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Page Four K* SCRAPEK Charter Members Plan Flying Club, New W.A.A. Qroup Since full membership in the Flying club is restricted to students who hold licenses, only four charter members are launching the new campus organiza tion, planned to encourage student in terest in flying. Two pledges, however, are adding up their hours in the air and expect to solo this spring. The pledges are Jane Bush and Margaret Harvey. Charter members are Mary Cannon, Hetty Jane Kelly, Jacqueline Michelsen, and June Saunders. Miss Saunders, who began flying when she was in high school, now has more than 45 hours flying time at Pal-Waukee. Miss Kelly, who, with Miss Saunders, is co-chairman of the Flying club, ex pects to work with the airlines after graduation. Since last June, she has done 30 hours of actual flying from Harlem airport. Miss Michelsen, senior with 14 flying hours to her credit, flies from Sky Harbor airport, and expects to do all her postwar traveling by air. With 25 hours to her credit, Miss Cannon divides her flying time between the Joliet and the Harlem airports, hav ing soloed for the first time last sum mer. Junior Margaret Harvey flics at Pal-Waukee, and expects to solo this spring, and sophomore Miss Bush, who is taking lessons at Harlem, expects to make flying her career. Teachers College Team Will Swim tvith Terrapins A ballet exhibition will close the meet which Terrapin members have scheduled with Teachers college for VVedncsday, Feb. 13, at 4 p.m., in the Mundelein pool. Participating in the events will be Margaret Greene, Jane McMurray. Sue Meyering, Jeanne McNulty, Mary Lou Koepkc, Rita Barr, Lillian Muza, Lois Wenzel, and Mary Jane Kent, who will direct the ballet. Events will include a 40-yard free style ; 40-yard back stroke; 40-yard breast stroke; 100-yard free style; 60- yard individual medley; 80-yard free relay, and 60-yard medley relay. Economics Classes Apply Principles Discuss Current Problems in Reports Dovetailing current study in econom ics with actual application to life situa tions is the objective of a series of re ports presented this quarter in economics classes. Pointing up the sharp contrasts be tween capitalistic enterprise and the communistic system, Jerianne Mangold and Ruth Reynolds took part in a joint discussion on Jan. 19. Dale Glennon and Corrine Otto took sides on Jan. 15 in a debate on the ques tion: Should the patent system be re vised? Discuss Rehabilitation Elaine Aleskiewicz chose the reha bilitation program for discharged ser vicemen for her report on Jan. 4. Stressing the G. I. Bill of Rights, Miss Aleskiewicz explained the plan un der three headings: education, loans, and assistance in finding jobs, and noted that utilization of training received in service and finding employment for the disabled are two provisions of the plan. On Dec. 15, a joint project on South America, by Lillian De Sitter and Mary Dobbeck, centered attention on the eco nomics of Brazil and Argentina. Miss Dobbeck discussed the history and the recent economic situation of Brazil, il lustrating the chief imports and exports of the country by means of a produc tion map. Study South America Aided by an outline map represent ing Argentina, Miss De Sitter focused attention on this South American re public, noting that Brazil, having a Portuguese background, and Argentina, having been influenced by Spain, the two nations have developed along dis tinct lines. In different classes, two forums have been held on the International Civil Aviation conference. Last Friday, Jac queline Clancy, Catherine Sweeney, Eli nor Burns, and Lois Willard discussed the problem, and on Jan. 17, Mary Patricia Driskill, Margaret Wolf, Colette Dalton, and Mary Lou Hoiss considered the problem. Thousands of Stamps Program Bureau Provides Talent For Organizations Sponsors Musicales, Reviews, Lectures, Forums Members of the Faculty and of the student body have, in connection with the College Program Bureau, presented programs before a number of groups during the past few weeks. Accompanied by Mrs. Michael B. Morris, music chairman of the club, Margaret Grisbel, played a group of violin selections before members of the Wilmette Catholic Women's club, on Jan. 12. Miss Griebel's selections included Hejne Kati. by Hubay, and Canjonetta, from the Violin Concerto by Tschai- kowsky. Cecile Thomas reviewed the currently popular novel, The Scarlet Lily, by the Reverend Edward Murphy, before mem bers of the Joyce Kilmer League, on Jan. 8, and Margaret Mary O'Leary and Veronica Walsh of the drama de partment gave dramatic readings. Eunice Dankowski, soprano, and Cath erine Prendergast, pianist and accom panist, entertained members of the Rog ers Park Catholic Woman's League on Jan. 8. Miss Dankowski's selections in cluded The Star, by Rogers; Brindisi. by Verdi, Through the Years, by You- man. Miss Prendergast played Concert Etude, by MacDowell, and Whims, by Schumann. Drama Majors Direct All'Freshman Play Sophomores Revive Vaudeville From Nostalgic Past Chloris Freeman, senior drama ma jor, and Mary Beecher, junior drama major, directed and produced an all- freshman-cast play, Joint Owners in Spain, for a Laetare club meeting on Jan. 16. One hundred students attend ed the performance. Written by Alice Brown, the comedy, set in a home for old ladies, starred Margaret Ready, Martha Wade, Pa tricia Conlcy, and Mary Eileen Capek. Vaudeville has come back. It made its first faltering steps at a dramatic assembly in the Little Theatre on Jan. 18, when sophomore drama students' pre sented an opus written, directed, and produced by Veronica Walsh. Top surprise of the variety show came when sophomore Gloria Bennett, who played the piano accompaniment for the entire production, played two songs of her own composition. In the first scene, Rosemary Comfort, Annamay Byrne, Patricia Broderick, Florence Kumpfer, Rosemarie Lloyd, Jean Hanson, Barbara Brennan, Rose mary Gormley, Eleanor Cossoff, and Dolores Toniatti provided a chorus, af ter which Patricia Czarnecki soloed vo cally, not aeronautically. Then Miss Hanson and Eileen Har mon, forgetting impending semester ex aminations, did a song and dance rou tine, and successive groups, including Peggy Routliff, Patricia Scully, Noreen Rraum, Joyce Archer, Barbara Men- delsshon, and Patricia Scully, sang. are the contribution of John S. Rusch, father of Mercedes (standing at left), who sent the collection from a Loop office. Trimming the stamps, which will be used for the Missions, are Patricia Cloherty (seated), Mary Ann Reiman, and Dorothy Fellows. Kaleidoscope-- JAN. 22-26, SEMESTER EX AMINATIONS . . . Silent bus rides silent save for the chatter ing of teeth and the mumbling of mathematical formulae lt; gt;r economic principals . . . pale, haggard faces . . . books piled high . . . lost notes . . . heavy eyelids and hearts . . . remembrance of one's name on the library blacklist . . . French for lunch . . . lost permits . . elusive green books . . . between exam crams . . . perplexity as to whether question four was true or false . . . frequent visits to the Chapel ... dry pens . . . writer's cramp . . . refusal of an invitation to the Pump Room . . . sound sleep on a psychology text . . . coffee at midnight . . . dreams haunted by Shakespeare and Plato's Republic. JAN. 30 to FEB. 2, ANNUAL RETREAT . . . Silence with a smile ... no textbook worries for a week . . . unwrinkled foreheads . . . hats and heels . . . serene faces framed with well-brushed hair . . . windows frosted like stained glass . . . organ music . . . reflec tion on the beauty and inevitable- ness of truth ... on the ice-clear logic of belief . . . Confession . . . conferences . . . Mass . . . Holy Communion . . Rosary . . . Sta tions of the Cross . . . peace . . . and the answer to the problems of all days. Discuss Minority Problems in Forum Short Story Contest Challenges Writers A magazine and newspaper short story contest, running from Jan. 15 to March 12, is open to all professional and amateur writers, according to an an nouncement by the Reverend Hyacinth Blocker, O.F.M., editor of the St. An thony Messenger, Cincinnati. The contest is being sponsored by the Catholic Press Association of the United States through its Litcrary Aw-ards Foundation and will be super vised by the editorial staffs of the Cath olic newspapers and magazines in this country. The magazine entries must contain between 2,000 and 4,000 words, and cash prizes of 250, 100, and 75 will be awarded the three best stories. The manuscripts for the newspaper group will be limited from 1,000 to 2,000 words with cash prizes of 175, 100, 50 to be given to the three best stories submitted. Charlotte Smith and Patricia Cassidy represcnted Mundelein in two forums on the Minority Problem, held at the Shcil School of Social Studies, on Jan. 19 and 20. Students from De Paul, Loyola, St. Francis college, Joliet, the University of Chicago, St. Procopius college, St. Xav-ier college, Northwestern, the Dom inican House of Studies, and Mundelein participated in considerations of the Minority Problem in Chicago, As It Stands and As It Must Be. Skyscrapings As vital as Christmas trees to Chi cago's holiday season is the perfor mance of the Hollywood Ice Revue, starring Sonja Henie. movie actress, Olympic figure-skating champion, and Broadway producer. Among the always enthusiastic sp - tators at the Revue were Dolores Toni atti, Patricia and Viola Brennan, and Joan Shea. Among the New Year's Eve guests at the South Shore Country club ball were Joan Waters, Mary Burns, and Mary Lenore Taaffe. Lenore Brockhaus saw the depar ture of the old and the arrival oi the new at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, while Rosemary Gormley, Muriel Has ten, and Rosemary Kelly attended the Loyola Medical school party. Lois Shay, Patricia Hollahan, Jerry Stutz, Irene O'Flaherty, Ann CarroO, Marion Barrett, Noreen Walsh, Colleen Rettig, Betty Jane Kelly, Rita Crowley, Jeri Mangold, Anita Schwaba, and Audrey McDonnell were among tbe dancers at the recent Midshipmen's Graduation ball. Traditionally held at the Edgewater Beach, the formal as reported equally as beautiful in itd new setting at the Stevens. Jean Casey celebrated the furlough I of her fiance dancing in the Walmt Room of the Bismark. Jean Spatutu started the holidays at a Medical Fra- ternity party. Betty Howard prefers dancing at the Blackstone, in the May-1 fair Room, whereas Cecile Thomas, Margaret Wolfe, and Rosemary Owen enjoy waltzing to Emil Vandas' music at the Edgewater Beach. Margaret Mary Sieja gave a Christ mas party to reunite vacation-separat- ed juniors. Among the guests wens Margaret Mary Kaindl, Mary Kit O'Leary, Jeanne Doucette, Roseraarj Tarsitano, and Lillian Turner. Winged Victory, Army Air corps pro-j duction which has broken attendance records, has among its enthusiastic supporters Sheila Finney, Eleanor Arends, Jean Udelhofen, Amalia Kn- kulski, Ida Ann Cardone, Mary Kit Tuomey, Helen Walz, Mary Jane Har vey, and Mildred Fox. Introducing . . CHARLOTTE SMITH . . . senior Student Activities Council representa tive . . . tall, slim, sparkling . . . wears casual clothes with a flourish . . . combines a sociology major with a political science and English minor ... is earnest about all undertakings, whether they be work or play . . tennis and swimming top her list of favorite sports . . . she has sophisti cated moments in smooth black . . . her happy outlook on life allows for no pet peeves . . . she occupies her leisure moments with membership in the In ternational Relations club and English Round Table . . . smiles easily and quickly . . . declares future plans will probably revolve around child wel fare work . . . has already had prac tical experience as a counsellor at St. Mary's Training school, Des Plaines . . works at the Tribune part time . , . is a staunch supporter of Notre Dame teams . . . and, like most sen iors, hopes that travel restrictions will be lilted so she can journey during the summer months destination. California. JEAN SPATUZZA . . . other senior S.A.C. representative . . . wears shoul der-length bob with lovely natural waves . . . has statuesque appearance suited to tailored jackets, especially of the camel-haired variety . . . has eyes that change colors according to her mood blue, or green, or gray ... her ability as a guard may bring the basketball trophy into permanent senior possession . . . supplements a sociology major with a Spanish philosophy minor ... is a resi dent student . . . loves to walk in the rain . . . enjoys dancing . . . his varied extra-curricular activities, in- j eluding management of basketball for W.A.A., International Relations cbkJ and Mu Nu Sigma . . . models tailors clothes in free hours . . and plans to use her sociological training in pro fessional fields. PATRICIA HOLLAHAN . . . com bines her position as junior S.A.C. rep resentative with Skyscraper and Mu Xi Sigma activities . . . has dark brown eyes, an irrepressible smile, and a lore for extensive vocabularies . . . takes pride in a service stripe indicating IS) hours spent as a Nurse's Aide . . J looks lovely in light blue, but is partial also, to navy blue . . . combines ai English-journalism major with a historj minor . . . and revels in an intimate knowlege of persons and places gained working last summer on the staff oil Who's Who in America. LOUISE PESUT . . . also a junior representative on the S.A.C al ways looks as though she stepped frotnj that famous band box . . . designs and makes most of her own clothes, which may explain her distinctive chic . . J devotes her talents to a dietetics major and a science minor . . . plays the piano as an avocation . . . lives in DeKalb and is a resident student . . . likes swimming and tennis . . always man-1 ages to preserve a stunning tan . . 1 divides extra-curricular time among) Red Cross Unit, Alpha Omicron, audi Sodality . . . her favorite sport is ice skating . . . her hobby, making friends.
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1945-01-22 (4)
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Mundelein College
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Student newspaper for Mundelein College
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