Saint Marys College - Blue Mantle Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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Sister M. Madeleva President orlcl Sister Madeleva is pictured here below a portrait of Sister M. Rita, C.S.C., under whose tutelage she first aspired to write. At the time of their friendship, Sister Rita was head of the department of English at Saint Mary's and faculty adviser for Chimes, and Sister Madeleva was a student in the college. Sister Rita7s death occurred when her protege and successor was a novice. Much of Sister Ritais admirable character and charming personality is revealed be- tween the lines of the Story of Fifty Years which she wrote in honor of the golden jubilee of the college on its present site. Her influence, however, reached beyond Saint Maryas, for Sister Rita was a respected critic among many who sought her help, and whose reputations as writers overshadowed her own. Sister Rita was friend and adviser not only to Sister Madeleva but also to the late Elizabeth Jordan who is best remembered for her years as editor of l'larper,s Bazaar and for her unforgettable novels, short stories, and plays. Miss Jordan had the portrait of Sister Rita painted for her own New York apartment. After the noted writer7s death, the painting was given to Sister Madeleva who has cherished the memory of her teacher during the almost thirty years which she has spent as teacher, then as president of Saint Mary- of-the-Wasatch College, and since 1934 as president of Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame.

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' t 7944 fxffi The Library, leftg Martha Flynn Vis- its Riedinger House right. a Ui tt.. , s , .fi i ing In this changing world of conflicting ideologies, the threat of Communism continues to rage, while freedom-loving people of the world turn their hopeful eyes towards the United States. The na- tionis president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, symbolizes for them the leadership of a free nation against totalitarian ag- gression. At the right, Sister M. Madeleva, president of Saint Maryis College, an example of wise leadership in educa- tion, greets President Eisenhower at a reception given in his honor on the N0- tre Dame University campus during his pre-election campaign. Pictured with them are the Reverend John Murphy, C.S.C.. vice-president of the University, and Mr. Bernard T. Voll. Eisenhower visited the liniversity campus before de- livering a scheduled campaign speech in South Bend.

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Carol Hartman assists with emergency case at Saint Joseplfs Hospital, top: Barbara DiSalle. Arm McCullough, and! Pat MC- dndrews at Circuit Court, middle: Betty Sandkaut revives medieval recorder fgi- YOUUQ' moderus. bottom. , f cunt :cry ehang' In the matter of her courses of study and the applications of theories, there can be no Htypical Saint lVlary's girl, for these aspects of her college life are most varied and mutable. Whether pur- suing a medical course as student nurse in a South Bend hospital, visiting the local courthouse for a glimpse of the real workings of municipal government, or practice-teaching in the city schools, the girls maintain a pace synchronized with the World about them.