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THE SKYSCRAPER Vol time II. MUNDELEIN COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MAY 31, 1932 Number 8 President of Loyola University Delivers Baccalaureate Sermon The Reverend Robert M. Kelley, S. J., president of Loyola University, who gave the opening address to the stu dents in the beginning of the year on the occasion of the Mass of the Holy Ghost, delivered the Baccalaureate ad dress to the members of the first senior class on Sunday afternoon. May 29, at 4 o'clock, in the college audi torium. The ceremony was most impressive. The Fort Sheridan Military Band, in uniform, led the procession which was formed in the Chapel corridor on sec ond floor and proceeded down the grand staircase and out the east en trance to the building. The non-resi dent members of the faculty, adding dignity and solemnity to the occasion in their impressive academic robes, joined the procession on the main floor and were followed by the mem bers of the senior class wearing caps and gowns. To the stirring military music, the procession passed in front of the build ing and circled around the quadrangle on the west, returning to enter through the main doorway. The soldiers broke ranks at the entrance and formed a guard of honor on either side of the door, and Mr. Walter Flandorf, at the organ in the auditorium, took up the processional music. Father Kelley spoke most eloquently to the members of the senior class, urging them to be true to the noble vocation of womanhood, that of civil izing the human race. Quoting a re cent magazine article, he lamented the present-day vogue among educated women for doing, and implored the young women on the threshold of life to concern themselves with being, being the fine, generous, loyal, devoted women which God and their college expects them to be. Voicing a theory of his own, Father compared Commencement to the at tainment of an eminence, be it high or low, from which one can look back ward and forward with a certain amount of higher vision, and he plead ed with the graduates of today, that they continue their education, not necessarily in higher fields of re search, but in the actual experience and growth of everyday life. Dis tinguish carefully between schooling and education, he said, and be not content, complacent, self-satisfied with what you have achieved. Go forward, go onward, go upward. Solemn Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament was given at the close of the sermon, the Reverend Rob ert M. Kelley officiating, assisted by the Reverend Jerome V. Jacobsen, S. J-, and the Reverend Paul Kennedy, S. J. The Glee Club, lovely in white caps and gowns, directed by Professor Otto Singenberger, sang Jesu Dulcis Mem- oria, a Tantum Ergo arranged by J. Singenberger, father of the director, and the Laudate Dominum. Following the ceremony, the mem bers of the faculty were guests at a banquet in the Mosaic room of the Belden-Stratford Hotel. College Yearbook Is Due Next Week The eagerly-awaited Tower of 1932, the college annual, will be ready for distribution the first week in June, ac cording to announcements from the staff. The book is dedicated to our Lady, the mystical Tower of Ivory, and the theme story written by the editor-in-chief, Mary Lally, is woven around quotations from the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The students in the art department have devoted most of their time during the last few weeks to the original de signs for the division pages and to the border of the book itself and of the feature and calendar section. Marion Young, the assistant editor, and the writing staff, Mazy Schultz, Margaret Granger, and Lucille Turk, have enlisted the cooperation of stu dents from all classes. Annamerle Kramer, business man ager for both the Clepsydra and the Tower recently launched a final cam paign for advertisements, and the last copy went to press last week. Alpha Omicron Gives Brilliant Benefit Bridge The Alpha Omicron Club, the official association of the Home Economics department, scored a marked success at their bridge-tea held in the ballroom of the Belden-Stratford hotel. May 21. The party was under the direction of Helen Horan, president of the club. It was a most delightful and colorful affair. Although bridge lost none of its popularity, an added attraction was the presentation of a style show by the David Fleishman Company. The gowns were modeled by Carlene Fut ter, Margaret Roche, and two profes sional models. The music was fur nished by Annamerle Kramer and Ruth Tangney. Refreshments were served from a beautifully-appointed tea-table at one side of the room. Three door prizes were given, and the table prizes were two dainty hand towels appliqufied in white. The white-and-gold ballroom was decorated with palms and flowers. The forty bridge tables were grouped around the parapet used for the fash ion show. No artificial light was used, and the sun, coming through tbe ceil ing-high windows at the south end of the room, gave a delightfully summery effect. A striking feature of the dec orations was the club monogram, A 0 C, moulded of ice and illuminated. The benefactors were Mr. Peters, Mr. Van Heck and Mr. J. Horan. Miss Horan was assisted by Mary Moore, Adelaide Brost, Kathryn Flood, and Morel Farmer, all students in the De partment of Home Economics. The Alpha Omicron Club of the Home Economics department cele brated a department day, May 26, by taking a day off from entertaining for practice in various arts and for the assistance of other organizations and entertained themselves with an in formal buffet luncheon. The various officers took part in a program consisting of toasts to the College, the faculty, to Alpha Omicron, and even to future members of the Homemakers Club. A review of their activities from the opening tea early in October to the recent card party at the Belden-Stratford hotel, includes mention of the style show, the St. Patrick's day dinner, and a series of breakfasts, demonstrations, and lec tures. Honors Given For Creative Writing Emer Phibbs, '34, and Mary Agnes Tynan, '35, received the highest num ber of points in the creative writing contest sponsored by Mundelein Col lege this year. The Reverend Charles L. O'Donnell, C. S. C, president of the University of Notre Dame, and of the Catholic Poetry Society of America, and author of The Rime of the Rood and Other Poems, judged the poetry and awarded the laurel to Helen O'Gara, '32, for her sonnet, Pledge. Dorothy Riley and Emer Phibbs received honorable men tion. Mr. John T. Frederick, editor of the Midland, professor of literature at the University of Notre Dame and lec turer at the Medill School of Journal ism, judged the short stories, awarding the first place to Ona Camfield, '35, for The Goad. Honorable mention went to Magdelene Kessie and Vir ginia Fischer. Morton Dauwer Zabel, associate edi tor of the Poetry Magazine, professor of literature at Loyola University, and reviewer for the Commonweal, award ed the book review prize to Ruth Tang ney, '35, for her review of Cavendish's Life of Wolsey. Ann Lally and Helen O'Gara received honorable mention. The Reverend James J. Daly, S. J, of St. Louis University, author of The Cheerful Aesthetic, will select the best essay, and James O'Donnell Ben nett, special writer for the Chicago Tribune, will choose the best editorial. SENIOR PRESIDENT Cardinal Mundelein Will Officiate At First Commencement Exercises Senior Class Gives AlmaMaterPageant A strikingly-effective Alma Mater Pageant, written and read by Miss Helen O'Gara, and produced by mem bers of the senior class, was given in the auditorium on Wednesday, May 25, in observance of Mother's Day and Class day combined. The mothers of thdf students were guests of the occa sion. At the conclusion of an organ over ture, Helen O'Gara, wearing cap and gown, came upon the stage and ex plained that it was their purpose to honor the mothers of the past and of the present and to pay tribute to their college, their fostering mother, and to the inspiration of all mothers, the glorious Mother of God. Tbe outer curtain drew back and the reader presented the Mother of Yester day, dainty in ruffled taffeta gown, with a child in a quaint hoop skirt. The Mother of Today, accompanied by a loveable modern child, came next, and, having welcomed them both in verses proclaiming their honor, the reader introduced Inspiration. The second curtain parted revealing Mundelein College in replica, and be fore it Alma Mater. The Glee Club sang from the balcony, MacDowell's chorus On Mother's Day, and the fourth episode was revealed a tribute to the Mothers of History. The bright lights which had flooded the college building on the stage faded slowly, and then one corner of the building was illuminated from the in terior, and Cornelia, the Mother of the Gracci, appeared. The illusion was perfect, and the lighting effect, without doubt, was the most startling and fin ished which has been seen on our stage. Slowly the stage lights went up and the figure from history van ished, the building standing out in white splendor again. Again the lights were dimmed and in the opposite side of the building appeared a modern poetess-mother, Alice Meynell. Suc cessively, St. Monica, the mother of St. Augustine, Mme Curie, the great scientist, Blanch of Castile, mother of the saintly King of France, and finally Mme Schumann-Heink, appeared. The final picture was the most beau tiful of all, and rightly so, since it was Blessed Mother. The stage was in complete darkness, and then, the cen tral part of the building was magically, mystically lighted from within and the Virgin, beautiful with a fragile, mys terious beauty, was represented in a robe of blue with a crowning halo of gold. At her feet were many roses, and, while the organ accompaniment I which had been soft throughout the I reading swelled again, the seniors 1 (Continued on page 4, column 1) Glee Club Has Second Annual Spring Concert The College Glee Club, which dis tinguished itself in the presentation of the Slumber Songs of the Madonna, the famous cantata with words by Al fred Noyes, appeared in final concert on Sunday evening, May 15. The forty- five members, lovely in spring evening gowns, presented a beautiful picture, and their excellent chorus and solo work, directed by Professor Otto Singenberger, added glory to their name. Since it was Pentecost, the group of liturgical selections in Latin were es pecially appropriate. The Emitte Spiritum, by Schuetky-Singenberger, gave excellent scope for volume and restraint and contributed a distinctly religious note to a well-rounded pro gram. Miss Margaret O'Gara, at the piano, played two selections from Brahms and a beautiful Seguidilla of Albeniz. Mae Murphy, too, assisted the club members by an organ solo. The negro-spiritual group was per haps the most popular, the mellow blend of the voices giving the typical and utterly delightful darky flavor. Wisely and well, Professor Singen berger chose one of them for the en core number. Of special loveliness, in a program of consistent beauty, was the Venetian Love Song of Nevin-Spross with violin obbligato by Eleanor Kucki and organ accompaniment by Virginia Boland. King Nutcracker. Tschaikowsky- BornselTeiri, was perhaps The most powerful selection. Sprightly national dance songs, the Russian Trepak, a Chinese dance and an Arabian melody, lent a note of variety, and the program rounded off beautifully with the Dance Of the Reed Flutes and the Waltz of the Flotcers. The program follows: Emitte Spiritum Schuetky-Singenberger Vere Languores Lotti (1667-1740) Saar Laudate Dominum Pitoni-Singenberger Mundelein College Glee Club Prelude, Act III (Lohengrin)..Wagner Mae Murphy Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen (Negro Spiritual) Arranged by Burleigh The Lord Is a-Listenin' (Negro Spiritual) Dawson (Continued on page 4, column 4) Commerce Students Receive Certificates There are many busy secretaries these days in the Commerce Depart ment, preparing the last assignments in order to receive the Secretarial Certificates, which have been ordered for those students who are complet ing the one-year and two-year sec retarial courses. A high standard of secretarial efficiency, together with college credits in religion, English, economics, accounting, and those electives must be attained by those receiving the awards. The receipt of the certificates is the best type of recommendation for fu ture placements. Honors were awarded recently in the commerce department to members of the typewriting and transcription classes. In each class, A and B, a much cov eted gold pin, bearing a red inter twined M. C. and Commerce Honors upon it, was awarded to the students who proved themselves most worthy in each contest. The following girls are the possessors of the Commerce Hon ors pins for,1932: Transcription, class A, Kathryn Hartenburg; transcription, class B, Mary Flannery; typewriting, class A, Alice Duplantis; typewriting, class B, Marie Sturm. Irene Nugent, Antoinette Lutz, and Lucille Duskey were such close com petitors for the Honors Pins that they were awarded Proficiency Emblems. Annamay Glader and Betty Jane Ag new, Junior typists, were also awarded Proficiency Emblems. His Eminence, George Cardinal Mundelein, will officiate at the first commencement exercises of Munde lein College on Monday, June 13, in the college auditorium. It is the second time that the Cardinal has honored the college by presiding at a solemn ceremonial, the first time having been the occasion of the Dedication cere monies last year. An escort of mounted police will ac company the Cardinal, who will have in his party the Very Reverend Mon signor E. J. Fox and the Very Reverend Monsignor James J. Horsburgh, Joe W. McCarthy, K. S. G., and Louis D. Moorhead, K. S. G., in full official uni forms. The following Knights of Columbus, Mr. Walter Burns, Mr. Nicola G. De Marco, Dr. Robert E. Flannery, Mr. Martin F. Maloney, Mr. George W. Serat, and Mr. William M. St. Clair, in uniform, will meet His Eminence at the entrance to the building, where the Fort Sheridan band will join the pro cession and escort His Eminence to the red-and-gold-and-black dias which will be erected in the auditorium. Cardinal Mundelein has graciously consented to confer the degrees upon these first graduates of Mundelein Col lege and His Eminence will address the assembly after Miss Helen O'Gara gives the commencement address. The seniors who will graduate and the de grees they will receive are as follows:: Clare Allender, A. B.; Mary Bruun, A. B.; Vera Carson, A. B.; Helen Demet- ry, B. C. S.; Mary Farmer, B. S.; Vir ginia Fischer, A. B.; Alary Emily Garvey, A. B.; Margaret Hanraban, A. B.; Margaret Gavin, A. B.; Lenore Healy, A. B.; Mathilda Jasinski, B. S.; Eleanor Joyce, A. B.; Elaine Kram bles, B. S.; Annamerele Kramer, A. B:7-Marr Larry, A. B7; Josephine Mc- Gurn, A. B.; Helen O'Gara, A. B.; Lil lian O'Keefe, A. B.; Dorothy Riley, A. B.; Janet Ruttenberg, A. B.; Edith Slattery, A. B.; Chesa Wolniewicz, B. S.; Marion Young, A. B. The Mundelein College Orchestra, in cardinal-red and gold uniforms, will play the incidental music, which will include Polonaise, by Rimsky-Korsa- koff, for the processional and Tri umphal March, from the Jorsalfar Suite, for the recessional. One of the loveliest parts of the pro gram, will be the singing of George Alden Carpenter's truly inspiring Song of Faith by a great chorus composed of the Glee Club and the en tire student body. This work was written for the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission for performance in the nation-wide cel ebration of the two-hundredth birthday of George Washington. Throughout the entire song runs the main theme that Mr. Carpenter has endeavored to insert therein the striving for victory through faith in ourselves, others, and in the world. Mr. Carpenter, seeing that the whole world is beset by a (Continued on page 4, column S) Boat Ride Date Not Yet Settled Get out your best sporting togs and be prepared for a boat ride on Lake Michigan one of these days, for we are going to have one the first oppor tune time that the sun shines on a calm blue lake. Because of the unsettled condition of the weather, the time has not been definitely settled, although it is prob able that the trip will take place on Tuesday, June 14th, the day follow ing Commencement. Arrangements are being made with one of the main steamship lines, the selection of the boat being dependent upon the date. Promptly at 9 o'clock, everyone will assemble at the Navy Pier, the boat will leave shortly after that. Last year few of us who went have for gotten the rolling seas. We went to Waukegan, but a more remote place has been suggested as a possible turn ing point this year. There will be an orchestra on hoard to provide music for those who wish to dance. Lunch will be served at about 1 o'clock, games and dancing will take up most of the afternoon. Although specific data is not possible as yet in regard to this prospective boat ride, enthusiasm is aroused at even the mention of it, and it prom ises to be a glorious climax for our college year.
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