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THE SKYSCRAPER December 14, 1934 Freshmen, Seniors, Battle Today For Volleyball Crown The biggest surprise of the sports season was the freshmen's easy victory over the sophomores in the opening game of the volleyball tournament on Dec. 12. While there were no outstanding freshmen players, with excellent teamwork they forged ahead from the beginning, led at the half with a score of 11-9, and held their lead to win 22-16. Because they were unable to produce a team to defend their class, the juniors forfeited the game of Dec. 13 to the senior team. The volleyball tourney is to wind up tonight with the championship game between the seniors and the fresh men. The probable senior line-up is: Lucy Crowley. Dorothy Rutstrom, Lu- cile Barret. Helen Daly, Margaret Wen- ignian, Mary McCracken, Irene Lavin, and Mary Domes. Sophomores Freshmen Dorris Browi Frances Crowley Charlotte Heun (c) Gertrude Brant Felicia Pontecarvo Sue Adams Beryl Klein Lois S'effans Ruth Mary Gorman Eileen Grimm Rita Hagel Rita Eiden Roberta Christie Mary McMahon (c) Terrapins Hold Bridge Spla sh The Terrapin club gave its annual Bridge-Splash party on Dec. 11. Pro ceeds of the party are to go to the club's fund created to provide medals for the various events of the swimming meet. Loretta Brady was general chairman, assisted by Gertrude Rafferty, who di rected the water games, Catherine Lind ley, bridge chairman; Yvonne Crowley and Edith Coyne, tickets; Ruth Mary Gorman, decorations; Irene Lavin, pub licity. Jean O'Connor, Margaret Vend ley, and Loretta Brady were hostesses for the afternoon. Aided by the blizzard which heaped the outer window sills with snow, the decorations chairman piled the inside sills with cotton and hung icicles from the edge, set tiny Christmas trees about, and created a true Christmas atmosphere. Athletes Win Honors In Soccer, Volleyball With the soccer tournament just com pleted, we are honoring this week three of the outstanding members of the All- Star soccer team, Marion Sifferman, a goalkeeper without equal, Mildred Parker, whose excellent baekfield work helped keep the sophomores in constant contest for the championship, and Sue Adams, freshman captain and their sole repre sentative on the All-Star team. No senior has been more consistently loyal to her class teams than Marion Sifferman, who has aided her class in winning more than one basketball, soccer, volleyball, and baseball championship he- sides participating with the Terrapin club in several water carnivals. The fact that she allowed the opposing teams to pene trate the goal but twice, makes it ob vious that she was a prime factor in the senior's winning of the soccer champ ionship this year. There was no doubt in the minds of rooters at the soccer tournament that Mil dred Parker, a sophomore physical educa tion major, deserved to be classed as an All-Star for her superb playing as left back. As a member of the championship soccer, basketball, and volleyball teams, she merited her minor letter last year, ana is now aiming to fulfill the requirements for admission into the Junior Terrapin club. Many freshmen distinguished them selves in the recent tournament but none more than Sue Adams. Sue is now going out for volleyball and water polo and aims to carry a minor letter this year. Professor Discusses Broadway Productions (Continued from page 1, col. 1) Opposed to the thought that the title, The Children's Hour, brings to one's mind of Laughing Allegra and Grave Alice, is the character of Mary Tulford, the child with the hateful disposition and the diabolical streak of cruelty. Other plays touched upon in the dis cussion were a musical called Anything Goes, and The Great Waltz, a Hassard Short production. A breathtaking de scription of how Hassard Short, a mas ter of stage mechanics, performed such miracles as the lifting of a whole sym phony orchestra up into what might be called the sky of the stage and other equally spectaular feats, closed Professor Leverton's intimate glimpses into the Broadway stage. Internationalists Discuss French and Russian Women After a brief survey of the aims and activities of the International Relations club by its moderator, the Reverend Eneas B. Goodwin, J.D., several interest ing and timely paper were given by mem bers of the club at its meeting on Nov. 28. Alice Young, a member of the fresh man class, gave a splendid survey paper on Women of the French Salon, dis coursing on their intellectual abilities as well as the culture intrinsic in the na ture of the French woman. In direct antitheses was the contents of a paper, Women of Russia, given by Marie Bushnell, which showed the prev alent social conditions of that country, and the consequent effect upon its women. Bernadette Culkin's talk on Royal Wed dings was also of general interest. French Students Present Three Marionette Shows (Continued from page 1, col. 3) In contrast to the solemnity of Noel Gothique is the uproarious frivolity of the two puppet shows. Le Jour de l'An presents a miser who determines not to give any gifts at the customary gift-time, New Year's Day. His servant, Rigolo, plans the punishment of his master. The outcome is unexpected and funny. Sheila Sullivan. Rosemary LaLonde, and Loret ta Kramer will provide the voices and the movements for these puppets. In the other show, La Cuisiniere, a master and a servant are again plotting against each other. The story centers about the two meanings of La Cuisiniere a Dutch oven or a cook. The puppets are put through their antics by Eileen Carroll, Beryl Klein, and Wanda Pater. The entire three shows will be given publicity through the efforts of Wanda Jaworska, Mary Young, Katherine Pit man, and Rita Eiden. They will be as sisted by the poster committee, Maurita Kelly, Grace Igleski, Cecilia Wasisco, and Rita Granhold. Helen Lynch will act as cashier at the French theatre. Freshman Sodalist Sells 60 Pamphlets; Declares It Is Easy By Nona Mae Linton Don't ask me how or why I started selling pamphlets I don't know. I re member vaguely a notice on the bulletin board my name with a 3 after it. Then I was in the press room, with gay, red pamphlets smiling expectantly at me. I murmured something about three, please, and soon left the room with ten. At first it wasn't hard. 1 have an 8 o'clock class, and half of the people will do anything at that time, the other half, nothing. Before I knew it I needed an other pamphlet. After my 9 o'clock class I returned to the press room. One, I began even weaker than the last time. Before I knew it Nona Mae and 10 pamphlets were outside the door. Feeling resigned to my fate even enjoy ing it I started on my next set. In another half hour I got 20 more. By this time I was playing an amus ing game with myself. For every pamphlet I sold I gave a point to the intelligentsia; for every person who did not buy I gave a point to the common people (if you think this is not entertain ing you should spend a day with me). After I had sold the next twenty I began to lose count of faces. Had I or hadn't I asked the tall, dark girl if she didn't want a pamphlet or, lacking a passionate desire, would she buy a pamphlet? Finally the day was over, the pamphlets were sold, and I was returning home penniless (I am not, by nature, an ac countant the more pamphlets I sold, the less money I had of my own.) I could dream lovely dreams of a perfect vaca tion. Alas and alack, how fate conspires against one. Even my dreams were of pamphlets. It was Friday evening. I was spending the holiday in usual festive style studying gracefully (I thought) to soft music. It was dim, and I could scarcely discern the crowd. Suddenly I was awak ened from glamorous reveries in which my waltzing partner was tall, and blond, and famous, and madly in love with me, by his voice asking unromantically, Do you want to buy a pamphlet ? Freshmen Balance Balloons As Sophomores Initiate Them Serious freshmen are hard to find, and serious freshmen, maintaining their solem nity beneath nodding green-balloon head dresses, simply do not exist. Neverthe less, the sophomores demanded serious ness at their annual freshmen initiation on Dec. 7. All day the green balloons bobbed over freshmen brows, and all day white stock ings, green twined, made the freshmen more conspicuous, but when, at 1 o'clock, they were obliged to enact scenes from Twelfth Night, perform fancy (dances, push peanuts around the gymnasium, and generally make themselves ridiculous with out ever lasping into a smile, the climax was reached. The freshmen had their innings, how ever, when sophomore tormenters, having directed them to blow their balloons to the breaking point, asked for freshmen not having .2 o'clock classes to help them pick up the pieces. To a man, the fresh men went to class any class at 2 o'clock. Shakespearean Director Is Quest of Dramatists (Continued from page 1, col. 4) Goodman Theatre, the Little Theatre of Philadelphia, and the dramatic depart ment of Carnegie Institute, and since he is especially interested in the training of young people, we decided to cast the die and ask him about the future influence of the little theatre on the American stage. This was a rather broad question, but Mr. Payne merely wrinkled up his forehead for a moment and went on with the answer. He believes that little theatre groups are the hope of the American stage. They should take their place seriously and realize that they have a mission in maintaining the living theatre, he de clared. Students and young people, es pecially, must be ambitious. When asked for a final statement after he had completed his tour of the building, Mr. Payne said, The message I would like to leave with you is that the most important thing is the little theatre. Whatever comes out of this chaotic con dition, there is bound to be readjustment to society by which there will be much more leisure. This will give the oppor tunity for a rise of drama, and it is the business of young people to prepare for that time. With a smile and a word of parting, the talented director was gone back to the electric-lighted facade of McVicker's theater, behind which Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and Titania tread the boards in the sixteenth-century manner. Scientists Organize Departmental Club In order to stimulate interest in scien tific development and to offer science students an opportunity to organize them selves into a unit bound by a mutual concern, a Science club has been formed in the College. At a recent meeting of the new organization, Caroline Holland was elected president, and Irene Lavin was chosen secretary. Membership in the Science club is to be restricted to majors and minors in science and mathematics. After the club has functioned for some time, however, any student sufficiently interested in scientific matters will be admitted to the meetings. According to the plans arranged, the club will meet every two weeks. At each of these meetings, individual members will present discussions on subjects cho sen from a list prepared at the previous meeting. Some of the meetings will be held as open forums. A science bulletin board is also one of the scheduled projects of the club. Justine Martin has been appointed as chairman of the committee in charge of its supervision for the time being. Wanta Knita Kappa? See Needle Experts Wanta Knita Kappa, an honorary knitting society, was formed last week by an enthusiastic group of Mundelein students. With the coming of the wintry blasts, the need for sweaters and other knitted articles has become most urgent. A Faculty member who is a past mas ter of the art of knitting sympathized with the students and undertook the heroic task of teaching them how not to drop stitches. About twenty-five girls have begun to knit everything from socks to berets, as is evidenced by the colorful bits of yarn strewn about in the locker rooms and more remote corners of the building. Knit two, purl two is at present the most popular refrain in the College. The members of the society are: Lu cille Small, Rose Wastl, Marjorie Car roll, Kathryn Pitman, Myrtle Peterson, Rita Casey, Madeline Smith, Justine Martin, Virginia Green, Rita Brennan, Bernadette Manning. Jeanne McAuley, Marie Bushnell, Patricia Ryan, Ruth Quirk, Dorothy Schultz, Mary Moss, Marion Holy, Marie Nanak, Marie L. Curran, Mary C. Young, Irene Killgallan, Beryl Klein, Magdalene Kessie, Ann Lally, Mary Jane Griffin, Dorothy Wenthe, Lilian Fegers, Loretta Sturm, Catherine Ott, Lenore O'Regan, Mary Rita Murphy, Rita Eiden, Susin Cruz, and Marv Coen. Prepare Christmas Baskets As Sociology Club Project Contributing Christmas baskets to Chicago families will be the initial ac tivity of the recently organized sociology club, and the poverty and relief classes, together with the Catholic Social Action academy will lend assistance by sponsor ing a white elephant sale, a tag day, a grab bag, and a bazaar next week. A number of the sociology students plan to brighten the lives of little orphans by taking them for an outing during the Christmas holidays. Several of the So- dalists adopted children from Angel Guardian or St. Joseph's orphanage for a day during the vacation last year and reported later on the most glorious day of the holiday. Recent field trips of the institutional visiting class included tours of the House of the Good Shepherd, Angel Guardian Orphanage, several visits to the Juvenile Court, the Detention Home, and the Municipal Tuberculosis sanitarium. SKYSCRAPINGS Ruth Hottinger has joined the ranks of the composers, and her Christmas motet will be performed by the boys choir of Holy Cross church on Christmas day. Thanksgiving holidays meant more than turkey and cranberry sauce to many this year. To Veronica Kassis, who had expected to have her dinner in com parative solitude at Philomena Hall, it brought her mother, who came all the way from Casper, Wyoming. Mary McManus, whose home is in Iowa, and Mary Margaret Smith, two Philo mena buddies ate their mince pie and pudding (and all the rest of. the dinner too ) at the Smith home in Geneva. GeRALDINE Battersby spent her holidays in Detroit, while Lois and Evelyn O'Brien visited relatives in Clinton, Iowa. The holidays also gave us a chance to see some football games before the sea son ended. At the St. Leo-Lindblom high school championship game, played at Soldier Field on Dec. 2, we saw Jean Devaney, Catherine Heerey, Cather ine Ann Dougherty, Sallie Agnes Smith, Dolores Sifferman, Leona Murphy, and Harriett McDermott. Jean and Rita Devaney are real St. Leo supporters, for they also saw the south section team defeat St. Mel's for the Catholic championship on Nov. 25. At the dance in the Loyola gym on Nov. 23, we saw Katherine Angsten, Virginia O'Connell, Rosemary Kearns, Lillian Krez, Dorothy O'Donnell, Margaret Vendley, Kathryn Wolford, Yvonne Crowley, Janice Quinn, Mar ion Mulligan. Eileen Bartels, Lois Schoen, and Marjorie Carroll. A large crowd of Mundelein girls came formal, after seeing the first performance of Twelfth Night. Incidentally, the first two prizes in the waltz contest at this dance were won by Bonnie Larkin and Lenore Manning '34. Mary McCracken is the Pollyanna of the senior class, having founded the Sunshine club in the 9:00 o'clock methods class. Other happy members are Mary Curtin, Mary Jane Blenner, Marion Mulligan, Lucille Barrett, Genevieve Collins, Suzanne Savage, Mary Margaret Morrissey, and Doro thy Wenthe. Sallie Agnes Smith, Helen O'Hara, Mercedes McCambridge, and Gerry Battersby modeled in a fashion show at the Palmer House on Dec. 12. Sallie is more or less a veteran at this, but the other girls were thrilled over their first work of the sort. Miss Battersby entertained a group of friends at dinner on Dec. 7, including Kay Fox, Eileen Madden, Marion Murphy, Helen O'Hara, Anna Marie Cauney, Rosemary McVey, Honore O'Brien, and Helen Marie Loehr. The Dixiana showboat is still drawing enthusiastic admirers, though a boat sounds like a chilly place to see a play when we trudge down streets that look like Christmas cards. Dorothy Nee, Lorraine Manske, Concetta Alonzi, Betty Furlong, Eleanore Bertrand, and Mary Russell recently attended a per formance of the latest mellerdrammer , Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model. Gertrude Rafferty- was the envy of a hundred or so other girls after she re ceived a corsage of six orchids when she was bridesmaid recently. Reports from secretarial students of last year bring the following news. Maxine Corry is secretary to William L. O'Connell, receiver for all closed banks in Chicago. Mary- Grace is a stenographer at the Western Freight as sociation. Ellabelle Michael is a stenographer at the Chicago Talking Machine company. Margaret Michael is assistant bookkeeper at the H. M. Gousha company, and sits all day in a beautifully equipped office done in the modernistic manner. Edwina Hearn, who worked all summer at the Ford Ex hibit at a Century of Progress, is now secretary-receptionist at the Litsinger Motor company, and Marie Lysaght is stenographer for a psychiatrist in the Juvenile Court, and hears many, many interesting stories.
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1934-12-14 (4)
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