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Sodality, Clubs Give Food, Gifts To Old and Young Santa's bag has a few rips and tears but its one big hole is the one used for filling. Filling the ties of the bags and baskets of the various clubs keeps his helpers along the lakeside busy. What could be a more perfect gift for a little girl then a doll? The Economics club has decided on a goal of 100 dolls for the CYO West Side Community center's Christmas party on Dec. 21. All students are invited to participate in this Christmas project. The directing com mittee, Patricia Stella, Virgin ia Leidinger, and Roberta Martin, will be grateful for cars to transport the dolls to the Center at Harrison and Ra cine, today at 3 p.m. Adoption of a poor family for Christmas has the Sodality col lecting food, clothing, and toys. Irene Hoinacki is in charge, as sisted by Dorothy Strzechowski and Margaret Coughlan. The Cook County hospital will be reading Catholic magazines, books, liter ature collected by the Sodality. Psychology majors are fill ing Christmas baskets for two needy families, and assisting with Christmas programs for patients at Illinois State Hos pital. Nancy May and Joanne Matus- ak are co-chairmen of the Basket committee, while Barbara Hoffman is in charge of transportation, and Marilyn Lindahl is directing the Program committee. Seven is a lucky number for the family to be helped by Kappa Mu Psi, the Glee club, and the Orches tra. Preparing the basket con- laming food, clothing, games, and toys are Nancy Alias, Bernadette Nastali, and Mary Ellen Casey. Switching from acids and salts to a turkey and canned food, the Chemistry club will fill its Christmas basket with food and gifts for a poor fam ily. Heading the committee in charge are Nijola Gulbin skas and Mary Rutkowski. Forty speech majors and Laetare players are providing Christmas baskets of food and gifts for poor families. Patricia Tierney and Mar- (Continued on Page 3, Col. 1) Freshman Staff Echoes Tiny Tim The Freshman Staff wishes the Administration, the Facul ty, the other students and the friends of Mundelein College a joyful Christmas and a blessed and happy New Year. No White Christmas For Two Instructors A speaking engagement in Los Angeles will take Sister Mary Pi erre, B.V.M., chairman of the Home Economics department, to Califor nia during the Christmas holidays. Sister will address the regional meeting of the National Catholic Council on Home Economics, con vening with the regional meeting of the vational Catholic Educational association. Her topic will be Re storing the Home to Christ. Sister will also preside at a panel discussion on the topic Home Econ omics Builds for a Better Future. Founder of the National Catholic Council on Home Economics, Sis ter Mary Pierre also assisted in founding the Graduate department of Home Economics at St. Louis university, and has served on its summer staff for five years. Also in California during the holidays will be Sister Mary Francis Xavier, chairman of the Music de partment, who will represent the College at the thirtieth annual meet ing of the National Association of Schools of Music, meeting in Los Angeles, Dec. 29-31. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Because of Candlelighting, after noon classes will be advanced as follows tomorrow. Classes usual ly held at 2 will meet at 1; those usually held at 3 will meet at 2, and class festivities will begin at 3. The seniors will entertain their Mothers in the tea-room; the jun iors will have a party in the Resi dence hall; the Sophomores have requisitioned the auditorium for a program, and the freshmen will celebrate in the gymnasium. This is the Story . . . A. Beautiful Collegian Goes Off To The Ball Once upon a time, eight days (rom now, there lived, many miles near, a beautiful Mundelein maiden, Cindy Ella. As she scurried to her room to dress, the Skyscraper Ball bid lit in neon, her dress swayed in anticipation, and her slippers pirou- ttted about the room. Her magic mirror whispered to her enchanted corsage, She's love ly, but is she engaged for the eve- ting? And who sent you to her? The poor flower dropped his pet als. Her father. he sobbed. The mirror was quiet. The dress stopped dancing. The slippers tripped. Cindy Ella, weeping, said. I'm sorry, Bid, Dress, Slippers, Corsage, Mirror; I didn't mean to lead you on. Chemists Schedule Radioactivity Talk Radioactivity is the topic of a Ilecture demonstration scheduled by the Chemistry club for its first meeting in 1955. Dr. Charles Proctor of the Stritch j School of Medicine, Loyola uni- liersity, will speak, and will accom- Ipany the lecture with a demonstra- Mt oi the use of radioactive iso- I knew all along that Johnny couldn't get leave from Camp Woodyleonard. I was just pretend ing that I was going to the Sky scraper Ball, dancing at the Shera ton to the solid beat of Ralph Mar- terie. The mirror shed a glass tear, re flecting on Cindy's dateless dilem ma. He looked into himself and thought, I wish I could dance. The corsage picked up his petals and scented, Let's combine magical forces to get Cindy a date. I'll magicate motion, the slip per toed. And the rumble was heard in far-away Camp Woodyleonard. The dress rustled, I'll get my brother. Tuxedo. And Tuxedo went off to look for Johnny. Cindy dried her tears. She sighed You're all so sweet; I'll dress up anyway. The mirror winked at the corsage. But what's a crinoline without a twirl. said Cindy, as she danced down the stairs. She spun; she stopped She stared at the hall mirror and took a step back. Johnny took a step for ward, leaving the mirror behind. And they danced away to the Sky scraper Ball, and went to dinner thereafter. FRESHMAN ISSUE Vol. XXV Mundelein College, Chicago 40, Illinois, December 20, 1954 No. 6 sketch of the Main building as it will look when the Cross of Candles is lighted during the Caroling and Candlelighting program tomorrow evening. IMPRESSIONISTIC Tournament On Tape Is Debate Club Project The Debate club is entering a tournament on tape the Fourth Annual National Contest in Public Discussion. Students from various colleges will make recordings on their in dividual campuses. Each tape will be sent to a judging center where speech specialists will analyze the content and delivery. Mundelein will compete in Sec tion One, with the University of Houston, Idaho State college, St. Louis university, and Western Michigan College of Education. The topic is: How can the American Educational System Best Meet the Needs of Society ? Judge of Section One is Professor H. L. Ewbank of Purdue university. Entering from Mundelein are Faith Farley, chairman, Ellen Gal lagher, Barbara Strandberg, Bar bara Fischer, and Jane Panka. Here's a Reminder WHY ? Only two more shopping days. WHAT? Skyscraper Ball. WHO? Ralph Marterie, your escort, and you. WHERE? Grand Ballroom, Sheraton Hotel. WHEN? Dec. 28 at 9 p.m. Alumnae Describe Writing Careers Seven alumnae members who have achieved success in journal ism and creative writing will re turn to the College for the annual Writers Workshop for High School Students, to be held here Sunday. Jan. 16, from 12:15 until 4:30 p.m. Approximately 125 high school students, with their newspaper and yearbook moderators, will gather in Room 405 to hear a welcome by Sister Mary John Michael, B.V.M., President of the College. The group will disperse to consider publications prob lems in a series of four dis cussions. Barbara Shaugh- nessy '52, of the Extension magazine editorial staff, will talk on Layout. Sister Mary Irma. B.V.M. mod erator of the Review, whose poems have appeared in America, the North American Review, and other magazines, will talk on Creative Writing for the High School Pub lication. Dan Torte. of the Chicago Trib une staff, will talk on Photog raphy, stressing picture arrange ments and camera techniques. Other roundtable discussions will consider careers for college grad uates. Sybil T.illie '53, now pro moting the Mothers March on Pol io, will talk on Careers in Public Relations. Ellenmae Quan Long '49, of the WGN publicity staff, will talk on Careers in Radio; and Beatrice (Continued on Page 4, Col. 1) Nine-Story Cross Of Candles Shines Tomorrow Night Like the Light of All the World shining in darkness, a giant Cross of Candlelight, symbol of the com ing of the Prince of Peace, will be kindled at 5 p.m. tomorrow in the south windows of the skyscraper building. Formed by 52 candles, the nine- story Cross will burn for one hour as a climax to the annual Caroling and Candlelighting program, one of the most distinctive college tra ditions. Visible for many blocks down Sheridan Road, the Cross is a Fac ulty-student greeting to the city, heralding the beauty of the Christ mastide. The student body and Fac ulty members will assemble in the auditorium at 4:30 p.m. when the members of the Sen ior class, and club and class presidents will form a proces sion in the main corridor and enter carrying lighted tapers. The Speech choir will recite the Nativity story from the Gospel of St. Luke, and the Glee club will sing Christmas songs, accompanied by organists Marcella Peterson, Diana Golash, Moonyeen Brown, and Joyce Krenek. Following the Glee club selec tions, Mary Ann Lashmet, SAC president will light the All-College Candle on the stage, from a taper lighted at the Sanctuary Lamp in the Chapel. Then officers will proceed to specified windows and light the candles to form the Cross. The students will remain in the audi torium, singing carols. On the return of the offi cers, Sister Mary John Mi chael, B.V.M., President of the College, will give the an nual Christmas Message from the Faculty. Miss Lashmet and Vasilia Sout sos, Senior Class president, will proceed to the main entrance of the skyscraper building to hang holly wreaths on the doors. Sister Mary John Michael will light the Faculty candle, and Mar garet Mary Mitchell Langdon '40 will light the Alumnae candle. Miss Lashmet will light the SAC candle; Miss Soutsos the Senior class candle; Virginia Leidinger the Junior class candle; Alyce Mae Fiedler the Sophomore class candle, and Lynne Sheeran the Freshman class candle. Marilvn Cuccio will light the So dality candle: Diane Barrett will light one for the National Feder ation of Catholic College Students; and Florence Clarke will light one for the National Student associa tion. Edna Behm will light the Red Cross unit candle; and Jeanne Re gan will light one for the Resident students. Eileen Cibula will light one for the Art club; Collette Trzcinski for the Chemistry club; Faith Far ley for the Debate club, and Elean or Tarpey for the Economics club. (Continued on Page 4, Col. 4)
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1954-12-20 (1)
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