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Tlit iteifER -* *V55 gt; ,* I ... . : fr; tll S v v-N:i :*: : : :' t:::r--- i-A. *' w *) *' -.*' raffle rrw -- Vol. XXII Mundelein College. Chicago 40. Illinois, Dec. 1, 1951 No. 5 lt; gt; Cornerstones 1938-1940 5- in )f ) id he sts icr rs, in- nd The world picked up speed as people heaved a prophetless sigh of relief that the thirties were almost over. Food prices at a typical A and P grocery store in 1938 indicated that things were running smoothly. Hamburger steak sold for 19 cents a pound, porterhouse steak for 45 cents, pork chops best center cuts at 25 cents a pound. Yet hopes were shattered and pros perity disappeared when, in September of '39, Hitler struck at Poland. His non-aggression pact with the Soviet a month earlier seemed to have been for got. Britain and France, at last con cluding that the road of appeasement had no end, declared war, but proved unready. After a ruthless month-long blitz- kreig, the Nazis were able to partition Poland with their Soviet cohorts, who then invaded Finland. The Western Front settled down to a winter sits- kreig behind the Maginot and Sieg fried lines. While Hitler was carrying on, the Mundclein-Loyola Forum held a discus sion on the ethics of war. Sir Cedric Harwicke visited the College in Jan uary, 1939, and said Mundelein College strikes me as an uncommonly sensible place. You are taught not only how to make a living, but, what is more important, how to live. Catholics throughout the world were stunned by the death of Pope Pius XI, and on Feb. 15, 1939 the Faculty and student body assembled to offer a Requiem Mass for the repose of his soul. Later in the year, Faculty and students mourned the loss of Chancellor George Car dinal Mundelein. In June of 1938 Mundelein installed 3 Foucault pendulum for measurement of the earth's motion, the only one of its size in this region. In the theater, the all time record holder. Life With Father, opened Nov. 8, 1939, in New York and ran for 3,224 performances. Nylon hose made their entrance in 1939. Women were skeptical of manu facturers' claims and an I'll just see for myself look characterized shop pers when a New York store first placed them on sale. The war continued in Europe, with Hitler making gains on every front. The mounting fury of the Nazi blitz against England and heavy casualties caused many Britishers to evacuate their children to the United States. Peacetime America's temper, as shown by the 1940 elections, was anti-Axis. President Roosevelt won a third term over opponent Wen dell Willkie, later appointed My ron C. Taylor his personal repre sentative at the Vatican to talk and work for peace in Europe. The United States found it necessary call its first peacetime draft. All men aged 20 to 36 were required to register on Oct. 16, 1940, and be sub ject to a yea. Is military service. What Allowed is now history, and we are' part of it: having reached the age of 0 at that time, we were beginning to nderstand. Sodality Observes Patronal Feast Day Members of the Sodality have arranged to attend Mass in Stel la Maris Chapel at 8 a.m., on the Vigil of the Feast of the Im maculate Conception, patronal feast of the Sisters of Charity, B.V.M., and of the Sodality. Father William P. Murphy, chairman of the Religion depart ment, will offer the Mass, to which all students are invited. In accordance with a custom carried out annually on Dec. 7 in schools conducted by the B.V.M.s, Mundelein students will honor the Mother of God by plac ing on her altar pledge cards af firming their special devotion to her and their imitation of her virtues. Science Forum Lecture Traces Ancient Culture Through rays from The Golden City, Alexandria, Harold T. Davis, Ph.D.,' will lead the student assembly. Thursday, through the dim intervening centuries to the splendor of ancient Egypt. The Science Forum is spon soring the lecture. While Plato and Aristotle were teaching philosophy in Ancient Greece, the University of Alexandria was at tracting scholars from all over the world. Among them, Euclid, father of geometry, came and founded the famed Alexandria school of mathematics. Centuries later, when Napoleon sacked Rome be discovered in the (Continued on Page 4, Col. 2.) Advent Wreath Heralds Coming of Christ-Child This year, as corner drug stores substitute tinsel for crepe paper in show windows and Stale street is adorned with clanging metallic ever greens, the approaching season of Christmas is made materially manifest to Chicago's inhabitants. Here at Mundelein, students have their own method of preparation for Christ's birth one aspect of which is the Advent Wreath. A circle of evergreen branches, symbolic of the cycle of the Church's years, will be suspended in the lounge on Dec. 4. On the wreath, four candles will be mounted, one for each of the weeks in Advent. The first candle will be lighted on Dec. 4 by Patricia O'Brien, Fresh man class president, and prayers will be led by the Sodality Prefect Joan Cahill. In conclusion, the sight-singing group will chant the Rorate Coeli, from the text of Isaias, the prophet of Advent. Each week as one more of the candles is lighted, and the coming of the Savior is Hearing reality, a glance at the wreath will recall the words which express the eagerness of all Christians for the coining of the Savior: Drop down dew, ye heavens from above, and let the clouds rain the Just One. Schedule Double Feature . . . SAC, French Club Plan Mofie, Mixer for Friday From the theatre . . . The film God Needs Men recently shown at the World playhouse will he presented by the French club in the auditorium at 7 p.m., Friday. Students having ticket stubs from the movie will be admitted at hall-price to the SAC Mixer which will follow. The movie received an award from the International Catholic Film office in 1950 at the Venice Film Festival. At a discussion after the picture, leaders will he Mary Schweitzer, Ann Fitzgerald, Lois Tallet. Donna Mer wick. Joan Cole. Anita Williams, and Marion Whelan. The Ticket committee is composed of Ethel Doogan, Theresa Schillaci, and Miss Tallet. The Publicity committee includes Miss Cole, Miss Williams, Nancy Kelly, and Mary Soutsos. This is the second in a series of four movies which the French club is presenting. To the ballroom Mundclein's first SAC-sponsored mixer of Hie year will take place in the gymnasium Friday evening. It will display ' decorative touches from the basketball rims to the ping pong tables. V'asila Soutsos will direct Mary Ann Lashmet, Lucille Bledes, Mary Agnes Brennan, and Pearl Tristano in the decoration project so that hostesses Yo landa Volini and her committee, Ruth Pennie, Donna Fox, Jean Martin, and Nancy Gibbons, will find it easy to wel come guests. Invitations to various colleges and fraternities have been sent by Velma Mooney and her assistants, JoeAnne Cummings, Anita Williams, Rita Fris che, and Gloria Ibison. Music will touch the highest ringer, reports Lucille Boldt, who has pro cured Mitch Kulinski's orchestra for the occasion. Dancing will begin at about 8:30 p.m., immediately following the French club movie. Fall Review Brings 25 Seniors Gain Literary Treasure Experience As Staff Votes To Keep Format Of Drama Issue Student Teachers Essays by co-editors Agnes Reiter and Joan Ackermann will highlight the fall issue of the Review, to appear in early December. The Review will use the same format as that of the Theater issue, published last June. Loretta Neff has designed the cover, illustrating a story by Rosemary Regan. Treating of religion in Spain, Miss Ackermann has titled her essay Matter. Mystery, and Myth. Margaret Acker mann. sister of Joan, is illustrating the essay. Miss Reiter has written her as say about St. Helena, mother of Con- stantine and subject of Evelyn Waugh's latest novel. In addition to the short story by Miss Regan, the Review includes an original version of a Canadian legend, The Flying Canoe, written and illustrated hy Patricia Mulroy. Cecilia Moran has tabulated the results of the recent Poe try questionnaire, circulated among Mundelein students which will be in corporated in an editorial. Book reviews include criticisms of such recent publications as Mcrton's Ascent to Truth. Dolores Penkala re views the contemplative work of Mer- ton. Mary Schweitzer reviews artist (Continued on Page 4. Col. 1.) Shakespeare Comes In Twelfth Night Players Incorporated. National Re pertory company of the Catholic uni versity of America, will present Twelfth Night at Lindbloom auditorium, on Dec. 1. at 8:30 p.m. under the spon sorship of the Chicago region of NFCCS. Launching its third season of na tion-wide touring, the company has chalked up over 200 performances in major cities and small towns, which rarely enjoy the benefit of professional stage performances. This year's Shakespearean presenta tion has been adapted and directed by Walter Kerr, author and director of the recent Broadway and London musi cal hit. Touch and Go. All 15 actors in the troupe arc form er students of the Speech and Drama department of the Catholic university of America. Local ticket chairman Jeannine Camp bell has been assured of support from last year's patrons of Macbeth. How ever, since NFCCS has secured an auditorium twice the size of the 1950 site, the local Publicity committee, headed by Dolores Sullivan and Mary Catherine Davy, is eager to encourage new Shakespearean devotees. Teepee Tots and Teacher Education minors are now balancing their time between opposite s'ides of the teacher's desk. Through the co operation of principals in the public and Catholic schools, 25 seniors are doing supervised teaching for three to five hours each week. Mary Soutsos is teaching French at Senn High school. At The Im maculata High school, Lois Tal let teaches French; Margery Quinn and Winifred Wellman teach Mathematics. Teaching at St. Dominic school are Rosemary Donatelli and Catherine M Bride. Music majors; Jeannine Campbell and Rosemary Rapp, Drama majors, and Speech major Evelyn Don- ahoe. Anne Llewellyn and Barbara Schmitt, Drama majors, and Mary Catherine Davy, Speech major, teach classes at St. Thomas of Canterbury school. In the elementary schools, 13 students are gaining practical ex perience. Therese Serr teaches in the kindergarten at Our Lady of Lourdes school, where Helen Na- miniski and Kathryn Hughes teach first grade; Betty Jean Healy, sec ond grade; Betty Jean Murphy, third grade; Rita Daly, fourth grade; and Marion Gleason, sixth grade. At St. Gertrude school, Geraldine Schiavone teaches second grade; Fran ces Mclnerney. third; Lucille'Boldt and Dolore Donahue, fourth: Kutb Pennie. fifth; and Helen Dohcrty. seventh. Student-teacher Therese Serr smiles approval of construction work by kindergarten pupils Barbara Katochwill, David Kalina, Kathleen Elson, and Corrine Gherra, who are in her class at Our Lady of Lourdes school. (Story in Col. 5.) Debaters View Wage And Price Controls Debaters will unpack their cases and launch into the problem of govern ment price and wage controls, at the Fourth Annual Navy Pier Debate tournament on Saturday. On Mundelein's negative teams will be Rosemary Lind, Shirley Snyder, Joyce Gutzeit, and Patricia Fitzmorris, while Shirley Geiser and Arlene Gorgol will present the affirmative solution. The Inter-City Debate league pro gram, which promotes debates among Chicago area colleges, was officially opened at Mundelein on Nov. 16. Teams from the University of Chi cago were met by Miss Lind and Miss Snyder, and Miss Geiser and Miss Gor gol-.
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