The Benet Volume 22 Number 01 1956 October

              Inside the windows here opened to the warmth of Indian summer, are one fourth of the rooms in Mary Hall,
new residence to accommodate 200 Bennies. Behind the open doors on the porches are living rooms with kitch­nettcs
for each groups of 30 sludenls. And behind this wing of Mary Hall is another three-story wing and the
single-story, granite fascia commons with extensive lounge, guest rooms, snack bar and terrace.
To the right abo\'e is a sight familiar to alI Bennies, old and new, the dome of Sacred Heart Chapel.
<11wdeen !oi-n Ifj.~
Radin d/e/J,e /04 '56 -'57
Thirteen new names appeared on the CSB faculty roster
this fall. Heading the list are nvo commuting Benedictine monks
from St. John's, Father Paul Marx OSB and Father Achilles
Horvath OSB.
Father Paul, brother of chaplain Father Michael, was recently
awarded the doctorate in sociology at the Catholic University.
His research was on the work of Dom Virgil Michel OSB and the
Liturgical Movement in the United States since it was given its
oTiginal impetus by Dam Virgil and his confreres at St. John's
thirty years ago. Father Paul's study, It All Fits Together, is
scheduled for spring publication. Father Paul teaches the family
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Oct. 28- Milous Ferlik, pianist
31-Nov. vacation begins
Nov. 5- Classes resume
7-St. Cloud Alumnae
Chapters meet
II-Senior recital,
Gwen Stende
here
I S- Raymondi McGuire, tenor
24-Minnesota Round Table
of Science meets here
25-"Empiricism, Trne and
False": E. I. Watkin
Dec. 7 & 9- Antigone: Ardeleons
course in the sociology department
here in (lddi tion to his classes at
St. John's.
Having taught for two summer
sessions here, Father Achilles Hor­vath
OSB is no real newcomer to
the CSB campus. Hungary is his
native land; Rome, the city of hi5
thcological training. Father Achilles
teaches dogmatic theology here and
in the seminary at St. John's.
Ardeleons To
Stage Tro gedy THE BENET
Educated in Spain, Sister Irene
Gonzalez de Queredo y ~fonfort, C.
aCh., comes to St. Benedict's with
impressive s e h o i a r I y credentials.
Holding a Ph.D. in music from the
Conservatory of Madrid and an equi­valent
degree in Science and Letters
with specialized courses in classical
languages from the University of
Samgoza, the Carmelite nun has aho
pursued courses in education at
Spanish University centers. She has
taught in ~\fadrid and comes to
CSB from a professorship at the
Catholic University of Puerto Rico.
Here for the year with another
Carmelite of her community who
is studying English, Sister Irene
tcaches Spanish III and IV.
SOI)hoclcs' great tragedy, Antigone,
will be the first offering of the
Ardelcons this year. Assisted by the
Johnny Players and undcr the di­rection
of Sisler Colman, the drama
first performed in Atllens over two
thousand years ago will be produced
here on Nov. 30 and Dec. 2. The
translation to be tLSed in the Ardelcon
production is that by tile emincnt
classical scholars Fitts-Fitzgcrald who
ha\'e brought to their work the
suength of the original Crcek <:oupl­cd
with a Vitality for the modern
stage.
TIle struggle betwecn the law of
God and the law of man is tile tlleme
of Antigone. Dcfyhlg the edict of
hcr uncle, King Creon, tile noble
Antigone buries tile body of her
brother at the cost of her own
sentcnce to burial alive. From the
moment the sentence is given, the
King witnesses unending tragedy as
the classic drama unfolds.
I'alricia Rooney has been ass igned
the leading femininc role of Anti­gone.
Della Pauly will be ISlllcne,
Irma Gentilini is cast as Choragus,
Patricia Schlegel as the messenger,
Donna Mae Doll as Eurydice, Rose­mary
O'Garn as the boy. Chorus
(Continued on page 3)
Senior Pianist
Offers Recital
First among the senior music
majors to be presented in senior
recitals, C wen Stende will offer
a varied program on Sunday even­ing,
Nov. 11.
Beethoven's Sonata in F, Opus
10, No.2, will be followed by
two Brahms compositions: the In ­termezzo
in A, OpltS 118, No.2,
and the Bal/ode in G MillOr, Opus
118, No.3.
A prelude (C Sharp Minor,
Opus 28, No. 10), n nocturne
(Noetllme in n, Opus 32, No. 1)
and the Revolutionary Etude will
be her Chopin selections. Follow­ing
the intermission she will play
Havel's Jeaux d'eau and three
Russian compositions: Rehikov's
Les demons s'amllsent, Prokofieffs
Vision Fugitive and the Polka,
OpltS 22 from the ballet L'age
d'or by Shostakovitch .
Wilh Sister Clement at the se­cond
piano, the program will be
concluded WiUl MacDowell's Con­certo
in D Millor.
Official Alumnae Publication of the College of St. Benedid
Vol. XXII, No. THE BENET
Noted Pianist, Tenor
Lead CSBZConcert List
Milous Ferlik, a young American-Czech who recently re­turned
to his native Minnesota after four years of study in Europe.
will offer an Oct. 28 concert here. Now an instructor at the
MacPhail CoUege of Music, he has studied at DePaul, North­western,
the Royal Conservatory in Florence, the Vienna Academy
of t-.'Iusic, the Zurich Conservatory in Switzerland and with Hans
Leygraf in Stockholm.
In the person of E. I. Watkin,
faculty and students will have the
opportunity of meeting a distinguish­ed
English Catholic philosopher and
author on Nov. 25. The subject of
his Iccture here will be "Empiricism:
True and False."
Convcrted to the Catholic faith
from Anglicanism in the early years
of the century, E. I. Watkin has
dcvoted his years since then to phi­losophy
and sludies in religion and
culture. His book, The Philosophy of
Form, is his own choice as the one
which best expresses his non-Seho­lastie,
highly personal thought. In
it he secks to reconcile the view that
truth is attained by reasoning with
the view that it is attained by in­tuition.
To Americ.1n Catholics perhaps
the best known of his works are the
llrovocative study The Catholic Cen­tre,
The Praise of Glory on Lauds
and Vespers, and Catholic Art and
Culture. Othcrs of his books arc The
Bow in the Clouds, l\f cn and Tcn­dencies
and The Philosophy of Mys­ticism.
Acknowledging grcat indebtedness
to Christophcr Dawson, Pcter \Vust
and Father Joseph Rickaby S.l ., he
says his present tllought is dominated
by the "passionate rcaliz.1tion that
thc world is now tlle stage of a
conmct between those who genuinely
belicve in a Divine Creator and
tllOSC who avowedly or implicitly
deify man, especially some social
group, state, race or class. In tllis
battle tlle Church with iler fnJness
of truth should be our leade r.~
Credited with having "variety
of tonal coloring, d elicate warmth,
and a quick response to a wide
interpre tative reach," Milous Fer­lik
will pe rfonn the following con­cert
program for the CSB audi­encc:
Concerto Crosso No. II in
D Minor A. Vivaldi-Casella
Sonata Opus 28 "Patorale"
ill D Maior Beethoven
Aeolian Etude, Op. 25 Chopin
l1allade in F MillOr, No.4 Chopin
Prelude "The IJerfumes and
sOllllds in the midnight
air" ........ Debussey
Balfade, Opus 118, No.3 in
C Minor Brahms
Intermezzo, Opus 118, No.2
in A Maior ....... Brahms
Toccato in C# Minor Cassella
SililOuCHes, Opus 8, No.2
mul No.4 Dvorak
The Kiss ( Lullaby) Smetana
Polka ( DO/ICe ill D
Major) Smetana
Raymond McGuire
Songs from the Ita lian, Cerman
and French will be the first offer­ings
of tenor Raymond McGuire
in his concert here, Nov. 18. With
Michael Cordovana as accompan­is
t, Mr. McGuire will offer in the
first part of his program he re the
following songs:
Tu 10 sai by Tore lli, La Violette
by Scarla tti, Stomellatriee by Res­p
ighi, La Pastorella by Castel­nuovo-
T edesco; two Shumann
songs, Mein schoener Stem and o wie lieblich ist dah Maedellen;
(Continued on page 4)
Odober, 1956
'J,(~~
eluxue (j~
Class presidenls newly-elected to
their responsible posts arc Mary
Schwappach of Robbinsdale, senior;
Elizabeth Dempster of Langdon, No.
Oak., junior; aod Teresa Dignan,
Bowbells, No. Dak., sophomore.
Leading the list of vice presidenls
is Betty Stoltz of White Bear LaKe.
Mary Jo Maoderfeld of Springfield
and Camilla McCarron of Mason
City, la. complete the list.
Marjorie Fickbohm of Rockwell
City, Ia. was chosen as senior secre­tary.
That office for tile other two
classes will be held by Victoria
Helwig of Webster, So. Dak., and
1.lary Jane Sowada of Sauk Rapids.
Two SI. Cloud day students will
watch the cash boxes for tile senior
and junior classes: Margaret Parent
for the seniors, Viviana Hinkcmeyer
for the juniors. Patricia Schlegel of
LeSueur will serve the sophomores.
With studies rcrently completed,
Sister Mary Anthony and Sister
Jacquelyn retum to the faculty here.
(Continued on page 2)
Father Michael
Named Chaplain
Father Michael Marx OSB, recent­ly
appointed chaplain of the convent
and college here, comes to St. Bene­dict's
from the seminary and college
e1assrooms at St. John's. Still carrying
on his duties as professor of dogmatic
thcology at tile seminary, he, like
his brother, Father Paul, and another
theologian, Fathcr Achilles, travels
regularly between the two campuses.
Awarded his Doctorate in Sacred
Theology following study at the
Benedictine College of San Anselmo
in Rome, l~ath er Michael also stndied
at the Biblical Institute in the Eter­nal
City and earned tllcre a Licenti­ate
in Sacred Scripture.
Father Michael Macx OS8, newly - appointed chaplain (left) has a
fraternal greeting for his brother, Father Paul, u they meet at CSB', front
entrance. The <:ommuting Marx brothers meet often in transit since Father
Michael drives dai ly to St. John', to teach theology at the seminary and
Father Paul comes from St. John', for sociology classes here.
2 THE BENET OCTOBER, 1956 Alumnae Hold
Revamped F-S Council
Slates Year's Activities
Board Meeting
Meeting here for the first alumnae
boor" meeting of the collegiate year,
ninteen members were called to order
by Patricia Gits Opatz, president of
the Alumnae Association.
Initiating its 1956-57 program, the
Faculty-Student Council held its first
mC{)tillg of the school yenr on Octo­ber
26. The Council is working under
the new provisions set forth in the
revised trial constitution. Under this
pl:in, three faculty nlcmbcrs are
voting members of tllC organization.
They arc Sister Enid, Sister Mary
Patrick, and Sister Mary Mark
Other changes being put into e!.
fect nTC the separation of tho offices
of All College President and Sodal­ity
llrcfect, the election of two hall
'111is year as always, a number
of Benny students and alumnae said
the initial "Yes'" to a religious vo­cation,
others moved a step farther
along in the life of religious dedi­cation.
Entering the Scholnsticatc here
this fall for the postulancy were
Nancy Hynes '55, Margo Bischof '56,
and Margaret Albrecht '58. Rose
Marie Hoelm '54 entered the Bene­dictine
Convent in her home city
of Eau Claire, Wis., and Jule Olsen
'55 rC()(lntly entered the convent of
the Good Shepherd in St. PauL
1' ..... 0 novices here who received the
religious habit and a new name in
June are also known to recent and
present students: Sister Aquin (Mar­jorie
Held '48") and Sister Jeremia
(Mary Janusehka '56·). Sister Mary
Frances {Mary Judge '~) Is in her
novitiatf' ypar at the UrsuUne Con­vent,
Festus, Mo.
Making their triennial vows on
july 11 were Sister Patrice (Patricia
n eed '55"), Sistcr Ambrose (Rose
I'elsch '54), Sister Louise (Ruth
Young '52"), Sister j oselJh (Marilyn
Moorman '53") and Sister Vera (Ella
Wolroey '25"),
Completing the three-year period
of "first vows", the following fonner
students here pronounced their per­petual
vows on the feast of the
Solemnity of St. Benedict this sum­mer:
Sister Maranatha (Rosemary)
Renner, Sister Loora (Barbara) Juet­tner,
Sister Zachary (Betty) RouEs,
Sister Aquinas (Alice) Nolan, Sister
Melanie (Doris) Kamm, Sister Conan
(Patricia) Potter, Sister Colleen Ooan­ne)
Haggerty, and Sister Edith (Phyl­lis)
Shockman.
SO LET YOUR LICHT SHINE,
the pageant that has for t ..... cnty-one
years initiated freshmen into the
Iraditions and objectives of a Bene­dictine
house of learning, was pre­sente<
l on a second nIght, Oct. 1,
for the monks, c1eries, brothers and
students of St. John's as a special
commemoration of tlleir centennial
year. Bringing to the pageant a
knowledge and love of lknedietine
history and spirit, the St. John's
community was. of all pagcant audi­ences,
in the best position to inter­pret
the meaning of symbolism in
dance and song, in the roles of
barb.1rian, peasant, seholar and saint,
in the ceremonial passing of the
torches, lighted at the fire of Bene­dict,
from the hands or II Benedic­tine
saint of eaeh of fourteen cen­turies
into the out-stretched hands
of freshmen newly come to a place
of learning dedicated to carrying out
St. Denedict's great motto, "Pray and
Work."
representatives during the month of
October, and the election of an exira
Council delegate from the freshman
class. Freshman elections will be
held sometime in November.
Thus far this year, the Council
has assisted in the Orientation pro­gram.
An evaluation of the present
Orientation program was conducted
at the first meeting.
Plans for the annual Faculty-Stu­dent
Council Convocation Series are
also being made. The series is en·
titled "Let's Be Reasonable." The
subjects to be covered in the five
convocations will be over-population.
problems in education due to in­creasing
enrollment, academic free­dom,
censorsh ip, and separation of
Church and State. Eacll topic will
be treated by a faculty member and
a Pllllel of students. The first con­vocation
will be Nov. 29.
"l11e Convocation Series committee
is made up of Mary Schwappach,
Katherine Howard, and Thcresa Dig­nan.
The eleventh Hegional NFCCS
will be held at St. Mary's College,
' Vinona, Nov. 10 and 11. "Formation
through Action" will be tlle theme,
lind a ll students of member colleges
are urged to attend.
The regional Fall Assembly of the
National Student Association will be
held at the University of Minn. in
Duluth, Nov. 16-18. A travel con­ference
will be held concurrently
with the Assembly. CSB delegates
Klltherine Howard a nd Patricia
Rooney will IIttend.
"11
On the agenda were special re­ports
initiated by program chairman
Doris Dogut Simonett who will send
new I>rob'nun suggestions to chapter
presidents. Centennial Homecoming
co-ehairman, Marguerite Tonskemper
Burns, described plans which shc
and her associate Patricia Cits Opatz
are laying for '57 Homecoming. The
Class of '52 reunion chairman will
be announced later; Homecoming
was set for April 27-28.
Promoters of the "Old Gold Pro­ject"
for the building fund reported
too, as did the committee on Con­stitution
revision, headed by Anne
Torkelson who announced a new
printing this fall. The new Issue will
include, in addition to the new
constitution and by-laws, the installa­tion
ceremony, school song, loyalty
ple(lge and a list of past presidents.
Members of the nominating com­mittee
were appointed to name can­didates
for the office of vice presi­dent,
secretary and delegate at large.
Those appointed were Eileell Opatz
Berger, Julia Brcidcnbach, Therese
Kaschmitter Binsfeld, La May Wag­ner
Bechtold and Mary Baker.
New language phone sets in
French, Spanish and Italian were
voted as a gift to the college from
the alumnae. Another affirmative
vote was cast to accept into the
Association the newly - organized
Fargo-Moorhead Chapter. Announce-­ment
was made of the regional mcct­ing
of the American Alumnae Coun­cil
in Highland Park, IIi., Nov. 28-30.
The next mooting of the board
will be held Feb. 3 at one o'clock.
Phyllis Pfannenstein '51- H.S. and Richard Braulick in St. Joseph on
JUlie 9 . . ... Joan Richardson '56" and Richard i\'larchek in St. Cloud,
july 2l. . ... Mary jane Muyres '58 aud Marvin Kollodge in Holdingford,
j uly . . Dolores Kohler '54" and Robert i\lonaghan in Tacoma, Wash.,
l uly 2l. ... . Mary Ellen (Peggy) Lodermeier '57 and Duane Waldon in
Royalton, Sept. l.
Charlotte Brantl '49· and Dr. Raymond Shirley in East Grand Forks,
Sept. 29. . . . Kathryn Callanan '58 and Philip L. i\-layer in Spdngfield,
Nov. 3 .... . Elizabeth i\landell '53" and Philip Heymans in Faribault, Aug.
20 .... ' Marianna Milroy '52" and Michael Dickmann in Aurora, m., Aug.
11 .... . Velma jean Smith '55" and Marcellus Brown in Wash., D.C.,
June 30.
Alyce Abel '53" and Fay Fitzgerald in Breckenridge, Aug. II.
Mary Baxter '54" and Donovan ChristOiJherson in Yokohama, Japan, June
23 . . . janet Parent '54" and Henry Suracl in St. Cloud, Oct. 13 .
Clare Hyan '49· and Albert Marsnik in Minneap,olis, June 30 . Dernnetta
Stassen '49" and Robert t-~reson in Marshall, jnne 28.
Joan Richardson '56" and john Britt in St. Louis, Oct. 20 .... . Leona
1110mpSOll '51" and Donald Broeker in SI. Paul, June 9. Mary Ann
Simpson'58 and Terrence McKenna in Cando, No. Oak., Nov. 3 .... . Donna
Scherer '54" and Robert Zitur in Minneapolis, june 16 . Mary Forster
'57 and Thomas Amann in Mankato, j une 8.
Charlotte Moore '54" and James .Miller in Hopkins, June 9
j eanette Wright '53" and Robert Schmall in SI. Paul, June 23 .... . Elizabeth
Wartman '54 and john Cain in San Fernando, Cal., May 30 .. . . . Alice
Wa lters '55" and James Palmquist in Hallock, Aug. 25 .... . Nancy Bums
'52" and Charles Wenner in Pearl Lake, july 21.
Catherine Leonard '58 and Robert Harbnan in Minneapolis, july 7 .
Mary Jo Traxler '57 and jerome Weber in LeCenter, j une 23 . .. . . Donna
Mar.~ '54" and PhiliiJ Cowles in Braddock, No. Oak., Aug. 22 . Mar­garet
Beste '48" and Paul Kemp in Alexandria, Aug. 18 . . .. . Joan Nigg
'56 and john Baxter in Madison, June 16.
j udith Matousek '59 and Clemens Blarinski in Silver Lake, Sept. 1 .
Marilyn Scholl '56" and j oseph Schmit in Rockwell, l a., June 23 .
Hosemary Boehm '56· and john Kessler in LeCenter, Aug. 4 . . .. . Mary
Patricia Hart '56· and Haymond Kobe in Ardock, No. Oak., Sept. 1 .
Dealrice j ohnson '49" and Burton Peterson in Anchorage, Alaska, July 21.
Lorraine Jagielski '56 and Louis Picard in St. Cloud, Aug. 18 .
Louise Richardson '54" and Robert Stangl in Eau Claire, Wis., Aug. 18 .
I'hocbe Baril '56" and John Phelps in Red Lake Falls, June 21 .
Colleen Clifford '52 HS and Gerald Donlin in SI. Cloud, Sept. 1 .
Rita Kummer '47 and Ernest Moffet, j une.
Patricia Crombie '56 and Thomas O' Brien in Minneapolis, May 19 . .
Ruth Klein '59 and Franklin Borchardt in Center, No. Oak., Sept. 4 .
j anet Stoll '56 and Duane Rayl . Marilyn Livdahl '58 and Virgil
Hutchison . ' Phyll is Rausch '57 and William Eccles in Los Angeles,
I-.f:l.y 12.
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in logic and Dante, lit Mount St.
Seholastiea in Atchison, Kan., and
at j\'larylhurst College in Oregon.
While at Marylhurst, Sister Mar­iella
gave public lectures at the col­lege,
at Friendship House in Portland
and at Palatine Hill. But the un­contested
first place for off-campus
lecture contributions would have to
go to Sister Remberta who has ad­dressed
five groups to date this fall
and has numerous engagements for
the immediate future.
From the Institutum Divi Thomae,
Sister Rogatia was awarded the doc­toral
degree in biochemistry on Sept.
a. Her research at the Institu tum was
conducted on enzymes. Earlier in rhe
summer, on a grant from the Nation­al
Science Found"l.tion, she spent a
month at the Oak Ridge Atomic
Energy headquarters.
Another NS L; grantcc was Sister
Conz.'1ga, CSB physicist who was
awarded two: for an institute at Eau
Claire, \Vis., and one at Laramie,
Wyo.
nefreshing themselves both in con­tent
and in experience of student
st."l. tus, Sisters Etienne, Luke and
Jeremy attended Notre Dame for the
summer session.
And at the elose of the summer,
addressing sectional or general ses­sions
of the American Benedictine
Academy, meeting here and at SjU,
Aug. 27-30, were Sisters Enid, Crace,
Mary Anthony and jeremy.
Bennies Attend
College Day
A Catholic College Day, sponsored
in the nation's capitol by the \Vash­ington
Circle of the International
Federation of Catholic Alumnae, had
Sister Emmanuel and jane Fluegel
as official CSD representatives on
Oct. 21 at the Catholic University.
Sistcr Emmanuel is attending the
Unh'ersity and Jane '56" is with the
National Council of Catllolie \-Vo­men's
national headquarters in \Vash­ington.
The IFCA planned the city-wide
event for seniors of all \Vashington
high school senior girls to learn about
prospective colleges and to meet
faculty and student personnel. CSB
is a member of the Federation.
AIu)ELEONS (cont'd from page 1)
members will be Zita Fearon, julie
Hughes, Mary Lee l;oley, Mary
Daley, Sally Pollock, l'alricia Casey,
Agnes ~Iiller and Cecilia Prokoseh.
Tom Murray, sophomore Johnny
I'layer, will interpret the leading
role, that of King Crcon. Robert Hall
has been cast as Haemon, Bruce
Cripe as the sentry, and Edward
Craham as Teirisians.
Grant Them Rest: II .( .. r--' """\
Mrs. Mary Norman, mother of Dolores '48 (S ister Paul, O.S.B. of Crookston),
in September.
Mrs. Andrew Haberkorn, mother of i\ lary '46" and sister of Sister Mirella,
O.S.B., August 10.
Mrs. Thomas Schaefer, mother of Rosemary '43- and Monica '40, Sept. 18.
Mrs. Clarence Hann, mother of Jeannene (Mrs. Cayle WollO '53, July 15.
Edward Stoll, father of Gloria '54 and Janet '56 (Mrs. Duane Rayl), June 27.
Harry Leppen, husb.,nd of Mae Crocker Leppen '06 H.S., in October.
Son of Mrs. Wayne Snyder (Katherine Lyons) '27, killed in a car aceident
Sept. 1.
Sister Cassilda, sistcr of Hildegard Misho '27", on June 7.
Juanita Breit '39·, alumna, on May 21. j uanita died after a brief illness.
At the time of her death she was employed as a laboratory technictian
for the U.S. Food and Drug Admin. in Minneapolis. After her gradua­tion
in '39 she attended the Institutum Divi Thomae in Cleveland,
and was employed in the research laboratory under the direction of
Dr. Sperti. In 1942 she became a research assistant at the Emery
Industries in Cincinnati, after which she transferred to Minneapolis.
She was a member of the Minneapolis alumnae chaptcr. She is snrvh'ed
by three sisters.
OCTOBER, 1956 THE BENET 3
The uninformed erstwhile Benny
returning to her alma mater would
SUSI>ect herself subject to halluciM­t"
ions these days. Dashing with cus·
tomary decorum up the stairs to sec
her old dorm, she would encounter
a mlLch -e.~panded home economics
dcpartment occupying former Carmel,
Fatima and LaSalletlc dorms. That
corner study next to Lourdes where
she I>iled her books for atmosphere
and probed them for results - it is
now a home ec faculty study.
Should she go down to sec what
has happened to the former home
ec quarters, tile last remnant of
p."l.i nters' ladders would be cluttering
a new quarry tile floor and where
wainscotting lined the three rooms,
one la rge cafeteria is ccramic-- til efiepsen (Margll ret Askin) '47, Sept. 5.
David Josc(}h, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Condon (Clara Ann Donlin-)
'43, July 30 .. .• Mary Elizabeth (Moll y), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. T.
Fitzgerald (Dorothy Dirkswager") '47, June 30 ..... JoJy Ann, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. V. Bredeson (peggy McArthur) '48, Sept. 11 .. . .. Daugllter
of r..l r. and Mrs. HOUler SI. Onge (Rita Boese) '52, in j une .... , Timothy
Michael, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russel Clepper (Betty Coborn) '45, May 8.
i\ laurccn Ellen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j. Aquinas O'Dougherty
(Palricia Coyne·) '42, May 9 . Paul Christopher, son of Mr. and Mrs.
j ohn I1g (Alyce Malinski") '54, May 15 .... . Barbara, daughtcr of ~I r. and
Mrs. Raleigh Johnson (Mary Ann Linneman) 'SO, Dec. 6 . .. . . Nina Marie,
daughter of i\1r. and Mrs. Leander Cresser (Lorraine Barthel") '50, May
22 . . . . Veronica Bulh, adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sclllichte
(Mary Therese Simonett") '48, May 5.
Ann Catherine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Cofell (Lorraine
Westrup") '49, May 23 .... . Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Henry (Betty Ann Reiten") '45, June 8 . . Kathleen Ann, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Birk (Mary Lou Schrank") '52, June 11 .... . Norton
Jon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norton Hatlie (Loretta Novetzke") '49 May 29
Margaret Elise, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McDermott (Lila
Diemert") '50, June 8.
Charles j ohn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brink (Caroline )'rOln) '39, June
22 .... . Son of t.1r. and Mrs. Theodore Petron (Lanrena Belle Lenihan")
'46, May .... . Michael Mark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hughes (Mary
jo Willette") '54, june 23 .... . Maura Therese, daughter of i\lr. aud Mrs.
Charles Handall (Mary Ann Hunt") '51, July 4 .. . . Mary Cerard, daughter
of Captain and Mrs. Jeruld Weiland (Betty Lou Sweet") '54, july 3 in
England.
Thomas More, son of Dr. and Mrs. DcllJhin Kohler (Kathleen Krava-)
'49, June 20 .... • j oseph Stephen, son of Mr. and Mrs. j oseph Mayer
(Mary Ann Malinski") '49, :" Iay 4 .... . Kimberly Ann, J.'1ughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Heiser (Barbara Bignall) '57, Aug. 1 .... . Jane Elizabeth,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Harthman (Belty Boyer") '52, Aug. 22 .
Thomas David, son to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Merickel (Mary Louisc Heilly)
'42, june 9.
Stephen. John, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Raetz Ooan Rougier) '49,
Sept. 20 .. . . . Stephen, son of Mr. a 'ld Mrs. Lawrence Cripe (Marilee
Znehman") '54, june 26 .... . Thomas Ellery, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ellery
Bresnahan Deanne Sinner") '49, Sept. 5 .... . ~-!ichacl Mark, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Archie i\ loran (Alvina Kncvcl) '36 H.S., Aug. 28 .... . Ralph
Andrew, son of Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Weber (Hosemarie Hoyt) '48 H.S., Sept. 4.
Thomas Patrick, son of ~ Ir . and Mrs. Ed Schnettler (Mary Jo Matthews·)
'51, on Oct. 11 . . Douglas John, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ceorge }o~rcking
(I'lelen Mathias) '48, Oct. 11 . . Teres."l. j ane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Don Nicklawsky (Ord Hublo\,) '42, July 7 . Daughter of ~-Ir. and Mrs.
Ouane Nagle (Margarct Hellender) '42 in Scllt.
THE DENET
Published by the College of SI. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota, in
October, December, February, April, and May. Subseriptions 5Oc. Entered
as second class matter January 14, 1948, at the post office at St. Joseph,
Minncsota, under the act of March 1879.
PAGE 4 THE BENET OCTOBER, 1956
Class of 1923:
Officc of the Ann)'
Dora n orwell is working as secretary to the Executive
Audit Agency in Wash., D.C . . .
Class of 1929: Lucille Wenner Kaufman's daughter Janet has a Ful·
bright grant to teach in UrClncn, GcmJany, at the Pedagogical Academy
this year.
Class of 1941 : The class of '41 has a round robin which is really
functioning! At regular intervals members send news for THE BENET to
the alumnae office. Try itt
Mrs. Myron Maudal (Mary Zimmer-) lives on a farm ncar White
Rock, a few miles from the border of the Dakotas. Last summer she
enjoyed a visit of her three sisters (a ll Benedictine nuns) on their vacation.
Occasional!y she sees a few Denoies in the Whcaton-Dumont-Collis­Graceville
area . .. . . Employed as assistant libra rian at the University of
Dayton, Ohio, is Margaret Smart-.
]ody Kohler· keeps herself busy and happy as evidenced by her letters.
This will be her ninth year at Maryknoll High, and she says she enjoys
the teaching as much as ever. Her sis ter, Mrs. O. L. Favors (Phyllis '42)
and her husband like Honolnlu as much as Jody.
Opportunities for a Catholic college graduate to use hcr education
are never lacking if one is to judge by t.he record of Mrs. Ed 1-.-Iyott
(Odila Busche·). Living in Wadel4"l. for the past thirteen years, she has
been organist and director of the church choir, done some radio work,
directed a group of lyrA mother-singers, and has currently begun serious
teaching of both piano and voice in her homel Besides, she's aetil·e in
parish and COllllllunity service of many kinds .
Traveling in England and Scotland all summer was Catherine Pribyl­who
SIlent some of the time studying at Stratford-upon-Avon.
Class of 1942: At the Scpt. 16 mccting of the St. Cloud Diocesan
Council of Catholic women, tlle following alumnae were installed as
officers: Mrs. Jerome Bechtold (LaMay Wagner '49·), chairman of the
Rural Life Committee to replace Mrs. Emerson Hynes; Mrs. Victor Mcs­scrich
(Edith Laguooo-), chairman of Foreign Relief Committee, to replace
alumna Mrs. Clifford Orr (Margaret Keppcrs '32); Mrs. Thomas Merickel
(Mary Louise Reilly·), Family Life Chairman . . . The Messcrichs are
moving to Melrose soon,
Class of 1944: Other Bennies who have a chance to mcct and talk
at DCCW mectings arc Mrs. Joscph B1aslmck (Dorothy Lippert-) and Mrs.
John Simonett (Doris Bogut '51·).
Class of 1945: Mrs. Vincent l'aciotU Oean Lucking·) writes to say
that she and her husband have moved to Hibbing. She enjoycd visiting
with Mrs. Gerald .Moriarity (I3ctty Gray '46) in Pcrh.'1m last summer.
Class of 1946: Now employed by the University of California's Los
Alamos Scientific Laboratory as an assistant cafeteria manager in the per.
sonnd dcpartment is Virginia Ziebol.·
Class of 1947: New plans arc in the offing for Gerry O'Meara. She
is attellding St. Scholasticu's in Duluth doing medical librarian work.
Class of 1948: "Good peoplc make good neighbors" could be an apt
motto for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boeser (Shirley Scholz"). Living in Rich­field,
their neighbors on tile cast are four OMI priests and on the west
are fifteen OSB nuns. TIleir neighbors on the north are wonderful, too.
"They arc ideal - quiet, never bothersome and they make me stop
occasionally for a serious tllought and prayer," says Shirley. Small wonderl
They are bordered on the north by the parish cemeteryl Mr. Bocser teaches
school at Assumption Parish (which, incidentally, is where both of them
were baptized, confirmed and married) . .
Teach.ing high school in St. Louis is Celestine Beste-. Loretto
Hylden- is teaching in Mankato .... ,
Listen, stateside married Bennies who read about their fellow Bennies'
opportunities for travel and who long to do same! \-Vriting from tile Phil­Iipines
where her husband is cmployed in the Foreign Service is Mrs. A. l<~.
Toule tte (l'atricia MurVhy- ). She gives another side to the story. "Our
biggest problem about home leave is getting someone to live in our home
during our absence. Crime rate is very high in this country and it is
risky to leave a house unoccupied even with its walls, its twenty-some lock.!
and iron grills over the windows .. . .. Right now J wouldn't mind living
Stateside in a mortgaged house with no maidsl" ..
r-Irs. James Engel's (Virginia Juettner-) husband is now working in
the research lab of Archer Daniels Midland Co. in Minneapolis .
Margaret Halloran who has just rctumed from Europe where she taught
for several years is to be teaching in Denver this year ... . . En route from
Alaska where she has been living for some years, and on her way to the
east, Mrs. Tholnas Zimmerman (Alice Askin-) and her husband adopted
two children, a girl a few months old aud a year-old boy.
Class of 1949: On Sunday afternoons over KLTF (Little Falls) at
1:30, Mrs. Ralph Opatz (Patricia Gits-) is offering a program of stories
of saints' lives for children. The program, "Once Upon a Sunday," is
sponsored by the Pierz council of the K. C.'s with the help of some local
merchants. Pat's husband, incidentally, is a Grand Knight.
Mrs. David Boyle (Vivian Zimmerman·) is teachi llg kindergarten at
St. Matthew's school in St. Paul. Her own daughter, Mary Alice, is ill
her afternoon class . .. . . Teaching Bth grade English at Highland Park
Junior High School In Dallas, Texas, is Marilyn Slight·. .. Omaha will
be the new home of ,Mrs. Charles \Vallen (Annella Stevens-) WllOSC husband
is associated with Minnesota Mining there.
Class of 1950: Aftcr receiving a Master of Science in Social Work at
the Catholic University in J Ulie, Mary Lou Edelbach· left for Europe for
a six months' tour. She attcnded the 9th International Conference in Social
Work in Munich, Germany, Aug. 5 to 10.
All runs smoothly lit the home of Mrs. Andrew .McDermott (Lila
Diemert· ). A big event was the bnptism of their baby daughter in a real
Irish cllfistening dress, a masterviccc of needleworkl .... . Mrs. Joseph
Gleason (Theresa Cospodar-) writes from reputedly S\lIlny California that
a meeting is being plallncd to show slidCli from St. Ben's to all available
Bennies in her area. The four Gleasons have Ih'ed in Cal. for four
years now.
Class of 1951: From Sedro Valley ("The-only-one-Iike-it-in-the-coun­try"),
in Washington, comes word of Mrs. Howard Johnson (Mary Braun­worth).
Mary reports that three daughters, tile oldest being under three,
kcep her busy!. . .. . Mary Ruemmle- is teaching in Little Falls .. . . . Happy
to be teaching again in Towner, No. Oak., is Rita Johnson- .
Judy I'oncelet· sends greetings to all, and reports that her sister
Joan (,49-) and her father took a five week trip into Alaska last summer.
··My husiJand is a psychiatric social worker now. TIle professional atmos­phcre
at the hospital (V.A. in St. Cloud) is much to his liking . ... our
little ~ I iehael is talking in very good sentence structure at 22 lIIouthsl"
writes Mrs. Ed Schnettler (Mary Jo l\-lattllews· ) . . . Located at Ladd Field
Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Alaska, is Mrs. L>onald Brockcr (Leona Thomp­son-).
She keeps hersc.lf busy there by giving piano lessons and by
directing tlle church choir at the base.
Class of 1952: The new address for the Willis Dombrovskes (Rita
HlJlt~en " J is !\ullneapolis where her husband is emilloyed with the Armco­Steel
Co. She tells of a get-together at tlle home of Mr. and Mrs. Loyal
Arens (Uorothy Waldorf·) lor Mr. and Mrs. Hoger Uirk (r- Iary Lou Schrank·)
belore their departure for New York where Mr. Hirk is to do spoCcial
training lor his job as broker. ,\-it. and Mrs. Edgar Harthman (Hetty
Boyer-) and Mr. and Mrs. H.ay Thomes (Barbara l'lutl1-) were also present.
five Johnny-Denny couples altogetherl.
Mn. Edgar Hartl1mall (l3etty BoyerO) is now living in the Virgin
Islands where her husband has ac(:eptcd a government position .. .. . Living
in Watertuwn where her husband teaches science is Mrs. Michael O'Brien
(Ramona St."l.ns) . .. . . After two months of viSJting in Minnesota last summer,
n osemary Hynes- left the States to return to London where she resumed
her teaching duties at Bushcy Park Air Force Base.
Class of 1953: Bcrnadyne Lipetzky is employed at Powers in Minne­apolls
. ... . ·1eacn..ing at St. Joseph's Academy in SI. Paul is Mrs. Gene
Schimota (Mary Agnes Tra.der·). She and ber husband live in Hastings
wherc her husband teacheS.
Cla ss of 1954: Enthusiastic about returning to live in Minnesota, M.rs.
lucnard Lebrun lMarge Olson-) writes: "Dick has been awarded a National
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship and has selected the University of Miuncsota
for his place of study. So we shall be Minnesota collegiates once morel" . ... '
Mrs. Bob Monaghan (Dolly Kohler·) is teaching in Seattle this year
while her hnsband finishes dental school at the University of Washington
.. . Sharing all apartmellt witll Mary Agnes O'Hern i.n Santa Maria, Cal.,
is Gloria Stoll· .... . Mary Stocks is teaching kindergarten in Nortll Holly.
wood, Cal ....
"Creetings from lIlerry old England and the land of tllO fog, rain
and cold," 5ays Mrs. Jcruld Weiland (Betty Lou Sweet·), She is living
in a lovely home without central heating. Hcr husband is an army dentist
at Lokcnheath Air l~orce l3ase, just eighty miles from London .
The James Brulgers (Marjorie TheiSenO) recently returned from Ger­llIany
whcre they had been living since 1955 ..... Recent visitors to CSB
were Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hughes (Mary Jo Willelle·) and year-old Mary
Bctll .... ,
Class of 1955: Margaret Johnson- sends her greetings to everyone
from 1\olla, No. Oak., where she is teaching again .... . Teaching grade
tllfoo a t. Cornelius Hedges School in Kalispell, J\'jont., is Joan Kilzer- ...
Hallpy news for Patricia Gaines-I She has received a full stipend from the
Veteran's Administration for tlle completion of her MSS\V in P5Ychill.tric
social work at Catholic U.
Carol McCarthy· is teaching at Red Wing .. . .. Attending the Univer­sity
of Syracuse tllis fall is Mrs. Paul Chow (Viviau Chang-) while her
husband is electronics engineer at the General Electric Laboratory in
Syracuse .. . .. Mrs. James Palmquist (Alice Walters·) is teaching home
economics courses in junior and senior high school in Delano . ..
Amung our summer travelers to \Vashlngton, D.C., and New York
wcre Marilyn Yunker .. Nancy Hyncs· , Ann Monteske· and Patricia Pung-.
Ann is teaching in \Vahpeton, No. Dak., this year ... . . Bernadette Keaelner·
is teaching at Cambridge.
in a new million dollar high school in Arlington, Rosanne Maddy­teaches
a full program . . .. . Rose Marie Reisinger HS· began nurse's
train ing at St. Gabriel's in Little Falls recently ... . . Just returned frOm
Eurol>C, Mrs. Charles l~reeman Oacqucline Schaefer) now lives in St. Paul.
Countcd l\Inong tlle new faculty at Regis High School in Eau Claire,
Wis., is Barbara Larscn ... . . Mrs. Marcellus Brown (Velma Jean Smith-)
is now working at the Passport office of the State Department in Wash.
ington, D.C.
Class of 1958: Marlene Bondy is teaching junior high at LaMoure,
No. Oak .... . . Attending IBM college in Los Angeles is Mary Pfenning . .
Class of 1959: Attending beauty school in St. Cloud is Kathleen Hof.
man .. . . . ArmeUa Stockingcr is dictallhone typist in the X-ray depart.ment
at tile St. Cloud Hospital .... . Work as a reccptionist at the Pato Con­solidated
Cold Dredging Company in Bogota, Columbia, in her native
South America, pleases Gloria Roa who says she misses csn a great deal
and will come a-visiting someday. and Connie Maiers is attending a
Catholic Art school in Boston.
CONCERTS(continued from page 1)
Nlln walldre Maria and Maus/allen
Spruecl!lei/l by Wolf; Si tu Ie ooux
by KoecJain, Carnival by Foudmin,
and Reine des moueUes and C'est
Ie joli printemps by Poulene.
Following the intermission, the
lyrie tenor will sing Puccini's
Nessum dorma! from TUfUfI(lot,
Cinco Canc/olles Populares Argen­tinas
by Cinastera, and four selee­lions
from Warlock : Rest Sweet
Nympll-S, Mockery, And Wilt Thou
Leave Me Thus, and Yarmouth
Fair.
Recipient of a number of scho­larships
for musical study, the
young tenor recently completed
his studies with honors at t.he
Catholic University, and is touring
under tlle sponsorship of the Na­tional
Catholic Music Educators
Association.
Alumnae!
Living in the Minneapolis area
and !lot a member of the Mpls.
Chul>ter? A call to Mrs. Thomas
Scheller (Margaret Simon) at Mi-
92507 will put you on the ehal>ter
list and yOIl will receive notices
of future meetings in a chapter
that will welcome youl
Or is it in the San Francisco
area that you live and would
. like to sec more of your Benny
associates? Alumnae in that area
interested in belonging to a chap­ter
arc urged to contact Mrs.
Harry Tobkin (Kathryn Johnson)
229 Brentwood Drive, South San
Francisco.
Alumnae Hold
Summer Meets
Three alumnae groups, in addition
to established chapters, have had ef­fedive
summer meetings.
l~argo- ~Ioorh ead organized last
spring and was recently accepted
into the Association. The nineteen
enthusiasts have drawn up a series
of interesting programs for monthly
mCt:l tings. Mrs. R. K. (LaVerne Wirth)
Mayerhofcr is preSident, and mem­bership
chairman Mrs. JaIIlC$ Can-
7.1\neJla (Marjorie Appcrt) of 1417
Seventh Ave. So., Fargo, will wel­come
allY additional members.
When Sisters Mary and Kristin
were in the cast during the summer,
New York and \Vashington alumnae
callitalized on the event. New Yorkers
met at the home of Patricia Mc­Laughlin
Mackin and laid plans for
the faJl formation of a chapter. I n­te
rested alumnae in the New York
area may call Mrs. Patricia Mackin,
Mill Hiver Road, Oyster Bay, Long
Island, or Mrs. \-Vm. Hsiao Oeanne
Chill) at 20 - 67 Shore Blvd., Apt.
2-B, Astoria, N. Y.
As had tlle New Yorkcrs on July
4, \Vashington-area alumnae on July
7 e njoyed kodachromes of CSB's
camllUS and pageant. BenniCli from
W II S II i n g ton, Baltimore, Silver
Springs, Timonium and Arlington met
at Nora LeTourneau's apartment.
GRADUATES (cont'd from page 2)
Sctty Bullock can join Jeanette and
Christine for small scale Benny re­unions
- she too teachcs in Alberta.
Her efforts to disseminate home ec­onomics
know-how is matched by the
similar effort of fellow hOlne econo­mists,
Marilyn Heltcmcs in St.eele,
No. Oak. and Mary Ann Landllerr ill
Crand Mcadow.
Two who frcquented tlle English
classrooms here, Philippa Gleason
and Detty Ann Sullivan, are teaching
t.he mother tongue to students in
New Prague and Sauk Centre. Mary
Daker and Mary Leahy arc teaching
their respective fields of science and
history in Belle I' laine and in Spoon­er,
\Visconsill.
Dieticians
in the ficld of dietetics are three
I3cnnies; Joan Richardson MarclICk,
assistant dietician at Providence
Memorial Hospital in EI Paso; Mary
Kay Braus, interning at St. Mary's
in Rochcster; and Eleanor Zent,
intenling at the Indianapolis, Ind.,
Medical Center.
And the Rest
Varied work was elected by three
of last year's sociology majors. Jane
Flucgel is witll tile natiollal offiee
of the National Council of Catholic
Women ill \Vashington, D.C. Eliza­beth
Andcrson is a social worker
with the La Crosse Catholic Charities
and is now working in Eau Claire,
Wis. Helen McNab, featured ill
newsIXlI>Crs across the country fol­lowing
her graduation here in June,
is assistant recreational director at
Gillette State Hospital for crippled
c1'ild ren in St. Paul.
With the Dow Chemical Co. in
r-lichigan is Irene Hoffman. Mary
Ann Callick is employed in Chicago
as a buyer. SylVia Muggli is tempo­rarily
e ml>loyed in Denver, and
Eileen l'otter is associated with edi­torial
oUices at the University of
Millllcsota.