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April 30, 1937 THE SKYSCRAPER Pa e3 Juniors Entertain Class '37 on May 11 At Georgian Hotel In the Maytime-decorated dining room of the Georgian Hotel, Evanston, the juniors will present their farewell luncheon to the members of the Class of 1937 on the afternoon of May 11. Under the guidance of Maurita Kelly, social chairman of the junior class, the various committees have planned this fete. Miss Kelly heads the hotel com mittee assisted by Dorothy Kullman, Lucille Small and Virginia Gresik. Other named committees include the favor group headed by Carol Sweeney, assisted by Florence Griffin and Cath erine Heerey; Veronica O'Hern is in charge of the invitations, and is being aided in their selection by Rita O'- Donohue and Rita Granhold. The entertainment committee in cludes Anna Margaret Healy and Mar garet Mary Murray. Dr. William White Gives Lecture On Musical Sound A personal friend of Hilaire Belloc and of the late G. K. Chesterton, a de votee of old classical books, a lover of music, and an advocate of cats as intelligent pets in preference to dogs, thus the Reverend Austin Gallagher in troduced Dr. William Braid White, who lectured on the secrets of musical sounds before the science and music departments on April 19. Dr. White, who is director of acoustic research for the American Steel and Wire Company, opened his lecture with a short exposition of the origination and propagation of sound and an explana tion of the property of tone and color in relation to various types of musical in struments. . By means of a projection ocilloscope, musical sounds were transformed into electric energy and reflected on a screen. In this way the audience was able to observe differences and variations of musical sounds of the voice, piano, and orchestral instruments. In concluding his lecture, Dr. White pointed out the importance of a knowl edge of musical sound technique in con nection with broadcasting and sound engineering which are exerting such powerful influences upon the practice of the art of music and upon the reaction of the public. Marie Antoinette Lives in Sequences (Continued from page 1, col. 4) her sad disclosures the wisdom that the years have brought her. As the Episode closes word comes that the peasants are storming the Bastille, and the Queen, sharing the anxiety of her husband, refuses to leave his side. In the interval between the second and third Episodes, Marjorie McPartland played an organ selection, Reverie, by Friml, and Episode Three revealed Marie with her children in the Tower of the Tuilleries. It is January 20, 1793, the day on which Louis is condemned to the guillotine and bids his farewell to the Queen. The high point in the entire series occurs at the close of this scene, when the attache comes and demands the two children. Alone and desolate, Marie Antoinette invokes the Mother of God, who also was once lonely and desolate, and falls to her knees reciting the Je vous salve, Marie, pleine de grace . . . as the curtain closes. Nocturne, by Caley, organ interlude played by Mary Elizabeth White, was a significant introduction to the closing scene, for which the stage was in dark ness, with a single spotlight revealing the doomed Queen, awaiting the dawn and her own execution. She is now, as Miss Brown titles her in the epilogues, A Rose Grown White in Red a valiant woman, sorrowing for her children, but brave in her resolu tion to go courageously to her death. Sodality Presents Program; Puts Tapers on Cisca Cake Following the nominations for Soda lity officers on April 22, the members of the Eucharistic-Our Lady Academy, under the chairmanship of Patricia Mack, presented a program in honor of the Blessed Virgin. Types of Our Lady in Miniature were portrayed by Ruth Mary Gorman as Eve, Mary Louise Sayre as Judith, Marie Vonesh as the Mother of Isaac, Loretta Lynch as the Mother of Samuel, An toinette McGarry as Ruth, Kathryn Byrne as Esther, Isabel Molley in Glim pses of Nazareth, Margaret Keane and La Vonne Hayes in the Annunciation, Leona McLary as the Mother of the Coining King, and Helen Holman in re trospect. The place of Our Lady in relation to the college student was brought out in a short talk by Cecelia Wasisco. Our Lady in the Liturgy of the Mass was explained by Eileen Madden. Our Lady in the Office was discussed by Lorraine Horn. The feasts of Our Lady were the subject of a talk by Elizabeth Higgins. The customary mental prayer which closes the Sodality meetings was pre sented in the form of a tableau planned by Virgina Gaertner, which depicted the Virgin mother, protrayed by Phyllis Hoffman, and the Angel Gabriel, Ruth Crowe, in the Annunciation picture. On the committee for programs were Anna Margaret Healy, Lourdes Mackey, and Grace Nolan. Detroit Sodalists Presents Symposium On Social Order Under the leadership of the Reverend Joseph Luther, S. J., seven students from Detroit University presented a student sodality symposium on Modern Social Problems at the general assembly, on April 27. Defending the Catholic's position against the charge that there are no leaders in times of crisis, Harry Choj- acki pointed out such men as the Rev erend F. Sicdcnberg, S. J., professor in the department of social work at De troit, and James Fitzgerald, head of the Detroit Welfare Society, both recognized leaders whose work has been of great importance in the recent labor strike. Contrasting Christianity with Com munism point for point, Fred Furg showed the necessity of combating the latter. June Halligan, recent winner of a national forensic contest, described Catholic Spain today, and urged the audience to keep faith in General Franco. Unite your hearts in a firm spiritual manner, was the advise given by Ed ward Scales. This he pointed out, was also the platform of the Catholic peace movement. Marion Smith showed the influence of Catholic Governor Murphy in the settling of the recent Detroit revo lution, and Michael Hand supported the Wagner Labor Act, the Social Security Act, and Consumers' Cooperative. The symposium was concluded by Eleanore Smith, whose advice to the audience to hate communism, but to love the communist, revealed the true Christian spirit of the speakers. College Coronation Will be Held May 18 Elected by the student body to crown Our Lady in the annual coronation cere mony, Jean McKeever, president of the Student Activties council, will be at tended by Margaret Cleary and Mary Rose Brown, elected also by popular vote. The ceremony, which includes a pro cession from the main building to the library campus, will be held at 1 o' clock on Tuesday, May 18, with the en tire college taking part. Ten years of Catholic Action have passed and in accordance Cisca will celebrate its Tenth Anniversary on As cension Thursday, May 6, when its mem bers convene at the Academy of Our Lady. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will precede the general business. The pro gram is to include reports of the officers, final reports of the Eucharistic-Our Lady, Literature, and Apostolic Com mittees and short speeches by outstand ing sub-committee chairmen. The elec tion of officers will conclude the morning meeting. The importance of the racial question will be considered during the afternoon session. This pomt will be introduced by the Chairman of the Catholic Social Action Committe, and in turn by various sub-committees. His Excellency, Bishop Bernard J. Sheil, D.D.V.G., will bring to a close this celebration by an address apropos to the occasion to be followed by a Euchar ist Holy Half Hour, on the campus. Skyscraper Editor Will Bejune Bride It required only four and one-half minutes last Wednesday morning for all of Mundelein College to know that Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. McKeever had sent out announcements of the engage ment of their daughter, Jean, to Sher man Egan, Northwestern university medical student and Phi Beta Kappa. Editor-in-chief of the Skyscraper and president of the Student Activities Coun cil, Miss McKeever will receive her Bachelor of Arts degree just four days before her wedding on Saturday, June 12, as an honor student majoring in sociology. Mae Sexton, a cousin of Mr. Egan, will be maid-of-honor, and Beryl Klein, also a classmate of the bride-to-be, will be one of the bridesmaids at the cere mony which will take place at Our Lady of Lourdes church. The engagements of two other seniors have been announced previously this year. Shortly before Christmas Mar jorie Freeburn's engagement to Alvin Hanson, senior at the University of Michigan was announced, and shortly after Easter the engagement of Adele Kash to Edward Szymanski was an nounced. A. to P. M. Sophomores Invite Mothers to Movie, Luncheon, May 12 Always inaugurating new customs and traditions, the sophomores will again establish precedent on May 12 when they entertain their modiers with a luncheon and motion picture at the college. Invitations will be sent to each mother announcing the affair. Sophomore officers who are planning the party include: Geraldine Connell, Rita McGuane, Geraldine Ferstel, Doro thy Stalzer, Rosemary Conley, Irma Rill ing, Patricia Connor and Dorothy Foy. Describes Crosses For Class Report Tracing the history of the cross from pagan times, Virginia Gaertner presented a novel illustrated report to sophomore apologetics B last week. Originally used in the Orient, Pales tine, Rome, and Greece, the first crosses were in the form of the swastika, a symbol of the god of fire and of the ancient Aryan civilization the same swastika now used by the Nazi. Among the types of crosses described and illustrated, were the St. Andrew, the fitchee, the fleurette, the Celtic, the monogram, the maltese, and the Calvary crosses. Senior Describes Bermuda As Land of Easter Lilies By Mary Joyce Vail Bring back an onion or a lily , chorused my friends on the day school closed for Easter vacation, and, Ber muda-bound the following morning, I kept their plea in mind. Yet strangely enough, on the entire 360 islands there is not an onion to be seen. It is impossible, however, to miss the fields upon fields of Easter lilies, rising tall and stately above the rich red soil. These lilies form an ideal background for the white-roofed homes, the fantastic trees, and the narrow, winding gravel roads over which only carriages (vin tage of the nineteenth century) and bi cycles are permitted. Those who prefer a more modern form of transportation board the rickety railroad, perpetually at an angle, that travels not quickly but breathlessly be tween St. George, where the boat is docked, and Hamilton, the capital. It rattles merrily on its way with a five-minute stop at every station for some stray passenger who has jumped off to climb a hill, admire the scenery, or per haps make more secure his bicycle in the rear car. The trip, which could be covered in less than 10 minutes by motor, takes fully one hour and a half on the Bermudian rails. The scenery viewed from this swaying train is mostly high walls of granite on either side, with intervals of royal-blue ocean and white sand. Every inhabitant, whether of light or dark complection (there are but 7000 whites in the total population of 21,000) builds a granite home with a white roof, which he keeps spotless the year round. Some of the more ambitious may color the outer walls of their homes pink or yellow. The most important stop on this strange journey is at the aquarium, which differs from other aquariums in that it permits visitors, attired in bath ing suits and diver's head equipment, to walk on the ocean floor, the sole object being to watch the fish go by Boarding the train again, one may glimpse a frisky goat, an elderly woman riding a bicycle, or a baby Bermudian, bearing a startling resemblance to the Americanized pickaninny, to cheer one on the way. A clanging of bells welcomes the train to Hamilton, but the passengers are left unceremoniously in the middle of the street, to begin the inevitable shopping tour. Though the shops are quaint, the merchandise is, on the whole, attractive, but useless. Women travelers buy white doeskin gloves and perfumes, while the men purchase Dunhill pipes and Rolls razors. These particular items, incident ally are usually 50 per cent cheaper here than in the States. As Bermuda is a British possession, English coin is most commonly used, and the twopences, halfpennies and shillings prove rather baffling to the casual Am erican shopper. Though but 48 hours from New York, the Bermuda Islands are decades behind us in progress. Still, these islands, in their old-fashioned simplicity, prove an attractive breathing space to those who grow tired of the mad whirl that brands the Modern Age. C VERY time Mr. Flandorf meets -i Julia Mary Hanna there ensues a long and technical ethnological discus sion on the merits of the Germans and the Irish. At the last modeling practice before the card party, Julia Mary Hanna siezed the opportunity to rush over and talk to Mr. Flandorf who was providing the musical for our collegiate manne quins experiencing a surprising lack of response. Julia Mary returned to her place in line, wondering if the Teutonic vigor was slipping. Then just as she put her foot on the ramp the piano which had been emitting the tinkling delicate notes of a Viennese waltz medley, broke forth into the strains of My Wild Irish Rose. Who was it that said wo men have the last word? TyHEN Father Feeny of the Snails do the holy Will of God slowly fame visited the college a few weeks ago he waxed enthusiastic about the choric form as a medium of dramatic expression. He was more than impressed when the Choir did a sequence from the forthcoming Jeanne D'Arc. Mar garet Cleary, one of Mundelein's most concrete examples of the falsity of that all-bcauty-no-brains attitude has written this choric masterpiece. So ye Munde- einites, ye seekers after culture (and incidentally after very good entertain ment), don your best bib and tucker, place your current Spring's fancy in a Matthew Arnold mood, and appear bright and on time in the College theater, May 16. All the knotving First Nighters will be there. T TS'UNS whose fingers are all thumbs in the art of needle plying, who emulate Huck Finn in threading a needle by bringing the eye to the thread instead of vice versa, are awed no end and bow to the superiority of those fresh- ics who modelel their hand-mades in the tearoom style show. Not green or chids but a nice full wreath of purple (for the royalness of their creations) ones, we bestow hither and yon. Fresh men couturiers Congratulations W. A. A. Will Spend Week-End at Camp Camp Sullivan, 147th and Harlem, will be the center of bustling activity on May 7, 8, and 9, when the W. A. A. members take over the lodge and prepare for real camp life. Students will leave the College for camp on Friday, May 7, at 3 p.m. Activities will consist of horseback riding, pioneering, treasure hunts, meals in the open air, and best of all, stories told at night around a huge roaring camp fire. Maybe they'll even toast marshmallows and roast a few weenies . Like the Arabs, however, the campers will fold their tents on Sunday morning and prepare to hear Mass in town and then journey homeward. Miss Alma Jones and Miss Eileen Scanlon, directors of the physical educa tion and swimming departments, will chaperon the group which will include Lucille Small, W. A. A. president, Mil dred Parker, Roberta Christie, Estelle Wingler, Aldine McGarry, Marietta Car on, Rita Eiden, Marjorie Thomas, Irma Rilling, Beatrice Cronin, Leona Michels. Margaret Smith, Isabel Molloy, Eileen Flannery, Katherine DeLage. Other students wishing to go with the group should make arrangements with Miss Small. Polish Consulate Presents Pictures Five reproductions of famous works by Polish artists were recently given to the College as a gift from the Consulate of the Republic of Poland. They were presented by Miss Janine Nowkowska, instructor in Polish. Two of the reproductions are repre sentations of battles in Poland's history; one pictures a sculptural altar in a cathedral and the other two depict native types of peasants. . ..
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1937-04-30 (3)
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