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THE SKYSCRAPER May 31, 1934 rhree Debaters Win Membership in Phi Alpha Rho Katherine Brennan, president of the Dc- iting club, Ruth Tangney, and Mary gnes Tynan, will be inducted into Phi lpha Rho. national Catholic forensic so- ety, at Commencement. Miss Brennan has taken active part in )rensics since her freshman year, when le appeared in Mimdelein's first debate -an encounter with Loyola university on ic question of the emergence of women ito public life. Since that time, Miss Brennan has de- ited with Northwestern, Loyola and Mar- uette universities, with the Catholic University of America, and with St. Via- ir's college. Miss Tangney and Miss Tynan have been n the debate teams for three years, and ave met teams from Yale university and number of middle-western colleges and Diversities. Miss Tynan debated with the ohn Carroll university last February. nd Miss Tangney has engaged in radio ebates with St. Viator's and the Chi- ago Law School. President Gives Swan Song Swan songs were in order at the last ebate of the season; an encounter with larquette university. held in the Little heatre, on May 22, when Katherine Irennaii appeared for the last time on a ffundelein debate platform. Following her rebuttal speech, Miss irennan thanked the Faculty in the name I the club for the cooperation and en- ouragement the debaters have received i the past four years, and thanked in articular William H. Conley, A. M., oach of debate. Miss Brennan and Miss Tangney up- eld the negative of the powers of the resident question,. against Miss Jean chwartz and Miss Margaret Paulus, of (larquette. Conclude Freshman Contest The child labor question was definitely ettled when the last round of the fresh- lan debate contest was rim off. on May ). Upholding the negative against Helen heehan, Mary Houlihan, and Rita Tatge. ignes Grogan, Mary Rose Brown, and largaret Cleary won the decision of the udges, Mr. William II. Conley, coach, nd Mr. Hodap, of Loyola University. Mothers Are Quests on Alma Mater Day 'Mothers are object lessons by which wc come to a knowledge of the love of Mary, said the Reverend Walter E. Croarkin, in an address at the Alma Ma ter program, on May 23. including this year the annual coronation of our Lady, the traditional Alma Mater day program assumed new beauty and solemnity. Following the processional, in which the juniors acted as an escort to the sen iors in cap and gown, Corrinc Miirnighan gave the Greeting to Our Mothers, who were guests. Immediately after, to the strains of a stately processional, the coronation train, including the May Queen and her maids of honor, moved down the light- dimmed auditorium. The central figure on the stage, a statue of Blessed Mother, was effectively panelled by black and gold-edged curtains against a background of blue. Elected by secret ballot, ' Catherine Manske, prefect of the Sodality and sec retary of the senior class, was chosen May Queen because of her outstanding activities in Sodality work. Her at tendants, gowned in pastel afternoon dresses were Ruth Kees, Mary Catherine Rose, Mary Elizabeth Riley, Agnes Gro gan, Kathleen Feely, and Marion Morri son ; Lenore Manning and Mary Nichol son, maids of honor; and Gloria Harry, crown-bearer. After the program in the auditorium, the seniors and their mothers were guests of the College at a luncheon at the Bel- den-Stratford. The lovely ballroom was transformed into a banquet hall for the occasion, and at each mother's place at the tables was a fragrant corsage of sweet peas, white, orchid, or pink. Fuller O'Malley acted as toastmistress for the afternoon, and the girls on whom she called to give toasts were Katherine Brennan, To Our Charter Class; Mary Catherine Schmelzer, To the Faculty; Finer Phibbs, To Our Alma Mater; Marguerite Walker, To Our Mothers; Evelyn Lincoln, To Our Fathers; Rosa mond Carney, To Mother Mary Frances Clark; and Catherine Manske, To Our Blessed Mother. Irene Tiniko played a violin solo, ac companied by Virginia Meis. Emer Phibbs and Olga Melchione also played several piano selections. DEBATERS MAKE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Mass, Installation, College Day Program, Class Day Features When the members of the Charter Class in caps and gowns marched slowly through the corridors and into Stella Maris Chapel to the special Senior Mass at 8 o'clock, on May 24, the ceremonies of College Day were begun. The blessing of the Class rings fol lowed the ceremony, the Reverend Will iam J. Finnegan, S.J., presiding, after which a class breakfast was served in the cafeteria. - At 12:30 the final convocation opened with the singing of the College song. First and second honors were then award- eel first to those who had merited places on the Honor Roll at the semester and the third quarter, and second to those who had been on only at one of these times. Through an error, Irene Galvin's name was omitted from the list. Miss Galvin merited first honors. Following a selection by the Orchestra, the various activities were commended in brief talks. Ann Lally. newly elected president of the Art club, spoke on ac tivities of that organization. Adele Juhnke represented the Commerce club; Virginia Woods spoke in behalf of the language departments, anil Emilie Barron repre sented the International Relations club. Sallie Agnes Smith reported on activi ties of the drama department; Virginia Schmidt, new president of Alpha Omi- cron. spoke on home economics activi ties ; Mary Catherine Schmelzer repre sented the literary clubs of the College; Betty Smith spoke for the music clubs; Pauline Duzeski spoke of the physical education department, and Catherine Manske concluded the reports with an account of the Sodality activities. The four class presidents, Katherine Brennan. senior. Mary Ann Walsh, jun ior, Julia Hagerty, sophomore, and Rita Smith, freshman, then gave class reports. After the presentation of the College gift, the retiring president of the Stu dent Activities Council, Lenore Manning, transferred the gavel to the in-coming president, Mary Ann Walsh. The Col lege Pledge song concluded the ceremony. QIVES ORQAN RECITAL Katherine Brennan, Mary Agnes Tynan, Ruth Tanyncy Praise Label Exhibit of Home Economists With the approach of spring, the fancy of the home economics department light ly turns from thoughts of labels to roses, nutrition exhibits, and club parties. A letter from Miss Frances Zuill, head of the home economics department at Iowa State university, which sponsored the label exhibit, commended the Munde lein branch for the initiative and origin ality displayed in its project. A second letter, from Miss Eleanora Mikulasek. student president of the Iowa State domestic science club, stated that the officers intend to bring the Munde lein exhibit with them to the national convention this summer. The pink roses which the home eco nomic students were creating last week were used as favors for the Alma Mater banquet, held on May 23. The nutrition exhibit, picturing the comparative values of phosphorus, cal cium, and iodine in different foods, at tracted a great number of students, on May 3 and 4. The members of Alpha Omicron gath ered in the model apartment on May 21. to honor their seniors, who were guests at a formal farewall tea. A feature of the entertainment was a farewell song written for the seniors by Jane Molloy. As an additional honor for the guests, Bernice Meany sang Tonight with You. the Senior Ball song. Each senior received a lovely corsage of daisies and white sweet peas, which had been cleverly arranged to form the cen terpiece. The guests of honor were Anna Armato. Mary Bergin. Adelaide Brost. Morel Farmer, Katherine Flood, Mae Frawley. Charlotte Ilobin, Mary Frances Keimelly. Marguerite Kullniaii. Audrey Lundmark, Madeline Palucci, and Bernice Rategan. Rochclle Fox Old England Visits Century of Progress Miss Doris Williams, house manager at the English Village at the World's Fair, spoke to the members of the Shakespeare class, on May 18, about this new feature of the exhibition. The English village is at 26th street and has reproductions of many famed spots in England, among them the Ben Jonson Cheshire Cheese Inn, the Red Lion Inn, the Dog and Duck Inn. Ann Hatha- way's cottage, Robert Burns' house, the Little Church mentioned in Gray's Elegy, with typical English bells that will ring across the city instead of the country side. Most interesting of all is a repro duction of the Globe Theatre as it was in the days of Shakespeare. There are three stages arranged one above an other so that there is no shifting of scenes, and the whole play runs through like a movie, a continuous panorama. Miss Williams said that there would be seven performances a day three in the afternoon and four in the evening. The opening productions are Comedy of Er rors, Taming of the Shrew, A Midsum mer Night's Dream, and Dr. Faustus. On the village green there will be sing ing and folk-dances, a Welsh choir, bag pipes, and a Punch and Judy show that will travel from inn to inn. All the employees at this village will be dressed in Elizabethan costumes and everything possible has been done to cap ture the charm and quaintness of Old England. Granada 'Cadets' to Usher on June 6 They are all over six feet tall, hand some, and of a thrillingly military appear ance. Who? Why the ushers for the Commencement exercises this year These young men, who will appear on Graduation morn, nattily clad in blue coats, with gold buttons and braid, and white trousers, are the regular ushers at the Granada Theatre and are under the direction of Mr. A. Zaslavsky, chief of service. The management of the Granada Thea tre has been eager and happy to coop erate with the College in all matters in which it could be helpful, and was es pecially glad to lend the theatre's ushers for the morning. The young gentlemen have been trained according to the West Point system of military bearing, but the rigid severity that was enforced during the early days of Balabau and Katz has been relaxed, the officials realizing that a pleasant and friendly usher makes more friends for tin- theatre, than a blank-faced, mechanical man. Organ, Drama Majors Qive Final Program Four seniors who will receive their de grees in drama and music at Commence ment appeared for the last time in a sua dent recital, on May 16, at the College assembly. Seniors of the Immaculata and St. Mary's high schools were guests. Between the dramatic readings, Ro- chelle Fox, vice-president of the Organ Guild and an organ major, played selec tions varying from the stately Bach Fan- tasie and Fugue in A minor to a frolicsome prelude by Weaver, called The Squirrel. The program also included Dvorak's Largo from the New World Symphony, Boellniann's Menucl Gothique from Suite Gothique, and two selections from Bon net. Intermezzo, Op. 5, No. 7, and Varia tions de Concert. Mary Nicholson, who portrayed the stunning but uninvited guest in Happy Returns in the Mosaics, effectively dra matized a little domestic comedy entitled The Blue Teapot. Penelope Haloulos, president of the Laetare Players, and a student who has had much experience both in acting and directing, created an atmosphere of dra matic tenseness in Hyacinths. The play tells the story of a mother whose drab thrift almost ruins the lives of her two daughters. Against a plain background and a stage empty save for a bench and a chair, Ger- aldine Gardiner recalled all the heat and excitement of the World's Fair in a read ing called At the Century of Progress As a weary mother with three children, she went sight-seeing with them all the way from the Avenue of Flags to the Midway. Miss Fox. at the organ, surrounded by flowers, concluded the program with Bon net's brilliant Variations dc Concert. Four Commerce Experts Receive Honor Aivards Some lucky business men will be em ploying efficient commerce students as J secretaries and stenographers in the near future, we think. Mary Jane Cullen and Frances Sturm received Commerce Honor Pins for high est records in shorthand in a test given recently, and Adele Kash and Catherine Whiteside received second and third places. Rosemary Mader and Margaret Mich aels received the Typing Honor Pins, and Kathryn Stoelting and Alice O'Brien placed second and third. The pins are awarded each year by the- Commerce club for greatest accomplish ment in secretarial classes.
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1934-05-31 (6)
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