Mary Manse College - Brescian Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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Above: Our Retreat Master. Below: Practicing for the tournament. FEBRUARY Shreve Tuesday-and the senior class had a final fling before Lent with their Mardi Gras luncheon. Vile tried our skill at folk dancing and then relaxed with assortments of pastry and sandwiches. Our retreat was conducted by Father .lohn M. Flick, C.SS.R., whose conferences on confession and com- munion drew the girls to attend Mass in spite of very icy weather. On Book Night members of Green Quill gave us Ll chance to become acquainted with the best in current literature. The hook reviews were written in interesting styles and l.he speakers were excellent. The Forum this year had as speakers-Father Joseph O'Callal1an, SJ., hero chaplain of the :'Franklin'7 during World War ll, who spoke on 'The Quality of Leadership g Mr. J. L. Benvenisti, a speaker from Eng- land whose topic was Wllhe Marshall Plan as Europe Sees Itwg and Father John F. Cronin, SS., labor au- thority, who spoke on 'LLalJor in the Post-Vifar Vlforldn. The last week of February sounded congratulations to the Student Council, and especially to Chrcssence Nolan and Pat Carstensen, for introducing us to the MOrgan , our latest means of keeping up witl1 campus chatter. 80

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PRODUCTION STAFF Stage Manager ,,,,, ,,,.,, .,.,,.,...,,.......,..,, , , ...,.....................,................... ...... M a rgaret Mary Moran Stage Crew ,,,,,.,,.,.,.,,,,,,, Margaret Alfolter, headg Dolores McManus, Dolores Schultz, Regina Wellzel Personal Properties .....,. ,, .....,,,,.,.,,,.,, Virginia Kaufman, headg Catherine Stitt, Mary Staldel' General Properties ....... ....... P atricia Nowicki, headg Carol Graff, Chadyne Kirchner, .lean Fitz Light and sound ......, .,...,........,.....,.. . .,,.,,............... P atricia Stalder, headg Katherine Cullen Make-up ..... ,,..........,......,... ll flrs. lfthelyn Patton Holt, headg Miss Margaret Sweeney, assistant Crew ........ ...,.. ,l une Palmer. Rachel Brell, Mary Pat Adamshick. Laetitia Parker, Leona Pauken COSlurneS ....... . ..... ..Mary Ellen Nagle, head: Marie Therese Macklin. Mary Stallkamp After long evenings of fun and hard work under the patient direction of Sister Mary Charles, the cast prepared itself to bring out the gentle satire, the class snohlzery, and the delicate romance of Helen lerome's drumatization of a'Pride and Prejudicew. Then the opening night arrived. Backstage the actors and actresses ruslled about in their gay. colorful, 19th-century costumesg artists busied themselves in greasepaints and eyebrow pencils, while other members of the production staff took a second look upon the stage-setting. Below the foot- lights the orchestra announced the grand openingg the audience scanned their programs in eager anticipationg and as the lights began to dim, the ushers closed the doors and quietly took their seats. Then the curtain rose for the glittering, but delicate satire, Pride and Prejudice . 79

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MARCH This month which brings us thc joy of seeing the first red robin and feeling the springls breath might well he called the prelude of many melodic moments on our campus. The first was the voice and piano recital given by the music students. A pleasant contrast to this classical program was the sophomores' celebration of St. Patriclc's Day. Amid Nlast calls for basketball practices and the final as- signments of our third quarter, they found time to pre- pare a delightful program of song, dance, and pan- tomime for the faculty and the students. Throughout the year We have had several interesting lecturesg now toward the end of this series we were given a special treat with Father Keller's lecture on The Christophers. ln this time of need each student was urged to carry Christ into the Mmarket placcf, March on the Mary Manse campus also witnessed a regional meeting of the N.F.C.C.S. and the collection of clothing for students in Europe. Soon these events were over and we closed the door of Brescia to welcome the vacation of the Easter season. 65 81 Above: Father Keller, head of the Christophers Below: In your Easter bonnet . . .