Georgian Court University - Courtier Yearbook (Lakewood, NJ)

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Fanny. ,Nr .Sa +64 JT Science Club officers: Eleanor Ogden, vice presidentg Helen Pappas, treasurer, Maria Victoria Balbas, presidentg and Matilda DiStefano, secretary, work with the colorimeter. Science Club THE Science Club was founded for the purpose of enabling science students to discuss topics of popular and practical importance. Under the guidance and helpful supervision of Sister Mary Grace, its moderator, the Club has fur- thered interest in the fields of Biology, Chem- istry, and Physics here at the Court. The first activity of the year was a trip to Squibb's Laboratories in New Brunswick, where tl1e members were taken on an extensive tour of tl1e plant. They saw streptomyacin and peni- cillin, prepared commercially. They also wit- nessed the assaying of Intercostin by the use of rabbits. In order to raise funds for student relief, the Science Club sponsored a program on Pasteur. At this time, Iris Margarida with the aid of slides, related the life history and important discoveries of this famous scientist. After the discussion a roast turkey was raffled off, proving that the Science Club has its lighter side. Next in the line of events was an interesting talk on the life of George Washington Carver by Trudy Hayes. In the spring, the members were privileged to view an operation at Mount St. Vincent's Hospital in New York. Maria Victoria Balbas, President, with the help of her assistants Eleanor Odgen, Vice Pres- ident, Matilda DiStefano, Secretary, and Helen Pappas, Treasurer, brought the activities of the club to a close with a party in the latter part of May. 4

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Mission Crusade 1 I Senior Mission Crusade members: Dorothy Bentivegna, Audrey McLaughlin and Claire Alberts plan the 1948 clothing drive. GEORGIAN COURT COLLEGE was made a member of the National Federation of Catholic Col- lege Students in 1940. It has served this Feder- ation with its Liturgy Commission, which rep1'e- sents the entire New York region. The Commis- sion is patterned after that of St. Joseph's Col- lege in Collegeville, Minnesota, where the head- quarters of tl1e National Committee on Liturgy is located. The moderator of the Commission is Sister M. Jane Frances, who supervises the weekly publication of Sursum Corcla, which explains the week's liturgy and feasts. Monthly meetings of the Commission en- lighten its members on the meaning of the li- turgical sylnbols, and various details of the liturgy of the Church. The main aim of the National Committee on Liturgy is to get the Catholic people active in understanding the Mass, feasts, and seasons of the Church. In accordance with this, the members of the Commission have, during the past two years, initiated the Missa Recitata at Georgian Court. Last year, this practice was a weekly custom at the college and the student body was urged to join with the Commission in the recitation of the Mass in Latin. The efforts of this club's members have been rewarded, for this year the entire student body participated in the daily Missa Recitata. Other objectives of the club were to encour- age the use of the missal and the worthy recep- tion of Holy Communion at Mass. The club officers for the year were: Presi- dent, .loan Hartman, vice-president, Jean Huis- kingg secretary, Beatrice McCrane, and treas- urer, Becky Roelkey. I ---.-.-.1

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