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Page Four THE SKYSCRAPER March 18, 1957 Freshman Teams Win Both Basketball And Volley Ball Class Tournaments The Freshman A Volley Ball team defeated the Soph omore team to capture the inter-mural championship. The winning team members will receive medals at the W.A.A. banquet in May. Brenda Maynard's Basketball team emerged in first place in the recent Inter-Class tournament when it de feated Ann Welter's team. The Varsity Basketball team came out even at the University of Chicago playday. It defeated the University of Chicago 34-4, then lost to George Williams col lege, 22-14. The Varsity's next games will be against George Williams on March 26, and against Rosary on March 28. In a game against National Col lege on March 11, the Varsity won 26-16. un- Are You Bored? Evenings Dull? Hockey Anyone? Almost a century ago, an heralded Canadian, impatiently awaiting the advent of television, the 64,000 Question, and the Miami vacation, perceived winter to be monotonous, and developed the game known as ice hockey. His Europ ean ancestors had played hurley, hockey's forerunner, for hundreds of years. His countrymen and Ameri can neighbors to the south took up this furious contest of skill and coordination, and transferred it into a highly popular winter sport. The game is played on a rink divided into three zones the neutral zone, and the defending and attack ing zones. Each team consists of six men the center, right and left wings, right and left defensemen, and the goalie. Two nets are placed at the opposite ends of the ice. Object of the game is to drive the puck, an elusive piece of vul canized rubber, into the opponent's net. To complicate matters, in front of the net stands an invulnerable gentleman the goalie whose main vocation lies in preventing the puck from entering the net. The three 20-minute periods of actual play begin when two opposing players meet in the center of the ice, right sides to their respective goals, and attempt to hit the puck as it is dropped between the sticks by the referee. This is known as facing off, after which the agile twists and turns, and the cunning strategy be gin. For infringement of the rules or unsportsmanlike conduct, a player is condemned to the penalty box. The hockey fan is not with out purpose, either, as an ob server of a typical Chicago Blackhawk fan will soon dis cover. The fans have three duties, basest of which is clut tering the ice with planes con structed of newspaper. The two higher duties entail re morseless denunciation of the ene my, and energetic cheering when such splendid athletes as Ed Lit- zenberger, or the young man en dearingly referred to as Moose Vasko work the puck down the ice. Senior Takes Part In WBBM Discussion Dolores Ferraro, senior, Drama major, will take part in two panel discussions on Station WBBM, March 24 and April 14, at 7:30 a.m. First will be on the topic Financial Charity. 10 Players Will Receive Varsity Letters, In May Miss Audrey Sullivan, instructor in Physical Education, and the Var sity Volley Ball co-captains, Rose mary Esposito and Marjorie Siemie niak, have announced that the fol lowing players will receive Varsity letters this year: Kathleen Jeffers, Mary Kay Mar tin, Marilyn Burchett, Barbara Mc Garvey. Jean Keifer, Miss Siemie niak, Kathleen Bruen, Dolores Machowiak, Roberta Temple, and Isabelle Anderson. They were chosen on the basis of sportsmanship, and the number of games and practices in which they participated. They will receive the Varsity letters at the W.A.A. ban quet in May. w-nm gt;wpwTi Bon Voyage Terrapins Plan Ballet Tour An exciting world-wide tour visit ing countries on all parts of the globe is planned by the Terrapins this year for their annual water bal let. Musical accompaniment will be provided by Montovani, Morton Gould, Andre Kostelanetz, Ralph Martieri, and many other famous musicians. Work on this production is pro gressing. Costumes, designed to represent the countries visited, are being made by Elizabeth Rivera with the help of June Wesol and Valmar Price. Joan Kehl is in charge of the decorations and pro gram. The seven new Terrapins, who will be working behind scenes on the nights of the show, are serving on the Publicity committee. All those in the ballet numbers are re hearsing three nights each week. There will be four performances of the water ballet, which will open on April 29, and close May 1. It is suggested that the potential members of the Water Ballet au dience read)' themselves to take a trip with the Terrapins. It isn't necessary yet to rush to the nearest store for water wings or oxygen tanks, though. Further notifications will be given if this is considered a must. r r u 0 r n Q Eileen Morley, Cynthia Majewski, Genevieve Baldwin, r LII u L K 0 Colleen O'Brien, pictured, and Marlene Grasso are tops in their classes point-wise. Duelist's Point Of Honor Is Now College QirVs Point Of Qrace With a rousing on guard and a fine flourish of foils, college girls across the country are taking up where duelists left off. What was once a point of honor has now become a point of grace, for fencing no longer seeks re venge; it seeks poise. Terms such as parry, attack, roposte, fleche, and re mise are becoming as meaningful to Jane College as strike, foul, diamond, and homer are to her brother classmate. The present interest in the cen turies old sport of fencing can be traced directly to the college girls and their physical education in structors who recognize the values of a supple body coupled with an alert mind. Many schools have gone so far as to make it a requirement for drama majors. Coinciding with the American revival, and yet differing greatly from it, is the resurgence of duel ing among the young men in the German fraternities. Their men- sur shows some modifications, however. The saber is razor sharp, the boys don't wear masks, and the target is the face. One is assured, though, that it is quite safe. A doctor is always in attendance. Oddly enough, the inventive American collegians prefer to use fencing as they found it, complete with masks, padded jackets, foils, and a simple touch as the object of the bout. The foil is the only weapon al lowed in women's competition; the sabre and epee are the other two choices given to men. Touches are the object of the game. To be made validly, they must be made clearly with the point of the weapon on a target which includes any portion of the body from the top of a collar to an imaginary line passing across the hip-bone line for women, front, back, and excluding the arms. Of interest is the rapid growth of tournaments at which girls may pit skill against each other. Al though not a spectator's sport, fencing, with its maneuvering and agility, can prove highly entertain ing. R A P 1 A Fl as manv wonders, Evelyn Parhad agrees, but it has noth- DnuUnU jng t0 compare with this ice formation on the lakeside campus. A special student, Miss Parhad has studied in Lebanon, ex pects to return to Iraq to teach. Student Tells Of Iraq Home, Shieks In Cadillacs, Mosques, Oil, and Modernization The phrase a land of contrasts' is overworked in travel folders about almost every nation on earth, but it may be honestly applied to Iraq, known in ancient times as Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and the cradle of civilization. Evelyn Parhad, a native of Iraq and a special student here, describes her home, Bagdad, as a cosmopol itan city, lying between the rich oil fields of the north, and the territory of the south. This territory is occupied by nomadic tribes ruled by shieks and living as their an cestors lived hundreds of years ago, except that many of the shieks now travel in Cadil lacs instead of on horses. She explains that most of the people in Bagdad have adopted western dress, but the nomadic peoples cling to the traditional cos tume worn by their prophet, Mo hammed. The population of Iraq is predominately Moslem, and one of the most beautiful buildings in Bagdad is a mosque built of gold and splendidly furnished. The homes of the people of Bag dad are modern, she continues, and Insurance Broker Is Guest of Home Economics Group Mr. Michael K. Barrett, of the New York Life Insurance com pany, lectured, March 13, to stu dents in the Home Economics de partment, on types of insurance. Mr. Barrett is the father of Joan, a senior Home Economics major. are air conditioned to offset the extreme heat of the long summer. Winter lasts only three months, and, although it becomes quite cold, snow is virtually unknown. Analyzing the social customs of her country, Miss Parhad states that children of the wealthier fam ilies are well educated, but co-edu cation is rare. Girls wear no make-up until they are 18 years old, and dating, as it is known in the United States, is not permitted until the couple is formally engaged, but the young people enjoy frequent parties and dances. A point any father of a re cent bride would appreciate: the bridegroom pays the ex penses of the wedding and gives his bride her wedding dress as a present, along with the traditional gift of jewels. Miss Parhad lists agriculture and cattle and sheep raising as import ant industries of Iraq, in additior to the extensive oil fields, son of which are worked by Britii companies. The government of her country, presently ruled by King Faisal II, is a hereditary monarchy with a two-house parliament like that of Great Britain. In addition to oil, northern Iraq possesses another treasure buried underground relics of the ancient Assyrian civilization. Archaeologists from all over the world are now excavating in that region, searching for monuments of the past. Recent discoveries include a marble statue which guarded the gates of an ancient palace.
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1957-03-18 (4)
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