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Ebb Tide, Vol. 30 No.4 (May 1977)

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by LINDA M. BOUCHARD 'Ebb Tide' has been interpreting recently confronted; that of es­ Little is known regarding the poetry and fiction as well as de­ Why have we chosen the new and illuminating the college life tablishing an appropriate name life history of the nautilus. The livered lectures on Engiish po­ title? In the December 1976 issue, at Salve, it has seen many chang­ for the paper. "Ebb Tide" was shell they produce is quite re­ etry, was the source from which former editor Martha Wolf docu­ es. The physical size of the paper decided upon, not with any con­ markable as it is septate, that is, we drew our present title. From mented the generally pejorative grew, while several columns were scious negative connotation in it contains a series of chambers, "The Chambered Nautilus:" meanings of our former title, modified or deleted, and others mind, but rather because the the animal itself occupying the Year after year beheld the silent 'Ebb Tide.' They include, "de­ were added in preference, because name related to the sea. As for outer or last chamber produced. toil cline," "death," and "ill omen." the final goal was to make its this meaning, it is generally be­ As the animal grows larger, the that spread his lustrous coil, Wishing to maintain a reference search for news intensive rather lieved that the ebb tide leaves outer wall of the shell is built still, as the spiral grew, to the sea, we decided on a title than extensive. Our goal remains shells, sea glass, and other treas­ forward and then seals off the He left the past year's dwelling that has both literary and topical u n c h a n g e d and the evident ures upon the shore. Beach comb­ vacant area with a thin partition. for the new, connotations: The Nautilus. growth and positive direction ers eagerly anticipate this tide This 'nautical' definition is par­ Stole with soft step its shining which the college paper has as­ because it allows them to survey archway through, The first issue of 'Ebb Tide' alleled with a famous literary came out in December 1947. It sumed indicated this transition. the remains and eventually share Built up its idle door, source. Oliver Wendell Holmes, a was also the initial year for the The editors of that 1947 pub­ their findings with others. This Stretched in his last-found home, first women's college in Rhode lication were faced with the same "Ebb Tide" left the "Nautilus" New England scholar, critic and and knew the old no more. Island. In the thirty-years that query with which we were most upon our shore. man of letters, who wrote both O.W.H. 1858

American Studies Program Introduced ''I Could Have Danced All Night . . ,,

by JANET DeSANTIS and LINDA CLORITE by LOIS MASSOROTTI and ELENA VIEffiA Dr. Sheila Megley, Dean of Design Work sessions. Careers in themes are now tentative; some As jeans were thrown aside, guests returned to Ochre Court Students/Associate Dean of the American Studies were also dis­ modifications may be dictated by gowns and suits were gotten for the dance. The inclement College, announced recently that cussed. It is hoped that Dr. Mar­ later circumstances) provide that ready. Anticipation built up for weather made it necessary for Salve Regina College was the re­ cell's assistance will develop a each student in the program par­ the big night, and finally the im­ the young ladies to be driven up cipient of a grant from the Na­ cooperative link among the de­ ticipate in seminars with the portant event for the Freshman to the Great Hall, under the arch­ tional Endowment for the Hu­ partments involved, as well as other students in the program. class had finally arrived. On Sat­ ways of the driveway to Ochre manities. The grant provides for encouraging new media and new There will be three seminar meet­ urday, April 23, the Freshman Court, in true Victorian style. consultant services in the college modes of learning for this inter­ ings within each over a three­ class at Salve Regina College The music provided by "NO effort to reorganize the American disciplinary course of study. semester cycle. The entire series sponsored a formal. EXIT" was enjoyed by all. The Studies program. The grant will In constructing programs of in­ of nine semesters earns one cred­ Each year the Freshman class band consisted of guitar, saxes, enable the American Studies Pro­ struction relevant to students and it. The scheduling will be flexible holds a Cotillion, and this year it flute, trumpet and rhythm sec­ gram, currently within the De­ the world in which we live, the so that each student will have an was opened to the entire college tion, a truly 'Chicago' type band, partment of History and Politics, American Studies Program will opportunity to complete the ser­ community, thus being called with an e q u a 11 y professional to be organized as a multi-de­ strongly focus on a diversified ies of nine seminar meetings. 'Spring Formal.' The Cotillion it­ sound. A we-stricken by the sur­ partment effort. curriculum. The common ele­ Possible areas of interest for self represents a coming out for rounding of Ochre Court, every­ On February 28, Dr. David ments of history, literature, ge­ an American Studies Major in­ Freshmen. Following tradition, one felt the magic of the old sum­ Marcell, Resource Person from ography, politics, sociology, art, clude: Recreational Education, each Freshman and his/her es­ mer mansion. The weather did Skidmore College, visited our music, and education will form 8ocial Studies Certification, Li­ cort were introduced to the col­ not dampen anyone's spirits, for campus to serve as consultant for the bulk of the program. Perhaps brary Science as a specialist, Pre­ lege community. The gentlemen once inside the rain was forgotten the co-ordination of this new con­ this interdisciplinary approach is Law, Historical Societies, Mu­ received a white carnation and and it was generally agreed that centration. Dr. Marcell's visit in­ the program's most unique fea­ seum, Politics, Government Em­ the young ladies a long-stemmed the evening passed too quickly. cluded m e e t i n g s with various ture. The student of the American pioyment, International Corpora­ red rose, then proceeded down the Music, company and location members of the faculty, adminis­ Studies Program is faced with tion, Journalism, Business, Public main stairway of Ochre Court. were ideal. The memories of the tration, Long Range Planning many challenges. Besides expos­ Relations, College Admissions, After dinner, held at the Hotel Spring Formal will linger on for Committee and student body. His ing himself to the interrelation­ Advertising (for Art interests) Viking, students, escorts, and months to come. last visit, on March 28 and 29, ships of various subject matter, and Graduate Study. included Curriculum Planning/ he will p o n d e r contemporary Excitement is running high for problems as they exist in Ameri­ this approved proposal. Faculty ca and the world. members from the departments In particular, American diver­ of English, Religious Studies, Art, sity in religious belief, ethnic Music, History and Sociology are or1gm, occupational character, all involved. Sister Ann Nelson, and cultural/political experience Chairwoman of the Department poses a serious question. Can we, of History and Politics, is pri­ or rather will we relate our past marily responsible for developing and present knowledge to future this concentration. Sr. Lois Eve­ and pressing needs ? In develop­ leth will be the acting co-ordinat­ ing cooperative levels with other or of the program. In them, Salve subject areas, teachers in the has two excellent educators with s e v e r a I fields can pool their two new challenging tasks to knowledge and relevant findings, pursue! cooperatively working with the The American Studies Pro­ representatives of the other di­ gram, which is being offered on visions of higher learning. about 300 campuses throughout Presently, a student wishing to the country, is relatively new. Be­ prepare h i m s e I f in American cause of its diversity and perhaps Studies selects a major or minor because of its close relationship in the Department of History and to the Bi-Centennial Spirit of Politics with electives from other identifying with the dynamisms departments. and s t r u c t u r e of the United Dr. Marcell The Seminar Series (the Continued on Page 5 Spring Cotllllon. Page Two EBB TIDE May 1977 Symbolism and Myth Resound In Ochre Court

by LINDA CLORITE body, the animal world. The baby deal with instincts ( dragons, fish, Symbols are i m ages which pushes then apart as if he is say­ serpents). can't be reduced to single mean­ ing - Hold everything! - Like Water and the ocean, which are ings. Ochre Court's symbols rep­ we do with our bodies - when depicted throughout the Court's resent, basically, the birth of the we have to stop and reflect on motifs, symbolize the unconscious. conscious out of the unconscious. things before we go ahead. The They are the source, instincts are They depict the human psyche at conscious is vulnerable at early born in it - as humans are born a certain stage of development. stages. The babies may also sym­ in water. The water serpents are The conscious is the ability to re­ bolize the Ego; the individuality the negative powers of uncon­ flect, to look back upon. Nothing of everyone, even though we are scious which have to be dealt in nature, other than man, has all human and basically the same. with ( St. George kills the dragon this a b i 1 i t y . The unconscious In philosophies a r o u n d the and frees the maiden, human comes first - it is associated world, nature is viewed as ser­ soul.) In Christianity, this can be related to the struggles between ,.' with a mother. The newborn con­ pents which are devouring them­ scious is her male child. He gets selves. They represent the con­ Jesus and Satan. Jesus frees the killed and is reborn during some tinuously turning seasons - life human soul which is the bride, time in his life, as seen in most dies in the winter and is reborn the Church. heroes or male gods in mythology. in the spring; the leaves are the The open mouths of the griffins Did the people who designed fertilizer for the new. and dragons seen throughout, Ochre Court think of these sym­ This eating of itself and rebirth symbolize the unconscious we are bols as they built the structure? is symbolic of the state of mind born out of and are compared to Dr. Hersh, professor of dream before being reflected upon; like the earth and the ocean. Just symbolism and mythology, doesn't when you were a child, you just think of the story of Jonah and self). The Ego is the center of We are both half conscious (the think so. He believes that most of did things without first thinking the whale; he is swallowed and consciousness. The unicorn is de­ human part) and half uncon­ these type of things come out of of them. spit out after three days ( to con­ picted in Ochre Court as chasing scious ( the fish part) . a dragon - chasing instincts The columns surrounding the the unconscious. The dragon is another "mon­ sciousness) , symbolizing d e a t h away. second floor also show the story One of Ochre Court's clearest ster" that eats itself - a symbol a nd rebirth. It is a reentering The baby with wings, updated of evolution. It begins with the images is within the staircase; of dying and rebirth - the in­ from the unconsciousness; of in the Great Hall, below the bal­ child who relies on his mother for the repeated motif of cherub faces stincts. St. George, slaying the coming out transformed. The cony, is an old image; it can be everything - this symbolizes the on the balustrade. Each one has dragon as seen on t he exterior Easter season also reflects this. seen in many old cemeteries on unconscious - as you were when a · different facial expression and a bove the portico, symbolizes that Christ is crucified and is laid gravestones. He is called Kypnos, you were four years of age, you one interpretation is that the he is able to deal with the in­ in the earth (Mother Nature, un­ the god of sleep, or Hermes - may have been wild with no dis­ baby is the symbol of the new­ stincts. Christianity is a real ad­ conscious) and is reborn after the messenger of the gods. He is cipline. Then you develop into the born and the fish that he is push­ vance over the pagan religions, three days (into consciousness). a guide of dead souls between second stage - a growing apart ing apart are the instincts; the over instincts; it is an attempt to The unicorn, sculptured into earth and the underworld. Her­ stage, which we are more or less the chapel's door frame, is the mes is also the statue in the room going through now - being at Christ image, a new kind of con­ before admissions, next to the school apart from our parents, sciousness. Its one horn symbol­ fireplace. He has just thrown his learning to become independent. izes the Ego ( the Ego is only staff into the middle of some This stage is represented by the concerned with one thing - it- snakes and the snakes froze articles of culture and education around his staff, forming a Ca­ being held by the figure on the Former Editor duceus. The snake has the power column. The third and final stage of life and death it is believed, is a period of harmony, a union Describes Role because of its ability to shed its of both the unconscious (in­ skin and grow a new one. This is stincts) and ~he conscious. by JOYCE KUBINEC why the symbol of the Caduceus Ochre Court 'is concerned most­ The Ebb Tide staff is indebted is used as the symbol of the med­ ly with the second stage; pointing to Martha Wolf, who was the ical profession. out the definite break and at­ editor for close to two years. She The mermaids, used as door tempts to keep apart the uncon­ is also Sigma Phi Sigma and handles on the iron doors, sym­ scious and the conscious. valedictorian of the graduating bolize instinct, growth and devel­ So, perhaps the next time you class this spring. opment. They depict each of us. Continued on Page 4 When asked about being the editor of Ebb Tide Miss Wolf re­ plied, "It was so hard to try 1.o decide what the people on campus wanted to read about, not what you yourself want to read about. Editorial Working on the paper was a priv­ ilege, a priceless experience be­ cause it really made me start to More Fire Safety pay attention to other people and what int'erests them." Great things concerning fire that I'd know how to utilize one Miss Wolf then commented on safety have been initiated on this in case of an emergency. I'm sure her plans after graduation. "I campus, but shouldn't they have they're basically easy to figure have no great plans. My only been begun long ago, at the be­ out, but there could be a time plan is to use my education to ginning of each new semester, for when there would be no time to better appreciate my immediate instance? Some observations in­ read instructions. surroundings and to intertwine volving the fire safety codes in­ In view of all the above points, bits of knowledge with what ever clude the fact that the residents we suggest that a simple fire comes my way." are being timed on how fast they safety drill be conducted at the To conclude Martha's portrait, can vacate the buildings. That's beginning of each semester. These Dr. James Hersh says it best - great, but what would actually drills would include each and ev­ "She's a unique person." happen in case of a real fire? The ery building on campus and the Editor's note: The present editors students at the present are using Tony K. and Linda C. leave Unda B. in charge. following basic techniques dem­ would like to thank Martha for the regular daily-used doors. But onstrated; what if the stairwells could not her generous and valuable assist­ 1. Actual use of the fire ance during the year, especially be reached in time ? Are the fire escapes by the students EBB TIDE I THE NAUTILUS escapes in working order and do this past semester when she had the students know where they 2. Locations of fire escapes and completed her studies. Published monthly by Salve Regina College are? The fire escapes should be extinguishers p o i n t e d out Newport, Rhode Island 02840 (make sure they are unob­ used by the students at least once structed with spot checks Congratulations Editors ...... Linda M. Bouchard, Linda Clorite, a semester, to insure that the es­ Anthony Kutsaftis throughout the school year.) capes are the safest way to leave At its recent meeting for new Staff ...... Janet Desantis, Mary Frances Douglas, the building and are in working 3. Use of fire extinguishers members, the Mercy Honor So­ Joyce Kubinec, Elvia Martorell, order. It may be too late to implement ciety, Sigma Phi Sigma, welcom­ Susan O'Connor, Johanne Raymond Also, does everyone know where these procedures this school year, ed thirteen Salve students into Photography ...... , ...... James Boulay all the fire extinguishers are lo­ but not for next year. In a school its ranks. Among the honored Art Work ...... Debbie Chandler cated? I didn't, until I walked of this size, this drill is not im­ students were Ebb Tide editors Moderator ...... Brother Gene Lappin around my dorm one afternoon possible as it might be on a Martha Wolf, Anthony Kutsaftis, larger campus. Hopefully, the ad­ The opinions expressed herein are the opinions of the and found out for myself. I found and Linda Bouchard. The criteria editorial board and do not necessarily represent the one of them behind about six ministration will take these points for membership are scholarship opinions of the administration, faculty, or the student bikes. Just that I know where into consideration and thus raise and service. body at Salve Regina College. they are doesn't mean, however, the fire safety standards at Salve. Congratulations, editors. May 1977 EBB TIDE Page Three from Charades Of People

Brown eyes are staring right through me. Campaigns In The Eastern Provinces I wonder what they're seeing 'I Brown eyes, void of all expression, Of Arms I Sing, And Of The Man Looking at the world passing by. Are they viewing the external.s 1 Virgil The charades of people by FRED PAGE and noises; like the alert fox I This morning, after a sleep going through life Not more than fifty feet from often saw darting across the yard lightened with anticipation, I with their heads in the clouds, the back door of my house, an old toward the trees, I too wanted to pulled on two pairs of wool socks, hiding from life . . . and love 'I tumbling - down fieldstone wall take my walk as silently and un­ stepped into my knee-high rubber Or do they really see meanders through the dense un­ obtrusively as possible: yesterday boots ( a previous surplus 'find') the people inside 'I derbrush, head and tail unseen, I went in search of a tool with and set off - it seemed like an The fragile, beautiful truth like a great serpent made heavy which I might make this possible. expedition! - across the yard to of someone glad to be alive? with the winter's cold, motionless Inside the army surplus store the wood. Sword in hand I climb­ until Spring. Between door and the little Jewish man with the de­ ed over the stones and prepared NEILA C. E. BENNETT wall a small yard prevails, and formed left arm was reading the to do battle with the slumbering somewhere beneath the foot of newspaper which he had spread Hydra. And though, unlike Ex­ Book Review new snow a rusted and broken out upon the glass display case. calibur, my sword didn't gleam boat-trailer continues to fade and Within that dusty vault there in the sunlight as it rose with my fall, along with those nasty briars gleamed and glowered the medals arm, or like Achilles' blade was it I piled last autumn, gathered at and merit badges of countless heavy with the fire of a god, yet Solo Flight great effort with the remains of wars and skirmishes, foreign and as surely as if it was destined to by SHERRY L. PRAZAK what was once probably a rather domestic, some remembered but "smite the sledded Polacks on the sharp and sweet little hand-sickle many more forgotten. Perhaps if ice" down it fell, shearing the If you are into feelings, you are and "Soliloquy," a wordy surre­ (which I had found in the base­ my own small campaign succeed­ first thick thorny stem that op­ into poetry and if you are into alistic effort about phoniness and ment, hanging upside down by its ed, I might come here to obtain a posed me. In exultation I cried, poetry, you can't ignore "SOLO insensitivity. My major criticism exposed heel like a lonely bat). proper memento, more as my re­ "Forward!" Ah, yes ... but FLIGHT," by Nanci Phi 11 i p s of the book is the verbosity of Just beyond the door and stony ward and reminder of a valorous which way? For even though ev­ Sharp. It is the most recent these two poems, but then they border, lies a small plot of cleared day. ery green leaf had long ago been Scrabbletown Press publication in were obviously written in an un­ and worked land, a miniature The salesman didn't look up stripped by the wicked northeast the N e w p o r t Writers' Series. inhibited stream of consciousnPss mid-winter pastoral wherein win­ until I said, "May I see that one winds the tangle of cat-briar and "SOLO FLIGHT" is divided, for and were left with all of their ter is encamped. please?" pointing to the wall be­ vine was still a forbidding maze, clarity, into three sections. "For original intensity intact. Anyone Yet the wood beyond the wall hind him. He peered at me over a variegation as matted as the the Japanese," includes five hai­ under the age of 30 might laugh has remained a mystery. It is his reading glasses, slightly dis­ brachiated vessels of the lung. ku, which when read and re-read, uproariously at a poem called, impenetrable, a thriving (if now turbed by my crisp request. Mute­ The sun-illuminated patches of develop layers of meaning on "At the House of Alexis Beauty dormant) tangle of sapling, briar ly, he turned around, stepped up visible snow were not, however, their own; these are followed by Salon." When you begin to iden­ and tree. When I moved here last on his vacant stool, and took so neat as the dark cul-de-sacs of several three and four line poems, tify, it becomes a major tragedy fall the foliage was so dense as down from the wall-peg his very the blood but were ragged, cha­ each an entity unto itself. These and a not so glib comment on our to appear a solid piece, a seam­ best (surplus) machete with otic glitters of sense needing poems are as simple as the wild­ youth-oriented culture. less fabric of green drawn flush green canvas sheath and stainless rough surgery to connect into a flowers to which the writer al­ Three short love poems, and across the wall's top, a vast and steel beltguide, withdrew the long trail. At close quarters it proved ludes, but they each have an three perfectly structured sonnets pendulous dorsal fin nearly con­ black b1ade, turned around, and impossible to choose among these enormous and lasting impact. make up "In the Shadow of cealing the beast beneath. Yet I handed it to me, butt first. The random spaces. I needed some The middle and most lengthy Adonis," the final section of the do know what lies beyond the ten dollar price was a bit steep, perspective. After a few more section of the book is entitled, book. It provides a quiet and bit­ wood, for there is a road which but the several handle rivets were satisfying but futile strokes I re­ "Reality Revisited," and if it tersweet conclusion to an uncom­ doesn't evoke a tear, a laugh, or pFomising literary effort. skirts one side and down this I solid, the one - piece tempered treated to the stone wall, climbed have walked many times to the blade was without flaw, if a shade a little anger here and there, You might have seen Nanci fly­ upon its frosty back and scouted old granite quarry immediately dull. But as I hefted its balanced check your pulse. The structure ing around campus last semester; behind the trees, and from thence weight and silently weighed the for a tall tree I might use for a of most of the poems is effective­ she says the ocean view outside to the salt marshes and the sea­ cost I thought also of the secret bearing. I sighted a tall oak cov­ ly tight with the exception of of O'Hare is inspirational! "SOLO shore of Gooseberry Beach. But trail I longed to blaze through ered with strangling vines (I "Georgine," which appeared in FLIGHT," should be available at the "Newporter," last summer, Newport bookstores by mid-April. even though this walk flows gent­ the thicket. My money went would right this offense in due ly downhill and the scenery is down, my change was returned, course!) about sixty yards dis­ pleasing to the eyes I have al­ ways felt the distractions of pass­ I was out the door with my prize, tant, then I leapt down, sword in ing cars and cyclists with their and he was rereading his paper hand, ready at last to merge with In Retrospect impertinent and inquisitive stares before two minutes expired. the dark wood. by LINDA M. BOUCHARD Perhaps the best is always cumulative. In September the paper began with four editors and a handful of eager staff members. Since Spring • • • At Last! that time the staff has increased along with the quality of each suc­ cessive issue. The entire process is like planting a seed and watching by ELVIA S. MARTORELL for the sprouts. All the while you are adding fertilizer and weeding After this long, cold winter we them in relation to their busi­ are just tired of the long winter. out, preparing for the harvest. all deserve a warm, sunny Spring. nesses. They are out more." Yes, I could say that again. And Louanne Brown of "Gepetto's Dianne Shaver, of "Tashi" also * * • again ... ! Apprentice" ( a children's shop), agreed on that, and added that The most significant change which occurred was renaming the Off go the coats! Down go the replied, " ... when the weather is ". . . people feel a lot better in paper. Martha Wolf initiated the idea, when upon completing a cross­ tops of cars! We all seem anxious bad, business is bad." Now that the Springtime, they smile more." word puzzle she found the renowned title to be negative in nature. to discard the heavy, dark chains the weather is finally picking up, They want to throw out their old My thanks to Sister Mary Jean Tobin, R.S.M., who suggested the title of winter and welcome the glori­ more people are out shopping. Of wardrobes and buy new clothes. 'Nautilus' and introduced me to Oliver Wendell Holmes. course, there was Easter, and Financially they are better off ous sun. Oh, wonderful sun ... * * .. On one of the first nice Satur­ that in itself prompts the pur­ after the winter and so they start days, I put on a light jacket, chasing of bunnies, candy and buying for the new season. "But we still need to fill three more column inches on page four!" grabbed my keys and set off for new clothes. Certainly Carol Paris, of "Pap­ Appreciation is extended to all of the · occasional contributors who my f a v o r i t e place - lower For Bobbie Henri of "The Hook pagallo" was in a cheerful mood helped us fill those chasms. Thames St. The little shops were and i," it means that more people when· I visited the shop on their .. .. . all alive with s m i 1 i n g faces, are out in the garden and there­ opening day at their locality on couples walking hand - in - hand fore doing less needle work. In Brick Market Place. "Spring is Recognition should go to our photographer, Jim Boulay, who could licking ice-cream cones, children the cold, w i n t e r nights more a favorite time," she said. The be seen at most events in a variety of garb clicking his candid camera. chasing one another along the al­ needle craft-lovers were apt to clothes are a lot brighter and In fact, it has become so much a part of his nature that at the recent leys of Brick Market Place, and snuggle comfortably in a warm people don't have to wear the Spring Formal I asked him what kind of boutonniere he sported on babies happily riding on squeaky chair and make the weather seem dark, h ea v y tones of winter. his lapel, whereupon he indignantly replied, "That's not a flower, its carriages. less dreary with their projects. "People come in and see the my 35mm!" Now, if they do any needle work, Spring and Summer clothes and "Nice day . . ." I heard some­ the motiffs are sunnier - sail­ accessories, and they are thinking . . .. one say. "Oh, yes, I hope this is boat, flowers and blue skies. of warmer weather." I certainly Tony and Linda's help and encouragement has been invaluable to Spring now," replied someone else. Joan Hamilton of "Cabin Crafts was, as I browsed through the me and the continuing success of the paper. I'm doubtful if the world I followed the small groups in and Gifts" explained that Spring sunny outfits and felt the nice is quite ready for the unequaled species of Tony K.; however, ! ·know and out of the shops and found attracts different groups of people breeze blowing through the door. that he is ready for it and I wish him luck in whatever he does. Linda myself caught in the spirit of from diverse localities, many from Thereafter, I went straight to is looking forward to a new educational setting next fall, and I'm Spring. The air was fresh as can out-of-state. Therefore her winter my favorite place - the ice­ beginning to wonder if, indeed, the office isn't a little spacious. be and a delightful breeze played customers that are more interest­ cream shop. With my treasured with my hair and sent my ...... ed in miniature collections (her peach-melba cone I proceeded to thoughts wandering off. Everyone an inviting, sunny bench facing This expose would be incomplete without a grand merci for favorite hobby) are not seen in was in such a pleasant mood! Thames Street to really enjoy the Brother Gene's valuable contribution of time and effort devoted to I asked several specialty shop the Spring. Of the weather, Joan day. each issue. I am looking forward to another fruitful year to follow, owners what Spring meant to said, "I think . . . basically people Welcome, Sprir.g! n'est-ce pas? Page Four EBB TIDE May 1977 Salve Senior Interns In Washington Cast Excels In 'Hobbit' by MARY FRANCES DOUGLAS by MARTHA WOLF Each year, Salve Regina offers of History and Politics at Salve, good, solid background if they When a friend suggested one production, as was the narration an exciting chance for those stu­ w as then a student at Catholic want to teach political science or damp, nasty night that we go to that accompanied the various dents interested in government to University in Washington, and enter politics themselves." It pro­ see the Readers' Theatre produc­ scenes. spend a week in Washington, became one of the first Pell in­ vides state funds which make it tion of Tolkien's The Hobbit, I Only lack of space prevents the D. C. - working with the staff terns. He was so impressed with possible for two students from was every bit as eager to leave praise of each of the thirteen ac­ of a United States senator, vis­ his "internship" experience that, each of the various Rhode Island my snug abode as Bilbo Baggins tors individually. Michael Radko­ iting such well-known places as after becoming a member of the colleges and universities to stay had been to be parted with his vich excelled as the wizard Gan­ the White House, Supreme Court, Rhode Island State Senate, he in­ in Washington, and to participate comfortable little hobbit hole, on­ dalf, as did Libby in her role as and Federal Bureau of Investiga­ troduced a bill in 1969 forming in different government activities ly to converse with slimy lizards Gollum. Tony Kutsaftis, possibly tion, and attending various sub­ the Rhode Island State Govern­ for a week. at the edges of inky, underground the largest dwarf to date, was committee meetings. ment Internship Commission and This year, Salve's intern was pools, to be pursued by wargs quite good as Thorin, as was Paul Sponsored by Rhode Island's Program, of which he is chair­ Jill Delano. Commenting on her and spiders, and to be nearly Murawski as Gloin and Paula Senator Claiborne Pell, this pro­ man. week in Washington, Jill said, "It kindled by an irate dragon. MacKey as Roac. Don Currier de­ gram informally began in 1961 The purpose of the commission, was a good experience showing In spite of my initial reluctance, serves special praise in his role when Senator Pell entered the according to Senator McKenna, me a lot about how the govern­ I found that this production, un­ as the squeaky-voiced Bilbo. Por­ United States Congress. br. Rob­ is "to give students a chance to ment works, and giving me a der the direction of Robert Kulo, traying the middle.aged hobbit .ert McKenna, Associate Professor learn about politics, and to get a chance to see Senator Pell at not only did justice to the book, dragged into an a d v e n tu r e work." While in Washington, Jill but actually seemed to enhance against his better judgment, he stayed in a private home two Tolkien's masterpiece of imagina­ was at his best when "positively blocks away from Senator Pell's tion. The music that forms such flummoxed." office. Her duties included office an important part of the book work in the afternoons, but at was particularly effective in this other times she took tours of the Symbolism and Myth capital city and sat in on sub­ Continued from Page 2 committee hearings. Says Jill, "I So Wide A Chase pass through Ochre Court on a didn't realize what a busy place by SHERRY PRAZAK routine visit to one of its offices, it was!" you might pick out these figures Applications for the program In a sea churning with blood described above. And maybe the are available in Senator McKen­ The slaughter is nearly complete building will become to mean na's office. Selection of interns is Hastening that time something more to you than just on the basis of a demonstrated When the waters will no longer another ornamental old mansion. interest in government and the embrace Many thanks to Dr. Hersh who student's academic background. Her gentle giant took time to give me a symbolic Preference is also given to resi­ tour through Ochre Court. dents of Rhode Island, because of The whale. state funding. However, it is not necessary to be a political science major, so if you would like to learn about the workings of gov­ "You'll Love Europe" ernment, be sure to apply! by HELIA M. da COSTA "It is a cultural shock to realize to bed. Besides, everything was that you are in Europe." Hearing cooked in olive oil. After six Student Success this before my semester in Ma­ months my stomach was a wreck drid last year, I hardly believed and so was my figure. Congress by JOYCE KUBINEC it. Now I do. I'd like to share a While in Madrid I took four "To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of few of my memorable experiences courses in S,Panish language, lite­ by SUSAN O'CONNOR intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the with anyone interested in study­ rature, and art. The art course, which was taught at the Prado On Wednesday, April 20, 1977, approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false ing or traveling abroad. My first Museum, was my favorite. It at 12 p.m., the recently elected friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give advice is, "Get ready for a once­ combined field trips with theory. 1977-78 Student Congress held its in-a-lifetime experience!" of one's self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a Madrid was an education in it­ first meeting. Basically, the focus Studying at "El Instituto de healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; self; it had monuments, museums, of the meeting was directed to­ Cultura Hispanica," a branch of parks, bullfights, and fiestas. Per­ ward the defining of a specific to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with the University of Madrid, I lived haps the best part was the con­ goal which the 1977-78 Student exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because down the street from the famous stant parade of people, all fas­ Congress hopes to achieve. Prado Museum. A charming you have lived - this is to have succeeded." cinating to this New Englander. Suggestions that have arisen Spanish family adopted me, as Before and after my studies in thus far have all been directed Senora Rosa became my second Spain, I explored Paris, Rome, toward three primary concerns : mother. When free from classes I Lisbon, Zurich, the Riviera, Ven­ 1) a unification of the student Criminal Justice Offers M. S. traveled widely in Spain and in ice and Vienna - places I had body, 2) a further improvement nearby Portugal. I thoroughly en­ by JOHANNE RAYMOND always dreamed about. In my in communication between facul­ joyed my family and travels. A new master's program began courses being taken and be in­ travels I noticed that many, if ty, students, and administrators, What I didn't enjoy was the at Salve Regina this semester. It terviewed successfully. not most, Europeans seemed to and 3) a further concentration Spanish timetable for meals - enables qualified students to earn As they progress, students have be bilingual. To those of you who upon becoming a service-oriented breakfast at 8:00, lunch at 2:30, a Master of Science degree in an option. They may either write body - one servicing not merely are becoming bilingual at Salve, Criminal Justice. The M.S. pro­ a thesis, which they will later de­ and supper at 10: 30, or "early" the Salve community but the I say, "Go ahead." To those who gram provides opportunities for fend orally, under the guidance of in the winter, at 9:30! After sup­ Newport community as well. aren't, I say, "Go anyway. Europe active police officers to gain ad­ a committee, or they may take an It has been suggested that a per, which took an hour, we went is a great experience." vancement. Retired officers can oral examination on all that they unified student body is a pre­ teach criminal justice or manage­ have studied. A check list of per­ -requisite for both improving the ment courses. tinent information will be handed lines of communication and be­ To attain a Master's degree in to all students explaining these coming a service-oriented body. Criminal Justice a student must requirements and options. In addition, in order to accom­ accumulate 36 credits in five "The new program is going plish this task it is important years. The degree requires 15 quite well," according to Mr. that students come to the realiza­ credits in prerequisites, 9 credits Charles Cooke, department chair­ tion that Student Congress is not in Organization and Management, man. "I think I can honestly say an e 1 i t i s t organization which and 12 credits in electives. To lie that it is a challenging program. shuns outside participation, but accepted into the program, the It requires a lot of work." To date rather an organization that wel­ candidate must fulfill such re­ thirty applications have been re­ comes student suggestions and quirements as diagnostic tests in ceived by the Criminal Justice participation. criminal justice and courses in Department. Mr. Cooke is looking In the past, non-members have management. Students must also forward to receiving many more been reluctant to become involved have at least a B average in all in the immediate future. with Student Congress. Let us hope that next year's Student Congress succeeds in enlisting the aid of many more students. Its success will depend, to a great REGINA MARIS degree, on the efforts of all stu­ dents and not merely the efforts 1977 Yearbook May Still Be Purchased expended on the part of those who have been elected as repre­ Contact Mary Garvey sentatives of the student body. Or Any Yearbook Representative HAPPY VACATION Hella. da Costa with her Senora. Rosa. Ballesteros May 1977 EBB TIDE Page Five Franklin Linotypist Maintains Tradition McAuley Gatehouse Home by LINDA M. BOUCHARD There is a place in Newport trimmed and falls into place in a of computers, which Mr. Olivier which has refused to be touched galley, or accurately, tray. After says is replacing all other tech­ To Salve Graduates by the age of technology and in the matrices have served their niques of printing mainly because by LINDA CLORITE its denial has retained an art purpose they are automatically "time is money." The Providence which is, regretfully, dying. The distributed back into the storage Journal has just completed their For Rent : Gatehouse; two bed­ ence. We got to know the admin­ art of which I speak is that of channels through a coding system. conversion. F r a n k I i n Printing rooms, two baths, kitchen, dining istration, faculty and office work­ the linotype. It is perhaps a social The first linecasting machine, House as well as other small area, living room. Very comfort­ ers and became better equipped comment on the place art as­ called linotype, was invented in printing houses will not dispose able. Can't beat the neighborhood. to give directions.'' sumes today that in the many 1884 and was followed by the of the linotype because the de­ RENTED . . . to two Salve Re­ Commenting on their present times which I have been to Frank­ intertype. Both machines have mands are not as great as that gina College graduates and their homestead, the women explained lin Printing House I had not no­ similar methods of operation. Be­ of large newspaper offices and the feline companion. that before December, 1976, Dean ticed such a machine. fore printing became established, precision is just as good, if not Eileen M a I o n e , the college Megley had lived in this brown­ stone cottage. From 1974-1975 it Joe Olivier has been a typeset­ textual matter, such as business better. nurse, and Nina Donahue, Di­ had been the first men's residence ter for the past 23 years, having letters and circulars, was written The demise of the linotype is rector of Student Activities, have on the campus. To make room learned the trade at the Linotype by hand. Writers were trained to not a reality at Franklin Print­ occupied McAuley Hall's gate­ for the incoming men ( all five of School in Boston. Mr. Olivier ex­ produce in a uniform style. How­ ing House and the fact that Joe house, along with their pet cat, them!) , walls and a bathroom plained the procedure involved ever, the personality of the in­ Olivier is helping to retain the Sarah (with an H), since the end were added but now the house and I was overwhelmed with the dividual could be easily recog­ art of which our publication is a of December. has been almost fully restored to ease in which he operated the ob­ nized in the writing. In many product makes ours a distinctiv·e Since both of their jobs entail its original structure. ways the problem of the typogra- feature! a lot of time spent on campus, viously complicated piece of ma­ About six years ago, Rosary both 1976 graduates feel that it chinery. The machine is used for Hall, as it had been named in is a most convenient location. Up mechanical composition of typed 1955 when the college received until December, they had resided matter, which cast lines of type the building along with the estate on Catherine Street in Newport. (thus, linotype) in one-piece slugs ~~ of "Vinland" (now McAuley), They view the gatehouse as a from individual matrices by the had been the chaplain's residence. possible area for future work­ manipulation of a keyboard, much This gatehouse, of the same Pea­ shops i n v o 1 v i n g both faculty like that of a typewriter except body and Stearn design of an members and students. It could the letters are positioned differ­ English country house of the be a plr.ce to meet informally, to ently. Queen Anne Revival period as relax and to develop better com­ The matrices are stored in in­ McAuley Hall, was a gift of Mrs. munications between these two terchangeable magazines with a Twombly Burden along with the groups. Already, there has been large number of narrow channels; rest of the buildings in the com­ a feminist workshop held there every channel contains several pound including Angelus Hall which they felt went over quite duplicate matrices. Each matrix ( the former stables), Marion Hall well for all involved. has one or two single characters (caretaker's residence) and the stamped into one of its edges and Before holding their respective Boathouse ( a potting shed). The each letter has its own combina­ titles on this campus, both Eileen gatehouse itself was the former tion. Variable spacing between and Nina were R.A.'s for two home of the gardener and his words is accomplished with ex­ years. They attended the first family. panding devices known as space R.A. workshop which was very bands. When a full line of ma­ much in need. The workshop en­ trices has been composed, the ables the R.A. to become a person Poetry Reading who can be used as a resource for operator justifies it by causing by CAROLINE HELLER the space bands to expand, thus pher Is similar. There must be a students with problems. Seven area poets acquainted a filling the line. constant compromise between his American Studies Eileen, hailing from Cape Cod, alve gathsring- with their work The justified line of matrices individual sense of design and the holds a B.S. in nursing and Nina, Continued from Page 1 twice this last month. From Dick and space bands, in the casting requirements of a uniform print­ States, it should prove to be a who is from Holyoke, Mass., has Bidwell's frugal, skeletal narra­ mechanism, forms the end-wall of ing face. The typographer must challenging learning experience a B.A. degree in History and Po­ tive to Kerry McKeever's prolific, a hollow mold exactly the size of confine his work to the design of litical Science. To prepare for for a number of ambitious Salve abundant mode, the styles were the slug to be cast. Molten metal characters consistent with each students. Becoming a model of their Salve jobs, they both at­ as varied as the poets. A small is forced into the mold against other. They must be of such a cooperation on which all society tended an internship during the but appreciative audience of stu­ the incised type characters in the shape that they can be placed in and human development depends, month of January, 1977, to under­ dents and writers listened intent­ matrices. Rapid cooling t akes any relationship in a word or sen­ can be a valuable asset to anyone stand and learn how the different ly to the selections, sanctioning place and the finished slug is tence and be visually balanced. - especially Salve's American administrative offices are run. each poet with enthusiastic ap­ Many modern type designs are Nina int erned in Dr. Burrell's of­ Studies grad! plause. not works of art when compared Much success and best wishes fice while Eileen worked closely Bidwell and McKeever have to calligraphic presentation. The to all who are involved in making with those in the Dean of Stu­ Dr. Spragins Sets each published selections. They furthest removed from the cal­ the American Studies Program dents office. According to Nina, both, plus Peter Bouffidis, Kent ligraphic presentation is the use become a Salve reality. "It was a real learning experi- Up M.A. Program Hamilton, Rowena Dunlap, Bill Slattery and Jerry Bienvenue, are For Deaf Students members of the Newport Writers' by JILL SPENSER Group. Begun two and a half Dr. Anne Spragins of the Psy­ years ago, the Writers' Group chology Department has agreed serves as a forum for local au­ to set up a master's degree pro­ thors. Providing support and in­ gram at Gallaudet College. Lo­ terest, the group meets weekly at cated in Washington, D. C., Gal­ the Washington Square YMCA. laudet is the only college for the deaf in' the world. Dr. Spragins, with degrees in psychology and The City experience teaching educators, is especially interested in this proj­ Noise, confusion ect because her seventeen year Mass illusion old son is deaf. Ebbing Asked how she felt about going Flowing to Gallaudet, Dr. Spragins said, Coming "While I thoroughly enjoy my G work and contacts at Salve, I 0 look forward to the challenging program at Gallaudet. It will al­ ' n low me to combine professional g and personal interests." By 1978 Paperbacks Dr. Spragins expects to accept N eedletracks the first applicants into the new Excitement program and to teach in it. Refinement Founded in 1859, Gallaudet has Culture been interested in an M.A. pro­ 0 8 gram for several years. Psycholo­ i T gists and counselors there are u e anxious to p u r s u e specialized st studies in working with the deaf. Bright lights Dr. Spragins will spend the sum­ Dark nights mer perfecting her sign language Doorsteps and will plunge into planning this Footsteps September. Gallaudet's gain will No steps. be Salve's loss. NEILA C. E. BENNETT Page Six EBB TIDE May 1977 From Within a Squirrels' Cage

by ANTHONY KUTSAFTIS know. Many good things have 9. A noble animal to follow the E T: People seem to think you Anyway this isn't a sermonette. happened at Salve this past year, hallowed ( or is it hollowed?) Yak are eccentric. However, I'd like to say that my When the last key is pounded but some things we all pray for and the venerable fletch weasel as Tony: I know, and that puzzles McDonald's store will serve moon And the room is all quiet didn't happen . . . Maybe next next year's animal. me. The whole thing started when burgers and milky moon shakes. I'll walk through these halls year: 10. A port-a-john for Hobbit I organized a union for sissy E T: Are you ever serious 'I And somehow deny it. 1. A case of lockjaw for Barry cast members so they wouldn't salesmen from S c r a n t o n who Tony: Yes, once when I was - KUTSAFTIS '77 Taylor who has bored us one time have to jump out windows and walk with a limp, speak with a seven years old and I had been too many. And to Barry: "Please seek vacant trees. lisp, and do immoral things to bitten by a rare Tasmanian fletch All stories must come to an after-dinner mints. don't worry. Modern medicine has 11. Salve's version of roots: an weasel. I was serious as hell! end, even this one. It has been a performed many great miracles E T: Do you have any hobbies? editorial board visit to the state Signed: Tony Kutsaftis, alias wonderful three years working on and I'm sure they will find a way Tony: No. mental health institute. Yaga ... Keeper of the Fletch the Ebb Tide. I doubt I will ever to surgically remove your brief­ E T: Well, what do you do in 12. A pub on campus so stu­ Weasel, Brother to a Yak •.. forget the paper or the people case from your hand." your spare time ? Thorin Oakenshield. who have made it so special. 2. Vending machines that ac­ dents won't have to walk so far Tony: Grant interviews to mor­ Firstly, Sister Loretto O'Connor tually work. to and from getting drunk. ons like you. I'm also organizing This being the last column whose patience and perseverance 3. Referee I e s s o n s for Alan Over the past three years I've a 'Slap a Sailor Silly Week.' bearing the title "From Within molded what little skill I had into Jackson and Paul Marawski who met many interesting p e o p I e E T: Do you have any pets'! The Squirrel's Cage," I feel that passable journalism. Secondly, blew more calls than a blind cop while involved with the 'Ebb Tide­ Tony: Yes, I have a pet planet. some points should be made clear. my working partner all these on traffic duty. Nautilus.' One person stands out Saturn and I are good friends. The fletch weasel and I have a contract extending into '78. We years, the now famous Martha 4. Another tire for Ray Reid's in my mind, a truly memorable I've taught him to sit, fetch, and person of impeccable reputation. are available for parties and Wolf. As writers Martha and I bike. The poor guy's been riding sick 'im. I'd call him now, but I've decided to interview this per­ guest shots until that time. Our matured together. Her talent will around on one for Jong enough. people get paranoid when they bring her far and, as for me, well, son. So here now is my interview see Satie flying towards me. He's fee is $25. Save all your old copies 5. New cigars for Bob Kulo come visit me in the home where with myself. really very gentle and I've had of the 'Ebb Tide' for, like fine whose cigar smoke has chipped such demented people as myself Ebb Tide: What are your fu- him spayed. wine, they will mellow and be the paint off the wall in three are kept. ture aspirations, Tony? ET: How does your family put classics along with the first Su­ rooms and damaged the olfactory The past year has been made up with you? perman comics. Original Squir­ system of many a student. Tony: Do you mean my plans? Tony: They don't. I had to rels' Cage editions are available sweeter by the presence of Broth­ Ebb Tide: Yes, your plans? er Gene, Linda Clorite and Linda 6. A graduation at which we trade them off. My mother was for $50. Pick your copy up from Bouchard. Entering into a sea of have a really interesting speaker. Tony: To open a chain of Mc- traded for my car and two future Martha Wolf's house. Also Squir­ controversy, Brother Gene has Hey, what is !di Amin Do Do, or Donald's stores on the moon. draft picks. My brother for a rels' Cage .T-shirts for $7.50. (On­ shown w~sdom and fortitude, of­ is that Da Da, doing on the twen­ E T: Please, be realistic. jacuzi. ly Kidding ? ) ten standing up for us in very ty-second? Tony: Okay, so maybe I'll only E T: C o m p l e t e d any other This being Yacht summer in sticky situations. He was the su­ 7. Freshman immunity to such open one store. deals? Newport, I would be amiss not to perego of the paper as I the id come - on lines as: "My boat E T: What has working for the Tony : Yes, I've traded Salve to mention that you girls can pick leaves in the morning," or "I only ran wild. Like a pair of bookends, E T taught you? Charlie Finley for Vida Blue, up a rich yachtsman if you are at have one week to live." $1,000,000, and his pet rock Mor­ your best. A hint: remain sober, Linda and Linda were always Tony: Many things, but fore­ timer Kiwee. But Bowie Kuhn dress expensively, and get run present when needed. They were 8. A clinic to be taught by me most in my mind is that if your over by the boat as it leaves the supportive rather than stifling. It on how to explain unexcused ab­ article isn't on time you'd better might void the trade. harbor. If you are a fan of the has been my pleasure to be as­ sences from class. It would be have a good excuse. So I've learn­ E T: It's been i n t e r e s t i n g shown that a stampede of Yak speaking to you, Tony! Any final man, for instance Frank Sinatra, sociated with these people and I . ed to make up good excuses. will surely miss them. will satisfy an English teacher, remarks? it would be just another case of But this is the 'Squirrell's Cage' but an o u t b r e a k of paranoid E T: For instance? Tony: I have a philosophy on the ship hitting the fan. God bless and some humor is called for. schizophrenia might be necessary Tony: Yaks, I use yaks a Jot. life I'd like to relate, but space and Goodbye. We now return you So when I find some I'll let you for your psych professor. Yaks and all sorts of plagues! limitations make it impossible. to normal programming.

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