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Most People Take Skyscrapers For Qranted They Are Impressive Externally, Well-Heated pjhlnl. and ventilated: serviced by irt, steel-safe elevators. But maintaining the impressive ex- fior, providing the heat, illumination. lishings, and elevator service rc- Sre thousands of dollars, endless in- lily. countless hours of planning, gistcr Mary John Michael. B.V.M., lident of Mundelein College, knows about the cost and the need for in- lity and planning. Her predecessors in the Admin istration have won for the College i sound academic reputation, built ip its enrollment till it is today Ike largest college for women in Illinois, one of the world's larg- ist Catholic colleges for women. Sister Mary John Michael, concerned dally with maintaining and promot- Mundelein's academic standing, has new problem. Toe main building, like all 22-year- I skyscrapers, is due for large-scale ttair and renovation. Wind and weather have damaged t leaded copper roof on the tower. repairing it will cost between 10 and 25,000. The auditorium i a new curtain, at a cost of 1800. tubes in one of the boilers will be Replacements and resurfacing of side- ;.-: :- and drives around the three col- buildings will come to approxi- tely 15,000. Maintenance of the sea- which fronts Lake Michigan for 5 feet, and which was repaired in at a cost of 60,000, is an item in )t resurfacing estimate. Refinishing 600 window frames till come to about 2400. Face lifting the tea room will run about 115,000; and improved illumination, nntilation, and furnishings in the ueial room will average about 120,000. General repair and redecoration Braghout the three buildings will cost additional 38,000. last spring Sister Mary John Mich- L assessing the costs for making skyscraper young again, wondered (licre she would find 100,000. Knndelein's only endowment is the fctributed services of the Sisters. Al- ough these Sisters have high profes- onal qualifications, no one of them pves a salary. The 138,636 which Bwould cam annually in other insti- lions is contributed directly to the lege fund. In its 22-year history, Mundelein Us raised its tuition only 53 per (tnt, from 150 to 230 a year, al though the cost of living in that jeriod has risen approximately 190 ei cent. The Administration hesitates to raise kion further, since Mundelein was Ublished to provide for Chicago girls h quality education at minimum cost. Enety-four per cent of its students Irk during the summer vacations, eek d - I101 cc t work part time during I academic year. In 1929, the late George Cardinal mdelein asked the B.V.M.'s to build college. He selected the site, and Sisters purchased the property, ected the building, and bought the pment. for 11 years they have financed the ;e with tuition and fees, contrib- Bd services, small gifts, and from i St BOO to 7000 raised annually by alum- and students. No* Last Tuesday evening the members flic Fathers club, organized last jjlring with Father William P. Mur- y, chairman of the Religion depart- jit, as moderator, presented a so- r ion to Sister Mary John Michael's P? Bblem. w They launched a subscription cn drive for 100,000. Mr. Ralph Neff, father of Virginia Marjorie '50, and Loretta, a sen- , is president of the Fathers club. t. th . Frank W. Brennan, father of Mary, your, sophomore, and Frances, a fresh- n, is vice-president. (Continued on Page 4, Col. 3.) at 1 s a is he ins ial hat ind lei ors will In :on- nce are vith and sen' tion err* f 4 LXtl AN s**** Z ?Aj2 El FRESHMAN EDITION Vol. XXIII Mundelein College, Chicago 40, December 15, 1952 No. 6 Like the Star Of Bethlehem Quest Will Appear As a Herald of the Christmastide A fitting part of the festivities of the season, Volume 15 of the scries con tains the poignancy and mirth, the wonder and sentiment of youth. Issued biennially, the anthology of student and alumnae verse, in an aus terely plain cloth cover planned by Roy B. Bradley, professional artist and hus band of Eddy Jo Noonan '46, is co- edited and prefaced by Lucille Ham ilton and Mary Ann Wenzel, both Jun ior English majors. Talent from the Art department is responsible for the symbolistic drawings of Sylvia Grigul, junior, and seniors Loretta Neff, Carol Se guin, Florence Savage, and Bar bara Baynes. Among students who contribute poems to the collection are Mary Lou Cochran, Sybil Lillie, and Mary Schweitzer, seniors. Junior contributors are Miss Hamil ton, Miss Wenzel, Joyce Gutzeit, Cleo McMahon, and Rosemary Regan. Soph omore contributors are Coralyn Kelly and Cecilia Moran. The 19 alumnae who contribute to the volume are Joan Ackermann '52. Rosemary Benign '51, Theresa Serr Geyer-'SZ, Joan Berghoff '52, Mary Al ma Sullivan '51, Marion Dwyer Glea son '51, Catherine Terazawa ex '52, Kathryn Quinn '51, Rosemary Rapp '52, and Patricia Kiely '49. Other Alumnae contributors are Vir- (Continued on Page 3, Col. 4.) A 10-Story Cross Of Candlelight, Symbolic Of Mundelein's Welcome to the Christ Child, will shine from the south windows of the skyscraper building from 6 to 7 p.m., Dec. 18, as a climax to the annual Caroling and Candlelighting program. Peace to All Nations will be theme of the ceremony. To the strains of O Holy Night, sung by Ethel Prendergast, Mary Cecchin, and Madonna Toney, class and club officers carrying lighted tapers will move in procession to the stage. Velma Mooney, SAC presi dent, will ligbt the All-Catholic Candle, and the individual candles will flicker out. From Now On, It's The Phoenix For fun and relaxation. That's the name chosen by the vote of the Faculty and students in an SAC-sponsored contest to name the new lounge. Submitted by Sister Mary Carmelyn. B.V.M., of the Art department, the name has considerable symbolism. On the Mundelein coat-of-arms, the Phoenix holds a central position, representing the city of Chicago. The new lounge, decorated and fur nished as a recreation center for all students, will open any day now. Qlory Came to Art Students last Wednesday when they learned that they had taken first and second places in a nationwide poster contest sponsored by the Catholic Library association. JoAnn Picola, junior, submitted the winning poster, and Barbara Baynes, senior, the second ranking one. WITH the Cross of Candlelight, the Freshman Staff send joyous Christmas greetings to the Faculty and students. Then at a chime signal 52 students will light candles in 52 windows on the- south side of the main building to form the traditional cross, visible for many blocks down Sheridan Road. The Glee club will then sing Light of All the World, a hymn composed by Sister Mary Rafael, B.V.M., late chair man of the Music department, and Arise, O Jerusalem. Students of German, Spanish, Polish, Lithuanian, and French will sing Christmas carols in these languages. Narrators for the ceremony will be Joan Mallon and Jean Martin. Or ganists will be Emily Kloc and Betty- Cisco. Mary Hartigan will be stage mana ger, and Jean Horgan, A.M., and Rita Powell, A.M., of the Home Economics department, will assist in stage de signs. Following the ceremony, Sister Mary- John Michael, B.V.M., President of the College, will give the annual Christ mas Message from the Faculty. Then Betty Garrity, Senior pres ident, and Miss Mooney will hang wreaths on the main entrance doors, and students will sing favorite Christmas songs before leaving for the holidays. Carol Seguin will light the Art club candle; Rita Frische the Glee club candle; Barbara Prohaska the Laetare Players candle, and Nancy Allebrodt the Orchestra candle. Norma Galvin will light the Piano club candle; Sybil Lillie, the Press club; Mary Schweitzer, the Stylus club; and Shirley Geiser, the Debate club. Donna Merwick will represent In ternational Relations club; Diane Via- nowski, the Interracial Justice club; Nina Boyle, the League of Women Voters; Yolanda Volini, Sociology club. Joan Bruno will represent NFCCS: Barbara Baynes, NSA; Mary Lou O'Brien, the Red Cross unit; Joan Dawson, the Service club; Anastasia Tsoutsouris, the Resident students; and Mary Cay Hannan, the Sodality. Regina Dowd will represent Ter rapins; Clare Hillyard, the WAA; Betty Garrity, the Seniors; Rose mary Jones, the Juniors; Mary Ann Lashmet, the Sophomores; and Catherine McManamon, the Fresh men. Irene Hojnacki will represent the Biology club; Alberta Ziomek, the Chemistry club; Alice Pawlak, the Mathematics club, and June Vietzen, the Economics club. Representing the French, German, and Spanish clubs, respectively, will be Joan Cole, Florence Savage, and Glor ia Manfredi. Mary Rose Allen will represent the Home Economics club; Mary Ann Klose, the Quanta club; Marjorie Pren dergast, Vital Speakers, and Cecilia Wasisco '37, the Alumnae. On the Night After Christmas Misty And Sparkling Colors in Satin And Velvet Set Off by the black of their escorts' tuxedos, will be costumes of students and alumnae dancing in the Goldroom of the Con gress Hotel. The Skyscraper Ball, loveliest for mal of the year, will be held Dec. 26, during the fleeting hours from 9:30 to 12:30. Velma Mooney, SAC president, and Mary Fellegi, senior representative, are in charge of arrangements. Marjorie Duffy heads the Orchestra committee, which has selected Johnny Lewis as the music maker. Loretta Neff and Rita Hassenauer, chairmen of the Publicity committee, are assisted by Mary Ann Lashmet, Jo Ann Picola, Eleanor Cavanaugh, Mary Buckley, Eileen Venza, Vivian Carroll, Mary Anne Deane, Gerry Gadccki. Also on the Publicity commitee are Marilyn Smith, Catherine Murphy, Claire Desch, Kathleen Walsdorf, Fran- ceen Campbell, Geraldine Griffin, Ethel Prendergast, Barbara Mannix, Mary Beth Keegan, Mary Jo Riordan, Mar garet Yuhas, Agnes McAuliffc, Kay Lamb, Catherine McManamon, Eleanor Keane, and Barbara Fischer. Agnes O'Malley is chairman of the Chapcrone committee. Audrey Brucli and Patricia Hill are chairmen of the Bid committee, which includes Noreen Finley, Jeanne Leahy, Patricia Mor and, Yolanda Volini, Jean Munro, Rose Marie Burns, Vasilia Soutsos, Nancy Kecgan. Also on the Bid committee arc Anne Davidson, Joan Gamble, Clare Hillyard, Virginia Gilles, Mary Mahoney, and Grace Trauscht Regardless of Holiday Hustle, The Classics remain stable, and the pursuit of knowledge still must go on. Sister Mary Donald, B.V.M. chair man of the Classics department, has recently edited some selections of Lit urgical Latin for second and third year Latin groups with necessary vocabu lary. Among the selections which Sister has made available are The Sacrifice of Abraham, from the book of Gene sis; A High Priest Described in Simi les, from Ecclesiasticus; A Curious Queen Visits a Wise King, from Para- lipomenon; Prophecy of the Birth of Christ, from the book of Isaias; An In terview with St. John the Baptist, from St. John; and The Martydrotn of St. Ignatius of Antioch, from the Roman Breviary. The project is sponsored by the Chi cago Catholic Language Teachers as sociation. Jingle Bells, If Not a Sleigh will be along when members of the Loyola and Mundelein Sodalities sing carols at the Municipal Tuberculosis sanitarium, Dec. 20. Following the caroling expedition an annual event for the two groups the carolers will gather at the Loyola Union for a Christmas party. Freshmen New Year Resolutions Include one involving attendance at the Fresh man Mixer, set for Friday, Jan. 9, at 8 p.m., in the College Gymnasium. Class President Catherine McMana mon has appointed Social chairman Marion Kennedy to head committees for the first student dance of 1953. Barbara Fischer is chairman of the Publicity committee; Joan Barrett of the Decorations committee; and Joan Debrecht of the Arrangements commit tee. Patricia Gain heads the Hostess group; Marie Sciaroffa heads the Re freshment committee, and Stephanie Jackson has charge of Tickets.
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1952-12-15 (1)
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