Rosary College - Yearbook (River Forest, IL)

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NOVEMBER The Very Reverend SAMUEL CHARLES MAZZUCHELLl Order of Preachers 1806-1864 A noble-featured aristocratic Italian left his native land in 1828 to start his career as a missionary in America. But this man was more than a missionary. hHe was an educator. Accordingly, he built an rr-odemy in Benton, Wisconsin, later moved to Sinsinawa. At the request of Cardinal Mundelein, the Dominican Sisters transferred the college department of Saint Clara's to the Chicago diocese. On June 20, 1920, the beloved Cardinal laid the cornerstone and two years later, in September, 1922, Rosary College opened its doors to young women in quest of scholarship and culture. At that time only Mother Emily Hall and the Science Building were completed. Work on the beautiful Gothic west wing, a centenary memorial of Father Samuel's ordination by Bishop Fenwick, was not begun until Founder's Day, 1930. 24

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OCTOBER Srex, the dramatic society, selected its three major productions of the year from the annals of great comedy. October saw the curtains rise on the modern American satire, First Lady, followed by a representative of the best in French drama, The Miser, while a unique outdoor presentation of A Mid- summer Night's Dream closed the season. Srex has always been something more than a multicolored mixture of footlights, grease paint, parties and Christmas teas. Its name stands primarily for all that means good theater at Rosary College and for all that tends to encourage creative and critical endeavor among those students interested in the drama. A scene from First Lady, Grex's first production of the 1944-45 season.

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NOVEMBER Memorable event — the turning of the first spadeful of earth for Lewis Memorial, 1931. 25