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THE -i. ''- U ' MnT HU.;: .LI..i.L.,i..i;:j i r.-*.'- H:.T Volume IV MUNDELEIN COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 16, 1934 Number 7 DEBATE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY Musicians Present Concerto Groups In Annual Recital Piano, Violin, Organ, Horn, and Voice Numbers Score Success CONDUCTS RETREAT Concertos scored high honors in the annual recital presented by the music de partment on Feb. 11. Of the six pianists who contributed to the program, five, Ruth Hottinger, Elizabeth Gorman, Jes sie Belle Kramer, Kathryn Wolford, and Mildred Sperry, chose concertos for their selections. The sixth pianist, Emer Phibbs, a veteran of four annual recitals, played two movements from Suite Fan- tastique by Schelling. Frances Mikkelson and Nona Peters, vocalists, chose compositions from Lie, Campbell-Tipton, and Rachmaninoff. Both were accompanied by Miss Sperry. Mae Murphy and Rita Smith, of the organ department, played compositions by French composers. Miss Murphy inter preted Guilmant's Third Sonata in C minor, and Miss Smith played the Grande Offertoire de St. Cecile by Edouard Batiste. Lending variety to the program, Mar garet Mullen played Schubert's Ave Maria on the French horn, and Eleanore Solew- ska played a violin solo, Zigeunerweisen by Sarasate. Miss Solewska was accom panied by Miss Jeanette Solewska-Fabans. The concertos played were Beethoven's in C major by Miss Hottinger, Ruben- stein's in D minor by Miss Gorman, Moskiwski's in E major by Miss Kramer, Greig's in A minor by Miss Wolford, and Chopin's in E minor by Miss Sperry. Miss Phibbs, who closed the program with the Suite Fantastiquc, was assisted at the second piano by Miss Sperry. Feature Catholic Press In Program For February National Catholic Press month, under the patronage of St. Francis de Sales, is being observed at Mundelein through the united efforts of the Literature committee, the Press club, and the library depart ment of the college. As a special feature of the month, the Reverend Eugene P. Burke, C.S.C., edi tor of the Ave Maria, published at Notre Dame, Indiana, gave an address on Cath olic Press Month, at the convocation, on Feb. 14. Clippings and pictures depicting the purpose and influence of Catholic litera ture have been posted on bulletin boards at various points through the building, and a drive for fifty per cent in subscrip tions to the New World has been organ ized under Marie Cuny, Literature chair man. Unsold Pamphlets-of-the-Month will be put on sale at special price and, after use by the students, will be employed to propagate the faith at home or will be sent to foreign missions. Book and magazine reviews by mem bers of the Press club have been posted in the library as an encouragement to additional reading of Catholic literature. Copies of the foremost Catholic periodi cals are available in the reading room. The book review section elsewhere in this issue of the Skyscraper contains a report of current Catholic periodicals. Faculty Member Publishes Article In Catholic World The Rev. William P. Manion, S.J. Retreat Lectures Survive Varied Mid - Year Events By Evelyn Lincoln Although the retreat seems a long way off, with the excitement of registration, rearranging of schedules, and attendance at new classes crowding fast on its close, the sincerity and depth of Father Man- ion's words are still vividly impressed on our minds. It would be difficult to erase the mem ory of the three quiet days in which Fa ther strove to awaken in the heart of each Mundelein student an awareness of the fine, strong relationship that is possible between Christ and the individual soul. As a prelude to the retreat, Father Manion quoted the verses from the New Testament which tell of the vision of the Transfiguration. This prelude, to gether with the theme song repeated by the assembly chorus before each lecture, proved a sure unifying device strengthen ing the various lectures in their common purpose. The saying of Stations of the Cross, which were erected in the auditorium especially for the retreat, and the mid-day (Continued on page 4, col. 4) Senior Majors Vary; English is Favorite A recent survey reveals that the seniors have chosen their majors from 21 depart ments of the College, and that English leads in popularity with 17 devotees. His tory runs a close second with 11 majors. Nine have shown a preference for the more domestic side of life and have chosen home economics, and dietetics has six fol lowers. Mathematics and library science have five majors each; there are four in chem istry and four in music, while art, drama, commerce, and philosophy are even in the race with three for each department. Zoology, physics, economics, social sci ence, and French have two each. Gloria Barry is a lone Spanish major; Catherine Ann Beatty is alone in the field of edu cation ; Pauline Duzeski is the only phys ical education major, and Evelyn Lincoln is the only major in journalism. Sister Mary Angelita, B.V.M., Writes on Forbears of English Words Forbears of Some English Words, an article by Sister Mary Angelita, B.V.M., head of the English department of Mun delein College, appears in the issue of the Catholic World for February. An amusing and highly instructive light is cast by the author on our seemingly self-explanatory modern English words. You have read, Sister Mary An gelita writes, of 'Saxon brevity' till you conceive of the language as made up of staccato phrases such as 'a trig, smug, prig' . . . You are, of course, in line for summary disillusionment ... as you dis cover when you first meet 'gedafenlicre' and 'witodlice' and 'aethelborennesse.' 'Daeghwamlice' seems to you a hopelessly unsatisfactory substitute for 'daily', and 'mid sarlicum ondwlitan' for 'with a sad face'. The Anglo-Saxon language does not resemble the Latin tongue, the author points out. Still less does it resemble the crisp, nervous vigor of the French, or the liquid melody of the Spanish or Italian. It has most kinship naturally with its maternal grandmother, the Ger manic, and its modern grandchild, the present-day English. After considering the heritage of the Anglo-Saxon tongue, Sister Mary An gelita concludes: Try to take God and patriotism and honor and the common weal and home from the hearts of the people, and you must first tear from them (Continued on page 4, col. 1) LEADS DEBATERS ANNOUNCE CASTS FOR SPRING GROUP OF ONE-ACT PLAYS The Mundelein Mosaics, the amiual one-act play program sponsored by the Laetare Players, will be presented on April 8, with four plays on the list. An unusual feature of this year's pro gram will be an original curtain-raiser by Magdalen Kessie, entitled The Prin cess With the Shiny Nose. A freshman cast composed of Mary Rose Brown, Margaret Cleary, Kathleen Feely, Mary Louise Metcalf, Clotilde Philippe, Jane Malkemus, Caroline Pal- ma, and Janice Quinn will interpret the piece. Happiness Returns, a comedy concerned with the disappearance of an unruly brace let, will be presented by the junior dra ma students. The cast includes Ruth Hazle, Mary Frances Hoban, Kathryn Walsh, Sallie Agnes Smith, Frances Burke, Mary Jane Blenner, Virginia Sweeney, Lucille Barrett, Margaret Wenigman, and Mary Agnes Tynan. A tragedy, flavored with comedy dashes, is 'Op-O'-Me-Thumb, a sopho more production featuring Marie Cuny, Janette Brennan, Roma Murphy, Marian Bertrand, Jeanette Kuzba, and Mercedes Beyer. A rollicking comedy, The Women Folks, given by the senior dramatists, will climax the evening. The cast in cludes Pauline Duzeski, Marion Ryan, Madeline Wells, Mary Nicholson, Dorothy White, Penelope Haloulos, and Geraldine Gardiner. Katherine Brennan President of the Debating Club Pageant of Rome In the Holy Year Is Lecture Theme The Reverend Isadore Semper, head of the English department of Columbia college, Dubuque, and author of a recently published book, The Prodigal Son and Other Essays, lectured on Rome and the Holy Year at the student assembly on Jan. 31. Having recently returned from Europe, Father Semper was enabled to picture graphically the beauty that is Rome Rome, the heart of the ancient world in the time of the Caesars, and the center of the modern world under the spiritual rule of the Popes. Father Semper spoke eloquently of the magnificent ceremonies of the Holy Year, and pointed out the world-wide influence of the Christian Rome. Admitting the previous supremacy of the Caesars, Father yet declared that the holy men of Rome, with the cross in one hand and the torch of knowledge held high in the other, traveled much farther and exercised a much greater influence than the legions of Rome. Father Semper, who is a member of (Continued on page 3, col. 3) Gay Carnival Spirit Pervades Mardi Gras For the annual Mardi Gras, sponsored by the French conversation classes under the direction of Miss Emilie Sonderegger on Feb. 3, the gymnasium was gayly dec orated with balloons and brightly col ored bows strung across the balcony. Quaint silhouettes were hung along the walls. Students of French from Loyola University were guests. Dancing to the music of Tau Mu orchestra alternated with games in the entertainment, and re freshments were served. In the afternoon two clever French comedies were given. The Fatal Zero was acted by Mary E. Finnegan, Dorothy White, Rita Casey, and Virginia Cor coran. In Rosalie, Mildred Sperry, Dorothy O'Donnell, and Caroline Palma appeared. Eastern Team to Be College Guest For NIR A Forensic First Intercollegiate Debate of Year is Formal; Urge Large Attendance The initial debate of the College var sity team with the Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C, which will be held here on Feb. 21, promises to be unusual in several ways. It is the first debate Mundelein has held with an Eastern team since the encounter with Yale in 1932. Katherine Brennan, president of the Debating club, who has been a member of the college team since 1931, and Ruth Tangney, who also has had three years' experience in debating, will defend the affirmative of the question, Resolved: That the central features of the NIRA be adopted permanently. Secondly, the debate with the Catholic University will mark the opening of in tercollegiate relations between the two Colleges, and it will also be the first for mal debate in which Mundelein has en gaged. George M. Schmeing, M. S. of the chemistry departments of Loyola and Mundelein, will preside as chairman. The names of the judges have not yet been announced. Lenore Manning, Gloria Barry, and Rita Eppig will act as hostesses to the visting team, and Jane Spalding, Betty Fraser, and Mary Agnes Tynan are in charge of publicity for the event. A debate on the powers of the Presi dent question will be held with John Carroll university of Cleveland on Feb. 28, in which Mary Agnes Tynan and Jane Spalding, representing Mundelein, will uphold the negative. William H. Conley, A.M., debate coach, has also announced that two debates will be held with Northwestern University sometime in April. A split-team debate with Mundelein and Loyola speakers was held on Feb. 15, at the Father Perez Council of the Knights of Columbus, at which Katherine Brennan and Edward Schramm debated the negative of the powers of the Presi dent question against Margaret Cleary and James Yore on the affirmative. Editor of Ave Maria Gives Writing Hints It's worth coming so far just to hear so many nice thing about myself, began the Reverend Eugene Burke, C.S.C., ed itor of the Ave Maria, after Julia Hag erty had introduced him to the assembly on Feb. 14. Treating the subject in the light of possible participation by the student. Father stressed the need of creative writ ing. You are full of stories, of sketches, if you'll only write them, he said, but was quick to discourage the over-used type of conversion and miracle stories. Life as we know it is what the Catholic press needs in its stories. Be able to see stories, Father advised, and suggested the keeping of a commonplace book modeled on Julian Hawthorne's famed notebook. In concluding, Father recited some or iginal poetry patterned on T. A. Daly's style.
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