Rosaverian, Vol. VIII, Issue 4

              R O S A V E R I A N
A U u tu u ie .
Miss Hutchenson
Addresses Students
ALBANY CHAPTER
The Albany club has not actually
started its functions as yet. The first
meeting will be held at the traditional
Christmas party, which will take place
the week before Christmas. Co-chair-men
for the event are Helen Warren
and Mary Hayes.
The bowling league for this chapter
3s in full swing, however. Twenty-four
^irls meet regularly at Rice’s Bowling
Alleys. Among them are Helen Lennon,
who teaches in Voorheesvile, Peg Pur­cell,
who comes in from Valatie, and
Augusta Wolahan and Ann Kapp who
■commute from Rensselaer.
ident; Agnes O’Brien, ’35, recording
secretary: Mary Barrett, ’41, treasurer;
and Catherine Burkart, ’44, correspond­ing
secretary.
Other charter members include Eliza­beth
Anderson Burns, ’29, Helen La
Casse, ’29, Kathleen Daly Connors, ’32,
Anne Moran, ’32, Marion Shannon, ’35,
Rita Green, ’41, Mary Agnes Graser, ’44,
and Mary Villeneuve, ’44.
Plans have been made to hold the
meetings at the homes of the members.
In addition to the Social activities, they
hope to do some charity work for St,
Mary’s Maternity Hospital and Orphan­age,
in Syracuse.
TROY CHAPTER
The last meeting of the Troy Chap­ter
was held on November 16, which,
unfortunately was just a little too late
lor us to include the news of that
area in this issue of the Rosaverian.
In October, however, elections were
lield, and the following officers were
chosen: Margaret Barrett, president;
Mary Cahill, vice-president; Mildred
Baker, recording secretary; Julie O’­Connor,
publicity; Marge Doherty, cor-
Tesponding secretary; and Antoinette
iewis, treasurer.
MOHAWK VALLEY CHAPTER
The Mohawk Valley Chapter of the
College of Sain Rose Alumnae held its
first fall meeting at the home of Miss
Margaret Kenyon, in Utica on October
16.
The following new officers were
elected: president, Mary Keeler Walsh;
vice-president, Marjorie Cooley Walter;
Secretary, Kay Dwyer; treasurer, Rose­mary
Fischer.
Another meeting was held at Direen’s
restaurant, in Whitesboro, on Novem­ber
15. Rosemary Fischer, ’42, was in
charge of the arrangements.
SYRACUSE CHAPTER
At the meeting of the Executive Com­mittee
of the Alumnae in September,
the constitution of the newly formed
Syracuse Chapter of the Alumnae As­sociation
was approved. Their officers
lor the year are Hilda Lynch Judge, ’29,
president; Jane Dolphin, ’40, vice-pres-
Although the chapter secretaries will
receive a notification of the deadline
for the ROSAVERIAN for each issue,
we wish to “warn” them in advance
that material for this column should
be in by December 6 for the December
13 issue.
Latin Club Plans Tea
To Honor Freshmen
Corona Eximia, the Latin club, has
planned a tea in honor of the fresh­man
Latin students, during the meet­ing
to be held on December 13. A
dramatic presentation centering around
the Roman emperor Augustus, a t
■whose decree Mary and Joseph visited
Bethlehem, will be offered by the
members. Elaine Velie is the capable
chairman of entertainment.
At the first meeting, held October 17,
Marilyn Beichert, chairman of the ini­tiation
program, directed the program
a t which new members were admitted
into the “Select Circle.” These Latin
and Greek students included Kay
Holes, Eileen Thomas, Bette Kennah,
Rosemary Clarke, Jean Gorman, Bar­bara
Showman, Bernardine Pisano,
Margaret Foley, and Elaine Velie.
The theme for the November 9 meet­ing
was prompted by the proximity of
Armistice day. The program consisted
of readings which exemplified the a t­titude
of the Romans towards war and
peace.
Spanish Club To Give
December 6 Assembly
Plans for the. assembly of Decem­ber
6 are being made by the Spanish
club, under the direction of Sister
Thomas Francis. In previous years,
the group has figuratively conducted
the student body on a tour of colorful
Spain or of the Latin American na­tions
to the south of us.
On November 15, students in the
music department took over the as­sembly
period and proved that music,
■whether played or sung, is and has
been an important factor in every-day
living. The selections given by the
talented upperclassmen pleased the
audience, and the freshmen impressed
all by showing that in the field of
music, they too have something to
offer.
Miss Emma Jane Randalle’s enact­ment
of “The Passing of the Third
Ploor Back” was given on Wednesday,
November 8. Miss Randalle also of­fered
a short one-act play and read
some of the poetry written by her per­sonal
friend, Joyce Kilmer.
Ozanam To Discuss
Inter-racial Conference
At the next meeting of Ozonam on
November 26, Eileen O’Brien and Har­riet
Parker, club representatives to the
recent Inter-racial Planning Conference
will report to the other members on
the discussions which they attended.
The report will be given with a view
to the forthcoming inter-racial pro­gram
which will be presented at a
college assembly. Plans for active par­ticipation
in the sixth war loan drive
will be discussed at this meeting.
Ozonam is the Saint Rose organiza­tion
for sociol(^y majors and minors.
The society is aptly named after Fred­erick
Ozonam, the charitable layman
who was the founder of the first St.
Vincent de Paul organization.
For the first time since its establish­ment,
Ozonam accepted sophomores as
members. Those who were inititated at
the last meeting on November 13, in­clude
Helen Conway, Jane Welsh, Mary
Fernandes, Shirley LaValley, Dorothy
Burdick, Barbara Showman, and Eliza­beth
Wallingford.
The December meeting will be in the
form of a Christmas celebration on
December 4.
SODALITY NOTES
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formation group, and, hoping to catch
them off guard, fire several contro­versial
questions. But our challenge
is met directly by the girls who not
only have the information but also
their sources at their fingertips.
Noticing the “Welcome” sign out­side
the meeting of Our Lady in Art
committee we timidly enter But we
soon realize that we don’t have to be
artists to have a true appreciation of
Catholic art.
The voice of the Misssion commit­tee
is deep in discussion and we dare
not enter. We do know, however, that
they have a novel idea to raise money
for their party for the children of
St. Philip’s school. We know that
everyone will be waiting in eager an­ticipation
for the announcement of
their plans. The delightful period of
last year when we were entertained
by the children still lingers in our
memory and we are looking forward
to this party.
Miss Jane Hutchenson, a member of
the fashion staff of Vogue, was the
guest at a luncheon meeting held in
the cafeteria annex on Thursday, No­vember
2. Over twenty girls who are
interesting in writing and in editorial
work heard Miss Hutchenson describe
the Prix de Paris, a contest which is
sponsored by the magazine each year.
Unexpectedly detained in New York,
Miss Nancy Flagg, who was previously
scheduled to address the gathering,
was unable to be present.
Graduated from Smith with the
class of 1944, Miss Hutchenson was
the first prize winner in Vogue’s ninth
Prix de Paris. She told of the gen­eral
plan of the contest, which is
annually conducted to discover college
seniors with talent for positions on
the Conde Nast publications. Illus­trating
her talk with incidents from
her own career on Vogue, Miss Hutch­enson
told of the various departments
of the magazine and of the indoctrina­tion
course which fits prize winners
for work on Vogue.
Several members of the senior class
have already entered the contest and
are in the midst of the series of quizzes
which will determine the lucky win­ners.
Biochemphys Makes
Plans For Future
A short meeting of Biochemphys, the
Science club, was held on Monday af­ternoon,
October 30. At this time, plans
for the coming year were discussed
with emphasis being placed on the ini­tiation
and Christmas meetings.
Several new motions were introduced
and approved, the foremost of which
was the decision to admit associate
members into the group. Any junior or
senior who has had a minimum of six
hours of college science may qualify.
This gives all the physics, chemistry
and biology enthusiasts who are not
majors or minors, an opportunity to
keep their interest alive, and keep up
with the latest developments in the
ever-changing scientific world.
Another innovation was made, and as
a result, freshman science majors will
now swell the ranks of Biochemphys.
It is quite a privilege for the frosh to
be able to secure membership in this
organization at the beginning of their
college career, for heretofore, only
sophomores, juniors and seniors have
been eligible
The science devotees will gather at
7:00 p.m. on the last Wednesday of the
month. Therefore, the next meeting
will be held on Wednesday, November
29, and at that time, all new members
will be initiated. They will be put
through their paces under the strict
supervision of Ruth Cummings and
Pat Reid, the members of the initiation
committee. Margai-et Passenger, June
Lamkins and Cecilia Rourke are in
charge of the refreshments for the
November meeting.
As a result of the artistic handiwork
of Bobbie Kennedy, Faith Coss, Mildred
Childs, Catherine Lynch, Patricia
Coyne, and Beatrice Lynch, the new
members will receive an official wel­come
to the Biochemphys circle.
Freshmen Elect Student
Senate Representative
The freshman class has elected Eileen
Maloy as its representative to the
.student senate. A graduate of Holy
'Names Academy, Eileen belongs to the
college glee club and is a member of
the circulation staff of the ROSA­VERIAN.
She will join the other stu­dent
body representatives.
By CASEY
So many events took place these past
few days that we are slightly agog,
breathless, and what have you! In
fact enrolling in the “K-9 Corps”
wouldn’t be a bad idea after the blood­hound
race we’ve been having.
On the first lap of the chase we
dashed to Yankee Stadium where
among the 80,000 spectators we found
Barb Coughlinn, Ann Burry, and Peg
McCormack, Sitting atop a flagpole
made it difficult to see what they wore
but when the score became 33-0 in
favor of Army , , . we fell of our perch
in alarm and discovered Barb in a
smooth nile green corduroy suit and
black chesterfield.
Standing behind Tony Pastor and
peering out we took a good gander at
Rosemary Hannan in a lovely red and
white creation with tiny bows on the
shoulders, in the ballroom of the Astor.
Louise Voskanyon in a very sophisticat­ed
black net with clusters of black
ostrich feathers on the skirt came
floating through the doorway on the
arm of a smooth kaydet We didn’t
miss Helen Benson at the Copacobana,
or Ann Nugent at Billy Rose’s. Seen
at the Astor, too, were Anita Sullivan
in a stunning black taffeta princess
style gown and wearing sixteen-button
acqua gloves, and Gay Beichert in a
lovely blue net with black velvet bows
on the skirt.
Sodality prefect, Reggie Daley, looked
charming in her black crepe with loop
sequins. Sophomores, too, in black, f ’r
instance Eileen Hines in a black crepe
job with rhinestone clips at the “V”
neckline. Dolores Budnick wore a grey
gabardine dress with silver buttons
marchdown the waist and across the
pocket lapels. Underneath a darling
feather-cut was Madelyn Fox in a
smooth powder blue gabardine suit. In
a matching dark grey suit and cloche
was Norma Robertiello. Bea Foley was
wearing an exclusive model in soft nile
green crepe with a square neckline
featuring two bows. The skirt was
uniquely draped on the side. We say
exclusive because Bea designed this one
herself as she does most of her clothes.
You certainly have the talent for it,
Bea!
“Buenos noches, Senoritas,” was the
greetings the Spanish students from
R. P. I. gave last Friday night to the
members of Las Rosetas, the college
Spanish club. Rhumbaing divinely with
a Cuban was Maria Delgado in a red
two piece dress, the fitted top accented
by felt parachutes with silver buttons
in white. Looking puzzled at a Chilean
was Kay Holtes in a very different
black crepe; the squared neckline was
lace. Connie McCarthy in a tangerine
crepe, with a rounded neckline fea­turing
black sequins and accented by
black sequin birds, looked stunning.
All in all, the open house seemed a
huge success and we did envy the girls
meeting people from Cuba, Porto Rica,
Colombia, Brazil, Mexico and just plain
Brooklyn!
SODALITY MUSIC GROUP
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The idea of Our Lady in opera is
being prepared by Bernadine Pisano.
She is going to tell us the story of
“Tannhauser” which contains the most
beautiful of operatic tributes to the
Blessed Virgin. Bernadine will sing
“Elizabeth’s Prayer” from the third act.
Frances Keelan will expound on the
opera theme by singing the “Ave
Maria” from “Cavalleria Rusticana”.
As a finale, the vocal ensemble will
do the lovely “Mother Beloved”, by the
Reverend Daniel Lord, S. J.
The following personnel of the “Our
Lady in Music” committee of the So­dality
have made the preparations for
the program: Claire LaDeau, Mildred
Harrington, Margaret Mangan, Eleanor
Kline, Prances Keelan, Elizabeth Mc-
Knealy, Mary de Crosta, Ruth Cum­mings,
Cecelia Rourke, Bernadine
Pisano, and Dolores Mogan.
Prince Majahara
Mystifies Audience
A magician’s bag of tricks contains
far more than the traditional rabbit
and silk hat. This was the conclusion
drawn by the audience gathered in
the auditorium of Saint Joseph’s Hall
on the night of November 8 to witness
the performance of Prince Majahara,
who was presented for the benefit of
the yearbok.
The Prince appeared on the stage
looking, for all the world, like a modern
version of a character from the Arab­ian
Nights and began his program
by presenting several of the more dar­ing
spectators with ice cream made
from paper. An exhibition of hyp­notic
power, the cutting and myster­ious
return of a section of the hem
of a girl’s skirt, and the presentation
of several young ladies with pictures
of their future husbands followed.
Volunteers from the audience acted
as the Prince’s assistants. The subject
of the demonstration in hypnotism
assumed a rigid position and was bal­anced,
without support, between two
chairs. The apparant damage done
by a clip of a scissors to one young
woman’s skirt was of short duration.
Sudden withdrawals of such things
as watches and birds from the clothing
of several members of the audience,
coupled with the exclamations of the
victims, added to the amusement and
amazement of the evening.
FA IR Y GODMOTHER
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results of her offerings have been
truly inspirational. Through her in­tercession,
blessings and good fortunes,
have lined the paths of our students,
in the form of teaching positions, suc­cessful
passing of Nursing Board
exams, good health, and the traditional
“happiness ever after.”
For the last month, our unselfish
godmother has been very 111. Now,
however, we are assured she is “on the
mend” again, and it is with grateful
hearts and voices that we whisper our
thanks to God. He has spared us a
life that has been spent in doing good
for others—in bringing a smile to the
lips of her family and friends, in wish­ing
a cheery “Good morning” to
neighbor and visitor, and in serving
as a model and example for her god­children
to imitate.
May God continue to bless and keep
for us—Marie Merry!
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