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SKYSCRAPER Page Three fant To Study Abroad After College? Begin Planning Now Numerous scholarships, fellow- lips, and stipends are available I college graduates who are in- - in post-graduate work in United States and foreign coun- Through the Institute of In ternational Education, New fork, six foreign countries offer study grants. Included lire awards to the universities of Havana, Vienna, Amster- liam, and Sao Paulo. Foreign study requires knowl- k of at least the spoken lang- mx of the college attended. The University of Vienna Sum- tr School will offer courses open American students from July Bo Sept. 4, 1955. Courses will conducted in English. Applicants must have completed least two years of college work. osing date for admission is June . few scholarships to the Uni- Hrsity of Vienna are available to Itll-qiialified students who require lancial assistance. The closing date for scholarship plication is usually in January February. An exception to this t the Fulbright scholarships. plicants must register in No- Ether. juniors interested in post-grad- Kte scholarships should brush up their favorite foreign language it French, German, or Spanish, dbegin now to think about grad- m study after next June's Com- ncement. hculty Judge mtests, Qo I Meetings lLead article in the May National tholic Home Economics Bulletin by Sister Mary Pierre, B.V.M., fcrnian of the Home Economics artnicnt. Entitled Noted Home Economist J rs Solution for World's Prob- Ls Restoring Home to Christ, it ireport of a talk given at a reg- fcal NCHEA meeting in Los An tes in December. Sister Mary Raphaeldis, B.V.M., the Music department, served lone of the judges at the Piano judication of elementarv school Iren, April 23. Sponsored by the Chicago Cath ie School Music association, a feiber unit of the National Cath ie Music Educators association. adjudication is a means of rec- Bzing talent and achievement. L of measuring standards in King. jSister Mary Cecilia, B.V.M., firman of the Biology department, Iter Mary Justa, chairman of the fcnomics department, Sister Mary n Ida, chairman of the Philoso- m department, and Sister Mary fcatia. of the English department, resented the College at Wheaton lege. April 30. Meeting at Wheaton, a division of Liberal Arts commission of the nth Central association planned pip research projects for Illinois fees who hold membership in association. Bmce 1941, Mundelein has been of the member colleges in a ley group on Liberal Arts educa- Itand teacher preparation, spon- fcdbv North Central. Opportunities for summer study abroad are described in a pamphlet published by the Institute of Inter national Relations. Offering college courses for tho summer of 1955 are uni versities in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Eire, France, Ger many, Great Britain. Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Nor way, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland. In Latin America summer cours es are available at universities in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, (Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru. Several Canadian universities offer summer courses, and the American University of Bierut in Lebanon has an extensive summer curriculum. Club Presents Key of Honor At the Kappa Mu Psi musical on Tuesday. May 17. at 3 p.m. in studio 703, Delta Mu Theta hon ors will be conferred on Jeanne Regan. Sister Mary John Michael, B.V.M., President of the Col lege, will present the Delta Mu Theta key to Miss Regan. Delta Mu Theta is the Na tional Catholic Music Honor society. A musical program will follow the presentation. Sylvia Domin quez will play Prelude, in G Ma jor by Bach. Elizabeth Casieri will interpret Chopin's Polonaise, Op. 26, No. 1. Included also in the selections is Papillons, Op. 2, by Schumann interpreted by Kathleen Ketterick. Mary Sklavounos Kvill play La Puerta del Vino by Debussy. Nancy Ostos will sing Sibella's La (iirometta. Miss Dominquez will accompany Miss Ostos. After the musical program pictures of the music majors of the Class of 1955 will be placed in the Music Alumnae book. The seniors' mothers will be quests at the tea. Play Original Music At May Musicale Poetry set to music is the theme of the Music Theory class pro gram of original and sacred music, which thev composed and dedi cated to Mary. The performance will take place May 10 at 3 p.m., i:i Room 707. Inclu 'ed on the program will be the Hail Mary in German, French, English, Latin, and Gaelic. Carol Gruber, Mary Sklavounos, Gene McCarthy. Marilyn Zanke, and Joan Doherty. respectively, com posed the music. Excerpts from The First Mary, a verse-drama by Sister Mary Aquin, B.V.M., of the English department, have been s t to music by Vera Eng, Jeanne Regan, Mary Ellen Casey, and Moonyeen Brown. Vocalists for the presentation of The First Mary will be Mary Cec- chin, Joan Doherty, Marilyn Zan ke, Mary Ellen Casey. Nancy Al ias, and Nancy Ostos. Other singers will be Mary Ol son. Sylvia Kominek, Jeanne Re gan. Miss Eng, Patricia Tierney, Edna Behm, Miss Sklavounos, Bet ty Vogl, Theresa Zacker, and Moonyeen Brown. The narrator will be Nancy Phee. Suzanne McBride has written a soprano solo with piano accompan iment and violin obbligato for Jo seph Mary Phmkett's poem I See I lis Blood Upon The Rose. Elizabeth Casieri has composed music for Lodate Maria, an Ital ian poem. Sidney Lanier's Ballad of the Trees and Master has been set to music by Kathleen Ketter ick. Making use of the Phrygian and Aeolian modes, Joan Kies has set to music one of M. D. Barry's poems, Dolorous Mother. Nancy Ostos has composed music for her fath er's original Spanish poem, Himno de Mayo. Patricia Garrett chose the poem Song of Praise to Mary by An- gelus Silesius, and Diane Hog- blom has used the words of the Annunciation from Scripture for her dramatic musical interpreta tion. Miss Brown has composed a piano solo, with violin obbligato for Thv Will Be Done. Spring Breezes In With Parties With the first whiff of spring lulling students into gentle dreami ness, the party spirit is sprouting. The frolics range from picnics and outdoor suppers to formal dinners and luncheons. Mathematics club members will abandon their equations on May 17 for a luncheon in honor of the senior majors, Dolores Bihun, Au gustina Lehman, Marlene Philipski, Eugenia Wallen, and Lois Moriarty. After Miss Wallen, president of the club, crowns a Statue of the Blessed Virgin, each senior will re ceive a gift. Charlene Quinn, assisted by the junior members, will handle the arrangements. Physics major Arlene Halko will be the guest of honor at a luncheon on Saturday, May 21, at Jacques, on North Michigan avenue. Attending the luncheon will be Nancy Ferrigan, Audrey Schwarz, Loraine Gauvreau, Patricia Kobel, Marv Ellen O'Regan, Phyllis Or- mond, Barbara Moran '54, and Mary Kay Kelly ex '56. Television Seeks Fledgling Writers In an effort to uncover new writ ing talent for television, the pro ducing firm of Talent Associates, Ltd., packagers of Philco Play house. Goodyear Television Play house. Justice. Mr. Peepers. Arm strong Circle Theatre, and Ap pointment with Adventure, are ini tiating the 1955 Talent Associates Television Play awards. .Awards will be given for the best original half-hour television drama, comedy, or documentary, written by an undergraduate in any ac credited American college or uni versity. There will be three awards, 1000.00 for the first prize; 500.00 for the second; and 250.0 for the third prize. Regulations concerning the scripts are that they must be submitted in script form on 8 by 11 inch paper and typewritten. Books suggested for reference are Television Writing and Selling by Edward Barry Roberts, and Tele vision Writing by Robert Greene. Scripts should be submitted by mail only, postmarked no later than June 15. 1955, to Play Awards Editor, Talent Associates, Ltd. 41 East 50th St., New York, New York. yy r I n n u I il r* guests to the Magnificat Medal Reception in the Social iBuLUUITliriU R00ms are Vasilia Soutsos, Senior Class president, Mary Ann Lashmet, SAC president, and Doris Barnett Regan '33, 1955 Medalist. The Medal was conferred on April 28. Social Rooms Dazzle With Mirrored Walls Drapes, Lovely The formal Social Rooms, newly furnished and decorated, were opened for the first time April 28. Mirrored wall sections near the entrance give a multiple reflection of the 68-foot marble-floored outer room, one entire wall of which is draped floor to ceiling with sun- resistant fortisan, deeply folded. Light fixtures of perforated brass are fastened to pillars, and nine custom-made lamps illuminate the conversational grouping of swivel lounge chairs and sofas. Dominant shades in the furnish ings are beige, turquoise, lacquer red, and gold, with touches of black and white. To the right of the main Social Room, the octagonal Sun-Room is furnished with two 18-foot sectional sofas, facing each other and curved to meet at the far end. The sofas are of turquoise shot through with gold lurex thread. A low Provincial table at the curve supports a custom-made lamp. Fashion Flocks To Lake Shore Luncheon Dainty flowers, wispy veils, the Dior A-liue and the Claire McCar- dell casual American look were in evidence at the Junior-Senior luncheon on May 5. in the Lake Shore Athletic club. Virginia Leidinger and Marilyn Lindahl, president and social chair man of the Junior class, were in charge of the luncheon honoring members of the Class of 1955. Elaine Stefan arranged the fav ors and decorations, and Joan Bu dicin and Mary Hartigan planned the program. Cast in the form of a television spectacular, the entertainment in cluded numbers by Madonna Toney, Marv Shearin, and Mary Cecchin, and a skit, Me and My Shadow, by Rose Anne McGreal and Edna Behm. , Draw Madonnas In the center of the room is an oval carpet in beige, with a sculp tured border. The sun-room fixture is an Italian import. Among the pictures and tapestries are a 6 by 10 foot oil of John the Baptist, by American artist Charles Sprague Pearce, and a heavy-gold- framed Grand Ducal Madonna. Arresting pieces are a Chinese lacquered vase, and a Spanish shrine of the Sacred Heart, fashioned from wood, with a marble statuette. More Big Sisters Give More Teas For More Freshmen Tea may be at four for English men, but the Big Sister teas for incoming freshmen will be held from 3 to 5. Maurice Wieland will give a tea May 22 with Agnes McAuliffe, Mary -Ann Carroll, Mary Ann Schu mann, and Kathleen Walsdorf as Big Sisters. Assisting at the tea to be held May 15 at Patricia King's home will be co-hostesses Barbara Hussey, Patricia Gavin, Barbara Mannix, Vivian Carroll, and Barbara Fisher. Big Sisters belping Lynne Sheer an offer lumps of sugar at her home will be Anne Carr, Diane Hogblom, Lorraine de Bartolo. Ann Jurkash, and Marilyn Lindhal. Also slicing lemons for their teas May 15 are Leda Pitaro and Ste phanie Jackson. Miss Pitaro will have Peggy Hu guelet, Peggy O'Brien, Marilyn Ryan. Jane Panka, Gloria Pieczyn- ski, -Anne Fitzgerald, and Mary Vivian Cunnea as assistant hos tesses. On May 22 Miss Jackson will entertain freshmen with the follow ing as her assistant hostesses, Jo anne Matuszak, Carol Weggcman. Marv Patricia Curran, Sheila Cole man, and Chandra Camp. May 14 is the date for a tea given for all high school seniors, in the English Room at Marshall Fields. Sponsors of the May 14 tea are Peggy Roach '49 and Joan Dawson '54.
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1955-05-09 (3)
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