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TIHIL:L. W*rl -. . Vol. XXIV Mundelein College, Chicago, Illinois, April 9, 1954 No. 11 MAGNIFICAT MEDAL HONORS DOCTOR You Can't Take It With You, So Enjoy It Here, May 7, 9, As Drama Students Perform Don't read him any plays, Mother, and don't let a snake bite him, Grandpa, because I like him. And I wouldn't dance for him, Essie, because we're going to the Monte Carlo ballet tonight. With these words, Alice Sycamore gives a small in dex of the Sycamore home, which is the scene for the Hart- Kaufman comedy, You Can't Take It With You, to be presented May 7 and 9 in the college auditorium. Under the direction of David B. Itkin, the cast includes Winifred lt; bvens and Monica Brodbeck al ternating in the role of Alice. Jean Martin and Catherine Lamb will portray Penny, her play-writing mother. Joan Overholt and Rose- Mari Pellegrini will play the part of the dancing Essie, and the Sycamore's maid will be enacted by Ruth Perine and Diane McDermott. Alice's boy-friend's father, Mr. Kirby, will be portrayed by Rob ert Vainowski, while Norma Reed and Nancy Schreiber characterize Mrs. Kirby. Essie's dancing teacher, Kolen- kbov. Will be enacted by Marshall Smulson, and Loretta Lind and (linger Walsh will alternate in the role of the Grand Duchess Olga Katrina of Russia. Others in the cast are William Fosser, Thomas Jamison, Alfred Rossi, Paul Bokor, and James Dennett. The technical part of staging the play will be handled by George F. Petterson. Joan Sramek is man aging the stage crew. Assistant director is Geraldine O'Keefe. SAC Will Accept I Office Nominees Another April is here. That means nominations for the four major SAC offices will soon be ac cepted. May 4 is the date tentatively set for the nomination speeches to be given by candidates for president, secretary, and treasurer. Nominees for the vice-presidency will deliver heir speeches the following week. The president and vice-president re chosen from the incoming Sen ior class; the secretary is a member of the incoming Junior class, and the treasurer is chosen from the incoming Sophomore class. Nominees for all offices must be regular members of the class, that is, they must have fulfilled all re quirements. Nominees for the presi dency must have served at least one year on the Council. Hummel Exhibit Opens Tomorrow In Room 301 Room 301 will turn museum to morrow when the German depart ment Hummel collection goes on exhibit. Bertha Hummel, known as Sis ter Mary Innoccntia in the Siessen convent in Germany where she lived until her death in 1946, has icquired a devoted following. In her convent studio she de veloped a unique artistic style thich has been warmly accepted not only by the artistic but also by she rest of the world. For years people have enjoyed Hummel illustrated Christmas jards. Figurines, reproduced from the illustrations, adorn homes and (schools, and Hummel pictures are particularly popular in children's rooms. Of the 576 prints known to have been designed by Sister Mary Innocentia, 460 are in the Mundelein collection. Twenty of these are originals. Translated from German, Hum mel means bumble bee. the sign nth which Sister Mary Innocen tia identified her work. Tomorrow, when this hallmark is displayed, it will distinguish one of the world's largest Hummel col lections. April 30 Will Be Recollection Day The final Recollection day of the academic year is sched uled for Friday, April 30. The day will open with Holy Mass celebrated at 9:30 a.m., in the auditorium. Conferences will be at 11 a.m., 1:15 p.m., and 2:15 p.m., and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament will close the day. INTFR AMPRIPAN good wU1' understanding, are goals of Inter- IHILl -MITlLi lUr ll national Relations club members Stephanie Jackson, Mary Ann Schumann, Nancy Nolan, who will take part in Pan-American conference at University of Notre Dame, May 1, 2. Uruguay, Venezuela Consuls Will Be Quests Here, April 14 Consuls general from Uruguay and Venezuela will be guest speak ers at the Pan-American day pro gram sponsored by the History de partment, April 14. Senor Felix Stungevicius, Uru guayan representative, will discuss the Welfare State of Uruguay, after his introduction by Junior History major Marylahan Dawes, at 2 p.m., in Room 405. The recent Pan-American confer ence at Caracas will be topic of Senor Jose Gibraro, representative from Venezuela, who also will show films taken during the conference. Nancy Nolan, Senior History major, will introduce Senor Gibraro, who is scheduled to speak at 3 p.m. Nina Sokoloff, A.M., of the Span ish department, will open the morn ing session at 9 a.m., with a lecture on Mexico, Our Neighbor to the South. Sophomore Patricia Curran will present Miss Sokoloff, who has studied at the National university in Mexico city. Since 1890, when the first inter national Conference of American States was held in Washington, D.C., April 14 has been observed as Pan-American day. Twenty students have registered through the International Rela tions club for the tenth annual inter-collegiate conference observ ing Pan-American day, at the Uni versity of Notre Dame, May 1 and 2. Sponsored by the NFCCS com mission on Inter-American action, the two-day conference will con sider the A, B, C, and U Countries of South America. Nancy Nolan and Stephanie Jackson will act as chairman and secretary, respectively, of a panel on Uruguay. One of the speakers will be Mary Ann Schumann, who will discuss the political climate of Uruguay. The A, B, C, and U countries to be considered are Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay. Chemistry Club Symposium Spotlights Antibiotics Antibiotic and Other Drugs will be the topic of the Chemistry club symposium, May 7, at 4 p.m., in Room 607. Marilyn Cuccio will preside as chairman, introducing four Chemistry majors. Constance Gonzalez will speak on Curare-like com pounds or synthetic muscle re laxants. These have been suc cessfully used as aids to anaes thesia in surgery. Mary Canning will discuss the Anti-Malarial drugs. Since World War II, many synthetic derivatives of quinoline have been prepared in the United States and have proved as effective as the former ly used quinine. Margaret Kahles will talk on Antibiotics, such as penicillin, aureomycin, and terramycin, wide ly used to prevent and curb infec tion. Collette Trzcinski will dis cuss antihistamine drugs, in which hayfever victims and cold sufferers have found re lief using such compounds as benadryl and benzedrine. Campus Red Cross Fund Drive Hits Peacetime Peak Exultant because their Fund Drive netted 370, the largest peacetime collection in the history of the Campus Red Cross unit, stu dent officers are now planning the Spring conference. To be held here on May 1, the conference will unite all schools in the Chicago Chapter of College Ac tivities for a luncheon and enter tainment. Loretta Soule and Martha Myers, campus representatives, attended a March 24 meeting to plan the pro gram for the day. Spotlights Sparkle On You This Week Eliminations for the Variety show, May 22, will take place at 4 p.m. in the auditorium today, to morrow, Wednesday, and Thurs day. The Sophomores will take the stage today, the Freshmen tomor row, the Juniors, Wednesday, and the Seniors on Thursday. Cardinal Stritch Comes May 3 To Confer Award Rhode Island Physician Is Outstanding Catholic Alumna Jeannette E. Vidal, M.D., from West Warwick, Rhode Island, will receive the 1954 Magnificat Medal from His Eminence, Samuel Cardinal Stritch, at a formal convoca tion in the college theatre, Monday, May 3, at 2 p.m. After conferring the Medal, giv en anually by Mundelein College to an outstanding Catholic college alumna, the Cardinal will address the Faculty, student body, and guests. Nominated by the dean of Rivier college, Nashua, New Hampshire, from which she was graduated, Dr. Vidal is the first unmarried woman and the first doctor to win the award. An honor alumna of the Mon treal university Medical college, Canada, she is past president of the Kent County (Rhode Island) Medical society, board member of the Rhode Island Cancer society, and member of the Mid-Century White House Conference on Chil dren and Youth. Medical associates commend her professional competence, her work in industrial medicine and accident prevention, her diagnosis and treat ment of heart disease, and her high degree of professional ethics. A member of the Children of Mary Sodality and of the Cath olic Woman's club, she is, in the words of her pastor, pie- use, consciente de ses responsa- bilitiss, sage et distinguee. Dr. Vidal will address the assem bly, and after the convocation will be honor guest at a reception and tea in the social rooms. The entire Faculty and student body will attend the convocation, the Seniors taking part in the aca demic procession with the Faculty. the Administration, the Medalist, and His Eminence. Given annually since 1948 by Mundelein College, the Medal hon ors a graduate of a Catholic col lege for women who, utilizing her education to the fullest, has inten sified appreciation for Christian social living by the character of her own life and by her influence. The 1953 Medalist. Mrs. Robert I'.mmet Garrity, a graduate of St. Mary-of-the-Woods college, did welfare work in France and Spain with the National Catholic Welfare conference. Earlier Medalists were dis tinguished for work in the Na tional Council of Catholic Wo men; the International Federa tion of Catholic Alumnae; the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Catholic journalism, and social work.
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