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October 29, 1935 THE SKYSCRAPER Page Three Social Directress Tells Recollections Of Famous Brother Mrs. James P. Donahue By Elizabeth Higgins In the cozy little many-windowed room in the view corner of Philomena hall, I had a delightful chat with Mrs. James P. Donahue. Interview is too for mal a word to use, for the evening was just like many others we have spent visiting with our social directress when assignments aren't heavy. Mrs. Donahue came here when the hall was opened in Sept. 1934, from her home in Minneapolis, and is at home in the aforementioned little room where the girls are welcome at any time to seek her. Mrs. Donahue is the sister of the late Charles Phillips, distinguished professor of English at the University of Notre Dame, the story of whose life is a topic of unfailing interest to the girls. The nine years he spent in that position, loved and admired by the countless students who met him, were but a peaceful post- lude to his years of service in war- crushed Europe. But how did he become so vitally interested in Poland? I asked, for I knew that his work there won for him the name of friend of Poland. His interest in that country was aroused in him first by Madame Helene Modjeska, whom he admired greatly,'' said Mrs. Donahue, who has several let ters and autographed pictures of Mod jeska sent by the famous actress to a young man of whom she foretold great things. And she would not have been disap pointed in him, for, because of his in estimable service as chief of the United States publicity bureau and as a major in the American Red Cross in Poland, his name is inscribed in the 'Golden Book' of the Poles. He is the author of several books, isn't he? I ventured. Yes. answered his sister. He is fa mous not only for his war service, but also for his history of Poland and his paderewski, modern immortal, both of which are written with a deep un derstanding for this tragic nation and a great admiration for its people. His other books are well known too: a re ligious drama entitled the divine friend, in which Margaret Anglin starred; a volume of poetry, high in her tower; a novel, the doctor's woo- ffic. Although his own country knew him as an educator, poet, and playwright, he remained primarily, to Poland at least, a champion of her rights, Mrs. Dona hue continued. Then she read an excerpt from a letter written by one of his dear est friends: On Pilsudski's advice, a plaque will be unveiled in his memory in I Krakow by the Polish-American Society 1 of Warsaw. I knew he had traveled in Europe extensively so I asked about that, and I Mrs. Donahue brought out a box of PARTIES, PLEDGE INITIATIONS USHER IN ACTIVITIES OF YEAR -4 Dramatic Society Elects Officers Members of Sigma Rho Upsilon, hon orary dramatic society of Mundelein, elected Helen O'Gara '32 president of the organization at the initial meeting held, Oct. 13, in the Little Theatre. Virginia Sweeney '35 and Mary Nicholson '34 will serve as secretary and treasurer respec tively. After the round table discussion at which the girls voted to present one play at the College annually and to consider affiliation with a national drama club, Dorothy White '36 was hostess at an in formal tea. Other aspirant Sarah Bernhardts, mem bers of the present Laetare Players, met at the first pledge tea of the year, on Oct. 9, in the Little Theatre. Roma Murphy, president, welcomed the new pledges who entertained with plays and sketches. Science Hostesses Entertain Pledges Socially as well as scholastically scientific, members of the Science club entertained their pledges at a tea and treasure hunt, on Oct. 17. Dainty dolls, made of glass tubing, painted cork faces, and skirts of colored paper, were original features of this first social event of the science department. Gertrude Rafferty received a bouchle lace collar for her efforts in the treasure hunt, emerging victorious with 60 tro phies after competing with 19 other pledges in a search behind dozens of zoo logical speciments, skeletons, and aquari ums in the sixth-floor laboratories. Qlee Club Qoblin Asks Singers to Tea A cheery goblin sat on the bulletin board announcing Glee Club Hallowe'en Tea, Oct. 23. In the studio on seven, a fat and funny pumpkin gleamed from his microphone vantage point at the golden glow of orange decorations on smiling faces busy at the goblin's party. Frances Mikkelson, social secretary, pinned strange signs on the guests who learned their identity by asking ques tions, only to find that they were Haile Selassie, Bing Crosby, Eddie Cantor, or some other celebrities. Dainty Hallowe'en refreshments were served. letters from famous personages. Musso lini, Giovanni Papini, Theodore Roosevelt, were all his intimate friends. He enjoyed the hospitality of Anton Lang, the former Christus of Oberammergau, and Pader- ewski found in Charles Phillips a kindred spirit. Many mementos of the love of the Polish people for Mr. Phillips are cher ished possessions of Mrs. Donahue. Two genuine art treasures, several inscribed medals, and a number of autographed books are here. And here, also, are little things Charles Phillips collected on his journeys old ikons, tiny slavic wooden boxes, a prayer girdle into which are woven Russian characters, and which be longed to a monk. You see, Mrs. Donahue won't talk about herself for us. She insists that her glory is all reflected. Even when I asked if she had a message for the students of Mundelein she quoted a re mark of her brother when speaking of Notre Dame. These boys, he said, have some thing no others have, a vigor, a spirit uality that nothing but a Catholic school can give. Mrs. Donahue concluded. That is what impressed me about the Mundelein stu dents. Nowhere in this whole country have I come in contact with such lovely girls. Write Silver Jubilee Paper At Press Club Tea Writing a miniature skyscraper for the silver Jubilee of the College in 1955, freshmen pledges of the Press club com pleted their initiation duties at a club tea on Oct. 21. The Jubilee edition of the paper, revealed such startling innovations in the College as the installation of escalators, of rotating corridors, and of roof garden airports for California commuters. At the close of the program tea was served in the College tea room, with Catherine Ann Dougherty and Ann El len Smith presiding. Jean McKeever, vice-president of the club, was general chairman of the tea. Stylus Club, Poetry Society Meet on Oct. 20 Gathering in the fifth-floor social room for a joint Stylus club and Catholic Poetry society meeting on Oct. 20, the members of the clubs were entertained by Jane Spalding, who gave a report on a recent lecture of Daniel Sargent. Because the subject of the lecture was Paul Claudel, Mercedes McCambridge read several selections from Claudel's satin slipper. Ruth Tangney and Doris Barnett were alumnae guests of the clubs. Serve Apple-Strudel at Gesellschaft Tea Apple-Strudel, autographed cans, and lampshades worn as hats were features of the initiation party when pledges be came active members of Die Rothenstein er Gesellschaft, on Oct. 24. Members of the pre-initiation commit tee were: Colette Nagel, chairman; Al berta Boden, Margaret Werlein, and Genevieve Kruzel. Members of the initiation committee were: Florence O'Callahan, chairman; Dorothy Roche, Margaret Mary Murray, and Gertrude Kraus. Members of the refreshments commit tee were: Mary Ann Kirschten, chair man; Mary McNulty, Katherine Kosta- kis, and Gertrude Brant. It's Timely to Talk About Time, they say. It is timely to talk about time at any time, began Ann Ellen Smith, opening a debate on the adoption of daylight sav ing time, on Oct. 24. Miss Smith and Julia Mary Hanna upheld the affirmative, and Helen Cole man and Jeanne McAuley defended the negative. The debaters received their prospective members at a pledge tea on Oct. 24. Defeating Jane Spalding and Edythe Williams, Geraldinc Ferstel and Dorothy Stolzer proved that participation in extra-curricular activities should not be limited to upper-classmen. Ruth Quirk, president, presided at the debate which was held on Oct. 11. WHO'S WHO In College (Continued) Autumn Fashions Seen at Cotillion An Indian summer evening, brightened with soft, silky velvets, shining metallics, and shimmering taffetas under the dimmed light in the Boulevard room of the Stevens, combined to make the Sopho more Cotillion, on Oct. 18, a gay and brilliant success. Maurita Kelly, niece of the Mayor and social chairman of the sophomore class, wearing a black velvet semi-formal, led the right wing of the Grand March, and Lorraine Manske, class president, also in black velvet, led the left wing. Following the March, Keith Beecher, director of the orchestra, sang the Mun delein Pledge song at special request of the sophomores. One of the largest social affairs in the history of the College, the Cotillion drew wide representation from all classes and from the alumnae. Julia Hagerty, president of the stu dent Activities Council, wore flowered crepe; Rosemary Kearns, senior presi dent, wore a green and silver gown, and Jean McKeever, junior president, wore brown satin. The following students were chairmen of the Cotillion committees: bids, Mary helen Flanagan; hotel, Maurita Kelly; publicity, Julia Mary Hanna; orchestra, Agnes Griffin. Honor Musicians At Orchestra Tea Extending a welcome both to returning members and to new pledges the Munde lein Orchestra club held its annual recep tion and tea on the afternoon of Oct. 18 in the College tea room. Dorothy- Grace, president, poured, and Dorothy Boynton, Violet Kilbane, Margaret Mad den, and Sidona Zdenek, club officers, were hostesses. Following refreshments, the pledges, Chestera Liewinska, Margaret Barry, Virginia Pelletier, and Leone Michels, were presented with the rules laid down for their observation during the two weeks of their probation, the insignia of which they will wear until their formal initiation and reception into the Orches tra club. Diogenes Seeks Secretary At Commerce Club Party Mental gymnastics gave way to dra matic activities in the study hall on Oct. 16, when 100 Commerce club members gathered there to perform their pledge stunts. The pledge song, the formation of a human adding machine, and the presen tation of two plays, in the latter of which Diogenes took up his lantern and set forth in search of a secretary, were fea tures of the program. ADD to your post-Cotillion stories the eavesdropping experience of Bernicc Walters, who, attired in her Cotillion best a full half-hour before hand, decided;: to dash over to church and take care of' her Saturday confession. It was all ovei in a few minutes, and Bernice lifted her eyes in satisfaction, only to meet the gaze of the priest in the pulpit and to hear his Now if all of you will kneel down, I will give you the blessing for. the close of the Men's Mission . . . OUR correspondent contends that -* there was only one thing wrong with the Sophomore Cotillion there were so many people there she didn't see everybody and everything. However, there was no missing the literary senior trio, Charlotte Wilcox, Loretta Brady, and Dorothy O'Donnell, who arrived with three dashing Kansan collegians in tow and explained the dif ficulty they had in breaking away from the Associated Collegiate Press conven tion. Then there was Dorothy Fay, the freshman with the cream-colored i-dus- ter that turns everyone green with envy, startling her style-conscious elders with a gold lame face-topper (English for hat). But the lilies go to Catherine Ann Dougherty, who exhibited not only her fashion-wiseness, but her literary inter ests as well by wearing a Juliet cap of brilliants which really sparkled. GERTRUDE Rafferty's economics class has taught her to turn all her assets into money-returning ideas. One short ride on the L and the guidance of two sophomores inspired the G. R. Ex change. Quite simply, we'd say. Gertrude loans out her six brothers, and in return sells in advance six bids to her own Jun ior Prom. Miss Rafferty summarizes the benefits briefly, in the manner of the trained debater: the brothers will be benefited because they will go to the Prom; the students who use the Ex change will benefit because the brothers are so nice ; and Gertrude will benefit by selling six coveted bids. Who says a college education isn't practical? Las Teresianas Study Life of Spanish Saint INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB: Dorothy O'Donnell, president; Margaret Werlein, vice-president; Flor ence O'Callahan, secretary; Alice Young, treasurer. SOCIOLOGY CLUB: Virginia Cor coran, president; Dorothy Lindscy, vice- president; Violet Hans, secretary; Vir ginia O'Connell, treasurer. Honoring St. Teresa of Avila, patron of their club, members of Las Teresia nas, College Spanish club, held their ini tial meeting for the year on Oct. 14. Mary Frances Petrie, Mary Marnell, Mary McCracken, and Rita Casey, gave joint readings on the life and character of St. Teresa, after which the president, Myrtle Peterson, explained the purpose of the club and outlined its program for the year. The Teresianas are rejoicing in the possession of a number of quaint Mexi can dolls and trinkets brought from that country by Mary Marnell, who visited Mexico this summer. Many of the art icles were on display in the Spanish booth at the Activities Fair. E HAVE to keep stepping to keep ahead of our youngers, if one prodigy nestled within the arms of the Children's Theatre is typical of her generation. Last winter when the youth ful dramatists were discussing plays and times for plays, one infant hit upon the idea of observing March 17 with a per formance. An excellent idea, approved the Di rector, but St. Patrick's day is almost here and we wouldn't have time to learn our parts. Some of us could, she insisted, and couldn't the others be snakes? BUT OUR own little freshmen are energetic, if not uniformly preco cious. Did you observe the nature-lover carrying cups of water to the spreading oaks on Sheridan Road last Tuesday? Oh, they'll get along. One of them, in spired of course by a sophomore, asked the Bursar for a loan of a million dollars. And a potential Grace Moore sang nurs ery rimes in the locker rooms, while other potential Ginger Rogers' tapped their lawless unmatched shoes up and down the Grand Staircase. Having come through that Tuesday, they'll come through exams which brings us to a pause for this week. Loyola'f iundelein Chemists Hear Dr. Le Blanc Lecture Dr. Joseph Le Blanc of Loyola uni versity addressed a joint meeting of Loy ola and Mundelein chemistry students in the Cudahy building at Loyola on Oct. 17. He spoke on Contemporary Science and Philosophy, stressing the inefficien cy of science when considered as inde pendent of metaphysics.
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