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November 9, 1934 THE SKYSCRAPER Knitting Needles Vie with Alumnae News in Class '32 Speaking of sewing circles, the modern alumnae version is Vera Carson's Knit- Ryte shop on Belmont avenue. All the news about everybody finds its way there sooner or later. Among the latest sub jects up for discussion has been the re sumption of the monthly meetings of the class of '32. On Oct. 18, fifteen members of that class met at Lillian O'Keefe's home, and sometime this month the group will meet with Miss Carson. In the absence of the owner-manager, the presiding officer at the informal meetings is Marion Young '32, the new ly acquired assistant. Between stitches we gathered the following bits of alum nae news. Among the strenuously employed are Mary Touhy '33, who has a position with the Commonwealth Edison company, and Virginia Fischer '32, who is at the Chi cago Daily Times. We caught a glimpse of a clipping from a summertime Tribune a picture of Mary Emily Garvey '32, who became Mrs. James Hartnett during the summer vacation. Social service work is keeping a num ber of the alumnae busy, including Mary Bruun, Clare Allender, and Lenore Healy of the class of '32 and Jeanette Griffin, Ethel Houlihan, Mary Honan, and Mary Bruce of the class of '34. Young Artists Study World's Fair Exhibit Armed with catalogues and a rigid de termination to see the Century of Progress Exhibit, members of the Art club surged into the galleries of the Art Institute early last week. Practically everyone else in Chicago had the same idea, but that did not daunt the College artists, for the comments of the various visitors formed a liberal education in themselves. The young artists wandered about the rooms, peering intently at the intricate rivers of pigment blending into each other on a palette knife painting, and measuring the forceful, dynamic strokes of George Bellows' portraits. They studied the composition of a number of the old masters, and tried to form an understanding of the strange tenets of surrealism. The tour ended at the sound of the closing bell, while the students were still analyzing Winslow Homer's water colors. Home Economists Study National Housing Styles National Styles in Housing was the subject of a round-table discussion in which the members of the home econom ics department took part on Oct. 28. The symposium included discourses on seven styles of housing; shelters in prim itive and early civilization, houses in the classical period of Greece and Rome, housing in the .Middle Ages, housing in Spain, France, Germany, and England, housing in early America, housing in the modern home, and finally a descriptive vision of the 'house of tomorrow. Debaters Hold Forum On NIRA Interpretation An open forum dealing with the new interpretation of the NIRA was the order of the day at the Debating club meeting on Oct. 31. In the absence of the president, Mary Agnes Tynan, Ruth Tangney took the chair. Maryhelen Flanagan opened the dis cussion by outlining the historical de velopment of the NRA under the ad ministration of General Johnson. Cather ine Kamschulte then defined the NIRA, and Helen Coleman discussed problems confronting the NRA today. The distinction between the AAA and the NRA was brought up by Marie Louise Curran, and Katherine DeLagc challenged the restriction on production, citing conditions in the south as exam ples of the failure of the policy. After Catherine Heerey had summar ized Mr. Richberg's policy, William H. Conley, debate coach, brought the dis cussion to a close, pointing out that Richberg- advocates imposed govern ment but encourages competition, where as Johnson advocated self-government in industry but regulated competition. Princes, Peasants, And Philosophers Revel at Festival Gay ladies of the '90's, sedate philos ophers, peasants from every country in Europe, Dionne quints five sets of thein three little pigs, a big bad wolf, and a host of other merry folk left the land of shadows to promenade at the Fall Fes tival on Oct. 29. At one o'clock the parade passed in review before the critical eyes of the judges, Mrs. Eva Phillips Donahue, Mrs. Ethel Magnuson Humbert, Miss Myrtle E. Magnuson, Miss Conchita Cruz, and Miss Catherine M. Schirz, and at four o'clock the decision was announced to the gay throng dancing in the gym nasium. Juanita Maria and Isabel Maria Pes- quiera, garbed in beautiful embroidered shawls suggesting a bit of Old Spain, won the prize for the most beautiful cos tumes. As one of the three witches from Mac beth, Virginia Bosch was judged the funniest, and Gertrude Hans, who mod eled one of the gowns by Sacks , re ceived the award for the cleverest cos tume. The Sacks group was especially novel. Appearing as a fashion review, eight students, Harriet Reed, Helen Keenan, Caroline Holland, Charlotte Heun, Vio let and Gertrude Hans, Margaret Egan, and Eleanor Hopkins, wore costumes made of sacking, cut for sports wear, semi- formal, formal, and even bridal wear. The Festival reached its grand finale with the presentation of The Barrets of Wimpole Street in the auditorium at 6:30, after a Hallowe'en supper had been served by candle light in the Tea Room. 'Qoes East to Mundelein The latest resident student to come to Philomena Hall arrived from California on Saturday, Oct. 20. She is Mary Jane Nielsqn and has registered for the so ciology course. A member of the senior class, Miss Nielson has previously at tended the Dominican College at San Ra fael, California, and the University of Southern California at Los Angeles. Magazine Publishes Students' Stories The short-story scribes are breaking into print again, and the October number of The Waif's Messenger, published monthly by the Mission of Our Lady of Mercy, under the auspices of Bishop Sheil, includes two stories by Mundelein students, Romance, by Eileen Hettinger, and A New Position, by Betty Smith '34. Three sketches, Window Shopping, by Mary Frances Petrie, Waiting, by Mar garet Wenigman, and No Angel, by Jane Malloy, and two long short-stories, Elevator Trouble, by Rosamond Carney '34, and Timmy Flannagan, by Miss Petrie have also been accepted and will be published in later issues. Senior Class Observes Traditional Ceremony The wood-panelled altars in Stella Maris Chapel were banked with golden chrysanthemums for the observance of Senior Sunday on the Feast of Christ the King. Appearing in caps and gowns for the first time, the members of the class of '35 marched in procession from the formal social rooms to the Chapel, where the Reverend Reynold Hillenbrand of the archdioccsan mission group read Mass at 10 o'clock. In an inspiring sermon, Father Hillen brand discussed the relationship which exists between Christ the King and the Catholic college woman, declaring that the latter has countless opportunities to serve Christ. You have, Father declared, the greatest opportunities that Catholic lay men have had in centuries, and he pointed out that the evidences of spiritual chaos in the world today arc a challenge to trained Catholic leaders. Following the sermon, Father Hillen brand and the seniors were guests at breakfast in the College tea room. Initiate Pledges To Orchestra Club At Studio Social Presiding at high tea in the soft candle glow of the music library, Fran ces Regan, president, assisted by the ac tive members of the M.C.O., was hostess to the pledges of the Orchestra club at a formal reception on Oct. 8. At the conclusion of the tea, the pledges solemnly proceeded to Room 707, which they silently entered, one by one, to the accompaniment of weird music and shroud ed light, where they were introduced to the mystic ritual of M.C.O. probation. The appearance of said pledges at classes the following day bearing dia mond-shaped symbols inscribed with their new pseudonyms and carrying appro priately sized picture tablets was subse quently noted. At this writing, however, the pledges are otherwise quite intact. Those pledging the M.C.O. are: Janet Praninskas, Marion Schmit, Audrey King, Agnes Griffin, Genevieve Kruzel, Loretta Kramer, Mildred Sperry, Mary McMahon, Florence Ackerman, and Josephine Carton. The orchestra held a special meeting on Oct. 25 in honor of Miss Dorothy Grace, treasurer of the club, and the author of the words to the newly adopted Father Gallagher Gives New Volumes New books, ranging from a fascinating historical work by James J. Walsh, The Fall of the Russian Empire, to a vivid scientific treasure, The Story of Biology by Locy, are gifts of the Reverend Austin J. Gallagher, assistant rector of Our Lady of Lourdcs church, to the College library. Other interesting volumes in Father Gallagher's collection are: The Romance of Archeology by Magoffin and Davis; The Little Country Theatre by Arnold; Leaves of Grass by Whitman; The Two Carlyles by Burdett; A Conversa'ion with a Cat by Belloc; and Crucibles by Jaffe, CLASS OF 1935
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1934-11-09 (3)
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