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SKYSCRAPER Page Three Senior Seminar Evaluates Works 0f 14th Century Senior English and English-Journalism tajors recently conducted the first of scries of seminars on English literature, tentrating on the outstanding liter- works produced in the fourteenth suiry, the group, under the general airmanship of Ruth Casey, eval- fat five major works of the period. The mystic writings of Richard Rolle feanalyzed by Betty Jaync Lang, Rose- ry Anderson, Dorothy Wattcrs, and hrgarct Wolf, under the direction of fauces Wager. Mary Catherine O'Dwycr was chair- Bis of a panel, composed of Jcri Mail ed, Mary Lenore Taaffe, Rosemary (rant, and Rosemary Lambin, which bussed the relation of the anonymous in, Pearl, to the fourteenth century. j A tale of chivalric virtue. Sir Gawain pi the Green Knight was the subject i Patricia Brady's panel, on which Olive Smith. Jeane Ondcsco, Mary Louise fan, and Mary Jean Ward served. Marilyn Tamburrino conducted the ex- lodrkm on William Langland's Piers jftaman. in which Mary Lou Doyle, (Mores Popicl, Mary Ann Mocklcr, and be O'Neill participated. Delving into medieval drama, Patricia Imiklc, Katherine Burwitz, Lois Wil- pd, and Mary C. Langdon, under the BBirrranship of Lorraine Calhoun, in stigated the Chester Cycle of mystery lys. The final panel, composed of Patricia llagher. Margaret Hansen, Eliza- Hoban, Mary Fachnrick, and Mary Rowantree, presented a summary Chaucer's Canterbury Tales under direction of Kathryn Malatesta. Home Economists Plan Program Of hod Conservation I In reply to a wire from the White use asking suggestions for the Na na Food Conservation program, Sis- *r Mary Pierre, B.V.M., chairman, with Associates and students in the Home Eco- kcs department, has designed a three- program effective through changes in the home, in production and market- i . and in the national program. Suggestions for conservation in the me include the use of bread substitutes inch as puffed cereals, rice, macaroni, and flour made from soy, peanut, or cot- I; and the use of stale bread in crumbs for coatings on fish, cro- tes, and casserole dishes. In production and marketing conscrva- Sister Mary Pierre advises the use milk solids in bread to give addition al protein in a basic food, and the sale of small loaves of bread. I Sister Mary Pierre. Grave Nyvall, A. M., and Ruth Whalcn. A. M also of the department, attended the annual convention of the Illinois Home Eco- Mmics asociation, at the Edgewatcr leach Hotel, Oct. 25 and 26. Student delegates, who participated in a special meeting for College Clubs, were Patricia Iirennan. president of Alpha Qmicron, and Jane McNicliols, treasurer. I Employment Office Offers Jobs Want a job. full or part time? Want Lto utilize free hours? Your problem may be solved in I Komi 405 A. with the assistance of Ik College Placement Bureau. Students fill out applications and, as ositions arc available, contact is made applicants who accept or reject offers. free hours between classes are use- for student aid throughout the nlkgc in various departments. Hourly arc computed and the amount l accredited to the students' account. Red Cross Unit Entertains Veterans Presents Skits Based On College Life The entertainment for the Red Cross college unit party to be held at Vaughn General Hospital and Hines, on Nov. 7, will have a skit based on the Junior Prom. Twenty-five Mundelein students un der the Camp and Hospital chairmen, Maureen O'Brien and Connie Weber, will wear formats and attend the dance sponsored by the Red Cross College units. The third Wednesday of every month, students will attend a party at Great Lakes. More information will be posted on the Red Cross bulletin board. The Safety Council under Annette Bed- essem asks anyone having war trophies ' of the explosive type to contact them. President Truman has requested that all owners of these trophies should sub mit them for examination. Hazel Hazard is again extending Birth day greetings to the students from the bulletin board in the lounge. Miss Hazard, invented by the Mundelein Red Cross unit in 194.3, has become a national sym bol of needless mishaps. Home Economists Economize 60 Musicians Attend Initial Orchestra Meeting College Forms Woman's Symphony Approximately 60 players attended the first meeting of the newly established Catholic Woman's Orchestra, on Oct. 22, and additional applications indicate that an even larger group of musicians will enroll. Many sections of the Orchestra are already filled, but there are a few va cancies in the string section. Director Joseph A. Grill has announced that, al though bassoon players are not common, three ha 'c applied for membership in the new orchestra. Players represent 22 high schools in three states, Illinois, Iowa, and Wiscon sin. The largest delegation is nine from The Immaculata. There arc eight from St. Mary's; five from Providence; four from Alvcrnia; three each from Aquinas and Notre Dame; two each from Mary wood and Lourdes. Other Chicago schools represented arc Lakevicw, Mercy, St. Michael's Cen tral, Holy Family, Good Counsel, Sts. Peter and Paul, Loretto Woodlawn, Taft, Josephinum, St. Ann's, and St. Xavier's. Officers of the Mundelein Orchestra are serving as temporary officers of the new group. Mary Harrington, sifting bread crumbs, Elvira Bagdon, baking soy bean muf fins, and Elizabeth Sullivan, holding meatless casserole, demonstrate three ways of complying with the National Food Conservation Program. Historians Discuss Early Middle Ages Under the chairmanship of Marion Dariotis, Angela Cirricione, Dolores No- wikowski, and Julia Langhenry, 24 stu dents of the Western European History classes have been discussing aspects of monasticism and characters of the early middle ages. Shirley Dusold, Mary Kay Gill, Irene Meyer, Mary Ann McBreen, Jean Han son, Katusha Didenko, Mary Kay To- bin, Margaret Shaughnessy, Mary Fran ces Walsh, and Kathleen Roche are con cerned with monasticism. Naomi Retchin, Helen Roach, Sharon Venue, Peggy Roach, Betty Molloy, Don na Parichy, La Verne Jette, Nenette Ventenilla, and Janet Lacki are study ing characters of the early middle ages. Senior Robes Signify Duty, Lecturer Notes The robes that rest lightly on your shoulders today imply a heavy respon sibility, the Reverend William P. Mur phy reminded the seniors following the Mass of Christ the King, Senior Sun day. Today is more your day than Com mencement. Father continued, because you still have a few golden hours ahead to spend at Mundelein. Father concluded that the life of a student is difficult, but every vocation pursued enthusiastically demands tre mendous sacrifices. High aspirations and hope for the future bolster college life. Students Pre-View Booh Week Mary Jane Lee and Arlete Karls examine 1897 and 1947 editions of Cervantes' Don Quixote, on display in the library during Catholic Book Week, Nov. 9-16. Seniors Plan Treasure Hunt For Class Party Autumn may be the theme of the senior class party, but, according to Mary Jean Ward, senior social chairman, the Class of '48 will be scampering and scurrying around the school like Spring, breezes. The main event of the party, to be held in the social room the evening of Nov. 10, is a treasure hunt. It is still a mystery as to what the treasure is. Miss Ward is 'general chairman of the party. The entertainment commit tee is headed by Rosemary Kiley and Margaret Wolf, and the refreshment committee by Mary Margaret LaVaque and Nancy Morris. Picnics, Tours Interest Clubs Mathematics club members held their annual picnic at Labaugh Woods on Oct. 18. Elaine Meyer, Betty Young, Helen Marie Murphy, Marjorie Boyd, and Loretta Monahan planned the affair. The freshman members organized a treasure hunt. To complete the after noon, folk dancing and group singing were followed by refreshments. Trinkets of all sorts and sizes col lected by the Chemistry club are being sent to the Reverend J. R. O'Neill, S. J., to be used as prizes for children at Jesuit mission in Spanish Honduras. The club's 32 pledges earned member ship points by taking part in this pro ject. Twenty-five members of the Chemis try club toured the Museum of Science and Industry on Oct. 19. Florence Moore, Jacqueline Bledsoe, Grace Komornicki, Miriam Keating, and Mary Mel laic form the committee which is drafting the constitution for the Sociology club. Art Workshop Sponsors Exhibit (Continued from page 1, Col. 4) cards, with the help of an art student. Leather crafts and designed-for-you 'at'onery are also available. Orders for Workshop objets d'art may be placed in Room 808. The Art students sug gest that Christmas orders for cards, hand-painted textiles, and jewelry be placed at once, to insure delivery be fore the holidays. Heading the 56 girls who have vol unteered their talents to the Workshop are Miss Carelin, in charge of leather tooling; Joan Harrison, jewelry; Rita Millen. posters; Mona Kearns, textiles: and Patricia Shea and Marilyn Brvan, co-chairmen of cards and sattionery. Proceeds of the Workshon will be used to buy slides for the History of Art classes. byline . . . QUESTION of the month is What happened to the student direct ories? It seems they were delivered here one night in a box labeled Sim mons Mercantile Co., Los Angeles, California. Thinking that the delivery boy had made a mistake, someone promptly sent the package on its jour ney westward. But the books were rescued before Hollywood decided to make a movie about it, and now we have gold books to accompany our red- ones. IF you ask for Information Please, ' freshman Cora Patterson will prob ably have the answers she's a former Quiz Kid. During her first year at Loretto Woodlawn academy, Cora made three appearances on the famed juvenile panel. TAKING part in impressive cere- * monies at Soldier Field, honoring the hero dead returned from foreign cemeteries, Virginia Perry, senior class president, read George Washington's Prayer. Virginia has been named mid west champion in the annual Hearst oratorical contest the past, two years. 'T'HE Boswcll club of Chicago, pat- * terned after the London cl ' gt; fin* limited to 40 members, has admitted several students to honorary member ship and has conferred honorary de grees upon several Faculty members doing outstanding work for the ad vancement of literature and science, according to The Rambler, official pub lication of the Group. Organized six years ago to perpet uate the Johnsonian tradition of con versational fellowship, the club is a de scendant of the famed London group of which Samuel Johnson, James Boswcll, and Sir Joshua Reynolds were members. OEMINISCENT of the good old * days when everyone ate meat on Tuesday, Rose Marie Hussey's 1894 vol ume of The Complete Accountant is quite a shock to inflation-conscious minds. Bacon costing nine cents per pound; ladies hose selling at two dol lars per dozen pairs; sugar at ten cents per pound bring a chuckle even in the realms of the theoretical. The book is being observed by the economics class as a contrast to modern textbooks and conditions. / LASS members who put life into thcir dreams at the Secret Ambition party sponsored by the juniors Oct. 22, included Dr. Leonore Blockus; Gloria Volini, of the All-Star football squad; Patricia Dannehy and Marcella Mulveil as world travelers; and Patricia Nealin, a modern Florence Nightingale. Patricia Kecnan, Claire Johnson, and Eileen Dolan envisioned a lifetime of camp counseling; Mary Case projected herself into the next world, appearing as a ghost. Living in the present were Marirose Stollc and Ruth Ward, as the New Look; living in the past were Ruth Hannan and Rita Buckley, dressed as bobby-soxers. Jean Caulfield, Irene Serafin, and Mary Lou Hafner previewed their careers as song and dance men. Stepping into the comic strips were Adeline Lococco, as Brenda Starr, and Mary Therese Ryan, as Basil St. John. Seniors Present Review, Recital For Social Group Two seniors have appeared on off- campus club programs during the past few weeks, under the auspices of the College Program Bureau, a non-profit organization of talent for the service of educational, civic, and social groups. Jeri Mangold, senior English major and president of the English Round Table, reviewed Gus the Great, by Thomas W. Duncan, before members of the North Shore Catholic Women's league, on Oct. 21. Rita Marie Augustin, music major, entertained the same group on Oct. 14, playing Lizt's Rhapsody, Number 6; Chopin's Fantasy Impromptu, and The Fire Dance, by De Falla.
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1947-11-03 (3)
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