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Vol. XXII Mundelein College. Chicago 40, Illinois. Jan. 21, 1952 No. 7 Cornerstones 1942-1944 The rising sun always becomes a setting sun, but the stars are always out, said Father Bernard Hubbard. S.J., the Glacier Priest, when he visi ted the College in 1942. Pearl Harbor crippled the Pacific fleet; but it roused the U.S. to the pitch of resolution which in time raised an army of 8.300,000 men, a two ocean navy, war industries; which built a 10,000-ton ship in 78 days, produced 9,000 planes a month, and the atomic bomb. All these were not in time, however, to prevent the conquest of the Philip pines, Burma, Singapore, and the In dies. In 1942 the Navy turned back the Japanese in the Coral and Midway battles. Only China, under Chiang- Kai-shek, held out. Not until 1943 was the U. S. ready for the weary three-year is land-hopping campaign from Guad alcanal to Tarawa Kwajalein Saipan Leyte Iwo Jima Okina wa, and the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima. The Allies, meanwhile, bad won El Alamein, invaded Africa (fall of 1942) and, the following summer. Sicily and Italy, which soon laid down its arms, leaving the Germans to fight at Sa lerno, Cassino, and Anzio, The Russians, marshalling as in Na poleon's day their ancient defenses of distance and winter, fell back on the Leningrad - Moscow - Stalingrad line, fighting epic battles. At Stalingrad, after three months of fighting, involving a million men, Hit ler's fortunes and the war reached a crisis. By January, 1943. he was in retreat. On the -Tie front, air raid war dens, ratio . stamps, blackouts, mil itary service honor roles, V-Mail letters, U.S.O. canteens, victory drives, and women war workers were familiar terms to all civil ians. To help with the war effort Munde lein war bond sales rose to the 12,000 mark. Students helped finance the new cruiser Chicago and purchased six jeeps. Square shoulders and trim waistlines characterized the fashion silhouette dur ing the war. Government regulation L-8S restricted use of fabrics, and de signers stressed decorations such as fur. There was no glamour of the roman tic restaurants in Gay Paree for the American soldiers at the front in France. Only biting winds and snow greeted the doughboys when they stopped to gulp down their K-rations during hard-fought winter battles of December, 1944. President Roosevelt made his bid for a fourth term and won over Thomas Dewey. Harry Truman opened shop in the White House as Vice President. A student symposium, The Education of Free Men, at Mundelein sounded a opeful note for the future. As freshmen in high school the pres- it seniors watched the struggle for leace. The hatred, the pride, the in- msistency of their world would leave indelible scar, a wound that could fnd comfort only in the faith, whose lepths they were only now beginning i) know fully. Four Retreats Are Listed For Next Week Cenacle Is Site Of Off-Campus Sessions With the strain of semester exami nations at an end. students will turn for refreshment to the annual retreats, two of which will be held at Munde lein and two at the Cenacle on Ful- lerton avenue. The first Mundelein retreat, for Sen iors and Juniors, will open on Sunday. Jan. 27, at 9 a.m., with Holy Mass. and will close on Tuesday. Jan. 29. after Benediction at 3 p.m. The second on-campus retreat, for Sophomores and Freshmen, opens on Wednesday. Jan. 30, and closes on Fri day. Feb. 1. Both retreats on campus will be con ducted by the Reverend Dennis Burns, S.J., formerly president of Xavier uni versity in Cincinnati and now profes sor of religion and philosophy at the University of Detroit. Schedule for the Mundelein retreats is Mass at 9 a.m.; conferences at 10 and 11:30; luncheon; conferences at 1:15 and 2:15, closing with Benedic tion. On the last day of each retreat, stu dents may receive Holy Communion. The 10 a.m. conference will be can celled to allow time for breakfast. The two closed retreats, at the Ccn- will run from 10 a.m. Tuesday. 29, through 4 p.m., Thursday, 31; and from 10 a.m. Friday. 1, through 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. Flapper Era Is Period Of Laetare Play, Feb, 1547 Back to the roaring twenties goes the Drama department in pre senting its second major production of the year. The Torchbearers. Feb. 15, 16. and 17 in the college auditorium. A comedy in three acts by George Kelly, the play is a clever sa tire on little theatre groups. First presented in New York in 1922. The Torchbearers, in the words of Kenneth MacGowan, had first-nighters in grave danger of hysteria. It tells, in a farcical way, the tribulations of a husband whose wife decides to join a little theatre group, and reveals the behind the scenes activity of the group staging its first dramatic production. The pompous director of the acle, Jan. Jan. Feb. 3. The Reverend Robert Wilmes, S.J., rector of Loyola university, will con duct one of the retreats. Senior English, Journalism Majors Welcome Alumnae Senior English and Journalism ma jors will hold their annual tea for the alumnae in the tearoom, Feb. 3 from 3 to 5 p.m. The traditional event is under the general direction of Ruth Pennie. As sisting on the committees are Dolores Donahue, chairman of Refreshments and Decorations; Kathryn Hughes, chairman of the Reception committee; Joan Ackermann, chairman of check ing; Get-acquainted chairman, Mar garet Reidy; and Barbara Heintz, chairman of the Re-service committee. Assisting committee chairmen are Virginia Clinite, Lucille Boldt, Lillian Papacostas, Marguerite Liston, Joan Krause, Helen Naminski, Betty Fisher, Barbara Bidwell, Catherine Pardi, Ger aldine Schiavone, Therese Serr, and Marianne Hodgman. Other committee members are Doro thea Jamel, Barbara Shaughnessy, Hel en Stewart, Betty Jane Healy, Margar et Gaynor, Mary Jane Lamb, Agnes Reiter, Joan Berghoff, Virginia Wcrt- heimer, Marcella Farrell, Florence Granet, and Patricia McHugh. A novel will be awarded to the alum na collecting the most names of guest acquaintances. All Work And Play Busy crew members enjoy stage preparations for The Torchbearers, a comedy in three acts. They are Marjorie Kares, Winifred Owens, and Geraldine O'Keefe. Debate Club Enters lnter*City Tourney Mundelein debaters will attend the annual Northwestern inter-city col legiate debate tournament on Feb. 16. Joyce Gutzeit and Mary Nikias will present the negative case. Shirley Geiser and Arlene Gorgol will take the affirmative side. Albion college visitors and Mary Therese Jordan, Loretta Gibbons, Miss Geiser and Miss Gorgol will consider the problem of price and wage controls Feb. 1. Affirmatives Agnes Reiter, Valerie Heavey, Eugenia Wallin, and Miss Nik ias, and negatives Eleanor Tarpey, Pa tricia Fitzmorris, Mary Jane Brady, and Miss Gutzeit met Wheaton col lege, Jan. 9. Concordia Teachers' college met Ce cilia Moran, Mary Ward, Miss Nik ias, and Miss Reiter on Jan. 8. President* Faculty Attend Conventions In Three Cities Sister Mary John Michael, B.V.M., President of the College, attended the meetings of the Association of Amer ican Colleges and the American Asso ciation of Academic Deans, in Wash ington, D.C., early this month. Sister Mary Leola, Sister Mary Mar- tine, Sister Mary Carmelia, and Sister Mary Jeanelle, of the Drama and Speech departments, attended the convention of the Speech Association of America, the American Educational Theatre As sociation, and the American Speech and Hearing Association, at the Conrad Hilton hotel, Dec. 27-29. Sister Mary Virgina, of the Eng lish department, attended the sessions of the Catholic Renascence society, in Detroit. College Sponsors Two Programs For High School Students Patricia McHugh, Clare Hillyard, Mary Breen, and Patricia O'Brien, presidents of the Senior, Junior. Soph omore, and Freshman classes, are gen eral chairmen of a Day In College pro gram, planned for Feb. 12. Guests in classes and activities that day will be seniors and juniors in Chi cago high schools. In addition to visiting classes of their choice, prospective students may meet representatives of various de partments, and may secure informa tion about the College and about ad mission requirements. Representatives from Chicago Di ocesan high schools will gather here for the second Chicago Press commis sion workshop, Feb. 10. from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mr. Arch Ward, sports editor of The Chicago Tribune, will deliver the main address. Local Catholic college editors, alum nae, and college newspaper moderators will present a program designed to en courage high school seniors interested in journalism to attend Catholic col leges. (Cont. page 4. col. 4.) pompous airector ot the aspir ing dramatists. Mrs. J. Duro Pampinel- li, will be played alternately by Car olyn Kilkenny and Mary Sramek. The Stagestruck wife. Mrs. Ritter. will be enacted by Francine Blaszynski and Barhara Prohaska, while Marshall Smulson will assume the role of the amused husband. Also in the cast are Patricia Hooper and Catherine Murphy as the flirta tious Nelly Fell. Shirley Krieter and Jean Martin as Florence McCrickett. and Jeannine Campbell and Anne Lle wellyn as Clara Sheppard. Loyolans Take Part The remaining male element of the cast consists of John Stroth as Mr. Hossefrosse. Larry Morrison as Mr. Spindler, Ron Smith as Teddy, and John Vainisi as the ' Stage Manager. Mr. Stroth. Mr. Morrison and Mr. Smith are students at Loyola univer sity, Mr. Kelly employs satire throughout right down to the title. The Torch bearers, which refers to Mrs. Pampin- elli and her illustrious company. Stage managers Geraldine O'Keefe and Winifred Owens will direct the crew of Marilyn Lyons, Mary Broder- ick, JoAn Crowley. Caryl Ehrman- trout, Marjorie Kares, Jo Ann Mack'o, Bernadette McDonald, and Ann Stor- ino. Handle Properties Properties will he taken care of by managers Joan Brehmer and Kay Lamb and Coralyn Kelly and Joan Mur ray. Monica Brodbeck will see that Peggy' Moran and Rose Mari Pclli- grini put proper light on the subject. Wardrobe manager' Ginger Walsh and make-up director Barbara Schmitt will be assisted by Mary Lou Hirsh and Jean Tennes, Joan Sramek, and Maur ice Wieland. Rosemary Rapp will be house man ager, while Marjorie Prendergast and Joan Mallon will count box office re ceipts. Melita Lynch is handling pub licity. Freshmen Plan All-College Mixer For Feb. 8 The Freshman class is ready to make history. Feb. 8, at its all-school mixer in the gymnasium. General arrangements are under the direction of Patricia O'Brien, Fresh man class president, and Carolyn Kil kenny, SAC president. Laura Bergamin will moderate the Publicity committee, composed of Pa tricia King. Vasilia Soutsos, and Mary Kay Cummings. Yolanda Volini is in charge of the Hostess committee, aided by Anne Penny and Phyllis Wockner. Decorations will be handled by Mary Ann Lashmet, with Anne Newman, Barbara Moretti and Jean Tennes as sisting. Refreshments will be served by Rita Keleher and Loretta Healy. Invitations will be sent out by Lucille Boldt, Laur- ene Cydnowski, and Mary Patricia Mur phy, members of a committee headed by Clare Hillyard. Joan Dawson, Gloria Ibison, and Mary Jane Murphy will handle the sale of tickets.
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