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SKYSCRAPER Pa e Thr*o ou'd Be Surprised to See The Distinguished Freshmen There's fame among these fresh- said an iipperclassnian as she itctl out an insignificant group. Fame?'' questioned her partner. hy, they're so unusual they've almost td themselves out of the green depths obscurity. hdeeil. the freshmen or their an- tors have a right to renown. Vir- ia Kinney, resilient student from Mo, Ohio, who is majoring in piano, appeared as soloist with the Chi ll Symphony Orchestra at Orchestra III. 1ml Rosamond McMillan was offered en scholarships to various colleges i chose Mundelein Her superior ring in the Illinois Latin contest mpted scholarships from four Illi- schools, and in addition she re- ired two cash awards one for her Islanding work in French and an- ter for her active participation in all tool functions at New Trier high lool in Winnetka. 'Just An Echo Woo Hoo fn lutifui Switzerland mountains is ere Marjorie Nora exercised her I of various winter sports, especially ling, and did most of her high school wk under the supervision of French n gt;. (We wonder if she took a course Swiss yodcling ) When Miss Nora was iii Italy she was privileged to be received in an audience by the Holy Father. We're Marching Along Together'' swells the chorus of the American Legion with Winifred Kelly's father as National Commander. Major Raymond Kelly. A freshman in the art department, Zelda Seguin, has artistic ancestors her grandparents were the grand opera singers of a generation ago, Zelda and Austin Seguin. Music? It seems inherent in fresh man families. Sheila Hoye's paternal grandfather, John Foertsch, sang the Mass and played the organ in the large cathedral at Grand Rapids. Michigan, when he was only six years old. Miss Hoye is a member of the College Or chestra. Grandfathers figure prominently in our records. Rosa and Klena Prado Vertiz virtually beam with pride when they relate the honor which came to their great grandfather, Dr. Ricardo Vertiz, who saved innumerable lives and aided in the check of the disease when a raging fever epidemic swept Mexico City in 1850. As a tribute to him. a street has been named in his honor and a large portrait of him has been placed in the Medical university at Mexico City. Bernice Schneider's great-uncle made the smallest and the largest gold pens in the world. These took prizes at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. Her great-grandfather, besides being among the first settlers in Detroit, also in vented the first oblique pen. Leonore Schabas tells us that her grandfather, John Schabas, is the foreman in Baron Rothcbild's castle at Enzefeld, Germany, where the Duke of Windsor stayed not long ago. Anita Caparros' relatives arc his torically important. Her uncle, General Moscardo, one of Franco's leaders, held Madrid from the Loyalists during the trying siege of the last days of the Spanish Civil War. Her mother's un cle, Father Kipper, was one of the Jesuit confessors to the Austrian branch of the Hapsburg family. Wars make one think of airplanes, and airplanes make us think of 1'aulette l.ear's uncle, W. P. Lear, the first man to perfect a radio that could be used in automobiles or airplanes. He also in vented the radio compass direction finder used in blind flying and he is the world's formost compass engineer. Invited to supervise Chinese aeronautical activities, he refused, preferring to re main beneath the wings of the U.S.A. he Party Is Over But Melody Lingers The last spotlight has been dimmed and models have once more come down to i existence devoid of frilly dresses A exotic furs. The card party is ser and the seniors have merited the Hay given to the class with the high- t percentage. Two thousand loyal friends of Mini kin thronged the Grand Ballroom the Stevens Hotel on April 18 to play idge, and to witness a parade of play- ithes, dresses, gowns, and furs. Mur- bs of delighted appreciation greeted the pearance of patriotic sport dresses, tip- led hats, and demure evening frocks; redgies and hoods, bandannas and irasols. have been placed on must Its for summer wardrobes. Even Hollywood learned of the Mun- Jein College Card Party. Bing Crosby relied the library fund with a patron, idled by Mary Lou Bell. An enter- ising freshman, Leonore Schabas, out danced her fellow student by securing e highest percentage in her calss. 'erse Speaking Choirs Attend Festival Here Almost 300 high school students, embers of Verse Speaking choirs, ok part in the third annual Verse leaking festival, sponsored by the ima department last Saturday. K non-competitive function, the Fcs- ,al brings together choirs who present lections and whose directors take part constructive discussion following the ograin. Participating in the discus- n were Miss Florence Krumlauf and rs. Catherine Denny Phelps of the una department. Two of the high school groups entered e directed by Mundelein graduates. jry Callahan '39 who is in charge of eLoretto academy choir, and Janette rennan '35 who directs the Mallinck- dt high school choir. pring Flowers Include Mosaics (Continued from Page 1, Col. 5) trays the moon fairy, and Joy Sudow ;es the part of the spirit. n the second dance on the program, la Kloss and Doris Ruddy will prc- lt a Dutch number to the music of Rhoven's Kcossaises. Mrs. Catherine amy Phelps is directing the dances. Speakers List Opportunities, Requisites for Sociologists That there is unlimited opportunity for trained social workers in the United States today was the message of the Reverend Lucius Lauermann, director of the National Catholic School of So cial Service in Washington, D.C., in a lecture to members of the sociology classes, on April 17. It is estimated, Father noted, that 10,000 more social workers are needed for public agencies alone, over and above all who are trained or wdio are being trained at the present time. Father Lauermann stressed especially the need for Catholic social workers to assume the duty of Catholic leadership and action in this country. That this field is in need of recruits is evidenced by the fact that less than 100 graduates finish annually at the six Catholic graduate schools of social service in the United States. Entrance requirements for the Na tional Catholic School of Social Serv ice are: a degree from an accredited college; personality; interest in people; scholastic ability, and age rating be tween 21 and 35 years. Father Lauermann. who became di rector of the N.C.S.S.S. three years ago. studied at the New York School of Social Service and was previously af filiated with the Portland, Oregon. Catholic Charities. The Mundelein department of so cial service, opened in 1034, is one of the largest departments in the College. and offers a curriculum of practical as well as theoretical work. Alumnae from the department arc doing graduate work at Loyola university and arc affiliated with the Catholic, county, state, federal, and private social service or ganizations. Alumna Honored Victoria Dalber '37, was honored when an exhibit of her works was pre sented by the Greek Women's Univer sity club last week. An art major at Mundelein. Miss Dalber is now teaching art in the citv schools. According to Father Elmer Barton, S.J., head of Loyola's sociology depart ment, health, intelligence, personality and emotional stability are primary re quisites for the social worker. These wire discussed in an address before the socioli gy classes, April 15. Father Barton stated that there is a great demand for workers in this very important field, of which the medical division is one of the most promising branches. Buy a Gift Follow the Yellow Brick Road or it's equivalent not to the Land of Oz, but to the bookstore, to buy a gift for your mother for Mother's Day, May 12, and for your father, for Father's Day, June '. For Mother holy water fonts, sick call sets, rosaries, pictures, statuettes. Kor Either missals, brief cases, tags, paper knives. St. Christopher car med als. And for both of them, greeting cards Zetas Qo Over the Rainboiv as Freshmen Tourney Champions The Zetas, captained by Sheila Hove. are acclaimed the winners in the first annua freshman basketball tournament in which 8 teams, with 50 players in all. took part. Players on the Zeta team are Mary Loretta Graham, Mildred Greene, and Grace Maiinebacb, forwards; Sheila Hove. Leonore Schabas, Bcrnice Schnei der, and Royce McFadven, guards. The results of the tournament are tabulated according to games played, won, lost, and tied, and according to total percentages. leam Captain GP W L T Pet Zeta 5 5 0 0 1.000 Sheila Hove Las Stellas 5 4 1 0 .800 Catherine Bettenhender Alpha Sigma 4 2 2 0 .500 Rita Barry Sigma Sigma 4 1 2 1 .416 Gwendolyn Healy Kappa Kappa 3 1 2 0 .333 Patricia Byrne Beta 3 1 2 0 .333 Patricia Johnson Camma 4 0 4 0 .000 lane Train v Confusius Says The annual bowling tournament which is now being held ends May 1. Those entering must bowl three games any place any time and report their high est score to Miss Scanlan before the deadline. The four highest scorers will bowl for a gold medal. Talks on Microscope In Chemical Analysis With The Microscope in Chemical Analysis as bis subject. Mr. E. V. Fin- negan, a representative of the Spenser Lens company, lectured to the science students, April 16. One of the most important points stressed by Mr. Finne- gan is the great opportunity offered to women ill the field of chemical micro scopy, especially since this phase of science is particularly useful in the food industry. The latter half of Mr. Finnegan's lecture was devoted to the spectrometer and the spectrograph, instruments used in experimental work in physics. At the close of the lecture, these instru ments were displayed for student in spection. Starlit Hours Spring is here and, as usual, collegi ans are in the swing of things . . . Loy ola seems to think our freshmen arc Lovely to Look at and Delightful to Know, for seen at the Alpha Delt in formal were Kay Liston, Patti Colford, Maryannc Brockhaus, Laura Mahoney, Patricia Sheppard, Dolores Susral, and Florence McDonnell . . . Upperclass- nien, Joan Morris, Mary Louise Shan non, and Jane Brown, added to the gaycty . . . O, An Actor's Life for Me sigh Geraldine Hoffman, Bernice Hones, Mary Harrington, Nona Sonsteby, Mari anne Donahoe, and Audrey Joyce after seeing Ro ii:o . ii Ji i.ikt . . . the Black hawk and Bob Crosby attracted Kaye O'Reilly, June Grace, Betty Brown, Kay Sloane, Janet and Betty Thomson, Vir ginia Walsh, and Elinor Maloney . . . I've Got My Eyes On Patricia Byrne, Loretta Calnan, Janet McCarty and Shirley Smith dancing at the Empire Room of the Palmer House . . . Helen Naumowich turned out in her finest for the opening of Tropical Pinafore . . . according to Charlotte Kepner, Lavinia Cole, Mary Jane Ritchie, Geraldine Resch, Gertrude Sweeney, Dorothy Nu gent, and Marguerite McNulty the St. Ignatius University club tea dance at the Congress Casino was the best ever . . . seen at the University of Chicago's Blackfriars show were Royce McFad- yen, and Helen O'Day and at X. U.'s Waa-Mu, Mildred Greene and Ruth Wagener . . . Relieving Loyola's Blue Key Formal to be tops are Mary Jane McCarthy, Mary Patricia Lindsay, and Barbara Moran . . . On a Sunday Afternoon Jane Addison may be seen tea dancing at the Beach . . . Inunacu- lata's alumnae dance drew Julia Case, Ursula Walsh, Marjorie Coens, Cathe rine Dwyer, Patricia Tierney, Anne Goode, and Marilyn McHugh . . . Mil dred Graham prefers the Pump Room . . . Much in evidence at Loyola's I-M Carnival were Valarie Berens, Shirley Decker, Rita Mongoven, Dolores Spi- otto, Anne Marie O'Rourke, Mary Vee neman, Paulette Lear, Peggy Meade, Ellen Jane Fitzgibbon, Ethel Cooney, Virginia Eckmann, Eleanor Igoe, Betty Kreuzer, and Mildred Mahoney . . . Sharing the spotlight tonight at Mar quette's Senior Ball will be Patricia Gould and Rosemary Deneen . . . As usual. College Night at the Beach was attended by Eileen Ryan, Frances Blim, Corinne Simon, Nancy Lyman, Rita Kloss, and Alice Guest . . . Mary Lou Sylvester is still talking about her week end in Cincinnati . . . week-ending at the University of Iowa proved excit ing for Lauramae McMahon . . . ditto for Winifred Kelly at Notre Dame. Swim in Terrapin Carnival Not Three Little Fishies but Eight Littl Terrapins who will swim in the water carnival on April 30 and May 1. They are, left to right, Ellen Jane Fitzgibbon, Terrapin president, Rosemary Shanahan, Ann Wilkins, Mary Jane Mc Carthy, Marie Cassettari, Virginia Furbershaw, Thora Hansen, and Jean Tomaso.
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