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This year marked year 25 for the production of $0 T... el Your Light Shine. For 25 Septembers, students at St. Benedict's have been the only students in the world inducted into coUege with such a pageant ceremony, a ceremony imbued with beautybeauty that comes from seeing white, barb.1 rism, red, graceful ness, flame, OPI)Osi tion, victory, peasant work, peasant happiness, scholars, respect for the prince, common prayer, rows of blaek, hearing THE College Begins First Semester With Record Registration ClrJ.sses began September 14 at the College of St. Benedict with 421 students and 52 teachers. Of the 421 students 361 are lay students and 60 arc l)Ostuiants or members of a religious community. Of the 52 teachers nine are lay teaehers and 43 arc religious with 12 of the 52 being new teaehers on the facul ty. Among the lay students the freshm~ n c1as! is once again the largest class on C"JlllpUS having 150 freshmen registered this semester. The freshman class is almost three times as large as the senior class which has 52 members. The sophomores and juniors rank very nenr one nnother in class membership. The SOI)homorcs have 86 members while the juniors have 73. Among the postulants and sisters the re arc 19 freshman, 21 SOI>homores, 10 juniors and 10 seniors. Eiel'en of the 12 new faculty members arc in the biology, chemistry, English, French, Latin, mathematics, music and sociology departments; one is particillating in TriCollege which is supra-del>.1rtmental. Nicholas K. 7..aC"£kowski, who is the husband of Uden Muggli (40-), teaches in the Biology Dellartment. Mr. Zaczkowski received his B.5. at 51. John's University and his ~ I. S. at the University of Wisconsin. He has done additional work at the Biological Station of Montana State University and Kansas State College. Sister Ruth !legan, 0.5.3. of SI. Placid Priory, Olymllia, \Vashington, teaches chemistry. Sister !luth, an alumna of 51. Benedict's, received her B.5. in June. Returning to the Engli5h department is Sister Andre, O.S.B., who has spent the last six years teaching BENET high school English. Sister Andre has her B.A. from 51. Benedict's and her M.A. from NolTe Dame. Robert J. Kovacs is a new member of the English department. Mr. Kovacs earned both his B.A. and M.A. degrees in English at the University of Michigan. Sister Etienne, O.S.B. has returned to the French Department after ,pending the past two years in France as a student at the Universities of Dijon and Paris. Sister attended the University of Dijon under the Fulbright scholarship program. Sister Kieran, O.S.B., who taught at Holy Angels in 51. Cloud last year, has resumed teaching for tIle Latin Dellartment at CSB. Sister Kieran has a B.A. from the College of St. Benedict. Kay Ann Fox is an instructor in mathematics. Miss Fox comes to Minnesota from 51. Xavier College in Chicago where she e.luTled her B.S. in mathematics. youth, torclles of light "Behold;" tom - tom - tom - lom- "and never a nation Official Alumnae Publication of the Colle ge of St. Bene dict After a two year absence during which she did doctoral work at Indiana University, Sister Clement, O.S. B., is once again teaching piano for the Music Department. Newly appointed to the Music Department is Sister Nathan, a graduate of 51. Benedict's. Sister Nathan received a Master of Music Education Degree with higllest dislinction at Indiana University's June commemcemenl. thinking shall tame usl HalHalHal HalHa!"; the soft organand not a word from the mouths of the flames; "\Ve toil, we toil with sickle keen;" hoof beats - and "Listenl Listen! Listen! The Prince comes riding, riding, Riding to his people;" ding, dong, ding - and "compline time;" "!leceive, receive, receive oh )'oung and beautiful." The torch of light, of prayer and labor, YOUf high and blessed dedication. This year's pageant was again under the general direction of Sister Colman, O.S.B. The dances were directed by Miss Constance Zierden, who is actually the original chorco-grapher. Of course, Sister Colman and ~'I iss Zierden were hcll>ed by many committees of sislers and students. High Starts School Classes Aecording to Sister Therese r-.l arie, principal, 153 students began classes September 26 at 51. Benedict's High School in a completcly new Iligh school plant. The student registration shows that there arc 54 freshmen, 31 SOllhomores, 28 juniors and 40 seniors. All resident students are housed in the new two-story residence building located just II few steps south of the academic building. All classes are held hi the new academic building. Although the opening date for high school was originally scheduled for September 13, it was postponed to pennit partial completion of the academic bUilding and residence hall units. The buildings will be completed this October. While the majority of students are from the Diocese of St. Cloud, 51 are from other dioceses of Minnesota and neighboring states. Among the nine girls from outside the state two are from North Dakota, three from South Dakota, one from Iowa, one from \Visconsin and two from Montana. faculty Plans Alumnae Reception Sister Remberta and the Faculty of the College of St. Benedict invite the alumnae of 51. Benedict's, their Johnny husbands or Johnny escorts to a reception in Mary Hall Commons from 11:00 a.m. _ 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 22 - the day of homecoming at 51. John's University. VOL. XXVI, NO. 1 Course Offers To Open Roads To Meet As:a Sister Emmanuel, O.5.B., opened the 1960-1961 Tri-College course, East Meets \Vest - Understanding Asia, at the College of St. Benedict, September 27. In her lecture Sister Emmanuci said that in a 1955 survey 40% of the United States' undergraduate colleges offered no opportunity for their students to study Asia. As can be seen from the title of this year's Tri-Col1ege program, this percentage ought to be lowered because an attempt is being made right here in ~ I innesota to put some students and some teachers attending 51. Benedict's College, St. Cloud State College and 51. Jolm's Univer_ sity in contact with the minds of the East. Sister that if Emmanuel, O.S.B., deelared we of the \Vest want to form a world with the East - a world based on "COOI'ERA nON rather than UNIFonMITY" - we of the 'Vest must make a new atlilroach to the East. This time we must approach the Hindu, the Buddhist, the llama, the Muslim, the Catholic, the Taoist, the Sikh mentally and spiritually. The era of the vielor and the vall<luished is the past, not the present. The nationalistic riots are based on a paradox - the revolt against the West by the East and the acceptance o( the West by the East. The East suspects \Vestem political influence but at the same time looks "to the Weft (or political principles, scientific knowledge, and economic guidanee." This paradox can be solved only with mental and Sl)irilual understanding. In this attempt to meet the minds of the East the Tri-College Ilarti cipants are studying roots-geography, pcrsonality, communication; artsvisual arts, literature, music; valuesI s I a m, rationalism, Confucianism; community - family, village, school ; society - nationalism, IHoduction, democracy; and prospects - education, natural science, social science, medicine. At the College of St. Benedict the Tri-College program is under the general direction of Sister Jeremy. Sister Cathan, Sister Emmanuel, Sister Johanna, Sister Mary and Dr. \Villiam Davidson represent the other faculty members from the College. St. Joseph, Minnesota TV Features Sister Joanne Sister Joanne, O.S.B. , teaches TOllics in Modem Algebra on KTCA-TV every Tuesday and Thursday at 8:00 I).m. This course is a part of the Minnesota Private College Hour which has been a regular feature of KTCA educational television programs for the last rOUt yedfS. Si$u,r Joanne, who is professor and chairman of the Dcp:utment of Mathematics here at the College of St. Benedict, began tcaching her course Scl>tember 20. TIle course includes 32 telecasts. This means that the final teJC("ast will be made January 19, 1961. SISTER JOANNE, O.S.B. TOllies in Modern Algebra was selected by Sister Joanne as the subject matter for her course primarily ixcause she wants to llelp junior and senior high school mathe_ matics teachers. Sisler feels that modern algebra will be included in high seho:>1 curriculums in the very ncar future. This will, of course, require new knowledge on the part of the mathematics teachers. It is to these people that Sister is channeling her program. The course covers topics that have been recommended by the Commission on Mathematics and the Undergroduate I)rograrn of the American Mathematical Association. It emphasi1. es the understa nding of conccpts - sets, number, systems, conb<ruences, groups, matrices, determirmnts, rings, fields - rather than manipulation skills. Octobe r, 1960 Convert T alks About Leaders At Assembly Douglas Hyde, who spent six months of 1960 in tlle jails of South East Asia working to convert Communist leaders to Catholicism, is scheduled to speak at an assembly program at the College October 20. Mr. Hyde's talk will analyze Training Christian Leaders. In London Mr. Hyde was news editor of The Daily Worker until he was sued for libel for Jlublishing an alleged eXl)I)se of The Weekly Review as a Faseist publication. While he was preparing to defend himself, Mr. Hyde studied old issues of The Weekly Review and came to know Catholic thought through such writers as Chesterton and HeIloc. Because he was in tellectually convinced that Catholicism was true, Mr. Hyde had his two children baptized Catholic in January, 1948, even though he himsclf did 1I0t resign from the Communist Party and enter the Church until la ter that year. At present Mr. Hyde is a representative of the British Foreign Office to SEATO where he is chairman of the committee for combatting psychological subversion. He is the author of I 8eJieve<l, his own biography. Daughters Follow Parents' Footsteps As years llass, more studentli who have Benny mothers, Johnny fathers (even Benny fathers) or both come to 51. Benedict's. This year five women enrolled here have l)Oth It Benny mother and a Johnny father. From "'linneapolis come Mary Cary and Kathleen Schaefer. Mary is the daughter of Fred W. and Henriette (Kern '36-) Cary, Kathleen is the daughter of Albert and Dorothy (Vos '33-) Schaefer. Roman and Catherine (Bettendorf '32) Niedzielski of Gilman have their daughter, Mary Catherine, Ilere; !loman aud Elaine (Spaniol '37) Truzinski of 51. Cloud arc tIle parents of JoAnn Truzinski; Arthur and Marjorie (Bastien '38) Welp of Bancroft, Iowa, are the parents of Mary Noel Welp. For the first time, a foreign alumna has sent her daughter to St. Benedict's. Teresa China ("32) of Shanghai, China, has a daughter, Mary Li, here. (Continued on page 4, col. 3) Sister A(IUinas, O.S.B., a candidate for an M.S. in sociology at 51. LOllis University, has joined the sociology faculty. Sister Aquinas, too, is an alumna of St. Benedict's having received her degree here in social science. Besides her work here Sister also teaches SOCiology at the St. Cloud Nurses Home. Mr. Henri Belleau, a member of the St. John's Unh'ersity Sociology Department, teaches eriminoiogy at CSB. Mr. Belleau has a B.A. in commerce from the University of Ottawa, an M.A. in law fr<)m the University of Montreal and an M.A. in 1)I)Iiticai and social sciencc with a major in sociology and labor problems from the University of Louvain. Dr. William Davidson, who is the College and Convent physican, becarne a member of the faculty when he accepted his invi tation to partici- 1)'1te in the current Tri-College program. Pianist Plays In New Series Sister Ellen, O.5.B., will play a piano conccrt on the KTCA Artists Series November 10 at 8:30 Il.m. Sister Ellen teaches piano and harnlOny in the Department of Music at the College of St. Benedict. She has been on the faculty since 1958 when she returned from DePaul University with a mafters of music in Iliano pcrfonnanee. Sister will play Kabalevsl.:y's Sonata for Piano, Op. 46, No. 3, two selections - Homrnage a Rameau and Mou"ement - from Debussy's Images, and Tcherepninc's Chanson Teheque. This is the first year for the Artists Serics on KTCA. It is a I)rogram sponsored by the Min_ nesota Private College Council and it features faculty members from the Minnesota private colleges. Dear Sennies l'\ease notify the alumnae office of address changes. 1£ you are teaching, if you have moved, if you haven't received the Benet at the address where you are now living, we really " . .-ould appreciate having your new addresses. 2 THE BENET October, 1960 Mrs. Henry Supports Duo Education System Dear Bennies, This year you will miss the annual dues notice. At homecoming last spring we voted to abolish dues and initiate annual giving instead. This is a common practice among colleges and means that everyone wilI receive the Benet whether she has contributed an annual gift or not. However it does not mean that everyone, whether she has contributed an annual gift or not, will "be in good standing" in the Alumnae Association. In order to "be in good standing" we must make a contribution to the College of St. Benedict. i\·lore important, annual giving means that those who believe private education is worth saving can show it by annual gifts to the college of their choice. A recent article circulated to college presidents predicted that in another twenty years there will be less than two dozen significant private colleges left in the United States. Perhaps this is overdrawn, but it does indicate the vast needs of private colleges. While we want our public institutions to be as good as they can be made, we do not want the traditional dual system of education to disappear. Ten years ago the ratio of students in public and private institutions of higher learning was 50-SO. Now it is 6()..40. By 1970 it is expected to be 70-30. Is not total socialization of education as bad as sodalization of business? J 'he place to begin resisting this ominous trend is with our own college. Let's not forget the College of SI. Bcnedict this year or later. Cordially, Mrs. (Betty Reiten) Edward Henry Alumnae Enter Convents Throughout United States weco T 1 Among 28 girls who received the e evises religious habit here June 14, 1960, were six women who were students Conventual Life at the College of St. Benedict. Among 28 gi rls who entered the At St. Benedict's scholast icate September 8, 1960, were four former St. Benedict's stu- When he coordinated educational telev ision for KTCA in 1958, ~"Ir. Karl Ruble came to the College of St. Benedict to arrange Sister ~Iary's Heredity program. These contacts at St. Benedict's were Mr. Ruble's first contacts with the Benedictine Community. He was impressed. Now Mr. Rublc is director of public "Ifair~ for \VeCO-TV. As such he developed the seed of his impression of SI. Benedict's Convent into a ' VCCO television news program which he called Who Is A Nun? and presented September 11 at 3:30 Il.m. Two staff members from channel four TV spent three days at St. Benedict's. During this time they observed the life of the sisters and took pictures of them at work, prayer and recreation. All classes of nuns were featured in the program- nuns who have spent as much as threefourths of a century at the convent as well as women who entered the community September 8, 1960. ~ I r. Ruble developed this program to purposely acquaint viewers in his television audience with the purposcfilled and !leace-filled life at SI. Benedict's-to acquaint them wldl this mode of life in case they never ACCIDENTALLY meet it as he ACCIDENTALLY met it through his contacts with Sister ~ I ary in 1958. Sisters Meet Alumnae During Summer Travel 'Vhen Sister Linnea and Sister Colman were traveling this summer, they met three alumnae - Florence Empson '190 , Judy Poncelet Hoffman '51°, and Rosemary 1·lynes Threlkeld '52° . They met Florence, who was returning to Minnesota after spending the summer in Russia, at both the London and New York aiTJ)Orts. In fact the thrce travelled together from New York to Minneapolis. At 'Vindsor Castle Sister Linnea happened to look at a tall woman with red hair. It was Judy Poncclet Hoffman. Hosemary Hynes l 11relkeld and her llUsband met Sister Colman and Sister Linnea at the London airport llclped them to get their feet on the ground for their London visit, and at the end of that visit waved good-by to them as they left the London airport for Ncw York City. dents; and across the United States eight more former students either began or took one step furth er in their religious life. Wearing a habit for the first time and white veils as a symbol of their novice status are Delores Dufner (Sister Vercna), Carol Freund (Sister Dominica), hIarga ret Corcoran (Sister Emmet), Ceraldine Luke (Sister Hugh), Barbara Kort (Sister I rene), and SuSan Wild (Sister Moira). Theresc Ann Collison, Diane J irik, Mary Lou J'o·leisinger and Caroljene Topel joined thc communi ty as postulants September 8. Therese Ann, Mary Lou and Caroljcne wcre freshmen at 51. Benedict's last year. Diane attended St, Benedict's from 1955- 1957. The day aftcr Margaret Corcoran received her habit herc at St. Benedict's, her twin sister Patricia received a Benedictine habit at 51. Paul's Priory in St. Paul, Minnesota. Sister Donald is the name that Pat received june 15. In three Benedictine conventstwo ill North Dakota and one in California _ three students are serving God. Diane Welder ('62) became a novice at the Convent of the Allliuneiation in Bismarck, North Dakota. Diane's name is Sistcr Thomas. Mary Kay \Vermerskirchcn ('61 ) went to Sacred Heart Convent in Minot, North Dakota. Mary Kay is n (lOstulant nt Sacred Heart Convent. In Glendora, California, RosellIary Burns ('55) entcred St. Lucy's Priory. Before she joined her new Benedictine home, Hosemary visited SI. Benedict's. She told us then that she would become a pos tu lant Scptember 8, 1 96~, Joan Emmel, who just graduated from SI. Benedict's in June, 1960, left her home in West Union, Minnesota, to join the Maryknoll Sisters. joan is now at the MaryknoU Sisters' Novitiate in St. Louis, MissourJ. As a mcmber of the Franciscan Ordcr in Rochester, Minnesota, Lois Knipp ('62) reccived her religious habit August 12. As a religious Lois will be called Sister M. Barbara. At Sacred Heart Convent in Fargo, North Dakota, two women made temporary vows as members of the Presentation Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary. These two women arc Hose mary Marcotte (,59), who is Sister Mary Mark, and Phyll is Moen ('60), who is Sister Anna r.Iarie. Sister Inez Writes Guide Human Helations Area Files Press has published Field Guide To The Ethnological Study of Child Life written by Sister M. Inez Hilge r, O.S.B. TIlis Field Cuide is the first in a series of Behavior Science Field Cuides, being published as a part of the Human Relations Area Files l"ress "continuing program to facilitate and advance resea rch in the sciences related to tlle study of man." In her introduction Sister Inez explains that she has written a guide on the study of child life because as far as she knows, there is no study of child life among any tribal or primitive peoilies except for !\-largaret ~Iea d's Coming of Age in Samoa and Growing Up in New Guinea. The Guide is just that - a guide for field workers. It is composed of a series of questions regarding the study of child life; a se ries of questions that field workers might ask when they go into tribes to study their beliefs about children. Between her questions Sister has vcry often inserted traits of tribes. She did this to hell) the field worker illustrate her questions. Teacher Completes Earthly Life Sister Magna Werth, who taught physics and chemistry at the College of S:. Benedict from 1915-1956, died June 21 at the St. Cloud Hosllita!. A Solemn Requiem "h ss was sung for Sister June 24 in the Sacred Heart Chapel here at the Convent of St. Benedict. July 11, 1953, Sister ~:I agna marked her fiftieth year as a professed sister in the Order of SI. Benedict. She entered the seholasticatc at St. Benedict'~ in made her vows four years late r, July 11, 1903. For 53 years Sister h-Iagna taught elasses in the schools run by the Convent of St. Benedict. She taught three levels of students- grade school students in Hastings, high school students in SI. Cloud, and college students in St. Joseph. Since the College was only begun in 1913, Sister Magna was certainly among the first to be listed on the faculty of the College of SI. Benedict. In Sister Crace ~ l c Donald's book With Lamps Bu~n ing Sister Magna is pictured with "some of the first faculty." Council Develops Brotherhood Theme According to LuVerne Youso, Faculty-Student Council President, "Brotherhood " is the council's theme for the year. As a part of the year's program being de,·eloped around this theme, the council is sponsoring Brotherhood Day October IS. The plans for this day arc under the co-chairmanshill of ~hrgaret Faulkner, all-college secretary, and Mary Jean Nierengarten. Their committee members are Gretchen Etzell, Margaret ' Varmka and Connie Nelson. CSB Revamps Physical Plant Even Some Humps Revamping and revamped characterize the present condition of SI. Benedict's Ilh ysical plant. From the four th floor carrels to the basement floor humps there is change. FACULTY nOOM On fourth floor in what used to be Montserrat Dormitory, there is a series of little rectangular rooms. These are the carrels in the faculty study. The alumnae and developmcnt fund offices use the entire area that used to be The Faculty Room on second floor. THE LlBHAHY Today the library gates on second floor lead to the reference and p.:riodical rooms, not to the main libnuy and art department; they are open and shut by Sister Imogene, head librarian, Sister Anne Louise, assistant librarian, Sister Crace, who assists at the reference desk, and Sister Geneva, who handles the circulation desk; they symbolize 32,000 library books housed in the old art department (periodical room), the old gymnasium (the stacks) and the old library (reference room). THE GYMNASIUM The gymnasium was ready for classes October 8. Although the building is not complete, Miss Ruth Allen docs hold classes there after a few weeks of mceting her classes at 1\'lary Hall Commons because the old gymnasium contained the stacks when school opened. THE ART DEPARTMENT, THE MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT The Old Laundry Building is now called Loretto Hall, and it is to Loretto Hall that the art and mathematics departments have been moved. The art department is on the first floor and the mathematics del)artment is on the basement floor. DIAL PHUNES Dial phones have been put throughout the community from the vestment department to the news service department on fourth floor of the main building. Any building on campus can be dialed without going through the portress's switch· board. THE PonTRESS' DESK Besides the dial systcm there is another change in the communications system here. The Portress' desk has been moved. The portress is now seated in the first parlor to the left as one enters the front door of the main building. The old portress' room has becn changed into a parlor. THE HUMPS IN THE FLOOH It looked as if it were a very simple operation - just cut out the humps and put in straight boards! Simple or not, it's a luxury (for those of us who drag our feet) not to stumble or stub our toes when we walk on the basement floor! Ford Company Doubles Mary Sohler's Gift Because she is a contributor to a private college and because she is an employce of the Ford Motor Company, Miss Mary Sohler's recent contribution to the College of SI. Benedict was doubled-not matclled but doubled-by the Ford Educational AID Program. The Ford Educational AID (Assistance and Incentive Donation) Program matches $1-5010 contributions made by employees to eligible public colleges, universities and high schools; however, it doubles $1-1000 contributions made by employees to eligible private collcges. There are EIGHTY corporations in the United States that will MATCH employees contributions to colleges. Your gift can be matched if you or your husband are employed by a company with a matching gift program. See page four, column five, "Corporations Match." Faculty Play Integral Part Faculty from SI. Benedict's played a very integral part in two meetings of the American Benedictine Academy this summer. Sister Johanna, who was elected chairman of the Fine Arts Section of the American Benedictine Academy at the 1958 national convention, headed the organization of the Fine Arts Meeting for which St. John's and St. Benedict's were co-hosts August 23-26. Three faculty members from CSB participated in this program. Sister Colman wrote a paper entitled Mon,·15tic Sources of Litur g ica l Drama. Because Sister was in London, Sister Janet, O.S.B., Eau Claire, 'Viscoosin, read her papcr. Sister Colman used the medieval liturgical play, A Visit to the Tomb, to exemplify her paper's remarks; it is this play that the junior sis ters from SI. Benedict's presented for the ABA. Sistcr Firmin directed the play. In addition Sister Fimlin was chairman of a morning session. As chairman Sister introduced Dr. William Davidson who read a paper caBed The l'sychology of Crcativity. The second ABA meeting to which SI. Bcnedict's faculty contributed covered three areas - library, social and sacred sciences. This meeting was held at St. Benedict, Oregon, August 23-27. For the library science diVision Sister Conehessa prepared a paper, Princil)les of Book Selection For Small Benedictine Libraries. Because Sister Conchessa was unable to attend the meeting, Sister Remberts presented the paper. Sister Mariella was one of a four member panel on Benedictine culture. Sister read ller own paper whicll she called Bcnedictines and Christian Culture, The Covenant Blood, a paper on the scriptural aspects oi sacrifice, was read by Father JerOme Dochcrty. Students Get Financial Aid According to the St. Joseph DisI) ateh 12 students at CSB received scholarship grants from the Catholic Aid Association for 1960-1961. Scv!'n of the students-Ceraldine Backes, St. Nicholas; Mary Kay Kane, ' Vest Union; Bernctta Plathe, ~Iadison; Rosalie Heu ter, Hastings; Ann Louise Schommer, Minneapolis; lone 'Vieber, Farming; Viola \Vuebkers, St. Frances - received the award for the second time. Margaret Mary AuEang, St. Paul; Mary Lou Backes, SI. Nicholas; Anna .Mae Braegelmann, Hichmond; h-h rion Egerman, St. Clond; and ~Iarie ~ I U rl)hy, Faribanlt merited their first scholarship granl. Grant Them Rest Mary Tess Donlin Stangl, '42-, on Scptcmber 15. Fedora Julien Thomas, HS '10, in May. Father of Alvina Brinkman Klocker, HS '40, on june 5. Son of Dorothy Berg Kelm, '48, on May 20. Father of Mary Pfenning, '58, on July 6. Mother of Dorothy Zellner Rader '51, on July 7. Brother of Julia Zehnle, '380 , on August 13. Husband of Pat Colville Th"l, '49, in September. Mother of Angela ~ I eyer, H.S., in June. Maurice, husband of Kathleen Eidan Lamb, '29 in July. The Alumnae Association extends deepest symllathy to Sister Itemberta ul)On the death of her siste r, Sister Doris, O.S B. in Jul y. Vi car General Erects Stations In Chapel These are three of the new stations which were erected in Sacred Hearl Chapel "by 18. The figures on the stations are single, paired, or tripled full figu res silhouetted and mounted on a gray background which lIlatches the pilaster. They arc made from buff ceramic clay unglazed except for those (>arts of the figure which represent ncsh. The numerals on the stations are made from red clay which is ungbzed and blends with the Kasoda Stone from which the base of the Chapers pillars arc made. Tiny crosses which arc above the figures (they do not show on these pri nts) are made from gumwood, the same material from which the pews in the Church are made. These stations were designed by Peter Lupori, husband of Catherine Pribyl '41°, Vicar Cencrol Peter Lorsung, who represented Bishop Bartholome, erected the stations. He made three trips around them - first, to sprinkle each station with holy water; then to incense the stations; and finally, to bless each tiny cross which was placed above each station. It is this tiny cross that really receives the blessing; if all parts of the stations are removed and only the crosses remain, the blcssing is still present. This was precisely the ease in Sacred 11eart Chapel. From the time of redecoration until the erection of the present stations, there were only wooden crosses for the stations. Class of 1960 Graduates Enter N ew Occupations Dixie Aus (/I.·lrs. Robert Labat), living in St. Cloud Irene Bates (Mrs. Eugene Sullivan), teaching, Junction City, Kansas ... Joann ikrg, social work, New York . Mary j ane Hemaci.k, clinical chemist, SI. ~I ary's Hospital, Rochester ... Laura Braegelman, $acrctary, Remington Rand, St. Pau[ ... Kalheryn Briscoe, living in Minneapolis ... Ann Marie Burgmc ier, leaching, Glencoe High School Marion Casey, te.'lehing, Fridley . Donna Mae Doll, teaching, New Prague .. Delores Dufner, novice, Convenl of SI. Benedict joan Emmel, entered ~ l aryknolJ Sisters, St. Louis, Missouri ... Judy Faulkner, teaching, Powers Lake, North Dakota . . j oan Heider, teaching, Fridley . , . Marian Hof, Cirl Scout work, Appleton, \Visconsin Marianne Burkes, secretary, Ceneral Electric, Minneapolis Ar[ene Inderrieden, teaching, Bloomington Katherine Keefe Fruth, living in St. Cloud Ellcn Keller, teaching, Bloomington Patricia Kellogg, teaching, Edina . . . Iris Kenna, social worker, Albert Lea ... Janice ul\'inc (~I rs. Cerald Schram). Mary Lawrenz, General Mills home economist, Minneapolis .. Lois Lommel, United Air Lines emploree, Chicago ... Frances Lyman, teaching, H lUtin~ ... Camilla McCarron (Mrs. Bill Weber) ... Marilyn Meyer, teach-ing, Ogilvie ... Agnes Miller (Mrs. Robert C. Flynn), living in Northbrook, Illinois . . Carole ~liller, teaching, New Prague . . Caroh'n Moos· brugger, studying medical technologr, St. Cloud Hospital ... Maurcen Morley, teaching, Cirele Pines . Karen Mot nes!i, dietetics intern, St. Mary's HOSI)i tal. Bochester . Deanna Murray, teaching, Fridley . Jane Opatz, teaching, Uloomington . . Alice Ann Orr, teaching, St. Cloud .. Kathleen I'etry, teaching, St. Paul Catherine Petsch, tea e II i n &, SI. Timothy's School, Minneapolis ... Sally Pollock, teaching, Holdingford ... Mary Reie_ hcrt (Mrs. Donald Ehresmann), living in North Kings ton, Rhode Island Patricia ncngel, Hamm's Brewery employee, St. P a u I ... Char lotte Speikers, teaching, Mjnnesota School of Business, Minneapolis .. Sandra Stotko, Russell-Miller employee, ~ I inneapolis .. Lucille Stramer, teaching, St. Cloud ... Kathleen Sullivan, teaching, Hastings ... Marietta SwoHer, (Continued on page 4, col. 4) Octobe r, 1960 THE BENET 3 Alumna Gives Scholarship To College Mrs. Donald Bohmer (Miriam ~ l ul[ ins '32) contributed $2000 to the College of St. Benedict to establish a ~Iarg\lerite Mullins Memoria l Scholarship. The scholarshi l) com· memorates Mrs. Bohmer's mother, Mrs. Ma rguerite Mullins. The $2000 contribution will be invested and the money that accrues from this interest will be given annually for the scholarship. The student to whom this scholarship will be given wi!! be selected by the faculty. She must be a deserving student and preferably the daughter of a widow. CAMPUS CALENDAR October 15 - Student Council Brotherhood Day Oclober 16 - Alumnae Executive Board Meeting Deha EI)si[on Sigma October 20 - Douglas lI yde; Training Christian Leaders October 23 - Anna Mari Z.1glia, soprano No\'ember 2 - St. Cloud Challters ~'lee t ing at CS13 November 13 - Duo di llama: piano and cello November 20 - Theodore Ullmann: piano dedication concert November 26 - Johnny Belinda New Doors Open To Old Faculty During the last four months faculty members either changed thcir positions at St. Benedict's, received a new office or left St. Benedict's to study or teach. SISTER CONCHESSA LEAVES LlBRAHY Sister Conchessa, now in charge of the convent's three year juniorate program, is mistress of the junior sis ters. Sister, who was head librarian in the College from 1944-1960, received her new appointment in June. SISTEn LUKE WINS ELECTION Sister Luke, St. Benedict's Community Accountant, was cleeted as a director of the American Association of Hospita[ Accountants last spring. Sister was installed for a two-year term at a membership meeting held at Indiana University in August. Sister Luke is also a mem· ber of the Board of Directors for the Minnesota Chapter of the Association. In this capacity she attended a chapter meeting held at Duluth in August. SISTERS STUDY Last spring Sister Ingrid merited a $3000 Ceneral Foods Fund Fellowship from the Ceneral Foods Corporation. Sister is now using this money to attend the University of Minnesota where she is earning her doc torate in nutri tion . Sister Mary David spent a month at CSB this summer. She is now back at Boston College completing work for her doctorate in education After spending the summer here at St. Benedict's, Sister Simon is again at St. Lollis University where she is earning her doctorate in English. (Continued on page 4, col. 1) British About Traveler Tells People, Places Since there are fh'c sisters who spent the summer abroad, we have decided to I)ublish execrl)ts from one sister's letters homc in each of the five BENETS. Since Sister Linnea and Sister Colman traveled he<:ause of alumnae generosity, they will all l>car in the first two issues. Sister Lillnca writes. New York City was a nightmare . Only a movie camera could have done justice to our hectic jOurney from one part of Idlewild to the other. \Ve kept on being assured we would make the plane even when it was perfectly evident we would have to miss it. The climax came when we hailed a deaf taxi driver who did not know the location of the KLM area. Today was devoted to the Venerable Berle, in his monastery of SI. l'aul (Jarrow) and St. l'etcr (\Vearmouth), and his tomb at Durham. But what to say? I wish each of you could hear the verger at Jarrow tell about SI. Bede - nothing you don't know, but such love! At both places, tllere is what remains of a high narrow stone church. \Vbat was added at Jarrow down the years is in good taste, hut SI. Peter's is pretty bad, and in a poor industrial neighborhood. A young theological student told us that there arc plans to surround the building by a grecn Durham is one of the Cathedrals; who can sing its glory? It is better to share with you the prayer thai visitors find at Bede's lomb: Grant, 0 Lord, we beseech Thee, that as Thy servant, the Venerable Bede, living his life in an obscure place, never ecased his di ligence in pra)'er and study, so we laying aside all discontent and idleness, may cheerfully work the work Thou givest us to do. Through our Lord ... May it be granted to all of us York- and the Bar Convent. The name comes from the fact that this, the oldest (1686) convent in England, is located near the Bar, that is ;\licklegate, one of the gates in the old city wall. Their history, their treasures, their Mary \Vard dc.scrve more time than I have now. \Ve made a brid visit to the little chapel in the home of Blessed Margaret Clitllerow, one of the forty lIIartyrs who all hOllC will be canonized soon . \Ve have, of course, been going to school regularly. Mr. Spencer's lectures on the Roman plays of ShnkesllCare were a live preparation for the filmed Julius Cuesar. He madc it quite clear that for Shakespeare and llis audiences Caesar was the magnanimous, the great man, and that they would still have understood Dante's placing Brutus in the very mouth of Satan. There was also an entertaining introduction to the even more entertaining play, The Knight of the Burning Pestle ... We went to Callow End and the comilletely unidentified Stanhrook Abbey. (I really must go back to In n Great Tradition to find out how George Bernard Shaw found his way there.) The Sisters were most friendly; Lady Abbess Eli7.libeth Sumner gave us almost all of her day not spent in the ohapel. \Ve stayed for two Masses; as outsiders, wc stayed in a side chapel. All the visiting was through a double grill. We wcre presented to the entire community - also through the grill. They are having With Lamps Burning for table rca ding and made friendly favorable comments about it. TIle fact that there is, currently, public prayer for the canonization of Forty Martyrs of England and Wales brought conversation around to them and we learncd that the Abbess's family never lost tlle faith. She told us that one of her ancestors had owned a better horse than the penal laws llCrmitted. It was claimed, as was permitted, by olle of his Protestant neighbors. Mr. Sumner agrced to its being t.'lken on a certain day. When the Protestant came, he found a dead horse; it had been shot by its ownerl 4 THE BENET Oct!)Qar, 196'0 THROUGH THE YEARS WRA Hosts State Meet St. Benedict's 'Vornen's Recreational Association was hostess to a meeting of the J\'linnesola Athletic Hcercation Federation of College \Vomen October 7-8 at Camp Courage, " Iinnesola. DiAnn Tinles, \VRA Ilfesident, and Sister l'> lary l\:lark, O.5.B., \vRA moderator, llcadcd the organization of this meeting. Sister Enid opened the program at Camp Courage with her lecture on the use of leisure time. This was followed by infonnal discussions. A workshop on caml}ing was conducted by Dr. L. L. Ricke from Waterville, and finally there was a panel discussion which centered around public izing WRA activities. Kathleen Brudos was chairman of this program. Schedule Soprano For Convocation Anna Mari Zaglia will appear at St. Benedict's October 23 at S;OO p.m. A lyric soprano of the San Carlo Opera Company, Madame Zaglia has appeared in Southern Europe and Northern Africa although this is ller first tour of the United States. Madame Zaglia will sing arias from Pagliacci, La Boheme, ~Iadame Butterfly and Conchita. NEW DOORS OPEN . (Continued from page 3) SISTEHS TEACH Sister Linus has gone to Cold Spring to teach English at St. Boniface High School Sister ~ I aranatha left the College for St. Joseph's School in North Minneapolis to teach music and direct the parish choir Sister Mariella returned to Marillac College in Jefferson, Missouri, where she is again teaching English. LAY TEACHERS LEAVE " '[iss Mary Byers is in St. Louis, ~Iissouri, where she is teaching English at Maryville Col!ege i\.Jr. Edgar Buyco and his family are in Canada. Mr. Buyco is on the faculty at the University of Alberta in Edmonton . Mr. Sylvester Theisen and his family have moved to South Bend, Indiana. ?o.-Ir. Theisen is earning his doctorate in sociology at Notre Dame University. 1932 Beatrice White Johnson" is teaching first grade at Larkspur, California. She has been in the profession since she returncd from Hawaii where she and her family lived from 19'11-1949. 1934 Lucille Malone Roach" is both librarian and English teacher at Harding High School in St. Paul. 1939 Lorraine Stegmaier Gay" was instal! ed as treasurer of the LaCrosse Cirele of the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae i\hy 7. 1943 Betty Crace Antony Traynor" was hostess for an alumnae meeting in Denver, Colorado, in September when Sister Glenore and Sister Collcen (Joanne Haggerty '54) were there to attend a Dietary Institute. 1944 From Goffstown, New Hampshire, Alice Ann Kovarik Slattum went to Manchester, New Hampshire, to represent St. Benedici"s at a dedication ceremony at St. Anselm's, a Benedictine Col!ege. 1946 Rosemary Muggli Jasken" is teadling for her fourth consecutive year in Ogema, Minnesota. 1948 Anna Lou El!enbeeker Ritz" represented St. Benedict's at commencement exercises at SI. Benedict's Col!ege in Atchison, Kansas, May 25. 1954 Celine Sauerer" has been promoted from ensign to It. j. g. (lieutenant, junior grade) in the U.S.N.R. at Great Lakes, Illinois. 1957 j\'largaret Mae Machtcmes (h.s.") graduated from the St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing, August 15, 1960. Anne Marie Gaffrey· is teaching in the Navy Scll':)QI, Yokc-hRma, Japan. Anna Marie hopes to visit Sister Benedice at Hokkaido, Japan. 1958 Bonnie Kie ffer Fiala completed her work toward her B.s. in home economics education in ~Iay. 1959 Judy Veeder Christenson" has moved from Mason City, Iowa, to Austin, Minnesota, where IlCr husband Jim has accepted a position with B. F. Goodrich. Judy writes, "\Ve had a Benny reunion at Della Pauly's wedding Carol Coyne, Mary Bauer· and I all have our Michaels to brag about!" A Great Sacrament 1952 Rose Glatzel to Anthony Gornik on June 20. 1955 Lois Guggemos Lane· to John Kobler on Jnne 25. 1956 Agnes Bedltold HS" to Donald Steichen on September 3. 1957 Lorraine Sterner" to Doctor James A. Chervenak on June 25. Carole Zender" to James Krysan on July 2. ~ I argaret Parent" to Roger Schrantz on July 2. 1958 Donna Harrer to Bernard Dupont on June 11. Kathleen l\ latthews to Richard P. Lutgen on June 25. Bette Jayne Youso" to Louis A. Haak on August 13. Carol Schuler to Donald Valenta. 1959 Kay Stein" to Luigi Balletto on September 2S. Mary Alice \Vedl" to George Keenan, Jr. on June 25. Mary Jean Herbst" to Michael Moetell on May 14. Catherine Whalen· to Gerald McGraw on June IS. Mary Ann Maas" to Phillip T. Wagner on October L Julie Janzen" to Keith Hughes on August 27. Ann Bechtold" HS to Robert Reischl on July 27. Patricia Chmielewski to Donald Klarkowski on July 23. Della Pauly" to Bob Theis. 1960 Janice L ..... vine .. to Gerald Schram on June IS. Agnes Miller· to Robert Flynn on August 29. Irene Bates" to Eugene Sullivan on August 19. Dixie Aus" to Robert Labat on August 6. ~Iary Reichert" to Lt. (j. g.) Donald Ehresmann. Camilla McCarron" to Bill Weber on October B. Kathryn Hoffman to Lawrence Gds on September 10. 1961 Anne Murray to Eugene Kuyava on April 13. Peggy Zimmer to Alex Schuhwerdl on October 1. Created In Thine Image 1940 Carol Mary to Ken and l\-lary (Flynn") Cameron on June 27. 1 boy, 3 girls. 1941 Mary Linn to Harry and Ruth (Linnemann*) Knevel on June 25. 3 boys, 1 girl. 1944 Lisa 6 girls May 20. Carol to Ben and Anacleta (Yurcek) Seifert on June 29. 1 boy, . Thomas Edward to Joseph and Dorothy (Lippert") Blashack on 4 boys, 5 girls. 1947 Susan Marie to Robert and Rosemary (Hable) Nichols on May S. 2 boys, 4 girls . .. John to Karl and Marge (Reichling") Voelker in May. 2 boys, 2 girls. 1948 MelisSl. Langdon to George and Teresa (Blatz") Walker on June 30. 2 girls .. John Charles to Raymond and Frances (Hynan" ) Baron on j une 30. 1 boy, 1 girl . . . Mark William to Gerald and Eileen (Opatz.") Berger on August 11. 3 boys, 1 girl. Clare Mary to Richard and Mary (Pluth ") Palmquist on June 1. 2 boys, 2 girls. 1949 - I ... ·i , Michelle Anne to Harry and 3 boys, 1 girl . Roger Brian to Henrietta (Pfau) Reiner on August 22. Jerome and LaMay (Wagner") Bechtold on July 29. 5 boys, 4 girls. 1950 Rose Antoinette to Harold and Marianne (Ahasic) Gorenz on j uly lB. 1 gir!. .. Susan Amy to Mel and Joyce (Wild ") Mattson on ~Iay 26. 5 girls Carol Elizabeth to Thomas and Joan (Gaida") Schmitz on August 2. 1 boy, 3 gi rls ... Frances Marie to Gil and Dolores (Gagnon HS) Gaucher on Jnly 17. 3 boys, 2 girls. 1951 Mary Louise to Roger and Phyllis (Wyffels) Johnson on May 2. 1 boy, 1 girl. 1952 Jo Ann to Gharles and Nancy (Bums") \Venner Oil June 30. 3 boys, I girl. 1954 Craig Michael to Charles and Wanda (Ayers) McGarvey on July 4. 2 boys, 2 girls . Mark Joseph to Richard and Jacqueline (Ulmen") Zbaracki on July 9. 2 boys . David John adopted by Robert and Mary Jane (Dols") Ploof on June 24. I boy .. Thomas Dominic to Jeruld and Betty Lou (Sweet") Weiland on July 25. 3 boys, 2 girls . Diane Marie to james and Marjorie {Theisen") Brutger on September 2. 1 boy, 2 girls .. Kathleen Therese to Mark and Mary Jo (Willette- ) Hughes on August 2. 2 boys, 3 girls ... Teresa Mary to Paul and Arlene (Donkers) Myers on May 5. 4 girls Barbara Anne to Phil!ip and Donna (Marx-) Cowles on June S. 1 boy, 2 girls . Ann Catherine to Phil and Betty (Mandell-) Heymans on Jnne 16. 1 boy, 2 girls Ann Elizabeth to Malcolm and Joan (Whitman) Teare in February. 1 boy, 1 girl. Michelle Ann to Robert and Betty (Hunt") LaBrosse on May 30. 1 boy, 3 girls. 1955 i.-ia ur""'l1 ;~:i:uo~th I" Tom M,d ~,: ai' ilyn (Yunke!"O) M"rray 011 June 27. 1 boy, 1 girl Paul Jeffrey to Floyd and Elizabeth (O'Hotto) Gillen on June 9. 4 boys. 1956 Anne Marie to Paul and Marvel (Lee) Pryor on June 29. 1 boy, 1 girl . Denise Kathleen to Ray and Mary Pat (Hart") Kobe on July 25. 4 girls Stephen Anthony to Jack and Eileen (Pottere) Simmons 0 11 June 14. 1 boy, 1 girl. . . Patrick John to Dr. Eugene and Mary (Baker") O'Brien on September 20. 1 boy. 1957 Nicholc Therese to James and Yvonne (Lescarbeau·) \Vilson on June 21. 1 girl. . . Ann Jacquelyn to Bob and Belty (Stoltz-) Spaeth on July 15. 2 girls . Colleen Marie to Dan and Kay (KellyO ) Conlon on May 29. 1 girl TllOmas Joseph to Denis and ~ I ary (McCullough- ) Novak on July 21. 1 boy, 1 girl. .. Christopher James to James and Janeene (Mahoney) Gellennan on June IS. 1 boy. 1958 Jeffrey Mark to Philip and Kathryn (Callanan) Mayer on February 7. 3 boys ... Janet Marie to Don and Donna (DeZiel) Hamling on July 24. 1 boy, 1 girl. Rachacl Marie to Roger and Irma (Centilini") Scherer on September 4. 1 girl. . Barbara Ann to James and Elizabeth (DempsterO) Kertz on June 9. 1 girl. . Carla Marie to Lowell and Jo Ann (Sandal) Miles on May 12. 1 boy, 1 girl . Thomas James to Jim and Bonita (Witkowski) Keller on May 14. 1 boy. 1959 Mary Beth to Gerald and Dianne (BormannO) Mahoney on August 21. 1 girl. .. Michael James to Jim and Judy (Vceder") Christenson on June 1. 1 boy . Michael John to Gramer and Mary (BauerO) Davis on May 19. 1 boy . :\{argaret Ann to BiI! and LaVonne (SchniederO) O'Connor on June 1. 1 girl. 1960 Robert Clark to Gary and Darnell (Zachman) Klein on April 24 . 2 boys Mary Patrice to Ed and Ruth (Riebel) Germscheid on June 24. 1 boy, 1 girl. DAUGHTEn s FOLLOW (Continued from page 1) Three other Bennies have mothers who arc alumnae. Gail Koch is the daughter of Mrs. M. G. Koch (Aurelia \"alters '36). Patricia Burgmeier's mother, Mu . Lawrence Burgmeier, was Rose Marie Broker (h.s. '35), and Mary Zimmer's mother, ~lrs . Louis Zimmer, was Irene Brown ('29°). GRADUATES ENTER (Continued from page 3) program computor, Hemington Rand, Minneapolis . . Rose Marie Thomas, teaching, International Falls . Barbara Twomey Wolfe, living in Mineapolis .. J udith Varner, teaching, Bloomington . Nancy ' Vadckamper, teadling, Fridley Margaret 'Venner, teaching, Virginia Eyvonne Wright, teaching, Woodland Hil!s, California .. i\Iidori Yamaha, student at Loyola University, Chicago Ruth Zenner, Remington Rand employee, Minneapolis. Corporations Match (See article page two, column four, "Ford Company Doubles Mary Sohler's Gift.") All egheny Ludlum Steel Corp. Americ~ n & Foreign Power Co. American Brake Shoe Co. American Home Products Bank of New York Whitney Blake Co. Bonwit Tell er Burlington Industrits Godfrey L. Cabot, inc. Clmpbell Soup Co. Canadi;!.n General Electric Co., Ltd. Chase Manhattan Bank The Cleveland Electric lIIuminliting Co. Columbian Carbon Co. Connecticut Gentral Life Insurance Co. Connect icut Light & Power Co. Continenbl Oil Co. Corni ng Glassworks Deering, Milli ken & Co. Di~mond Alhli Co. Dow Cheminl Co. Dow - Coming Corp. D r~per Corp. Wilbur B. Driver Co. Ebasco Services, Inc. El ectric Bond & S h~re Co. Falnit Bearing Co. General Atronics Corp. General Electric Co. ( Found;!. tion) Gen er~1 Foods General Public Utilities Gibbs & Hi ll Ginn & Co. Glidden Co. B. F. Goodrich Co. W. T. Grinl Co. Gull Oil Co. Harris-Intertype Foundation Hewlett-Pichrd Co. Hill Acme Co. J . M. Hu b .. Corp. Hughes Aircraft Co. International Businon Machines Corp. Jefferson Mills S. C. Johnson & S~ns, Inc . Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. Kliiser Steel Corp. Walter Kidde & Co. Walter Kidde Const ructors Koiled Kords. Inc. Lehigh Portlllnd Cement Co. McCormick & Co. McGraw·HiII Publishing Co. M;!.nu facturers Trus t Co. May tag Co. Foundation, Inc. Merck Co. Foundation Nation al Di stillers Produc t. Corp. n e Nat ional Lead Foundation, Inc. The N~ tion a l Supply Co. New York Trap Rock Co. Northrop Avilltion Co. Owens·Corning FiberglllS Pennsalt Chemicals Corp. Phelps Dodge Foundation Pitney· Bowes, Inc. Reliible Efectric Co. Schering Corporat ion Sco tt Paper Co. Seton Leather Co. ( Foundation) Sharon Steel Corp. ( Foundation) Smith, Kli ne & French LlI borat ories TeKt ronics, Inc. Tennessee Gas Tr .. nsmission Co. Towers, Perrin, Forster & Cros by, Int. United Clay Mines Corporat ion Wallingford Steel Co. Warner Brothers Co. John Wiley & SOM, Int, Williams & Co. Young & Rubica n, Inc. DES learns About Africa DES meets at the College October 16 with Sister Enid, O.s.B., president of the DES Omega Chapter, conducting the mceting. A discussion of Africa- its culture and geography wil! follow the busiOf speoal interest is a student ness meeting. whose fa6er was a Benny. John L. Rochdord of Minneapolis precedes his daughter Martha in attending St. Benedict's. Mr. Rocheford attended St. Benedict's Academy for boys. THE BENET Published by the College of SI. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota, in October, December, February, April, and /lIay. Subscription $.50. Entered as second class matter January 14, 1945, at the post office at St. Joseph, Minnesota, under the act of March, IB79 . |
