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Mundelein's Papal Volunteer Ann Moran Wednesday, Nov. 29 4:10 405 Vol. XXXII Mundelein College, Chicago 40, Illinois, November 29, 1961 Co-op Features Savings On Books, Records Discounts up to 25 per cent on books, paperbacks and records will be available for Mundelein students as a result of an SAC decision al lowing for the establishment of the International Student Cooperative Union on campus. The venture is expected to be launched next semester pending the appointment of a student agent, who will be paid on the basis of members gained and books sold. Du ties include taking orders and dis tributing the books or records. In terested students may obtain addi tional information from any SAC officer. Life membership in the coopera tive is 1 and will be available to students and faculty. Only mem bers can order books which include any publication in print. The plan will feature discounts of 10 per cent on books, 25 per cent on paperbacks and 25 per cent on name-brand lp's. The Union, like other co-opera tives, is a non-profit organization, with policies determined at mem bership meetings. It has already extended its service to members on several campuses throughout the country. ISCU was formed in a meeting in Chicago at the end of the summer. Sell Wreath Kits In order to promote the spirit of Advent in the home, the Sodality is again sponsoring the sale of Ad vent Wreath kits. A booth will be set up in the lounge area Thursday, Nov. 30, and Friday, Dec. 1. Each kit contains greens, a metal ring, four candles, wire and a length of purple ribbon. Price is 1. Deans List Ci Seniors Take The names of 90 Mundelein stu dents appear on the first Dean's List of the 1961-62 academic year, Sister Mary Ignatia, B.V.M., dean of studies, disclosed last week. Full-time students who attain a grade point average of 2.5 or over during the preceding quarter are listed on the Dean's List. Students who have earned straight A's are: Marie Dimucci, Mary Ann Eiler, Sister Mary Lae- titia, H.H.S., Sister Mary Raphael, C.S.S.F., seniors; sophomores Su san Meyers, Sheila Prindiville and Linda Swieca; and freshman Rita Valvoda. SENIORS CLAIMING 31 names are the most numerous. This quar ter's Dean's List exceeds numeri cally the 1960-61 first quarter list. Seniors appearing on the Dean's List are: Carolyn Augustin, Pamela Beckman, Carol Bellamy, Denise Brusseau, Judith Dax, Christine Doran, Margaret Giuntini, Mary Lou Lehman, Denise Lenzi, Gloria Lett, Lois Maday, Joyce Malleck, Nancy Malone. Also Vita Milaknis, Sheila Moran, Mary Murphy, Margaret Neuzil, Geraldine Ptacek, Mary Kay Se- Attention Watch the Library Bulletin Board for the announce ment of a Mundelein writ ing contest MUNDELEIN'S NEW ALTAR for the auditorium was donated by alum nae in memory of Nancy Keilty, SAC president in 1950, and used for the first time at a Memorial Mass offered by the Very Reverend Monsignor John J. Egan, Nov. 17. The entire student body will have the oppor tunity to view the altar Dec. 5 when they attend the Immaculate Con ception Holy Hour. President RelatesTheme of Meeting,- Understanding of Emerging Africa As the sun rises on the dark con tinent it becomes more important for Americans to broaden and deepen their understanding of the achievements and aspirations of Africa's peoples. This was the purpose of the con ferences Africa and the United States Images and Kealilies nela recently through the co-sponsorship of UNESCO and Boston University. Sister Mary Ann Ida, B.V.M., president of the College, was one of the 1,500 delegates invited to the conference and in an exclusive in terview with the Skyscraper she described some of,her experiences in order to stimulate awareness among Mundelein women. The conference, which lasted for four days was divided between gen eral sessions which included such topics as UNESCO in Africa, the Political and Cultural Solidarity in Africa, Pan-Africanism and spe cific panel discussions on such areas as education, art an lt;' science. In ordpr to vi. m more fully the areas of interest broached by this conference and other reports through various news media, the Skyscraper will begin a series of articles on Africa in its next is sues. These articles will concern such areas as the U.S. Press and Africa; American Race Rp'ations and the United States Image in World Af fairs, Is there an Africa ? and Afri can students in American Schools. tes 90 Top Students; Lead with 31 Scholars vera, Sister Mary Blanche, C.S.S.F., Sister Mary Loretta, S.C.C., Sister Mary Raymond, S.C.C., Sister Mary Rose, S.S.C., Sister Mary Timothy, S.C.C., Joanne Twomey, Joann Woods and Rosalie Zygowicz. JUNIOR NAMES appearing on the list are: June Barth, Lila Cec- chi, Mary Devereux, Mary Farrell, Patricia Fitzgerald, Maureen Flem ing, Maureen Hanafin, Barbara Kroth, Barbara Loescher, Judy Mc- Cann, Nancy Nowik, Maureen O' Brien, Patricia Orloski, Mary Anne Pope, Carol Rembis, Sister Mary Dominic, S.S.C.M., Sister Mary Kenneth, C.S.S.F., Mary Leslie Smith, Marguerite Swierk and Vir ginia Svonkovich. SOPHOMORES WHO HAVE MERITED Dean's List honors are: Paula Copack, Winifred Culkin, Judith DeJan, Marianne Dumanow- ski, Ruth Fazioli, Mary Lucy Franzman, Madeline Hammermeis- ter, Mary Anne Hoope, Dianne Mc- Hugh, Darlene McLaughlin, Judith Salzinski, Sister Mary Albert, H.H.S., Irene Skala, Katherine Stegman, Milena Taychman. Mary Anne Thomas, Brigita Utinans and Mary Cynthia Walsh. FRESHMEN WHO HAVE EARNED a place on the Dean's List at the end of the first quarter of their college careers are: Sally Durkin, Pamela Golton, Mary Catherine Grill, Patricia Kaufman, Madeline Klaves, Barbara Kras- niewski, Laura Lewin, Mary O' Brien, Mary Poskozim, Kathleen Ridges, Trudy Schwenk, Sister Kathleen Mary, H.H.S., Helen Skala, Lorraine Steinbronn, Carol Suran, Mary Etta Talarico and Ed- wina Telutki. Traditional Holy Hour Honors Marian Feast The Immaculate Conception of Our Lady will be honored at an all- school, cap-and-gown holy hour Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 1:10, in the col lege auditorium. General intention for the holy hour will be the suc cess of the Ecumenical Council. The altar to be used for the cere mony has been donated to Munde lein in memory of Nancy Keilty, SAC president in 1950 who died last spring. It was purchased through contributions made by her class. THE PROGRAM will begin with a processional of sodalists and sen iors. Each class and the sodalists will lead a decade of the rosary, while Sodality Prefect Gerry Lus- Jesuit To Give 2nd Open Retreat Father Richard Burnham, S.J., former assistant principal of Loy ola Academy, will conduct Munde lein's sophomore-freshman open re treat, Dec. 1-3. With emphasis placed on the spiritual exercises of Saint Igna tius, the retreat master will begin his conferences Friday at 4:30. The retreat will close Sunday at 3:30. A priest since 1953 and a retreat master for eight years, Father 13,, gt;.w o gt;v gt; ynneiivo' bis B * frrtrn Xavier College and his M.A. from Loyola University. Having taught at St. Ignatius, Cleveland, and St. Ignatius, Chi cago, Father Burnham is presently working with the Loyola University Press on a new high school English text. The December retreat will be the first Father Burnham has conducted for Mundelein students. It will also be the first open retreat held ex clusively for sophomores and fresh men. Dads' Dates Dance At Buffet Dinner The Fathers' Club will enkindle a Father and Daughter Candlelight Buffet Dinner Dance Dec. 3 from 4 to 8 p.m. in the college gym. Roy Padderson's Orchestra will provide the melodies. Tickets may be purchased at 3 per person. John J. Gordon presides as chair man of the event, with Edwin Frenzel in charge of tickets and reservations. The reception com mittee will include Francis Hoope, Ray Lusson, John Chrobak and Richard Prichard. TEA AND TALK was the order of the day at the senior-faculty party last week. At the get together new faculty members and students met for the first time, while others renewed acquaintances. son will give the meditations before each mystery. Reverend William T. Clark will deliver the sermon and officiate at Benediction. The Holy Father's prayer for the Ecumenical Council will be recited by the students. This feast day is the primary titular feast of the Mundelein Col lege Sodality which is titled the Sodality of Our Lady of the Im maculate Conception. A PLENARY INDULGENCE can be gained by all the faithful Dec. 5 if after confession and Holy Communion they visit such a place (where a sodality is established) and pray for the intentions of the Sovereign Pontiff. Since this is the first Tuesday of Advent, the Advent Wreath cere mony will take place immediately after the holy hour. Father Clark will bless the school wreath. The students will recite the prayer for the first week and will sing the Rorate Coeli in Eng lish. The first candle will be lit by Mary Ellen Scott, freshman president. PLEDGE CARDS will be placed at the entrance to the chapel on Thursday, Dec. 7. On that day, students may write their promise to Our Lady and place it on her al tar in the college chapel. Review Probes World For Christmas Edition A knowledge of the world at large is emphasized in the Christ mas edition of the Review which will be distributed Dec. 18 and 19. Non-fiction in this issue include an essay on the core of peace and creativity that must be maintained in war and the threat of war. Pat O'Toole traces metamorpho sis of a casual hearer of music to a dedicated listener. Pamela Wilt paints a sympathetic picture of the late James Thurber and an astute freshman interprets college types. The theme of the magazine is carried further when two aspects of Puritanism are explored in a com parison of Hilda in Hawthorne's Marble Faun and Oliver in the First Puritan. Dean Clarifies Marks The grading system for the se mester and mid-semester has been clarified by Sister Mary Ignatia, B.V.M., dean of studies. A student with a grade of X (absent from the examination) must take a supplementary exam at the required time or the X changes to an F . For an I (incomplete) a stu dent does not take a make-up exam. She must, however, com plete the work by the time of the supplementary exam or receive F . A grade of E at the mid- semester is only a warning grade which need not be removed by a make-up examination unless the instructor requires it. No E is given at the semester. WP indicates withdrawal while earning a passing grade and WF withdrawal while failing.
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1961-11-29 (1)
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