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... y--;/ ....... *- . s.y- ' ' Vol. XXIII Mundelein College Chicago 40, March 16, 1953 No. 10 Freshmen Star In Opera At Assembly Glee Club, Ensemble Present Martha Excerpts from the opera Martha by Freidrich von Flotow, presented by the College Glee club and the Ensem ble, will highlight the Freshman Con cert on March 19 at 1 p.m. Although the composer is German the plot and score of the opera were French in origin, being adapted from a French ballet, Harriette, ou la Servante de Greenwiche. Martha, produced long ago, still has a freshness, viva city, and charm, appealing to a modern audience. Soloists for the performance will be Edna Behm, Mary Cccchin, Sylvia Skel ly, and Margaret Topp. Narrator is Melita Lynch. Accompanying the soloists will be the 14 member College Ensemble, in cluding violinists Hetty Cisko, Ann Codd, Rosemary Wohlfahrt, and Rita Frische. Cellists in the Ensemble are Nancy Allebrodt and Joan Dawson, and flut ists are Agnes de la Cruz and Sonja Semiginowski. Bernadette Nastali and Joan Lordcn play clairinets; Jeanne Regan plays the trumpet; Rose Ann McGrcal plays the trombone, Evelyn Wolfgarth the per cussion, and Audrey Herbert the piano. The program will open with two modern piano compositions, Two Fantastic Dances by the Russian composer Shostakovitch, and Sacro Monte by Turina, a Spanish con temporary. Both numbers will be played by Marianne Krzysik. Two Chopin numbers, Waltz Opus 69. No. 1, and Prelude Op. 28, No. 21 are the selections of Eleanor di Maggio and Margaret Topp. Mary Apel will play Danseuses de Delphes, by Debussy. Betty Cisko's violin selection is Csardas by Monti. Jeanne Regan will play the piano accompaniment. Organ compositions will be Angelus from Scenes Pittoresque by Massenet, played by Mary Ellen Casey, Roger's Intermezzo, played by Marilyn Raer, and Joan Budicin's rendition of Carillon de Chateau Thierry, by Bingham. Mundelein Will Name Magnificat Medal Winner Shortly before Easter. Mundelein will announce the winner of the 19S3 Magnificat Medal, which will be pre sented by His Eminence, Samuel Cardinal Stritch, at a formal convo cation in April. Established in 1947, the Medal, given annually, honors a Catholic college alumna who. utilizing her education to the fullest, has intensified appreci ation for Christian social living by the character of her own life and by her contribution to social aesthetic, scientific, or religious leadership. Previous recipients of the Medal are Mrs. Henry Mannix. graduate of Man- hattanville college: Mrs. Felix I.c- Pcyre, graduate of Ursuline college, New Orleans: Mrs. Mary Blake Finan, graduate of Clarke college; Mrs. James J. Daly, graduate of Trinity college, and Mrs. K. Cary Clem, graduate of Mount St. Mary college, Los Angeles. Black Cats Pale Before Tests Friday the 13 a day of impending disaster is no longer dangerous, at Mundelein, anyway. March 13 dawned with no hidden significance; it was merely the beginning of mid-semester examinations which will last until March 20. The schedule is as follows: All Monday, Wednesday, Friday classes held at 9, 11, and 3 have examinations today. All Tuesday, Thursday classes held at 9, 10, and 2 have examinations tomorrow. Tests originally scheduled for Wednes day were given Friday of last week. All Tuesday, Thursday classes held at 11, 12, and 3 will have examinations Thursday. AH Monday, Wednesday, Friday classes held at 12 and 2 will have examinatibns Friday. Dramatists Stage One-Act Farce The Drama department will present a one-act farce, The Pot Boiler by Alice Gerstenberg, at a student as sembly, March 26 at 1 p.m. Satirizing theatre lifte and the people who comprise it, The Pot-Boiler is a play within a play, costumed in the frock coat and bustle period. Included in the cast are Nancy Schreiber, Ruth Perine, Mary Clare O'Connor, Loretta Lind, Joan Sramek, Diane McDermott, and Sylvia Skelly. Under the supervision of Catherine Denny Phelps, the play is directed by Monica Brodbeck and Joan Over holt. Easter Vacation Rewards The Weary Plodding through snow and mid winter examinations has its com pensations. They will appear Fri day, March 27, in the form of an eleven day vacation from classes. Experience Is Best Teacher Students Agree Adventures, Amusing Stories Increase Daily Student teachers have new adventure stories every day agree that experience is a great teacher. Maureen Gorman, having given an assignment to third-grade children, moved around the room giving indi vidual assistance. One little girl, busy with spelling, looked up quizically and asked, Don't you know how to spell? Betty Sommcrs presented to second- grade students a complicated arith metic problem: If Jane's mother has eight bars of candy and gives half to Jane, how many does Jane have? One small boy raised his hand, reported that he had the answer all right but that he could not understand what Jane was going to do with four bars of candy. Sally Maguire has among her third- grade students a note-writing ad mirer. The first note solicited a donation for the Junior Fire depart ment. The second was a request that she return the paper clip clipped to the first. Thirty-six seniors began their supervised teaching Feb. 25. The pro gram consists in observation, partici pation, and teaching at an assigned elementary school from 9 to 11 a.m., Monday through Friday. Rosemarie Harrison and Sal ly Maguire teach at St. Ger trude's, the only parochial school represented in the program this semester. Teaching at the Armstrong school are Loretta Neff and Velma Mooney. Rosemary Burns, Maureen Gorman, Marilyn Becic, and Mary Lou Cochran instruct students of the Field school. Assigned to Haugan school are Eliz- (Continued on Page 3, Col. 1) FVFRYRfinY ' VeS St' Patrick These Patricias represent many nations, but LlLnlDUUl all of them observe March 17. Clockwise from left they are Patricia Pecoraro, Patricia Winkler, Patricia Muno, Patricia Frankovic, Patricia Sullivan, and Patricia Farrell. O Patty dear and did you hear? . . . Mothers Sponsor Party On St. Patrick's Day Tomorrow will be an eventful day at McMundelein College. To help make this a great day for the College as well as the Irish, the new ly organized Mother's Auxiliary plans one of the largest St. Patrick's day programs in the history of the College. Proceeds will be given to the Father's club to aid in its fund-rais ing project. The program will begin at 1:30 p.m. with cards and refreshments. Under the chairmanship of Mae McDonnell a committee of hostesses will serve tea in the social room. From 5 until 8 p.m. dinner will be served in the tea room. The menu prepared by the Home Economics de partment offers a choice of cither a roast beef or baked ham dinner. Senior Mary Rose Allen is chairman for the dinner committee. A choice of more card playing or dancing in the gymnasium will follow from 8 to 10 p.m. Mothers of the students will act as chairmen for the various committees. They include Mrs. James J. Hollahan and Mrs. James Carroll, general co- chairmen, and Mrs. Ralph Neff, finan cial chairman. Heading the card party committee is Mrs. Bernard C McDonnell. Assist ants are Mrs. James E. Roach, Mrs. Edward M. Tuohy, Mrs. Basil Dawson, Mrs. Joseph Czarnik, Mrs. Edward Cisko, and Mrs. Harry W. Bennett. Mrs. Norman Hickey is in charge of refreshments and Mrs. Phillip Wie- land is dinner chairman. Seniors have volunteered to act as hostesses for the day, and members of the Home Economics department are as sisting. PRIZE of 2500 is coming to Junior Art major Joan Heath, winner of a scholar ship to the Fashion academy in New York. (Story in Col. 4.) Joan Heath Wins Scholarship to Fashion Academy Joan Heath, junior Art major, has won a 2,500.00 scholarship to the Fashion Academy in New York, and will accept it after her graduation in 1954. The award is given by the Evans fur company, whose fashion sketch contest Miss Heath won unanimously. Winning contests is becoming routine with Miss Heath. When she was graduated from the Immaculata high school, she received the Bishop O'Brien scholarship to the Art Institute, where she studied for a year. Then another scholarship led her to St. Mary of the Woods college, where she spent a year. Four times a winner of designing awards in the Chicago Tribune Ameri can Fashion competitions, Miss Heath was the youngest contestant ever to win that contest. Notre Dame Bound Debaters Prepare For Six Rounds Setting out to conquer the Irish are senior debaters Mary Nikias and Shir ley Geiser as they pack their cases in preparation for the First Annual Uni versity of Notre Dame National In vitational Debate Tournament on March 20 and 21. There will be eight rounds of debate. Each team is assured of six rounds of competition, while the semi-final con testants will be the four teams with the most victories. Miss Geiser and Miss Nikias are debating both affirmative and negative sides of the national collegiate ques tion, Resolved: That the Congress of the United States should enact a Com pulsory Fair Employment Practice Law. Returning from victories at the an nual Delta Sigma Rho tournament at the University of Wisconsin are Joan Brezina, Joyce Gutzeit, Cecilia Moran, and Mary Agnes Moran. The tour nament took place March 13 and 14. Meanwhile, Miss Geiser and Miss Xikias met collegiate debaters at the Navy Pier branch of the University of Illinois. Loyolans Frank Covey and Mike Holloran met Miss Nikias and Miss Geiser on March 11. Patricia Tierney, Norma Duggan, Grace Walker, and Faith Farley took part in the mass debates of Chicago area colleges at the Navy Pier on March 6. See Spanish Film On April 10 One of the most exciting characters in history is the central figure in the motion picture, La Locura de Amor, which the Spanish department will sponsor at 7 p.m., Friday, April 10, in the college auditorium. Heroine of the picture is Juana of Spain, daughter of Ferdinand and Isa bella, who reigned in the time of Chris topher Columbus, and mother of the Emperor Charles V, one of the most powerful men who ever ruled in Europe.
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