Rosaverian, Vol. XX, Issue 4

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Vol. XX College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York, November 9, 1956 No. 4
Shadows To Show Shakespeare
With Tour In One' Production
The flag is up! Across the Hudson and up the hill to St. Jos­eph’s
Auditorium of the College of Saint Rose in Albany town
will come lovers of Shakespeare. One thousand strong, they will
be on hand the nights of Nov. 19 and 20 at 8:15 to see four of
Shakespeare’s finest performed: Macbeth, Merchant of Venice
Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night. The plays have been edited
to one performance length by means of omission of sub plots.
FALL FANTASIA' THEME OF THE SENIOR BALL TONIGHT,
FATHER EDGAR HOLDEN SPEAKS AT COMMUNION BREAKFAST
Tonight from 9:00 to 1:00 the Class of 1957 will hold its Senior Ball, entitled “Fall Fantasia.”
The auditorium of St. Joseph’s Hall will be transformed into a blaze of gold and russet while the
girls and their dates dance to the music of Don Killion and his orchestra. An “unburied treas­ure”
awaits the eyes of all who attend.
General chairman for the event is Gail Prediger, class president. Assisting her are the fol­lowing
committee heads: Mary Ellen Hogarty, decorations; Pat Koonz, bids; Jane Buckley, music;
•n 1 m . r>ff. Stanton, refreshments; Kit-
Frosh Elect Officers
MARTIN KELLY directs Katherine Berger and Larry Mc­Donald
during rehearsal for Shadows production of Macbeth.
Acted by members of Shadows of Saint Rose and the Coventry
Players of Siena and directed by Mr. Kelly, “Accent on Shakes­peare”
includes the creame of the play crop.
Starring in these productions are the following girls:
Prologues for Comedy: Susan Gladding. Prologues for Tra­gedy:
Ann McGrath. Merchant of Venice: Portia, Patricia Ebel;
Nerissa, Jane Spain, and Portia’s servant, Gloria Stuart.
Romeo and Juliet: Juliet,
Joan Shaw; Nurse, Phyllis Hart;
Lady Capulet, Elaine Kokoski.
Twelfth Night; Viola Justine
McCarthy; Olivia, Carol Ann
Daley; Maria, Susan Campbell.
Macbeth: Lady Macbeth,
Katherine Berger; Witches,
First, Patricia Becker; Witches,
Second, Sheila Mahoney; Wit­ches,
Third, Marcia Gleason;
Apparitions, First, Eileen Bish­op;
Apparitions, Second, Pat­ricia
Walsh; Apparitions, Third,
Virginia Kennedy; Lady Mac­beth’s
servant, Virginia An­thony;
Lady Macduff, Ann Del­aney;
Macduff’s Son, Joyce Pal-ka;
Lady Macduff’s servant,
Margaret Noonan; Nurse to La­dy
Macbeth, Adrienne Wrob-lewski;
Fleance, Patricia Smith.
Tickets are priced as follows:
students 85 cents, high school
students 50 cents (Tuesday
Matinee at 3:30), regular admis­sion
$1.25, reserved seats $1.60.
They are available at the Ten
Eyck Record Shop in Troy, Van
Curler Record Shops in Albany
and Schenectady or from any
Saint Rose Shadows member.
So “f ly thee hence.” Get your
tickets and be in the audience
when the “two hours traffic of
our stage” begins.
Marjorie Connors Goes
To Syracuse Meeting
Marjorie Connors ’57, repre­sented
Saint Rose and the A l ­bany
County Chapter, Ameri­can
Red Cross at the Fourth
Annual New York State Col­lege
Act ivit ies Conference, held
in Syracuse, Oct. 26, 27.
There will be a Card Par­ty
for Saint Rose mothers
next Monday evening, Nov.
12, at 8 p.m. in the Audi­torium.
Rhodocrisia Debates
National Pros And Cons
Saturday, Oct. 27, four mem­bers
of Rhodocrisia, the col­lege
debate club, took part in
an intercollegiate debate tour­nament
held at Hamilton Col­lege
in Clinton, N. Y. They
discussed the pros and cons of
the national debate topic which
is: "Resolved; the United
States should discontinue di­rect
economic aid to foreign
countries." Loretta Barkevich
and Trudi Kinstler, holding the
affirmative view, met represen­tatives
from Le Moyne and St.
Lawrence University. Sheila
Mahony and Sheila Robinson
upheld the negative cause
against Syracuse University and
the University of Pittsburg. Re­sults
will be announced at a
later date.
Freshmen Dance At
Recent Red Cross Affair
Yesterday, Thursday, Nov. 8,
Red Cross held a freshmen-get-
acquainted get-together at
Brubacker Hall, State College
for Teachers. Area college
freshmen were invited. Mar­jorie
Connors was chairman;
Sue Campbell, in charge of
hostesses.
In the freshman class elec­tion,
held Monday, Oct. 29, at
the class meeting, the follow­ing
representatives were chosen:
Ann Conley, president; Beth
Gormley, vice-president; Rose
Mary Reilly, treasurer; Peggy
Mullady, secretary; Gene Fla­herty
and Marica Rapp, Build­ing
Fund representatives; Ger­ry
McPhillips, parliamentarian;
June Marshall, Terry Fitzger­ald,
Sue Maher, and Joanne
Milhausen, Social Committee
representatives.
Rose Leaves Travels
The College of Saint Rose is
being represented by three
members of the Rose Leaves
1957 staff at the Associated Col­legiate
Press Convention in
Cleveland, Ohio this weekend.
Mary Duggan, Editor, Ann
Marie Gackenheimer, Assistant
Editor, and Moya Coan, Busi­ness
Manager left for Cleve­land
yesterday morning and
will return Sunday night.
The convention opened at
7:45 last night. Meetings are
being held today and Saturday
on lay-out, photography, and
advertising. A banquet and
dinner dance will close the con­vention
tomorrow night at the
Hotel Statler.
S a in t R o se B e g in s A m e ric a n E d u c a tio n W eek I n
F u ll S w in g W ith N a s s , T o u r s , F o rum , A n d Open C lasses
Starting this Sunday, N o v . l l ,
until Nov. 17, American Educa­tion
Week will be observed
here at the College of Saint
Rose. The varied activities will
begin with a Missa Recitata
(Dialogue Mass) to be offered
Sunday, at 10:00 in the College
Chapel in thanksgiving for free­dom
of education in America.
From 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday there
will be Open House with tours
of the campus, including the
Science Hall, St. Joseph Hall,
College Library, and the resi­dence
halls.
In the forum which will fol­low,
“International Focus on
American Education,” foreign
students Pat Jorge, Regini To-marche,
Sawoko Ujiie, and
Marcia Stringfellow will reveal
their impressions of American
education. The chairman is
Betty Hasselman. American
participants in the forum will
be Eileen Bishop, Jean Anelle,
Marcia Gleason, and Simone
Manny. An oriental fashion
show is also included in the pro­gram.
St. Rose graduate Olive
Houghton ’40, formerly Senior
Educational Adviser with the
U. S. Army in Okinawa, will
then give “Report on American
OLIVE HOUGHTON, Forum speaker on Sunday’s program.
Education Overseas.”
On Monday, Nov. 12, from
9:25 to 3:45, visitors will be
conducted to classes of their
choice after registering in the
lobby of the Science Hall. The
following night, Tuesday, at
8:00 in the Lecture Room, alum­nae
and faculty members will
discuss with students the fu­ture
of the Saint Rose gradu­ate
in the symposium: “Infor­mation
Please About the Saint
Rose Graduate.” Those who are
ty McCarville, publicity.
The receiving line will in­clude
the following: Sister Eu­genia,
Sister Rosaleen, Rev.
Edward O’Malley, Rev. John
Collins, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Murphy, Mr. Walter Hahn, Mr.
and Mrs. Lyle McDermott, Gail
Prediger and Joseph Long.
A Communion Breakfast in
conjunction with the dance was
held after 8:30 Mass this morn­ing
for all seniors. Main speak­er
for the breakfast was the
Reverend Edgar Holden, O.F.M.
Professor of Dogmatic Theology
at St. Anthony’s-on-the-Hudson,
Father is also chaplain at the
Academy of the Holy Names in
Albany and teacher of Religion
and Ethics at St. Peter’s School
of Nursing, Albany. Chairman
of the breakfast was Sara
Rosano.
Next Assembly To
Feature Communism
In order to acquaint the stu­dent
body with the evils of
Communism and its threat in
the ’ world today, the members
of Rhodocrisia have prepared
a panel discussion to be pre­sented
at the assembly program
next Wednesday, Nov. 14. Com­munism
will be discussed un­der
different aspects and will
be contrasted with our Amer­ican
way of life.
The presentation is in keeping
with the aim of the club — to
enlighten the students of today
on the problems of contempor­ary
America and to give them
a clear conception of truth in
regard to affairs of current in­terest.
The panel will consist of four
club members with Kay Funi-celli
as chairman. The assembly
is under the direction of the
Reverend John Howard Mul-cahy,
moderator of Rhodocrisia.
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expected to take part in the
discussion are Mr. Walter
Hahn, Sister Rosaire, Doreen
Roach, Laurene Lockwood,
Gail Morrow, and Sue Ryan.
At the 2:50 Assembly, So­dality
and Student Senate will
launch the Campus Charities
Drive; at 3:30 the Debate Club,
Rhodocrisia, will present “An
Expose of Communism.” In
connection with American Ed­ucation
Week the aim of Saint
Rose student leaders in these
assemblies is to direct student
action for the community and
stimulate student thinking on
international issues.