Rosaverian, Vol. XXI, Issue 9

              Four THE RO SA V E R IAN March 7, 1958
Boston Charms Clever Classics Majors;
Education, Fun Narks Whirlwind Weekend
By ROSEMARY KENNY
It was in a state of excitement and nervous tension that the
classics-minded group comprising two sisters of St. Joseph, Sister
Emily Joseph and Sister Catherine Bede, and four Saint Rose girls,
Juliette Antunes, Bernadette Verdile, Sally Doyle, and Rosemary
Kenny, set out for Boston, on February 14. The excitement was
quite natural since for most of us this was our first classics con­vention.
The nervous tension
Snow Closes School!
Snow Paralyzes City
Snow! Snow! Snow!
The blizzard of ’58 hit Al­bany
Sunday, Feb. 16, and left'
behind 17.6 inches of snow and
below-zero temperatures
The result: (excuse the pun)
there was “s’no school” on Mon­day,
Feb. 17, the first ti.me in
the history of the College. For
boarders and dayhops alike this
meant a reprieve from books
but an added sentence of t^e
snow shovel as walks and drive­ways
were cleared. In fact,
Sunday morning, Father Gla-vin
had a team of angels push­ing
him up and down Madison
Avenue. Drifts in some areas
mounted to undreamed of
heights. Houses and un-garaged
cars were tucked in their feath­ery
blanket. People even began
to scoff at the notion of the
earth getting warmer and a
few would-be-authors began
their journals “The Week We
Were Snowbound.” Children
were ecstatic, building tunnels
from house to house. It was a
time to remember.
The following Friday, Feb.
21, a toboggan party was held
to put this snow to good use.
From 8:30 to 11 p.m. the hills
at Municipal Golf Course were
filled with girls—going down
the hill with a shriek and climb­ing
back up with a puff. TVje
often heard remark seemed to
be “Why don’t they get a tow
line?” Sixty sports-minded
young ladies turned out and
back in for refreshments—hot
coffee and soda — in the Club
House.
Red faces, smiles and ski
sweaters marked the gathering,
a happy compensation for those
who had planned the party:
Peg Ruditis, Social Committee
chairman: Ellen Beth Michaelis,
Sue Maher, Fran Harlfinger —
publicity; Elaine Cristalli, Al­ice
Brumagim, Mary Lou Cal-leo—
bus arrangements.
was also quite natural, as one
cf the party had not made the
t ain by starting time. Fortu­nately,
trains do not always
run right on schedule, and its
delay that morning was enough
to enable the missing member
of the party to join us.
The train ride itself was un­eventful,
and in no time we ar­rived
in Boston. After a Boston
shore dinner, we took in the
current hit play, “No Time for
Sergeants.” Saturday morning,
we attended Mass at Our Lady
of the Railways’ Chapel in
South Station, got in some hur­ried
shopping, and arrived
breathless at the Boston Mu­seum
of Fine Arts. Here, we
not only delighted in the art of
ancient Greece, Rome, and
Egypt, but also saw the two
Rembrandt masterpieces ac­quired
by the museum for
$1,000,000.00.
—Rev. Schoder Speaks
A t Philips Academy. An­dover,
we finally came to the
highlight of our whole trip.
Dr. Savage, former head of
the classics department of
Fordham University, opened
the meeting with a paper on
Vergil's fourth Georgic. Fol­lowing
this venerable, erudite
scholar, was Raymond V.
Schoder. S.J., head of the
classics department of West
Baden College, and former
director of the Vergilian Sum­mer
School at Cumae. Father
illustrated his highly inter­esting,
informative, and en­tertaining
lecture on the Ver­gilian
countryside with mag­nificent
color slides. A tea and
a showing of three unusual
Vergiliana collections.
Thus ended our classical con­vention,
and when we boarded
the Saturday night train for
Albany, exhausted but happy,
we were just that much more
certain of two things: classicists
are the most amiable people in
the world, and the classics can
be fun.
• • ■ M M HK T> CHOOMt.
Peek Thro' The Curtain
At Interclass Plays
The suspense is growing.
Small groups of girls are seen
in confidential meetings. The
race is on to use the auditor­ium
during the evening.
The reason for this is the ap­proaching
of interclass play
competition. The names and
even the themes of the plays
are still a secret and. unless
there is a “slip o’ the tongue.”
they will remain so until the
night of March 21.
—Seniors Confident
Serena Han, director of the
senior play remarked, "This
play has a theme that is unus­ual.
It is about something that
happens every day but to which
we pay little or no attention."
Members of the cast of the sen­ior
play include; Eileen Bishop,
Carol Daly, Fran Durso, Elaine
Kokoski, Sheila Mahony, Sim­one
Manny, and Adriene Wrob-lewski.
—Juniors Optimistic
Trapping the junior play di­rector,
Yolanda Montuoro, we
extracted this statement, "It
(the play) is going to be entire­ly
different from what the class
of 1959 has previously present­ed,
and we hope the audience
will enjoy it." Cast members
are: Pat Becker, Kathy Berger,
Alice Brumagim, Barbara Cal­lahan,
Nancy Maher, Audrey
Reece, Diane Valente. Prompt­ers
are Sandy Coy and Sylvia
Hugh. Stage Crew includes
Maureen Noonan, Dottie Ram-roth.
—Sophomores Aren't Saying
Sophomore play director,
Joan Middlebrooks, made "No
Comment." She did, however,
divulge the names of cast meip-bers:
Eve Bell, Carol Cordell,
Eileen Cregg, Pat Jackson, Reg­ie
Lenehan, Gerry McPhillips,
Mary Murray, and Janice Neill.
Lydia Cevers, Lois Fenzl, Ton-ita
Ferradino, Pat Opar, arid
Rosemary Reilly make up the
crew.
—Freshmen Enthusiastic
"Win, lose or draw—the class
of '61 is ahead because of the
wonderful time we are having
on and off stage with our un­ique
play." This is the state­ment
of Terry Higgins, fresjh-man
class play director. If the
number of girls in the play is
any indicator of success, the
freshmen have the prize with
Rosalie Cimino, Ellen Conway,
Ann Hurley, Martha LaCroix,
Maureen Mulligan, Ellen Mur­phy,
Mary Beth Nolan, Myrna
O’Neil, Judith Rundel, Mar­guerite
Tate, and Catherine
Wurz.
Good Luck to all.
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL
(continued from page 3)
establishment has been fash­ioned
after the American pat­tern
of firm civilian control.
Another panelist, Dr. Joseph
Thomas, Press Attache and
Consul, opposed Kennan’s the­ory
of disengagement, saying
that the Soviet Union cannot be
trusted in any “paper arrange­ment.”
The political panel was
moderated by Rev. Sixtus
O’Connor, vice president of
Siena.
In his summarization of the
meetings. Dr. Seger stressed
the grave need of a knowledge
of foreign languages in the field
of foreign relations.
PEN
SCRATCH
By NOON-GLO
“Snowed under” was a favorite expressicn of many collegians
these past weeks as the area was covered with snov/, snow and
more snow.
Despite the inclement weather the weekends we:’C numercus.
Saint Rcse was represented at RPI’s Saturnalia by: Ellen Conway,
Ann Hinchey, Sue Stehr, Janette Kling, Carol Kearney, Pat Jack­son,
Gerry Reilly (will it never end?), Janice Leary, Marilyn Smith,
Sheila Robinson, Julie Hopkins, and Jan McFadden. We would
venture to say that Saint Rose has gained ground at RPI or vice
versa. Not to be excluded, Amy Frany, Eve (Yvcnne) Bell, and
Diane Connelly braved the elements to attend Union’s weekend,
while Loretta Barkevich, Simone Manny, and Marilyn Morone
graced the Siena Snow Ball.
Miss Jones, "How would you plan a second grade reading
program?" (excerpt from a recent interview of a Sociology Major),
100th night dmner for the seniors witnessed applause for the
celebrated Lynn Wessel—who ignored the taunts of the masses
and ordered the one and only roast beef.
For the hearts and flowers department, Jan Manning is pret­ty
“steady” where a certain boy is concerned. The valentines
were bestowed with special tokens—diamonds— to Barb Hughes,
Dot Christensen, and Mary Jean Ambrose.
Many Saint Rose seniors have shown a definite interest in
law and those who practice it, as proven by the turn out at the
recent Albany Law Convention.
Note writing is a pet peeve of all teachers and Miss Conig-lio
is no exception—but recent notes which she confiscated dur­ing
class are considered treasures in the flattery department.
In the scarlet face department we nominate Agnes Mulderry
for her cool “collectiveness” in introducing a speaker who wasn’t
there and Peg Noonan (Noon) who came to the rescue at the re­cent
Father-Daughter Dinner when she substituted for Joan Shaw
and Dot Boland who were stranded in the snow for five hours.
The day of the wearing of the green is fast approaching. It
is reported that the Biltmore Hotel will be the meeting place of
many leprechauns. Bring your shamrocks—and your blarney.
PANEL SPEAKERS . . .
(continued from page 3)
Miss Jocelyn A. White, 1st Lt.,
U. S. Army—“Armed Services.”
The 1958 Career Week
program will conclude with a
General Assembly highlight­ing
a discussion of "Marriage
and the Lay Apostolate" by
Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Ken-efick.
Chairmen of the Lay
Advisory Committee of the
Marriage and Family Apos­tolate
of Hartford, and Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence J. Dur-ney,
Secretay of the Marriage
and Lay Advisory Board of
the Archdiocese of Hartford.
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Granted, women are the
weaker sex; they’re exhausted
from pushing the men around.
—Pat Becker, ’59
LANGUAGES . . .
(continued from page 2)
Dr. John K. Rouleau, a mem­ber
of the United States Atom­ic
Energy Commission, then
dealt with the need for the
study of languages to facilitate
international u n d e r standing
among scientists.
The other panelists were
Mrs. Shulka, an Indian journal­ist,
Mr. Tutching, president
ers Association, and Dr. Mario
Pei, the greatest polygot in the
country.
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