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IDOT Ladies academically in their high school classes, these freshmen look pensively at their piles ril 0 I 0f new textbooks. They are, clockwise, Therese Indelli, Anne Furlan, Elizabeth Anderson, Joan Panka, Mary Jo Valentino, Patricia Modzikowski, Loretta Zak, and Rita Xavier. (Story in Col. 2.) Vol. XXIV Mundelein College, Chicago 40, Illinois, October 5, 1953 No. 1 Book by Member Of Faculty Wins Public Acclaim It is the exceptional doctoral dis sertation that merits a popular pub lication, a gay-colored book jacket, and laudatory reviews. The dissertation which Sister Mar)' Harrita, B.V.M., of the His tory department, submitted to the graduate school of the University of Notre Dame is such an exception. Entitled Peter E. Dietz, Labor Puest, the publication is financed by the Very Reverend Frederick C. Dietz, M.M., secretary-general of the Maryknoll fathers and brother of the late Father Peter Dietz. The key figure in the American Catholic social movement during the first quarter of this century, Father I Dietz, with such notable contem poraries as Monsignor John A. Ry an, channeled the Catholic Labor movement into its modern course. 338 Freshmen Come From 65 Schools, 4 Countries I Writers Capture National Honors College writers have taken honors in three national contests, The Re- vew and The Skyscraper have merited All-Catholic Honors, and The Skyscraper has been named a Newspaper of Distinction by the Catholic School Press association. Rosemary Regan co-editor of The Review, won the CSPA Story contest, placed fifth in the Atlantic Poetry contest, and won a merit position in the Atlantic Story con- test. Cleo McMahon, also a senior, won honorable mention in the Atlantic Poetry contest, and Lucille Hamil ton, editor of The Review, won a merit position in the Atlantic Story contest. Sybil Lillie '52 was among the op 50 of 1,547 college seniors who wrote the Vogue contest, open to senior college women. The 338 members of the class of 1957 represent 65 high schools in four states and three foreign countries. Included in the new class are eight students who led their high school classes aca demically, 36 who were mem bers of the National Honor Society, and eight who were presidents of the class, honor society, or Student Council. Three of the freshmen are daughters of former students, and there are 24 younger sisters of present or former students. Freshmen from foreign countries are Rita Xavier, Japan; Merle Lee, China; and Polyxene Maltezos, Greece. Hannah Dwyer from Or ange, New Jersey, comes the farth est from within the continental lim its. Catholic high schools sending the largest groups of freshmen were The Immaculata, 45; St. Mary's, 30; and St. Scholastica, 27. There are 26 representatives from Trinity, 20 from Longwood, 17 from Aquinas, and 16 from Providence. Scholastic leaders of their grad uating classes were Therese Indel li, The Immaculata; Mary Jo Val entino, Good Counsel; Elizabeth Anderson, St. Clement; and Anne Furlan, Mundelein Cathedral. More first-ranking students were Patricia Modzikowski from Aquin as; Joan Panka, of Mercy; Loret ta Zak of Sacred Heart, Lisle, and Rita Xavier who was graduated from the International Academy of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo, Ja pan. National Honor Society members include Huette Al- rich, Kathrynne Baumann, Sylvia Bica, Rosellyn Brown, (Continued on Page 4, Col. 1.) Qirl Disc Jockeys Ride Radio Range Mary Ann Carroll and Patricia Kilday act as news commentators, disc-jockeys, and masters of cere monies on Campus Spotlight, a new program presented for the first time on Sept. 30. The 15-minute broadcast is heard every Wednesday at 9:15 p.m. on station WFJL-FM and presents college news of the Chicago area, guest celebrities, and popular rec ords. At Home And Abroad Alumnae Continue Education Dorothy Hertl '52, sailed for Europe this month for a year of study on a Fulbright scholarship. An English major who minored in German, she will study at the University of Hamburg in Germany. To accept the Fulbright, Miss Hertl declined an invitation to serve as a member of the National Stu dent Association's technical staff, traveling abroad during the summer on an all-expense paid student tour. Rita Kucera. another June grad uate, has received a graduate assist- antship at Loyola university, where she will continue her study of his tory. Gloria Kowaleski has received an assistantship in the analytical divi sion of the University of Illinois graduate department of chemistry. 11 New Members Are On Faculty; Enrollment Rises Eight Per Cent Freshman, Sophomore Classes Are Larger With the largest freshman and sophomore classes of recent years, the enrollment for the current se mester totals 874, a rise of eight per cent over last year. There are 338 freshmen; 251 sophomores; 130 juniors; 131 seni ors; and 24 part time students. The fourteenth floor of the sky scraper building has been reopened to residents to give additional space beyond that on the thirteenth floor and in the Residence hall. Sixty-six students are in resi dence on campus and 808 commute daily from various parts of the city and suburbs. SAC Expects Full House At Annual Benefit On Friday evening, Oct. 23, Mundelein students will put their books aside and join their friends at the Civic Opera House to enjoy the opening performance of Jose Greco and his company of Spanish dancers the hit of the. Broadway season. A complete sell-out in Chicago last year, the troupe is returning after electrifying audiences in New York. In the NY Herald Tribune Walter Terry calls it the finest en semble of Spanish dancers and musi cians I have ever seen. Catherine Lamb, president of the Student Activities Council and gen eral chairman of the benefit, is re solved that the 1953 presentation of the internationally famed ballet will be a sell-out, too, and is recruiting all-out student support of the bene fit. Headquarters on' the mezzanine are open daily from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., and SAC members are on hand to guide volunteers in their quest of patrons, advertisers, and ticket pur chasers for the Oct. 23 opening. Jeri McGrath and Barbara Moran head the Advertisement committee, which must complete its work by Oct. 7. A similar deadline faces the Pat ron committee, headed by Mary Ann Lashmet and Virginia Gilles. There is still plenty of time, how ever, for all students to cooperate in ticket sales. Tickets range from boxes containing eight seats to places in the gallery. Leda Pitaro and Margaret Laird head the Ticket committee. (Continued on. Page 4, Col. 5.) Staff Have Studied In Seven Countries Bringing the culture of seven countries to their classes at Mun delein College, new Faculty mem bers hold degrees from or have studied at universities in the United States, China, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Russia, and Mexico. Father William J. Rogers, who holds degrees from St. Mary-of-the-Lake seminary, has joined the Faculty of the Religion department. Now rector of St. Thomas of Canterbury church, Father Rogers served as an Army chaplain, hold ing the rank of Lieut. Colonel, and merited the Bronze Star and the Legion of Merit. Sister Mary Marguerite Chris tine, B.V.M., returns to the Chem istry department from graduate study at St. Louis university, where she has been doing research toward a doctor's degree. Currently, Sister is investi gating synthesis of curare-like compounds and completing a case study in the logic of sci ence. Sister Mary Adalbert, who joins the Faculty in the Biology depart ment, holds both a Master of Sci ence and a Master of Education de gree and has studied at Marquette and at St. Louis universities. , Sister Mary Assisium, who is in the History department, holds a Master of Arts degree from Loy ola university and has done ad vanced study at the University of Notre Dame. Sister Mary Gertrudine, who joins the staff in the Mathematics department and who will be as sistant to the Registrar, holds a Master's degree from Northwest ern university and has served as a member of the Research staff, division of Curriculum Develop ment, in the Chicago Public Schools. Sister Mary Antonia, a new staff member in the English de partment, has studied at Loyola, at Marquette, and at St. Louis uni versities. Emmi Szorenyi, Ph.D., who joins the staff in the Psychol ogy department, has studied at the University of Perugia in Italy, holds a summa cum laude doctorate from the Uni versity of Budapest in Hun gary. (Continued on Page 3, Col. 4.) DAI I rj committee members Mary Clare Bowman, Marjorie Tuohy, D H L L L I an jU(jv Czarnik are checking seats sold on a chart of the Civic Opera House. Benefit is Oct 23.
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1953-10-05 (1)
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