—Beach badge, glub, and slonk.
One Arkansas peach will be awarded to any sane sage who
can skibble through this squibble and salvage a sensible stanza.
Editor's note; Just keeping the statistics straight—Congrats,
D.J.! The score is eight for eighteen—and I don’t mean calories.
M A Y D A Y T H R O U G H T H E C E N T U R I E S . . .
By DORT DeCUFFA
R n i l d i n g F u n d M a k e s
R e p o r t O n C o n c e r t
On May 3 the Chairmen of
all the Concert Committees will
meet for dinner and a business
meeting. Although all proceeds
are not in yet, an estimate will
be made of this year’s totals.
The number of patrons and
advertisers for the 1956 program
exceeded that of any previous
year. It is especially noteworthy
that the number of clergy of the
diocese answering our appeal
increased and the number of
parents who were patrons
reached an all-time high.
The student Committee will
be able to report that their Bake
Sale more than covered the ex­pense
of the post-Concert dance.
In fact they are able to cover
the cost of the busses hired to
take the Glee Club members to
rehearsal and Concert. Joan
Dromgoole will present her
successor, Judy Mesick, to the
Committee.
That all-important group of
workers, the Mothers of the
Saint Rose students, met last
night to discuss this year’s ac­tivities
and to plan for next
year. Mrs. Kyran Maher chaired
the highly successful Smorgas­bord
and the Mothers Concert
Committee this year, and Mrs.
William Dollard was Chairman
of the fine Card Party.
The final financial results of
the big affair will be announced
soon.
T H E F O R G O T T E N
Alone in the wastelands
of a white, white plain;
I exist on the nose
of a romantic swain.
The girls all adore me, and
the men — they ignore me.
But what do I care that
I’m just a brown speckle
That commonly goes
by the name of a freckle?
—Rosemary Kallenburg, ’59
NSA REPORT . . .
(continued from page 3)
The meeting for campus co­ordinators
and student govern­ment
members concerning NSA
on the campus was another in­novation.
This successful idea
was carried out in the form of
group dyanmics. The group con­cluded
that: 1. NSA on the cam­pus
is a committee serving all
the students through the Stu­dent
Government and clubs.
2. The NSA campus committee
is not another club on campus,
but a committee acting as an
arm of Student Government.
3. The NSA campus committee
is the “idea branch” of Student
Governmen and is not essential­ly
a “project organization.”
These ideas form the basic struc­ture
of a campus committee.
These were not originated at
this meeting but were reiterat­ed
because of the realiza­tion
that too many campuses
have knowingly substituted
other values and standards for
an NSA campus committee.
In Medieval and Tudor England, May Day was a great public
holiday. All classes of people were up at dawn and went a-Maying.
Branches of flowers and trees were brought back in triumph to
the towns and villages, the centre of the procession being occupied
by a Maypole—glorious with ribbon and wreaths.
These Maypoles were a special eyesore to the Pilgrims. They
were forbidden by Parliament in 1644 and came into favor after the
Restoration.
May Day was selected as an International Labor Holiday by
the International Socialist Congress of 1889. It has since been
selected by trade unions, Social­ist
parties and labor organiza­tions
in general for public cele­bration
except the United
States, Canada and Italy. It was
intended that workers have a
holiday on this day, and is an
official holiday in Russia.
In Albany, May 1, 1947, a
“May Day Rally” was held at
the College of Saint Rose. The
demonstration of faith on the
part of the 500 participants was
so sincere that a pattern was
formulated for Albany and the
first Public May Day was held
Saturday, May 1, 1948. It con­sisted
of a parade and a pro­gram
of prayer “for our coun­try
and the world.” 4,000 peo­ple
participated. In 1951 this
May Day demonstration grew
into a Diocesan-wide event. On
that day, 70,000 people par­ticipated,
The Marian Year May
Day brought new honor and in­creased
devotion to the Blessed
Mother, 80,000 people partici­pated,
May 1, 1954,
Rain or shine, patriotic citi­zens
marched the streets of Al­bany
to honor Mary and pray
for peace. It rained on Sunday,
May 1, 1949 and it rained May
1, 1953. Despite the unceasing
downpours, 50,000 people from
100 communities in the diocese
united in tribute to God and
country in 1953.
For its public affirmation of
faith and for its positive empha­sis
on peace, the 1952 May Day
won for the College of Saint
Rose the “George Washington
Medal of Honor” from the Free­doms
Foundation of Valley
Forge as “May Day—^American
Plan.”
May Day 1956 is a public pro­fession
of faith in God, an ex­pression
of honor due to the
Queen of Peace, and an affirma­tion
of the American Way of
Life—freedom under God.
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O’CONNOR’S
RESTAURANT
104 State Street
Phone: 5-9100
RELIGIOUS ART
SHOP
115 Central Avenue
Wholesale emd Retail
Phone: 4-7815
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BEST WISHES ANY EVENING
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M u s i c M a j o r s R e c e i v e
C h a n c e F o r S l u d y
Adrienne Wroblewski was
granted a scholarship during
Easter. This entitles her to a t­tend
the Arundel Summer Op­era
Theater at Kennebunkport,
Maine. The theater is run by
Mr. Boynton and Mr. Haith-waite
who produced “Patience”
three years ago at our College.
Sue Charland will go to Bos­ton,
April 30 where she will
compete for a scholarship with
girls from Catholic colleges from
all over the U.S. Sue will rep­resent
the Albany Diocese for
this scholarship which is given
by the National Catholic Music
Educators Association,
SOPHOMORE SOIREE . . .
(continued from page 1)
chiarmen are: Margaret Mary
Grogan, refreshments; Sandra
Brady, bids; and Agnes Mul-derry,
publicity. Directing the
decorations committee is Kath­erine
Connell, Gloria Stuart is
in charge of orchestra.
The Class invites the mem­bers
of the student body to a t ­tend
the Sophomore Soiree.
P a r i s i a n C a f e P a r t y
H e l d B y F r e n c h C l u b
L a s t W e e k I n A p r i l
The French room took on a
new glow as Helen Leonard,
president, unfolded preparations
for the Parisian Cafe Party held
Tuesday, April 24, at 4:40 p.m.
With gay French music playing
in the background, members
and their guests relaxed at cafe
tables where they were served
cookies and soda by hostesses
Joan Leddy and Ann Wild, Dur­ing
this period of gaiety, re­freshment,
and relaxation, a de­lightful
program in the form of
a variety show was presented,
Ann Micklos, Vickie Cardona,
Mary Rita Gadway, and Mary
Duggan prepared two skits
which were followed with a
dance by Judy Mesick and
Phyllis DeVivo, Although we
were not so lucky as to see any
original Jacques Fath creations,
Joan Leddy arranged a “Spring
Fashion Show” to acquaint us
with the latest in campus and
date-time apparel. The follow­ing
new freshman members,
under the direction of Carol
Reedy rendered a medley of
French songs: Kathleen McGee,
Carol Reedy, Audrey Reese
Mary Stauss, Yolanda Montouro,
Mary Davidson, and Roberta
Koskey,
Distribution of the spring edi­tion
of the French newspaper
concluded the novel social event.
At the May 8 meeting of
Peace Club, the Mock Senate
delegates will give reports on
the Mock Senate held in
April.
'"Mary Lou, next time tell your
young man to use the telephone!'^
You can use all sorts of gimmicks to keep in
touch with your dolly — carrier pigeons, smoke
signals, guided skyrockets, two tin cans with a
long string between them. However, if you want
to make sure she gets your message, do your
cooing on the telephone! And Long Distance
doesn’t wallop your wallet, either. You get Bar­gain
Rates nights after 6 and any time Sundays.
So before she starts longing for some close-by
clown, call her Long Distance and bring her
near , . . hear? New York Telephone Co.