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TIHIE gt; , ... ... -- rmm, :, Bijitii .'j-'/;;:. m ; m)MZ-:-:'::- i':m 1. ,-.T ' ' Volume XI MUNDELEIN COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, APRIL 18, 1941 No. 12 Consider Home As Center of Defense Plans Guest Lecturer Cites Responsibility of Homemakers I This defense with which America is loncerned is not simply a matter of inns. It is a more complex thing, a tonipound of many factors at whose a lt;c is the physical and moral strength tcessary to a nation determined to dc- il the things in which it believes. Realizing the importance of national gor as a basis of the current defense (reparations, the department of home Icononiics, in its sixth annual sym- losium, presented Home, The First Line If Defense, on April 1. HWc quote the guest speaker, the Rev- rend William I'. lioyd, M.A., instructor i I'apal I'jicyclicals: I cannot help but think, as we look wer the world today a world of hatred ind lack of trust between nations diat if we had paid a little attention a the successor of St. Peter, when he ipoke with deep concern of the modern ireats to the sanctity of the home, e would have a different situation to- K ' According to l'ope Pius XII. the irst evil of modern society is the break up of the home. The family is the rime society of mankind. The first lime an individual learns how to leave If being an individual, he begins to Jve without others . . . If we don't teach love, in the home, ie will get hate everywhere else and re're getting that . . . If we don't teach trust in the home. Ie can't expect to get it anywhere I If we don't teach mutual affection n the home, we can't expect to get it dsewhere . . . If we can't do away with false in- lividualism in the home to sacrifice Lr the first society, we will never get iic sacrifice for economic, social, and 9atc. and world good. If we can't teach our children what Irue liberty is, that it is not license, we will never have democracy . . . I If we don't consider the beginning Si life with dignity, how can we ex pect the world to treat it with dig- city ? I think a symposium like this would ustify a Catholic Women's College. If we learned how to live, instead M learning for the sake of learning, Id make the world happy, in this life. nd in the life to come, then we would ie doing something, and any sacrifice s roll Id be worthwhile . . . You who have the teachings of the c :hurch as a guide have an enormous responsibility . . . You must bring your environment i a consciousness of Christianity ralh- - than oi Paganism. Y.ni must n-:' ./ncatc the very marrow of it . . . You are the light of the world, the alt of the earth . . . Named for Success lMeet Holy Cross In Final Debate Jean Fraser Seniors Choose Graduate Most Apt to Succeed Candidate Will Enter Award Contest Casting its prediction into ballot form, the class of l'Ml voted Jean Fraser, Eng- lish major, as the senior most likely to succeed, automatically nominating her, on April 15, for entrance into this year's competition for the Walter Mack Job Awards for American Youth. Dedicated on behalf of American busi ness to American youth and its future and created by the Pepsi-Cola company, the award attempts to bridge the gap for young people between college and per manent business life by offering win ners specially created positions with the company for one year at a salary of 1300. Each winner will he given train ing in the particular field he desires in accord with the facilities of the company. Applicants, who must be members of the 1941 graduating class and 21 years of age, are required to submit an essay en titled Why I Coxsider American De mocracy Worth Saving. Last year's senior voted most likely to succeed was Betty Vestal, who fulfilled the expectations of her classmates within one month, when she received word that she was one of the 27 winners in the na tionwide essay contest, in which 330 sen iors from 254 colleges were entered. Miss Vestal merited an all-expense paid trip to New York and is now a case worker with the Catholic Home Bureau. Dark Victory, Romance to Be Drama Recitals is u. Ile Mundelein debaters met Holy Cross an:ollege of Worcester. Massachusetts, on enApril 17 in the concluding debate of the season. Patricia Hoffman and Rosc- ie mary Shanahan carried the negative side of the question. Resolved : That the Nations of the Western Hemisphere Should Form a Permanent Union. while Paul Shcan and Fred Adams of Holy Cross upheld the affirmative. Senior Majors Will Give Program Wednesday, April 30 Dark VICTORY, a modern tragedy by George Brewer. Jr., and Bertram Block, has been chosen by I.oretta Calnan. winner of the (iolden Rose for distin guished service to the l.aetare Players, for her senior drama recital, to be given mi April 30. at 3 p.m. Miss Calnan. as Judith Doran, the girl who knows she is going to die within a year's time, and fights desper ately to face the realization, will drama tize different scenes from the play. In order to lighten this somber bit of drama, Lucille O'Connell, who is giving her recital on the same afternoon, will give an excerpt from Romance by Ed ward Shelden. Miss O'Connell, who received an award for her outstanding performance in Stak- bound, will enact the story of a gay Italian opera star and her romance. In contrast to Miss Calnan's play. Miss O'Connell's selection ends happily. Clair de Lunc by Debussy and the Theme from the Unfinished Symphony by Schubert will be played on the organ by Maude Shullitowski between the re citals. Two other recitals, those of Ruth Perry and Virginia Parr, music ma jors, will be given early in May. Jarabe Dancers Will Recreate Mexican Legends En route to the National Folk Dance Festival, to be held in Washington. I). C, the first week in May, the Jarabe Dancers from the Mexican col ony in Pasadena. California, will give a performance here at 7 p.m., on April 28. Organized 10 years ago by Eleanor Hague, the Dancers have worked to create a common bond of cultural un derstanding between the people cf Mexico and those of the United States. A remote and colorful page of Amer ican history in the old Southwest will come to life when these young artists perform the dance to bring rain, dance of thanksgiving for the harvest, cere monial dance of the ancient Mayan peo ple. Many of these had their origin among the Indians before the Spanish conquest. Seniors Lead Classes In Returns for Benefit Card Party, April 24 Name Judges for Annual Creative Writing Contest The Reverend Francis N. Talbot, S.J., editor of America, will judge the edi torial division of the annual Creative Writing contest sponsored by the Eng lish department. Doran Hurley, short story writer whose well known novels are Says Mrs. Crowley Says She, The Old Parish and Herself will judge the short stories written by students. Poetry submitted to the contest will be judged by the Reverend Patrick Car roll, C.S.C., editor of the Catholic month ly magazine, Ave Maria. Dr. Morton D. Zabel, professor of English at Loyola university, will judge the contemporary criticism manuscripts. Head of the English department at the University of Scranton and contributor to the Catholic World, Dr. Austin J. App has been invited to act as judge of essays. The Reverend Angelo Zankl, O.S.B., of St. Joseph, Minnesota, president of the Catholic Art association, will make the final decision on the best illustrations printed during the year in QUEST and the Review. Cecilians Play Romantic Music In April Concert John A. Carpenter, Cachncm Represent Moderns The Cecilians will turn to the Romantics Sunday night and to that variety of ex pression which is so characteristic of nineteenth century music - makers for exactly the right tonal motif, for their Tenth Annual Concert. They will be as sisted by the Glee club, which will appear in a group of three specially selected num bers. The piano selections, with the excep tion of the modern composer John Aldcn Carpenter's Concertina played by Virginia Parr, accompanied at the second piano by Rosemary Viglione, will be entirely the work of the Romantic school, and of c mposers whose miiin- bears striking notes of mutual resemblance. Credited with the composition of some of the world's greatest songs, the name of Franz Peter Schubert appears on Sun day night's program beside his immortal Hark, Dark, the Lark. Ruth Perry will play the arrangement by Franz Liszt, a later member of the Romantic school, who said of his prede cessor, Schubert, that he was the most poetic musician that ever lived. Catherine Barton has selected two num bers from the 34 volumes that comprise the complete works of Robert Schumann. songwriter disciple of Schubert. They are his Traumerei. Op. 15. No. 7. and Grilluii (Whims'). Contemporary masters of piano tech nique. Chopin and Liszt, appear in par ticularly representative forms of their respective art. Eileen Ryan will play Cho pin's Waltz in C sharp minor, and llar- (CYntimicd on Page 3, Col. 2) Attend Conventions In Louisiana, Iowa Conventions took two Faculty mem bers to New Orleans this week. Sister Mary Coluniba, B.V.M., of the econom ics department, attended the meeting of the National Catholic Educational asso ciation, and Sister Mary Aurelius, B.V.M., librarian, went to the meeting of the American Library association. Sister Mary St. 1 lelen, registrar, at tended the convention of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars at the Drake hotel this week. The Chicago Catholic Science Teach ers associations, which met at Visitation high school on Easter Monday, attracted Sister Mary Therese, B.V.M., of the physics department, and Sister Mary Martiuette, B.V.M., of the chemistry de partment. Sister Mary Carmelyn, B.V.M., of the art department, and Sister Mary Rafael, B.V.M., of the music department, arc attending an art conference at the Uni versity of Iowa this week-end. 20 Juniors and Seniors Will Model Fashions From Russeks Opportunity Knocks Twice for Dietitian It's news when opportunity is visibly seen knocking on the door. When a very real opportunity is literally hammering away at two doors, it merits banner head lines. That's what the school-at-large thinks of Mildred Mahoney s double offer of the position of interne dietitian from Mercy and Cook County hospitals. (Miss Mahoney is waiting for the general clamor to subside before making her choice.) (Pictures on Page 4) Following tradition, the senior class is leading in ticket sales for the annual benefit Card Party and Fashion Revue, sponsored by the Student Activities Council, which will be held next Thurs day, at 8 p.m. at the Stevens Hotel. I he other three classes are provid ing brisk competition for the prize, which is a free day on any Monday or Friday the winning class selects. Announced previously, the bridal par ty will include I.oretta Calnan as the bride, Margaret Byron as maid-of-hon- or, Lucille O'Connell and Mary Louise Sylvester as bridesmaids. The entire bridal party was elected by popular vote of the senior class. Represent Seniors Twenty students have been chosen to model Russeks' fashions against a dramatic backdrop of black velvet. The seniors are Marjorie Carlos. Ethel Fin- an, Ellen Jane Fitzgibbon, Margaret Groark, Alice Guest. Patricia Holland, Bernice Joerger, Mildred Mahoney, Ma ry Moreschi, and Betty White. Junior models are Peggy Ahem, Bet ty Condren, May Farmer. Margaret Hagen. Alice Rose Hartnett, Dorothy McCarthy, Anne Marie O'Rourke, Mary Celeste Shannon, Mary Louise Shan non, and Jean Tracy. The fashion revue will feature clothes for college girls, with special emphasis upon classic styles for spring and sum mer. The ensembles are to be a sur prise, but a glimpse into the pages of any current MADEMOISELLE or Vogue re veals that Russeks carry such favor ites as a three-piece suit of covert cloth, the new three-button jackets and romance-inviting formals. Follies Arouse Enthusiasm Student enthusiasm for the card party reached a new high at the assembly on April 17, when the S.A.C. Follies, What Price Oscar?, written by radio script writers Joan Morris and Doris Ruddy, was presented. The production included parodies of six of the year's outstanding motion pictures and the entire cast, with four exceptions, was made up of S.A.C. mem bers. Anne Marie O'Rourke, Mary Louise Shannon, and Alice Rose Hartnett mod eled three Russeks outfits in the Re becca scene, and Franceses Galgano punctuated the action of the production with narration between the scenes. French Playivright Lectures Monday Members of Les D'Arciennes and their friends will hear a playwright interpret one of her own plays Monday when Cecile Durand dramatizes her La Vai.se from them at 4 p.m.. on the seventh flour. Hold Inter'American Relations Conference At Loyola, April 25 The Student Conference on Inter- American Relations, to be held at Lo yola on April 25 and 26, will discuss the obstacles to inter-American under standing which faces the Department of State. The final part of the program will be a student panel discussion on that subject. Delegates from Mundelein will at tend the discussion, and Elsie Cramer will take part in the panel discussion, speaking on the Affirmative side of the social and cultural advantages of union.
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1941-04-18 (1)
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