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

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10 ' ' Sister Mary Martha, R.S.M., Ed.M., is most often found in the Home Economics laboratory at Mercy Hall, where she is busy directing her students in the art of homemaking. Sister endeavors to teach her girls the practical ways to bring Christian living into home life. Sister Mary Kathleen, R.S.M., Ed.M., guides her students in pre- paring, cooking, and arranging the dishes which every Home Econo- mics student delights in concoct- ing. Food values are not neglected. Here is one place where the girls can make their cake and eat it, too. Study, enjoyment, and permanent value — these are the watchwords in the English classes conducted by Sister Mary Jean, R.S.M., A.M. The tradition of the past linked with the endeavors of the present provides a background for critical evaluation. The signs are in the studio — in water colors, in oils, in char- coal sketches, in china painting. These facets of art are part of the day ' s work for Sister Mary Mer- cedes, R.S.M., A.M., either at reg- ular periods or at extension classes. Sister Marie Pierre, R.S.M.,Ph.D., in addition to her regular classes in French language and culture, has inaugurated Saturday classes for children ranging from primary grade level through junior high. This effort marks a new trend in American Education.

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Sister Mary Evangelista, R.S.M., Ph.D., upholds the tradition of the classics and endeavors in this world of scientific progress to preserve the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome. Evaluating the past in order to understand the present and build the future is the particular work of history. Sister Mary Martina, R.S.M., Ph.D., clearly and emphatically inculcates this historic point of view in all her classes. Accuracy and efficiency are the keynotes of the business department under the direction of Sister Mary Venard, R.S.M., Ed.M. Together with these indispensable qualifications, Sister stresses the need for Catholic Action in the business world. Sister Mary Constance, R.S.M., A.M., teaches chemistry, but her major function in the College is Dean of Students. Permissions, student prob- lems, personal conferences — all these have a claim on Sister ' s time and wise counsel. 13

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■ I I Sister Mary John Francis, R.S.M., A.B., instructor in the Romance language department, stimulates interest in the Spanish language and also in the great Spanish au- thors from medieval times to the twentieth century. Sister Mary Laurene, R.S.M., A.M., finds history in all its phases — ancient, medieval, or modern — a fascinating study of ideologies and their consequences. As Mod- erator of the International Rela- tions Club, Sister has focused our attention on current world prob- lems. The aim of all education is wis- dom and goodness. Sister Mary Siena, R.S.M., A.M., in her ex- position of educational theories and in her evaluation of the philo- sophic concepts of education, trains her students to understand the im- portance of the teaching profes- The intricacies of mathematics in- volve no difficulties for Sister Mary Rose Agnes, R.S.M., A.M. Mathematics majors have found this investigation of spatial, serial, and numerical relations stimulat- ing and challenging. Combining the factors of book knowledge and experimentation. Sister Mary Philemon, R.S.M., A.B., endeavors to train her stu- dents to realize how chemistry helps one to understand the world in which we live. m A j i i K i k