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PHitf fTSb EL4DEK /olume VI. MUNDELEIN COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 14, 1935 No. 3 FALL PLAY IS AMERICAN PREMIERE Mother Isabella, College Sponsor, Dies in Dubuque Former Superior General Was Nationally Known Educator Mother Mary Isabella, B.V.M. found ress of Mundelein College and former Superior General of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity, B.V.M., died on Oct. 30, at St. Joseph's Convent, Mount Carmel, terminating a life devoted to influential activity in American Cath olic educational circles. As Superior General of her Congrega tion, Mother Mary Isabella was respon sible for the establishment of Mundelein College and of The lmmaculata high school, and promoted extensive building and remodeling at Clarke college; at Mount Carmel academy, Wichita; at Holy Angel's high school, Milwaukee; and at St. Mary's high school. Was Distinguished Artist Before her election to the office of Superior General, Mother Isabella was a teacher of voice, music, and art, and the various buildings which she planned re flect in structure and design the nature 1 and extent of her artistic talents. Holding successively the offices of Local Superior, Provincial Superior, and Superior General, Mother Isabella con tributed much to the spiritual and intel lectual development of her Community and of the thousands of students educated in their schools. In recognition of her successful work as an American Catholic educational leader and as a promoter of higher edu cation in the Middle West, Mother Mary Isabella received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Loyola in 1933. Served as Councillor Since her retirement from office in 1932, Mother Isabella has acted as Coun cillor General to her successor, Mother Mary Gervase, B.V.M. The Faculty and students of Munde lein College join with the members of other institutions of the Sisters of Charity, B.V.M., in expressing deep sympathy to the Congregation upon the death of Mother Mary Isabella, whose heroically unselfish achievements have played a great part in placing her Congregation in a position of leadership in the intellectual world and in providing educational op portunities for generations of students. Clepsydra to Honor Mundelein Foundress The autuumn issue of the clei gt;sydka. College literary quarterly, which is to be dedicated to the late Mother Mary Isabella, B.V.M., is scheduled to appear during Thanksgiving week, according to Loretta Brady, editor-in-chief. Other staff appointments which were announced recently are: Mary Catherine Rose, associate editor; Mary Frances Petrie, managing editor; Marion Morri son, assistant managing editor; Mary O' Callahan, and Alice Young, essays; Jane Malkemus, Joanne Dimmick, poetry; Roberta Christie, Elenor Loarie, fiction; Genevieve DelBeccaro, Elizabeth Hig gins, features; Helen Coleman, Mary Turley, books; Elizabeth Higgins, Alice Young, exchanges; Caroline Holland, alumnae; Rosemary Walsh, art; Helen Driscoll, business manager; Helen White side, circulation manager. Back Stage Crews Share Play Honors Equally responsible with the casts for the artistic success of the comedian is the technical staff, composed of 21 stu dents holding important positions back stage. Janette Brennan and Roma Murphy, senior drama students, are assistants to the Director, and Wilma Gwilliam is technical assistant. Eleanor Hopkins, Adelyne Pfister, I Lois Schoen, and Bernice Walters are I on the lighting crew, and Marie du I Moulin, Virginia Grisik, Friedo Handler, Mary Lynch. Harriet Reed, and Kather- I inc Wilkins are the stage crew. Helen Keenan, Ruth Kohl, Anna Mc- Cracken, and Lucille Small comprise the I costume crew; Gertrude Brant and Magel Brown are the property crew, and Kath- I leen Feely and Virginia Gaertner are in charge of make-up. Cultural Education Is Most Beneficial Lecturer Declares Today the general trend in college education as a preparation for business is back to the ancient theory of integra tion of thought, declared William H. Conley, M.B.S., dean of Wright Junior college, in a lecture to the Commerce club, on Nov. 12. Mr. Conley is a former member of the faculty of Loyola university and is coach of debate at Mundelein and assistant pro fessor of economics at Wright. The college student cannot get culture from too great specialization, continued Mr. Conley, stressing the need of general rather than specialized education for the collegian aspiring to a business career. The aim of a college business educa tion is not, according to Mr. Conley, to acquire a knowledge of business in its applied sense but to attempt to picture it as a whole reality, through study of the fudamental principles of business. Collegiate general education, he ad vised, should lead to a broad liberal edu cation, and then to specialization. The speaker pointed out that speciali zation does not lead to culture. Conse quently, he continued, early collegiate years should be confined to developing a broad, general outlook on life. Modern trends in education are beginning to fol low this system which Catholic training has always stressed and which, Mr. Conley contends, is a direct means of averting materialism. - All Classes Join To Make Success Of The Comedian Ticket Committees Assist Rita Casey, General Play Chairman The success of the comedian, the Henri Gheon play which will have its American premiere as the 1935 fall drama production of the Laetare Players on Nov. 23, 24, 25, and 26, is assured, if the efforts of the ticket committee mem bers are any indication, Rita Casey, gen eral chairman, declares. The fact that each class is sponsoring one of the eve ning performances has materially aided the project, stated Miss Casey. The juniors are sponsoring the per formance on Sunday evening; the seniors the final performance on Tuesday evening; and the freshmen and sophomores, jointly, the performance on Monday evening. Assisting Miss Casey as class chairmen Rita Casey are: Annamae Shinnick, senior; Eileen Madden, junior; Annamae O'Carroll, sophomore; and Dorothy Fitzgerald, freshman. Seniors who arc aiding Miss Shinnick are: Dorothy Grace, Violet Hans, and Eleanor Hopkins. Juniors serving on the committee are: Yvonne Crowley, Mary Margaret Smith, Margaret Fitzgerald, Felicia Pontecarvo, Rita Devaney, Ruth Wright, Anna Marie Cagney, and Laeti tia Kalisz; sophomores : Margaret Mary- Murray. Eileen McAuley, Rosemary Byrne, Sue Adams, Grace Igleski, and Germaine Mulholland. The freshman members of the com mittee are: Margaret Barry, Mary Clif ford Curry, Loretta Hough, Veronica Gill Rachel Laughlin, Jane Larey, Mary Mar garet Leen, Roberta Malloy, Muriel Schepler, Laura White. Katherine Wilk ins, and Marie Vonesh. Freshmen Select Two New Members Of Student Council Two new members were added to the Student Activities Council when the freshman class chose Rita McGuane and Patricia Connors to represent their class on the board. Elections took place on Oct. 29, in the College auditorium. Julia Hagerty, president of the Student Council, spoke on the desirable attributes of a council representative and stated that sincerity of purpose is needed more than ability. Miss Hagerty also explained the relations that exist between the freshman class and the upper classes. Miss Connors is a graduate of The lmmaculata high school, where she was president of her class for three years and from which she was graduated with hon ors. Oratory is Miss McGuane's prin- pal claim to honor, and she has won a number of prizes in this field. While at Mercy high school she was prefect of the Sodality, vice-president of the senior class, and a member of the Mercian staff. Costume Creators Rival Experts in Roman Design Laurel wreaths, which have been resting placidly on Horace's brow this autumn, have found another worthy place of rest on the brows of our Costume Creators. The double cast which has rehearsed for hours on end to make the premiere per formance a dramatic success is supple mented by the sometimes forgotten Legion of Student Costumers, who, with velvet and fur, needles and pins, patience and ingenuity, have dressed up the play in the authentic beauty. From brass plates, red leather strips, and a scarlet velvet mantle, they have produced a costume which Vulcan himself might envy. Away from heavy martial atmosphere, they tum to delicate chiffon finery for the dancers' costumes. Then, tucking the needles and pins out of view, they work out elaborate stencil designs for the robe of Diocletian. Finally, weary of sewing and sketching, they make up their minds to dye to tie- dye, if you will Poppea's flame-colored costume and lend her a gorgeous air. The costumes done, they turn their thoughts to jewelry and polish rings, and chains, and crowns, and gilded clasps. The following students have helped to make the costumes: Grace Igleski, Lilian Fcgers, Dolores Pagan, Jeannette Kuzba, Maryhelen Flanagan. Dorothy Nee, June Tripp, Wilma Gwilliam, Betty Haffner, Concetti Alonzi, and Ella Jamieson. Christianity Is Only- Real World Culture Father Lord States Two great world cultures, and only two, exist in the world today, declared the Reverend Daniel A. Lord, S.J., in his lecture at the College, on Nov. 3, and these two are Catholicism and Com munism. Proving in a systematic survey that all other cultures are either national, as is Protestantism which is likewise a nega tion, a protest, and therefore scarcely a culture at all, or finished, as is Judaism which culminated as a culture when the Messiah was born, Father Lord pro ceeded to illustrate the startling parallels which exist between Communism and Catholicism, and the essential differences they manifest. To refute the popular charge that the World War and the subsequent depres sion spell the failure of Christianity, Father Lord declared that the theories of rugged individualism and of ma terialistic evolution which supplanted Christianity in the council chambers of Europe during the 150 years preceding the War brought about the present chaos, whose only remedy lies in the re-adoption of Christian principles. Concluding his lecture with a brief re sume of the doctrine of the Mystical Body, the subject of the two-day school of Catholic Action which he conducted in the city on Nov. 1 and 2, Father Lord pointed a path to world peace, achieved through belief in the Mystical Body of Christ and the spread of the Christian world culture. Violin, organ, and piano selections were presented before the lecture by the fol lowing students: Eleanore Solewska. Rita Smith, Kathryn Wolford, and Mil dred Sperry. Mrs. Sheed Sees Catholic Revival Of Literary Art Prominent English Writer Stresses Inspiration Of Catholicity A Catholic renaissance in the literary field is steadily developing, declared Maisie Ward Sheed, prominent English critic and author, when she spoke at the College, on Nov. 7, on the revival of Catholic literature. This is rightly so, continued Mrs. Sheed, because the Faith itself is God's revelation to man, and the greatest liter ary talent cannot find words sufficiently heautiful to express its exquisiteness. Defines Literature Defining literature as noble thoughts in beautiful words, possessing certain substantial reality, Mrs. Sheed stressed the fact that this revival should be effect ed both for the outside world and for the members of the Church. At the same time, she insisted, we must be careful not to claim among our writers people who have been baptized in the Faith but who have failed to ex press their principles accurately. Rather, we must not make too much of what we have in the field of literature. We must cultivate a critical viewpoint and choose only the best. Surveys Contemporaries Presenting a survey of the works of contemporary Catholic authors, as rep resented in the sheed and ward survey of 1934, Mrs. Sheed showed their influ ence in the Catholic literary field. To Chesterton and Belloc, more than to anyone else, Mrs. Sheed attributes the work of commanding the attention of the world to the Church. Contending that there are many branches of Catholic literary work open to future writers, Mrs. Sheed sug gested that books for children be seri ously considered as offering worth while outlets for potential authors. She con cluded with a quotation from gospel rhymes for children edited by her sis ter, whose pen-name is T. B. Nicholas. Who Is Henri Gheon? Contemporary French dramatist and actor, who lost the faith in his early teens and regained it through his friendship with a Catholic chaplain during the War, Henri Gheon has since gained interna tional fame as a playwright and ranks with the leading French in tellectuals, according to Maisie Ward Sheed. Ada K. Qannon Qives Fra Angelico Plaque A new addition to Mundelein's art col lection is the beautiful Fra Angelico plaque presented to the College last June by Ada K. Gannon, distinguished lecturer and parliamentarian who gave a course at the College two years ago. That the brilliant Italian masterpiece is a reproduction of the Fra Angelico original is evident in the predominating use of gold in the design and in the love ly coloring and clear-cut outlines of the human figures. A leader in Renaissance art, Fra An gelico was a Dominican monk, famed for the profound religious spirit of his crea tions as well as for the masterly tech nique which he possessed. The plaque's position at the head of the grand staircase on the second floor is an advantageous one, since the light which strikes it is refracted and provides the necessary tone to clear, unmixed col ors and majestic, almost severe lines. Another plaque, the companion to this one, is now on its way here from Flor ence, Italy, where both were secured by Miss Gannon during a recent trip abroad. c
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