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Cornerstones 1950-1951 Seeing -4- The half-way mark had been reached. The present Seniors were now classi fied as upper classmen. Late in June of 1950 the cold war ended with the invasion of South Kor ea by the North Korean forces, equipped with arms by the Soviet Union, trained, in large part, in the Chinese Communist armies, and acting with the open approval of Russia and the People's Republic of China (Commu nist). It was more than a half-way mark as far as peace loving people were ;conccrned. It threatened our freedom, which could never, be half-way. The invasion changed the course of American foreign pol icy and domestic affairs, forced the US into military action with MacArthur as Commander, accel erated mobilization and military rearmament, And initiated con trols on materials, services, pro duction, and man-power. Enrollment in 1950 was 47 per cent above the pre-war registration figure, and, with the thirst for knowledge, came the desire for first hand information through travel. The NFCCS and the INSA sponsored several student trips to Europe at reasonable rates. During 1950 prices rose dangerous ly. The housewives' revolt against high food prices reached the House floor when a GOP Cpngresswoman demonstrated the depreciation of the dollar. Labor gained large wage in creases with the use of the escalator clause, by means of which wages rose automatically with the cost-of-living index of the Bureau of Labor Statis tics. Government buying skyrocketed the price of materials. In a more stable vein, the Home Economics Forum, in commemor- ation of the Holy Year, defined a vital topic the Christian Home. The Truman administration had troubles, including a balky congress, bpy scandals, and Russian worries. The presidency of the United States ceased ft be an enviable position; it was a jdifiicult job. The daily 5:30 a.m. to J2 midnight schedule of 66-year-old Harry S. Truman was some measure of proof. The Philosophy club helped combat jComnuinism by publishing and selling topics of a pamphlet entitled Atheis tic Communism Cannot Serve as the Basis for World Peace. The SAC sponsored, for the first , time, opening night of the Ballet Russe e le Monte Carlo in October, 1950, at th te gl li- be Civic Opera House. This benefit eplaced the animal Card Party ami fashion Revue which had been held ach spring since 1932. k'l t M Senior Piano major Marilyn Egan will co-star with Senior Drama major Carolyn Kilkenny, May 23, at 8 p.m., when they present their Graduate re cital. Senior The NFCCS Shamrock Festival sponsored by seven colleges and uni- Krsities in the Chicago area raised ipproximately 2,066 to provide DP Students with Catholic college edu- ;ation. Another international student was highlighted in the appoint ment of General Dwight D. Eisen hower as Supreme Allied com mander in Europe on April 2, 1951. He took over the difficult job of treating from the small, poorly-equipped rmies of internally-divided Western European countries a new dynamic European force capable of resisting he 200 divisions of Russia. . People everywhere demonstrated on Hs arrival, but there were also Com munist riots in protest. SHAPE was 0 longer a headquarters without a oop but a reality. 5) A tide of high emotion rolled from e 'okyo to New York City with the an omecoming of General of the Army, i lt; louglas MacArthur. The controver- ial five-star national hero, who had il een overseas for 14 years, opposed ' ministration policy in the Far East. 1 April, President Truman abruptly lt; lt; tmoved him from all his commands U18 l Japan and Korea. s,a* (Continued on Page 4, Col. 4.) Blandina Baitoo, Mundelein's first student from Iran, will present her Senior Piano recital, May 18, at 8 p.m., with Francine Blaszynski assisting. Triples THE JUsf feHfl * * 0 ? 2 * *t -' V UMi, Vol: XXII Mundelein College, Chicago 40, May 12, 1952 No. 13 Recitals Are In Vogue For Music, Drama Majors The Music and Drama departments will present Marilyn Egan and Caro lyn Kilkenny in a joint recital on Fri day evening, May 23. For her opening numbers, Miss Egan will play the Preamble from the Sixth Violin Sonata by Bach, and Beethov en's Sonata Opus 90 in E Minor. The two-movement Sonata, a masterpiece of feeling, has rich cantabile qualities. The second group will contain two works of Chopin, Waltz in E minor, and Mazurka in B flat minor. Miss Egan will also play the concert ar rangement of the Naila Waltz by De- libes-Dohnaryi. For her finale, Miss Egan has chosen the Concerto in D minor by Ruben- stein, the moderato assai movement. Orchestral parts will be played by Re gina Dowd at the second piano- Miss Kilkenny will present a humor ous monologue by Alice Girstenberg, entitled A Patroness, and Francis Thompson's The Hound of Heaven. She will conclude with James Barrie's one act dramatic comedy, The Old Lady Shows Her Medals, which com bines Scottish and Cockney characters in a humorous situation. Assisting Miss Kilkenny in the lat ter are John P. Ryan, Carole Hoh meier, Mary Patricia Andersen, Anne Llewellyn, and Larry Morrison. Blandina Baitoo, senior Piano ma jor, assisted by Francine Blaszynski, dramatic reader, will present her ma jor recital in the auditorium, May 18, at 8:15 p.m. For her first selection Miss Baitoo will play Mozart's Concerto in D min or and the Cadenza to the concerto written by Beethoven. The Mozart masterpiece in a minor key seizes forcibly upon the listener, and compels him from the very first measure into its own world. Orches tral parts at the second piano will be played by Georgia Lambros. Following this, Miss Blaszynski will present a monologue, Letter To The Dean, by Gladys Taber, The second series of piano selections will include Gnomenreigen by Liszt. Another Liszt composition, Concerto Etude, is se lected for its particularly melodious content. Miss Blaszynski's final pre sentation, Who Dealt, by Ring Lard- ner, will follow. Miss Baitoo will conclude her pro gram with three selections. Toccata by Khachaturian, Hills of Ana Capri by Debussy, and Chopin's The Scherzo in B flat minor. - Ascension Thursday, May 22, af fords a final ''breather before semes ter examinations. Classes will not meet on the Holy Day of Obligation. Velma Mooney Heads New List Of SAC Officers When the votes were counted May 7. Mundelein had three new officers to keep the wheels of the Student Activ ities Council turning in 1952-53. Junior English major Velma Mooney will accept the gavel from SAC pres ident Carolyn Kilkenny at next week's Honors convocation. Miss Mooney is finishing her term of office as SAC secretary and is also a member of the Laetare Players and the English Round Table. Kay Lamb will serve her sec ond year on the council as secretary. Miss Lamb is a Drama major par ticipating in the Laetare Players and the Press club. She has just com pleted a year as SAC treasurer. The Freshmen will assume their first major office on the council in the per son of Vasilia Soutsos, their present SAC class representative. The Ser vice club and the Art club are listed among Miss Soutsos's activities. May Coronation and Sodality Reception Will Be May 15 My Queen, My Mother, I give myself to thee, and I consecrate to thee this day ... This motif will prevail May 15, Sodality Day at Mundelein, when for the first time the installation of officers, the reception of new so daiists, and the May Coronation will take place on the same date. Father William P. Murphy, chairman of the Religion department, will celebrate 8 a.m. Mass in Stella Maris chapel. Immediately follow ing, the new sodaiists will be received. Breakfast in the tea room will c lt;: elude the morning ceremonies. Dads Make Plans Of Their Own, Too Mr. S. E. McCarthy of Evanston, father of Senior Valerye McCarthy, was elected first president of the Fath ers club, at its organizational meeting here, May 5. Sister Mary John Michael, B.V.M., President of the College, addressed the 40 Advisory Board members at their initial meeting, and the Reverend Wil liam P. Murphy, chairman of the Re ligion department, presided at the elec tions. Mr. R. A. Neff, father of Junior Lor etta and of two alumna, is vice-presi dent. Mr. Arthur P. Ruffle, father of Freshman Patricia, is treasurer. The corresponding, financial, and re cording secretaries are Mr. John P. Hamilton, father of Sophomore Lucille; Mr. Basil Dawson, father of Sopho more Joan, and Mr. J. E. McCarty, father of Sophomore Anne. Springtime, Maytime, You Senior Drama major Carolyn Kil kenny will display dramatic versatility in her recital selections, May 23, catch ing the humor of James M. Barrie in a Scottish dialect selection, and the sub limity of Francis Thompson in The Hound of Heaven. Scientist Plans Planetary Study For Summer Months Sister Mary Therese. B.V.M., chair man of the Physics department, will spend three months this summer at the research offices of Mt. Wilson-Palomar observatories in . Pasadena. The research project will consist in determining the locations and descrip tions of some 220 planetary nebulae from plates which were taken with the 60-and-lOO-inch telescopes on Mt. Wil son during a systematic search extend ing over a period of years. The project is supported by a con tract with the Office of Naval Re search. Sodality Day will be climaxed by the annual May crowning at 1 p.m. on the library campus. If inclement weather prevails, the ceremony will take place in the auditorium. Out-go ing prefect Joan Cahill will crown Our Lady. She will be assisted by Mary Ann Klose and Jeanne Leahy. Also in attendance will be Sodality leaders Mary Rose Allen, Shirley Gie- ser, Gloria Kowaleski, Donna Mer wick, Mary Therese O'Connell, Eileen Smyth. Grace Trauscht, Marion Whe lan, Joan Horau, and Mary Agnes Mor an. Former leaders who will partici pate are Mary Kay Hannon, ' Mary Therese O'Connor, Betty Garrity, Lor etta Gibbons, Jeannine Campbell, and Mary Mahoney. The student assembly will recite the rosary and the litany of the Blessed Virgin, after which Father Jeremiah J. O'Callaghan, S.J., chairman of the Philosophy department of Loyola uni versity, will deliver the address. Sodality prefect Joan Cahill, left, plans May Coronation ceremony with Mary Ann Klose and Jeanne Leahy. Coronation will be climax of Sodality Day, May 15.
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1952-05-12 (1)
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