The Arrow, Vol. III, Issue 4

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V ol. I l l Archives C o l l e g e o f S a i n t R o s e , A lb a n y , N. Y., D e c em b e r 9, 1937 No. 4
FACULTY MEMBERS PRESENT
AT EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE
St. Rose Well Represented at Atlantic City
and Buffalo
The chief inspiration and stimulus to an
alive and progressive college is, of course,
a staff cognizant of educational advance­ment,
well acquainted with current discus­sions
in educational circles. In this respect
we may well be proud of our faculty.
During the Thanksgiving recess, Sister
Rose of Lima and Sister Grace Margaret
attended an important gathering of educa­tion
leaders at Atlantic City. At Haddon
Hall on Friday the two large ballrooms were
filled with members of the Middle States
Association accrediting agency of all eastern
states. The addresses were general ones
given by representatives from the various
universities. There were representatives
present from most of the prominent univer­sities,
colleges, and secondary schools of the
middle states. Sister Rose of Lima and
Sister Grace Margaret then attended a lunch­eon
business meeting and a Registrars’ meet­ing
of the Eastern Regional Unit of National
Catholic Education. Sister Grace Margaret
included also in her program a science meet­ing
of that organization. Sister Rose of
Lima and Sister Grace Margaret later
enjoyed a week end at Immaculata College
near Philadelphia.
Meanwhile Sister John Joseph and Sister
Rita Agnes were attending in Buffalo the
Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of the
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NEW MEMBERS OF SHADOWS TO BE
INITIATED DECEMBER 15
Shadows has planned an initiation for new
members, Wednesday, December 15.
The following girls will be initiated;
Ruth Aldridge, Dorothy Baker, Joyce Cip-perly,
Margaret Coffee, Betty Cummings,
Marian Kaskob, Anne Lansing, Mary Law­ler,
Eleanor Mahoney, Natalie Manning.
Jean McEnroe, Irene McGowan, Bernice
McLoughlin, Eileen O’Connor, Constance
Tessier.
Notice to Initiates: Each new prospective
Bernhardt is to wear black cotton stockings
and white shoes on Wednesday, Decembrr
15—ALL DAY***.
Assemble in the Social Room of St.
Joseph’s Hall on the stroke of eight of that
very evening.
Failure to comply to instructions means
that you submit your fate to the strict judg­ment
of the Initiation Committee.
SAINT ROSE GIRLS PARTAKE IN
C. Y. 0. RALLY
The Misses Corcoran, Callahan and
Corrigan Speak
Active participants in the C. Y. O. rally
held Tuesday evening in Troy were Eileen
Corrigan, Dorothy Callahan, and Mary Jane
Corcoran. A number of students attended,
dressed in cap and gown. The speeches
were on different phases of propaganda.
PROFESSOR A. Y. CORNELL DIES
INSTRUCTOR HERE FOR YEARS
Alfred Y. Cornell, who for many years
has been Choral Director and Instructor in
Voice at the College of St. Rose, is dead.
At the age of 63, he quietly passed away in
his home at 420 West 130th, New York City,
on Sunday, November 21, 1937.
For countless Fridays Mr. Cornell has
made the trip from New York to take charge
of his duties here. In the morning he would
conduct the choral class and instruct his
private voice pupils, in the afternoon per­form
the same function at the Academy of
the Holy Names in this city and then spend
Saturday at his Troy studio. With Mr.
Harry Irvine he was co-director of the
various operettas produced at college.
Many Other Positions Held
Mr. Cornell also held many other positions
in the musical world. He maintained a
private voice studio at Carnegie Hall and
had charge of singing at Hunter College
New York City. Since 1927 he was organ­ist
for the South Congregational Church in
Brooklyn, where funeral services were held
for him on November 24th.
Mr. Cornell was a member of the Mac
Dowell Club of the National Music
Teachers’ Association.
The distinguished vocalist and pianist had
missed only two Friday mornings at St. Rose
when news of his death reached here.
Surviving Mr. Cornell are his wife, Carrie
Buckhout Cornell, and one son, Alfred B.
INTEGRITY
As “Integrity” is one of the virtues men­tioned
in the accepted description of the
Saint Rose Girl, it might be well to reflect a
little on the meaning of the term. The word
itself is derived from the Latin “integer”,
which by analysis resolves itself into the pre­fix
“in” meaning “not”, and the verb “tan-gere”
meaning “to touch.” Thus integrity
refers to a state of wholeness, soundness; to
something that is untouched, unimpaired,
genuine, unadulterated. In every day life it
comprehends the whole moral character, but
with a special reference to uprightness in
mutual dealings. Incorruptness, uprightness,
and honesty are synonmous terms.
With this analysis in mind how can the
Saint Rose Girl prove to herself that she is
seeking to acquire this very desirable virtue?
An honest answer to a few pertinent ques­tions
will throw some light on the subject.
Is she making a just return to her parents
for the sacrifices they are making to give
her a college education? Or is she wasting
valuable time, squandering her allowance on
unnecessary or useless purchases, deceiving
them as to her whereabouts, etc.? Is she
always willing to have her parents know
what she does, with whom and where she
goes? Does she consider the truth as sacred,
or does she compromise herself, her parents,
and the College by resorting to falsehoods
and untruths? Are her relations with her
companions and superiors always above
board, and free from trickery and deception?
Does she always do unto others as she would
wish others do to her? In her relations with
God is her conduct always straightforward
and reverent? Is she conscious at all times
of His presence and that, if she is free from
sin, she is in close touch with God Himself
by her membership in the Mystical Body of
Christ ?
A searching examination, which forces
exact answers to such questions, should yield
results in a greater appreciation of the
nature of integrity, and arouse a keen desire
for its acquisition. As the feast of Christmas
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