St Anselm College - Anselmian Yearbook (Manchester, NH)

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A metamorphosis and a professional touch bhey a ers Lower right: Early's Kimber . . . with Pender, a vet- eran team . . . In two years, dramatics have un- dergone a metamorphosis. From '47 to '49 the old disorganized society func- tioned, but only sporadically. In the Fall of '49 the group adopted its new name together with the experienced di- rectorship of Fr. Thomas Flaherty, and Mr. Edward Comiskey. Since then, the reputation of the players as dramatists with the professional touch, has spread throughout New England. Five seniors Ambi Pender, Bill Early, Dick Manning, Jack Petit, and John McNamara have bean. with the group since freshman days and did much in laying the new groundwork. Early and Pender have especially distinguished themselves as a veteran team by appear'- ing in every pruduction,from Career Angel through Shadow aml Substance, Room Service, George Wfashington Slept Here, to Dark Victory. They also ap- peared in productions of Mount St. Mary and Rivier Colleges which in- cluded: Barrets of Wimpole Street, Mur- der in a Nunnery, Ont of Wfinzl and Rain, jenny Kissed Me and Little Foxes. Outstanding characterizations were Pender's Canon Skcrrit fShadowJ and Doctor Steele CVictoryJ and Early,s Mr. Kimber fG. Washington, and Horace Giddens CI-ioxesj. With our class, the last memories of Brother Petroc will fade never to return again to haunt the Abbey Players. Fading memories of Brother Petroc . . .

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Neophyte sages and humble enthusiasum . . l 0 hllosoph Club ease Society Although relatively unpublici- zed, the activities of the Peace Society have been so consistent as to rank it among the more energetic student or- ganizationsg by serving chiefly as a. discussion group and seeking their so- lution in Christian morality and ethics. As an indication of its stature in intercollegiate circles, the Peace Society this year served as host to the fifteenth annual convention of the New England Catholic Students Peace Federation. A solution sought in Christian morality . . . One of the several organizations to be founded during the evolution of our class was the Philosophy Club, a product of the humble but energetic enthusiasm of Mr. Joseph McDonald, assistant pro- fessor of philosophy. Operating in an air of calm contem- plation and employing the keen white light of objectivity, neophyte sages and philosophers examined human thought in general and Catholic Doctrine in Christian Philosophy in particular. Far from standing apart from the stream of college life, this group has dedicated itself in great part to the gen- eral welfare of the student body. With a working nucleus of no more than a half-dozen members, this group is an example of a highly efficient extra-cur- ricular activity which needed no large membership for its success. Much cred- it is due of course to the unstinting and selfless efforts of its moderator. In sponsoring a series of philoso- phical smokers, at which current prob- lems and trends in modern thought were explained by informed speakers, and in the arrangement of a number of inter- departmental symposia, which outlined the definite relation of philosophy to all phases of human endeavor, the Philoso- phy Club has rendered an invaluable service to the intellectual side of extra- curricular education.

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elta Epsilon Sigma 1--f High scholarship and outstanding diligence . . . h0's ho Although a labor be one of love, and a man's keenest satisfaction lies in the conviction that his job was Well done, recognition of the merit of his effort by others is the only reward he expects. By being chosen for inclusion in the pub- lication Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, eight men of the class of '51 have re- ceived the highest such reward. All of the men nominated for this honor by the college have evidenced out- standing ability in cooperation in cam- pus activities, responsibility to the col- lege and their classmates, leadership, and general citizenship, without the sacri- fice of scholarship. In arriving at this ideal harmony, these men have proven themselves genu- inely superior and give promise of far greater success in the future. By attaining membership in Delta Epsilon Sigma, national Catholic Honor Society, a student has been recognized and honored for his superior diligence in obtaining a record of high scholar- ship. Seven seniors fulfilled the require- ments for membership, and their names were added to the list of men who com- prise the Tau Chapter of the societyg .1 chapter granted St. Anselm's in 1940 'Qs a member of the National Catholic Edu- cation Association. The essence of this society lies in its title. These letters symbolize an Aris- totelian maxim that reads: It is for the wise man to set things in order? Each of the men chosen this year has indi- cated, by scholastic achievement, that his has been a notable emulation of the wise man's duty. Cooperation and responsibility for an ideal harmony . '.