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TIHIE ,-' f::-i FP vSS S V N''' I * gt; L. 2 111 11 uQlUll: 11111:: : ;fWm HlMT fi.M.*- iJ.i.L...:..iz;j yi Volume VIII MUNDELEIN COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 3, 1937 No. 5 Clepsydra Makes Appearance Today; Announces Staff Joanne Dimmick, Elizabeth Higgins Head Editors The CLEPSYDRA, quarterly literary magazine, will be off press today, accord ing to Joanne Dimmick and Elizabeth Higgins, co-editors-in-chief of the neat gray-bound prose-poetry journal which in previous years has made its mark in college journalism, winning honors from the Associated Collegiate Press associa tion and from the Catholic School Press association. Especially interesting in this, the first issue of the scholastic year, are the illus trations which, according to the Modera tor, Sister Mary Irma, B.V.M., drama tize the stories and essays. Virginia Gaertner, combining the arts, writes and illustrates a poem. Mary Caroline Bemis, freshman contributor, has a feature article on the late George Gershwin, and Agnes Griffin is the au thor of a feature entitled Music Hath Charms, which concerns Lily Rons' ap pearance at Grant Park this summer. Irene Waldron contributes a two-page illustration for a story, The Fame of Champollion, by Elizabeth Higgins. Essays by Joanne Dimmick and Vir ginia Gaertner, and a story by Annette Specht arc included in Ihe magazine. Assisting the editors-in-chief on the staff arc associate editors Virginia Gaertner, Gertrude Feeny, Annette Specht, Agnes Griffin, and Marjorie Whisler. Qeneral Chairman Geraldine Connell, junior class presi dent, is general chairman of The Two- Edged Sword ticket committee. The junior class is sponsoring all three performances of the play. Alumna To Speak At Catholic Club Margaret Cleary '37, sister of Ann Cleary and author of the original drama tization of the life of Jeanne D'Arc, presented by the drama department last spring, will address members of the Catholic Woman's League on the sub ject, Dramatic Art in the Catholic col lege The Choir of the Air, at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Fine Arts building. Mrs. Mary Blake Finan, alumna of Clarke college, distinguished Chicago club-woman and social worker, and past president of the Federated Alumnae of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of the National Coun cil of Catholic Alumnae, is program chairman of the League. Mrs. Finan will present at that time representatives of the alumnae of Ros ary college, St. Xavier college, and Mun delein, each of whom will discuss one phase of activity in the Catholic colleges for women. To Breathe or Not Forum Has Answer To Breathe or Not to Breathe that is the question. Dr. Frank B, Kirby, director of education at the Abbott lab oratories will give the answer in a lec ture sponsored by the biological aca demy of the Science Forum at 4 p.m., on Dec. 15. . The 'lecture is concerned with hay fever and with applied botanical studies and research leading up to the present- day scientific method of treatment. Illustrated motion pictures on the Nervous System and on Flowers at Work were shown before the biological academy on Dec. 1. Kathryn Del-age, senior chemistry major, will speak on the History of Chemistry in Cosmetics at the next meeting of the physical science group of the Forum, on Dec. 6. Alumnae Choose Officers, Board Ann Lally '35 was reelected presi dent of the Alumnae association at the homecoming meeting on Nov. 21. Mar garet Wenigman '35 was elected vice- president ; Charlotte Wilcox '36 is record ing secretary: Mary Frances Burke '35 is corresponding secretary; and Lucille Barrett Jautz '35 is treasurer. Class representatives on the Alumnae board are Margaret Haurahan '32; Dorothy Weldon '33; Gloria Barry '3-1; Mary Irving '35; Mary O'Callahan '36; and Jean McKeever Egan '37. Sodality Receives New Members On Dec* 7; Sponsors Triduum The forma reception of candidates in to the Sodality will take place Dec. 7 in the auditorium, with the Rev erend Martin Phee, S.J., chaplain of the College, officiating. Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament will follow the ceremony. As chairman of candidates, Dorothy Fitzgerald will have charge of new mem bers. Candidates who will be received into the Apostolic academy are Helen Bickett, Sophie Bodner, June Strehlow, Frances Carey, Betty Diltz, Mary Jane Kraker, Ruth McCormick, Alba Adams, Rosemary Baessler, and Kathryn Dealy. Catholic Social Action candidates in clude Margaret Groark, Mary Finley, Janice Johnson, Agnes Marx, Patricia Bristol, Mary Alice Dowling, Rose mary Rittcn, and Harriet Asliton. Euchanstic-Otir Lady pledges are Pa tricia Dunne. Dorothy Georger, Eliza beth Johnson, Janet McCarly, Rosemary O'Brien, and Eleanor Landon, while the Catholic Literature pledges include Doro thy Milton, Betty McDermott, Virginia McGurk, Lois Flynn, and Elbcc Birsner. Sponsored by the Eucharistic-Our Lady academy, a Triduum consisting of three Masses and Holy Communions will be made by the socialists for the Holy Father. The Triduum is to be com pleted by Dec. 8. At the November Academy meetings, it was announced that the February Col lege Forum will be conducted by Mun delein sodalists and will be on the sub ject, Peace. Freshmen Elect President And Council Members Marguerite Kelly and Ruth McCor mick were elected freshmen representa tives on the Student Activities Council, at a class meeting on Nov. 23, and Marie Kane was elected class president last Tuesday. Miss Kane, who comes from St. Scho- lastica's academy, has a twin sister, Frances, in the freshman class and was three limes president of her high school c'.ass. Miss Kelly was editor of the Aquinas high school newspaper last year, and Miss McCormick was prominent in lt;x tra-curricular activities at Senn high school. From the following nominees, the freshman vice-president will be chosen at the next class session: Mary Jane Quinlan, Ruth Perry, Dorothy Crowley, Marguerite Kenny, Lucille O'Connell, Mary Jane Boehme. S.A.C. Schedules Orchestras For Skyscraper Ball Santa is running second in the Mundelein Popularity contest just now. The favorite subject of ex cited conversation is the Skyscra per Ball being sponsored by the Student Activities Council. Continuous dancing is one of the novel attractions to be offered, when the students and their guests assemble in the Grand Ballroom of the Drake on Tuesday, Dec. 28. Pierson Thai and his orchestra will alternate with the Rhythm Rangers in supplying the music. Helen Coleman, president of the S.A.C, is in charge of arrange ments. Surgeon Talks On Radio Forum Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen, distinguished woman surgeon whose method in per forming the appendectomy has been widely adopted by leading American doctors, will be guest speaker at the Student Forum, broadcast over station WCFL next Thursday at 5:15 p.m. A member of the Loyola faculty. Dr. Van Hoosen was honor guest at a pro fessional banquet last evening, and in consequence the Forum, usually held on the first Thursday of each month, was postponed one week. Tlie script presented yesterday was written by Florence Ackcrman, about Betty Van Lew, Richmond-born Union patriot who aided the North in the Civil War. Players in the script were Lucille Dodge, Marilyn Jay- cox, Jean Spanuth, Lucille O'Connell, and Regis Plante. Agnes Griffin wrote and carried the leading role in the Thanksgiving Day script assisted by Billy Malkemus, by Tom Byrnes of Loyola, ami by John Fabish of Columbia college, Dubuque. Members of the script writing class have adapted a number of short stories from the Chicago Daily News short story syndicate, with the permission of John P. Lally, editor of the fiction sec tion. Lost Husband, an adapted Daily News story presented on Nov. 11, was arranged by Annamarie Masterson and Joanne Dimmick, with Jean Spanuth, Roscma-y McGinnis. Helen Scholl. and Loretta Calnan playing. Grandma, the show presented on Nov. 18, included in its cast Ann Cleary, Amy Miller, Eleanor I-ally, and Eliza beth Outhouse. Laetare Players Present TwoEdged Sword Tonight; Repeat Twice on Sunday Production Represents Struggle Between Catholicism, Communism; Fifth Catholic Play To Be Presented Adding another chapter to the series of Catholic plays presented by the College in the past few years, The Two-Edged Sword, dramatic production emphasizing the current conflict between Communism and Catholicism, will be presented at 8:15 this evening in the college theatre, and will be repeated at 2:30 on Sunday afternoon, and at 8:15 on Sun day evening. The Two-Edged Sword follows tradition again in that it is an original adaptation, written by Jane Malkemus '37, with the permission of the Walter H. Baker company, from the play, A Russian Romance, by Helen Kane. Other Catholic plays in college theatre history include two by the French convert, Henri Gheon, The Marvelous Adventure Of Ber nard De iVIenthon, presented in 1932, and The Comedian, presented in 1935; The Summons Of Sariel, written by Magdalene Kessie '35 and presented in 1935, and Jeanne D'Arc, written by Margaret Cleary '37 and presented last spring. Student Artists Make Bookplates For C.U. Library Artists Dorothy Kullman and Irene Waldron were honored by the library of the Catholic University of America re cently, when they were invited to design original bookplates for some extraordin arily valuable books presented to that library by graduates in Greek and Latin who received doctorates from the Uni versity last June. The plates arc done in black, white, and gold, with design motifs selected from the classic motifs of Greece and Rome. The Catholic College Art Association Traveling Exhibit, being shown at mem ber colleges throughout the United States, includes work by Faculty members and students. Included in the professional ex hibit are contributions by Sister Mary St. Agnes, B.V.M. Of the 20 non-professional pictures ac cepted for the exhibit, four are by Mun delein students. Ellen Birnbaum presents a composition of costume figures called Puritan Maidens. Virginia Gaertner contributes a blue and white and one-color bird design; Dorothy Kullman an air brush design of zebras, and Irene Waldron an original design of alphabets based on The Wheels of Industry. Manager Announces Debate With DePaul Geraldine Ferstel and Betty Vestal will meet an affirmative team from De Paul university at De Paul next Friday at 3 o'clock, debating the question, Resolved : That the National Labor Relations Board should Ik empowered to arbitrate in all industrial disputes. Roberta Scheid, debate manager, has announced debates with Northwestern, Marquette, and Quincy within the next few weeks. At the regular Debate club meeting last Wednesday, Lois Jane Flynn and Mar guerite Kenny defended the affirmative of the question, Resolved: That the several states should adopt the unicameral system of government, opposing Catherine Ann Dougherty and Lillian Bojar. Betty Diltz and Jane Rohol defended Industrial Un ionism, opposing Frances Sayre and Mary Janet McCarty on Nov. 17. The drama department last week an nounced a plan lo present yet another Gheon play next spring, The Tiirek Miracles Of St. Cecilia, translated from the French by Eleanor Loarie ex '38. Staff Assists Directed by Sister Mary Leola, B. V. M., The Two-Edged Swokp includes in it, technical staff Lee Mitchell, in charge of settings; Betsy Garrison, technical director, and George Petterson, in charge of lighting. Geraldine Connell, president of the junior class, is ticket chairman, and the junior class is sponsoring all three per formances. Irene Waldron is in charge of posters; Frances Mahoncy is in charge of costumes, and Joan Smith and Phyllis Scanlan are in charge of the scenery. The College Orchestra, directed by Sister Mary Angelica, B.V.M., and con ducted by Marcel Ackermann, will pro vide music, and the following students will present organ interludes: Rita Smith '37, Jean Loach, Mary Alice Dowling, Virginia McGuinn, and Alice Scanlan. Orchestra To Play The Symphony Orchestra, which num bers 50 members this year, and which has an exceptionally fine group of violins, and violas, has been grouped into a Play Orchestra and a Concert Orchestra, both of which will appear tonight. Mr. Ackermann is director of the Wurl itzcr Band which won the Chicago TRIBUNE Music Festivals both this year and last year. Mr. Ackermann is also a member of the faculty of the American Conservatory of Music. (Continued on Page 4, Col. 2) Honor Pere Marquette At Celebration Today Continuing an annual custom, Chicago Catholic college students will take part in a civic celebration at the Michigan avenue bridge at noon today, honoring Pere Marquette, Jesuit missionary who visited Chicago in 1674, bringing the Christian faith to the Indian natives. Helen Coleman and Maurita Kelly, president and vice-president of the Stu dent Activities Council, and Gertrude Brant and Helen Farrell, president and vice-president of the senior class, will place the Mundelein wreath on the Mar quette pylon.
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