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SKYSCRAPER Pafte Three Senior Club Presidents Review Year's Activities Twenty-one seniors who have held ex ecutive offices in the various extra- and allied-curricular activities of the College are turning over the gavels of authority this month to successors in the incoming junior and senior classes. Betty Boehme, president of Alpha Omi cron, was the first to relinquish her posi tion. As leader of the home economists. Miss Boehme directed the annual Christ mas charity parly, acted as chairman at the annual Home Economics symposium, ami arranged the ninth annual Vogue Hour. Under the direction of Irene Waldron. the Art club participated in the Catholic College Art Association convention last fall, handled the poster publicity of the College, and showed representative craft- work, paintings, and drawings at the an nual spring exhibit in the eighth-floor galleries. Cooperate with Colleges The Classical club shared its meet ings with Loyola. DePaul. and St. Xav- ier's through arrangements made by Anne Sheehan. and helped to discover ancient political thought about the ideal state, at a symposium, held with these schools. Besides being bead of the College I ' lt; gt;- operative organization, Georgette Thoss held the presidency of the Debate club, and arranged a heavy schedule including 2i intercollegiate debates, the annual Freshman Debate contest, participation in the Northwestern Freshman tourna ment and the Wheaton Sophomore tour ney, two radio debates, and round table discussions. Die Rothensteiner Gesellscbaft. under the leadership of Josephine Reichl, aided the Maria AddoloratO center Christmas party, honored their patron with Holy Mass celebrated in the College Chapel on Father Rotheusteiner's day. and pro mulgated interest in German culture. Study Current Affairs Keeping up with the rapid changes in territorial boundaries has been ihe work of Kathryn Byrne as president of the International Relations club, which sent representatives to the conference of the Catholic Association for International peace at Dubuque last fall, and to North western university this spring when 10 delegates attended the regional meeting of the Midwest Conference for Inter national Peace. The Romance Language clubs, Les D'Arciennes under the direction of Cath erine Wilkins and Las Teresianas head ed by Monica O'Mara. contributed to the spread of the cultures of France and Spain. In addition, the French group presented their annual marionette show heads Ball Faculty Entertained At Belden Stratford William II. Conley, M.B.S., was toast- master at fhe ' Faculty Banquet, held Sunday evening. May 28, in the Mosaic Room of the Belden-Stratford hotel. Geraldine Connell. president of the Student Activities Council, opened the program, which included talks by Dr. Jerome G. Kerwin, Baccalaureate speak er; George M. Schmeing, Ph.D.. of the chemistry department; Miriam Laugh- ran Rooney, Ph.D., of the sociology de partment, and Joseph T. Casey, Ph.D., of the philosophy department. Student speakers and guests at the Banquet included Miss Connell, Patricia Connor, Agnes Griffin, Geraldine Fer stel, Frances Geary, Irma Rilling, Rose mary Conley, Alice Addison. Margaret Finnegan. and Dorothy Fitzgerald. before the Christina- holidays, and the French Choir in a program this spring at which time the vice-consul awarded the French government medal for excel lence in French. The Spanish club formed a choir this year, presented a series of musicals, and assisted the Terrapins with musical back ground in the presentation of their an nual water carnival. Have Full Program The Laetare Players headed by Marie Vonesh inaugurated the college drama season with three one-act plays in the college theatre last November, gave several Speech Choir programs, pre sented Tin; Womkx Have Thkir Way as their spring production, and just re cently participated in the first Chicago Catholic play cycle ;il the Loyola Com munity theatre. A scries of organ concerts to further appreciation of organ music has been a concern of Mary Louise Sayre as presi dent of the Organ Guild. This club com bines its talents wtith the other music or ganizations, the Piano club which is beaded by Agnes Griffin, and the Glee club and Orchestra to present programs and concerts under the general name of Cecilians. The Piano club also sponsors a monthly musicale with members ap pearing in recital. Writers, Inc. as a unit promotes cre ative writing, combining the forces of the Press club, whose president is Frances Geary and whose membership comprises the editors and staff of the SKYSCRAPER, and the Stylus club, headed by Virginia Gaertner, which is composed of contrib utors to the MiMiKLKix College Re view and Quest. Promote Science The three sections of the Science For um work both independently and to gether during the year, but unite forces every spring for the annual club break fast. This year Marian Gilbert, forum president, was chairman at the third an nual lecture of the club, presenting the Reverend Alphonse M. Schwitalla. S.J., who commemorated the one hundredth anniversary of the publication of the Theodore Schwann paper on the Cell Theory. Under the direction of Ruth Roeschel. the Sociology club took field trips, visit ing charitable organizatons of Chicago- land, and sponsored lectures by outstand ing sociologists. The Women's Athletic Association and the Terrapin clubs made the College sports conscious this year. With Irma Rilling at the helm, the Terrapins, be sides sponsoring the Interclass swimming meet, and participating in the National Intercollegiate Telegraphic Meet, pre sented a Fiesta as their annual water carnival in the college pool. The Sodality supplemented their meet ings with participation in Cisca activi ties, particularly I loly 1 lours and forums, and climaxed the year with a colorful campus ceremony crowning Prefect Dor othy Fitzgerald as May Queen. The other senior executives relinquish ing gavels are Geraldine Connell, presi dent of the Student Activities Council, and Geraldine Ferstel. president of the senior class. Hold Honors, College Day Convocations on May 25 78 Seniors Will Receive Degrees (Continued from Page 1. Gol 5) O'Mara, Eugenia .Plarpa.* '' Josephine Reichl, Mary Ann Riley. Irma Rilling. Ruth Roeschel. Carole Sadler. Alberta Savage. Phyllis Scan lon, Ruth Schniid, Anne Sheahan. Joan Smith, Jeanne Theis, Ellen Tietz, Mar garet Troy, Lucille Trudeau, Marie Vonesh, and Frances Walz. All College Party Closes Social Year Should auld acquaintance be forgot will probably be the theme song of the entire student body when they meet for the final social activity of the year. the Commencement Tea. on June 2. Inaugurated this year, the Tea will immediately follow the religion exami nations, which are scheduled for 9 o'clock. Heading the committees planning the tea are Alice Addison and Rosemary Conley. in charge of refreshments: Irma Rilling and Frances Geary, favors and decorations; Mary Margaret O'Flaherty, tickets; Agnes Griffin, program; Dor othy Fitzgerald, Patricia Connor, and Margaret Fimu-gan, special senior com mittee. Alice Addison, social chairman of the senior class, was general chairman of the Senior Ball, held in the Congress Casino on May 29. Seniors Honored At Final Social Affairs of Year Members of the senior class and their mothers were guests of the College at the traditional Senior-Mother supper on Sunday evening, May 21. Alice Addison, social chairman of the class, presided as toastmistress at the supper. A toast To Our Mothers was presented by Geraldine Ferstel; To Our Fathers, by Frances Geary; To Alma Mater, by Rosemary Conley: To the Sis ters, by Irma Rilling; To the Future, by- Margaret Finnegan, and To Our Lady, by Dorothy Fitzgerald. Juniors Entertain at Georgian The I Icorgian I b itel in Fvanston was the setting for the junior-senior luncheon on May 9, with Mary Margaret Mitchell, junior class president, and Clare Ander son, vice-president, in charge of arrange- Helen Ahem, Betty Brady. Frances Mahoney, Isabel Molloy, Eleanor Con- Icy, Dorothy Nugent, Josephine Guerino, Georgene McGowan, and Annette Specht assisted with plans for the affair, and Betty Ann McCaughey and Katherine Keller provided music and dance inter ludes. Favors for the seniors were tiny gold locket 1 ks, embossed with the College Shield and suspended from fine gold chains. Read Will, Prophecy, History As a climax to Honors Day festivities, the juniors were guests of the seniors at the annual senior-junior tea, held in the tea-room. Geraldine Ferstel, pres ident of the senior class, gave the wel come address to the juniors. The Class History, written by Kathryn Byrne and Frances Geary, was read fol lowing the tea, after which the Class Will and the Class Prophecy, both compiled by Adelaide Nilles, were deliv ered. Plan Yacht Party Members of Les D'Arciennes are dashing about these last days learning to say Ship Ahoy in French, in pre paration for a yachting party on June 16. Joan Bourquc. senior French major, will be hostess at the party, which will be held aboard her father's yacht, The Joan II. Chaperons for the party will be Mrs. N. i gt;. Bourque and Mrs. A. W. Wilkins. Work and play went band in band at the Art club picnic at Belmont Har bor on May 13, arranged by Georgene McGowan. Virginia Gaertner, Marie Nack. and Irene Waldron. senior art majors, were guests of honor. Resident Students Entertain Senior resident students were guests of resident juniors, sophomores, and freshmen at a formal reception held in the living room of Philomena Hall on May 24. Annette Specht was chairman of the program, which included the reading of a special resident-student prophecy, will, and poem. Four seniors, Dorothy Fitzgerald. Genie Harper. Jeanne Theis. and Georg ette Thoss. merited Highest College Honors, conferred by the Reverend John F. McCormick, S.J., head of the Loyola philosophy department, at the Honors Day convocation, on May 25. Highest College Honors are awarded lo those students who are in the upper five percent of their classes in both jun ior and senior years. College Honors, awarded to students in the upper five percent of the sopho more, junior, and senior classes, were given as follows: Sophomores. Mary Caroline Bemis, Olga Grainer, Winifred Greenspahn, Dorothy Homan, Jeanne McGinnis, and Dorothy Sugruc; Juniors, Clare Anderson. Constance Campbell, Louise French, and Mary Mackey; Sen iors, Geraldine Ferstel, Dorothy Fitz gerald, Virginia Gaertner, and Georgette Thoss. Merit Class Honors Class Honors were awarded as follows to students in the upper 10 percent of each class: Freshmen, Virginia Arado, Colette Bergeron, Mary Catherine Bur- nikel. Helen Cashion, Lavinia Cole, Dor othea Cwik, Grace Dorolek, Lorraine Dwyer. Eileen Fink. Dorothy Hein. Julia Krawiec. Myrna Lamont, Dorothy Mc Carthy, Joan Morris, Anne Marie O'Rourke, Marjorie Penny, Evelyn Scbaeffer, Margaret Scbwcistal, I lelen Sheehan, Josephine Stanton, Rita Valen zano, and Rosalie Wiora. Sophomores, Dorothy Adams, Helen Jane Dessero, Marguerite Eichten, Ma rie Kioebge, Eleanor Landon, Catherine Miller, and Mary Margaret O'Flaherty. Juniors, Marjorie Chapman, Helen Conlon, and Mary Laurette Reilly: Seniors, Ruth Mae Amann, Agnes Grif fin, Genie Harper, and Loretta Klodzin ski. Lead in Pepartments Departmental Honors were given as follows: Golden Rose for Drama, Marie Vonesh; Art, Virginia Gaertner, Marie Nack, Irene Waldron; Music, Agnes Griffin. Ruth Perry, Mary Louise Sayre; Home Economics. Betly Boehme: Chem istry, Beatrice Cronin; Physics. Dorothy Sugrue; Zoology, Dorothy Fitzgerald and Marian Gilbert. Mathematics, Frances Geary, Helen Holman, Loretta Klodzinski, Virginia Pelletier; Economics, Geraldine Ferstel, Georgette Thoss: History, Patricia Con nor; Sociology, Catherine Wilkins; French, Elizabeth DuPont Dimmick, Isabel Molloy; German, Josephine Reichl. Awards in English for work on the Skyscraper, Kathryn Byrne and Fran ces Gear)'; for work on the Review, Virginia Gaertner and Agnes Griffin: for the Chicago Daily News Short- Story contest, Clare Anderson. Activities Honors were given as fol lows: Debating, Georgette Thoss; Fresh man Debate contest, I lelen Cashion and Doris Ruddy; W.A.A. Gold Seal. Marian Gilbert, Patricia McDonnough, and Irma Rilling. Climaxing the activities of the year, the annual College Day convocation was celebrated on May 25, at 10 a. m., with speeches, songs, reports of class and club presidents, and with the fare well address of the outgoing president of the Student Activities Council. Geraldine Connell, retiring S.A.C. president, opened the Convocation, call ing for reports from activity leaders. Dorothy Fitzgerald, prefect, spoke for the Sodality, and the class presidents. Geraldine Ferstel, senior; Mary Mar garet Mitchell, junior; Ruth McCor mick, sophomore, and Margery Stanley, freshmen, gave the class reports. Reports for Artists Irene Waldron reported for the Art club; Agnes Griffin for the Cecilians; Catherine Wilkins for the Classical and Modern langages; Roberta Scheid for the Debaters; Betty Boehme for Alpha Omicron; Marie Vonesh for the Laetare Players. Kathryn Byrne spoke for the Inter national Relations club; Marian Gil bert for the Science Forum; Ruth Roeschel for the Sociology club; Fran ces Geary for Writers, Inc., Georg ette Thoss for the Consumers Coopera tive, Irma Rilling for the Terrapins, and Betly Whelan for the W.A.A. I-ollowing the reports, Miss Connell resumed the chair and, in behalf of the students and the Council, thanked the entire Faculty for the encouragement and inspiration they had given throughout the year. Present College Gift The College gift, the proceeds of the annual card party, was then presented to the President of the College, Sister Mary Consuela, B.V.M., by Patricia Connor, vice-president of the Council. After expressing her appreciation to the students for the co-operation they had accorded her (luring her presidency, Miss Council administered the oath of office to the newly elected president. Annamarie Berk, and to the other offi cers, Mary Margaret Mitchell, vice- president, Kathryn Dealy, secretary, and Margery Lenniban, treasurer. Miss Connell then turned over the gavel to Miss Berk, who adjourned the convocation. Catholic University Offers 500 Awards For Peace Contest Have Rings Blessed At Class Ceremony Culminating the religious activities of four years of College, the senior class will take pari in a Ring and Rosary ceremony on June 4, the evening before graduation. Following their reception into the Alumnae association at a tea on Sunday afternoon, the seniors, wearing caps and gowns, will proceed in solemn proces sion up the grand staircase to the Chapel. Led by the officers, the rosary will be recited in unison, after which the college rings and emblems will be blessed by the Reverend Joseph M. Geary, brother of Frances Geary, senior vice-president. Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament will close the cere mony. A peace contest, sponsored by the Catholic University of America and open to American Catholic college students, offers 500 in cash awards to the students submitting the two best essays on the subject. What the Catholic College Can Do in Cooperating with the Catholic- University of America to Promote Chris tian Democracy in Our Country. The contest is an active response to a letter written by Pope Pius NI on the occasion of the golden anniversary of the University, in which the late Holy Fa ther dedicated the University to special missions in the fields of civics, economics, and sociology. Essays are to be under 6,000 words in length and must be submitted before Sept. 1, 1939. Each contestant is required to register with the contest committee by June 1. First prize is 300 and second prize is 200. The essay is to include the teach ing of the Church in relation to the ap plication of the unchanging principles of philosophy and religion to modern prob lems. Papers will be judged on constructive thought, organization of material, and effective English expression. Judges will be the Most Reverend Samuel A. Stritch, D.D., Archbishop of Milwaukee; the Honorable Harold M. Stephens, associate justice of the United States Court of Appeals, District of Co lumbia ; and Brother Leo, F.S.C., LLD., professor of Literature at St. Mary's college. California. Further information about the contest is bulletined in Rooms 305 and 506.
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1939-05-31 (3)
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