College of New Rochelle - Annales Yearbook (New Rochelle, NY)

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Senora De Bercerra Normal Diploma, Manuela Canizares College, Quito, Ecuador: B.A., M.A., Columbia University; Instructor in Spanish Literature, Manuela Canizares College, Quito, Ecuador; Assistant in Spanish Rockford College, Rockford, 111.; Teacher of Spanish, Penn Hall, Chambersburg, Pa.; In structor in Spanish, Hunter College, N.Y.C. Instructor in Spanish With the natural enthusiasm and fire of her race, Senora De Bercerra has succeeded in bringing to us a realization of the beauty and charm of her native tongue. Determined to make Spanish mean something more to us than a mere subject, she has left nothing undone in trying to make her language one of our languages. She has put life and in- terest into her classes and has won our sincere admiration by her patience, and her eagerness to give us a little some thing of Spanish spirit and ideals. Senor De Bercerra B.A., San Gabriel College; Graduate of the Business School, Santa Infancia College, Quito, Ecuador; Assistant Professor of History and Spanish Literature, Santa Infancia. Professor of Spanish With his quiet and cultured demeanor, Senor De Ber- cerra gives us an idea of true Spanish courtliness. Al- though his patience is often tried by our abuse of his native language, he is ever kindly, and commands our respect by the unassuming manner in which he corrects our errors and brings before us the “finesse” of Spanish expression. By his earnestness and sincerity he creates in us a desire to delve more deeply into the riches of the literature of his language, and to know more about the people and the customs of his country. Sixteen

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Aj t v y vy iy WJ u vy M vM iy M G y U- VU U 1 Ui vy U- 1 iy MJ iy y vy My Language Sister Marie de Lourdes A.B., New Rochelle, 1924. Instructor in French Sister Marie de Lourdes is enveloped in an essential dignity which is both real and wholesome, and at the same time she has a very human and sympathetic understanding. As an earnest teacher she has gained the admiration of her pupils and added to the Faculty of New Roc helle a sincere and ardent factor in its success. Sister’s efficient and un- selfish devotion to any branch of work has made her in- valuable and represents to all of us a model of sincerity. Sister Marie de Lourdes has not been long with us at New Rochelle, but we hope she will remain with us both as friend and inspiration. August Steitz A.B., New York University, 1905; A.M., Yale University, 1906; Columbia University, 1906-10; Research Scholar, Germany, 1912-13; Ph.D., New York University, 1914. Professor of German After studying with Professor Steitz we are forced to admit (though of course we do it in an undertone and only in a 100% American gathering) that we can never approach the culture and poise of the continent. But we do think that perhaps we have managed to electroplate ourselves with at least a passing amount through our association with him. Even in those horrible “off-days,” following the holidays or before Retreat, when a feeling of unrest stirred in the air and we came to class bent on murdering poor William Tell, Dr. Steitz would maintain the same calm exterior and would look upon us with the same kindly smile, so that somehow our imaginary worries melted away, and we found ourselves imitating him and smiling with him at ourselves. May those of us who intend to teach, keep on imitating him and may we have the good fortune to have our teaching efforts meet with the same success as his. Fifteen

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« is J ' l v M v L v M v v M v MU U , H- ,v V 1 PM- M- VL ' v 4A4VV4Ai;v4 vi 4 Vl y 4 v U ' 1 ' L ' V ,y l 4- M v l y •J i ij v: ' .. j ' -‘ k:j ' J-s vy iy vy f y xy y y Language Mother Loyola A.B., New Rochelle, 1908. Associate Dean and Professor of Latin Mother Loyola, as Associate Dean, lives with the pun pose of leading us to cultured womanhood. She performs her cycle of duties indefatigably. With unerring judgment she appraises the potentialities of each individual Fresh ' man who passes under her able scrutiny, then, with an accuracy that often seems inspiration, she strives for four years to help each girl to realise that ideal of culture. By her own ardent enthusiasm. Mother Loyola has made Latin a vital subject to those who have chosen it for advanced study, for she believes that a sincere love of Latin is one of the portals to intellectual aristocracy. r ■ p Ire 1 ft If 1 ft Sister Regis A.B., New Rochelle, 1919. Instructor in Latin We have known Sister Regis only one short year, but in that limited time we have learned to love and appreciate her. Kindly sympathetic, with an understanding that reaches every one in her classes, she has tried to simplify the hardships of Freshman Latin. Patient with errors, always ready to assist and encourage, she has taken away much of the dread ordinarily connected with this difficult study. Always fair and reasonable in her dealings with students. Sister Regis has yet a gentle firmness that brooks no idling or laxity in the classroom where she presides. In leaving New Rochelle, we regret that we have not had a longer acquaintance with her, and we envy those who are fortunate enough to remain to ' know her better. , m : ; ( 11 E 1 lv n rS rh rNH rhrhriv hrh rbrf ' irh fiS rh rK rh Ai rh rh rtv ' b rt ?F- , Seventeen rt m n t ft n rArT ' « r fi