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THE SKYSCRAPER MUNDELEIN COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 20, 1931 Number 2 Volume II. ENTHRONEMENT IS SOLEMN CEREMONY OF SENIOR SUNDAY The Reverend J. J. Mertz, S. J., Gives Sermon in Keeping with the Feast. Two beautiful new traditions were established on the Feast of Christ the King, Sunday, October 25, when the senior class, appearing for the first time in caps and gowns, assisted at the solemn ceremony of the Enthrone ment of the Sacred Heart in the chapel corridor of the college. The Senior Sunday processional moved down the grand staircase at exactly 4 o'clock, and advanced into the auditorium to the slow, stately or gan music. Charles Bosseron Cham bers' new picture of the Sacred Heart occupied a place of honor on the stage while the Reverend James J. Mertz, S.J., of Loyola University, addressed the assembly of students and their parents and friends, choosing as his keynote the meekness of the Heart of Christ. Tracing the prophecies regarding the kingship of the Messiah as record ed in the Old Testament, and their ful fillment in the New, Father Mertz led up to the striking passage in the Epis tle for the Feast, in which St. Paul declares that in Him were all things created in heaven and on earth, visi ble and invisible . . . and He is before all. Father Mertz delineated the Human ity Christ in His substitution of the law of love for the law of fear, and in His kindly message of the Beati tudes, given on the mountain side with the Lake of Genesareth rippling peace fully before Him. Applying the message of Christ to the situation existing in the world to day, Father continued: The lesson you and I must learn is to appreciate that there is no other solution to the prob lems of life, no matter whether there be councils held in the big halls of the nation, or whether there be new ideas formulated in books and maga zines; there is no other solution ex cept that given us by Christ in the lesson of Christian charity. He depicted the Holy Father as look ing out upon the suffering world and encouraging this tribute to the King ship of Christ as an act of submission to His Will, and of supplication to His mercy, and he implored the students to perfect the oblation of themselves and of all their interests by consecrat ing them anew to the Sacred Heart. Solemn Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament followed the ser mon, the college choir singing the 0 Esca Viatorum by Isaak, and the Tantum Ergo by Saint-Saens, and the entire assembly joining in the Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart. After the Te Deum the picture was carried in procession to the place of Enthronement. (Continued on page 4, column 1) SCENE FROM THE FALCON Advertising Class Hears Business Men A series of interesting and very practical talks is being given in the retail advertising class by professional advertisers of the city, through the courtesy of Mr. William Kelly, of the Boyce Publishing Company, who has arranged a series of lectures covering the various phases of advertising pro cedure. Mr. Kelly gave the introductory talk on October 23, acquainting the stu dents with the nature of the course, and giving a brief outline of the op portunities open to women in the ad vertising field. Mr. Addison Jennings, of the Mat- teson, Fogarty, Jordan Advertising Agency, addressed the class on Octo ber 30, on the topic, Preparation of Copy. Simplicity, he believes, is the keynote of success in advertising, and he illustrated his point with inter esting references to his own experi ences. Mr. Jennings concluded his lec ture with a demonstration of the at tention value of advertisements in comparison with other material in newspapers, showing the class a sta tistical chart. I Mr. Frank Stein, of the Ruthrauff and Ryan Agency, will speak next (Continued on page 4, colmun 1) Mary Nicholson, Leonora Stahr, Helen O'Gara Students Welcome LAETARE PLAYERS Generous Friend PRESENT MOSAICS The Reverend John Rothensteiner, censor librorwm of the archdiocese of St. Louis, was the guest of Mundelein College on Tuesday, November 10. Father Rothensteiner, who contributed more than three thousand volumes to the college library last year, has added since June more than two thousand books from his scholarly collection. The works include classics in early and Middle English, German, Latin, French, and Italian. Besides the books, there are also a number of folios of rare prints, some fine engravings, as well as valuable old documents and letters. Father Rothensteiner has mer ited the admiration and gratitude of the students by his priceless gifts to the college, and he quite won their hearts by securing a free day for them on November 11. In his short address to the students, Father revealed the profound simplic ity of the scholar-priest, and the sin cerity of his appeal for Catholic Ac tion was emphasized by his clear-cut delineation of the frequently misun derstood term. Do things with the active spirit of God, he said, whether it is your province to preach or to make great strides in science, or only to perform little actions; do it, whatever it is, in the name of God. Father Rothensteiner said Mass in Stella Maris Chapel at eight o'clock on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday mornings, and members of the faculty and students who were not in class during the first period had the privi lege of attending. During his visit. Father met the members of the Ger man literary society which bears his name, and of which he is an honorary member, Die Rothensteiner Gesell- schaft, and he told members of the faculty many interesting stories con nected with the rare old volumes he has contributed to the library. Catholic Actors Guests of Clubs Whitford Kane and Pedro de Cor doba, distinguished Shakespearean act ors who are playing in Fritz Leiber's company at the Majestic Theater, were guests of the Stylus Club and the Lae tare Players, respectively, on Thurs day afternoon, November 5. Mr. Kane, who has just published a delightful book of his experiences and acquaintances in his profession. Are We All Met?, won the interest of his audience immediately by the charming informality of his manner, and his simple, humorous method of speaking of his own work. He is a protege of John Galsworthy, and has gained dis tinction acting in the dramas of that famous playwright, notably in Escape, in which he took the part of the min ister. Mr. Kane read the last act of this play and a striking passage from Romeo and Juliet, and concluded with two lovely Irish poems. His Irish wit (Continued on page 4, column 2) Dramatic Club and Cecilians Will Give Program Sunday and Tuesday An Evening of Mosaics, the initial presentation of the School of Speech this year, will be given Sunday and Tuesday evenings, November 22 and 24, in the college auditorium, at 8:15 p. m., with the college orchestra and glee club furnishing music and song numbers. A matinee for the high school students of the city will be given on Wednesday afternoon, No vember 25. In December of last year the Lae tare Players distinguished themselves in their first public performance, a brilliant Christmas fantasy called The House of Life. Those who saw it will not soon forget the quaint, lovely scenes in the Castle of Imagina tion, nor, indeed, will they fail to re member the glamorous Procession of Life or the Nativity Tableau. The program for this year is en tirely new, and very different. The Mosaics are a group of one-act plays, carefully selected for their dramatic excellence and the variety of entertain ment they will provide. Individually they stand out by reason of their com plete and striking character, and as a group they form a production of rare beauty. When the Whirlwind Blows, a drama of Russian life, will open the program. With a background of intense national feeling and atmosphere, and a theme announced as people's rights versus the government, there can be no ques tion of the high dramatic interest of this play. Annamerle Kramer, Clare Allender, and Lenore Healy, seniors in the School of Speech, take leading parts. The characters of So That Is That, a mystery play, are Marion Ryan, Mary Agnes Tynan, Janice Linnett, Beverly Balster, Sallie Agnes Smith. Frances Burke, and Virginia Sweeney. Mary Nicholson, Helen O'Gara, Leo nora Stahr, Rosalyn Robineau, and Gertrude Scanlan are the stars of The Falcon, a dramatization of Tennyson's poem. World Without Men, a brilliant im ported comedy, includes in its cast Penelope Haloulos, Pauline Duzeski, Rosemary Simpson, Lorraine Good- (Continued on page 4, column 1) Congratulations Exquisite verse, really literary es says, clever short stories, timely edi torials, and the ever-interesting col lege chronicle claim the admiration of the readers of the autumn issue of the Clepsydra, the college literary quarterly. The most excellent exam ples of student endeavor have been assembled to make up this first issue. Ethel Barrymore Receives Students Won't you please come in and sit down? Commonplace enough was the sim ple invitation, yet what a delightful interview it preluded, falling from the lips of the lovely Ethel Barrymore. It was addressed to two of the Mundelein Laetare Players, Helen O'Gara and Penelope Haloulos, who had come backstage after enjoying the gifted actress's portrayal of Sheridan's fa mous Lady Teazle in the matinee at the Grand Opera House on October 24. Miss Barrymore, never more charm ing than in her role of gracious host ess, was still dressed as the Lady of the play, her gorgeous black-and-gold costume accentuating the beauty of her fair skin and white wig. She was seated before her dressing table, in the center of which lay the Players' note of congratulation. Gracefully she accepted the students' expression of admiration, and agreed with them that it is a splendid play, isn't it? Only once before has she played this role, and then not in Chi cago. There is no audience Miss Bar rymore prefers to a Chicago audience. They are so warm-hearted and eager, she remarked. It always seems to me that Chicago people come to a play with the preconceived idea that they are going to like it. And they do, she added with a smile. The costumes she finds most inspir ing, and harbors a secret desire to wear such clothes in everyday life. Don't you wish that women dressed like this now-a-days? she asked her guests. It would change us into very different creatures, I'm sure. We should all be regal again. It was not difficult to agree. Miss Barrymore's appearance quite carried her point. (Continued on page 4, column 5) Mundelein Group At Civic Opera The Mundelein Cecilians sat proudly in their box on the evening of Novem ber 7, enjoying the Italian opera II Trovatore. The glamour of the occa sion was heightened by the fact that this was the first performance in Amer ica of Serafina di Leo, and was simul taneously the d6but of Augusto Beuf. Cyrena Van Gordon, Antonio Cortis, and Virgilio Lazzari were other nota ble members of the company. The en thusiasm of the audience was shared by the Mundelein representatives, Mrs. Marguerite Walker and her mother, Jane Gramlich and her sister, Marion Delahunty, and Harriet St. Clair. The second opera of the season which enchanted the Mundelein stu dents was Samson et Deliia, sung in French. On Saturday evening, Novem ber 14, Chesa Wolniewicz, Mary Too hey, Eileen Brennan, and Ruth Hot- tinger were among the auditors of the brilliant performance. PROFESSOR MYERS LECTURES ON TWO PERTINENT TOPICS Literary and Economic Problems Discussed by Official of Naval Academy. Professor Frederick I. Myers, of the Department of English and History at the United States Naval Academy, An napolis, Maryland, addressed the stu dents on Friday, November 13, at 10 o'clock, choosing as his subject The Tragic Concept of King Lear, and met them again in the afternoon when he delivered a discerning lecture on Disarmament and Reparations. In his scholarly discussion of Shake speare's plays, Professor Myers chal lenged the interest of his hearers by presenting a keenly appreciative and altogether personal estimate of them. Discussing King Lear in relation to the other plays, he noted its greater maturity of plot, and commented on the supernatural character of the ele ments as displayed in the storm scenes. The vagaries of detail which occur in this work and which are unlike the usually definite Shakepeare, were an alyzed by the speaker and justified as the intentional attempt of the author to mystify the reader, since clear-cut details were not essential to an under standing of the plot. Professor Myers presented an inter esting study of Shakespeare's tragic characters, pointing out that tragedy comes upon them first through tem poral loss, and subsequently through moral instability. So vital was the speaker's own appreciation of the character of Lear, that he succeed ed in creating an intellectual re sponse in his audience, and King Lear has become one of the fore most books in demand in the library. In conclusion, Professor Myers gave a clear-sighted, comprehensive esti mate of Shakespeare's philosophy; The sentence, the estimate of this world is a delusion; its good is cor ruption; its success, failure; its reward, futility. Let us renounce it, hate it, lose ourselves to it with rejoicing. There is only one reality the soul. There is only one labor love. There is only one attribute self-sacrifice. There is only one haven immolation. In his first lecture, Professor Myers was the scholar. In his second, he spoke as the intelligent, far-seeing man of affairs the economist. The world problems which he discussed are of special interest at the present time, and his views of the state of interna tional relations were most interesting. Professor Myers' definition of Rus sian sovietism as opposed to the Ital ian plan of classification according to productivity, was clear and thought- provoking. Indeed, his two lectures, widely different in their subject mat ter and appeal, had the stimulating in fluence of arousing the cognitive in terest of his hearers, and of prompting them to continue thinking along the lines he had presented. Loyola Professors Give New Courses The names of ten distinguished Loyola University professors have been added to the faculty list of Mun delein College, and the students, who were pleased to welcome back four of last year's professors, rejoice in the opportunity to study under these ex cellent scholars. The Reverend Leon ard H. Otting, S.J., who taught philo sophy last year, is continuing his work in that department. The Reverend Eneas B. Goodwin, Doctor of Jurispru dence from the John Marshall Law School and Fellow of Johns Hopkins University, is teaching American Gov ernment. George M. Schmeing, A.M., is teaching advanced chemistry, and William H. Conley, A.M., teaches debat ing. Four of the new professors are giv ing splendid courses in religion, the Reverend Jerome V. Jacobsen, S.J.; the Reverend Arthur M. Kelly, S.J.; the Reverend Paul V. Kennedy, S.J.; and the Reverend Clifford J. Le May, S.J. The Reverend George H. Maho- wald, S.J., is professor of philosophy, and the Reverend James J. Mertz, S.J., of Church History. James A. Fitzgerald, Ph.D., Univer sity of Iowa, is professor of educa tion ; Joseph Le Blanc, Ph.D., Univer- (Continued on page 4, column 3)
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