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I nd 212 Gift Packages Abroad Not 22 pounds, but 3000 pounds is the score of the German club, which has sent a ton and one-half of clothing and other supplies to an orphanage I in Germany. Jean Ackerman, Jean Heydon, Kathryn Brisch, and Mary IJoan Kornetzke weigh one of the hundreds of boxes sent overseas. gt;ntest Opens for liters, Artists Awards Will Be Announced In May The English and Art departments Ire announced the college-wide an- Creative Writing and Creative t contests, to be judged by nationally own writers and artists. (Designed to recognize literary and Itistic talents in students, the con- are college projects for Catholic tass Month. I Deadline for both contests is April P. Awards will be announced on Hon- Day in May. Art entries may be emitted to the Art department on the ijhth floor. The Creative Writing contest has divisions; Essay, Verse, Short bry, Editorials, and Contemporary Criticism. Manuscripts will be accepted i Room 506. Last year Sister Maris Stella, Catho- : poet, was judge of the Poetry divi- lon. Robert J. Casey, author of This Is tierc I Came In, Such Interesting pie, and More Interesting People, idged the Essay division. toad to Library gt;ads to Rome All roads will lead to Rome in the rary this week, where the Catholic ik Week exhibit spotlights the Holy ity and the Holy Year. The national theme, Holy Reading iketh a Holy Man, is carried out i many of the 300 to 400 new books on isplay, among them The Wisdom of Btholicism, by Anton Pegis; Joan of ire, by Charles Pcguy; Cana is For- ir, by Charles Doyle, and Spiritual titers, by J. P. Caussade. Especially noteworthy is a map of ply showing sites associated with Kalian saints and scholars. Book Week opened officially with a Faculty tea in the new reading room, itsterday afternoon. The exhibits are open to students all this week. Convert Sketches Catholic Artist Gill Father Rollins E. Lambert, convert priest, will speak at the student as sembly, Feb. 21, on Eric Gill, English irtist-craftsman who greatly influenced modern Catholic art. Father Lambert is a native Chica goan. stationed at St. Malachy's parish. He was graduated from Senn high school and attended the University of Chicago. His studies at the university i-ere interrupted when he left to pre pare for the priesthood at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary. Father Lambert was ordained last spring. Qerman Club Feeds, Clothes 200 Orphans The German club has adopted a group of 200 orphan children in Wuert- tcmberg. French Zone, Germany, to the extent of sending them more than a ton and one half of food and cloth ing since September, 1947. The orphanage, operated by the Franciscan sisters, has thus far re ceived 212 packages of necessities which the German nuns have particu larly requested for the children and nearby families. Among these requests was an ur gent appeal for streptomycin to aid in combating the prevalent tuberculosis problem. To meet the appeal, members sponsored a bake sale in November which netted sufficient funds for 60 grams of the needed drug. The convent in Wuertembcrg was once the home of Sister Mary In- nocentia Hummel, the noted artist. Many prints of her works included in the convent's collection have been sent to Mundelein in gratitude for the Ger man club's gifts. The collection at Mundelein now in cludes 425 prints, the largest known collection iii this country. Many du plicate prints have been sold by the club to furnish additional funds for the orphanage. Freshman Musicians Unite in Concert Program Thursday Qlee Club Will Present Three Selections Freshmen Music students will take the spotlight at assembly, Feb. 23. when they present the annual Fresh man concert for members of their own class. The College Glee club directed by Adalbert Huguelet will open the pro gram with three selections: A Madrigal by Miller: Sweet Little Jesus Boy. by MacGimscy, and Who's That Tapping at My Door, by James. Regina Dowd will play Brahm's Rhapsody Op. 79, No. 2. Brahms' In termezzo Op. 118, No. 1 will be played by Joan Werching. Norma Galvin will present the Finale from Concerto in A Minor by Grieg, assisted by Miss Werching. pianist. The program will include three voc al solos. Joan George will sing the Cambell Lipton Spirit Flower. Marilyn Ziembicki will present One Day When We Were Young ; and Trudy Anlauf will offer Life, by Curran. Patricia Krul will play a violin solo, Souvenir, by Drdla. Accompan ists will be Angelina Mazza, Adele Mack, and Dolores Rodriquez. , -?-- Vol. XX MUNDELEIN COLLEGE, CHICAGO 40, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 20. 1950 No. 7 Senior Valley Forge Comes On Feb. 23 and 24 George Washington could not tell a lie, nor can we. On his birthday Seniors will truly be studying to prepare for the two three-hour sessions of Senior Comprehensive examinations, to be given Feb. 23 and 24, from 9 a.m. until 12 noon. Comprehensives in the major field are designed to test the range and depth of concentra tion of each student in her spe cialized field. A passing grade in the examinations is a require ment for graduation. Class will not meet on Washing ton's Birthday. Faculty Welcomes Five New Members Five members joined the Faculty at the opening of the second semester. John Phelps, A.M., who is studying for his doctorate in Political Science at the University of Chicago is conducting classes in that field. Ailccn Connery Norton, A. M., who studied at Loyola and Northwestern and who serves as school psychologist in the Bureau of Child Study of the Chicago Public Schools, teaches Education. Jacqueline Hyberg Budde, M.S., who holds a degree from the University of Indiana, is teaching Chemistry; Paul ine Duzeski '34 is teaching the First Aid Instructor course and La Nore Morehouse, of the Red Cross has re turned to the staff to conduct the Wa ter Safety Instructor course. 1950 Graduate Will Receive Mary Blake Finan Award, Established This Month In June 1950, a Mundelein senior who has been distinguished for her loyalty and service to her College will receive the first Mary Blake Finan award, according to an announcement made this month by Sis ter Mary Josephine, B.V.M. The donor, Mrs. Mary Blake Finan, who has served Chicago as a social worker for the past 30 years, has provided a fund for an annual award to a student who merits recognition for unselfish creative service and citizenship. Formerly a social worker with the Chicago Criminal Court and cur rently field representative for Marillac House, Mrs. Finan received the Magnificat Medal in 1949, an honor conferred annually upon an out standing Catholic college alumna. Students Show Semester of Art Work Exhibit Includes Religious Articles An exhibit of student art work pro duced during the first semester is now on display in the eighth floor gallery. Harmonious Mendings of water colors, free interpretative design, conte cray on, and bulky charcoal figure sketches compose the display. Patricia Winkler has created a for mal all-over design in a pineapple mo tif. Ellen Anderson's illustration of spring apparel is handled in a flowing treatment Book jackets have been designed by Rosemary Kramer for The Vatican, Marion Biehl for Tales of the South Pacific, and Joanne Rochnowski for Lost Horizon. A theater advertising poster for Life With Father is the contribution of Joan Blakeslee. The fluid beauty of water color is found in Dolores Muelleman's landscape and Mary Kay Keating's still life. Techniques in light and shadow are applied by Marie Molloy, Dorothy Feery, and Mildred Ziesk in their paintings. Life drawings represent the work of Lauralee Wietor, Patricia Mulroy, Remi Ross-Duggan, and Miss Winkler. The department also has arranged to exhibit a collection of hand-made religious articles from the Louise Mas- ton studios on North Dearborn St. The pieces will be displayed on the eighth floor from March 1 through March IS. Neighbors Join In Panel Discussion Here Tomorrow Loyola university and Mundelein will pool the ideas of their freshmen on the subject, Is Christ Losing His World, tomorrow at 11 a.m., in the auditorium. John Blais and John Spatafora, of Loyola, and Dolores Sullivan and Valerie Graham, of Mundelein, will present their colleges on the panel. There will be a discussion period, in which students from both schools may air opinions on the subject. John Horan. of Loyola, will act as chair man. Mardi Gras at Lewis Towers Ends Fund Drive 7 Colleges Sponsor NFCCS Relief Bazaar Tomorrow, on the eve of Lent, a Mardi Gras bazaar in the style of the South American Prc-Lcnten celebra tions will climax the fund-raising campaign of the Overseas Service Program. Booths of every kind and color will line the thirteenth floor of Lewis Tow ers as over 2000 students from the sev en Catholic colleges and universities in the Chicago region participate in the festival. A Mundelein booth and a melo drama will begin action with offerings of other colleges at' 8 p. m. The even ing of dancing and festivity will culminate in the announcement of the student who will receive an all-ex pense-paid pilgrimage to Europe this summer and also of the new owner of a 1950 Ford sedan. Rosemary Murphy and Mary Peters will head the art booth which will again draw caricatures. Mundelein and Loy ola students, directed by Peggy But ler, Mary Ellen Ward, and Carolyn Kilkenny, will present an old-fashioned melodrama. The Fund Drive, which last year netted 27,546.00, will furnish aid for the spiritual, educational, and medical needs of Catholic college students in China, India, and Europe. Many schools plan to support DP students with the aid of their returns plus scholarship grants from the schools. Colleges which will participate are Barat, De Paul, Loyola, Rosary, St. Francis, Jolict; St. Xavier, and Munde lein. Heading the Mundelein commit tees are Juanita Gilmore, publicity chairman for the Chicago region, and Barbara Heintz. Biologists View Medical Problem Socialized medicine will be the topic of a panel discussion sponsored by the Biology club, on Wednesday, March 1, at 4 p.m. in Room 405. Dolores Bresingham, president, and Frances Fazio, general chairman, will be assisted by Lucille Winkler, Jean Ott, Jean Hanson, and Dolores Nowi kowski. Senior Drama Major Will Appear In Recital on March 3 Donna Radtke Will Give Tragic, Comic Readings Drama major Donna Radtke will wear the masks of both comedy and tragedy in her senior recit al, Friday, March 3, at 8:15 p.m. Her selections will include The Silver Cord by Sidney How ard, a drama dealing with a mother's domineering love. Whistle, Daughter, Whistle, by Ernest Kinoy, is a comedy in which Miss Radtke will play four different roles. During her college career, Miss Radtke has appeared in three major productions, Our Town, Pygmalion, and The Mer- Donna Radtke chant of Venice.
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1950-02-20 (1)
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