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--a. HIF ** B * .**' **. .:* teal s * * ' '**? :' 'f .-; * gt;..*. : ;;:;: ..-- PER Volume VII. MUNDELEIN COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 6, 1936 No. 3 Science Classes Attract Largest Groups on Record Over 300 Students Manifest Interest in Laboratory Investigation (Pictures on page 4) A skyrocketing development of scien tific interest is evidenced by a registra tion of nearly 300 students in the science classes this semester. An enrollment of 75 is the boast of the chemistry department, while the physics department notes an increase of 400 per cent over its original registration. In contrast to its initial class of 45 in 1930, the biology department includes 150 students, distributed among the physiol ogy, zoology, and botany divisions. Ac cordingly large groups are enrolled in astronomy and geology classes. Another indication of the swing toward the sciences is the rostrum of 72 pledges and members in the Science Forum, which has expanded remarkably during ' its two years of existence. As evidence of its serious purpose, the Forum has scheduled for this semester lectures on the endocrine glands and blood groups, to be supplemented by scien tific motion pictures. Alpha, the honorary division of science majors, with 11 mem bers, continues to uphold the standard of leadership in the science department. Unknown to the average student, sci ence devotees on sixth floor construct complex mechanical apparatus, experi ment with the development of bog and desert plants in the botany herbarium, de velop animal cultures, or patiently study crystalline formations, preparatory to en gaging in scientific work in schools, lab oratories, and hospitals. Plans Reunion Lecture Series Marks American Education Week Loyola's President to Speak on Catholic Church and State Materialism Ann Lally Lecturer Describes Methods, Routine, Life at Cambridge By Julia Mary Hanna Student life at Cambridge university where one may sit in a Chippendale chair beneath Holbein's picture of Henry VIII to study history; where one may live in a college which was once the home of Frances Walsingham, the Stella to whom Sir Phillip Sidney wrote his sonnets; and where one may hear Hilarre Belloc, Win ston Churchill, or Admiral Sims debate with undergraduates was the topic on which Herbert H. Coulson, A.M., pro fessor of history at St. Louis university and Cambridge Honor man, addressed the students, on Nov. 6. At Cambridge, he declared, after de scribing the historic loveliness of the English university, there is a strong bond of union between tutor and student. Questioned about entrance requirements at the university, Professor Coulson ex plained that each college has a limited enrollment and can, therefore, choose its students. His remark that no examina tions except the finals are absolutely re quired was especially interesting in view of our impending quarterlies. The Cambridge student, according to the Professor, attends only a few lectures each week, starts his day at 10 a.m., de votes most of the afternoon to sports and the early part of the evening to social activities, and accomplishes his actual in tellectual work in conferences with his tutor, in group discussion, and in inten sive study, usually between the hours of 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. Pointing out that the Cambridge student concentrates upon a chosen field. Profes sor Coulson stated that history was his only study, and that he had sufficient (Continued on page 3, col. 1) Alumnae Homecoming Adds All-Star Play To Regular Program Gathering at the College for the annual Homecoming celebration next Sunday, members of the Alumnae association will hear Mass read in Stella Maris Chapel by the Reverend Martin J. Phee, S.J., student counsellor and head of the de partment of religion at Loyola university, at 10:30 a.m., and will be breakfast guests in the tea room immediately after ward. Ann Lally '35, president oi the asso ciation, has announced that the brief busi ness meeting ordinarily held on Home coming day will be followed by an all- star review, written, staged, and pre sented by members of the Alumnae. Written by Miss Lally and by Mary Agnes Tynan, both of Class '35, the review will include musical and dramatic features, the introduction of Personali ties of the Year, and a humorous repre sentation of the progress of collegiate types after graduation. Dorothy Weldon '34 will portray the Social Butterfly, After Five Years; Penelope Haloulos Tintaglia '34 will forecast the adventures of the Activity Girl; Jeanne Devaney '36 will follow- up the All-American Sports Type; Mary Catherine Schmelzer '34 will disclose the inside story of the Most-Likely-To-Suc- cccd Type; and Ruth Tangney will reveal the future of the Aesthete. In observance of American Education Week, celebrated Nov. 9-13, the College schedule includes programs having as themes, topics of social and academic sig nificance. On Nov. 12, the Reverend Samuel Knox Wilson, S.J., president of Loyola university, will address the assembly on The Catholic Church and State Material ism. Preluding the week's observance and in keeping with the educational em phasis, students heard Professor Herbert H. Coulson of St. Louis university speak on English universities, on Nov. 5. Cooperatives Are Topic The Reverend George MacDonald, S.J., of the Queen's Work staff will discuss the value of consumers' cooperatives for the Commerce club today. A discussion of the Catholic Youth Organization by the Reverend Peter Meighan, on Nov. 3, approached the subject of education from yet another angle. The devoting of one week annually to discussion and formulation of educational policies has as its object a better under standing between educators and students and an analysis of the practical benefits of the present school system. To educationally minded Catholics, Education Week includes a consideration of plans for the inculcation of concrete religious concepts together with objective knowledge. Two Programs Outlined According to a program outlined by the Bureau of Education of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, each day of Education Week will be devoted to a special topic. On Monday, the topic will be the Restoration of Religion in Educa tion. Tuesday will be devoted to the topic, Catholic Action for Catholic Education; Wednesday, World Peace; Thursday, The New Social Order; Friday, the Catholic Press; Saturday, Parental Edu cation; Sunday, The Church and Youth. Ticket Chairmen Organize To Make Choric Mosaics Success for Box Office ANNOUNCE HOLIDAY By vote of the Faculty, the holiday re quested by the Student Activities Council has been granted, and classes will not meet on Armistice Day, Nov. 11. Verse Speaking Choir Appears On NBC Anniversary Program Florence O'Callahan Honor Chesterton In Coming Issue of the Clepsydra Honoring the late Gilbert Keith Ches terton as a poet, essayist, and novelist, the coming edition of Clepsydra, the College literary quarterly, will contain a sympo sium on the works of the famous English writer. Joanne Dimmick will discuss his poetry, Roberta Christie, his prose, and Elizabeth Higgins, his fiction. The illus trations accompanying these articles will be drawn by Virginia Gaertner. The fiction department of the quarterly will contain stories by Elenor Loarie, Genevieve del Becca.ro, and Roberta Christie. Beds all sorts of beds will be described in an article entitled Bedlam, by Miss Gaertner. The keynote of the magazine for the year will be the featuring of the works of young writers not necessarily those who are famous, but those who are, for the most part unknown and unsung. The works of the youthful Margaret of Scot land, a poet and the first wife of Louis XI, will be the first to be considered. Even the Presidential election didn't keep the Verse Speaking Choir off the air. At 9 last Tuesday morning they were guest artists on a special NBC tenth- anniversary broa d c a s t coming through WMAQ on the Break fast Club p rogram Other guest artists i n - eluded Miss Mercedes McCambridge Vivian della Chiesa, Walter Daulfuss' Orchestra, and Donald McNeil. Giving one of their few personal ap pearance programs, the Choir read Jer emy, Roofs, Vive la France, and The Creation at the Loyola Community Thea tre as a prelude to a lecture by the Rev erend Daniel A. Lord, S.J., on Oct. 27. A folder announcement of Chokic Mosaics includes brief mention of three Mundelein students who have achieved success in radio work, Sallie Agnes Smith '35, star in We Are Four, Jane Malke mus of Painted Dreams, Princess Pat, and Little Orphan Annie, and Mer cedes McCambridge, soloist of the Choir, who is now playing in NBCs Grand Hotel, Dan Harding's Wife, Timothy Makepeace, Your English, and Lights Out. Miss McCambridge has a five-year contract with NBC, and is managing to finish her senior year and fulfill her radio engagements meanwhile. Combat Communism Father Lord Urges Following his lecture on Oct. 27, Fa ther Daniel A. Lord was literally cor nered by members of the S.S.C., all eager to know what kind of positive program may be followed by Catholic college stu dents after graduation. The future hold of Communism in the United States depends entirely upon you, declared the National Director of Sodali ties. You will either put up with it, or eventually supplant it with Catholicity. Put into practice your training in Chris tian citizenship by voting and taking part in all civic affairs. Debaters, art students, writers all, ac cording to Father Lord, may have a place in this program by spreading Catholic propaganda in their particular fields. It will center around the topic Father explained in his lecture, Propaganda the most important, significant, and vital word that tlie modern world knows the modern form of persecution against the Church. Appoint Class Committees To Work With General Chairman With the annual fall production only three weeks away, class chairmen are en thusiastically cooperating to make the Choric Mosaics of 1936-37 a memorable performance from the financial as well as the dramatic standpoint. Tickets for the Laetare production have already been distributed, and Florence O'Callahan, general chairman, announces that folders for mailing are available at the Laetare booth in the book-store lounge. The Choric Mosaics will have a two- nights' run, Nov. 22 and 23, preceded by a Saturday matinee on Nov. 21. The Verse-Speaking Choir will be the feature of the choral-dramatic production, and will be assisted by the Laetare players. Other senior chairmen in charge of ticket sales are Sarah Cardy, Lorraine Phillips, Margaret Vendley, Irene Men- arek, and Mary Joyce Vail. The juniors, who will sponsor the first evening's performance, have for their ticket chairmen Ruth Wunsch, Alberta Boden, Virginia Gresik, and Germaine Mulholland. Acting as sophomore chairmen are Jean Cahill, Alice Addison, Catherine Dugan, Margaret Gleason, Rosemary Haubenchild, Catherine O'Reilly, Ches- tera Niewinski, Marjorie Mahoney, and Ellen Tietz. The list of freshmen chairmen includes Peggy Adams, Helen Conlon, Betty Ves tal, Betty Dilger, Mary Drury, Betty Mulvihill, Helen Russell, Leona McGar- ry, Mary McAuliffe, Katherine Keller, Mary Margaret Kelly, and Dorothea Unger. Quarterlies Due Next Week Quarterly examinations, according to an announcement from the Registrar's office, will be held during the week of Nov. 9-13, will be one hour in length, and will be given during one of the regu lar sessions of each class that week. Federal Official Talks on Justice Under the auspices of the sociology department, Mr. D. M. Ladd ot the Federal Department of Justice addressed the sociology majors on Criminal De tection and Prevention, in the seminar on Nov. 4. Mr. Ladd presented a resume of the latest methods used in apprehending crim inals, together with an account of his personal experience with those outside the law. Beginning last Tuesday, a number of sociology majors began the field work required for a degree. On Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, those receiving ex perience at Madonna Center are Mary Ann Kischten, Bernice Walters, Cather ine Lindley, Margaret Vendley, Beryl Klein, Bernadette Kelly, Adele Kash, and Jean McKeever. Debaters Announce Intercollege Meets The Mundelein debaters chalked up a double victory for the affirmative of the Pi Kappa Delta question when the audi ence voted its decision at two meetings held on Oct. 28 and Nov. 4. The team will meet Loyola and Marquette on that ques tion within a few weeks. The affirmative victors in the first de bate were Catherine Ann Dougherty and Elizabeth Vestal, who defeated Evelyn Hurd and Geraldine Ferstel. The winners of the second tilt were Roberta Scheid and Frances Geary, who won the decision over Betty Mulvihill and Veronica O'Hern.
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