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Page Four THE SKYSCRAPER October 4, 1957 Sk u5crtxpina5... Gather 'round, my beauties, while we tell of the news on cam pus and summer social whirls. En gagements take precedence, of course, starting with Marilyn Campbell, being promised to John Crawley. Dolores Wachowiak and Wesley Brazas, Berry Lou Cremin and Wilton May, Geraldine Battis ta and Albert Guerra, Jr., and Joan Parker and George Hepner have followed right along in line. Hear ye, Hear ye. It has just come to our attention that many, many girls spent summer days in places other than their home towns. Maryann Banich, Patricia Kobel, and Carol Brust relaxed for 19 days in California, while New Orleans was the setting of an ex citing vacation for Sally Vaccaro and Constance Ferrera. New York and it-; Great White Way captivated Patricia Lorrigan, Jacqueline Doyle, Beatrice Hoang, and Diane Sherwood. Rosemary Wirry, while in Boston. Nancy Thompson in Washington. D. C, Therese McManamon in Georgia, and Geraldine Kirby in Florida*, had such pleasant times that they still dream, now and then, of the lovely days gone by. T'was heard in the Phoenix Room: Patricia Wilier just might write a novel based around her ex perience in Ouincv this summer. when she explored an abandoned river house on the Mississippi. Sharon Peterson, Carol Romanen- ghi, Yvonne Straub, and Mary Anne Kerrigan wore found elab orating on the advantage of work ing at Pine Point Resort in Wis consin. Fine points of deep sea fishing enthralled the group gathered around Donna Shriver, who land ed a 66 lb., 7 ft. 9 in. sailfish while on a five-week vacation in Baca Raton. Florida. She was taking part in the Pampano Reach Tour nament, and as far as we know, she is leading: both the women's and men's division. Notice This slimmer also brought education and inspiration to some on campus. Joanne Mil ler and Patricia Noonan attended the Student Lay Apostolate Con ference at Notre Dame, while Maureen Sweeney learned much about Inter-Group Relations dur ing her three-week stay. lt; n a schol arship basis, as members of a sem inar at Notre Dame. Attention, please Listed here are Mundelein representatives in in ter-collegiate sports (other than our own ) Patricia Coakley, Ruth Wolf, Barbara Summers, and Therese Zacker did a fine job of spectation at the Purdue-Notre Dame game at Purdue. We will be well accounted for next week, at Notre Dame when Anamae Kehoe, Patricia Gub'na, Mona Cahill, Margart Cahill, Mar garet Ryan, Mary Carroll, Mary O'Malley, Mary Costello, Sandra Geocaris, Sally Malone, Mary Jan- Kowski, and Patricia Riggs cheer for X. D. at the Notre name-Indiana game. Last minute flashes Mary Ei leen Clark filled her summer hours by doing summer stock at the Rent- house Summer Theatre. Patricia Wurster, along, with other young- entertainers, presented musical programs in the hospital wards at the Great Lakes Naval Training Rase. Attending a party as a guest of the Spanish Embassy. Dorothy Lahman met many important heads of Chicago's Railroad and Air Lines. Christine Cesario and Mary Lou Peter attended the first foot ball game of the Iowa State sea son between Iowa State College and Denver University. Successful Alumna Lists Opportunities For Writers' Inc. Sharing her treasure in words. Miss Rosemary Regan, '54 will Speak on career opportunities for the word-conscious Writers' Inc. at their first meeting, Oct. 13, at 3:30 in the social rooms. Miss Regan, at present on the faculty of Immaculata High School, travels every summer to Stratford- on-Avon, England, to serve on the public relations staff of the Shake speare Memorial Theater. Her play, The Golden Wreath. which placed high in the Amateur First I'lav competition sponsored by the Royal Academy, was produced weekly from August to December of 1054 by the Young Vic Theatre. th'1 understiidv group of the famous Old Vic Players. Miss Regan has contributed sev eral short stories and articles to English periodicals, and at present has a novel in progress. All students are invited to attend this meeting. Super Sleuth Investigates Surprises In Campus Corners Many a furry long-eared character pops out of a car rot patch, looks things over and asks, Eh, C'est que en haut, monsieur? If the carrot patch were near Mundelein, he'd find a lot of new things have been stirred up since last May. We are the proud possessors of a new president, 19 new faculty members, many new upperclass- men, 319 new freshmen, and two new families of mice. The newest of the new students. our scholastics, have moved in on us in such number that the Sis ters have outgrown Stella Maris chapel. To keep the little Sis ters from kneeling in the aisles, a special chapel has been con structed for them on the seventh floor. Rut the Sisters are not segregationists; all are welcome in their chapel. Wandering across the cam pus we find the library with brand new hours (designed to accommodate the swarms of Students, Alumnae Recognized At Foundress Day Convocation One hundred and nineteen students received recogni tion for scholastic excellence during the Foundress Day program held Oct. 3, honoring Mother Mary Frances Clarke, foundress of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The reason for introducing an Honors Convocation at this time was given by Sister Mary Ann Ida, President of the College, in her address to the students. anxious students who had pre viously been evicted at five o'clock). Dashing across Sheridan Road we find a brand new residence hall. Crawling back to the Phoenix Room we discover furniture so new it hasn't arrived yet. This year vacations have been altered and the previous three sep arate days of recollection consoli dated into a three-day retreat. Rumors have it that Mun delein will be rising to the Sodality's call for social ac tion, but in the lower regions east of the lounge, social bridge tournaments are said to be losing popularity. And NSA meetings give talk of or ganizing two new campus clubs, the Young Democrats and the Young Republicans. We saved 'til last one of the most important news of the year a brand new benefit with our brand new SAC. Must hunt up another carrot patch now filled with brand new benefit patrons. place of their graduating class were also listed. Six freshmen received cita tions for advanced standing in English earned by participa tion in an Advanced Place ment course during their sen ior year of high school and by high rank in a national Eng lish examination. Nineteen alumnae who received scholarships or fellowships for ad vanced study or who merited high er degrees during the past year were also cited. Both faculty and seniors partici pated in the formal processional and recessional. Diane Szaradow- ski and Perrcanni Wilson were the organists. Honored students were guests of the faculty at a tea in the so cial room after the convocation. Blush Reappears At Fashion Show There will be a flurry of bridal satin and lace in the social room when the alumnae hold their tea and bridal fashion show on October 20. Members are modeling their own gowns for the occasion. Beforehand, there will be Mass, brunch, and a business meeting at which the new officers will officiate. Beginning her second term of of fice will be president Noreen Trapp Mahoney '51. New vice president is Florence Miller '47, and record ing secretary is Betty Maloney '49. Corresponding secretary is Mary Catherine Langdon '47, and treasur er i.s Lillian Scholzen '36. Also present will be the new editor of the Alumnae Line, Mary Lou Doherty '56, a former journalism major. Her cousin, Patricia Do herty, '56, will do the art work for the Alumnae Line. Speech Activities Entice the Eye, The Ear, the Tongue Speak the speech Hamlet ad vised, and the Choral Speaking Choir will do just that for the Glen- dola club at the Loyola Community Playhouse when presenting From the Ridiculous to the Sublime Oct. 15. The four numbers which the choir will recite are: Selections from Og- dan Nash, Lament of the Normal Child, and Collectors Items by Phyl lis McGinley, Ballad of the Harp Weaver by Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Creation by James Weldon Johnson. Ellen Schoen will give a mono logue Unselfish Hostess , and Marv Ann Cashman will recite The Kitchen Clock , a cutting from Gil bert and Sullivan's Pinafore . * * * Laurence Olivier was added to the English department last week A gift of hi-fi records were delivered to Sister Mary Irma via Rosemary Regan almost simultaneously with the arrival of a new Webcor Holi day Imperial high-fidelity phono graph. The newly acquired records in clude the complete sound track from Olivier's Richard III, Henry V, and Hamlet. Sounds of My City, the stories, music and sounds of the peo ple of New York as narrated by Tony Schwartz. Millions of Musi cians and the Folkway recording of English folksongs as sung by Wal lace House comprise the other selec tions. * * * Sister Mary Carmelia, B.V.M., Director of the Speech Department, murmurs such Cinderella-Snow White sayings as a dream is a wish vour heart makes and mirror, mir ror on the wall. For many a month it has been Sister's earnest desire to have a full- length mirror as a visual aid for children with speech disorders. It appears that such a mirror has ar rived mysteriously, just in time for the speech clinic's opening Monday, Oct. 7. The children's teachers, who are speech majors, can thank a janitor who walked into 806 unannounced, deposited the mirror, and departed. Rccause it is more difficult to trace the bearer of a glass mirror than the wearer of a glass slipper, the janitor- benefactor remains anonymous. In every college. Sister stated, there are some eiffd -'-'- ''- who are not utilizing their natural gifts to the full, and some average students who by great effort are producing excellent results. It is our hope that by giv ing special recognition, and that early in the year, to those who have been especially suc cessful in the past, we may stimulate many to greater ef fort, the President contin ued. We could think of no better oc casion to do this. Sister said, than on the feast day of our Foundress who established a religious con gregation devoted almost entirely to the education of youth. Honoring students who had maintained a 2.5 grade point aver age during their past year of study. Sister Mary Donald, dean of stud ies, presented scholastic awards to 23 seniors. 15 juniors, and 21 soph omores. Fifty-four freshmen received recognition for their scholastic achievement in high school. Thir ty-four girls were cited for merit ing a liberal arts competitive schol arship to Mundelein. Twenty freshmen who had ranked in the first, second or third Fathers Elect (Continued from Page 3. Col. 4) ert Maday and Mr. Robert It- nyre. Mr. George Petterson is 1 in charge of publicity. Members of the executive com mittee are: Mr. Joseph Coan. Mr. Walter Fiedler, Mr. George Kelley. Mr. Charles Rohner. Mr. Frank Weiss. Members of the advisory com mittee are Mr. Edward Moran. chairman; Mr. Edward Codd. Mr. Joseph Czarnik. Mr. David Harti gan. Mr. Ralph Neff. Mr. Charles Sramek, Mr. Joseph Toland. Mr. Phillip Wieland. Brand New Brides Miss Neu- house, now Mrs. Leo Gorski, and ''FIRST LADIES or scholarship in their high school classes were (standing) Martha Jane Fingleton, Virginia Cumber, who is Mrs. Bud Kay Farley, Bernadine Dziedzic, Evelyn Brown. Other top ladies are (seated) Bishop. Mary Ellen Andrews, Mary Koenig, Barbara Netzel, and Theresa Witek.
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1957-10-04 (4)
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