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TIMI Rlllf IffSS ** lt;e iV.v:.; gt; Volume IV MUNDELEIN COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MARCH 23, 1934 Number 9 Freshmen Prepare for Semi-Finals Debate Tilts in Four Winning Teams Will Debate Child Labor After Easter The debating fever has gripped the freshman class, who will go into the semi finals of the class contest shortly after Easter. Ever since the idea of inter-class de bates was taken up in the freshman rhet oric classes, the debating germ has flour ished to such a degree that any member of the class is ready at a moment's notice to cross swords, formally or informally, on the question under fire Resolved: That the proposed Child Labor Amend ment be adopted. These ardent, though youthful, follow ers of the forensic art chose three repre sentatives from each class to uphold the honor of the division in the contest. To date the contest is in the semi-finals, Teams B, C, E, and F having won from Teams A, D, G, and H in the quarter finals which took place on Wednesday and Friday, March 14 and 16. Three of the teams which won Friday championed the negative, the debaters arguing vigorously against Congressional control of the education of children, im plied in the amendment. The members of the winning teams were: Team B, Agnes Grogan, Mary Rose Brown, and Margaret Cleary; Team C Mary Houlihan, Helen Sheehan and Rita Tatge; Team E, Ruth Quirk, Ger trude Rafferty, and Mary Catherine Rose; Team F, Ann Pazemis, Mary Herlihy, and Margaret Vendley. Teams B, C, and E upheld the negative, and Team F the affirmative. Members of the other teams were: Team D, Frances Sturm, Dorris Brown, and Maxine Corey; Team A, Adele Kash, Bernice Walters, and Charlotte Huen; Team G, Lorraine Horn, Helen Hunter, and Ellabelle Michael; Team H, Mar garet Mary Nolan, Betty Neil, and Eileen Madden. Former Students Take Religious Vows on March 19 Six former Mundelein students took their first Vows, and one member of the Alumnae was received into the Congrega tion of the Sisters of Charity, B.V.M., on March 19, at St. Joseph's Convent, Mount Carmel, Dubuque. Catherine Clarke, Sister Mary Vera; Marjorie Cramer, Sister Mary Assisium; Florence Janssen, Sister Mary Janelle; Catherine Kennedy, Sister Mary Timo- thea; Margaret McKay, Sister Mary Bertha; and Agnes Walsh, Sister Mary Wilma Rita, all former members of the charter class, were professed. Mary Lally, vice-president of the class of 1932, was received, taking the name, Sister Mary Aquin. Miss Lally, who was a classics major and an English minor, was editor-in-chief of the year book, a member of the Clepsydra staff, and president of the Stylus club. She was a member likewise of Eta Phi Alpha, hav ing been president of that organization in 1931, and she was a charter member of Delta Gamma Sigma, honorary literary society. Lucille Connery, Sister Mary Immacu lata, who entered with the other members from the charter class, was unable to be professed because of illness. Sister will probably take her Vows in August. Father Mertz Qives VocationWeek Talk at Student Assembly We cannot realize the ideal, but we can idealize the real This striking quotation is from the in formal talk given by the Reverend James J. Mertz, S.J., spiritual director of the students, at convocation on March 21, as a conclusion to the Vocation Week events which had occurred during the preceed- ing days. Father Mertz stressed especially the idea of a religious vocation, explaining that, although other vocations may be more fitting to some persons, those who receive the call to religion should be brave enough to follow. Life is a gamble, declared Father Mertz, and if you sell all you have and gamble with God, He will invariably give you the pearl of great price, which is a vocation to the religious life. What takes away the bigness of the sacrifice is the spirit of courage, Father continued, and we must remember that God's gifts to those who have made sac rifices for Him are never cheap They are always rich and rare In conclusion, Father spoke these im pressive words, If, when God is playing upon your heart, He strikes a responsive chord, at least ask Him for His grace to do His will Little Dramatists Give Plays, Dances The fairies themselves seemed to have taken the stage at Mundelein on St. Pat rick's day when the Children's Theatre plays were presented at 2 o'clock. An introductory skit, The Adventures of a Peppermint Boy, opened the pro gram, and six little green-clad colleens presented an Irish jig before the curtain drew back on the play, The Sing-a-Song Man. Next, a tiny toe dancer, Joan Ursprung, just five and one-half years old, per formed, and after her encore, the final play, Ten Minutes by the Clock, was pre sented. Geraldine Gardiner, Mary Nicholson, Sallie Agnes Smith, and Kathryn Walsh direct the Children's Theatre plays. Miss Ruth Joan Finnegan directs the dances. Virginia Meis is accompanist, and Rita Smith is organist. The following children took part in the plays and dances: Barbara Huling, Rob ert Nesbit, Rosemary Schoen, Patsy Fin negan, Terry Glen, Marjorie Michaelis, Betty Paradis, Jean Saunders, Frances Spelz, Patricia Leahy, Florence .McDon nell, Mary Downing, Joan Patterson, Mary Rita McGrogan, Margaret Mary Dougherty, Martha Weinschank, Therese Jordan, Joan Ursprung, Thomas Leahy, Eleanor Lally, Alice Marie Horan, Fran ces Donogan, Henry Lambin, Dorothy Prendergast, Mary Doheny, Dorothy Harnotte, Nancy Bock, Eileen Ford, Ann Mary Kennedy, Kathleen Perkins, and Joan Szajnecki. The new term for the Children's The atre will open on April 7. Writers Study Foreign Papers Sent by C.S.P.A. Publications from European Universities Are on Display By Mary Catherine Schmelzer Through the courtesy of the Catholic School Press Association, the Sky scraper office is housing a rarely inter esting collection of foreign Catholic pub lications. Universities and Catholic Ac tion organizations of Ireland, Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, and Poland are represented by their own peculiar types of magazines, newspapers, and pictorial sheets. A comparison of these periodicals with those of our own country is preeminently a contrast. Where our editors have reached a high point of artistry in me chanical make-up, theirs seem to assemble their material in haphazard nonchalance. Newspapers present unbroken seas of type that torture the American eye. Literary articles in magazines are sandwiched in between emphatic advertisements, and pages top-heavy with cuts appear again and again. But it is our publications that suffer by contrast when contents are considered. News articles written with a verve and clarity that makes the reader pause every now and then in appreciative admiration concern subjects of vital importance, or, at least, are so phrased as to compel at tention and interest. Literary articles, for the most part, evidence a serious thoughtfulness and 3 seasoned judgment remarkable in stu dent magazines and creditable to profes sional writers. Where criticism is made, practical suggestions seem invariably to accompany it. A religious tone per meates all, and their slogan might well be Religion with a Purpose. The publications have been on display in the Skvscraper and Clepsydra offices, in the language departments, and in the library. L'Avant-Gap.de, official organ of the students at the University of Louvain; Catho, publication of the Catholic stu dents at the University of Lille, Vox Carolina from Holland, Luce, organ of the union of Catholic students at Lux embourg, Universitaire Catholique, publication of Catholic students at Lou vain, F e c, a magazine put out by the Catholic students at Strasbourg, and Twilight, a magazine from Dublin uni versity, are especially interesting. Student Council Plans Card Party at Palmer House The grand ballroom of the Palmer House will be the scene of the third an nual all-school card party, being spon sored by the Student Activities Council, Thursday evening, April 26. A style show and a variety of valuable door prizes will be special attractions at the event. Because it is the only social function of the school year in which all classes and organizations participate, the card party is expected to attract a large attendance. It is the opinion of the Council that such a gathering can best be taken care of with the facilities of a hotel room such as the grand ballroom. Similarly, it is believed that a greater number would be able to attend an evening party. The style show, which proved to be such an attraction last year, will again be featured as the project of the home economics department. Posters advertis ing the event have been made by members of the art department and the entire stu dent body is cooperating in the sale of tickets. Lenore Manning, president of the Stu dent Activities Council, has announced the following committee chairmen: patrons, JVIary Ann Walsh, Irene Lavin; tickets, Gloria Barry, Margaret Grace; publicity, Charlotte Wilcox, Lillian Scholzen; door prizes, Mary Nicholson, Rita Smith; mail ing, Agnes Gill, Jean McKeever; printing, Katherine Brennan, Frances Joeger; table prizes, Lenore Manning, Julia Hagerty. HAPPY EASTER/ The College will close today at 4 o'clock for the Easter holidays, and will reopen on Tuesday, April 3. The Skyscraper staff takes this opportunity to wish for the Fac ulty and students of Mundelein College a Holy Week filled with many graces, and a generous par ticipation in the joy of Easter Sun- dav. Model Paris Gowns in Vogue Hour Here Dots and checks, swaggers and trains pa raded rhythmically down the aisles of the Mundelein tea room as the home econo mics department presented its Fourth An nual Vogue Hour on the Ides of March. The display of fashions included the latest in gowns, millinery, gloves, and jewelry for milady during the coming season. In a brief fashion review, Morel Far mer predicted blue and green in all shades as spring favorites, with fabric designs ranging from stripes to polka dots. Immediately afterwards, students of home economics modeled dresses, suits, and formals made under the super vision ot the department. Against a background of palms and calla lilies, the mannequins displayed the gowns, to the strains of music provided by the Tau Mu orchestra. A talk by Jane Molloy on the import ance of correct dress accessories was fol lowed by an exhibit of the new frilly col- ars and handkerchiefs, and appropriate jewelry for afternoon and evening. At the conclusion of the review, a buffet tea was served in the guest dining room. Margaret Webb, Clementina Paloney, Mary Tracy, Helen Daley, Lillian Schol zen, Gertrude Hans, Mary E. Ronan, Esther Coleman, Katherine Kostakis, Helen Bulchunis, Lucille Rusk, Margaret (Continued on page 4, column 2) To Give Mosaics on First Sunday After Holidays Four One-Act Plays Planned for Annual Drama Night By Jane Spalding Each year as the first tiny green leaves show themselves on the trees to announce the coming of springtime, the drama de partment at Mundelein welcomes the new season with a group of Mosaics, to be presented this year on Sunday evening, April 8. Because the freshmen are the youngest of the buds, they are to be presented in a sparkling prologue, fantastic, satirical, and yet delightfully naive. The Princess With the Shiny Nose was written by Magdeline Kessie, a jun ior, and, because it fits perfectly the stylized.presentation which is so popular now, Penelope Haloulos, a senior drama student, is directing it in this way, ar ranging music, distinctive costumes, and an utterly new type of make-up to cor respond with the realistic actions. The two pompous little guardsmen who prance through exaggerated pantomime, the villanous Prince Eek, and the other extravagant characters will be reminiscent of the subtly charming comedies of Ernst Lubitsch. When the curtains part on Hop O' Me Thumb, the sophomore contribution to the evening of drama, the atmosphere changes entirely, for this is the pathetic tale of a tiny laundry girl and her hope less romance. Little Amanda is a pretender, a poor little Cockney who lives in the world of dreams, and who picks as her hero one Horace, a rough young braggart whose heart is finally touched for a brief, resent ful second by the girl who believes she loves him. Thus a play concludes, full of pathos, a picture of a girl's heart and the barriers she builds about it. In still greater contrast to this is the juniors' play, Happy Returns. This bit of comedy centers about the disap pearance of a diamond bracelet at a fash ionable garden-party. The lovely summer frocks, the scintillat ing dialogue, and the sharply etched char acter portrayal all serve to create an atmosphere of pleasing sophistication, and, as the mystery of the stolen bracelet develops, suspicion will fall in turn upon the hostess, upon her flighty friend, upon the gay flapper, the peculiar stranger, and even upon the blithe young college girl who attends the garden gathering with her (Continued on page 4, col. 4) SINGER COMINQ Kathleen Kersting, formerly of the Chicago Civic Opera Com pany, will be the soloist at the Glee club's annual concert on May 11. Miss Kersting, who has taken part in the Wagnerian Bayreuth festival and has appeared under Toscanini, is at present fulfilling a 32-wcek engagement in Europe. She will arrive in New York in time to appear here on the 11, on her way to a western engagement. English Head Has Three New Poems in the Commonweal The Commonweal for March 2 carries three exquisite poems by Sister Mary Angelita, B.V.M., author of Starshine and Candlelight and many other poems. The poems which appear in Common weal are written in the Japanese form, the tanka, and are on the three forms of prayer. Sister Mary Angelita won the award for religious verse with these three poems two years ago in a contest sponsored by the magazine, Poetry, which is edited by Edith Merrick. Just a month ago an article of Sister Mary Angelita's on Origins of Some English Words appeared in the Catholic World. Sister Mary Angelita has been head of the English departments of Mun delein College since it opened in 1930.
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