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twdy United Nations Charter . This Is It For the Seniors Take Comprehensives Today, Tomorrow This morning at 9, the 128 members of the Class of 1946 report in the study hall and the classrooms on the fourth floor for comprehensive examinations in their major fields. Six hours in length, the comprehen sives are given in two parts, three hours this morning, and three hours tomorrow morning. The comprehensives are designed to measures the student's acquaintance with her major field and to test the depth and soundness of her achievement in that field. Music Department Merits Membership In National Qroup The College Music department was admitted to institutional membership in the National Association of School of Music, at the Association's annual meeting in Detroit last week. Recognized as the top standardizing agency for academic music schools, the Association maintains high standards of efficiency, and admits departments only after thorough study of their fa cilities and accomplishments. The Mundelein Music department of fers courses leading to the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music, and Bachelor of Music Education degrees. It was established when the College opened, in 1930. jj Enrolled in a new history course, The United States and the United Nations, introduced this semester to promote Jtudent knowledge of the U.N.O., Elinor Jane Forrestal and Grace Foran look at the official U. S., Britain, and Sov- t signature page in a facsimile of the United Nations Charter, printed in English, French, Chinese, Russian, and ' Spanish. Qive Scholarship Examinations Approximately 350 seniors from high schools in Chicagoland are expected to take the annual Scholarship Examina tion in Liberal Arts, which will be held here on Saturday, March 9, at 9:30 a.m. In addition to the examination, a vo cational preference test, designed to as sist students in selecting courses and major fields, will be administered. Scholarship examinations in Art and Music will be given on March 16, and the Drama Scholarship examinations will be on April 6. Addresses National Catholic Meeting Asserting that the most important need of a child is an understanding love and the security that comes with it, Miriam Laughran Rooney, Ph. D., of the Educa tion department, addressed delegates to the National Catholic Conference on Family Life, in Washington, D. C, early this month. A graduate of the Catholic university of America and an outstanding figure in educational and child study circles, Dr. Rooney, who is the mother of five chil dren, lectured on the topic, The Child's World. rd: m gt;rama Department resents Three-Act ' ystery Play ae Loyola Students Share jjStellar Roles 72 ' (Picture on Page 4) Murder will come to Mundelein not njially, but dramatically on March 1 uei 3 when the Drama department, as- tcd by students from Loyola univer- ' ' presents Murder In a Nunnery. Adapted by Emmet Lavery from the He by Eric Shepherd, the three act e(jy involves an investigation of the ider of the Baroness Sliema, a con- tntal noblewoman, in the Chape of j English convent school. The comedy element in the play arises tn the nuns and students, eager to Ire the mystery, baffle and bewilder police, who are unaccustomed to in- ligating crime in a convent. Setting Is Novel The religious aspect of the play is letndly developed, and the convent- ol atmosphere provides a theatrical V'elty that made the play immediately icecessful for professional performances. :b nnc O'Connor and Virginia Perry ftre the role of Reverend Mother, Miss h onnor appearing in the March 3 per- otfmance, and Miss Perry in the March lesj'ay. n oyce Archer and Veronica Walsh rrnate in the role of Mother Peck. eyicr members of the religious com- rn iity are impersonated by Alice Marie .r*cn, Mary Bcccher, Patricia Hereley, ir rtha Wade, Marion Kelly, Olive jith, Mildred Stanek, Charleine Bces- .J, Mary Lou Oberwise and Helen ' 'ilin. Ij Take Supporting Roles ls upporting characters are portrayed )r- Eleanor Layden, Dolores Toniatti, Qjrjorie Krosk lt; Jeanne Schubert, emary Martin, Marilyn Reynolds, n(jry Louise Kelly, Patricia Nealin, Jlanor Popell, Florence Sigler, Lois fk, Jo Ann Logelin, Mary Lou Ober- lt, Helen Redlin and Sheila Spira. ,:rank I.cyhane, of Loyola, stars as fpector Pearson, in charge of the in- ,'stigation; Raymond Egan appears as rgcant Mulligan, and Marshall Smul- Ti takes the role of the Baron. ' Other Loyolans in the cast are Stephen *d, a newspaper reporter, and Patrick .alley, who carries the comedy role of : gardener at the convent school. Rosemary Tierney and Patricia Wes- (Continued on page 3, column 3) se College Introduces Study of U.N.O. Convinced that the success of the United Nations organization depends largely on the support of an enlightened public, instructed in the objectives of the organization, the College has introduced this semester a two-hour history course, The United States and the United Na tions. The course will include a study of the United Nations Charter its goals, its strengths and weaknesses, proposed amendments, and fields for future effort. The history and achievements of the first UNO session, which opened in Lon don on Jan. 10 and closed on Feb. 16, will be studied. The class will also consider the funda mental principles underlying the problem of world peace, an historical survey of the origin of the problem, its complicat ing factors, the failure so far to reach a solution, possible solutions, and practi cal suggestions for citizen-student con tributions to world peace. - Vol. XVI MUNDELEIN COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 25, 1946 No. 7 Faculty Member Is Associate Editor Of Chemistry Book Assisting in abstracting, compiling, and proofreading material for the Encyclo pedia of Chemical Reactions, Volume 1, Sister Mary Martinette, B.V.M., chair man of the Chemistry department, is one of the associate editors of the new refer ence book edited by C. A. Jacobson, professor of Chemistry at W*t Virginia university. The recently published work results from the long-felt need of chemists for a reference work which would provide easily located information regarding known reactions of elements and com pounds. It is the first volume of a digest of the world's chemical knowledge, and is an attempt to list the original experiments of all known chemical reactions. The book deals with A and B of the possible 92 elements. Beginning her work in January 1939, at the John Crerar library, Sister Mary Martinette abstracted 150 articles from the Bulletin de la societe chimique de France. Two New Members Join Faculty Two new Faculty members joined the staff at the opening of the second se mester, the Reverend John W. Curran, O. P., and Kathryn Herold. Professor of philosophy, Father Cur ran, now at the Dominican house of studies in River Forest, received his doctorate in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical Angelicum university in Rome. While there, he witnessed the enthrone ment of the present Pontiff, Pope Pius XII. Miss Herold, who is in the Chemistry department, received her Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern in 1944 and was awarded a fellowship. She has been doing graduate work at North western for the past year and one-half. 26 New Students Register For Second Semester Announce Creative Writing, Art Competitions For the fifteenth consecutive year, the College, in observance of Catholic Press month, is sponsoring a Creative Writing and Art contest, designed to encourage literary and artistic effort. All students in the College, whether or not they write or have written for any of the publications, may enter the con test. Manuscripts must be presented in Room 506 on or before April 3. As in previous years, the contest will have six divisions: essay, verse, short story, editorial, contemporary criticism, and creative art. Contributors may enter as many divisions as they wish, and con tribute to each as many entries as they choose. 5 Juniors, 11 Freshmen, 10 Sophomores Enroll Twenty-six new students, including four ex-servicewomen, have enrolled for the second semester. Of these, 10 are former Mundelein students. Returning to the junior class are Jac- fluelyn Clancy, Jane Grant Crowley, Betty Jane Kelly, Roscann Kennedy, and Peggy Routliff. Sophomores who return after a sem ester or more of absence from Munde lein are Mary Glynn Gage, Marjorie Lennon, Patricia Stephens, Audrey Ewry Bavelles, and Helen Schultz. New soph omores are Sister Anatolia, O.F.M., Sis ter Neola, O.F.M., Dorothy Gaughan, Catherine Gallagher, and Patricia Wcs- cott. New freshmen are Lois Billingham, Arlaine Du Colo, Patricia Evans, Nancy Fitzgerald, Rosemarie Hornack, Rose mary Madda, Mary Lou Maxfield, Rita McCarthy, Lorraine Nadeau, Mary Lor raine Putnam, and Nora Scannell. Wednesday Is Coke Dance Day Weekly coke dances for Loyola and Mundelein were inaugurated Feb. 20 in the college gymnasium. Name bands on wax supply the music. This week's dance, under the chair manship of Sheila Finney, Student Ac tivities Council president, will be Wednesday, Feb. 27, from 3 to 5 p.m. Waves, Spar, Marine Enter Under Ql Bill Joining the two former Waves who were enrolled here during the past sem ester, Florence Moore and Agnes Gor ecki, are four additional ex-servicc- wonien who have recently abandoned uniforms in favor of collegiate attire. Audrey Ewry Bavelles, sophomore, whose husband is with the Navy in the South Pacific, enlisted in the Women's Reserve of the Marine corps in Feb. 1943. Among the first group of Women's re serves, Mrs. Bavelks trained, under Marine supervision, at Hunter college New York. After graduation from non-commis sioned officers' school at Camp Lejtinc, Xorth Carolina, she went successively to Washington, D. C, the Navy yard at Philadelphia, back to Camp Lejune, and then to Eagle Mountain Lake, Texas. Lois Billinfham, freshman, joined the Navy in Jan. 1944, to serve training at Hunter college, and was later' assigned secretary to the District Labor Relations office in Chicago. Shortly after V-J Day, Miss Billingham was assigned to Great Lakes, and received her honorable discharge in December. Soon after joining the SPARS, Wo men's Reserve of the Coast Guard, in May, 1943, Lorraine Janis Nadeau. fresh man, reported to Palm Beach for hoot training. As a yeoman second class. Mrs. Na deau served at the Coast Guard operating base in Chicago for 27 months before her discharge in November. (Continued on page 3, column 3) J
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