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Mm ' lt;. /... .. gg* VOL. VII MUNDELEIN COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, APRIL 30, 1937 No. 12 Fres/imen Edit May 14 Edition Of Skyscraper Betty Vestal Heads Staff; Editors Meet Today At 12:30 From the moment you read this, dear freshman scribes the press room is all yours This haven of the music box, tin's choice bclittered classroom with southern exposure, this menage of glue, files, gloss picture murals, bound vol umes, mailing lists, and the plural of thesaurus is yours from this moment on. What for? The Fresman Edition In the opinion of the greying staff, you have now been silenced long enough to acquire a certain mellowness of judg ment which they admire, and they in turn will enjoy the huge privilege of reading an edition after it has been issued instead of knowing it by heart. Let the press room be your haven, stop at nothing but libel, and do your best to show us up As announced by Jean McKeever, editor-in-chief, and incidently, the editor of the first freshman edition of Sky scraper, four years ago, the staff will include: Betty Vestal, editor-in-chief; Kuth Collins, feature editor Alice Steele and Helen Flanagan, news editor, Oth er staff members will be announced later. Home Economists Meet Here May 19 The Chicago Household Arts Teach ers, the Chicago Association of Dieti tians, and the Illinois State Dietitians will be guests of Alpha Omicron in the College seminar on May 19. Meanwhile, home economics students are preparing exhibits for the Tri-State Hospital Assembly which is to be held at the Hotel Sherman on May 5, 6, and 7. These meetings will be held under the auspices of the Hospital Associations of Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana, and the topics considered will center about hospi tal conditions and dietary problems. An exhibit entitled the Study of En ergy Requirements, as prepared by Helen Bulchunis will be shown while the Requirements of Energy will be ex plained in project form by Mary Domes '35, in the sections devoted to exhibits at the headquarters. Former Student to Attend Coronation o- As Rita McGuanc remarked in her classic speech at a recent Student Coun cil assembly, many of us will not at tend the coronation of King George, but Edytlie Williams ex '38 will be there taking notes for the Skyscraper. Daughter of a Philco radio executive who was transferred to London several years ago, Miss Williams, who had spent one semester at Mundelein before the family moved to England, crossed the ocean four times to fulfill her desire of being graduated from here. Last Sept ember, however, she enrolled at the Uni versity of London. In a recent letter, Mrs. Williams re ported that she was in a box next to the Royal family at the Grand National English equivalent of the Kentucky Derby and that her family is moving up to town for the coronation on May 12. Senior Comprehensives Scheduled for May 7 The senior comprehensives will be given from 9 until 12 o'clock on May 7, in the fourth-floor study hall, each examination being given in two parts to allow for an intermission between two 85-minute periods. The examinations, which are given in accordance witbr recornmendations of the North Central Association of American Colleges, will be based upon syllabi given to each student at the opening of the second semester of her senior year. They cover the major field of each student and serve as a check upon her assimilation of the work covered and her ability to organize and select essentials Because of the comprehensives, no senior will be required to take final ex aminations in courses in her major field which she is taking this semester. Student Council Officers Will Be Elected Tuesday Reports Indicate Card Party Was Record Success Hold Senior Ball At Drake, May 31 Senior thoughts are speeding past full days to May 31, when the Senior Ball, a formal dinner dance, will be held in the Silver Forest of the Drake Hotel. Committeees will be announced later by Wilma Roberts, class president, and Margaret Cleary, social chairman. The present Gold Coast Room of the Drake Hotel will be transformed into the summery Silver Forest room and escorts may abandon the traditiona 1 sombre tuxedos or tails for summer formal. Costly Orchids Bloom In Lecturer's Exhibits ' By Julia Mary Hanna An orchid poster in the main corridor, guests, ushers with gardenia corsages, a lecture illustrated with thousands of dollars worth of beautiful rare orchids . . . .there you have a scientific lecture dear to the heart of even the most un scientific collegian. Mr. Andrew Benson, famous hybridi zer who has brought these rare plants from their native habitats in South America, the Indies, and the Philippines, was the lecturer, and guest speaker for the Science Forum on April 28. From the study hall rostum, he illus trated his tale of jungle-haunts, guide- problems, and orchid-hunter-intrigue with the prize orchids. There were beautiful white orchids, Mr. Benson's favorites, and the most rare and costly; dainty pink spray orchids from the mountains of India; ex quisite purple-throated flowers from South America. There are 10,000 kinds of orchids, Mr. Benson told his audience of Forum guests. Only a few of these are culti vated. By our own method we grow orchids here in seven years in vacuum flasks with a secret formula including all the elements needed by the orchid in a form it can assimilate. The various stages through which an orchid passes from the time its seed is planted until, after a period of seven or eight years, it blooms into the flower fit to adorn a queen were illustrated by a series of plants. Mr. Philip E. Scanlan, father of Phyllis Scanlan, who provided from his florist shop the gardenia corsages for the ushers, introduced Mr. Benson. Helen Farrell, secretary of the Student Activities Council, and Helen Coleman, junior representative, were nominated for the office of Council president for 1937- 38 at the assembly yesterday. Maurita Kelly, social chairman of the junior class, was unanimously elected vice-president, and another unanimous election placed Patricia Connor, present treasurer in the office of secretary. Nominees for treasurer are Patricia O'Toole, Annette Konopa, and Peggy Jordan. Elections are scheduled to take place on May 4, Members of the Council were guests of Sister Mary Consuela, B.V.M., President of the College, at a luncheon yesterday in the tearoom. A spray of gardenias, to be worn on spring frocks, were gifts from the ad ministration, and the program included a brief greeting from Sister Mary Bern- arda, B.V.M., dean, and the singing of popular songs. Party Is Success Another success in the history of Mun delein card parties was scored by the Student Activities Council of 1936-37 as crowds from all sections of the city and from out of town attended the function at the Palmer House, on April 22. Ask the girl with the white carna tion was the theme song of inquiring partygoers, for members of the Council wore corsages of blossoms on shoulders of spring frocks and suits. Mr. James A. Russell, father of Helen Russell, fresh man, assisted in directing activities. The fashion revue showing gowns from Curry Dress Shop, furs from Mc- Elroy's, hats from Harriette Frank and shoes from O'Connor and Goldberg's, began at 9:45 as student manniquins paraded down the long ramp extending the length of the Exhibition Hall. Cli maxing the revue the bridal party mod eled spring wedding apparel as Mr. Wal ter Flandorf, director of the Glee club and a musician of note, played the Lohen grin wedding march. Wear Pastel Shades Ruth Kees the first bridesmaid, wore gray marquisette over tangerine crepe; Kathleen Feely, second attendant, wore gray marquisette over coronation green crepe. Margaret Cleary, maid of honor, was dressed in pink marquisette with a burgundy sash. All the attendants carried bouquets of pink tulips and sweet peas and wore matching sweet peas in their hair. Her long blue train of tulle carried by five year old Lonnie Francoeur, Sheila Sullivan, bride for an evening, wore a severely simple bridal gown of ice blue satin ornamented with covered buttons at the sleeves and back, and car ried white sweet peas and iris. Original Dramatizations And Musical Programs PresentedMay 2, 16 Sodality to Elect Officers May 11 Nominees for prefect of the Sodality include Catherine Heerey, secretary of Cisca and publicity director, Anna Marie Masterson, editor of the Cisca page in the New World, and Catherine Ann Dougherty, the present secretary of the Sodality. Dorothy Fitzgerald, a reporter for the Cisca page, and Joan Smith, treasurer of the Sodality, were nominated for the position of secretary. The treasurer will be elected from among nominees Ruth Crowe, Betty Leslie, Patricia O'Toole, and Marjorie McPartland. Rita Smith Will Give Organ Recital Sunday Culminating her college musical car eer, Rita Smith, organ major, will be presented in a graduate recital on Sunday afternoon, May 2, in the auditorium. Assisting Miss Smith will be Marion Green and Kathleen Feely, senior drama students, who will give dramatic selec tions. Miss Smith will open her organ re cital with Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and Franck's Chorale in A Minor. Miss Green will then recite That Short Ermine by Caroline Wells. The next group of organ selections will consist of Marche des Petites Sol- dats by Pierne, Clair de Lune by De bussy, Pierrot et Pierrote composed by Miss Smith, and four numbers, Minia ture Overture, Danse Arabe, Trepak, and Waltz of the Flowers, from Tschai- kowsky, Nutcracker Suite. Another dramatic selection, Nora Un derstood Men, by Kilbourne, will be given by Miss Feely. The concluding selection by Miss Smith will be Finale, Symphony No. V, by Widor. The Kilgen Liturgical organ, which Miss Smith will play, is the gift of His Eminence, George Cardinal Munde lein, to the college. Marie Antoinette Lives in Original Dramatic Series Playing to one of the largest matinee audiences ever assembled in the audi torium, Mary Rose Brown, senior drama major, presented a series of original monologues based on the life of Marie Antoinette, at 3 p. m. last Sunday. After an organ overture by Dorothy Etzkorn, Miss Brown appeared as the 18-year-old bride of Louis, the Dauphin, on her first night in Paris, a gay young girl, surrounded by admirers, entirely happy and charmingly natural. It was June 8, 1773. Episode Two, following an organ selec tion by Veronica Kassis, was set at the Palace at Versailles, on July 14, 1789. Twelve years have changed Marie An toinette from a frivolous, thoughtless girl, to a mature and loveable woman, con cerned primarily for the welfare of her two children and deeply devoted to her beloved King. The Queen and the Princess de Lam- balle discuss the affair of the diamond necklace, Marie Antoinette revealing in (Continued on page 3, Col. 1) COMING EVENTS May 2. 3:45 p.m. Organ Recital, Rita Smith. May 4. 1:00 p.m. Student Activities Council Elections. May 5, 6. 8:15 p.m. Terrapin Water Carnival. May 6. Ascension Thursday, no classes. Cisca meeting. May 7, 9-12 a. m. Senior Compre hensive Examinations. May 11. 1 :00 p.m. Sodality Elec tions. 2:30 p. m. Junior-Senior Luncheon. May 12. 1:00 p.m. Sophomore Mothers' Luncheon. 3:00 p.m. Motion Picture. Margaret Cleary Portrays Jeanne d' Arc, Aided By Verse Choir To Jeanne d'Arc, peasant, soldier, saint, Margaret Cleary, senior in the drama department, has dedicated her original dramatization of the life of the Maid of Orleans, which she will present in the auditorium on May 15 and 16, with the assistance of the Verse Speaking Choir. Adapting the popular monologue pre sentation to her own needs, Miss Cleary has written a dramatic series of five episodes with a prose pattern set off by interludes of verse. She will trace the story of the French heroine from the time that she first hears the Voices until the last episode when four black-garbed justices of Eng land sentence her to burn at the stake. In the third episode, which is a scenic interval and in direct contrast to the simplicity and martial atmosphere of the rest of the monologue, the gaiety and splendor of seventeenth - century France is shown by a court scene. During the interludes, the Verse Speaking Choir traces those adventures of the Peasant .C-':i Aftt arc not t- acted by Miss Cleary. Assisting Miss Cleary in the produc tion are Betty Haffner as Marie, Mary Catherine Connell as the Duchess of Alencon, Grace Mehren as Colette, Mary Rose Brown, Kathleen Feeley, Marion Green, and Jane Malkemus as the Eng lish judges, Marie Vonesh as Lucienne, Concetta Alonzi as Jacqueline, and Ann Thilmony as Alite. Mercedes McCam bridge will deliver the Prologue. The rights for the radio production of Jeanne D'Arc have been signed to the National Broadcasting Company, and selections from it have already been broadcast by the Verse Speaking Choir. Miss Cleary has won unusual distinc tion through her radio work with the Choir and last year took the leading role in the Laetare Players presentation of Henri Gheon's The Comedian. Father Feeny S. J. Commends Choir On Choric Drama The Verse Speaking Choir and the Charles L. O'Donnell unit of the Cath olic Poetry Society were hostesses to the Reverend Leonard A. Feeny, S.J., poet ry editor of America and the author of In Towns and Little Towns Bound aries, Fish on Friday, and other books, last Friday. The Choir entertained him by reciting for him his own poems, including Jer emy, The Juggler, A Saint 'for Monday Morning, Hilarion, Wealth, and The Gifford Girl, which have been among the most popular selections both in college productions and on the air. You have a marvelous vehicle for dramatic expression , Father Feeny told the Choir, for the human voice and being are God's most beautiful creations and you present them in a simple form without artificial accoutrements. The disciplining handicaps that you may suffer are an aid to finding the drama that is resident in a piece. Aristotle would like what you do, Father went on, because it has a splen did discipline and a simplicity which is (Continued on page 4, col. 4)
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