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THE SKYSCRAPER Pianists Give First Recital In Club Series Emer Phibbs, after a short address of welcome to the guests, opened the series of piano recitals by members of the Piano club with the Scottish dances of 'Chopin, followed by a Rachmaninoff Waltz, Op. 10, No. 2. Kathryn Wolford then played a love ly Debussy Prelude and the Gnomen- reigen by Franz Liszt. Kathryn Ann Walsh, a member of Ik Laetare Players, gave a readin Assorted Bonbons. Jessie Kramer resumed the musical part of the program with a dreamy Chopin Nocturne, followed by a rippling etude, Feux Follets, Op. 24, No. 3, by Phillip. Miss Walsh then read a one-act play, ll Sometimes Happens, by Theodore Johnson, and Mildred Sperry concluded Ik program with Brahms' masterful jRhapsody, No. 2 in B minor. Juniors Play Bridge For Ivory Gift Plaque Harp Concert Wins Student Enthusiasm By IRENE LAVIN Even the angels would permit Mr. Joseph Vito of the Chicago Symphony orchestra to trespass on their dominion iccording to reports after his concert fcre on Oct. 18. The students agreed that he played with a beauty and grace jrhich almost rivals celestial competi tion. The program included Debussy's Fan tasy, Arabesque, the rippling melodies of Thomas' To a Waterfall, and Braga's Angel Serenade. Mr. Vito later played his own com position, Caprice, concluding with the ively Mazurka by Schuecker. In response to the appreciative ap plause of his audience, the harpist played Mighty Lak a Rose. Mr. Vito's daughter, Geraldine, is a freshman in the drama department and i gt; herself an accomplished harpist who has given several recitals. Negro Spirituals Score in Recital Howard Groth, director of choral linging at Mundelein, gave the student iody an excellent idea of how songs ihoold really be sung when he presented i program of vocal selections on Oct. 11, n the auditorium. Among the numbers Mr. Groth prc- ioited were Christ Went Up Into The Hills, a most beautiful and stirring lymn; When I Think Upon The Maid- is, a light and airy ditty; and Short'- in' Bread, a Negro plantation song. Miss Emily Wellington Archibald ccoinpanied Mr. Groth. A beautiful ivory plaque of the Head of Christ, donated by the Pres ident, was the prize in view when the juniors met on the mezzanine floor for a bridge on Thursday, Oct. 19, from 3 to 5 o'clock. After the high scores had been checked, Mary Elizabeth McCracken was declared the winner with a score of five hundred and seventy-eight. Mary Ann Walsh was chairman of the party. She was assisted by a com mittee of the following girls: Mar garet Mary Morrisscy, Jane Flick, Virginia Schmidt, Margaret Wenig man, Roslyn Robineau, Lucy Crowley, Marion Fitzgerald, Agnes Gill, and Xorine Golden. Orchestra Club Receives Pledges at Mystery Tea Laetare Players Welcome Pledges; Hear Radio Star The Laetare Players, true to a tradi tion established at their foundation, en tertained their fledgling thespians on Oct. 11 at a reception in the Little The atre. Virginia Sweeney, vice-president of the club, welcomed the guests, and Ruth Hazle, program fchainiitm, was mistress of ceremonies. Several neophytes were required to recite short sketches, and then the fea ture of the afternoon was announced. Mrs. Charles Flynn, known familiarly as Bess Flynn, the Mother Monihan of the radio sketch entitled Painted Dreams, was introduced by Sallie Agnes Smith, business manager. Mrs. Flynn's address carried a mes sage of hope to those who are interested in entering the radio industry. Having sketched briefly the history of the radio and recounted many amusing incidents of her own theatrical experience, Mrs. Flynn concluded with a plea for Catholic writers and actors to enter radio and prevent it from falling into the degrada tion that prevails upon the stage today. Members and pledges then sang the official club song, words and music for which were written by Mary Agnes Ty nan, corresponding secretary of the Players. Frances Burke and her committee served tea and sandwiches and cakes to the group, after which Mrs. Flynn was taken on a tour of the building. Strange phenomena have followed the Orchestra pledge reception which was held on Oct. 11 with Mary Frances Burke acting as mistress of ceremonies and Eleanore Solewska as social chair man. Facts about the affair are few and guardedly given, but observation has re vealed that since that day potential Or chestra members have been strolling in and out of classes with paper bags con taining singularly luscious insignia. Stranger still, certain instructors have been observed autographing said singular insignia. Still closer inspection of the Orchestra pledges reveals that they wear rather astonishing necklaces pieces of rope, one bearing a fantastic booklet, the other a paper representation of a key board, or a French horn, or, perhaps, a saxaphone. The formal introduction at the Initiate Tea was held in the solarium. Miss So lewska presenting the pledges to the active members. After the introduction, the rehearsal rooms became a place of mystery into which no one but Orchestra members might enter, and the pledges, on emerg ing therefrom, were called by special names. Jessie Kramer is now known to her fellow musicians as Menuetto; Sidona Zdenek is called Half-Rest; Elsie Genn- rich is Piu Mosso; Margaret Madden has been reduced to Thirty-second note; Catherine McBride is Poco Lento; Rita Smith is Sforzando; LaVerne Fleming is Delicatezzo; Anna Pazemis is Adagio; Emily Paska is Lantano; Fay Diwinsky is Precipitato; Mary K. Donahue is In- timo; Mary Costello is Strange Inter- ludiutn; and Irene Plocki has the dis tinction of being Grace Note. Christen Sophomore's Chinese Mission Baby DEBATERS DECIDE WE ARE UNAPPRECIATIVE Gese Use haft Initiation In Hands of Committee ling Integer Vitae At Classics Party Eta Phi Alpha held its initial social letting on Oct. 23. Arrangements for he gathering were taken care of by Mar- jatet Grace, social chairnian, assisted y Justine Feeley, Mary Frances Burke, Kary O'Callahan, Loretta Brady and Charlotte Wilcox. The program opened with Horace's amous Integer Vitae sung by a quartette imposed of Virginia Woods, Ruth iingney, Loretta Brady, and Margaret Grace. Marjorie Grecnwald and Rosemary Gallante addressed the club on the life A the late Mrs. L. Frasier, one of Chi- tago's most outstanding classical teach- as, who was associated for many years rith Crane and Senn high schools. The meeting closed with an informal i and social hour. Die Rothensteiner Gesellschaft held its first meeting on Oct. 11 to elect offi cers and to plan activities for the year. The German club is named in honor of the Reverend John Rothensteiner, censor librorum of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, and a distinguished German scholar. Father Rothensteiner has contributed more than 7,000 books to the college library, many of which are priceless six teenth-century and seventeenth-century volumes. He has given, besides, two incunabula and a number of invaluable old manuscripts and documents. Gloria Barry, president of the club, ap pointed the following committee to plan the initiation of new members: Anna Marie Erst, Maria Antonia Schrciner, Catherine Manske, and Morel Farmer. The sophomore religion class had a lively debate last Thursday on the ques tion : Resolved: That converts are more appreciative of their faith than those who are born into Catholic families. Those who upheld the affirmative were: Janette Brennan, Mercedes Bey er, and Dorothy Mason. The negative was defended by Helen Stretch, Mar garet Vidas, and Helen Domkus. Dor othy White was chairman for the de bate. The judges, with a vote of 4 to 3, gave the decision to the affirmative. Sophomores, your mission baby has been christened Anthony Do you remember the paper baby tags which you sold last year in or der to buy a Chinese baby? Five dollars of the proceeds was sent by the freshman sodality unit to pay for the ransom of a Chinese infant. Word has been received that the baby has been christened Anthony. With this news came a picture of a bird, hand-painted on rice-paper, as a token of the missionaries' gratitude. It is the custom in China to aban don babies, especially girl-babies, on the roadside when the parents feel it is too much of a burden to care for them. The missionaries endeavor to rescue these infants, and to rear and educate them. Marine Dietitian Lectures to Home Economics Groups Miss Loretta Scanlon, chief dietitian of the United States Marine Hospital, Ellis Island, New York, addressed stu dents of home economics, Friday, Oct. 16, in the dietetics laboratory. Miss Scanlon is a former student of the Sis ters of Charity, B. V. M. With anecdotes from her personal ex periences and associations, Miss Scan lon gave her audience an insight into the ethics, the necessary training, the responsibilities, and the opportunities of a dietitian. She encouraged Mundelein students in selecting the field of dietetics because of its ever increasing opportunities in hospital management in institutions, in demonstrations, or other commercial work. Miss Scanlon has a staff which in cludes three trained assistants, all grad uate home economic students with hos pital experience, and a personnel of fifty-four to help solve the foods and dietary problems of the Ellis Island hospital. Stylus Club Sponsors Pledge Reception Tea A poster bearing the torch of Catholic literature announced the Stylus club pledge reception on Oct. 24. Gertrude Scanlan, president of the club, presided at the dainty candle-lit tea table after a program of songs and read ings was presented by members and prospective members. Margaret Schaefer, pledge chairman, welcomed the pledges, who were in structed in the activities of the club and their duties as pledges. Student Editors Represent College At Associated Collegiate Press Meet GLEE CLUB MEETS SOCIALLY The Glee club entertained its members and pledges at the October social meet ing on Oct. 16. Charlotte Wilcox was chairman of the event, and Loretta Brady, Betty Fraser, and Marion Home assisted / Emer Phibbs and Gertrude Scanlan, co-editors of the Clepsydra, and Evelyn Lincoln and Justine Feely, co-editors of the Skyscraper, were the official dele gates to the National Scholastic Press Association convention which was held at the La Salle hotel on Friday and Sat urday, Oct. 13 and 14. This year there was a college news paper only group known as the Asso ciated Collegiate Press, N. S. P. A., so the problems peculiar to college publica tions were stressed. The Skyscraper editors attended the Newspaper Editorial Roundtable, which was conducted by Frederick J. Noer, former editor of the Wisconsin Daily Cardinal, now editor of the Associated Collegiate Press. Here such important topics as news coverage, the editorial, society, and sports pages were discussed and many of the/ various editors contributed their solu tions to the problems brought forth. The Clepsydra editors attended the Magazine Section Roundtable conducted by Paul Nelson, editor of The Schol astic Editor. The Clepsydra received very high commendation at this meet ing. On Friday evening, there was a ban quet and dance in the Red Room of the La Salle for the delegates. J. N. Krohne from the advertising department of Mar shall Field retail store was a guest speaker. Other prominent speakers on Saturday morning were: Prof. Kenneth E. Olson, professor of journalism at the University of Minnesota, and author of Typography and Mechanics of the Newspaper; Prof. John Guy Fowlkes, professor of educa tion at the University of Wisconsin, and author of a number of books on educa- tion. J Chicago Girl of the 90's Pictures Times in Diary TF YOU haven't completely abandoned * your summer taste for light litera ture, we know you will like our first se lection. Even if you have, too much seriousness becomes monotonous at times, and a dash of pepper will liven up your reading in an amazing fashion. Julia Newberry's Diary is a new type of seasoning, concocted by a Chicago girl during the years preceding the great fire. It's the charmingly naive tale of a young girl's life, in an era which we are inclined to look upon as a trifle boring. Life for Julia Newberry is anything but boring as she comments on the life and manners of Chicago, the guests at the old Brevoort Hotel, and the beauties of Saint Augustine. Her descriptions of the young men of her generation are most amusing since her final classification is almost inevitably snip. Her phrases are precise and unex pected, and yet they give a better picture of the age than the related incidents, per haps. From them we learn that during this period, although young girls were not instructed in the rigors of science, eco nomics, or world problems, they were properly finished in all the social graces, were tutored for the most part in French, and had a definite appreciation of the arts and especially of the all-important art of being a lady. A NYONE interested in international ** relations will be aroused by Frank H. Simond's latest book, Can America Stay at Home? It is written as a com panion to Mr. Simond's earlier work. Can . Europe Keep the Peace ? In this book the author delves into American re lations with Europe during and since the World War. It is a treatise which can be understood by the layman who has had little or no training in foreign diplomacy, and in it the author endeavors to explain the effect of the American foreign policy upon the various countries on the conti nent. Mr. Simonds thinks that the much- discussed disarmament of the United States will do almost nothing to insure the future peace of Europe. He thinks that the dominant sense of nationalism in each country is the true reason why statesmen are able to accomplish so little in world conferences. Then too, he explains, Europe still holds to the old- world idea that force is the only means of preventing war, while America feels, that, after her first-hand experience in the World War, the theory of engaging in wars to end wars, is illogical. These and many other salient points are brought out in a manner that is stim ulating and conducive to weighty think ing on the subject. CABULOUS New Orleans, by Lyle Saxon, is an unusual book of impres sions of a charming old-world city, rich in historical lore, even though it is within the boundaries of our own United States. The spontaneous French, the fiery Span ish, and the droll Negro temperaments are all depicted with a fine sense of studied carelessness. The book is a series of impressions, ranging from a cross sec tion of life in an old Castilian court yard, to a French market, or a ride in the gulf boats on the basin. It is alive with the gay care-free atmosphere of the Mar di Gras, full of flying bits of color and romance. We appreciate this work especially because it is punctuated with so many fine illustrations of the quaint corners of New Orleans, executed by the artist, E. H. Suydam. They crystallize the impressions recorded in the text in such a manner that the reader feels he has Itnown the city Ions' and intimately.
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1933-10-25 (3)
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