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SKYSCRAPER Page Three Faculty Member Heads New Home Economics Group Sister Mary Pierre. B.V.M., chairman of the Home Economics department, was elected first president of the National Catholic Home Economics association, at its initial meeting, in Cleveland, in June. Mei ibership in tiie new group requires membership in the American Home Economics association, since one of the objectives of the Catholic. foundation is to prom; tc the program of work of the r association. itial objective of the society is to . ntain and spiritualize home and fam- living through high school and col lege training in home economics. Previous to the Cleveland meeting, which was held just before the national convention of the American Home Econ omics association, Sister Mary Pierre sent a questionnaire to 36 Catholic col leges and four Catholic high schools in which home economics is taught, secur ing the opinion of Catholic educators on the value of such an organization. Sister Mary Albert, S.S.N.D., of Mount Mary college, is vice-president of the association; Sister Mechtilde, S. P., of St. Mary of the Woods college, is secretary, and Marion A. Nicdcrpruem, College of St. Elizabeth, is treasurer. Also on the Executive council are Sis ter Mary Rachel. R.S.M., Mercyhurst college; Sister Mary Martha, S.S.J., Fontbonnc college, and Sister Dominica, O.P., Our Lady of the Elms academy. Wins Two Awards Lecturer Qives Keynote for Year The more speedily the Mundelein student brings the true college spirit scholarship, service, sacrifice to the world, that much sooner will the spirit of individualism go down to defeat, declared the Reverend William P. Murphy, chairman of the Religion de partment, after the Mass of the Holy Ghost on Sept. 20. Keynoting the first all-college lecture of the academic year, Father Murphy- explained, Since all good things stem from Christ's death on Calvary, we do well to start the year with the Mass. For we are woefully few who express dependence on the Holy Spirit. Contrasting Pius XII's stress on cor porate worship with the world's aim to live, act, and think for itself, Father Murphy expressed the urgent need for Catholic college-women with an un quenchable desire to defeat the indi vidualism of the present world. lA/nal Cfoes Jn . . . AUTUMN Nocturne: A whipping * wind churns Lake Michigan, uni formed rows of elms splash amber- gold against buildings, and bright Oc tober skies backdrop the skyscraper college, as a new school year begins. O'X upper-classmen answered wed- ding bells before answering school bells again this tall. Patricia Patter son, senior, became Mrs. John Harold Biederer; senior Rose Mary Viglione, Mrs. A. M. Unemhofer; and Marilellen Cunningham, also a senior, Mrs. A. G. Sabato. Juniors include Anna E. Ball, who is now Mrs. R. F. McDaniels; Cordellia Gerow, Mrs. John J. Ryan; and LaVerne Kay, Mrs. E. K. Pagoda. pvURING the first hectic days of * ' boe k-storc buying, ex-Captain George Petterson, who has put away his uniform and his Distinguished Fly ing Cross to resume his position as dra ma technician, offered to help behind the counter. Viewing the long lines j of waiting customers, ex-Captain Pet- ( terson had an idea. Over the surging crowd, his voice boomed : GI's to the i front. GI's served first at this coun ter And Mundelein's ex-scrvicewom- en stepped out of line, rushed to the counters, and 'got the first books he sold. Geraldine Thorpe '46, who was graduated Summa Cum Laude, won two awards, for essay and poetry, in a national contest sponsored dur ing the summer by the Catholic School Press Association. Editor of Quest in junior year, Miss Thorpe was co-editor of the Re view last year. She also won the poetry and essay awards in the College Creative Writing contest. Publications, Review Editor Win Press Honors For the fifteenth consecutive year, The Skyscraper and The Review have merited All-Catholic honors in a survey- conducted by the Catholic School Press association; Both publications also mer ited All-American Honors from the As sociated Collegiate Press. Marion King, senior co-editor of the Review, was elected guest editor of the August issue of Extension magazine. Her contributions included a book review and an editorial. Other students who contributed to the same issue are Ruth Casey, Kathryn Malatesta. and Mary Em Harrigan. 10 Former Students Enter Religious Life Shelia Finney '46, president of the Student Activities Council last year; Francine Lamb '46, senior representa tive on the Council, and Dorothy Gaffney ex '49, treasurer of the Council, arc among the six former students who en tered the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on Sept 8. Of the 10 former students who went into religious communities, three others went to Mount Carmel, the B.V.M. novi tiate. Rosemary Lanahan '42, who has been associated with the Evanston Social Securities board; Helen Williams ex '47, a member of the Chemistry club, and Elinor Garvcy ex '49, a member of the Sodality. Eleanor Pohl '46, mathematics major and a member of the College Orchestra, entered the Franciscan Sisters, in Mil waukee. Jean Ann Trapp ex '49 enter ed the Benedictine Sisters at St. Scholas tica's; Mary Ruth Dt'ittrich ex '49 en tered the Sisters of St. Agnes at Fond du Lac, and Mary Rita Brady ex '42 enter ed the Carmelites in Indianapolis where her sister Betty '40, is a novice. 418 Freshmen Come from 88 High Schools, 9 States B.V.M. Secretary Qives Foundress Day Address Those who live intimately with God's Will, come to take His Care for granted, declared Sister Mary St. Virginia, B.V.M., in the Foundress Day lecture, Oct. 3. And the Will of God, Sister contin ued, was the guide and the inspiration of Mother Mary Francis Clarke, found ress cf the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Describing Mother Clarke, Sister Mary St. Virginia spoke of her gentle ness, her prayerfulness, her constant reliance on God's Will. The longer we look at the faint footprints she left behind her when she stepped out of time and into eternity, tlie mi re fully we realize that hers arc the light footprints of the saints, who pass through the world on tiptoe, al ways lightly springing forward on their way to God. But Mother Clarke was more than a mystic, the speaker concluded, trac ing the effects of her administrative ability and her educational vision in the schools which her Congregation conducts today, from Long Island to the Hawaiian Islands. Contributor of verse to America, Com monweal, Sign, Catholic World, and other magazines, Sister Mary St. Vir ginia is Secretary General of her Congre gation. Qeography Qroup Plans Forum As a preparation for the Institute on the Study of the United Nations Char ter, students in the geography classes will have a preliminary forum, on Oct. 11, on Regionalism and the UN. Loyola Sponsors Poster Contest; Freshmen Win It Select your own motif and technique, but we recommend a modem professional touch, advised the rules for the Poster contest Loyola sponsored in connection with a pageant it will produce next month. Ellen Anderson and Eileen Martin, freshman art majors, fulfilled require ments and will have their creations used in publicizing the dramatic production, Gentle Warrior, which will honor the Jesuit martyrs, Isaac Jogues and Com panions, whose tercentary the Jesuits are observing this fall. Other art students who submitted pos ters include Dorothy Breit, Patricia Mit chell, Dolores Doucette, Margaret Con way, Virginia Bauer, Elaine Kahn, Dol ores Muellerman, Mary Ann Mollohan, Loris Mupo, and Gertrude Williams. Attend Institute In Massachusetts Sister Mary Liguori, B.V.M., chair man of the Sociology department, and Donna Jean Powers, senior sociology major, represented Mundelein at the School of Community Affairs held at Wellesley college during the summer. An institute designed to bring about a better understanding of community problems, the school consisted of three two-week sessions, dealing, respectively, with delinquency problems, the organiza tion of community affairs, and labor- management problems. Representing nine states and one for eign country, the British West Indies, the Class of 19S0, with 418 mem bers, flavors its speech with New Eng land vowels, Southern consonants, and a British accent, in contrast to the tra ditional Middle Western pattern. Leading the list of 88 high schools which have sent representatives to the class, The Immaeulata numbers 59 fresh men as its graduates; there are 30 from St. Scholastica's; 21 from St. Mary's; 15 each from the Academy of Our Lady, Longwood, and Alvernia; 14 each from Aquinas, Mercy, and Providence, and 13 each from Siena and Visitation. Eloise Keating, from Immaculate Con ception academy, British West Indies, and Mary Josephine Callahan, St. Brigid's high school, San Francisco, have travelled the greatest distance to school. Doubling in names are the two Pa tricia O'Grady's, one from- St. Mary's and one from Providence, and the two Ann Morrisscy's, from St. Scholastica's and Trinity. Thirty-one are younger sisters of pres ent or former Mundelein students. Third of their families to register here are Georgette Gcocaris, sister of Carol '47 and Constance ex '49; Patricia Rettig, sister of June '45 and Colleen '47. and Alumnae Welcome B.V.M.'s to New Hawaiian Missions Two Mundc'ein alumnae had a share in welcoming the first group of Sisters of Charity, B.V.M., to a new mission field in the Hawaiian Islands, late in the summer. Bernadettc Manning '39, who has done educational and editorial work since her graduation, accompanied the 10 Sis ters, who sailed for Honolulu in August to open two schools, the Congregation's first outside the continental limits of the United States. Awaiting the Sisters in Hawaii, was Rita Tatge '45, who left just a year ago to become a teacher in the Kapau-Kauai High school. Miss Manning will teach in the Kohala High school. The two new B.V.M. schools are on the Island of Kaiai, St. Catherine's in the city of Kealia, and Holy Cross in Kalaheo. Madeline Roche, sister of Josephine and Maureen '46. Ann Patricia Morrissey is the sister of Mary- Margaret '35; Joan Madden of Margaret Madden Parent '38; Helen Hein of Dorothy llein Barker '42; Ellen Anderson of Audrey Anderson Adams '44; Louise Coughlin of Jeanne '44; and Elizabeth Sackley of Almarie '44. Eileen Barrett is the sister of Marion '46; Dolores Doucette of Jeanne '46; Mary Kearin of Eleanor '46; Patricia Kctchem of Gloria ex '46; Anne L. Morrissey of Alice ex '46; and Pa tricia Padden of Mary Frances '46. Jane Feller is the.sistcr of Mary Lor etta ex '47; Joanne Frischc of Suzanne ex '47; Evelyn King of Marion '47; Nancy Kelly of Patricia '47; Rosemarie Meyers of Mary Claire '47; Rosemary Simec of Shirley ex '47; Lorraine Sulli van of Gladys ex '47. . Dorothy Campbell is the sister of Margaret Mary '48; Georgia Cosmos of Frances '48; Mary Sue Hilgers of Laura Lee '48; Patricia O'Shea of Eileen '48; and Dolores Scheffler of Genevieve ex '48. Lois Fallon is the sister of Barbara '49; Joan Merrick of Mary Leona '49; Helen Roach of Peggy '49; and Diana Szacik of Rita '49. First and Last . . First student to register for the class of 1950 was Eloise Keating, left, who sent her application from Jamaica, British West Indies, over a year ago. Last ex-servicewoman to register was Betty Raynor, who, as a WAVE, served in New Orleans and Florida. 15 New GFs Register; One Saw Service in Calcutta Fifteen ex-servicewoman, who ex changed their military garb for casual, campus styles this fall, bring the num ber of Mundelein GI's to 18. Cordelia Gerew Ryan, who trained in Georgia and was subsequently stationed at Mitchell Field, New York, served served with the Wac in Calcutta, India. Mrs. Ryan is a junior. Also a junior, Mary Catherine Mc Hale trained for the Wac at Fort Des Moines and was stationed at the Head quarters of the Second Air Force in Colo rado Springs. After training in Iowa, Anne P. Gen- tilas, junior and an ex-Wave, was sta tioned in Washington, D.C. Ex-Wave and former student Elaine Kreitcr, whose twin sister Angela was graduated in June, returned to Munde lein this fall as a junior, having trained for service at Hunter college and having been stationed in Virginia. Another former student, and former Wave, Sheila Hoye, who trained at Cedar Falls and was stationed in Wash ington, D.C, has returned to the sopho more class. After training at Fort Ogelthorpe, Sophomore Catherine Jacobs, an ex- Wac, took her training at Fort Ogle thorpe, Georgia. A former Wave, Helen Bicber, fresh man, trained at Milledgeville, Georgia, and was stationed at Washington, D.C. Another freshman ex-Wave, Alice Les- sick, trained at Hunter college and at Bcthesda, Maryland, and was stationed at the U. S. Naval hospital at San Diego. Mary Catherine McCready, freshman who was in the Waves, trained at Hun ter and served in Philadelphia. After training in New York, freshman ex- Wave Betty Raynor was assigned to New Orleans and to Pensacola. Dorothy Tari, a freshman, trained for the Waves at Hunt.- and at Oklahoma A. and M., and served in New Orleans. Priscilla Goodhue Ward, a freshman and a former Wave, trained at Cedar Falls, Iowa, and in Georgia, and was stationed in Washington, D. C. A special student, Dorothy Dalton Dickman, a captain in the Waves, server' as assistant liaison officer with the Red Cross Army Emergency Relief in the midwest. Philosophy Club Announces Lecture A Nco-Scholastic Looks at Lifev.an address by Jerome G. Kerwin. Ph.D., o. the University of Chicago, Oct. 15, at 1 p.m., will constitute the first of a series of lectures sponsored by Mu Nu Sigma, the Philosophy club. fc*
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