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December 14, 1934 THE SKYSCRAPER Stage Crews Share In Fun and Laurels Of Laetare Players By Marion Mulligan In the year 2000 A. D. a technical director of dramatics in a Mundelein College production may earn undying fame by the discovery of the initials, O.S., j.R., and M.H.M., Twelfth Night, November 17, 1934, in the aerial tunnels above the auditorium ceiling. He will never know that those initials were scratched with a paper clip by your scribe as she and a co-lighter changed gela tins and adjusted the twin beams in the auditorium ceiling SO their collegiate classmates would shine properly be fore their Twelfth Night publics. Eleanore Hopkins, Lilian Krez and members of the light crew were in structed and encouraged in these tasks and the hardship of conquering the run ways far above the theatre floor of the College, by Mr. Otto Schcer, technical director of the production. Mr. Scheer, formerly of the Goodman theatre here, was recently associated with the pageant, Wings of A Century, at a Century of Progress as an assistant technical direc tor and also took part in the pageant itself. These adventures were just a prelude to the fun that took place behind the scenes of Mundelein's Shakespearean suc cess. It was thrilling to see Betty Haf- ner's box of flowers arrive from that unknown admirer and even more exciting to view the interesting contents. Who will forget Caroline Holland, mistress of Properties, and her capable young fresh man assistant, Lois Schoen, querying Where is Shakespeare's hat? Itchy beards made life quite difficult for Katherine Keams and Roma Murphy as sympathetic stagehands tried to ease the pain of Antonia's offending chin decor ations. The workers behind ibe scenes had a. merry chuckle over the loss of Margaret (Sir Andrew) Wenigman's blue ribbon before the Friday night performance. Just another highlight of the play was the miracle of grass growing in a few seconds as Mary Jane Griffin, Catherine Lindley, and Mac Sexton got busy with grass mats and tack hammers entr' actes. We saw Ann Ellen Smith strug gling to fit a lace collar on one of the Duke's attendants (Maryhelen Flanagan) while Rosemary Lux, another Duke's man, looked on sympathetically. Mary Jane Blenner provided many light moments backstage but none so telling as when the unorthodox sandwich became entangled in her blondex mustache. Marie Cuny (Sebastian) enjoyed counting over and over again the washers that the ingenious property crew had substituted for Illyrian currency. My happy memories of Twelfth Night close with a mental picture of the Duke Orsino and Olivia, Mary Agnes Tynan and Sallie Agnes Smith reading Thueydides' history of the Peloppenesian Jeanette Brennan, Duke's gentleman, conferring with Eleanore Hopkins (light crew) about the mysteries of sun spots. Debate Club Organizes Catholic Action Group Enthusiasm kindled at Mrs. Sheed's lecture on Nov. 23 inspired members of the Debating club to organize a Sodality Academy of their own which should function in some respects like the Catho lic Evidence Guilds of England. Explaining in detail the method of the Guild speakers in England, who defend and propound their faith in the public parks, notably in London, Mrs. Sheed, who is the daughter of Wilfred Ward and a writer of distinction, pointed out the thorough knowledge of Catholic doc trine and practice which members of the Guild must possess and the perseverance required of them as speakers. Adapting the plan to their own needs, the Debaters intend to propose for dis cussion certain problems which come into their own lives, and to make their Aca demy meeting a kind of forum in which the principles of the Catholic religion are applied to modern problems. Members may thus gain a comprehensive view of the vast resources of their religion, and develop skill in explaining points which may be stumbling blocks to the belief of others. Mary Agnes Tynan, president of the Debating club, has announced that the hour formerly given each month to open forum discussion will be devoted here after to the work of the Academy. According to the present plan, mem bers of the group will submit questions which the chairman will assign to certain students for discussion. Following the formal explanation, the speaker will be required to answer all questions put to her. Uses Own Textbook In Accounting Class The members of the accounting class recently had the privilege of being taught by the author of their textbook when George M. Finney, Ph. D., profes sor of accounting at Northwestern uni- ' versity, and a member of the firm of Baumann, Finney, Co., Certified Public Accountants, came to Mundelein for the purpose of conducting their class. At a short meeting after Father Goodwin's lecture on Dec. 5, the Com merce club organized itself for the year and elected officers. The new president is Marion Fitzgerald; the vice-president, Dorothy Grace; the secretary, Betty Neil; and the treasurer, Loretta Sturm. Entertain Instructor At Polish Club Party -Tlie Mi ndelciii Polish club held its in itiation and tea in the tea room on Nov. 21 with Adele Kash acting as chairman. Laetitia Kalisz, president, greeted the new members, Wanda Jaworski, Wanda Pater, Jane Dziejowski, and Lillian Was- ielewski, and the honor guest, Missjanine Nowatowski, instructor in Polish lan guage and literature. Women Journalists Are More Accurate States Mrs. Moore An ability to ask embarrasing ques tions nonchalantly, a definite love for life, good health, and a sincere liking for people, were listed as requirements for a journalistic career by Mrs. Mary Kinnavey Moore, vice-president of the Chicago chapter of Theta Sigma Phi, national journalistic sorority, when she addressed the Press club and Stylus club Nov. 27, at 4 p. m., in the Little Theatre. If you like people, it's easy to report; if you don't it's useless even to try. I think it's fun getting acquainted and finding out about the lives of the various people I meet. Mrs. Moore said she had attempted to investigate the various types of journal istic positions open to women, and re marked that she believed women jour nalists were, ordinarily, more accurate than men. Another large and interesting field open to women, Mrs. Moore declared, is ad vertising, which has the advantage of commanding a splendid salary, while con tinuity writing for the radio often pays as high as 35 or 50 dollars for one script. Mrs. Moore herself at first took up sports writing, as she most enjoyed this type of work. But the ultimate aim of every reporter is to be a- columnist, she declared, and attainment of this ambition indicates real success, as good column ists are rare. Mrs. Moore concluded her remarks by congratulating the students on their B.V.M. teachers, and said that she her self had been graduated from Immaculate Conception academy in Davenport, Iowa. Following the talk, coffee and cake were served at candle-lit tables in the tea room. The committee which arranged the tea consisted of Irene Lavin, Mary O'Brien, Laetitia Kalisz, and Joan Lim- burg, members of the Press club, who were assisted by the following pledges: Isabt'llc Graham, Rita Granhold, Anna Marie Masterson, Helen Coleman Catherine Heercy, Julia Mary Hanna. and Germaine Mulholland. Talks on Conditions South of Rio Grande How can we Americans sit by and say, 'Hitler must come down Mussolini must come clown The Soviet system in Russia is deplorable ' when just across the Rio Grande exists a disastrous situa tion which may easily spread northward ? questioned the Reverend James A. Mag- ner, assistant rector at St. Gertrude's church, in an address on the Latin- American situation at the convocation on Dec. 5. Father Magner traced the history of the Mexican upheavals back to the colo nization of the country by the Spanish, showing that the adventurers with their material aim and the Church with its spiritual aim, by a series of revolutions, changed the government from a feudal theocracy into a more liberal one. Prompted by economic injustices, racial variances, differences in modes of life, and differences in religious ideals, these revolutions were political, economic ,and social, and not, as is generally supposed, primarily religious. The early success of the missionary work of the Church, Father pointed out, aroused antagonism and misunderstand ing, which culminated in the adoption of a constitution limiting the rights of the clergy, confiscating religious property, and prohibiting religious from teaching and from wearing the habit in public. Shifting the blame for the religious persecutions from President Calles, who, he declared acted chiefly as the adminis trator of the constitution, Father Magner declared that until the constitution is changed there can be no hope for per manent peace in Mexico. Diocesan Missioner Talks at Assembly (Continued from page 1, col. 4) In his lecture. Father McCarthy spoke mainly of happiness as the aim of every human heart, and the attaining of it through simple, beautiful things. His wide experience and thoroughly spiritual, though modern, viewpoint, afforded a treatment of the topic which was epito mized by the catch sentence with which he closed: All dressed up, be careful where you go. HONOR ROLL The quarterly reports show that a representative group of students won honors for superior scholarship during the semester just past. Those listed for High Honors attained a 3. average. Those in the Honors group attained a grade point average between 2.99 and 2.69. Those listed for Honorable Mention attained a grade point average between 2.66 and 2.34. Unexcused absence from assemblies disqualifies a student from listing in any group. 9 ? I j Ruth Tangney '35 Mary Agnes Tynan '35 Margaret Grace '35 Ruth Hazle '35 Virginia Woods '35 HIGH HONORS Helen Driscoll '36 Charlotte Wilcox '36 HONORS Mildred Sperry '36 Margaret Werlein '36 Jean McKeever '37 Ruth Quirk '37 Lorraine Manske '38 Maurita Kelly '38 F.lenor Loarie '38 Alice Young '38 Catholic Women Visit College;Term It Ideal Institution Bv Jane Spaxjlding Despite the blustery winds and an un usually sharp tang in the winter air, more than fifty members of the West End Catholic Woman's club travel led to Mundelein College on Nov. 30 in order to make a tour of the buildings, a special feature of the program of the organization's department of education. After being escorted through the sky scraper, the residence hall, and the li brary, the club-women were taken to the tea room, warm, candle-lit, and filled with the aroma of tea and spice cakes, where they seated themselves in a friendly- group, and assumed the relaxed, com fortable air that every interviewer seems bound in conscience to look upon as an invitation to questioning. First there was Mrs. John J. Walsh, vice-president of the club and chairman of the afternoon's project. Mrs. Walsh is a typical Catholic club-woman, charm ing, vivacious, and interesting, whose first remark was that she was certain, after viewing the College, that she herself had been graduated much too soon. She lamented, with a twinkle in her eye, the fact that she had not four daughters for Mundelein instead of four sons for Loyola. Then, Mrs. Peter J. Murphy, president of the club, expressed her enthusiasm for the buildings and called her opportunity to view it a delightful experience. In reply to a query regarding the objectives of the organization, Mrs. Murphy said that they were primarily philanthropic, and named as the principal work thcir nursery, where, under the chairmanship of Mrs. William C. Byran, they care for over a dozen children daily. As club-women, the guests expressed a unanimous view in favor of higher edu- eation lor women, and named as its first result a broadened viewpoint on life and an inclination to participate in the splen did activities opened to married women. Mrs. George H. Simpson, who is a prominent member of the club, epito mized the views of her fellow-members when she said: Mundelein College is years ahead of the present, and the Sis ters of Charity are to be highly congrat ulated on their project. Justine Martin '36 Josephine Carton '38 Lucille Barrett '35 Mary Jane Blenner '35 Jane Flick '35 Ann Lally '35 Agnes Gill '35 Mary Margaret Morrisscy '35 Marion Mulligan '35 Mary Rita Murphy '35 Dorothy Wenthe '35 Margaret Egan '36 Julia Hagerty '36 Caroline Holland '36 Helen Keenan '36 Joan Limburg '36 HONORABLE MENTION Mary Mamell '36 Mary McManus '36 Frances Mikkelson '36 Mary O'Brien '36 Mary O'Callahan '36 Myrtle Peterson '36 Lillian Scholzen '36 Kathryn Weniger '36 Dorothy White '36 Lorraine Horn '37 Ruth Kees '37 Jane Malkemus '37 Dorothy Sigman '37 Rita Smith '37 Rita Tatge '37 Marie Curran '38 Katherine DeLage '38 Mary Ann Feely '38 Marion Fogarty '38 Agnes Griffin '38 Elizabeth Higgins '38 Betty Lucas '38 Anna Marie Masterson '38 Jeanne McAuley '38 Mary McMahon '38 Olga Munch '38 Adeline Neidlcy '38 Mary Louise Rodee '38 Laetitia C. Kalisz Represents College At Polish Meeting Welcome, Polish Students, read the greeting sign on the city hall building in Milwaukee during the two-day conven tion of the First District of the Polish students' association held Dec. 1 and 2, at the Pfister Hotel. The Joseph Conrad club and the Polish University club of Milwaukee were hosts to the convention. The first session, held at the medical school of Marquette uni versity, was called to order by J. Wis- niewski, who appointed Laetitia C. Kalisz, delegate from Mundelein, to act as secretary pro tern. The Reverend Bronislaw Celichowski delivered the invocation, in Polish, after which the business of the meeting pro ceeded, opening with the election of of ficers. The Sunday session opened at 8:30 a. m., and adjourned for Mass at 11 o'clock at St. Josephat's basilica. The afternoon session was interrupted by an informal reception and tea given by the Polish co-eds of Milwaukee. With definite plans formulated for the national convention to be held in Buf falo, N. Y. on Dec. 28 and 29, the con vention closed. The following guests were speakers at the banquet on Sunday evening: Dr. Charles M. Purin of the University of Wisconsin; Francis X. Swietlik, dean of the Marquette university law school; the Right Reverend Monsignor B. E. Goral; Dr. Edward J. Komorowski-Menge, and Dr. Edward Kulilowski, vice-consul of Poland.
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1934-12-14 (3)
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