Mary Manse College - Brescian Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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The Spanish Club Left to right: Joan Heydinger, Rose Marie Doepker, Anna Ferrara. Officially known as EZ Centro del Rosario, the Spanish Club increases its members, interest in the customs and culture of South American people. Monthly meetings are held with a display of variety and originality. At one meeting a lively Latin American quiz was conductedg for the December program the members discussed Christmas customs of Spain and sang Spanish Christmas carols.. Under the enthusiastic supervision of Sister St. Ursula, moderator, the Spanish Club prepared an assembly in honor of the fourth centenary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes, author of the immortal Don Quixote. Another assembly consisted of a very entertaining play, presented in Spanish, of course! An annual event eagerly awaited was the dinner in the Tea House. Typically delicious Spanish food was served, accompanied by a setting of gay Spanish music. ,loan Heydinger, presidentg Anna Ferrara, vice-presidentg Rose Marie Doepker, secretaryg and Genevieve Dolkan, treasurer, directed the many activities of this very active club. 67

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The Orchestra 5552352 s Standing: Vera Morrison. Seated: Betty Buescher, Patricia Carstensen. With a ripple of keys and a faint Nplick, plickw of a string, the Mary Manse Orchestra prepares itself to render those smooth, polished notes so well played and always so much enjoyed. To the clownbeat of Miss Thompson's baton, the strings, woodwincls. brasses, and percussion harmonize their. respective talents on great composers, popular as well as classical. Opening night of Pride and Prejudice saw the orchestra at its usual sparkling best. The audi- torium was lloodecl with vibrant music while the audience relaxed between hilarious scenes of the mid-term play. Commencement, too. could not have been complete without the orchestra's solemn reminder that the class of 'fl-8, marching upon the stage, was about to join the long line of alumnae members. Betty liuescher servccl as capable president, while Vera Morrison, as vice-president, and Pat Carstensen, as secretary-treasurer, completed the executive department of the orchestra. 66

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The Four Ck Left to right: Ellen Adams, Mary Spino, Jean Fitz, Joan Della Flora. The title ull- Us stands for Christian Co-operation in City and Country. This cluh was organized only three years ago, with the purpose of teaching the advantages of rural living and promoting Christian co-operation. Meeting once a month, the group holds a short business meeting, then studies and discusses the information obtained from the national unit, and the papal encyclicajs concerning rural living. E- in December the club gave a party for the small children of St. Anthonyis orphanage and dis- tributed little trucks, dolls, and numerous games which they had collected for the occasion. Another activity of the 4 Cas was the entertainment they provided at the Mardi-Gras assembly. All the members do not live in rural areas, hut under the capable leadership of Ellen Adams, thc club attempts to reveal the advantages that exist for families living in the country, and to show that entertainment and recreation can he found in the home and not necessarily outside of it. 68