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"Pennies for THE BENET Faculty Advance- Passage" Official Alumnae Publication of the College of St. Benedict ment VOl. xxv, NO. 3 Religious and LafJ: BENNIES SERVE !\fany of eSB's alumnae have joined convents both of the Benedictine order and other orders. One of these is Sister Berle Twomey, SCJ\IM, '48·. Sister Bedc is currently stationed in Darjeciing, "a hill station ncar the Nellal border-in 'Vest Bengal, north of Calcutta", India. Beecntl)' Sister Mary received !I letter from Sister Bede in wh ich she described part of her work. ' Ve thought you might be interested in what she said. ''The other day in the bazaar (or shopping area) we saw two separate processions honoring Buddha- a festival day. Small boys preceded the monks; the monks were garbed in maroon and/ or yellow robes. Some wore fancy caps which had laps over the ears, down to the neck. One could judge from their appear· ances that one monastery was better off financially than the other. Some monks played on long horns-at least 6 . 8 feet long! They had to be held up at the other end by a boy walking along. Others had shorter horns like comets. There wasn't much melody- mostly a low, sonorous note; some also Illayed drums. The whole group didn't appear to be sad, neither were they exuberant. Following the monks came the statue of Buddha enshrined in fine cloth, flowers, etc. The women came last with small girls, each carrying the "scriptures" suspended from the head, (.'(lVering the neck and back. TIlese saered writings are always wrapped III a colored cloth and enclosed between two pieces of board. Bystanders went forward to touch the scriptures with their heads, or at least to bow and attempt to touch them if the procession was moving too rapidly. "It was colorful and interesting and we went about our business. As we did so, we came ullon one of these processions whieh had halted for lunch on another street. Things were quite orderly and quiet and we moved up behind the monks who were seated before the statue awl praying while a few men and womcn Campus Personality: attended to the food. \Ve watched Silently as one woman placed a small amount of rice at the feet of Buddha, bowed, kissed the lllatform, Ilrayed, and moved back to enable someone else to offer food .. I think that On the whole, these Buddhists arc much cleaner than the Hindus. They are definitely more happy and gay. And, as I said, I was impressed by the lack of noise. It was without doubt a religious ceremony. I left feeling grateful for the gift of Faith. " I must remember to ask my stu' dent about a few things. He is supposed to be a Buddhist but was educated by the Jesuits and even taught in their grade school before coming to us for nurses' training. The boys get 6 months in the lab during their 3 year com·"e-and they get a session in the newborn nursery, too. Lama knew nothing of babies when he entered that nursery but he can certainly handle them nowl "Most of our students arc Catholic; we have a few other Christians and oecasionally have a Buddhist or (Cont. on page 3, Col. 2) CAMPUS CALENDAR Feb. 26- Junior-Senior Prom Mar. 1-30- Rouault Exhibit 4- ,\Iiss Caulfield, lecturer (1:00 p.m.) 4-6- lnteruational Weekend 13-Voice and Piano majors recital (2:30 p.m.) I7- Lay miss ionaries panel ( I:oa Il.m.) 20-New York Brass Quintet (8: 15 p.m.) 21-Feast of St. Benedict 24- Daniel Nagrin (1,00 p.m.) 26-Freshman Carnival 27- Delta Epsilon Sigma Honors Convocation 31- Modem D:mce Program (1:00 p.m.) Apr. 1-3-Campus Weekend 7- Hilda Crcef (1:00 p.m.) lO-Orehes tra Concert 13-21- Easter Vaction SISTER MARIANNE (Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of sketches of faculty members. If the reallcrs have any sllggestiOfls regarding fllture sketches, we would welcome them.) ";\Iy aim is not only to impart knowledge but also to build character; this can be done by giving a thorough course in French - one that includes the best of literature and culture." This was the answer given us by Sister },'Iarianne Pomerleau, OSB, professor of French at the College of St. Benedict since 1923, when we asked just what it was she attempted to do in her classroom. In trying to achieve this aim, Sister has built hersclf a reputation with her students. She is remem be r~ ed by all who ever sat in her classroom for her own thorough llreparation, her demands of work on the part of her students, and her great insistence on lady-like conduct and dress. Sister Marianne, OSB "Spanish classes with Sister Marianne were almost religious cere· monies. There was the hushed, sa- \Ve have asked several former cred air about the little 'toy' class-students of Sister Marianne to write a sketch of her. The results wew so beautifully done that we thought we'd use them just the way they came in. room, with tIle gentle, reverent priestess tending the fires of the vigil light. You felt like an intruder, a profane, clumsy one at that, as St. Joseph, Minnesota February, 1960 DEPARTMENT HEADS TO STUDY IN ENGLAND npFP" Recipients Named Mother Richarda, OSB, recently announced the recipients of the Alumnae "Pennies for Passage" campaign. They are Sister Colman O'Connell, head of the speech and drama department, and Sister Linnea Welter, head of the English department. Both of the nuns will study in England. Sister Colman and Sister Linnea look over brochures for English schools. you came in with the bright, ingenuous manner that nevcr fai led to 'work' in other classes but which seemed merely to puzzle Hermana. You'd sit down, feigning nonchalance over the lesson she'd be certain to find out was lamentably prepared. Her sensitivities were easily touched. If you tried to bluff, she was startled to the point of being hurt. If you made a mistake, she'd look in bewilderment from one to another, as if looking for someone who would accuse you with her or provide an explanation for your monstrous pcrfonnance. Nothing in her preparation was left to chance. Probably only her native impulsiveness prevented the consulting of her lesson plans for each comma and period in her delivery. "She had a good sense of humor. It was an experience to see ller surrender to a good, healthy laughing spell. She'd clasp herself about the diaphragm to prevent indiscreet abandonment and you'd join her a little feverishly, not entirely of a mind as to the humor but quite ready to take advantage of a break in the solemn business of composing Spanish literature. "Yes, you learned a lot about language in Sister Marianne's classes, but you Icarned more; mostly things like reverence for truth and appreciation of holiness, both in her and in yourself." " In my four years at St. Ben's there were few days that I did not spend at least one hour in the French room. \Vhenever I returned, in later years, it was when I entered that room that I felt I had really 'come home'. In the rest of the school the Benedictine tradition was the same as always, but the physical plant which housed that tradition was, of necessity, not the same one which had housed me. In la salle de c1asse all the dear and lovely things remained: the Blessed Virgin looked down from the top of the bookcase; Saint Bernadette gazed from her place on the wall; African violets bloomed in the window; and from the blackboard the diSCiplined curves of Ma Soeur's beautifully precise hand ordered: 'Traduisez . Conjuguez . ' Did I say it made me feci that J had come home? Au contraire, mademOiselle, it made me feel that I had never left. "She first noticed me on an au- "Even in the classroom Sister tuum day nearly twenty.five years i\'larianne walk(.xI as if she were going against the wind, head slightly inclined, as if guarding the secrets of her soul, feet touching the floor gently as if she were reluctant to impose on it. "Learning became real in her classes, so real you think now you could have reached Out to touch it. It was desperately important, though you were too immature to know why. \Vhile you were there you took it for granted. You couldn't chuck the whole thing (not even halO and betray Hermana. ago when I burst into her classroom late. Prayers were in progress. I had been playing baseball. Untidy, boisterous, flushed and sweaty, I made a fu mbling sign of the cross with my grimy left lmnd before I colla{lsed into my chair. Overlooking everything else, she saw in my clumsy gesture a token of grace. She determined to helll me. And that has made all the difference. "When I say that I do not know her, I mean that I am not wise enough to understand all that she is. \Vhen I was a senior, I began to Sister Colman and Sister Linnea hope to be among the 80 students enrolled in the University of Birmingham's summer session held at Stratford·upon.Avon. The session is devoted to Shakespearean and Elizabethan drama. Sister Colman is especially pleased because, as the brochure says, "Playgoing is an important part of the School. Seats are booked for the Festival Plays at the Shal:espearc Memorial Theatre. Stu( Ients who wish to do so ean see these plays several times and make a close study." Sister Linnea will study the relationship between Elizabethan and medieval drama. Although admission to the University of Birmingham is not dcfinite as yet, the nuns have chosen two other schools that tlleY are interested in attending: Oxford and Edinburgh. Sister Colman will study drama regardless of the school they attend. If they go to Oxford, however, Sister Linnea wil[ then study the develop. ment of the English language from Chaucer's time to the present. The nuns plan to leave Minneapolis during the third week in June and will return some time aft"r August 22nd-depending upon their success in booking return passage. Now that the recipients have been named, it is lip to the alumnae to make sure that enough "Pennies for Passage" are turned in. One woman in Minnesota managed to cram $15.03 into her container- not all of it in pennies, it is true, but most of it was in coins. All of us won't be able to do that weI[ but all of us can do sometlling to help. This seems like a good time to say a word about the containers. I'lease, if you mail the eontainer in to the Alumnae Office, put it inside another box. Make sure that the package is securely wrapped and tied. Actually, the office would prefer it if you would simply OtlCn the container when it is full, count the coins, and then send a cl\eck or money order for the amount. Remember, there are only approXimately nine weeks until Homecoming (April 30th and May 1st), the time tllat we would like to have all "Pennies" turned in. , MARRIED? MOVED? PLEASE NOTIFY ALUMNAE OFFICE 1 realize how much besides French she had taught me. After I had tallght for a while, I began to appreciate the care with which her lessons were prepared. As a woman no longer young, I am learning how great a power devotion to duty can have over a sick and weary body." Has Sister achieved her aim? 'Ve think so. She told us that her daily prayer was that God would use her as His instrument; that prayer has been and is being answered, 2 THE BENET Fe bruary, 1960 THROUGH THE YEARS 1958 Also at Fairview as a medical technologist is Patricia Saumur. From the President's Chair: THE ORDEAL OF MODERN WOMEN I borrowed this hearl-rending title from an ETV panel program conducted by "lax Lerner. Before I begin I must say I will not exhaust this inexhalt.'!table subject. The panel memben did not deny modem women's ordeal; instead they tried to define it and to suggest ways to meet it. The women they were speaking of were college graduates who had had careers for a longer or shorter time before marriage. Now, as mothers of families, some of them were trying to combine a career with a family, This might well be a description of a large matority of the graduates of St. BencdiCl's. Do you think you have an ordeal? I heard one Benny say, "Why didn't they tell us it would be like thisr' (That is another problem altogether.) What is tIlls ordeal? Traditionally the role of women has been confined to "kinder and kuche". It is only since the end of the ninetecnth century that women have been accorded an opportunity for an education similar to men. (This seems to he justified by such statements as that by Father Lucius F. Cervantes in his book And Cod " lade Man and Woman who 5.1YS that, "As far as has been ascertained there is no in tellectual capacity differential between men and women.") So we go to collcge. As college students we arc iiven the leisure to seck the things of tIle intellect, our highest faculty. If we follow a carcer we use the talents which have been trained in college .and continue this sclf-development. (Note I do not say we use all our talents in this career.) But with malTiaie and a family self development becomcs self sacrifice. The constant demands on our time, to say nothing of our paticnce and health, leave little time for the intellectual life for which we have been trained. Certainly sdf sacrifice is ennobling, but the sudden rcversal in role is ra ther a shock. The constant demands wear out even the most noble woman unless she herself is refreshed. 'Ve realize it isn't enough to have gone to college. l\Iortimer Adler states; "Anyone who supposes that he has a set of ideas left ovcr from colleie which he can carry around with him the rest of his life to pull out of a drawer when he wants to use them is supposini something that is simply not the case. Any ideas we want to think' with, we must rcthink." The ordeal then: We have intellectual capacities which we began to usc in college, but the busy life of a glamorous, loving wife, child-bearer, understanding mother, teacher, nursemaid, helpmate, hostess, gourmet and plain cook, interior decomtor, charwoman, seamstress, laundress, and parish and community worker doesn't seem to leave any time for purely intellectual pursuits. Now what shall we do? Not go to college? Advise college girls not to marry young? Encourage more women to enter the professions and not to marry? A~1ll Ihl) roJQ of ns)O-<:reative thinker and confine ourseh'es to total domesticity? Wait until our children are older to pick up the threads of intellectual life? 'Vrest time for intellectual pllrsuits from other dcmands? I would like answers to these questions. console myself with Aristotle's cryptic question, an animal satisfied than a man unsatisfi ed?" Sincerely Elizabeth time spent on the In the meantime I "Is it better to be in Christ, Reiten Henry 1911 Mildred Price KelTick, liS, Ilas finished 27 ycars with the Multnomah County Public Welfare Department in Portland, Oregon, where she served as program supervisor of Adult Services. 1917 Mary Sweeney, HS, represented CSB on January 30th at a dinner honoring Theodore C. Blegen, retiring Dean of the Graduate School, University of Minnesota. 1928 r-.larie O'Donnell Domish, - a teacher at 'Vabasha, llas been invited to become a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, an International Honor Society for 'Vomen Educators. She was initiated February 13. 1932 Bemes Larson Folkner- is a dietician at the TB hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. She is also Career Guidance Chairman seeking to arouse interest in dietetics as a carcer for high school girls . 1934 Virginia Crever Horton- is work. ing toward a Master's Degree in library science at the University of Oregon. 1936 Jean McKinnon Hough, who has been designated by Msgr. Mulloney, her pastor, as presidcnt of 57 Cathedral groups, represented St. Ben's at the dedication of the Augustana College Commons Building, SioulC Falls, S. D., December 8th. 1939 LolTaine S te~ier Gay- was cochairman of the 25th Anniversary Convention of the LaCrosse Diocesan Council of Catholic Women held in October. 1940 Arletla Petrowitz Byington- is the leader of a 4-H club which was awarded the Outstanding Club of the Smc-(wt5consin) trophy forftrwurk in safety. 1943 Frances Shauer Bargabus accompanied her husltand on a business trip to Europe ltfst summcr. 1946 i, Lois LeVasseur Liners- was a finalist in the selection of the outstanding young woman in \Visconsin for 1959. She has been very active in DES TO INDUCT SIX Six seniors from the College of St. Benedict will be inducted in to the Omega chapter of Delta Epsilon Sigma, national scholnstic honors society, on March 27th. Sister Rcmberta, OSB, president of CSB, announced these students to be Sister Gregory Michaud, OSB, Enu Claire, Wis.; Sister Ruth Regan, OSB, Olympia, \Vashington; Karen Moxocss, International Falls, Minn.; Delores Dufner, Buxton, N. D.; Patricia Rengel, St. Cloud, Minn .; and Agnes Miller, Dickinson, N. D. Sister Gregory Michaud, OSB, has maintained a 2.96 average based on a three point system. Her major field of study is mathematics. She is active in the college orchestra. Maintaining a 2.87 average is Sister Ruth Regan, OSB. She is a chemistry major and, at present, is I>refect for the freshmen. Miss Moxness, who is majoring in dietetics and minoring in biology, has a 2.86 average. During her junior year she was active in the International Relations Club. This year Miss Moxness was chosen to take part in the Tri-College Program sponsored by the Hill Family Foundation. TriCollege is an experiment in general education for faculty mcmbers and superior students from the three colleges- SI. Cloud State College, St. John's University, and the College of St. Benedict. l\l ajoring in music and minoring in English education, Miss Dufner has maintained a 2.80 a\·erage. She has been active in the college chorus and orchestra. Miss Rcngel has maintained a 2.75 averagc. In addition to her academic ability she has been active in the Commuter's Club, Ardeicons, and a Contemporary Dance Group. She is also taking part in the Tri-College Program. Miss Rengel is majoring in chemistry and minoring in biology, mathematics, and philosophy. Miss Miller, All-College PreSident, has a 2.48 average. Her activit ies during hcr four years at CSB include Mdeleons, Sodality, Oblates, Student Council, and NSA. She is also participating in the Tri-College Program. Hcr major is biology and her minor is sociology. Delta Epsilon Sigma membership is open to any faculty mcmber, alumna, or student of CSB upon whom the society wishes to confer a distinction for past achievement and fut ure promise. Dr. Nicholas Martin of the University of Rhode Island's Department will speak at thc Honors Convoca· tion March 27th when thcse women will be formally inducted into Dclta Epsilon Sigma. scouting, health work, and church work. Along with her husband, Dr. Robert · Lincrs, she was instrumental in beginning the Catholic Family Movement in her parish. 1948 Blanche Rupp Matthews- reports that her husband recently received a $llO,OOO grant from the U. S. Public Health for his research on Cystic Fibrosis. 1949 Helen Diemert- is assistant professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. She teaches four fre5hman art elasses. Elizabeth Carter Birnstihl is working toward a master's dcgree at Seina Heights College, Michigan. 1951 Virginia Berkner- represented CSB December 14th at College Day in Pacelli High School, Austin, Minnesota. 1954 Margaret Harding is a therapeutic dietician at the University of California Medical Center Hospital. Mimi Colligoon reporl5 that she is employed by the Pacific Telephone Compnny in a public relations capacity. Her work involves traveling nround the state giving demonstra· tions. Irene Hoffman- is working for Whirlpool, St. Joscph, ~Iichigan, in their food laboratory. 1956 Eileen Potter Simmons'- husband is taking his preliminary eICaminalions for his Ph.D in education at the U. of M. Eileen is working on the "editorial aspects" of a doctoral thesis for Fr. Tracy, S. J. 1957 Mary Forster Amann's husband hll$ begun his study of law at the U. of ~'I. Mary is working at Fairview Hospital. 1959 Evelyn ,Vanner Rochcford- is an assistant buyer at Powers in Minne· apolis. 1960 June Przybilla, who received her diploma from the St. Cloud Hospital School of Medical Technology in November, is employed at the St. Cloud Hospital. News Briefs Sister M. Patrick Joseph, 05B, Resident Executive Secretary of the Alumnae Association, recently underwent eye surgery at the 51. Cloud Hospital. In her absence, inquiries may be addressed either to S. Luke or Miss Krause. - . - - Roman Zwack, well-known and well-loved male Benny, began serving his fi rst term as mayor of St. Joseph on January lsI. - - - - Public apologics arc due Mary Baker who was married early in June to Dr. Eugene O'Brien. An invitation to the wedding was sent to the college but somewhere between the Alumnae Office and the printers (and for two issues of THE BENET, unbelievable as it sounds) the announcement was "lost". The O' Briens are living in Belle Plaine. . . . - Sister Remberta, OSB, president of CSB, rccently received $350 from the Scars· Roebuck Foundation. This is a cost-of-cdueation supplement which the Scars-Roebuck Foundat ion gh<cs to each school that has one of its scholarship students. Margaret Faulkner, a sophomore, is the scholarship student at CSB. -SISUR-f-UlNNE RfP'()RTS. Editor's /lote; This year Sister Etienne is continuing her studies at the Sorbonne mul makes her home at 21 rue Meehan, Paris XIV. 1789 • and Now What if there hadn't been a French Re\'olution? I am tempted to speculate about an unrevolutionized France whenever I see any of the indclible marks left by the 1789 upheaval. They a re so numerous that your visit to France will be more fruitful if you rercad THE TALE OF TWO CITIES or the Revolution chapter in a history textbook before you leave home. You may witness a July 14th celebration but it will have little or nothing to do with the event it commemorates. You will find it difficult to imagine a guillOtine on the spacious Place de la Concorde. The Bastille Is reduced to a hcap of stones and an outline painted on a busy square. Revolution becomes more real in the cells at the Conciergerie or before the mass .ll:raves in the cemetcry of Picpus. However, you must be familiar with this violent period to understand every corner of a despoiled France. You must realize that you visit what survived the catastrophe. Churches, convents, and castles were seized, razed, stripped, mutilated. The abbati:!.I church of Cluny, the larKest in Christendom at one time, became a vast quarry and was destroyed stone by stone. One tower and a few capitals remain to testify to its magnificence. The papal palace at Avignon was reconstructed to make it a more functional balTacks and sections of its medieval frescoes were gouged out by infuriated rcvolu tiona rics. Poitiers' Bapistry of St. John has served as woodshed, soup kitcllcn, and bell foundry. lis font, where fourth century Christians were baptized by immersion, was damaged when it was used to cast bells. "Liberty, Fraternity, Equality" was painted in huge black letters on every church facade. Statues at cathedral portals were beheaded. Mosaic and tile noors were ripped up. Paintings were slashed. Reliquaries and church ornaments of gold and precious stones were stolcn. Priceless tapestries, when they escaped total destruction, were used in homes and barns. Thirty-five pieces of the incomparable Angers Apocolypse tapestry are thus missing. You will visit churches and monasteries which arc still used for profane purposes. The Benedictine abbey of Fontevroult houses over 700 prisoners. The Chartreuse of Dinon is a mental hospital. Other buildings have become empty tourist aUrnctions. Many bear the marks of violence, neilcct, misuse, or unenlightened restoration. If Mont-St. Michel, Versailles, the Chateaux of the Loire valley, and the Gothic cathedrals elicit admiration, they also provoke the question, "What must they have been?" One caution, however. The tourist cannot overlook the Revolu· tion, but he must not exaggerate its effecl5 or make false accusations. Religious wars and twentieth century bombings have left their scars too. Zealous remodelers who destroyed what thcir age tenned "out·moded" or "barbaric" committed deplorable crimcs in their turn. 00 come to France to visit superb remains of its illustrious past. But come Witll your cyes and your minds open and a history book in your luggage. Is Your Name Here? The follow ing is 0 lisl of alumnae who hove paid dues as of January 26, 1960. 1895 Emma Brockman Berschens, HS 1901 Mary Finn t<)an Rurdon, HS 1903 Ann l odermeier Sch ellinger, HS Olive Goodman Mainzer, HS 1904 Anna Welle Kern, HS Emma Kennedy Murphy, HS 1906 May Crocker Leppen, HS Pearle Harnois Wooll ey. HS 1907 Edith Ryan Wills, HS 1908 Ethel Adams Whi llenger, HS 1909 Carola Bernick Lodermeie r, HS Mule O'Connell O'Neill, HS 1911 Mildred Price Kerrick, HS EliZilbeth Heid Hilger, HS Helen Kurowski Koshiol, HS Oonelda LaGrandeur. HS Mathilda Weisman Mille r, HS Rose Nangle Reilly, HS 191 2 J osephine Weisser Primus, HS ( .eseense Dingman Eilers, HS Lenora Gilley Murray, HS Gert rude Reisinger Meyer, HS 19 13 Muy Blair LaGra ndeur, HS Evelyn A ~chenbrenner McGivern, HS Angela Loveik Schnedu, HS 1914 Helen Mc Donald Conley, HS Alice L.iG ri ndeur, HS Renee Romdenne Haviland, HS 1915 Anne Wolkers to rfer Torkelson. HS 1916 Mary Schmitt McConnell. HS [rene Dsttt Kowalkowski. HS 1917 Mary Sweeney. HS Ed w in~ Borgerding Ede lbrock. HS 19 18 Agnes Thulen Kirsch t. HS Rose Godbout Sattler. HS 1919 Cecelii Schindler Mathew. HS 1920 Ermatin Borgmann Hayden. HS Marie Bremer Reim. HS Dorothy Rehmet. HS Genevieve Schaefer Zeis 1921 Margaret Knoblach. HS Armflla Eich Ladner Marie Cook Ji cQueline Van Der Hagen Schafer, HS Marion Thomton. HS 1922 Verda Kremer Klein Josephine Rijkowski Marchind. HS Valerii Himsl Pappenfus. HS Gertrude Grell Costello 1923 Evelyn RYin Keefe. HS Ger trud. Tonskemper herman. HS Carola Barthel Own. HS Rosalie Reichert Regina Sames. HS Miri. Drobny Siebenand. HS Helen Evans Binckley Cleo B rin k ha~s Ri dde. HS 1924 Adeline Fautch Schirber. HS Elizabeth J o~t Marek. HS 1926 Doris Hogan Sext on. HS Frincts Doerfler. HS Margaret Broker Phirts. HS Rost Sames. HS 1927 Marguerite Morgan Froembg enO Lenore Smith Simons, HS Agnes Zimmer Kosel. HS Bernite Uptegrove Purson. HS Louise Broker Wenner. Betty Ku n QUirlor t. HS 1928 Maude Kilian Gasperio Rose Klisen Mill er Marguet Ryan RYin 1929 Mary Tomishek. HS Cecilii Janseno Josephine Muehlenb.in. 1930 Miri. Diekmann. HS Genevieve Gruber Woods, HS Agnes Sohlero Teresa Traybiatowsky. Gladys Ant(lny Wold Kathleen McCann Langeland. HS 1931 Crescenct Scheuer Hildegard Schwanklo ( aroline Hissman RYin ( IMelia AII.n HejselO ( aroline Terwey Sauer, HS 1932 Bernice Hogan Kelly J ulia Schoenhoif Brown. HS Cliire Lamb. Corinne H a..m~n L y nch~ Catherine Bett endorf Niedzielski 1933 Cecile Mcu ugh linO Mary Nixo 1934 Angeline Mrozla Hart Alvina Knevel Morin. HS Diphn. Beissel Wrig htO (Continued from page 1) Hindu lllso. We have about 120 student,;: nurses, mid-wives, pharmacy and lab people. At present our old city hospital is still operating but the biggest group of staff and students is in the new place ten miles further on the Ganges. The lab overlooks the great river; it is not a rare occurencc to have relativcs of a pCltient bring some of the "holy water" for the patient to drink. "You ask if you can help in any way; you could. Books arc always welcome and subscriptions to magazines like Jubilee, Catholic World, etc. Books come in duty frcc- and now some good ones arc available even in pocket editions. And, of course. your prayers for our welfare and efforts are always of value." Joyfully yours in Christ, Sr. Bcde Twomey, S.C.M.M. Off Saturo Road Parna 2. India. Two of last year's graduates nrc currently teaching as a part of the lay apostolate in Nassau, Bahamas. The following is composed of excerp ts from the letters of Margaret Ward and Eileen Toroorg. "Onr Christmas was the best either of us has ever had. Never have we felt such joy and peace. Actually, there is very little sacrificing done, it seems, for the amount of rewards we arc given. I don't mean to indicate that as teachers we feci like great successes because we don't but there is much more to over a copy Homecom ing will be MoniCi Hughs Trulero Wini fred Kirwin F.ihty Nellie Lyons Foster~ 1935 Viola Gretch G ro$$ ~ Ber n ic~ Kaiser Metzner, HS Theresa Kulla Ryerson" 1936 Hazel Huber Smi!h ~ Mary Mallette O·Neili. HS Pauline Bieniek Mans ~ _c Mary Ann Nockelso ( atheri nt Kun Paulson. HS 1937 Helen Schoenbeckltr ( t rmakO Lorraine L~ndwehr Maloney. HS Idelia L O$o ~ Irene Mad igan Mos lord. Mary Clare Pleffer. Mary Sohler" Ethelyn Telle". Lilliin Beaudry Zeinero LaJean Hurd Andersono Ruth Hyland Arrello hobel Browne Winkelo 1938 Ursula SweeneyO Leona Petrowitz J ohnson. Pauline Wetzel life than feeling a success. ''The best part of the lay apostleship to me is the house visiting or visiting at the hospital and TB sanatorium. The people are so hospitable and appreciate your visiting them so much that visitation is truly a joy. \Ve just sit down in their dirty little dark shacks and talk about anything that comes to mind. \Ve try to visit all the student's homes at least once a term, especially the discipline problems. It is so much easier to understand and love the children once you know the family conditions- which arc llSusally dreadfully poor in this parish. "The thing I cannot understand well is how our people can remain so happy under such ter rible economic conditions. There are some WllO have good jobs and who arc trying desparatcly to educate themselves and their children. I cannot hclp but stand in awe of these brave souls. God must certainly be with them because it seems very few people are. "If thele is anyone interested in sending cbildren's clothing, it would be greatly appreciated. Mark the box 'Used Clothing for the Missions' and there will be little or no custom tax. It is just a suggestion. Pretty difficu lt to find childrcn's clothing at a collcge, isn't it?" , In Christ, Eileen and Marg Box 187 Priory Guest House Nassau, Bahamas ( leo Schr.l.mm Linnemin. 1939 Dolores LOdermeier Phillipps. HS Evelyn Wigner WeiSg ri m. Dorothy Egeland" Marjorie Ritlel Hunno Luyer ne O'Rourke Bri nkmano Nora. LeTournuu. Muiette Landwehr Lodermeier Wivina Kuefl er Malvuux. Lidwini l uelmtr Story EIOline D.niel Wirth Lorriine Slegmiitr GayO 1940 Eliubeth (hi$holm Courtney. Arluu Pttrowitz Byi ngtonO Dorothu Langenfeld Belis le Emeline Kidlec Langowski Mary J i ne LO$oo Laura J.int CQ(lk 1941 Ruth Linneminn Knevelo Belly Boulger Cupen!er. Mary Zinmer. ( at herine Pri byl Luporio Viola Wa, ner Mayer. Elsa Moo! MisseyO (Continucd on page 4) Created • Thine Image 1938 Leo Anthony, son of B. C. and Leona (Pctrowitz-) Johnson, born September 14th. 5 boys, 2 girls. 1939 Florence Beth, daughter of Harold and Lorraine (S tegmaier") Gay, born November 6th. 1 boy, 5 girls. 1942 Kathryn Bridget. daughter of John and Rita (Stock) Casey, born October 1st. 3 boys, 3 girls. 1945 Peter ~'I ichacl, son of Lowell and Rosamond (Hardwig") Mills, born September 29th. 3 boys, 1 girl. February, 1960 THE BENET 3 1946 Teresa Frances, daughter of Lt. CoL Michael and Elaine (Buhl) Aliotta, bom September 1st. 2 girls. Patrick ""ichael, son of Rush and Pat (Murray") McAllister, born June 26th. 1 boy, 1 girl. Jane Eileen, daughter of Robert and Mildred (MeFaddcn") Zachman, born October 27th. 3 boys, 3 girls. A daughter born December 16th to Frank and Donna (Coync") Rajkowski. 3 boys, 3 girls. 1947 Kelly Raymond, son of Raymond and Ell yn (Crahan") Kunkel, horn December 8th. First child. 1948 Shawn, adopted two-year-old son of LeRoy and Blanche (RutJp-) Matthews, came in October. 3 boys, 2 girls. "'fary Susan, adopted daughter of Richard ami Theresa (Olsen) " fcDonald. came December 9th. First child. 1949 Peter James, son of Norton and Lorella (Novetzke") Hatlie, born November 19th. 4 boys. Ruth, daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann (Malinski") " fayer, born in September. 2 boys, 3 girls. Ann Marie, adopted daughter of Albert and Garol Ann (Fandel) Francis, came in No~·ember. First child. Gordon Adolph, son of Herbert and Lorraine (Bolfing) Hesse, born December 24th. 3 boys, 3 girls. ~ f atthew Benooiet, son of Leroy and Joan (Poneelet") Larson, born in November. First child. 1950 Pcter and Paul, twin sons of Donald and Audrey (HyMen) Corcoran, born October 13th. 3 boys, 3 girls. Tcresa Anne, daughter of Manfred and Joan (Adclman) Krakow, born July 12th. 1 boy, 4 girls. Kathleen Mary, daughter of William and Mary (Sahli-) Woods, born December 22nd. 3 boys, 1 girl. 1951 Vicki Lee, daughter of Leo and Mary Ann (Votava) Leidholm. 2 boys, 1 girl. Mary Katherine, daughter of Jolm and Dorothy (Madden) Dougherty, born April 4th. 2 boys, 3 girls. Paul Frank, son of John and Kathleen (Schroeder") Norton, born August 18th. 1 boy, 2 girls. 1952 Steven Donald, son of Donald and Martha (Schmidt) Becker, born October 21st. 2 boys. Theresa Jean, daughter of Everette and Ardeth (Harth") Dutnoy, born January 23rd. 3 boys, 3 girls. Jerome Peter, son of Charles and Nancy (Burns") \Venner, born July 29th. 3 boys. "lichael Robert, son of Robert an{l Frances (Neussendorfer) Muggli, born November 11th. 2 boys, 2 girls. William, son of Mervin and Jane (Hunt") Bukoskey, born December 4th. 1 boy, 3 girls, Melisse, dnnghter of Miehnel and Joanne (Heaton") \Villette, horn August 30th. 1 boy, 4 girls. Peter Andrew, son of Hamon and Barbara (Pluth") Thomes, born December 5th. 2 boys, 1 girl. Thomas Michael, SOil of Michael and Dolores (DesRoches) Boyle, born February 5th. First child. 1953 Kathrin Marie, daughter of Ray and Joyce (Hirsch") Kohler, born December 15th. 1 boy, 1 girl. 1954 A daughter born to Felix and 8 ibiana (Schirber) Tristani on December 12th. 2 boys, 2 girls. Christine Mary, danghter of Donald and Carol (Schumllcher) Musich, born December 26th. 3 girls. Kristi Ann, daughter of Itichard and Colleen (Burns") Hawlings, born December 17th. 2 boys, 2 girls. Margaret Mary, daughter of Michael and Mary (Davis") Donahue, born January 22nd. 1 boy, 2 girls. Mark Matthew, son of John and Alyce (Malinski ") Iig, born February 4tl1. 4 boys. 1955 Peggy Ann, daughter of Al and Donna (Baker) Harmeling, born December 10th. First child. 1956 i\·fary Helen, daughter of }lichard and JOlin (Hichardson") Marchek, horn August 26th. First child . Joseph l'aul, son of l'aul and Marvel (Lee·) Pryor, born May 10th. First child. Chad Joseph, son of Wilfred and Jnnice (Felling, lIS) Bes te, born October 17th. 1 boy, 1 girl. Julia Marie, daughter January 12th. First child. 1957 of John and Elizabeth (Anderson-) Hartle, born Scott Thomas, son of Duane and Mary Ellen (Loderme ier) Waldon, born December 8th. 1 hoy, 2 girls. Timothy James, son of Edward and Patricia (Kirkey) Campbell, born October 4th. :First child, 1958 Mnriel Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund and Eiko (Yoshinaga) Wright. First chlld. 1959 Timothy Allen, son of Bernard and Mary Helen (Lentz) Lockhart, born December 19th. First child. Gerry, son of Michael and Petra (Wah:) Cusick. born in August. 2 boys. Lynne Marie, daughter of Ted and Barbara (Jnckels, HS) Enger, horn September 14th. 2 girls. Gregory Thomas, son of Donald and Caroline (Klein") Reisdorf, bom July 9th. First child . 1960 Mark Allen, son of Thomas and Joan (Andert) Held, born December 19th. First child. Kevin Timothy, son of Dan and Carol (Bandel) Collins, born November 27th. First child. Peter Henry, son of Edward and Ruth (Riebel) Gcrmscheid, born May 2nd, First child. 4 THE BENET February, 1960 Ground Breaking For New High School Folher Jerome, 05B, high school. Looking ond Rev. Mother RichQrdo, 05B, tu,n on is Sister Lewin., 05B, sub-prio ren. the firs' shovels of dirt at th. site of the 1942 Rita Sto<k C,UfY Mary Louis. Rei lly Frllncn SchwarU. Mi ry Bot/: Vos. [ Hlyn McCann 1943 Mtricktl Otlill Mlildonildo Dug9iln* M,rjorie Sltwil.t Smith. Leo"" RonHe LtNmoff. M.try CllIi •• Doll Chllmbtrlin Dorint l oS(! EllubUh Schultz J"mH* Rulh Zitur Neron Muy Brownrigg O'Connell' Delores Diepolder Rosberg' Mugu" Rice Brunlono Rosemuy Schllefer' MlIfcella Hunst iger Su zo Consun" Suc homel Doro lhy Browne Splng Evelyn McKigney Thi biduux' 1944 Ruth FflInks Arth' Betty Bueom Hill ' Anllelll Kr"II' Philomenl ZlIthml n u ky L"Verne Wirth MlI ytrho fer Dorolhy Billlr.e O'Brien' Anne Mirie Zwisltr MeC"nn' LIVerne LOdtrmeitr Li ndwehr, HS 1945 Muine Binek Johnson Betty Sliter Slump Evelyn Burnttt Morley Rosamond HlIfdwig Mills. Jun Luckinll PlIciotti. J u nette Thielmln Welle. Phyllil Edelbrock Prem MlIfY Jane Invun Pi:u.u Mllfy Mart;n Hickner' 1946 Lois LeVuuur Liners' Jouphine Fleming Koenig Ellen J , Loehltin Patrici" MurrilY McAllis ter' DolorlS Bu hlo ld Meyer, HS M;try AM Kinney Plitlison. Mil .guU Schomer Lo~ i$t Theistn Jelln Popin Welch Mildrtd McFlIddt n Vir gi ni .. Winifred M~rjorie 1947 Zi ebol ' O'Rou rkt Schmid Appert ClInunelll Muian Linnem,nn' EliZll bcth Zch nlt Pritchett E I~i n. S"ngtr Ne'" Gerrine O'MQfll' C" th erine Shl utr V"nder,on' Ellyn C",II"n Kunkel ' Mari""t Crowley Smyth' 1948 Eliz"beth HlIn Ivy Eiletn OPItz 8erger' Mary Lou K",VlI Jlnd" Klthlffn Wold Puuh ' Do'othy Berg Kelm MlITY Jo Bluer Ederer' M" ry Ann Splttgens u mmtrs Loretto Hylden Ludowese' Thtri!'Sll Olsen McDon,ld 8 11nche Rupp M .. tt hfl¥S' Muy Th'ri!'Sll Simonett Schlichte' Merwyn Schmidt ' lubelle Bunkers Smi th uurelu Jo hnston Sbhl' Belty Buhl Bunkers' h ne Moser Reber ' 1949 Margard RYlln Greco Henrietta Pillu Reiner Patrit!" Gits OPi tz' Lois KlImm Adler' Consutlo Artugllf Murphy' Lorflline Bol fing Hesse Gertrude S~ ntik Bullod l. Ruth MtlI9htr Nystrom Mucellint Brcher KocheVllr Oonn" Cook Kruch ten Norun Mug gli Grant Them Rest liS Husband of Rose Codbout Sattler, lIS ' 18, on November 24th. Father of Marion Linnemann, '47·, in July. Brother of Ann Rose Notermann Dietl., '47; EliUlbeth Notermann Fink, '35; Julia Notermann Dimly, '40-, on July 27th. Father of Ludmilla Burda, '45, on October 9th. Brother of Maude Kilian Casperi, '28, in June. Husband of Mona Breaske Coll ins, '36, in November. Hush.1nd of Mary Alice Downs Duprey, liS '23, on January Father of Fcm Wallace, '62, on December 23rd. Father of Betty Coborn Clel11ler, '45, on January 30th. 8th, 24th. Dolores Brisw Schillo, '53, on Fcbruary Mother of Clara Wiederhold Brown, HS '24, and sister of Sister nita Marschall, on January 22nd. Infant son of Cordon and Isabelle (LeTourneau, '43-) Suthard. InCant son of Nick and J ulia (Twomey, '55-) Wenner. Infant son of Ralph and Jovita (Beste '51 -) Baker. Infant daughter of Richard and Mary (Landherr, '56) Berg. Jolm Brian, infant SOli of Brinll nnd Ruth (Pahl '50-) Faust. Mrs, W. J. Lins Oosephine Casper), HS '13. THE BENET l'ublished by the Coll e~e of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, ;\-l innesota, in October, Dt.'CCllIbc r, February, April, and j\·lay. SubSCription $.50. Entered as second class matter January 14, 1948, at the post office at St. j oseph, Minnesota, under the act or March, 1879, Btrn;ce Rtwilnf. Marl 51. Dnllt Dolor. s Rewitzer Stllm ••• Shirley Hernbtrger Sta lbt.ger PlIt ";Cii Colv ill t Thu l Dorint Web.r, HS H;trritl Huty Wil". Ludle Schultz Wel ler Mlirl Krtbs blClt Horsch, 1950 Jo..n Chion. Krukr Lon,int Buthel Gresser' JNn Gl idl Schmitz' "' JQr U Berlle Mickelson' Lil.i. Diemert McDermott Norten Mclntu Eilun Westrup Northup ' Ruth Schelli~ger Pttus MU~lrt t Simon Schtll er ' Dorothy Weiu' BH~HI Coy McGinnis ' JOlin A delm~n Krll kow Miry Bunker Shllnlr.$ MirY Loui,. S,bli Woods' Jun Chiu Hsillo' 1951 M, ,.., BrllunWlrth Johnson Li lli, n Zent Knenl Muy Eilffn Antony, HS Klt~ lffn SChroeder Norton' Ethtl bert Woeste Svob Delores LUdowese Bullemer Mary VOUVl Leidho lm Mary ECkert LUdowese Carroll Brynjolhon Lync'" Miry Me Erli ne Mowbrly' Mary Jo MlI lthews Schnettler ' Doris Bogut Simonell' MirY Anne Peffer Weber' 1952 Dolores Des Roches Boyle' Eutyn Kttfe Suson' JNnne CI"SlIens Neuleib' MlIrJtI Schmidt Becker NinCY McClfthy' Lenarll SllInger Si lin~s LUdmilll PlIdrnos Voelker' Ros-mlrY BHh tol" WlIfnert JOll nne Heaton Willette' 1953 Mu,utrite Elhen Johnson HS Betty Zimmermin Pl ters~n ' Joyc,e Krllmer DeCock Gro ri" Sehleper Enzer' Juli:nll Welle Verzuh' Mulene De'"ri" Olsen' Ruth Groebner Polb' JUMtle Wrigh t Schmllll' Lois H"gen Schwob' Mar~ Agnes Trultr Shimou' JUMene Hlnn Wolff Dolores Brisu Schillo 1954 A lyc ~ Mi linslr.i Ilg' JoAnn Korb SU~ Dolores Kohler MOlllllhn' MUJ Louise DiV is Donohue' Muy Elhel Cummings Welshons Muy Lou Casey Best Chulotte Moore Miller' Miry Ellen Miller' Jlnt! Puent Sur,,;' Mllry Collignon Jeilnne Gniflr.ows.i Kuffel' Milrjorie Olsen Lr brun ' Mary Jine Dois Ploo l' Glori~ Stoll' JOi n Timlr.o Z~ Pilll ' J oyc~ Fili herty Zw,,1r. Ml'!IlIret Huding Mul~ne Cummings EliZllbelh Wilrtmln Clin Blessing and breaking of ground for the new St. Benedict's High School took place Jan uary 12th before several hundred onlookers. \Vitnessing the first step in the building p r o j e c t being laullched were Heverend Mother Hicha rda, OSB; Father Jerome, OSB, chaplain; faculty and students of the high school, officers and members of the Home- School Association; sentatives of the finn. and reprecontracting The colls truction project includcs thrce buildings- the academic high school building, the residence hall, and the college gymnasium. Com" Ietion da te for this work has been set for mid-Selltember, 1960. Architects HamuleJ and Creen, Inc., of St. Paul, who also designed Mary Hall, produced a fu nctional and economicnl plall to satisfy the needs of each particular building. The high school academic building, planned for 300 students, provides SI,aee for all school and recreational activities. A lounge and snack area will serve the students' recrea_ tional needs. Much of the recreation space will also be uwd for academic purposes, Included in the academic unit arc scvcn general classrooms, onc classroom each for art, science, and home economics. Classrooms surround a centrally-located library. The multi· purpose science room includes two teacher-prcparation rooms and a dark room. In the music area are four practice rooms, one e nsemble room, an office, and a room for instrument storage. The 3000 square foo t multi-purpose game room serves a three-fold function: auditorium, gymnasium for physical educat ion classes, and recre_ ational area, The stage also serves as a music classroom for the choral and instrumental groups. The two-story residence haH will house 125 students. On the two fl oors will be thirteen 8-bed donnitories, four 4-bed dornl itories, and four double rooms. 1955 Muguel J ohnson ' Cllfe Christensen LlI ngr Donn" Biker Harmeling Mlfjfyn Yunker M~ rr"y ' Coll een Cur OllOn' JOZIn Kilzer Luson' Bernldette Kraemer' Mllry Krom' ClITol McCuthy' R o~nne Middy' Mlurun Griffin Miller' Ann Montesk.' Pltricil G"incs Pring le' Dorothy Reynolds Schonfl¥ise' KlIthleen Kosel Sei fert, HS PlI lridi Pung' Mllry Helson Stllckpool' Mildred DeCock Swed zinski Cori nt Swift P"lIe 1956 J" nel Kammeitr Lorttu O'Htrn Kelly' Elunor Zent Fortuna ' Mllt Roult Stifter Muie Huschle H in~uskl Belly Ann SulllVln Hus' Rfi inll M"son' PlItricl, Weisttr MUYfI Ltt Pryo r' MifY Pat Hut Kobe. RUlh McClIfvilie' JOin Richllfdson Muchek' Mllry Baker O'Brien' Paul ine Dufl ull Roy Mary WYint Ruprecht English Conference February 19th and 20th will bo the days of the first English Confercnce of Minnesota Private Colleges hcld at St. Benedict's. Along with SJ U, CSB will serve as host for the fifth annual conference. The works of Shakespeare IJrovide the material for th is year's meetings. Two students frOIll each of the twelve pMtieipa ting collcges will present pnpers on speCific topics; the presentations will be followcd by In formnl discussions. The featured speaker of the confere nce will be Dr. George Bagshawe Harrison, professor of English at the Universi ty of Michigan. Among his many published works are: The E1i7.llbethan j ournals, The Jacobean j ournal, The Day Before Yesterday, and Shakespeare's Tragedies. Bcnnics I)articipa ting in the con· ference Hre Marietta Swoffer and Charlotte Kunkel who will present I,al>c rs on "Reali ty and Realism ill ShaL:esl>care" as seen in Hamlet and Macbeth. Donna Doll, will scn ·e as Chairman. senior English major, Confere nce Student Jain Meyer WlIlier h nl" Felling Beste, HS Eilftn Potter Simmons' 1957 Mildred Schwll nkl KIStner' PlI t rici" Kirkey ClImpbell K" thryn Ml rcottc' JOlinne Klein Dolan' Mlrgllftl AlbrHIlt Anlleline Oufntr' D",lene Kastl, HS Eliubelh Sloitz S,..elh' MuJorie Fickbohm Sqij ircs' Irene Theis, HS Mlfy K,y Dietl Toniuto' Muy Mllthew Wlgn,,' Muy McCullOijgh Nonk' Yvonne Lesurbtllu Wil50n ' Mlfglre! Schuster Grossmlln Mlfy Forster Amll nn. 1958 J ~cqueline He"iges Sophil Yung Piln M"ry Minderfeld Sull iVlln' J,nice Lebru n' ROsemifie J ohnson M ~Gui re Julillnne MlIrlow' Blrbllfl M, lczynski' Plt rici" Rooney' Pltrici" Slumu r Phyllis Sthlf", Lois Schroeder' Kl th ryn Siebenllnd' Muy Ann Simpson McKenna 1959 Ollne J irik J oan Kt ttler' LaVonne Schnieder O'Connor' J udith Cummings Ry, n' Miry Bluer D"yis' Cuol Mitt Clfol Coyne l ink MuJorie Lonerg"n Rib Lukes' Miry Ann MiU' Dllne Borminn Mihoney' Dell.. Piuly' Therr~ Philip p, Nincy Schmlilen KlIthrun Hofmilnn Thomey BeHrly Waledus' Helen Wirmkll' EH lyn W,nner Rot heford' Muy Alice Wedl ' Jun Withrow' K" lhlttn Zenner' Kl thleen Roo ney Miry Jun Herbst' 1960 Dunell Zithmi n Klein Cuol Bilndel Coll ins J elnnette Jt nneml n Koop Rosunn McKeown htobs 1962 Jac qlle!in John son Mify Al ice Schroeder A Great Sacrament 1951 juditll Poncelet - to Dr. John Hoffman, December 28th. 1953 Juliana Welle- to James Verzuh, December 29th, 1956 May Routs to Norbert Sti fter, August 22nd, 1959 Mary Ann Van Sickle to Lt. Edward Cilbertson, December 28th, |
