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THE SKYSCRAPER Athletic Association Elects Officers PROGRAM OUTLINED FOR SCHOOL YEAR Election of officers for the Munde lein unit of the Women's Athletic As sociation took place on Friday, No vember 6. Mary Lyon, Genevieve Doo ner, Virginia Kenny, and Helen Ryan were elected president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer for the com ing year. The tentative schedule presents a full program for officers and members. Either a hike to the Dunes or a get-to gether spread at school is the first con sideration. Also, with the serious pur pose of the association in view, the stimulation of interest in athletics, a membership drive has been planned. After the first semester, all fresh men who have won fifty points are eli gible to the association. Points may be gained by hiking, making the soc cer or basketball teams, meriting mem bership in the Terrapins, perfect at tendance in the swimming or sports classes, or extra curricular gymnasium work and horseback riding. Those coming from other colleges may have their points transferred. Archery now stirs the pulse of the athletic student. The routine of soc cer games, enlivened by a roof field, has been broken and members of the sport classes proudly display their skill in stringing the great polished bows that are now part of the gymna sium equipment, and fitting daintily feathered arrows to them. The im mense, brilliantly-colored target that accompanies the set looks quite at home leaning against the gymnasium wall, but its golden bull's eye is still noticeably unblemished. An epidemic of sore arms was the result of the first attempts, but in the near future Mundelein expects to de velop several champion bowmen. (Continued from page 1, column 3) man, Geraldine Gardiner, Irene Fahey, and Carlene Futter. Lilo, a diminu tive Pekingese, takes part in this pro duction. The glee club selections are Just a Weary in' for You, by Carrie Jacobs- Bond; A Snow Legend, by Clokey; and a Russian Dance, Trepak, by Tchaikovsky-Bornschein. The orches tra will furnish several numbers, and Eileen Brennan will play Chopin's Polonaise, an organ solo. The Mosaics are well named, since they are representative of the various divisions of the drama. The highly dramatic, the classical, the mysterious, and the comic, are all worked together so artistically that they blend harmoni ously into a perfect mosaic pattern. Commerce Students Visit City Offices The intricate operations of the Fed eral Reserve Bank and the Chicago Board of Trade were unfolded to the amazed group of commerce students who spent the morning of November 5 in an enlightening tour of these great commercial organizations. At the bank the students were led to be lieve that there was money, money, everywhere, and they actually held in their hands 80,000, which was only a small part of the money they saw. The method of detecting counterfeit coin was especially interesting. The coins are dumped on a square board, divided off into sections correctly pro portioned to hold only legitimate coin, and an expert, passing his hands over the mass, can detect counterfeit im mediately, merely by the touch. The students were interested, too, in the clearing process, and noted that 45,000,000 was cleared that morning. At the Board of Trade they were held spellbound by the amazing operations of the pit, and here, too, they visited the luxuriously appointed executive offices. The Commerce Club reopened activ ities for the year with an informal bridge party in the social rooms on October 9, at which new members in the department were welcomed. An interesting program of social and bus iness projects has been outlined by the officers who were elected on Octo ber 21. Marion Walsh is president, Harriet St. Clair, vice-president, Ade laide Cogley, secretary, and Amber Wills, treasurer. Several students who completed the one-year secretarial course last June have secured excellent positions. Julia Connors acts as secretary to Doctor Dwyer, the house physician of the Ho tel Sherman. Martha Maloney is em ployed by the Hartford Insurance Company, and Evelyn Thomas has a position in the Garfield State Bank. (Continued from page 1, column 1) The Enthronement of the Sacred Heart has been made in all places, in the palaces of kings, in the homes of the poor, in brilliant gatherings held at Catholic clubs, in schools and or phanages, in hospitals, and even in prisons. It is a universal acknowl edgement of the Kingship of Christ, which extends to all kingdoms and nations under the sun. To this voice of love and praise, the charter gradu ating class of Mundelein College, on the occasion of their first formal ap pearance as seniors, added their tribute. After silently paying homage to the King, the seniors gathered in the for mal social rooms to meet Father Mertz, who was the guest of honor at the banquet which was served almost immediately in the guest dining room. Father Mertz, who has demonstrated his ability both as a speaker and a professor at Mundelein, proved him self a delightful dinner guest as well, and the class of '32 was honored to have his assistance at the first senior ceremony of their college days. (Continued from page 1, column 1) week on The Function of Advertis ing, and The Selection of Media. Miss Loucille Fisk, president of the Women's Advertising Club, and Miss Mary Coffey, of the Guenther-Bradford Advertising Agency, will give the stu dents some idea of the work women are doing in the field, and Mr. Daniel MacMahon, advertising manager of the local stores for the Chicago Tribune, will talk on Ads in the Chicago Tribune. Mr. Kelly will conclude the series with a lecture on the topic, Selling the Advertising. Through the coop eration of these prominent represen tatives of the profession, the students are acquiring a practical knowledge of the advertiser's work and of the opportunities open to them in that field. Catholic Actors Address Clubs (Continued from page 1, column 2) was evinced in his sepulchral refer ence to the fact that he had been grave-digger for nineteen Hamlets. Mr. Kane accepted the invitation of the Stylus Club to become an honorary member, and he heads the list of lec turers who will be sponsored by the organization during the coming year. Pedro de Cordoba met the Laetare Players in the Little Theater, where he read Bassanio's speech from the casket scene in The Merchant of Venice. Although the stage was not set for this scene, Mr. Cordoba found an adequate substitute for the caskets in three red roses in a vase on a small table, and his audience quite for got that the famous inscriptions were not really read from oblong boxes be fore their eyes. In response to their enthusiasm, Mr. Cordoba read Kilmer's Trees and Thanksgiving. He then consented to add his name to the list of honorary members of the Laetare Players, and promised to return to the college when he has completed a lecture he is pre paring on The Catholicity of Shake speare. Who's Who In order to acquaint the readers of the skyscraper with the official po sitions, and the varied interests of dif ferent members of the student body, the Who's Who column has been intro duced. Three prominent seniors are in our role of fame this month. Vera Carson, besides holding two important offices in the college, is one of the most popular students, and a glimpse of her fair head in the dis tance is warrant of a cheery smile when she draws near. As president of the Student Activities Council, she is the representative and leader of the stu dent body in all student enterprises. As president of the senior class, she is a gracious hostess at social functions. She is an English major, a member of the Stylus Club and an editor of the Clepsydra, and when she has achieved her Bachelor's degree, she hopes to study for an M.A. Vera came to us after two years at De Paul University and began her brief career at Munde lein by being made Prom chairman in her junior year. In Mary Lally we have a real liter ary light, but so quiet and unassuming is she that one would never suspect her to be editor of the Tower of 1932, and a literary editor of the Clepsydra. As president of the Stylus Club, she directs the literary talent of members and pledges, and her interests as a classics major are connected with Eta Phi Alpha. She is, in addition to all this, vice-president of the senior class. Mary studied during her first two years at Rosary College, River Forest. We have heard that it is her ambition to be a writer, and if we may be so bold, we heartily endorse the idea. Chesa Wolniewicz holds so many re sponsible positions, it is rather diffi cult to enumerate them. She is, first of all, prefect of the sodality, which she represented at the Summer School in St. Louis last August. She is, be sides, the president of the Cecilians, and secretary of the senior class, and although she plays the flute in the orchestra, she is really' a chemistry major. Clarke College, Dubuque, was the scene of Chesa's first collegiate en deavors. It is a deep dark secret, but she harbors an ambition to be a junior chemist in the government labora tories. Sophomores Have Their First Cotillion (Continued from page 1, column 5) sity of.Paris, or i lt;Tencn; J. Joseph Ma- honey, Ph.D., Leland Stanford Univer sity, is professor of mathematics, and Arthur M. Murphy, Ph.D., Catholic University of America, of sociology. The Reverend Samuel Knox Wilson, S.J., who created a genuine interest in American history among the students of last year, is teaching in the Grad uate School of Loyola University. The Reverend Raymond Bellock, S.J., who acted as spiritual director for the stu dents last year, is having marked suc cess in his work with the Loyola Band and Orchestra. Francis J. Ryan, Ph.D., professor of education last year, is at Seton Hill College, Greenburg. Pennsyl vania, and the Reverend David Belle- mare, Ph.D., professor of French last year, is teaching at Canisius College, Buffalo, New York. The Gold Room and the Tower Room of the Drake Hotel proved a lovely background for the first Sopho more Cotillion in the annals of Mun delein College, which was held on Fri day evening, November 6. The sophomores, who were making their debuts as sponsors of social func tions, were eager to set as brilliant a precedent for their informal class party as the juniors did last year in their formal prom, and judging from the enthusiastic comments of their guests, their party was both beautiful and enjoyable. Although the sophomores at first planned a closed dance, owing to the entreaties of the freshmen, sopho mores, and juniors, the bids were open to all the college students, and the happy, beautifully-dressed guests were representatives of all the classes. The party was an informal table dance, and the atmosphere of genuine friend liness and good-will, characteristic of Mundelein College gatherings, lent much to the success of the occasion. The music, furnished by Jimmy Gar- rigan and his Rhythmic Orchestra, was especially commendable, and the lovely fall party dresses of the dancers, passing like a gorgeous autumn pano rama around the ballroom, presented a gay and charming picture. Katherine Brennan, president of the sophomore class, was in charge of the arrangements. She was assisted by Mary Jane Sullivan, the vice-president; Gloria Barry, the secretary, and Mary Lyon, the treasurer, and the following committee: Harriet St. Clair, Bertille McEvoy, Harriet Steigelman, and Mary Catherine Hayes. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. John Farmer, and Mr. and Mrs. P. F. McCall graciously consented to act as ehaperones, and according to their testimony and that of the Drake Hotel officials, the sophomores have gained distinction as charming host esses in their establishment of the tradition of a sophomore cotillion. Juniors Have Bridge Party Five hearts? I pass and so it went at the bridge party which was the first social function of the junior class. The juniors believe the old edu cational adage that an incentive is needed to insure success, and accord ingly they rejoiced in the beautiful prizes donated for their party which was held in the social rooms on Wednesday, October 22. Prizes were awarded to Gretchen Kretschmer, Genevieve McClevey, Lucy Ryan, and Violet Park. This was the first of a series of bridge parties which will characterize the social life of the junior class during the school year. They inaugurated the custom during the second semester of last year, and it is their plan to give several parties this year, honoring the seniors. ADVENTURES IN BOOKLAND Adventure rode high this week in the library Her ship set out bravely with the first of a series of displays for Book Week. The caravel, carrying a cargo of fascinating tomes on travel, sailed all day across a green velvet ocean in the light of an esthetic golden sun. If you failed to recognize these latter attributes in the premiere display in the library, you must be dubbed, as we were, an unesthetic creature. But, regardless of your esthetic capacities, your pri vate store of wanderlust must have been called into immediate action by a single glance at those exciting vol umes. There, on prosaic pages, were inscribed pictures of lands and far away places which all of us may visit when our own treasure ships come into harbor. The most promi nent of these inviting tales was the story of Mexico by Stuart Chase. We think that in this case at least, the bright-colored jacket of the book did not belie the captivating style and the enchanting material contained therein. On Tuesday, while the ship of travel lay in dry-dock, a white bird took Adventure on her back and to gether they flew into our hearts. They brought with them page after page of thought-teasing fiction and most entrancing novels. The bird brought one of her own kin; and it was the charming tale of a pioneer woman, written by an inimitable au thor. The book was A White Bird Flying and the author was Bess Streeter Aldrich. Adventure met an organization on Wednesday and straightway tickled her fancy and ours by impersonating the Catholic Book of the Month Club. In that guise she gave us In My End Is My Beginning by Maurice Baring. It is a new and different presentation of the life of Mary Queen of Scots. The book, to quote Isabel Paterson of the New York Herald Book Re view, is not quite a novel, nor yet a conventional biography. It is told as in the first person, in four parts, as if by each in turn of the Queen's famous maids of honor, the four Marys, Mary Beaton, Mary Seton, Mary Livingstone, and Mary Flem ing... It has the immense advantage of an intimate atmosphere, as she might appear to those who had been with her from childhood and shared her deepest confidences; saw her off- guard in all her moods. The strange title of the novel biography was the motto embroidered on the canopy used by Mary. It was written there as en ma fie est ma commencement, and since the time of its first appear ance, it has caused no little conjec ture about its meaning. As the Book Week display changed again. Adventure transported herself to a Viking ship sailing a purple sea. She felt, we think, that only the grand spirit of the Norsemen could represent appropriately the character featured in the display of the biogra phies. That personality is Knute Rockne, and he is introduced by Father Cavanaugh and Mrs. Rockne. Together these two have edited the autobiography and added to it the pathetic story of the end of his life. We feel deeply indebted to them for giving the ideal of a truly great man, and to Adventure for bringing him to us in a Viking Ship. Today is the last day, for us, of Book Week, and today Adventure gives us poetry and drama to sing songs in our ears and to paint de lectable pictures for our eyes. With the drama comes the latest publica tion of Burns Mantle, the delightful Best Plays of 11)30-31. Truly here is a goodly collection. It will captivate us, we know, and our fingers itch to open wide the covers and to keep them so for an hour or two. Tomorrow, next week, next month, for the rest of our years here. Adven ture will still stalk silently among the enticing volumes on our library shelves. Sometimes she will be self- evident, but more often she will have to be sought after diligently. She is an elusive young person, but she is worth finding. We are quite inspired to look her up often, aren't you? Terrapins Welcome Four New Members During the past few weeks the Ter rapins have been busy trying out new members. The formal tests were held on October 12 and 19, and four new members were admitted to Senior Ter rapins, Marion Siffermann, Elizabeth Gorman, Jean O'Connor, and Betty Jane Agnew. Helen Ryan, Rosemary Guinivan, Alice Cullerton, Ruth Tang ney, Dolores Schanken, Ann Maloy, and Janet Ruttenberg made the Junior Terrapins. The week following the tryouts was pledge week, and the final initiation and reception occurred at a spread on October 27. Spreads are fast becoming a tradition with the Terrapins. This one started at four-thirty with a mock initiation, followed by the formal cere mony itself, after which the spread proper was served in full Hallowe'en regalia. (Continued from page 1, column 4) The conversation drifted to Munde lein, and the actress inquired whether the college were really conducted en tirely by Sisters. When Miss Halou- los quoted James O'Donnell Bennett's recent article saying that the school was planned by women, attended by women, built by women, and run by women, she was greatly impressed. Recalling her own school days, she said: I went to the Sisters' school in Philadelphia and only this year I had the opportunity to go back and pay a visit to the few Sisters left who re member me. One old Sister who used to be mistress of boarders when I was there is still in the school. Didn't any of the Sisters from Mundelein come today? The students explained that it was not the custom of this commu nity to attend the theatre, though sev eral other orders do so. Yes, she said, I noticed a number of religious in the audience this after noon, and there are always several priests. Cardinal O'Connell is a good friend of mine; he came to see The Kingdom of God. Miss Barrymore was most enthusi astic about this beautiful drama of Sierra, the Spanish playwright, and confided that the part she enjoyed playing most of all was that of Sister Gracia, the leading role in the play. It is everybody's play, she ex plained, not only the Gentiles' but the Jews'; it is for the rich as well as the poor; it is for any man of faith. When Miss Barrymore was in Cali fornia, where she began the run of The School for Scandal, she became acquainted with Senor Sierra and his wife, who speaks not a word of Eng lish. We did our best with French, smiled the actress, and I found her charming. The playwright told her that he had no idea of the worth of his play until she had acted in it. The conversation turned to the Lae tare Players, and Miss Barrymore now became the listener, attentive, appre ciative, understanding. She consented to visit Mundelein and to be photo graphed with a few of the students, a truly great favor granted only because the girls are dramatic students. The actress sees no one from the press. Speaking of her daughter, Miss Bar rymore said, You know that Ethel, little Ethel, I mean, is just about your age. I realize that there is a perfect part for her in this play, but, she shrugged her shoulders, she wants to get started for herself. She has an excellent voice teacher at present and we can expect something rather won derful from her soon. She is doing a singing part now, though it's only in a musical comedy in New York, you know. Miss Haloulos inquired whether it were true that every decade for the past fifty years had seen a Barrymore in the rOle of Lady Teazle. Well, answered the star, my mother played it and her mother before that. In deed, this is such a gifted family that one attends a Barrymore play four seasons out of the year. What a his tory of famous artists is recalled with the name A turn of the head, and one marked the famed Barrymore profile, classical ly beautiful above a long, slender throat. Her hands, suggestive of much character, are fascinating. But it is her voice that one remembers above all. As Miss Haloulos so delightfully describes it, It is a beautiful voice, very young and possessing a lilting musical quality, like the water of a tiny stream in Kastri, a little moun tain town in Greece.
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