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SKYSCRAPER Page Three u me . . . RIN'o extends tentative lingers I softer breeze, a ripening sun Inndelein falls under her spell. (wi't you noticed it? Eleanor Ws dog. Lady, stirs in class, rest- bbr out-of-d ors. pditiiiic plans concern brief walks I the lake shore, with food a consideration. Woolen mittens far-lined b- ots depart for summer fc. And you thrill to the ubiqui observation - Why, summer's al- Ihcrc. alORS, seared by oomprehensives, (sfsVed alter sympathetic treatment niors last week. Several juniors. tapers, served as honor guard a stretcher bearing a cap and representing their exhausted el- I in the limp arms of the gown volume picked at random but titled At War with Academic Horn. 10R Marijo Coleman combines ler major and minor fields, in Eng land psychology, in a unique part- h. Marijo serves as assistant to Ernst Schmidhler, psychiatrist and srcommander in the Navy Medical fcs At present she is helping t' pre- m for publication a book on a new jof mental therapy developed by the r for treatment of war casualties. PORTERS for the Skyscraper Dashed up to a crowd in the fresh- Is lounge. Any news for Sky- pings? Any parties, proms, pohi js,ttc etc.? iV'ng pause. Then . . . Iny, we're from Rosary. Just vis- RUBF.RS of the Sophomore class fare unearthed surprising siele- tl on the childhood careers of sev- I Mundelein students. pna Keams recalls longingly the pfanent inflicted on her Lr talking of turn. She had to sit in a class- I iull of boys. Horrors secret childhood ambitb n of De Yore was to be a triplet to ftain cousins, and Eleanor Lund I early artistic talent when she into a ran of blue paint. Faculty Members Attend Lectures Sister Mary St. Irene, B.V.M., chair man of the French department, and Sis ter Mary Martine, B.V.M.. of the En glish department, attended a lecture given by the Reverend A. J. Denomv, C.S.B.. guest lecturer at the University of Notre Dame, last Friday. This lecture is i ne of a scries on Me diaeval Languages and Literatures, and Mediaeval Philosophy and Spirituality, sponsored by the Mediaeval Institute of Notre Dame. Other lecturers on the program, which extends throughout March and April, are Professors AnKii Pcgis and Vincent I.. Kennedy. C.S.B.. of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Stud ies, Toronto. Canada. Laurel Davis, A.M., of the Home Economics department, attended the Chicago Nutrition Forum. Feb. 24, at the Allerton hotel, where discussion concerned the home economist in a pub lic health unit, in a welfare agency, and in a nutrition clinic. Betty Tholl and Jane Feller, sopho mores in the Home Economics depart ment, were delegated to the Fourth Home Economics club workshop, held at the Allerton Feb. 19-21. The work shop is sponsored by the Student clubs of the Region No. 7 Home Economics association. Set Designer Appointed to WQN-TV Address Dietitians Sister Imeldine. O.S.F., '46, who ceini- plcted a dietetics internship at St. Louis University hospital. June '47. will speak on Reduction diets, at 9 a.m. Mar. 4. Sister discussed ulcer diets before mem bers of the Diet and Disease class of the Home Economis department, on Feb. 19. Another guest lecturer. Miss Gene vieve Anthony, dietitian at Cook County hospital, described for the group the work of a hospital dietitian. Cross Fund rive Continues Pmdelcin's Rcil Cross Unit, in eo lation with the American National fdCr.iss. lias launched its annual Fund . The initial Fund day was Feb. I the drive will continue thrc ugh b week with headquarters in the St lounge. Bt aim oi the drive is complete ige of the school. Sophomore Qroup Discusses Marriage Four students in a 12 ei'clock Moral Guidance class, under the chairmanship of Jacqueline Benson, recently present ed a panel on Marriage, showing its Catholic aspect and the particular vir tues necessary for that state of life. Appearing in the panel were Mary- Jean Hackett. Donna Radtke, Mary Francis Walsh, and Dolores Wojcie- chowski. Discussion was continued on the floor by Patricia Bradley. Mildred De Vic. Patricia Dignan. Kathleen Hclmold. Bernadette Jacobs, Marguerite Kerger. Ramona Niedzeilski, Jeanninc Powers. idd Periodical Listings fo Reading Room Files New plastic frames for periodicals listings have been added to the lory reading room. With a casual Hip of the hand, the smudge-proof lies swing back and forth for easy reference. I These frames contain a listing of all the periodicals that are in the Bag room itself. A complete listing of all the periodicals in the library lobefound in the first drawer in the green filing cabinet. Freshmen have already made use of the periodical listings as they IKmpletec an assignment for English classes. They were to browse long the periodicals and choose their 10 favorite magazines, stating (by these particular magazines appealed to them. Some of their typi- illrfreshman evaluations are as follows: CATHOLIC DIGEST Humorous, sane, informative, educational hI enlightening, all taught in a painless way. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Helps a little to quench my thirst or travel. PARENT'S MAGAZINE Naturally I'll be married some day I ope and would like to read this to see what it has to offer. THE CATHOLIC WORLD is a sort of AMERICA with a less ominous appearance and almost as much interest. COMMONWEAL it is wonderful once in a while to delve into llheintellectual and this is it THOUGHT Articles contain lots of deep thinking and good rea soning. FOREIGN AFFAIRS would prove helpful for Social Science ma- fc.But it would be hard to read this every day. Patricia O'Mara, Skyscraper staff member, interviews George Petterson, technical director of the Drama department, who was recently named pro duction manager of WGN-TV. Debaters meet Universities in Practice Sessions Mundelein debaters will meet teams from Northwestern, Chicago, and I.-yo- la universities Friday, March 5, in prac tice debate sessions. On March 12. Mundelein teams will contest with students from Northwes tern and Chicago. The series, spon sored by the Chicago Area Debate League, affords practice for beginning debaters and will terminate Saturday. April 1, with a decision tournament. Junior Chemists Discuss Drugs Junior members will conduct the March 10 meeting of the Chemistry club, directing discussion of certain drugs, among them benadryl, benze drine, adrenaline, ephedrine. sulfa, peni cillin, quinine, and the pheno-barbitals. Taking part in this discussit n will be Helen Chalos, Marilyn Foss. Mary Jo Newhart. Rosemarie Legenza, Connie Weber. Therese Gormley. Joan Math ews, Vivian Winkatcs, Betty Palermo and Vivian Walkosz. Conduct Panels On Palestine, Military Training History students recently discussed two topics of current interest, the Pal estine partition and the adoption of compulsory military training in the United States. Participating in the panel on the Palestine problem were Marilyn Brown, Marilyn Carr. Patricia Considinc. Jean Hanson. Mary Ann Mclirecn, Rose marie Meyer. Patricia O'Mara. Eileen Parker, and Olivia Tangredy. Elaine Antonucci, Mary Case, Rose mary G-lby, Patricia Karras, Janet Lack , Donna Parichy, Jeannine Powers, Naomi Retchin, Kathleen Roche, The rese Roscen, Margaret Shaughnessy, Rernadine Tighe and Lucille Winkler presented the pros and cons of a military training program. Las Teresianas Initiate Members Las Teresianas will initiate 12 new members at a meeting March 3. New Spanish club members include Helen Manza, Marina Giovannetti, Mercedes Parker, Marjorie Zelin. Marion Trav- aglini, Mary Leona Merrick, Rosemary McFarlin. Louise Coughlin. Mary Ther ese Hanrahan. Mary Hesterman. Mary Ryan, and Mary Lou Hafner. Women Voters, IRC Hear UN Expert Attend Collegiate Council Meeting- at U. of Chicago Florence Moore, president of the League cf Women Voters and vice- president of the International Relations club, and Eleanor Garby, member of the I. R. C., attended the Collegiate Council for the United Nations, college division of the American Association for the United Nations. The meeting was held at the Chicago International Relations center, Feb. 27 to 29. Speakers included Clark M. Eichel- berger, director of the American Asso ciation for the United Nations, Mrs. Louise Leonard Wright, member of the UNESCO Commission, and Adlai Ste venson, United States delegate to the United Nations and Democratic candi date for governor of Illinois. The conference provided an oppor tunity for the study of the means by which an understanding and active sup port of the United Nations could be promoted on college campuses. , Discuss Latin American Press, Heroes Docs the Latin American press differ from the press in the United States? The answer will be given in a fcrum discussion in Latin American Geogra phy class, March 8. Participating arc Jacqueline Mulholland, Jeri Mangold, Mary Ann Mockler. and Frances Wager. Four men prominent in Latin-Ameri can history San Martin, Bolivar, Tru- jillo, and Peron will be discussed in Latin American geography class March 5. Participating in this forum are fresh- m c n Charlene Anzalone. Lauretta Bombe, Carol Higgins, and Barbara Martin. Veni, VIDEO, Vici Stage Director Accepts Post On Station WGN-TV In X veniber of 1935. a 14-ycar-old high school boy offered his services to the Drama department. With the exception of two years he spent in the Army, George Petterson has been at Mundelein ever since. Last month, Mr. Petterson, now tech nical direc'or of the Drama depart ment and r. sponsible for the beautiful settings f r all Mundelein plays, ac cepted the position of Director of pro duction for WGN-TV, newly formed television station of the Mutual Broad casting System. In his new capacity, Mr. Petterson will design sets, take care of lighting, and generally supervise the production of the television broadcasts. But he will continue his work at Mundelein. being long experienced in handling a variety of jobs simultane ously. When he was in third grade. Mr. Pet terson began bis career in school dra matics and later became a lighting tech nician fi r the Evanston Children's the atre. While attending St. George High school, he became an assistant at Mun delein. and. banded together 83 high school students into a production com pany which, in 32 weeks, put on 57 plays for North Shore theatrical groups. A summer at the Old White Sommer theatre in West Virginia, and a season as manager of the Joyce Kilmer Play ers on tour, supplemented professional study at Northwestern, the University of Chicago-, and Armour Institute. After two years of service, Captain Petterson returned to Mundelein, with the Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf clusters; the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters; and the l'.TO Ribbon with six battle stars. Based in England with the 389th Bomb Group, Second Division, Eighth Air Force, he Hew 29 missions, 18 ef them lead missions, before being as signed to set up special GH Radar Bombing Training in England, and his was one of the first crews to fly into the Ruhr Valley on GH, during the early months of 1945. Re-enrolling at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Mr. Petterson received his Bachelor of Science degree with a major in architecture. He has since done technical work for Loretto aca demy, Woodlawn; for the Academy of Our Lady, Longwood; for the National Catholic Theatre conference, and, of course, for Mundelein. Junior Gives Paper On German Government Mary Therese Neville, junior, deliv ered a paper on Government in Ger many Today at a regional meeting of the International Relations Commission of NFCCS, held at Rosary college, Feb. 22. The theme of the meeting was The London F lt; reign Ministers' Meeting. Eleanor Garby and Barbara McGowan also attended. Sophomores Take Comprehensive Examinations, March 8, 9 The entire Sophomore class will gather in the auditorium on Mon day and Tuesday. March X and 9. for the Sophomore Comprehensive examinations, designed to assist in the guidance of lower division Students who are about to begin intensive study in their major fields. The test in English is scheduled for 9 a.m. on March 8, and the test in Contemporary Affairs will be given at 1 p.m. that day. The test in General Culture is scheduled for March 9. at 9 a.m. On March 9 at 2 p.m., the Sophomores will take the Mundelein Sopho more Inventory, a locally constructed test which purports to measure certain outcomes which Mundelein, as a Catholic college, aims to achieve. Part I of the Inventory tests a student's knowledge of Christian principles of evaluation in the fields of social science, natural science, literature, and the fine arts. Part II is a test of acquaintance with contemporary Catholic affairs. Part III is a test of acquaintance with contemporary Catholic litera ture; and Part IV is a test of Catholic worship, dogma, and moral. The English. Contemporary Affairs, and General Culture tests are Cooperative tests, recommended by the Cooperative Tests Project of the Educational Testing Service for inclusion in the 1948 National College Sophomore Testing program. L
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