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the ,cr ah gt;- / wis l gt; -* - PER . ;. Vol. XXIV Mundelein College, Chicago 40, Illinois, May 10, 1954 No. 12 Design, Fashion Style, Good Taste May Be Yours Creative Design from Campus to Career is the theme of the annual Home Economics symposium to be Wd on May 18 at 8 p.m., according Collette Carey, general chairman lor the program. A panel will discuss new ap- iroaches to selecting a home, planning in the home, new e fihers, and equipment. Joan Sasmeja, Frances Butler, Dana Par- fcici, and Mary Janssen will parti cipate. Young Fashions for the Smart Girl In and Out of Col lege, a showing of ensembles by the Clothing classes, will be presented in the Social Room. Exhibits, including a silk-screen- Bg and foods demonstration, will icon display in the Home Econ- Uics department. Refreshments nil be served on the fourth floor. The Design committee includes tty Ruffolo and Miss Carey. On the Clothing committee are Elvera l.eintn and Frances O'Don- dl. Members of the Foods committee are Sheila Corcoran, Joyce Barry, Betty Ruffolo, Irma Strieker, Mary Therese Gauer, Carolyn Burger, Sylvia Behland, Audrey Sassetti. Mary Siffermann. and Sylvia De- rine. Taking care of Arrangements are Nancy Williams, Lorraine Ptacin, pry Clare O'Connor, and Diane Bourn eau. Serving will be Mary Ann Pacella, Alyce Saunoris, Joyce Carpenter, Kathleen Cronin, and Patricia Fallon. Invitations are being sent by Miss Lemm, Therese Salva- ( to, Bernadette Leigh, and Patricia Fallon. Publicity for the event will be kindled by Rita Serafin and Ber- ie Ficht. Responsible for Rehabilitation are JoAnn Reilly, Mary McPadden, and Slarv Ann Pacella. Radio, TV Note Medal Ceremony Two radio and two television ap pearances climaxed the visit of Jeannette E. Vidal, M.D., 1954 re cipient of the Magnificat Medal, last week. WGN-TV presented scenes from the Presentation cere mony, showing His Emin ence, Cardinal Stritch con ferring the Medal, Sister Mary John Michael, B.V.M., College President, giving the citation, Dr. Vidal receiving the award, and Faculty mem bers and students in proces sion. Dr. Vidal was interviewed on Fran Allison's Guest House, Mon day evening, on ABC Channel 7. Tuesday, the Medalist appeared on the WLS Martha Crane show, and on the Alma Platts program mer WFJL-FM. Added interest in the WGN-TV newsreel program (Continued on Page 4, Col. 3.) SAC Officers Have Records Of Service Mary Ann Lashmet, elected president of the Student Activi ties Council for 1954-55. held the office of SAC secretary this year and was president of her class in her sophomore year. Catherine McManamon, elected SAC secretary, was president of her class in freshman year. Rosemary Esposito, incoming SAC treasurer, was a freshman Governor this year. The new SAC officers will be formally inducted at the College Day convocation, on May 20. Elections for vice-president are in progress today. Candidates are Virginia Gilles, who was SAC representative in her junior, and Phyllis Wockner. class treasurer in her freshman year and social chair man in her sophomore year. Clint You Ie predicts a moonlit night. (See page 2.) Songs Dancing Drama Combine These Presto . You Have Variety Show A little of Gilbert and Sullivan, a dash of Gershwin, and a pinch of Rachmaninoff will be part of the ingredients in the all-college Variety Show, May 22, in the college aud itorium. Three acts by each class will be introduced in rhyth mical unison by Mary Clare Bowman, Ann Fitzgerald, Pa tricia Farrell, Rose Rohter, Chandra Camp, and Catherine Frey. Senior Appears In Voice Recital on Sunday, May 16 Mary Ann Piskosz Like Summer? Like School? Classes Begin on June 28 The Summer Session will begin n June 28 and close on August 4, lith classes scheduled for mornings aily and the possibility of earning tree, four, or six hours of credit (pen to students. A short course in Organic Chem istry will run a double period, 8:30 j 11:55 a.m., and will carry four Jours of credit. All other courses any three credit hours. Offered in the first period, 8:30 Fto 10:10 a.m. will be Principles of Education. World Literature, The United States: A World Power, Nutrition, Natural Theology, Gov- tmment of the United States, and General Psychology. Offered in the second period, 10:15 to 11:55 a.m. will be Elemen- ary Curriculum, Survey of English literature (first semester course), Browning and Tennyson, Elemen tary German, History of Western Europe, Advanced Clothing (a class open only to religious), Trigono metry, and Fundamentals of Speech. Senior Enters Oratory Contest For the second successive year, Melita Lynch, senior Drama major, will represent Mundelein in the Illinois area finals of the Hearst Newspapers Annual Tournament of Orators. Today at noon, Miss Lynch will compete with Andrew Stuchly of Founder Institute. The winner will receive a 250 U.S. savings bond and will go to Milwaukee. May 13, for the midwest finals. Mary Ann Piskosz will present ler Senior Voice recital on Sunday, May 16, at 3:30 p.m. in the college theatre. Assisting Miss Piskosz will be Mary Frances Chambliss. Selections in Miss Piskosz' first group are My Heart Ever Faithful, from Bach's Cantata; Nina by Pergolesi; Polly Wil lis, an old English air by Arne; and Batti, Batti, an aria from Don Giovanni by Mozart. Nina is a sad and contemplative elegy to a dead sweetheart. It rises to a crescendo of loud pipe and cym- )ol playing. Batti, Batti is a lively aria, con cerning the plea of Zerlina to her husband to trust and forgive her. In the second group is Du Bist Die Huh, written by Schubert while he was ill and in financial difficulties. It is called the most spiritual flight in all song literature. Other selections in this group are Fantoches by Debussy, a story about puppets, and Oh Quand Je Dor by Liszt, which suggests a change of mood and prepares the listener for the carefree aria from the Tales of Hoffman by Offenbach. The Doll Song. In the last group are four modern English numbers be ginning with the gay Moon Marketing by Weaver, and continuing with Russian Nightingale by Alabieff, When Children Pray, by Fenner, and Mother Dear, an old Pol ish folk-tune which concludes the program. Accompanying Miss Piskosz will be Angela Favale and Eleanor Di Maggio. In Miss Chambliss' first group of piano numbers are Mozart's Sonata in B Flat Major. K. 305. and Gigue's French Suite in G Ma jor. Her second group includes Men delssohn's Rondo Capriccioso. Opus 14: Palmgren's The Isle of Shadows. Opus 28, Number 2, and Ibert's Value from Divertissement. The first part of the show includes a soft shoe dance by Jean Martin and Joan Overholt, a voice solo by- Nancy Ostos, a piano duet by Jeanne Regan and Vera Eng, impersona tions by Mary Jo Valentino, and a semiclassical song by Nancy May. The finale of the first part is the Varsity Drag with a singing and (lancing chorus. The second part of the show opens with a humorous reading by Marion Kennedy, and continues merrily with a piano solo by Audrey Herbert, a flute solo by Monica Brodbeck, a melodramatic adaptation of a short story by Stephen Leacock, and a voice solo by Mary Ruff. A tour of neighboring colleges via music will comprise the finale of the whole show. Setting up the scenery and light ing the stage will be Joan Sramek. Loretta Lind will see that all the acts are appropriately costumed, and Doris Kublmann. Joan De- Brecht. and lean Waghorne will handle publicity for the show. Under the direction of Miss Mar tin and Miss Overholt, the show's script was written by Peggy Wins- low. Students and their friends will be admitted to the Variety Show free. The evening will be climaxed by the presentation of a 1954 Oldsmobile. Alumna Merits City Acclaim Marie de Block Maiucci '44 re- enacted the role of the Dutch boy saving the dyke, during the storm on March 24 and 25. Instead of putting her fing er into a dyke hole, she used her mathematics knowledge and saved Chicagoans millions of dollars. Employed as a tabulator and com puter with the Chicago Sanitary district, she stepped on March 24 into the job usually held by her department head. Donald Brown, then out of the city. Her orders governed the opening and closing of locks at Lockport, Blue Island, and the Calumet Sag canal helped to control the level of the river and the sanitary ship canal during the heavy rains. William A. Dundas, district gen eral superintendent, said that at one point during the storm the river's level rose 4.4 feet, and the lower level of Union station was in danger of being flooded. Mrs. Mauicci's quick action prevented that, he said. The trustees granted her a pay increase, gave her public recommendation, and pro moted her to the rank of Jun ior Civil Engineer. Cecilians Star In Annual Spring Concert Piano, voice, and organ numbers are on the program for the annual Spring concert, scheduled for 8:15 p.m., on Friday, May 14. Rosemary Ernst will play the Liszt Etude in D Flat, and Jeanne Regan, with Lenore Walker at the second piano, will play the Adagio Sostenuto from the Rachmaninoff Con certo Number 2, opus 18. Vera Kng will interpret the Dohnanyi Rhapsody in C Major, and Joan Kies will play Prelude and Fugue Number 5 by Bach and Bear Dance by Bartok. Gigue in G Major, by Bach, is the selection pianist Mary Frances Chambliss will offer. With Miss Regan playing orchestral parts at the second piano. Miss Walker will play the Andante Allegro from Proko- fieff's Concerto Number 3, opus 26. Marianne Krzysik has selected Passacaglia by Scott, and Rosemary Ernst and Emily Kloc will present a piano duo. In Thee is Gladness. by Bach. Vocal numbers include Adele's Laughing Song from Die Fleder- maus, by Strauss, sung by Madonna Toney; Song of India by Rhnsky- Korsakov. sung by Ethel Prender- gast; Si. Mi Chiamano Mimi, from Puccini's I.a Bobeme. sung by Joyce Knox: and 1 foming by Del Riego. sung by Nancy Slav. Ac companists are Miss Krzysik. and Miss Alias. Organ solos are Toccata by Demarest, played by Moonyeen Brown; Allegro Maestoso, from Borowski's Sonata in A Minor, played by Mary El len Casey; and Gothique Toc cata, by Boellman, played by Miss Kloc. Sodality Plans Reception Sodality Day, May 15, will open with Holy Mass in Stella Maris Chapel, followed by the reception of 30 candidates. Father L. J. Evett. S. J. Sodality director will preside. After Mass breakfast will be served in the tearoom. The day will close officially with a tea from 3 to 5 p.m. America Cites List, 99 Order Copies Since America magazine an nounced a new edition of the Col lege Reading List, the Librarian has sent copies to 99 people who. reading America, have ordered a total of 139 copies. Requests have come from 25 States, the District of Co- l'-mbia, Hawaii, Montreal and Toronto in Canada, and even from Alaska. Geared to the needs of the ma turing student and to developing needs of alumnae, the List Was in troduced in 1948 at the request of seniors who were interested in con tinuing their cultural reading after graduation. The current edition includes more than 900 titles grouped under Religion, General Literature, Art. Classics. Education, History. Phil osophy, and other subjects. The Library credits the Reading List and encourage ment it has given to reading with a rise in circulation sta tistics.
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