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April 16, 1934 THE SKYSCRAPER Reviewer Recalls Vivid Performances Of Mosaics Stars A swell of enchanting, martial-like music filled the auditorium, and as the audience settled itself and the lights grew dim, the curtains parted to let two tiny guardsmen step out from the land of fairy princesses onto the stage. And thus began the annual presentation of the Mun delein Mosaics on April 18. The curtain raiser, The Princess With the Shiny Nose, written by Magdalen Kessie and directed by Penelope Hall, was done in the new mode of stylized acting. Its charming, land-of-make-be- lieve atmosphere was properly begun by Jane Malkemus and Caroline Palma, who guarded the princess pompously but effi ciently, and was carried to a romantic, hilarious conclusion by the other charac ters, with Marian Bertrand and Janice Quinn as the apparently star-crossed lovers. Organ music by Rita Smith added much to the effect of the fantasy. Set in an unusually lovely garden scene, Happy Returns, the junior comedy drama, was a play which, because of its rather sophisticated, comic, and at the same time mysterious plot, called for all the finesse and subtlety put forth by the players. In contrast to this, the curtain rose next on the sophomore effort, a whole tragedy played in one tiny girl's heart. Jeanctte Kuzba was pathetic and amusing by turns in her role ofOp o' Me Thumb, and as she burst into sobs when her hero left her forever, she communicated her heartbreak to the audience. A fitting conclusion to these plays was the masterly presentation by the seniors of The Women Folks, interpreted per fectly by the most experienced of the dramatic student. Antony, the hero, was ably done by Pauline Duzeski, and one could easily realize how his heart might be torn be tween the fascinating, clever Lucille, played brilliantly by Penelope Hall, and the sweet, reserved little Georgia, done in a prim but delightful manner by Ger- aldine Gardiner. Clepsydra Illustration Inspires Composition Sister Mary Editha, B.V.M., head of the music department at the Immaculate Conception academy, Davenport, has honored Mundelein College with two new musical compositions. O Beatissima Virgo Maria found its inspiration in the drawing. Beata Mater, by Marie Walters, which appeared as a frontispiece in the winter Clepsydra. The hymn is being studied now by the College choir and the Glee club. The other composition, O Immaculate Mother, Love Me I Pray, sets to music the words of a triolet written by Virginia Woods. Miss Woods received an auto graphed copy of the composition during the Easter vacation. Announce Contest Deadlines Polish up your poetry, short stories, essays, book reviews, and editorials all you ambitious authors, for the last chance of the year to see your creative work in the school publications is near at hand. The deadline for all poetry that will appear in Quest, the volume of student verse that is published annually, is April 23; and the Clepsydra staff has just an nounced that no articles will be accepted for the summer edition after May 11. Members of all classes are eligible to have their work printed, and the editors are anxious that all contribute so that these last issues may be the best of the year. The deadline for the Creative Wrtiing contest sponsored by the English depart ment has been advanced to April 24. Es says, poetry, short stories, editorials, and book reviews to be entered in the contest should be submtted in room 506 on or before that date. Chicagoans Read Poems By Sister Mary Angelita The first meeting of the Chicago chap ter of the Catholic Poetry society was held at the Carlton club, on April 9. The Reverend W. Croarkin, one of the speak ers, discussed Sister Mary Angel ita's con tribution to Catholic literature. Miss Anne Larkin, dramatic artist, read two of Sister's poems, Dust and Philosophy. The poem, Dust, is contained in Sister's collection entitled Starshine and Candlelight. The Mundelein branch of the Catholic Poetry society met yesterday afternoon at the College to elect officers for the coming vear. New York Professor Visits Sociologists Marie R. Madden, Ph.D., who teaches history at New York State Teachers' col lege and sociology at Fordham university, was the guest of Miriam L. Rooney, Ph.D., at her sociology class on April 6. Dr. Madden, a graduate of Trinity col lege and the author of a book entitled Political Science in Medieval Spain, was in Chicago in the interest of the Catholic Alumnae Association. She believes that the spreading of Catholic Action rests with the alumnae of Catholic colleges. In addressing the class, Dr. Madden said that Catholic Action is much dis cussed but very little understood. Its real object is to put into society the spirit of Christ in a modern setting. The world is at a loss because it has not the Catholic idea, Dr. Madden de clared, and went on to say that Catholic alumnae, through the medium of speeches, radio work, and publications, can mould public opinion. Dr. Madden concluded by saying that if Catholic college graduates believe in their own truths sufficiently they can make others believe them. Advice To Modern Student Found In So You're Qoing to College gt; gt; Last month the Reverend I. J. Semper, member of the faculty of Columbia col lege, and lecturer at Clarke college, Du buque, published a challenging little group of informal discourses, which won him wide approval when he gave them as lec tures at Clarke college and elsewhere. The dark blue cover of the book bears in gold letters, the title of the first essay, So You're Going To College, and as we leaf through the pages we find the well- remembered address that Father Semper gave at Mundelein College last January Ave Roma Immortalis. We must admit that we liked the first essay in the book best, enjoying to the utmost Father's comparison of the vari ous types of college girls to characters he had met on his recent trip abroad. A group of Buffalo Bill's Indians stalk ing with sublime indifference through the wonderful historic streets of Rome found a parallel in the collegiate Miss who, with just as stolid and sublime indifference, walks through the years of her college career. And the trippers through Europe, who return to America crammed with confusion because they have rushed and peered, but have made no real effort to understand or appreciate all that they saw and heard, also find a feminine coun terpart in college. We understood and appreciated Fath er's statement that real education, even in college, is self education, and also his realization of the fact that people cannot live anywhere very long without being moulded to the standard of that place. In a Catholic college. Father declares, there are true culture, high and noble ideals, refining influence, and above all, the spiritual ideal. Class '34 Enjoys Contract, Photos, At Class Social In spite of the fact that April was in a stormy mood, the seniors had a gay get-together in the formal social room on April 4. It was the first senior party of the year. Bridge was the main diversion, but both auction and contract scores suffered be cause senior pictures were in the lime light that afternon. Proofs were passed from table to table, and trump was invariably forgotten in the discussion as to whether justice or in justice had been accorded each girl. When the scores were finally added, Mary Flynn was the proud recipient of the first prize a lovely black and silver bracelet. The second prize, a box of dainty handkerchiefs, was awarded to Mary Bergin. Over cake and tea in the cafeteria, everything was discussed from senior ball gowns to recipes for some of the delicious cakes. The senior officers, Katherine Brennan, Marian Ryan, Catherine Manske, and Betty Smith, were in charge of the affair. Modernistic Program Qiven by Piano Club A decidedly modernistic program, rich in the contrast of moods and instruments, was presented in the March 14 meeting of the Piano club, held in the music li brary. Ann Pazemis, oboist of the College orchestra, was guest soloist. Rita Eppig announced the program, prefacing the presentation of several of the composi tions with descriptions of the occasions on which they were written or with poet ry reflective of the mood of the pieces. Irene Plocki opened the program with Mirror Lake by Walter Niemann and En Courant by Godard. Olga Melchione then played The Harmonica Player, a striking ly realistic number, The Man in the Moon, by Beril Rubinstein, and Puppets, Op. 38 No. 2, by Francis Henriks. Ann Pazemis, accompanied by Rita Smith, followed with two oboe selections, Jules Bardier's Berceuse and Deux Pieces pour Hautbois by Lefebvre. Ruth Hottinger continued with The Island Spell by John Ireland and the three Mouvements Perpetuals by Franz Poulenc. Jessie Kramer concluded the program with Shimmering Pool by F. O. Dillon and Pell Street, Emerson Whith- orne's conception of Chinatown in modern New York. Histology Class Visits City Health Laboratories Under the direction of Marjorie Rod- gers Nesbit, M. D, the histology class toured the laboratories of the City of Chi cago Health Department on March 24. In the chemistry laboratories, which the group visited first, the official in charge explained the procedure for the analysis of city water for the presence of formaldehyde and other industrial wastes. The chemistry department also analyzes foods, drugs, and dyes suspected of being toxic. The bacteriology department analyzes water for bacterial content, and the other laboratories are doing constructive work in combating disease. The scientist in charge of the pathology department explained to the students the newest methods of discovering and identi fying germs. Helen Bellows, Evangeline Cohan, Mary Domes, Caroline Holland, Jane Gorski, Ann Smaza, Harriet Steigelman, Marie Smith, Estelle Wingler, and Mar garet Vidas accompanied Dr. Nesbit on the tour. Watch for the Freshman Edition of the Skyscraper Emilie Barron Senior is Delegate To Peace Conference (Continued from page 1, col. 1) These included the Right Reverend J. A. Ryan, D.D., rector of the Catholic uni versity, who spoke on The Limitations of Economic Internationalism; Carlton J. H, Hayes, Ph.D., Nationalism The World Problem and Our Own; George N. Shu- ster, Ph.D., who is well-known to Com monweal readers, discussed Germany and Internaiotnalism; the Right Reverend J. M. Wolfe of Columbia college, Dubuque, Iowa, who spoke on Aloral Disarmament and Education; and Herbert Wright, Ph.D., the new president of the organiza tion, whose subject concerned the Peace Code of the Montevideo Conference. Mr. Wright, who is the author of a pamphlet, Peace Education for the Col lege Student, is, according to Miss Bar ron, particularly interested in this phase of the work. Did you, we next questioned, take part in any of the discussions ? Miss Barron combined a gasp with a pleasant laugh. What with all those 'Ph.D.'s' on the program? However, I did get in to a good argument with one of the chair men after the session. Of course, she continued, I visited Monsignor Pace, vice-rector of the Uni versity, who has a special interest in Mun delein, as he is a friend of the President, the Dean, and other Faculty members. Just what, was our last question, was your general impression of the con ference ? Miss Barron paused for a moment, and then replied, After attending a confer ence of this kind, I realize how uninter ested college students have been in this work, until now, and that it is one of the outstanding fields for the future. After taking her degree in June with a major in social science, Miss Barron will enter the Loyola School of Law next September. Carl L.Lamey, Ph.D., Cheerfully Permits Geology Interview It is a far cry from the insurance busi ness to a professorship in geology, but that has been the rather unusual career of Carl L. Lamey, Ph.D., who is teach ing Mundelein students the secrets of the earth this semester. Dr. Lamey became interested in geol ogy after the War, in which he served as an investigator under instructions from Washington. He attended the Michigan College oi Mining Engineering at Hough ton, where he majored in geology. Later he attended Northwestern university and from there received his doctorate. It is Dr. I.amey's desire to teach geol ogy during the winter and to do field work in the summer. Accordingly, he has spent two years with the geological survey of Michigan in the Marquette Dis trict and copper zones, and traveled in Minnesota, Canada, Indiana, and Illinois. For two years Dr. Lamey taught geol ogy at Indiana university, and then he joined the geology department at North western university. Dr. Lamey declares that he believes effective work cannot be done in his line without observation and constant work in the field. In discussing the value of geology to women, the instructor stated that he feels it gives them a real appreciation of the things they observe constantly, and that they develop a more intelligent attitude toward the various geologic disturbances which occur frequently throughout the world. When asked about the outstanding women geologists in the world today, Dr. Lamey said that there are several women on the United States Geological Survey at present. In the east, he declared, many women are teaching geology at women's colleges, and some arc doing active field work and have contributed valuable ma terial to geological literature. There are a number of women, he point ed out, employed in oil companies on the research staffs correlating data on fossils and fossil content, and identifying these through microscopic investigation. Mining companies also employ women with geo logical experience. Geology students will rejoice to learn that because Dr. Lamey feels that many women are not adapted to do expensive field work, his class at Mundelein will be required to visit only the Field Museum. After being assured that geology is a desirable and a valuable study for college girls, and that the field offers opportunity for advanced work after graduation, we were willing to end our interview and to leave Dr. Lamey in the geological labora tory among t he hundreds of specimens which he classified during the first se mester. SCHOLARSHIP TESTS April 21, 10 a. m. Drama contest pre liminaries. April 28, 10 a. m. Drama contest pre liminaries. May 19, 10 a. m. Drama finals. Art contest. Laetare Players Find Mullen Sisters Talented and Charming When the four Mullen sisters sang for the Laetare Players recently, they won their listeners not only by their har monies but also by their friendly talk about the fun of being real troupers. All the girls, who received their train ing from the Sisters of Charity, B.V.M., play the piano and sing, while Kathleen and Mary, dark and blue-eyed, are also masters of the harp and violin, and viva cious Monica the eldest of the group, and Imelda, the youngest, both brown-eyed, have especially lovely voices. In spite of their youth (their ages range from 16 to 20) the sisters have ap peared on Roxy's stage in New York, toured Canada, and broadcast on pro grams which included Rudy Vallee and the Marx brothers. They appeared re cently in a loop theatre, while considering a contract for the west coast. You see, Monica explained eagerly, mother travels with us, but she doesn't like to go too far away from our little brother who is in a Jesuit school in the East. Then all four became quite as eager to talk about Jack's performance of Cy rano and his debating activities, as about their own travels. With rehearsals and shows, we don't have much time for any diversion other than reading, but we've studied several academic courses through correspondence schools. However, it is rather hard, you know, to study history in dressing rooms when you have to prop your book against powder boxes and cold cream jars. But no matter where we are, we al ways manage to go to Mass every mor ning, added Kathleen. The girls presented the Mundelein li brary with a score of Viennese Nights autographed for them by their friend, Siegmund Romberg, in whose operettas they appeared in New York.
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1934-04-16 (3)
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