Cardinal Cushing Library

COLLEGE
Volume lINumber 3
May, 1974
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
College Corporation Elects New Trustees
Emman uel College announces the
reorganization of its corporate s truc ture with the es tablishment of two
new govern ing bo ards . A comple te
revision of the College By-laws wa s
adopted on March 20, 1973, and implemented at the Annual Meeting of
the Corporation on October 20, 1973 .
Nine Sisters of Notre Dame of Namur
form the membership of the Corporation : Sisters Marie Barry, Dorothy
Cerni, Judith Leahy, Helen Cornelia
Lyons, Eileen Ger tr ude Mahon ey,
Elizabeth Mich ae ls, Anne Mon ica
Ruane , Magdalen Julie Wallace, and
Helen Wright.
Early in 1974, the members of th e
Corpora tion elected the foll owing
m embers to th e Board of Trustees:
Sister Flavia Caliri, SND ; Emmanuel College A .B.; Bos ton College A .M .; 1971-1972 Research in
Rom e for Doctoral Disserta tion ;
Candidate for Ph.D . a t Bos ton College; Instructor in Italian at Emmanuel College .
Sister Jeanne Gallo , SND ; Em manuel College A .B.; Bos ton Col lege M .S .; Chairman of the Science
Department at Cardinal Cushin g
High School, South Bos ton.
Sister Marietta Mahoney, SND ;
Emmanuel College A .B.; Boston
College A .M .; Diploma Magisterii
in Scientiis Sacris, Pontifical Insti tute Regina Mundi, Rome ; Fordh a m University Ph .D.; Certificate
in Canon Law from American
Canon Law Society ; 1971-1972
worked in Campus Ministry at the
U n iversi ty of Mai n e a t Orono;
Emman u el College Associa te Professor of Theo logica l Studies.
Sister Camille Minichino, SND ;
Emmanuel College A .B.; Fordham
University M.5 . an d Ph .D .; Emman uel College Assistant Professor of Physics; Lectu rer at St.
Jo h n's Seminary in Ph ilosoph y
and in Science ; National Science
Foundation Grant for History ,
Philosophy and Sociology of Science at Catholic University, Summer 1973; Book Reviewer for the
Review of Metaphysics ; Coordinator of the January Interim
Program at Emmanuel.
Also elected as new Trustees were :
William Connell , President ,
Ogden Corporation ; Boston College ; Harvard Business School
M .B.A. ; Chairman , Boston College
Fides Committee .
Robert Devereaux, President ,
Devere aux Construction Company, Holy Cross B.5 .
Thomas J. Flatley, President , Flatley Company ; owner of the T . J .
EMMANUEL COLLEGE ANNOUNCES N EW BOARD OF T RUSTEES - From left to right (seated): Mrs. Marjorie
Patten Dacey; Sister Marie Barry, Emmanuel College President; Father Michael P. Walsh, S.J., Chairman of the
Board; Sister Flavia Calir i; Mrs. Elizabeth Molloy Twomey; Sister Jeanne Gallo. (Standing): Walter T. Sullivan;
Gloria I. Joseph; William F. Connell; Miss Helen Keyes; Robert J. Devereaux; Sister Marietta Mahoney; Carson
Johnson; Sister Camille Minichino; Sister Margaret Claydon. Missing from photo are: T homas J. Flatley; Edward J.
King; Eugene Merkert; and Ann McCarthy.
Flatley Co. Real Estate Developers ;
born in Ireland ; became a U .S.
C itizen in 1950; served in the
Army ; studied at Fordham;
graduate of Wentworth ; manages
own apartments and condominiums.
Dr. Gloria Joseph, New York University B.S .; City College of New
York M.S. ; Cornell University
Ph. D .; taught at the University of
Massachusetts; formerly Assistant
Dean of Students and Director of
Committee on Special Educational
Projects at Cornell ; Associate Professor of African Studies at Cornell ; currently, Associate Profes sor, School of Social Science ,
Hampshire College, Amherst.
Miss Helen Keyes; Sargent College of Boston University B.5.;
Boston University M .Ed. ; previ ous Supervisor of Physical Education at several elementary schools;
National Treasurer of the Robert
Kennedy for President Campaign ;
frequent lecturer on Women in
Politics; currently, s ince 1964,
Administrator of John F . Kennedy
Library Corporation , 122 Bowdoin
Street, Boston ; a lso teache s a
course at the Institute of Politics at
JFK School of Government, Harvard University.
Edward J. King ; Executive Director, Massach usetts Port Authority,
470 A tlantic Avenue , Bo s ton ;
alumnus of Boston College ; Bent-
ley School of Accounting and Finance , CPA; Director of Ch arlestown Savings Bank ; Chairman of
Business & Industry for American
Cancer Society ; General Chairman
for Le ukemia Foundation.
Walter T. Sullivan , of Sullivan
Bros ., Printers, Lowell . Trustee of
Sulli van Bros.; Director and
Member of Executive Committee
of New England Patriots Club ;
Treasurer of Hinsdale Raceway ,
H insdale, N .H.; Treasurer of Program Printing, Inc ., of Westbury,
N.Y .; alum nus, Boston College .
Mrs. Elizabeth Molloy Twomey,
President of Alumnae Association
of Emmanuel College; Emmanuel
College A .B.; Salem State College
M.Ed .; teaches in Reading Junior
High School.
Th e already existing members of the
Board of Trustees are :
Sister Marie Barry, SND, Presid en t of Emmanuel Co ll ege ;
Rosemont College A .B. ; Boston
College M.A .; Ca tholic University
Ph .D.; Nor theastern University
LL.D .; Emmanuel College Englis h
Department; Chairman, English
Department ; Academic Dean
1960-1969; President 1969-presen t.
Sister Margaret Claydon, SND ,
President , Trinit y College,
Washington , D .C.; Trinity College
A .B.; Catholic University M .A .
and Ph.D .; Trinity College English
Department; Exchange Lecturer in
En glish at No tre Dame College,
Glasgow, Sco tl and ; President of
Trinity 1959 to present.
Mrs. Marjorie Patten Dacey; Emmanuel College A .B.; former
member of Board of Directors of
Emmanuel College Alumnae Association and Chairman of the National and Massachusetts Clubs.
Dr. Carson Johnson , Faculty,
Board member u ntil June , 1974;
Lincoln University A.B. ; Howard
University M.S .; Boston University Ph .D .; Emmanuel College Pro fessor of Psychology .
Eugene Merkert, Chairman, Food
En terprises, Inc.; President or
member of Board of 12 Corporations , Founder and Board Member
of Coolidge Bank and Trust Company, St. C oletta Day School;
Member of Bos ton C ollege
Presiden t' s Council.
Miss Ann McCarthy, Student,
Class of 1974; member until June,
1974 . Will graduate in June from
Emm anuel with A .B .
Rev. Michael P. Walsh , S.J. ;
Chairman , Board of Trustees of
Emmanuel College ; educated at
Boston College and Fordham Universi ty; Cytologist and Ch airman
of Biology a t Boston College;
former President of Boston College
and Fordham Univer s ity; now
serving as consultant to several colleges and universiti es in Greater
Bos ton and in the U.5.
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EMMANUEL COLLEGE NEWS
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EMMANUEL COLLEGE
EDITOR
M. Ellen Downey
Director of Public Relations
Editorial Assistants
Michelle R. Demers ('75)
Helen M. Desmond ('75)
Susan E. Harvey ('74)
Sue Barry ('74) , photographer
Public Relations Office, Emmanuel College, 400 The Fenway, Boston, Mass . 02115
Telephone : (617) 277-9340 ext. 238
Council Elections Completed
Student and faculty elections were
held recently to complete the membership of the College Council. On
Wednesday, March 13, the students
elected six active members and two
alternates : Ruth Dondero ('75) ; Anne
Marie Martineau ('75); Gail McCarthy
('75); Patricia McCarthy ('75);
Marie-Claire Nicol ('76); and Celeste
Vezina ('75); and alternates: Marie
Bazzinotti and M. Therese Lutz, both
from the class of '76.
The faculty elected their members
on March 2S . They are : Dr. Richard J.
Berggren, Assistant Professor of
Psychology; Mrs. Gertrude C.
Broderick, Chairman of the Education Department and Director of Student Teaching; Dr. John B. Cusack,
Chairman of the History Department;
Ms. Marie D. Natoli, Instructor in
Political Science; Dr. Charlotte M.
Teuber, Lecturer in Political Science ;
and Sr. Margaret Pauline Young,
Ph.D., Chairman of the Spanish Department; and alternates: Dr. G.
Douglas Crandall, Assistant Professor of Biology, and Sr. Mary Bernadette Barrett, Associate Professor
of Physics .
Administrative elections, held on
February 25, resulted in the following: Dennis P. Farrell, Director of
Admissions ; Sr. Eileen Gertrude
Mahoney, Treasurer; Sr . Mary
Theresa Kelleher, Dean of Students;
Sr. Grace Ayers, Academic Dean; Sr.
Ann Rachel Sharry, Director of Residence; Dr. John O'Loughlin, Executive Vice President; and alternates:
Dr. Albert R. Jurgela, Director of
Counseling; and Sr. Maura Meade,
Librarian .
An organizational meeting was
held on AprilS to set up a convenient
time for future meetings.
Sr. Catherine Dunfey
Has A Lot In Mime
By Helen Desmond
Sr . Catherine Dunfey, M.A.,
M .F.A. , is the new Director of the
Emmanuel College Dramatic Society .
Sister, during the last eight years, has
held teaching positions at the University of Tokyo, the University of the
Pacific, and the Training of Personnel
for Communication with Developing
Nations in Rome.
As Director of the Dramatic Society, Sister initiated the Total Drama
Workshop, designed as a vehicle for
teaching production techniques and
also a process of growth for the students. "I see drama as a more extensive field," said Sr. Catherine . "It can
be used as an exploration into the self
- a vehicle for self-development."
Sister feels that body and voice are
the medium through which total
drama is created. "Lights and sets are
only the frosting. I can't emphasize
enough how vital movement and
sound from within the self is the
gateway to 'Total Theater.' My students will be able to perform on
stairways and in lounges because
they know, as will the audience, that
the important elements are within
them," she said.
Sr. Catherine, who holds advanced
degrees from Boston College and
Catholic University, has taught
drama, literature and Latin at both
college and high school levels.
Under the direction of Sr.
Catherine, Margaret Berger, a
graduate student in drama at B.U .,
opens Sr. Catherine's workshop with
a series of limbering exercises . As the
students do the various motions and
exercises, they speak words and
vowels which, Sr. Catherine stated,
are vital in learning the placement of
sound on a stage . Miss Berger encourages the students to, "explore
new directions with their body,
maintaining complete awareness of
what the body is doing," such as
"feeling sneaky with your feet."
Sr. Catherine sees these exercises
as a great tool for the students . "They
learn to think intellectually in terms
of motions and emotions," she said.
Approximately 17 students have
been involved in the workshop and
the first production, a turn-of-thecentury melodrama, "The Great
Elixir." Sr. Catherine stated that, in
this type of play, students utilize the
broad body movements they are
learning and play farcical characters.
Live music, both authentic period
pieces and improvised music, was
performed by students in the April
production .
One immediate goal of Sr.
Catherine was to clean up the costume and prop department, which
Sister officially declared a "disaster
area ." She asked students to give
time to the work of "relegating junk
to its rightful end, and reclaiming
other varieties of junk for further
use." Sister continually scours Boston
for costumes and props . During one
sell-out sale, she discovered, "a marvelous beaver hat ." Unfortunately,
she could not talk down the price.
May, 1974
Fro m the Pre sid en t' s Des k
Within the past months at Emmanuel, we have been extremely
busy establishing new structures and
new directions while reaffirming our
identity as a Catholic liberal arts college for women, concerned about its
identity and growth, its goals and its
influences.
At the Annual Trustees Meeting in
October, we began to implement
changes in By-Laws accepted in the
March, 1973 Board meeting, specifically, a change from a single Board to
a nine-member Corporation and an
expanded Board of Trustees. The nine
Sisters who comprise the Corporation will amend the Charter and ByLaws if necessary ; will elect the Trustees; and will exercise such powers
and rights vested in them by law, the
Charter or By-Laws. The Trustees will
elect the President of the College; approve the budget; and take a direct
part in the College management.
At the first meeting of the
nineteen-member Board in March, a
picture was taken of the group . THE
PILOT printed the photo, but left out
one line of caption copy, giving no
identity to five Trustees. THE PILOT
corrected their error, but did not reprint the picture. The Boston Globe
furthered the misconception by
printing a misleading headline above
copy on the new Trustees . Readers
thought the Sisters of Notre Dame
were no longer at Emmanuel!
The fact is there are six Sisters on
the Board of Trustees; at least a dozen
in administrative positions at the College; and 24 on the faculty. The Sisters
of Notre Dame are operating the College, and are happy to have twelve lay
WQmen and lay men supporting the
Sisters on the Board of Trustees.
For years, Emmanuel College has
trained women who have formed a
significant part of the State (and outof-state) teaching force. The College
has provided a practicum in schools
- eight weeks or six, culminating in
a professional semester devoted to
the theory and practice of teaching .
With the diminishing teachers
market, faculty, administrators, and
students have looked to all departments to establish other practica,
other directions of leaders hi p . Each
department is investigating intern ships in government offices, business and industry, hospitals, social
agencies, as well as new courses to
help the College and its students better serve the community.
Interinstitutional cooperation
began with Simmons College in 1967.
Since that time, 526 Emmanuel students have taken courses at Simmons, and 641 students from Simmons have studied at Emmanuel.
While Simmons students have lived
in Emmanuel dormitories for the past
two years, they will not be on campus
in 1974-75.
We recently entered into cooperation with Massachusetts College of
Pharmacy. This year, 300 Mass. College students used our Library auditorium for classes several mornings
each week, and a number were enrolled in classes here. Moreover, 35 girls
from that college lived on the Emmanuel campus, with more expected
next year.
We also instituted discussions on
interinstitutional cooperation with
Laboure College in Nursing Administration; with Tufts New England Medical Center in Early Childhood and Family Intervention; and
with Peter Bent Brigham School of
Nursing on a liberal arts program
for their nurses, in the attempt to become part of another large area of service to people and the community.
Our program in preparing students
for the allied health professions
began this year with Cambridge and
Newton-Wellesley Hospitals with
Medical Technology .
As many of you know, we have
been working for five years in the
development of a College Council designed to give faculty and students a
share in the decision making and enhance communication among all
members of our College community .
The first meeting has been held and
committees formed .
In December, Sr. Eileen Gertrude
became Acting-Treasurer to relieve
Sr. Mary Melania of responsibilities
which she has carried for many years.
Throughout the winter, Sr . Eileen
and I have held meetings with the
faculty and staff, and students, to
give a detailed fiscal report for this
year and an idea of our balanced
budget for the next three years, and
give the opportunity for questions.
At Alumnae Board meetings, held
monthly, I have also tried to keep
them very much aware of what we are
doing and where we are going .
All private colleges, in fact, all colleges, are anxious about enrollment
for the fall. Acceptance letters have
been sent out to more than 300 applicants, but acceptances will not be
finalized until May 1. To date, we
have received the same number of acceptances as last year and, if sustained, we expect an entrance class of
100-125, with a much larger number
of students actually on campus due to
interinstitutional cooperation.
The loyal and supportive response
of alumnae to program proposals has
encouraged our commitment to continued growth and development as
an outstanding Catholic women's college: the response to Mr. Farrell's
Alumnae Admissions Program, resulting in more than 200 names of
prospective students; the increased
membership in the Emmanuel Club
(one hundred dollar subscription);
enthusiastic attendance at the Fashion Show at the Copley Plaza; and the
dedication of those who took part in
the Telethon.
Activities in April and May were
accelerated with a two-day Poetry
Symposium, the Faculty Collections
Exhibit, and the Seminar on Chapter
766, which attracted more than 300
teachers and administrators in the
field of Education .
I hope next year more alumnae will
participate in the FSAA sessions
(Faculty, Student, Administrator,
Alumnae). The time was changed to
3:30 p .m., in the hope more alumnae
would be free to drop in; but, evenings are being considered for next
year. It is an opportunity to follow
lectures or performances of our
talented and effective faculty .
During this current year, a large
number of alumnae have been in contact with the College. Before June, I
hope that the number will have
reached 5000 . The goal is that every
alumna in this part of the coun try will
have returned for at least a visit . We
also invite your questions and comments by telephone or letter.
Whether you are close at hand or out
of the country, we wish you well.
May you have a pleasant spring
and summer!
Sr. Marie Barry
April,1974
EMMANUEL COLLEGE NEWS
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Bequest Chairman Named
The Board of Trustees of Emmanuel
recently approved Sister Marie
Barry ' s recommendation that a
Memorial Fund be established . All
gifts through bequests and other
commemorative action will be channeled into this Fund for use of principal and/or interest in accordance with
the wishes of the donors.
Sister has announced the appointment of Alice M . Johnson, class of '29,
as Chairman of the newly-formed
Bequest Committee. Miss Johnson, a
former teacher and acting principal of
the Western Junior High School in
Somerville, Mass., who retired last
year, has long been active in the Emmanuel College community and
alumnae affairs . She has been president and treasurer of the Alumnae
Association and has served on the
Board of Directors. As president, she
was instrumental in reorganizing the
constitution of the Association.
Miss Johnson was also president of
the former Somerville Emmanuel
Club, the business manager of the
former Alumnae " News," a charter
member of the Alumnae Council,
chairman of the Alumnae Placement
Committee, chairman of Class
Agents for the Alumnae Fund, and a
member of the Golden Jubilee Fund
Committee.
When asked to accept this new re,>ponsibility, Miss Johnson said, "I
am pleased to accept the appointment
as Chairman of the Bequest Committee and to do all I possibly can to insure the future of Emmanuel. I am
certain that many of our alumnae will
want to remember the College in
some form of bequest; by so doing,
they will have a part in insuring the
continuation of the policies of creative programming, higher education,
and liberal arts tradition ."
Pertinen t information regarding
bequests and other deferred gifts will
May, 1974
Potpourri: Notables &Quotables
Names in the News:
Alice M. Johnson
soon be sent to members of the alumnae. In the interim, anyone wishing
immediate information may contact
Miss Johnson (876-4383), Sister Marie
Barry (277-9340 Ext. 225) or the
Alumnae Office (277-9340 Ext . 366) .
As a nucleus in the formation of a
Bequest Committee, Miss Johnson
has contacted members of the first 13
classes of the Alumnae Association
and has found an encouraging response. She hopes that other classes
will be represented in the near future .
The following will serve:
'23 Ida Finn Hackett
'24 Katherine Connor
'25 Marie C . Glennon
'26 Mary Downey Manning
'27 Genevieve Steffy Donaldson
'28 Kathryn McElroy Reilly
'29 Esther Barrett Carney
'30 Frances O'Hare
'31 Elinor D . Rich
'32 Mary Kenney Cahill
'33 Marie Barry McDonough
'34 Margaret A. Sullivan
'35 Rose Mullin
Gertrude Creedon Broderick,
Chairman of the Department of Education, has been appointed by the
State Department of Education to the
Interstate Certification Compact Visitation Team to evaluate the Worcester
State College teacher education program. Mrs. Broderick is Chairman of
the English Visitation Committee.
Connie LaPointe ('74) has been
selected by Glamour magazine as one
of the "Ten Top College Women" on
the basis of her essay describing her
many activities as a student at Emmanuel, her work with the Massachusetts Student Lobby, and their
cumulative effect on future goals and
objectives. Connie, who was also recently named to "Who's Who in
American Colleges and Universities," will receive $500, a wardrobe,
and will be featured in the August
issue of Glamour.
Margaret Capobianco Scott ('39),
Special Justice of the Dorchester District Court, was appointed by President Nixon to the post of Alternate
Representative of the U.S . Administrative Council of the International
Centre for Settlement of Investment
Disputes .
News Notes :
Beginning September, 1974, the fee
for each transcript will be $2.00. A
period of one week should be allowed
for processing transcript requests,
which must be submitted in writing
and accompanied by a check or
money order made payable to Emmanuel College.
The Director of Summer Sessions
has announced the opening of two
undergraduate summer sessions this
year. Session I will extend from June
Alumnae Around the World
The Business of Teaching the Teaching of Business
Ed. Note: Maria Murua Keilhauer ('60)
received her degree from Emmanuel in
Business. In 1961, she received her
Teaching degree in Guatemala. She
writes that all her jobs have been related
to the business of teaching or the teaching of business.
When I was asked to contribute to
the Emmanuel College News
"Alumnae Around the World" column, I was overjoyed. I have long felt
that we "foreigners" have few opportunities to be close to our College and
our college friends. I have tried to discuss a topic which would both be of
interest and which would not easily
be found in a travel guide .
I have begun teaching this year in
the afternoons. I drive a few miles
from home to Zone 3, in Guatemala
City where, from the tourists' point of
view, there is nothing to see. Unpaved streets and small, low-income
housing are the rule in this area, inhabited by a floating population of
about forty-thousand people .
Somewhere "near everything"
stands an attractive and functional
two-story building bearing the name
"Junkabal," taken from Junk 'alebal
in the Ketchi language, one of 19
dialects spoken in Guatemala . The
name means, simply, "home."
In its twelve years of operation,
Junkabal has been a home for more
than 800 girls, ages 12 to 17, who have
come to receive training in various
short-term technical careers such as
typing, sewing, and sales.
Public schools in Guatemala are
overcrowded and children often cannot go beyond the required sixth
grade. Junkabal offers, then, a 7th,
8th, and 9th grade preparation along
with technical specialization . A
series of free courses in alphabetization for adults, and cooking lessons
are also available to prepare women
to earn a decent living and contribute
to the country's progress.
Regular students pay a fee of $5 per
month, and those who cannot afford
it may apply for scholarship aid.
About 500 students are enrolled.
Junkabal is supported exclusively
by private contributions, chiefly from
educated women who want to share
their opportunities and outlooks on
life with their less fortunate sisters.
We also provide a "placement
bureau" with a three-year follow -up
program, a social worker in charge of
family cases, and many other services
which are extended to the community
around the school.
The Director of the center is
another Emmanuel alumna, Kira
Nuila ('68) who received her M.A. in
Sociology from Fordham.
My personal contribution to this
growing project is very small. Teach-
ing Spanish shorthand and office
practice and taking care of my three
angels keeps me rather busy.
Kira and I both would enjoy hearing from our Emmanuel friends at
JUNKABAL, 6 avenida 31-2~, zona 3,
Guatemala City, C.A .
In Memoriam
Class of '25
Miss Rose L. McCormick
Class of '28
Mrs. Isabel Brosnan Miller
6 through June 28, offering introductory, in termed iary and advanced
courses in 21 disciplines, four
credits Icourse . Session II will open
on July 2, and extend through July 24,
with undergraduate courses being offered in 12 disciplines. In addition, a
graduate workshop in Music Education for Oassroom Music, will be offered from June 24-29, with three
graduate credits . The Training
Center for Educational & Pastoral
Ministry is likewise opening its
summer graduate evening division
trimester on June 24. For further information , catalogues and registration forms, write: Director of Summer
Session, or, Director, Training Center
for Educational & Pastoral Ministry,
Emman uel College .
Marion Kearney Schraub
Alive, Well,
Living in N.J.
Marion Kearney Schraub, class of
'65, and Mark Twain have something
in common - they both enjoyed their
demise .
When we received notice from the
Alumnae Office of Mrs . Schraub's
change of address and an obituary of
another alumna, we assumed (a
deadly error) that Mrs. Schraub had
met an untimely death . The Alumnae
Office questioned our information .
We were too late : the last issue was
already in print, ready for mailing .
A quick call to MariQn K~arn~y
Schraub confirmed our error. She is,
indeed, very much alive and well,
and living in Glen Rock, N .J., with
her husband, Jerry, and twentymonth-old daughter, Deborah
Rachel. In lieu of flowers, please welcome her back to our vibrant college
community .
Prior to Deborah's birth in 1972,
Mrs. Schraub worked for Bell Telephone Laboratories as a Technical
Staff member. She received her
Master's Degree from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N .J., in
1969, in Mathematics, with a Computer Science option. She now enjoys
community service work in addition
to her full-time job of wife and
mother.
Marion and her husband bought a
new home last year, and reside at 62
Chadwick Place, in Glen Rock. Mr .
Schraub is a Systems Analyst with the
New York and American Stock Exchanges in New York City . We wish
the market was as certain as our message to him : Mr . Schraub, yourlovely
and lively wife will be with you, God
willing, for many more years to come.
Bequest Information
Emmanuel College welcomes bequests and deferred gifts. A suggested form of
bequest is given below:
FORM OF BEQUEST
"I give and bequeath to the Trustees of Emmanuel College, a non-profit
corporation duly existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and located at 400 the Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts 02115,
dollars (or property, securities, etc., as described below)
EMMANUEL COLLEGE NEWS
4
Matches Made In Heaven
Not long after the excitement of
going off to college wears a little
thin . . . in all the packing and un packing; exploration of a new city, all
in one week; buying those expensive
new textbooks only to find you're already lost after reading the first
paragraph of the foreword . . . then
comes the thunderous question :
"How in the world did I get matched
up with my roommate?" The answer
at Emmanuel is : Heaven knows!
It didn't take long to realize that,
despite the fact that you both like egg
foo yong, you have nothing in common . Your roommate is majoring in
vertebrate morphology; you' re an
English major. She comes from a family of thirteen (excluding the dog, cat
and boa), wears dungarees, goes to
bed at 9 :00 p.m ., and likes lots of
fresh air , even in the middle of
winter. You're an only child who
sports the newest fashions and , at
9:00 p.m ., you're just going out to sit
in some warm, cozy gin mill. Don't be
confused . You're astrological twins.
Our lesident m a tchmaker, uften
seen with a little, blue book tucked in
the pocket of her raincoat, is none
other than Sr. Ann Rachel. Her mission as Director of Residence is to
match freshmen roommates .
" Each year I try a new system . I've
matched students from large families
with roommates from small ; out-ofstate girls with state residents ; and
analyzed questionnaires to avoid
placing a girl who likes to sm oke and
sleep with the windows open with a
roommate who hates smoke but insists on keeping windows closed,"
Sister said , and continued : "This
year, I decided to try something different and match girls by star signs ."
"It all started with The Zodiak
Guide to Your Relations with
Others," she explained , dragging the
book from her pocket . " I was looking
at the compatibility of political figures and found Nixon to be compatible with Tallulah Bankhead and Bebe
Rebozo, but incompatible with Gene
McCarthy ." That made sense! It made
as much sense as any other system for
matching roommates!
Did Ms. Scorpio and Ms . Gemini
get along? If not, Sr. Ann Rachel
hasn't heard about it. She reports far
fewer swaps than in the past. Some of
the reports from the freshmen, however, were incompatible with Sister's.
But, as anyone knows, a planet in Leo
or a Ta 1lfus ascendant can muddy the
clearest of water signs - not to mention one with an afflicted Neptune .
Take the case of Denise "Libra"
and Sue "Aquarius ." After many a
stormy night, they split for more
serene cosmic surroundings, with
Denise "Libra" now living in
heavenly harmony with Kim
"Cancer", and Sue" Aquarius" with
Cindy" Aries."
There are possible explanations:
Denise "Libra," if she's true to her
sign, needs complete harmony in
sound, color, furnishings , people and
WE'RE FRIEND RAISING
A change of name or address can
cause us to lose touch with our
friends .
Who Are You? Has marriage
changed your name from Mary
Smith to Mary Whatchamacallit?
"!'Vher~
Are You? Still safe and snug
Mllton, or now inhabiting an
icy igloo in Nome, Alaska?
In
Let us know . We're still known as
the Emmanuel College Alumnae
Office, and still reside at 400 The
Fenway, Boston , Mass . 02115 .
use of the " King's English ," as discordant surroundings make them
nauseous . They love people ; hate
crowds. Impulsive, impatient, flighty
people drive them up the proverbial
wall . They are often accused of indecision when , in fact, they withhold
judgement in order to reach impartial
decisions. Ditto for their tendency to
quarrel: These doves of peace will
debate an issue till all sides are presented, with a logic beyond dispute.
If Sue "Aquarius" is a typical
"water bearer," she could throw any
peace loving Libran into a panic .
They experiment with lifestyles, pursue off-beat fancies and say and do
things that defy public opinion, often
advocating drastic, revolutionary
change . Most Aquarians seek the
security of crowds and saturate them selves with friends in the name of
brotherhood ; togetherness only distracts them. This sign is noted for impulsive behavior and non-sequitur
statements . They are likely to wear
thont!s under a formal to the movies,
0 i announce, during a d isCUi33ior:. on
the relative weight of gravity, that
they like wheat germ on their cereal.
An Aquarian is likely to be found at
11:00 p .m ., painting her room tiger
stripes and, when she's missing from
class the next day, don't presume she
slept through - she just decided to
join the Peace Corps! (Beginning to
see the conflict?)
It might have blown Denise
"Libra" right out of her solar equilibrium to come home to find her roommate Peace Corps bound, the room
painted tiger stripes, acid rock blar ing and a crowd of as many different
kinds of people that the cat could drag
in, eating wheat germ on their cereal.
It may also have driven Sue
"Aquarius" to distraction to have
Denise debate the need for conservatives to establish world peace, just
when she was telling her gathering of
140 intimate friends that what the
world needed now was someone to
throw a molotov cocktail in to the
O val Room. But, since the change
of roommates, they're probably
friends (due to Libra's sense of
fairness and Aquarius's ability to remain friends even with worst
enemies) despite Denise' s togetherness thing .
A few of our "starlets" have already
made practical suggestions to complement the sun sign system. One
was to match foreign students with
U. S. girls to aid their adjustment to
the culture and language and, to permit them to get away on weekends.
Another suggestion was to pair
girls according to compatible class
schedules and majors . That way, one
isn' t saying, "Don't wake me when
you get up at that ungodly hour, " or,
"I don't care if you have a xylophone
practical tomorrow ; I can't study for
my thermodynamics midterm with
you banging the %# %& out of that
thing."
And, they agreed, avoid matching
a girl who likes to smoke and sleep
with the windows open with a
roommate who hates smoke but
keeps the windows closed .
Yes, we're back where we started.
Bu t, who are the authors of these
practical questions? When it comes to
practical people (and there aren ' t
many of them left), Virgo' s have cornered the market. Now these celestial
bodies . . .
Ed. Note: Our thanks to Anna Mantgiaris ('75), our "star" reporter who
did much of the "ground work" for
this article .
May, 1974
Through the Looking Glass to
Career Aspirations
By Michelle Demers
"What we have to learn to do, we
learn by doing," Aristotle once said .
The spirit of this practical
philosophy, taught 24 centuries ago,
is being revived today at Emmanuel
with a rapidly expanding internship
program. The Biology, Political Science and, more recently, Economics
Departments have initiated and developed this program for the qualified, interested student.
Under the authorship of Dr .
Donald Procaccini, Chairman of the
Biology Department and Special Assistant to the President for Academic
Programs, senior Biology majors may
participate in a program which includes affiliation with the Children's
Cancer Research Foundation and the
Cambridge Hospital. The former,
known as the Jimmy Fund , has presented many research opportunities
for the aspiring young scientist.
Dr . Richard Adams, Chief, Immunogenetics Section, has directed
Diana Keenan ('74) and Patricia Mullins ('74), in their internships . Dr.
Adams, who has been with the
Jimmy Fund since 1956, has been
guiding the students' carefully tailored problem-solving projects in
pediatric cancer research .
"The purpose of the internships,"
said Dr. Adams , " is to demonstrate
the way in which scientific generalizations come into being . Research is
an important part of the education of
biologists . They need to find out how
the information in text books got
there and to see the ac tual process of
medical research. "
At the Social Services Department
of Cambridge Hospital, under the direction of Mrs . Ruth Cowin , research
opportunities were available in a variety of settings : community medicine, alcoholism, psychiatry, rehabilitation and in-patient services .
Under the supervision of Ms .
Judith Freiman, Social Work Supervisor for Cambridge Department of
Health and Hospital, Joanne Dulak
('741, chose a community health research project dealing with older patients brought to the hospital
emergency care unit or referred by
various cooperating agencies .
The Biology internship program is
expanding to include Peter Bent
Brigham Hospital and Kennedy
Memorial Hospital for Children .
Ms. Lenore G. Martin , and Ms .
Marie D . Natoli of the Political Science Department, have directed the
Legal and Urban Government internships . Ms . Martin, who directed the
Legal internships, feels that the students who took on responsibilities
handling actual legal problems added
an important dimension to their un-
derstanding of the legal process. Last
semester, Ms . Martin guided eight
students through internships with
five different agencies : Susan Harvey
('74) and Margaret Heanue ('74) at
Mass. Defenders, observing a
juvenile treatment center; Maureen
McLellan ('75) , for the Lawyers
Committee on Civil Rights , observing courtroom proced ure; Mary
O'Connor ('75), and Mary Finneran
('74), at NOW; Celeste Vezina ('75), as
court monitor, and Karen Torres ('74) ,
evaluating day care centers for the
American Friends Service Committee; and, Deborah Shanley ('74), at
the American Civil Liberties Union .
In the future, Ms . Martin plans on
adding several agencies from which
the students may choose . Two added
to date are the Black Caucus and Boston Legal Assis tance.
The Urban and State Government
internships, initiated three years ago
by Dr. John O'Loughlin and Ms .
Natoli, are now directed by the latter:
Helena Andrezejak ('74) at Consumer
Protection, investigating tenantlandlord cases; Maureen McCarthy
('74), for the Governor's Commission
on the Status of Women in rape investigation; Connie LaPointe ('74), at the
Mass. Student Lobby on educational
financial aid ; Lucy Flynn ('75), with
Councilman Gerald O ' Leary , and
Terry Spinosa ('74), with the Iannella
office ; Maureen Lodge ('74), on the
preparation of the Archibald Cox
papers at the Kennedy Library in
Waltham .
The Economics internship program, directed by Mr. Richard
Emery, was organized through the
Massachusetts Internship Office. It is
a program hopeful in its aspirations ,
yet realistic in expectations . " If students expect to directly apply the
economic theory they have learned in
their course work, they may be disappointed," said Mr. Emery . "They
should find, however, the theory is a
very useful framework in which to
analyze the problems they encounter
in the internship:" Geri Sullivan
('74), at the Massachusetts Commission against Discrimination collecting employment statistics; Madeleine
Smj th ('74), with the Consumer Protection Bureau; Carol ~v!:u ;:dock, at the
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce; Mary Aldridge and Pat Gillespie, with the Department of Education.
As with any blossoming project,
there are bound to be growing pains.
However, the positive implications
of the program are important: the
student gains exposure to influential
contacts as well as invaluable knowl edge through actual experience.
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