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Page Four Hallowe'en Fun Mixes Pumpkins, Popguns, Popcorn The goblins will prowl, the witches will fly, but the hallowed eves of an cient days have taken on a new aspect. The customary pagan haunts are rap idly being supplanted by twentieth cen tury ogres, water-gun toting youngsters, clad as Hopalong Cassidy and lacking nothing but a horse. Hallowe'en is the harvest of haunts when the celebrities of the day are witches, and youthful pranks become unusually funny. It is the time when doting parents spend months shopping for that certain costume to merit jun ior an extra ball of pop corn as a prize. It is the delight, when a home made goblin, complete with blue denims, plaid shirt, red kerchief, and spurs wins that prize. It means grotesque and ugly jack o' lanterns leering from every window, in an attempt to replace the bonfires con sisting of front gates, rakes, and any thing unwisely left loose for the gob lins to take. For children and adults alike it means parties and games, such as ducking for an apple at the risk of drowning in two inches of water, or attempting to eat a donut suspended on a string be tween two people . . . the danger lies in being a poor judge of distance. It could result in shorter noses. For the smaller monsters it means a chance to plunder . . . and plunder is anything edible, negotiable, and not nailed down. It is the terror of a lonely house ... a dark night . . / and a shrill bell with a door opening on an inferno of imps wildly shrieking tricks or treats. Each imp conies equipped with-a bar of soap and a menacing look aimed at your nice clean windows. But tradition has it that the night of Oct. 31 be a night of feasting, mer riment and supernatural haunts. It is the marker for the waning of the sun and the beginning of winter. It is the Nutcrack night in England, the Vigil of Saman, Lord of Death, in Ireland, and Hallowe'en in America. It is the Biologists Tour Skokie Laboratory Members of the Biology club and their guests will tour the Searle lab oratories in Skokie, Illinois, Nov. 1. The laboratories produce pharmaceuti cals, syrums, and antidotes. Frances Fazio, senior biology major, is in charge of tour arrangements. At tendance at the tour will be a means for Biology club pledges to gain mem bership points. Autumn Setting Garbs Freshman Dance Pumpkins, cornstalks, and John Dolce calling do-si-do spotlighted the fresh man dance, Oct. 27, in the college gym nasium. Loyola students were guests at the dance, moderated by the Service club and SAC. Freshman governors formed commit tees. Rosemary Jones and Joan Horan sent invitations. Publicity was planned by Mary Breen and Judy Lindstrom. The Decoration committee included Mary Agnes Moran, Margaret Gau- drcau, and Sheila Woods. Ronnie Groom and Agnes Dwyer headed the Ticket and Refreshment committees, respectively. Joan Horan served as chief hostess. Joan Hoiss and Joyce Johnston did post-dance rehabilitation. (Continued from Column 1) night of witches, goblins, and ogres throughout the world . . . Do you have your broom ready? It is the night of fun. Actually, of course, it is All Hallow's or All Saints' Eve, and occasion for joyous preparation for the great feast day of Nov. 1. And the saints, instead of being frightening ghosts, are genial folk, kind friends, people who really succeed in life. SKYSCRAPER U N Day Highlights Student Responsibility Forums Explain World Organization, Works That this nation under God shall have a new birth of Freedom . . . This phrase from Lincoln's Gettys burg address inscribed on the Freedom Bell in Berlin epitomized Mundelein's observation of United Nations Day, Oct. 24. Sponsored by the History department, the UN Day program explained var ious phases of the world organization, emphasizing The United Nations Plus You. After a discussion at 10 a.m. of the International Court of Justice, led by John M. Phelps, the student body lis tened to the ringing of the Freedom Bell, President Truman's talk, and the Prayer for Peace read by Carolyn Kil kenny through the public address sys tem. At noon, chairman Jean Ott, assisted by Katusha Didcnko, Judy McNulty, and Dolores Nowikowski, presented an outline of UNESCO's work throughout the world. Atheistic Communism Can not Serve as a Foundation for World Peace, an address by Father John F. Connell, O.P., of the Philosophy de partment, followed at the Philosophy club assembly. The Security Council and the Gen eral Assembly, including the veto ques tion, were topics presented by Patricia Bowen, Mona Meyer, and Mary Nikias. Culminating UN Day, the Interna tional Relations club emphasized the United Nations at work. Noreen Trapp developed the political aspects, Rose marie Schwcnkliamer reviewed the economic field, and Mary Jane Mul- viliill discussed the social field, under the chairmanship of Dorothy Spratt. The United Nations Plus You . .. SAC Speaks Up . . . SAC SPEAKS UP about student responsibility. The last bit of election eering for the current school year is over . . . club officers have been chosen, and freshmen leaders have been elected. Now it's time for the rest of us to settle back with an air of satisfaction and awareness that all worry is over for the year ... at least as far as we arc concerned. But is our responsibility ended? By even a very meager attention to world affairs today, the average student sees that minorities cannot exist without the help and friendship of the masses. We look to our officers for leadership, but how much more they depend on us ... for cooperation, reliability, and lively interest in school activities. Of ficers are merely rudders to keep the ship of school life pointed in the right direction, whereas we, instead of just going along for the ride, are the force that makes the ship move. The quality of leadership is often over-emphasized . . . while that of coop eration is sometimes underestimated We have been waiting for this a long time. Every May, most of the girls running for a class office promise their supporters they will try to improve the social relations between Mundelein and Loyola. Now, the invitation that Loyola has extended to us, allowing the use of its recently opened Union, is probably the most positive step toward improving such relations. Naturally, we are thank ful for this invitation and have respond ed to it wholeheartedly. However, since we are guests, we have certain responsibilities. According to Emily Post, the prime requisite of a perfect guest is consideration of the hosts's property. When we use the Union, we are expected to dispose of papers and milk bottles, and clear the tables so that others may use them when we leave. These constitute the mini mum of responsibility which wc as guests are expected to shoulder in the light of Mrs. Post's decree. As Emily- Post concludes an inconsiderate guest is seldom invited twice. Last week Sweetest Day was celebrated. SAC wanted to find the Sweetest people to talk to about the biggest success in Mundelein's history. So here SAC speaks up to the student community with a backward glance, and perhaps a thought for the future. It's difficult to pick out individuals to commend for their work on the benefit, because the response was so general. 77 percent of the student body contributed something. We could go on indefinitely, but it's really futile. It doesn't seem necessary, nor even right, for SAC to extend thanks to the student body for coming through on the Ballet, because it was a student undertaking and the students carried it off in their accustomed ef fective manner. It took a lot of work, lost sleep, worry, and enthusiasm to put this over. SAC, of course, was closest to it all. and in this respect we sincerely regret that our freshmen members missed out on this, the biggest undertaking of the year . . . the work . . . and the fun. Settling back and looking over the panorama we find that we have learned much about the management of such an affair, and it seems we grew up a little, too. Next year's Council will have another big job, maybe even bigger than our's was. We hope we can leave them some helpful pointers. We know they won't have to worry about the support of their fellow students. Mixed Bowling League Opens Active Season; Swimmers Elect Officers Mundelein and Loyola students set the pins flying, Oct. 10, with the of ficial opening of their mixed bowling league. Glenlake Bowling is the site of the league's activities, every Tuesday at 4 p.m. Patricia Tyrell of Mundelein and Bob Laing of Loyola direct the annual competition for tro'phies. Leading the field of high scorers is Pat Hanagan of Loyola with 192. Another competitive group, the Mun delein racing team, has elected officers. Virginia Newman, captain, and Rose marie Schwenkhamer, manager, will lead the speed swimmers for the com ing season. Members of the swim team include Betty Scatese, Clare Hillyard, Joan Wersching, Judy McNulty, Nor ma Jean Galvin, Theresa Serr and Margaret Murray. Laetare Players Name Cast, Crews (Continued from Page 1, Col. 2.) Wardrobe and makeup is under the direction of Francine Blaszynski, with Dorothy Sclmour, Catherine Lamb, and Mary Lou Zahringer. Jane Nix and Patricia Hooper will supervise the box- office, while Florence Granet serves as house manager. Elaine Antonucci and Miss Granet are publicists for the production. Popular Concert Displays Variety (Continued from Page 1, Col. 1.) Members of the quartet will be Lil lian Muza, Roscannc Iwanaga, Eileen Kennedy, and Patricia Krul, violinists, Margaret Griebel and Gloria Gongola, violists, and Dorothy Gallagher and Nancy Allebrodt, cellists. A brass quartet composed of Sheila Kaye and Catherine McBride playing trumpets, Jeanne Croat playing the horn, and Phyllis Welling, trombonist, will play Four Nursery Rhymes by George Keith, Little Miss Muffet, Lit tle Boy Blue, Old Mother Goose, and Bobby Shafto. Judy McNulty, Jean Ott, and Katushha Didenko discuss the work of UNESCO throughout the world on one of the U.N. panels sponsored by the History department in observance of United Nations day. (Story in col. 3) Volley For Serve La Vina Stancil, Frances Mclnerney, Kaye Haefel, and Donna Merwick are practicing for the -Table Tennis tournament planned by the W.A.A. Bowl ing is also on the fall agenda in the sports department. First All-College Mixer Jack Doogan, Joan Kares, Nona Arnoldi, and Frank Convique ha cokes as they plan fun for the Mundelein-Loyola mixes, tomorrow night
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1950-11-01 (4)
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