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Page Four, THE SKYSCRAPER, Dec. 12, 1955 Her Love For Horses Has Resulted In An Exciting Pastime For Freshman Marty Schevers, horseback riding instructor, rider of a show horse, and owner of an American saddle bred gelding named Special's Pride. Six years ago Miss Schevers began riding horses near her home in Northbrook, solely as a hobby. For the past two years she has taught riding. Miss Schevers, a graduate of Glenbrook High school in North- brook, practices her riding every day during the show season and at least once or twice a week at other times. She has entered both of the two types of showing: the equitational, in which the rider's skill and per fection are judged, and the three- gaited class, in which the merits of the horse are evaluated. Six Alumnae Will Talk at Freshman assemblies in the coming weeks. Patricia Bledsoe '44, who holds a Master of Science in Social Work degree from the Catholic Univer sity of America and who is a psy chologist with the Catholic Chari ties, will talk, Jan. 17, on Mental Poise and Maturity. Mary Margaret Mitchell Lang- don '40, alumnae president, will preside at a panel on the topic You and Your Future, Jan. 19. In the panel will be Florence Jankowski Cunningham '47; Peg gy Roach '49; Joan Dawson '54, and Rosemary Rapp '52, the Miss Rosemary of the WGN-TV Romp er Room. Representing The College At High School College days of Austin, Calumet, Holy Family, Loretta, and Siena high this month are Seniors Mary Lou Doherty, Anne Marie Fitzgerald, and Ethel Pren dergast. Junior and sophomore ambassa dors for the College are Geor- giann Porazinski and Maureen Foley. Freshmen representatives in clude Maxine Dombkowski, Bet ty Flanagan, Jean Lindsay, and Sandra Marek. Pseudo-Psychology In Everyday Life is the topic of a Psychology collo quium scheduled for tomorrow in Philomena hall at 3 p.m. Anne Carr, Rita Hohmeier, and Stephanie Jackson will lead the dis cussion in which Junior and Senior Psychology majors will take part. Carol Pauly and Dorothy Strzech- owski are co-chairmen of the social hour which will follow. A'Tisket, A'Tasket A Distant Drafty basket, is, no doubt, the goal of the seven Sports classes these days. Twenty-five basketball teams are in the midst of a battle for first place in the intra-class tourna ments. After each class establishes a winner, there will be an inter-class tournament. Basketball is the only major sport played in the United States that has an American origin, and it draws more spectators each year than any other sport in the coun try. It has been estimated that about 2,000,000 basketball games are played each season, which lasts from November to April. In 1891 the game was invented by Dr. James A. Maismith, a phy sical education instructor for the Young Men's Christian association. TAPTAININR three of the 25 Freshman Basketball teams are Joan u n r n in i n u indovina, Patricia Born, and Maryann Hoffman. Campus Debate Teams Will Welcome Speakers From The University of Illinois, Four Plays In German Will provide entertainment for German club members, Jan. 19. Students in the 9 a.m. Elementary class will dramatize Christmas Shopping. Frances Kaiser, Jane Cordes, Barbara Bradow, and Patricia Hampton of the Intermediate class will run into diffculties when they present Purchasing the Christmas Tree. Jeanne Hutchings, Mary Ann Hcrold. and Patricia Berger of the Conversation class will keep the club laughing as they dramatize The Unfortunate Doctor diagnosing the ills of his first patients. Everyone will join in the Ger man Christmas carols after the 2 o'clock Elementary class presents St. Nicholas, starring Diane Morton, Mary Ann Stepps, Patricia Born, Frances Martin, and Patricia Sa- dowski. Dream Girl with Rider During the past summer she en tered 11 competitions held in the Chicago area. By the end of the summer, Miss Schevers and Dream Girl, the horse she rides, had a trophy and 10 ribbons. Dream Girl is owned by Mr. Othel Kirby of Kirby's Fairview Stables. The horse show at the Inter national Live Stock Exposition of fered an outlet for the graceful skill of the rider and her horse. They entered the Three-Gaited Amateur Stake, in which the horses are from 15 hands to 15 hands and two inches in height. They also entered the Ladies Three-Gaited and an Open Three- Gaited class for Chicago and Sub urbs only. The natural gaits of a three-gaited horse are the walk, the trot, and the canter. The other two gaits are called slow gait and rack. The International Live Stock Exposition, one of the most fa mous shows in the United States, draws contestants and spectators from almost every state and from Mexico and Canada. This show is held at the Amphitheatre near the Stock Yards on the South side. Loyola university, and Wheaton college for a round robin debate, Jan. 13, at 7 p.m. The topic will be the Guaranteed Annual Wage. The round robin is one of a series of Chicago-area debates which are Residents Will Entertain The Faculty With a festive Christmas program, Dec. 14. Script writers are Mary Jane Hayes, Marian Hills, Betty Weiss, Mary Ann Wilczynski, Mary Ellen Burg, Peggy Grange, and Sandra Marek. Rose Anne McGreal is general director, and Gene McCarthy is choir director. Barbara Gaul will be accompanist, and Patricia Mod- zikowski narrator. Sharon O'Shea will play the Vir gin Mary, and Marianne Murphy will play St. Joseph in the Nativity Tableau. Marian Themes In Verse, Narratives, essays, and radio scripts may bring distinction to any student who en ters the literature contest spon sored by the NFCCS Mariology commission. Deadline is Dec. 15. The story may not exceed 3500 words; the essay may not exceed 1500 words, and the radio script is limited to 15 minutes. Direction for preparing and mail ing manuscripts are on the Bulletin Board in Room 305. The College of St. Francis, Joliet, is the sponsor school. held on Friday evenings. Mundelein participated in debates at Lake For est colleee on Dec. 2 against lake Forest, Wheaton, the University of Chicago, and at Loyola, Dec. 9, against Loyola, Chicago, and Whea ton. In addition to Chicago-area de bates, the Mundelein team has en tered two tournaments. On Dec. 3, Alice Bourke, Diane Sherwood, Maureen Sweeney, and Marguerite Phillips debated at Northwestern. Taking part in the University of Illinois tournament, Dec. 10, were Miss Bourke, Miss Sherwood, Miss Sweeney, Miss Phillips. Entered in the Fifth Annual Pub lic Discussion contest sponsored by the University of Illinois is a tape recording of a discussion by Bar bara Covey, Barbara Fischer, Me lanie Breundl, June Chenelle, and Jane Panka. Their topic is how to implement the Supreme Court decision on de segregation. Mundelein is assigned to Region Six with the University of Houston, the University of Portland, Western Michigan State college, and Kan sas State Teachers college. The tape will be judged at Pur due university. Winning tapes from all the regional contests will go to the national semi-finals. Last year the Mundelein entry merited an award of excellent in the semi finals. Singing The Great Antiphons And explaining the Christmas Liturgy, students in two Freshman Religion classes will combine their knowl edge, Dec. 20, at 11 a.m., in Room 405. Explaining the Great Anti phons will be Arlene Luberda, Claire Fogarty, Marianne Hem ming, Yvonne Ormins, Beverly McGuff, Marjorie Siemiecniak, Joan Wright. June Jankowski will introduce students who explain the An tiphons ; Barbara Stensland will talk on the Christmas Masses, and Adele Keane will offer a medita tion on the Christmas liturgy. In the chorus singing the Anti phons will be Rosemary Dougher ty, Janet Russ, Patricia Coaklcy, Carmen del Castillo, Patricia Ty ler, Sandra Ivan, Dorothy Po- tratz, Anamae Kehoe, Irene Shea, and Marie Prindiville. Personality, Maturity, And the Importance of the Catholic College for Women are topics for Speech students presenting panels this week. Nancy Pribble, Betty Ellingsen, Valmar Price, June Wesol, Patri cia Kenney, and Arlene Douglas will talk on the Woman's college. Janice Zumwalt, Judith Witt, Constance Barron, Therese Rago, Peggy Grange, and Pauline Son- deregger will discuss Maturity. On the Personality Panel are Helen Goetz, Lorraine Kula, Gen evieve Baldwin, Sally Lipinski, Jean Muscarello, and Ulana Nimy- lowycz. Seniors Will Be Hostesses At Holiday Meeting of Some Aspects Of Contemporary Philosophy is the topic of a panel which mem bers of the Modern Philosophy class will present, Jan 9, at 2 p.m., in Room 602. Mary Ann Schumann will dis cuss the Philosophy of Commun ism, and Mary Lou Doherty will talk on Phenomenology. Mary Patricia Curran will dis cuss Existentialism, and Jeanne Flood will outline the theory of Pragmatism. Barbara Pierce will preside. Stylus Club Has Opened Its Doors To All Students interested in discussion of books old and new, their authors, and critical problems. The only membership require ments are attendance at meetings once a month (except in extraordi nary circumstances) and nominal dues for the maintenance of the society. The time and place for these meetings will be posted later. If the Review office does not accomo date the group, the meetings will be held in Room 405. the Modern Language association at the Palmer House, Dec. 28-30. Helping to register and serve as ushers for the 8CXX) delegates will be Carol Madden, Jeanne Flood, Ste phanie Jackson, Mary Lou Doher ty, Anne Carr, Patricia Grimes. Betty Howell, and Nancy Mam- moser. Ten Speech majors attended sessions of the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults convention, Nov. 28-30 at the Palmer House. The group included Marie Fin- Membership is no longer limited to writers, although it is assumed that those interested in writing will belong. Review staff appointments still depend on points gained for articles submitted and other services. aldi. Rarbara Kauth, Neva Bark er, Helen Butzen, Patricia Farrell, Patricia Gavin, Elizabeth Kelly, Marion Kennedy, Patricia Kilday, and Barbara Mannix. Miss Kilday and Miss Mannix judged a Speech contest, Dec. 2, at St. Scholastica academy, where Patricia Tierney '55 is director of Speech. Charity (Continued from Page 1, Col. 3.) Taking charge of the Mathematics club project are Charlene Quinn, Beverly Battiste, Dorothy O'Brien, Marilyn Flaherty, and Noreen Gib bons, who will send food and gifts for distribution by the Helpers of the Holy Souls.
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