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Cornerstones 1934-1936 We Implore - As the world headed toward the mid- thirties and members of the present Senior class began to cut paper dolls and clutter their households, Mundelein was producing its first set of alumnae. This issue of Cornerstones will dwell on the great panorama which the Charter class witnessed in its first year after graduation, 1934-35. Great progress was made in the med ical field. George Minot and William Murphy, Nobel prize winners, found pre ventives for the common, death-dealing, pernicious anemia. The world awoke to the amazing news of Olivia and Elzire Dione's set of quintuplets, born May 28, 1935, on a farm near Callender, Ontario. Lady on Broadway In the entertainment world Katherine Cornell became a producer as well as a leading star on Broadway. As actress- manager she played Romeo and Juliet in 1934 and St. Joan in 1936. At the same time Lauritz Melchior completed his hundreth performance as Siegfried for the Metropolitan. The American premiere of Henri Gheon's comedy, The Comedian, marked Munde- lein's contribution to the drama. College Opens Library Two major additions to the College, the beautiful white marble library and the adjoining red brick residence hall, were purchased in the fall of 1934, and the first major contribution to the library shelves was a set of 9500 volumes, the gift of Monsignor John Rothensteiner, censor librorum of the Archdiocese of St. Louis. There was disaster along with the suc cess. An earthquake struck Formosa in 1935 killing over 5000. Black Blizzards, dust storms, followed severe draught and created misery and want for midwestern farmers. Submarginal land that had been broken to the plow during World War I, when the rain fall was heavy, blew away when the rains stopped. Farmers in a dozen states had to dig out after every storm and other abandoned their farms to the dust. Lewis Launches C.I.O. John L. Lewis launched the Committee on Industrial Organization in '35 while the first New Deal relief measures were being passed. The Federal Emergency Relief administration headed by Harry Hopkins was scrapped in '35 for the Works Progress Administration which undertook public projects of all types. It soon met charges of made work and shovel leaners and big business antipathy. In 1935 the senate voted against U. S. participation in The World Court, and the neutrality act forbidding Americans to furnish munitions and money to foreign belligerents and refusing protection to Americans sailing on belligerent ships. Edward VIII Abdicates One of the greatest news stories of the age occurred in December when King Kdward VIII of England abdicated, throwing over an empire for an American divorcee. England made news again when the White Star superlincr, The Queen Mary, greatest ship afloat, docked in New York on its maiden voyage. The rise of the Soviet Union to the rank of a first class world power was made clear in the signing of the Franco- Soviet alliance. The China Clipper flights from the U.S. to Manila were inaugurated Nov. 22, 1935, marking the first regular ly scheduled air flights over the Pacific. An outstanding sports record was set by Lou Gehrig, who led both major leagues in batting and home runs and continued his unbroken record of endur ance after participating in 2,130 straight games. But as the world steadily rolled towards international disaster and individual et- tainment became more and more a matter of material gain, a Mundelein editor could write on the eve of a 1936 retreat let us try earnestly to chart our lives in courses worthy of our heritage and of our high ideals. Collegians Lead Discussions At National Christian Doctrine Congress, Nov. 7-11 Chicago area Catholic college students will form an important block, as the catechists and teachers of tomorrow, at the National Congress of the Confra ternity of Christian Doctrine at the Sher aton Hotel. Nov. 7-11. For the convenience of college stu dents and to insure maximum attendance, many sessions of the CCD have been scheduled in the evening with outstanding Catholic clerical and lay speakers. In a general session on Nov. 7, at 8 p.m., His Eminence, Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago, will wel come the participants and acquaint them with the purposes and policies of the Confraternity. Thursday evening at 8 in the Grand Success in midsemester examinations, Nov. 5-9, peace in Korea, conver sion of Russia are some of the intentions that draw students and others to the Shrine of the Sacred Heart on Library campus. BULLETIN So that all students may find it possible to attend the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Convention, classes will not meet on Friday, Nov. 9. imMmmm Vol. XXII Mundelein College, Chicago 40, Illinois, Nov. 1, 1951 No. 3 Music, Music, Music . . . Cecilians Serenade College; Renew Fall Concert Series (Picture on Page 3.) . The Cecilians will capture the delicacy of Chopin, the mastery of Brahms, and the artistry of Beethoven at the Annual Fall concert, presented by the Music department, Nov. 2, at 8:15 p.m. Rosemary Ernst will open the program with a selection from Chopin, Ballade No. 3 in A Flat. Betty Wellner and Blandina Beitoo also will interpret works of Chopin, Nocturne in F Sharp Major and Scherzo in B minor, respectively. The Brahms masterpiece, Rhapsody in G minor, is the selection of Jeanne Regan and Norma Galvin. Dramatists Turn Calendar Back To Ancient Troy (Picture on Page 3.) The Drama department will turn the calendar back 2,350 years, Nov. 17 and 18, when Laetare Players recreate the life of ancient Troy and the story of beautiful Helen, with their presentation of The Trojan Women, by Euripides. The Greek classic tragedy, set in the fourth century, B.C., will be presented iii the college auditorium, with a Mun delein and Loyola cast. Though the play is thousands of years old, its theme is as fresh and poignant as tomorrow's headlines, as pertinent to modern America as to Homeric Greece. War and its ferocity, violence, and futility are the central themes of the story, whose main action involves the death of a tiny Greek boy at the hands of the enemy. The play is a protest against the sense less cruelties of war, expressed by the women who wait among the smoldering ruins of Troy for the ship that will carry them into slavery. The dialogue of these Trojan women, bereaved, heart-broken, horror-filled, ex presses views of varying social classes and forms the central portion of the tragedy. (Continued on Page 4, Col. 1.) Plays Beethoven Georgia Lambros will interpret a Bee thoven Theme and Variations, and Ruth Ryan will play the stirring Hungar ian Rhapsody. N'o. 12, by Franz Liszt. With Rhapsody in E Flat Minor, Re gina Dowd will bring to the concert stage the works of the twentieth century pianist and composer Ernst von Dohna- nyi, Hungarian artist who won wide ac claim early in the century when he toured the United States. Another contemporary composer, the Englishman Cyril Scott, will contribute to the selections his popular Lotus Land, played by Emily Kloc. Sings Mozart Soprano Mary Ann Piskosz will sing Batti, from the Mozart opera Don Giovan ni, and Rita Frische will sing Mon Coeur Souvre a ta Voix, by Saint Saens. Rosemary Donatelli will present a vo cal arrangement of Fontenailles' Obsti- nation, and Marilyn Ziembicki will sing Ouvre ton Coeur, by Bizet. Miss Wellner and Miss Kloc will ac company the vocalists. Freshmen Choose Class Officers The locker room is cleared of cam- l gt;aign signs, the voting booth is gone, and the Freshman class has eight new- officers. The newly elected president, Patricia O'Brien, alumna of St. Mary's High school, will join Mary Ann Lashmet, formerly of The Immaculata, and Vasilia Soutsos, from Josephinum, on the Stu dent Activities Council. The addition of the Freshmen members will complete the 1951-52 Council. Miss O'Brien will be assisted by Vice- President Jean Tennes, who called St. Scholastica's home last year, and Sec retary Anne Penny, a graduate of Mary- wood. , Phyllis Wockner, the new treasurer, and Patricia King, sergeant-at-arms, are from The Immaculata. Gloria Ibison, from St. Scholastica's, is class social chairman. Saints Preserve Us A Free Day Classes will not meet on Thursday, Nov. 1, the feast of All Saints. Since the Congregation of the Sis ters of Charity, B.V.M. was founded in Philadelphia on Nov. 1, 1833, and the first Holy Mass was offered in Stella Maris Chapel on Nov. 1, 1930, this date has special significance for Mun delein students. Sodality Sponsors Pilgrimage, Nov. 1 Under the chairmanship of Mary Kay Hannon, the Sodality is sponsoring a Holy Year pilgrimage, Nov. 1, offer ing to all students the opportunity to gain the Holy Year indulgences. Fath er William P. Murphy, chairman of the Religion department, will lead the pil grimage. Buses leaving from the north, west, and south sides of the city will carry students to the designated churches: St. Patrick's, Holy Family, and Holy Name Cathedral. Announcements on the Sodality bul letin board in the lounge will give the routes of the buses and the times at which they will leave different areas. Ballroom of the Sheraton, Fulton Our- sler will present a discussion of his book, The Greatest Story Ever Told. On N'ov. 9, again at 8 p.m., Clare Hoothe Luce will lecture on The Catholic- Laity and Non-Catholics. The Congress will supplement its even ing sessions with special meetings for college students, particularly those in terested in NFCCS. Delegates will at tend the N'ov. 9 session at 4 p.m., at which Preparatory Courses for College CCD Units will be discussed. Campus Units Report At this meeting, delegates of CCD units on campus will read reports of their campus activities. Hbw to Organize the College Unit of the CCD will be the topic treated at the Nov. 10 session at 10 a.m. Also men tioned will be the specific activities of the College Unit CCD and its relation to neighboring parishes. The Nov. 10 meeting at 2 p.m. will be addressed by the Most Rcvefcnd Rich ard Gushing, Archbishop of Boston, and student panels will outline: The School Year CCD Instruction Program; The Confraternity Visitor; The Confraternity Helper; The Confraternity Lay Teacher; The Vatican School Program; and The Apostolate of Good Will. Pageant Is Finale As a climax of the Confraternity con vention, the congress will stage a pageant and rally on Sunday, Nov. 11, at 2:30 p.m., in the Chicago Stadium. The final meeting will resolve around the theme of the contribution of Catholi cism to America and will be discussed by Cardinal Stritch and by the Most Rev erend Fulton J. Sheen. Although there is no admission charge for the rally, best seats may be obtained by writing in advance to Father Lawr ence W. Lynch. CCD, Room 560. 205 W. Wacker Drive. Chicago 6, Illinois. Charity Cluh Makes Needles Click, Sale Qo With the assistance of the Yuletide Charity club, a group of women who give their time and talents to charitable enterprises, the Mundelein Sisters are sponsoring a Christmas Gift sale, to be held in the gymnasium, Nov. 14, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Each Tuesday since school opened, the club members, under the chairman ship of Mrs. William H. Stanley, have gathered in the residence hall social rooms to sew, knit, crochet, embroider, and otherwise create gifts for the sale. On display in the gaily decorated booths in the gymnasium will be hand made luncheon sets, knitted goods in cluding stoles, ascots, socks, mittens, carriage robes, afghans, Christinas dec orations, homemade fruit cakes, candy, cookies. A religious articles booth will in clude hand-carved plaques, hand-painted vestments, hand-made altar linens, stoles, leather stole cases, rosaries. For the younger set there will be knitted, crocheted, and embroidered wear and dolls; for their mothers, ap rons, hand-painted dishes and glass ware, costume jewelry, linens of all types. Assisting on the committee are Mrs. J. W. Pinter, mother of Junior Joan Pinter; Jean Horgan, A.M., of the Home Economics department, and her mother, Mrs. Arthur Horgan; Nancy Enzweiler Klimley '46 and her mother, Mrs. W. P. Enzweiler. The students, their parents, and friends are invited to patronize the sale, and to arrange either luncheon or dinner parties, which will be accommo dated in the tea room.
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1951-11-01 (1)
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