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lesty Student ferse Anthology, te This Week Writers, Artists Unite Ifforts for Volume olume XIII of Quest, anthology of nt verse, will be distributed be- Ihc Christmas recess. Dedicated Mother Mary Josita. Superior Gen- of the Sisters of Charity, B. V. M., st introduces a change from the ml-lilack binding of former years j light-blue cl-th cover. A limited iber of the volumes are available purchase as Christmas gifts. lis just possible that there is some- it in this volume the first expres- of a distinguished poet, writes iKavanagh. I'll. I).. of Loyola uni- ity, in the foreword, an Jahrke. editor of Quest and lead- jontributor, is Poetry editor of the liew. Oilier senior poets are Joan r, Mary Louise Faelmricli. Eileen wer. Patricia Kiely. Cynthia Knight, ice Markeu, and Rita McCarthy. Jean Jahrke is senior editor of iaest, poetry anthology which will i published this week. nior contributors include Mary ices Connery, Mary Culhane. Alice Roseanne (ieisinaiiu. Lois llas- rer. Lois Oehlerking. and June st-timc contributors to Quest arc Imiores Joan Blakeslee. Mary- Dietrich, Joan Holland. Mary- Iran. Virginia Volini, and fresh- j Dolores Donahue. Jane Kenealy, Rita Trojan. I frontispiece'was designed by Pau- Brazell. Other art contributors in- H Miss Blakeslee. Georgette Gau- j,Marguerite Kerger, Eileen Kowa- t Mima Keams, Janet Lacki, Gcr- K McGinty, Mary Ann Mollohan, Mucllman, Patricia O'Shea, lit koss-Duggan, Betty Seidl, and Ann Zochcrt. Knnae and former students who f contributed to Quest include Vir- i Gacrtner Broderick '39. Lorraine nan '48, Ruth Casey '48. Helen n Conley '32. Emcr Phibbs Ditch- '34, Rosemary Entringcr '47, Ar- : DuColo Golk ex '49, Rosemary ht '48, Mary Louise Hector '45. (Continued on p. 4, Col. 4.) 'arlez-Vous Francais? I'ou Can Enter Contest French Government Will J Give Award to Winner be annual all-college French con- t discontinued during the war, will resinned this year. The French icrniiient award will be presented n formal reception in April. I The contest consists in the entry of reviews of French works, three the College Reading list and fourth designated by the French lartiiic-iit. The papers. 500 to words in length, must be sub- I by April. 1949. The Faculty of the French depart- on and Margaret Anderson, president i Les d'Arciennes, form the committee will select the winner. The ap- 1 of each student's topic by this wp must be obtained by Jan. 7, 1949. Tlie,: SlliiiCl AIPEK. :* ; 2 ID 'j gt;j;-: in- ;f-'. f,:i gt;Wiii di .. - ' Xi Vol. XVIII MUNDELEIN COLLEGE, CHICAGO. ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 1.?. 1948 No. 6 Skyscraper Ball Will Highlight Holiday Gaiety SAC Completes Plans for Dance at Stevens, Dec. 27 Glistening stars in the cold night sky- will rival the gleaming holiday gowns worn at the Skyscraper Ball, annual holiday formal sponsored by the SAC. at the Stevens hotel. Dec. 27. Peggy Roach. SAC president, is gen eral chairman. The Orchestra commit tee, which has arranged for Johnny Marlowe lo provide music, includes Carol Stutz. Mary Jo Bornhofcii. and Marilyiine l.arscn. In charge of Bid sales are Mary Lou Hafner, Eileen Dolan. Peggy Butler, and Beth McGarry. On the Chaperon committee are Nancy Kielty, Judy Mc Nulty. and Loretta Gibbons. In charge of Publicity are Mary Ann Mollohan. Joan Moran. ami Mary Frances Anderson. On ihe Hotel com mittee are Mary Patricia Malloy and Gay Pembroke. rt L kridimad Classes Adjourn For Vacation, Dec. 16 With the lighting of the Cross of Candlelight, Thursday, Dec. 16. the annual Christmas vacation will be gin. Classes will be resumed on Monday, Jan. 3. Any student who absents herself from the last meeting of a class before, or the first meeting after, the holidays, incurs a triple ab sence. Carols Will Ring Through Tearoom Traditional Christmas carols on rec ording by the College Glee club and the Fred Waring Glee club will be presented Thursday on the tearoom broadcast at 11:10 and 12:10 o'clock. This picture of the Cross of Candlelight, 1947, was taken by James Duffin, Loyola University student. Laetare Players Will Present Comedy, Pygmalion, Jan. 14, 16 Pygmalion. George Bernard Shaw's celebrated drama, will be presented by the Laetare Players. Friday. Jan. 14, and Sunday. Jan. 16. Based on the mythological story of Pygmalion, a sculptor, who created a statue. Galatea, with which he fell in love. Shaw's comedy concerns a London phonetician who transforms a Cockney flower girl into a cultivated lady. Members of the cast include Munde lein and Loyola students. Dolores Duf fy and Patricia Bradley will alternate in the role of Eliza Doolittle. Louise Tanner and Mary Rose Stocsscr will play Mrs. Higgins. Mildred De Vic and Hazel Shifter will portray Mrs. Pearce, while Donna Radtke and Peggy Shaughnessy will play Mrs. Kynsford-Hill. Dolores Wojciechowski and Marion Schmidt will portray Clara Eyitsford- llill. and Elaine Antonucci and Marie Marnan will enact the part of the parlor maid. Loyolans in the cast include Paul Er- bach as Professor Higgins; Ted Smart as Colonel Pickering: Kay Linzer as Allied Doolittle: and Bill Williams as Freddy Eynsford-IIill. The part of the bystander will be played by Tom Finch, and of the sar castic bystander by Charles Kunzc. George Petterson. technical director (Continued on p. 4, Col. 3.) George Bernard Shaw's comedy, Pygmalion, was first produced in 1914. The role of the rapscallion flower girl was especially written for Mrs. Patrick Campbell, who played Eliza both in London and in America. The Theatre Guild revived the play in 1926 with Lynn Fontanne as its star. In 1938, Hollywood filmed the production with Wendy Hiller as Eliza Doolittle and Leslie Howard as Henry Higgins. Recently the New Theatre, In corporated, presented Pygmalion as its first venture, with Gertrude Lawrence and Raymond Massey. Finally and significantly, Munde lein will present the Shavian comedy Friday, Jan. 14, and Sunday, Jan. 16. Red Cross Plans Great Lakes Party Members of the Red Cross Operat ing Committee and student volunteers will be hostesses at a Great Lakes par ty, Dec. 15. Plans for games and Christmas caroling are under the di rection of Barbara McGowan, Enter tainment chairman. Clubs Contribute to Christmas Charities At Home, Abroad Canned goods, clothing, and currency the three C's of charity are the key note of this season's club activities. Members of clubs arc volunteering home-made and pre-paid refreshments for their own parties, and almost every organization is sponsoring some special charity for Christmas. Alpha Omicron, the Home Economics club, is holding its annual Christmas party at Holy Family School tomor-' row. The party, which has been given annually for 18 years, is under the co- chairmanship of Barbara Flaherty and Mary Jane Frey. Admission to the Chemistry club meeting. Dec. 9, was a gift for the Little Sisters of the Poor, and the Debate club requested canned goods for the same charity. Old clothes paid the way of specta tors at the Terrapins' swimming de monstration for European student re lief. The program, under the direction of Miss Rita Augustin. club modera tor, was conducted by Rita Buckley, Terrapin president Three tiny angels. David. Dorrie, and Sue, are collecting pennies in Room 401 for the NFCCS Student Relief drive and also receiving food for the poor. The Spanish club is similarly collect ing, for its annual party to be held (Continued on p. 4, Col. 2.) 90-Foot Cross Of Candles Will Illumine College All Students Participate In Program on Dec. 16 Fifty-two tapers will light the giant 10-story cross in the south windows of the skyscraper build ing, at dusk on Dec. 16. heralding the coming of the Christ Child. the Light of all the world. Kindled by club and class of ficers, the Cross will shine from 6 to 7 gt;. m.. and will be visi ble for blocks south on Sheridan Road and Keninore avenue. Parties close at 5 p. m. Class parties held the afternoon of Dec. 16 will disperse at 5 p. m., and students will reassemble in the audi torium for the traditional Candlelight ing ceremony. Class and club presidents and mem bers of the senior class, in caps and gowns, will assemble in the main cor ridor, carrying lighted tapers, and will tm in procession to the stage. In grey robes and crimson stoles, members of the Glee club, accom panied by organist Eileen Hoover, will present Light of All the World, an ori ginal composition by students in the Music department, with lyrics by Mary Louise Hector MS. Soloists will be Mary Kaye Tentirger and Mary Mc Carthy. Choir Reads Gospel The Speech Choir will read the Christmas story from the Gospel of St. Luke, with Pasqua D'Alcssandro, Don na Radtke and Gloria Guilfoyle tak ing solo parts. Then, using a taper lighted at the sanctuary lamp in the Chapel. Peggy Roach, president of the Student Acti vities Council, will kindle the All-Col lege Candle, and officers will proceed to designated windows to await the signal for kindling the Cross. The student body will remain in the auditorium singing carols. When the officers return, Sister Mary Josephine, B. V. M., President of the College, will give the Christmas message to the Fac ulty and students. Seniors Hang Wreaths Then, Miss Roach and Carol Stutz, president of the senior class, will lead the seniors to the main entrance for the hanging of the holly wreaths. Other students will proceed out the cast door of the auditorium and around to the front of the main building, singing Silent Night and Adeste Fidelcs, and exchanging holiday greetings. A new five foot candle, which will be used annually until it is burned away, will hold the center of the stage dur ing the ceremony. The old candle, which burned down last year, had been used in all previous Candlelightings. The candle will be set against a glittering symbol, the Chi Rho, and silver snow flakes and tinkling bells will sparkle against a blue sky back ground. Light Group Candles Sister Mary Josephine. B. V. M. will light the Faculty candle ; Doris Barnett Regan '33, the Alumnae candle; Peggy Roach, the SAC Candle, and Anne Se guin, the Sodality Candle. Miss Stutz will light the caudle of the senior class; Mary Jo Bornhofcii, the junior class; Judy McNulty, the sopho more class : Loretta Gibbons, the fresh man class. (Continued on p. 4, Col. 2.)
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1948-12-13 (1)
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