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May 15, 1936 THE SKYSCRAPER Sally Ann Signs Off WCFL and Choir Goes NBC (Continued from page 1, col. 3) make its debut in a week or so, and she is also a member of the cast of Lucky Girl and is preparing for an audition with NBC. Al the WGN studio Miss McCam bridge finds two friends from Mundelein, Sallie Agnes Smith '35, who plays in We Are Four, and Jane Malkemus, a member of the cast of Painted Dreams. Her friends will be at NBC in num bers, however, on Sunday, May 24, at 3 p.m., when the Verse Speaking choir, which has been invited to broadcast there, will go on in a sustaining program. The script for Sally Ann, which went on the air first on Jan. 7, the weekly Col lege programs hav ing started on Christmas F.ve, has been written by a class in script writ ing conducted by Mr. John P. Lally, fiction editor of the Daily News, un der whose guidance and encouragement stud e n t scribes have made their Miss McCambridge weekly deadline with enthusiasm. Mr. R. Calvert Havys has the deep and heartfelt gratitude of the cast and Mod erators for his able direction and hand ling of the dramatic group, and Major Holmes, the announcer with the luscious Southe'n accent, and Eddie Hanson, staff organist, have been untiring aids in mak ing the program go. The following universities, colleges, and high schools have taken part in the pro duction : Loyola, Notre Dame, Chicago, Dc Paul, Rosary, St. Xavier's, Loretta academy, Aquinas, Loretta high school, St. Mary's, and the lmmaculata. Mundelein students who have roles in the script are: Miss McCambridge Virginia Sweeney '35, Margaret Wenig man '35, Dorothy White, Mary Frances Hoban, Kathleen Feely, Miss Malkemus, Mary Rose Brown, Margaret Cleary, Katherine Kearns, and Grace Mehren. Residents Introduce The Missa Recitata In accordance with the liturgical move ment, which is designed to bring about a greater participation of the laity in the ceremonies of the Church, the resident students introduced the Missa Recitata last week at the student Mass read each morning at 7 o'clock in Stella Maris Chapel by the Reverend Edward I. Col non, S.J. The following students arc Munde lein's pioneers in the movement: Rose Marie Barrett, Alice Brusky, Jean Cahill Mary Coen, Mary Esther Derezinski, Jane Fahey, Virginia Gaertner, Florence Hayward, Catherine Harrer, Elizabeth Higgins, Veronica Kassis, Maurita Kelly, Rachel Laughlin, Patricia Mack, Justine Martin, Alice Scanlon, Ruth Schmid. Helen Smith, Mary Margaret Smith, Frances Walz, and Helen Wernicke. Music Majors Qive Qraduate Recitals Wednesdays at 3 By Agues Griffin Music Week throughout the nation has been expar.ded to Music Month in the Mundelein conservatory, where, in the seventh-floor recital hall, are being pre sented on every Wednesday during May the graduate recitals of senior students working for the bachclorale in music. Eleonore Solewska was heard in her graduate violin recital on May 13, playing the Ciaceone from Bach's fourth Sonata and Bruch's Concerto in G Minor, Opus 26. She had previously presented the minor portion of her program at Jessie Kramer's graduate recital in piano on May 6. This included the Pugnani- Kreisler Praeludium and Allegro. Ma zurka by Chopin, Grassc's Waves at Play, and the tambourine Cinois of Kreisler. Violinist Plays Kreisler Miss Solewska's execution of the swift passages in Waves At Play gave indica tion of a well grounded and rapid tech nique. The Praeludium and Allegro was characterized by solidity of lone pro duction and dexterous finger work. Pas sages of spiccato bowing in Kreisler's Tambourine Chinois -were well handled, and Miss Solewska's entire recital showed growing musicianship. Assisting as accompanist, on May 13, was Mildred Sperry, pianist. Miss Sper ry performed Liszt's eighth Rhapsody and a group of Chopin, Ballade Opus 47 and two Etudes, Opus 25, and Opus 10 these numbers constituting the minor portion of her recital. Fulfilling the request of those con ducting the National Music activities, that artists make an effort to feature the music of American composers, Miss Kramer, in her recital of May 10, per formed the Concerto in D Minor by Mac- Dowell, ranked by critics as being prob ably the aipcx in this field of musical endeavor. Gives Brahm Number Heard also were Brahm's Capriccio Opus 119., no. 7, and Ravel's sparkling and realistic Jcux d'Eau. Miss Kramer preceded her performance of the Mac- Dowell with a Chopin group, Preludes No. 18 and 20 and the Butterfly Etude. Mildred Sperry accompanied. Miss Kramer's playing is distinguished by a powerful sonorous style, with well- controlled mounting climaxes, well- handled in bravura passages. This was especially displayed in the Butterfly Etude, which requires of the performer a very facile technique. Science Forum Holds Coronation on May 13 Tn an impressive ceremony, the Science Forum held its coronation, on May 13, in Stella Maris Chapel. Dorothy Stalzer was chosen to crown Our Lady, with Alberta Savage, Betty Blichert, Florence Nardi, Gertrude Feeney, and Grace Mehren as her attendants. The members of the Forum filed into the chapel, each bearing a rose which she deposited at Our Lady's altar. Traditional coronation hymns were sung, with special numbers by the choir, after which Miss Stalzer placed the crown, at our Lady's feet. The altar was adorned for the occasion with blue and white delphiniums, and hand-painted programs were pre sented to all who attended the coronation. Piano Club Honors Italian Composer Particularly timely was the inclusion of Oltarino Respiglu's Notturne in the April recital program of the Piano club. On the day prior to its performance by Agnes Griffin, word reached the United States of the death of this famous Italian opera composer. A two-piano arrangement of Bizet's Minuet de L'Arlescenne with Patricia Jill son and Jeanne Theis collaborating at their separate keyboards, was the opening selection of the afternoon. This was succeeded by Calm as the Night by Bahm, in which Catherine Doody was heard as soprano soloist. Dorothy Grace, senior violinist, offered next the vivacious Scenes de Ballet of De Beriot. Miss Grace was warmly ap plauded upon this, her final appearance as a Mundelein recitalist. Miss Theis then reappeared at the pi ano, this time as soloist, to interpret two sparkling little Chopin preludes, Opus 28, numbers 10 and 22. In Carew's Market ing, Therese Powers acquainted her listeners with the allurements and at tractions of the fair of her lilting song. Upon the conclusion of Respiglu's Notlurno by Miss Griffin, Margaret Madden offered a second Dc Beriot violin composition, a brilliant and melodious Concerto. Virginia Sheehy followed with a seasonal number by Chatninade, Sum- (Continued on page 4, col. 2) It* Regina Niewinska Page Three I A.M. to P.M. IF THE ashes-of-roses sweater that * Gertrude Rafferty is knitting on her daily I. journey should lean slightly towards a dusty pink shade, this is the reason: Gertrude's busy needles were keeping time with the click of the train wheels one morning, when, without a word of warning, her ball of yarn jumped from her bag and whirled down the aisle, leaving a rosy streamer in its wake. Pre tending she had never seen the yarn be fore, Gertrude tried to gaze out of the window, but a solicitous conductor insisted on retrieving tlie runaway ball for her, yard by yard, from -where it had fallen between the two cars. All the way from Madison and Wabash to Loyola this went on. Some yarn, eh 1 4 l Student Concert Harpist Tells of Work, Experiences By Merl. Mundelein's Hall of Fame has recently thrown its doors wide open lo a talented young harpist, Regina Niewinska, a pupil of the well-known harpist, Edward Vito. After T had learned that Miss Niewinska is one of the few women harp ists in the country who have gained re- known, curiosity -and interest prompted me to question her about her rather un usual profession. The young artist attributed the scarcity of feminine harpists to the fact that women do. raot seem to have the strength to control the tones of the instrument. I have been studying for seven years, she said, and have spent from four to seven hours in daily practicing. Maybe I should say 'nightly,' for I do most of my playing from midnight on. Undaunted by the protests of her fam ily, who, completely lacking in apprecia tion of these nocturnal serenades, take out the light fuses, Miss Niewinska con tinues her music by candle-light. These long hours of systematic prac tice not only make my fingers obey, she remarked, but control my mind and my will as -well. The hours of study have amply re warded the young artist, for when she Seniors' Mothers Are College Quests At Luncheon, May 20 Members of the Class of '36 and ihcir mothers were guests of the College al a luncheon at the Belden Stratford hotel on May 10. Mother's Day, after which they were honor members of the audience at the Mosaics of 1-J36, one-acl play sym posium introduced by the Verse-Speaking choir. Following the singing of the College song, Delphine Murphy, toaslmaster at the luncheon, welcomed the guests and introduced Gertrude Hans, -who gave a toast to Mother's Day. Julia Hagerty, president of the Student Activities Council, gave a toast to the Mothers present, and Harriet Reed gave one to the Fathers of the Senior class, after which Roma Murphy gave a read ing, Ah English Lady's Impression of America. Rosemary Kearns, senior president, then gave a toast to the Sisters; Anna- mac Shinnick gave one to Alma Mater, and Frances Mikkelson, voice, Eleonore Solewska, violin, and Mildred Sperry, piano, presented Gena Branscomb's The Morning Wind. Jeanne Devaney and Charlotte Wilcox, editor of the Skyscrapkk, closed the toast program with tributes to Our Country and to Blessed Mother, after which the seniors, accompanied by Miss Sperry, sang Traharne's Mother My Dear. In cidental music during the luncheon was furnished by Regina Niewinska, harpist. Smith was in her last year of high school she won first place among contestants from 48 stales in a harp contest. Two years ago Miss Niewinska made her profession al debut, presenting her own recital at the Goodman theatre, and last year she appeared in concert at the Grand Opera house. I have been doing hotel work, playing for various activities of the Pen and Pencil club, and appearing at other club teas, Miss Niewinska stated. Like all professional people, the harpist has met many interesting personalities. The most outstanding person I have ever met is Ignace Paderewski, the fa mous pianist. I cannot describe that meeting the impression Paderewski made cannot be put into words, but I do remember that he has the most penetrat ing eyes I have ever seen. Eccentricities and the arts seem to be closely associated with each other, but Miss Niewinska expressed her own idea of the so-called .artistic temperament by saying, It is simply a glamour that art ists build around themselves. Miss Niewinska played at the Mu Nu Sigma banquet, on April 14, and at the Mother's Day luncheon, on May 10. Sophomores Undergo Comprehensive Tests According to an announcement from the Registrar's office, the sophomores will take comprehensive examinations in the four general fields of knowledge, English, a foreign language, mathematics or science, and social science, on May 25, 26, 27, and June 2. Students who have completed two years of work in these fields, or the equivalent of two years, are eligible to take the tests and will be excused from final examina tions. The tests will be given from 9 until 12 on each of the appointed days. Since it is the policy of the College to make a sharp distinction between the upper and lower divisions, the latter com prising the freshmen and sophomore years, the comprehensives for sophomores are designed to test the student's fitness for concentrated work in a major field, and are decidedly general in nature, rather than specific. Members of the senior class took the comprehensive examinations in their ma jor subjects on May 8. pHIVALRY - Is - Not-Dead Not-Even- '-' Dying-Department. Red polka-dot ties to the gallant gentlemen of the WPA corps who thought that our outdoor May coronation last week would be more im pressive without sound effects and, conse quently, shut off all steam whistles, street drills, etc., on Sheridan Road during the ceremony. (i , e 1 ORE AND more we become con- Things to Remember . . . The Cisca informal at the Illi nois Club for Catholic Women to night. May Devotions each day at 10:50 and 11 :50 in the Chapel. The Devotion of the Six Sun days in honor of St. Aloysius, be ginning May 17. jyiORE p ** * vinced that the home economics de partment is quite the most delectable i spot in the College. Our athletic Sue r Adams gave a most enlightening demon- ( stration on coffee and its uses last Mon- ) day, Mary Hymes, of style show fame,; demonstrated the art of bread-making on May 13, and our erstwhile staff mem--, ber, Catherine Heerey, will preside at a i demonstration on May 18, on of all en- i chanting things a bridal luncheon Sec you there A GAIN the repair of Sheridan Road , ** Frances Geary detoured lo Rosemont l avenue because she just couldn't bean to pass the man with the pavement drill - he reminded her so much oi her dentist. I K EEP Stoughton Ahead Did you, know- that Frances Mikkelson has recently made a name for herself in the advertising field? Reading a clipping from a Stoughton, Wisconsin, newspaper. concerning an advertising symbol for in-; dustrial development in that rising city, i she spent two wrhole hours one night be-1 fore the deadline sketching a brawny; laborer silhouetted against a background 1 of factories, freight-trains, and assorted, articles, and sent this in as her contribu- tion to the progress of that fair city's' industry. Frances then promptly forgot about the whole affair until she was startled by this headline in a Stoughton journal, miss mikkelson wins adver tising StGN COXIEST.' : Elect Officers For 1936-1937 Student Activities Council elections, completed last week, Sodality elections held on May 12, and class elections yes- ; terday resulted as follows: S.A.C, president, previously elected, Jean McKeever; vice-president, Marion Greene; secretary, Helen Farrell; treas urer, Patricia Connor. Sodality prefect, Mary Rose Brown; secretary. Catherine Ann Dougherty; treasurer, Gertrude Feeney. Senior president, Wilma Roberts; vice- president, Mary Margaret Smith; secre tary, Ruth Kees; treasurer, Eileen Mad den ; social chairman, Margaret Cleary; sergeant - at - arms, Bern ice Walters; S.A.C. representatives, Gertrude Rafferty and Rita Smith. Junior president, Dorothy Roche; vice- president, Gertrude Brant; secretary, Catherine O'Connor; treasurer, Elenor Loarie; social chairman. Maurita Kelly; S.A.C. representatives, Helen Coleman and Katherine Ott. Sophomore president, Geraldine Con-' nell; vice-president. Dorothy Stalzer; secretary. Rosemary Conley; S.A.C. rep resentatives. Rita McGuane and Geraldine. Ferstel. Election of sophomore officers will lie completed next week. '
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1936-05-15 (3)
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