Regis College - Mount Regis Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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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 ]

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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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Ritrovo Dante II Ritrovo Dante sang out “Ritorna Vincitor” in September as it headed for a year’s voyage in a gondola captained by Kay DeSimone. The seamen chose as Petty Officers: Jane Cox, Gilda Sater- iale, and Marion Terrasi to lead them through the canals of Italian culture and into the port of Christ- mas where the crew embarked for Regis Hall to spin yarns, to read from the log La Notte di Natale and Instrument i di Natale, to barter treasures gar- nered from the seven seas, to feast on ravioli, pi Z a , and spumone, and to sing carols for the newborn Christ Child. Boston University was the next stop on the pil- grimage where the voyagers gathered for motion pictures on Italian customs, la tarantella, the music of the concertina, “O Solo Mio,” and Italian liter- ature: Dante, Tasso, Boccaccio, Manzoni. Before returning to port, all gathered on deck to call back memories before saying a rivederci. [ 144 ]