Suffolk University - Beacon Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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One of the most popular organizations of the student body, SUDS, this year met some thirty colleges and universities throughout New England and New York State. The fall season was highlighted by the participation in the intercollegiate debating tournament held at the University of Vermont, where the chief topic was: Resolved, That the Federal Government Should Adopt a Policy of Equalizing Education in Tax- Supported Schools by Means of Annual Grants. Eight students, under the guidance of Faculty Advisor Joseph H. Strain, contested with students from Rutgers, Annapolis, Amhersl, Colby, and other collegiate teams. In December, the extensive debating program included debating tours to Colby College, as well as to Yale and Brown. Preparations were launched last December to have Suffolk represented at the West Point National Intercollegiate Debating Tournament. A series of eight debates at Suffolk with Boston College, Holy Cross, Boston University and M.I.T., afforded the student body opportunities to hear this excellent group which is fast gaining an enviable reputation throughout the New England area. The well rounded program was climaxed with a series of radio debates with Salem Teachers College aired over a local Boston network. 68

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Seated: Barbara Parsons, Robert Steadman (President), Mr. George Kirwin (Director), Grace E. Mackey (Secretary), Thomas Coleman. Standing: Gerald Noonan, Joseph D. Val- cour, William Maguire, Marjorie Babcock, John Clements. Seated: Elaine Weinberg, Richard T. Powers, Carolyn Cif u , David Daly, Madelyn Pulcher. Standing: Constantine Dou- kakas, Thomas Sullivan, James Wells, Edward Griffin, Joseph Abdallah. 2). ra mafic Created to give students a tangible background in the theatre arts — makeup, set construction, lighting, designing, and acting — the Suffolk Dramatic Workshop this year met the challenge of previous seasons by offering the students a first rate bill of dramatic entertainment, and adding new brilliance to the Workshop ' s already shining reputation. Early in the fall, Director George Kirwin ' s hard-working group set the season off to a rollicking start with the time-proven comedy CHARLIE ' S AUNT. The group played to capacity audiences at Suffolk and then went on to present five additional benefit performances of the hit show at Veteran ' s hospitals in Greater Boston. In the Spring, the production of THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER, a sparkling presenlation which was both exciting and delightful for the Suffolk Players and their audiences, met with even greater success, both from the standpoint of artistic achieve- ment as well as that of providing a good time for all concerned. The acclaim with which audiences received this second hit was most encouraging, and, as with the Fall show, the Players repeated the success in additional performances away from school. The efforts of the Workshop this past season have set a high standard for Suffolk players of the future, and much credit must be given to Director Kirwin for his excel- lent choice of artists in furthering the growing appreciation of the theatre at Suffolk. b7

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First Row: Dr. Catherine Fehrer (Advisor), William Maguire (President), Betty Jackson (Secretary), Paul Laferriere (Vice-President). Second Row: Robert C. Newton. Francis Valois, Jeanette Brisbois, Francis Hennessey. The French Club is one of the newest activities Charles Fleischauer and Dr. Catherine Fehrer of Most of the first semester was spent in drawing up work for a good organization. Many hours were spent listening to French ings. French newspapers were read and studied, The club later went to the French salon in Boston The club saw Symphonie Pastoral in a group, of Fine Arts. The slides took the members on a masters were viewed and discussed, and the club life in France. Early in the Spring, the club took French monologue artist, in the monologue Rue de The club gives promise of great expansion in social, and political history of France, and in the people of France. in Suffolk, having sprung into being last Fall. Mr. the faculty assisted in the formation of the club, the constitution for the club and laying the ground- records and in oral interpretations of French writ- and the French Gratitude Train was discussed, and heard French ballads sung by Marcelle McKee. and viewed slides obtained from the Boston Museum pictorial tour of France. Paintings by the French members got a better idea of pastoral and urban in the performance of Andre Frere, celebrated la Paix. its efforts to interest Suffolk students in the cultural, assisting them in gaining a better knowledge of 69