Salve Regina University - Regina Maris Yearbook (Newport, RI)

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Jable of (contents History 8 Administration 20 Graduates 31 Undergraduates 73 Organizations 86 Activities 106 Directory 120 Advertisements 120 MOORE HALL— GIFT OF CORNELIUS C. MOORE, ESQUIRE— NOVEMBER, 1950

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MERCY HALL— GIFT OF MR. ROBERT GOELET— FEBRUARY, 1948 jroreujord The soft light of a gloriously ending Holy Year she-ds a passing lustre on another important event, for the year 1951 is a time of great jubilee both for the faculty and for us graduates. The Sisters of Mercy are celebrating their one hundredth anniversary in Rhode Island, and we rejoice with them in the success of their endeavors. The pattern is now complete — a college by the ocean has added the final detail in the educa- tional design. We, the first graduates of Salve Regina College, wear the robes of honor and responsibility. We have been given much: now we must give to a materialistic world the sense of sound Catholic values that the Sisters of Mercy at our Salve Regina College have given to us. Our heritage is great: our responsibilities tremendous. We dedicate ourselves and our task to the ideals of the Queen of our college. Holding her banner high, our voices unite in joyful crescendo Salve Regina, our life, our sweetness, and our hope! Six

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PAST AND PRESENT 1951 looks back to 1851. Jane Murphy stands before the picture of Mother McAuley whose educational philoso- phy was To fit souls for earth without unfit- ting them for heaven. L karter ia55 in T, ' nniversaru s4vinal$ HE HISTORY of Salve Regina College could not be told without recording the pre- liminary events that preceded its establish- ment. Our history begins with the history of the Sisters of Mercy in Rhode Island. On March 12, 1851, exactly one hundred years ago, the seeds from which Salve Regina Col- lege would later develop were sown. On that day, Mother Francis Xavier Warde and her small company of nuns took up residence in Providence, Rhode Island, to begin their labor of love for Christ in New England. In 1854 the Sisters of Mercy came to Newport to continue and extend the work they had been doing in other communities. From the moment of their arrival in Rhode Island, to the present day, and on into the future, the Sisters of Mercy have tirelessly practised and will continue to practise the spiritual and cor- poral works of mercy. They have built schools, missions, and orphanages; they have been teachers, nurses, missionaries, and foster- mothers. Above all, however, the Sisters of Mercy have been spiritual guides and coun- sellors. With Mater Misericordiae ever as their model and inspiration they have min- istered to the bodies and minds and souls of men. For years, the sisters cherished the dream of founding a Catholic Woman ' s College in Rhode Island, and in 1934 the Sisters of Mercy were granted a charter to establish Eight