Regis College - Mount Regis Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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:r i The gay and carefree mood of the fiestas was re- captured by the Reverend John Donnelly, C.SS.R., in his opening lecture on South American people. On December 16, the Christmas spirit invaded the Club, with Spanish games providing the entertain- ment. February featured two Puerto Rican Redemp- torists who presented lectures. This year, El C ' rnulo Castellano was enrolled in the Pan-American Society for the promotion of good will and was represented by delegates at the Inter-American Conference at the Copley Plaza Hotel. Observance of Pan-American Day, in April an Information Please Contest on South Ameri- ca, and a farewell song party for the Seniors ended a colorful year for the Spanish Club. El Circulo Castellano M. Canarie, O. Erickson, N. Duggan [ 142 ]

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Le Cenacle Litteraire Le Cenacle Litteraire chose as its patroness for the year, la petite Sainte Therese and for its theme song, her favorite composition, Jesus Seul. It was fitting that the initial reunion in October be dedicated to the French saint. The major genre of the literary gatherings was drama. Junior members staged the famous La Farce du Cuvier which was later followed by the comedy, L ' Homme qui epousa une Femme muette , presented by the Sophomores. The Seniors were unsurpassed in their rendition of the unforgettable Rosalie. Through the courtesy of the French Club of Wellesley College, our students attended the lecture given by M. Gustave Cohen, Les Origines de la mise en scene au moyen age; and that of M. Andre Morize whose subject was: Rebdtir la France: Prob- Lemes et Perspectives. The reunions closed with the presentation by the Freshman students of Prenez Garde d la Peinture by Fauchois. L. Penez, M. Choquette, K. O ' Connell, K. DeSimone

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Members of Der Deutsche Verein gathered around the campfire to summon the minnesingers to nar- rate the tales of the Nibelungenlied to the accom- paniment of a lyre. The first song of the people of darkness told of the meeting of the Valkyries at Weihnachten, how they brought the Yule Log from the forest, how they collected gifts to be exchanged on their journey along the Rhine, how they passed the steins around, and how they sang O Tannen- baum and Stille Nacht. The next Lied pictured the maidens of Odin in a cottage in the Black Forest discussing the German masterpieces of Goethe, Heine, and Schiller, en- joying Wieners and Apfelstrudel, and singing Leb’wohl. N. Concannon, B. Browne, L Penez, M. O ' Sullivan [ 143 ]