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THE SKYSCRAPER REFLECTIONS If you have created for yourself an image of a real college senior you will readily admit that Genevieve McClevey would coincide quite perfectly with that image. She is tall, slender, and soft-spok en, and definitely interested in things. She is majoring in English and carrying French and sociology as minors. Genevieve is a member of the Politi cal Science club and until recently be longed to the Classical club, Eta Plii Alplia. Last year she was secretary of the junior class. Her special interests are poetry and sociology. In fact, so en thusiastic is she about the latter that she has taken special work at Loyola Uni versity. Another phase of this interest resulted in Genevieve's doing social work at St. Vincent's orphanage. A desire to promote the welfare of others is manifest, for it has produced a friendly and thor oughly likeable personality. The activities of Gloria Barry are so varied and so numerous that one is quite overwhelmed to think of this attractively- dignified young woman managing her diversified routine. Shall we say she is primarily a linguist? The statement seems justified, for Gloria is president of Die Rothensteiner Gesellscliaft and is work ing for a Spanish major and a German minor. She was class secretary in her sopho more year and has retained the office as a junior. Gloria's idea of amusement, although not exactly feminine, is unusual ly diverting. She likes football games, prize fights, tap-dancing, and horse races. Another hobby is the collecting of rare coins, and the climax of the revelation is that she shares Woodrow Wilson's in terest in murder stories Another girl followed her and it was not long before we recognized the new comer as Mary Dick, the president of the Sophomore Class. This business-like young woman is vice president of the CoaaaBrEg elab and treasurer of the Stu dent Activities Council. She is enthus iastic about the sodality, and is one of our most representative Catholic Action cru saders. Mary will finish her secretarial course in June, and then she intends to delve into the mysteries of finance by securing a secretarial position in a large business concern. As the Sophomore Co tillion was such a great success both financially and socially we predict a bril liant future for Mary. She is also a member of Eta Phi Alpha, the classical club, and we learned that her chief diver sion is found in books. As we walked into the costume work shop we saw amid a pile of bright-hued costumes a tall, dark-haired girl. This young lady, sewing so industriously, we found to be Virginia White, a freshman. She is a special in the Home Economics department and is intensely interested in her work. She has worked on an aver age of four hours a day on the costumes for the play. Of course, she is a mem ber of Alpha Omicron and when the play is over she intends to pledge the Press club. She is also a Terrapin pledge. Virginia graduated from the New Trier Township high school in Winnetka and she is interested in athletics. She likes to swim and to play basketball. Her ambition is to have charge of costume designing and make-up in the theatre, and she intends to take the course in theat rical make-up which will be given in the department of drama next semester. DRAMA TIC PRODUCTION SCORES GREAT SUCCESS (Continued from Page 1, Col. 3) The mediaeval atmosphere was carried through convincingly by the various mem bers of both households, Seigneur and Dame de Miolans, Margaret Wenigman and Kathryn Walsh; and the sympathet ic tutor, done convincingly by Ruth Ha- zle. Especially effective was the repre sentation of Our Lady, the angel Gabriel, and St. Nicholas in heaven, with Mary Nicholson as the Virgin Queen, and Mary France Hoban and Ellen McSwiggin, her constant attendants. Two Swimming Clubs Coordinate Activities The first general meeting of the ever- increasing Terrapins was held on Tues day, Nov. 15. The constitution was read in order that the purpose of the club might be fully understood by all. Definite plans were formulated for co-ordinating the activities of the two branches of the club Terrapin club and Terrapin Juniors. Hereafter the Terrapin Juniors are to function under the direct supervision of their big sister, the Terrapin club. Elizabeth Gorman, vice-president of the Terrapin club, will be present at all meet ings of Terrapin Juniors, and will be the unifying agent of the two clubs. More over, meetings, although separate, are to be held at the same time. Second tryouts for Terrapins were held on Tuesday, Nov. 22. Plans have been made for initiation of the many swimmers who have succeeded in passing the tests. Jean O'Connor, Louise Goebel, Lucia Mazurek, and Marion Ryan are devising ingenious initiation methods. A committee consisting of Pauline Duzeski, Rosamond Carney, and Grace Allen has been appointed to stabilize the method of judging tryouts. The new method will not be used, however, until next semester. HISTORIANS SPONSOR GRECIAN SYMPOSIUM It's an old Greek custom, this holding of a symposium, and the history of civ ilization classes, which are studying the Greek nation at present, are participating in a typical symposium on all things Grecian next week. To the twentieth-century air of The All-American Girl, the ancient glories and famous personages of Greece will be sung by the entire assembly in a song written by Rita Casey. Several papers will be read, followed by original political selections, among them an Invocation to the Muse, an Invocation to Greece, and a retrospect on that country by Selma Lasker. Several of the dramatic students in the class will present one of Aristo phanes' plays, Lysistrata. The highlight of the afternoon, however, will occur when Diane Belognianis, attired in native costume, recites one of Sappho's poems in the original. A translation of the same poem will be given by Alberta Lyons. Dorothy Grace will conclude the program with several musical numbers. Entire Student Body Aids In Production The entire student body shared honors with the members of the drama depart ment who made up the cast in The Mar velous Adventure of Bernard de Men thon, notably the scenic design students who planned and constructed the stage settings, the home economics students who executed the costumes which the art students had designed, and the members of the College Orchestra and Glee club. The library, too, shared a part in the production for when Master Germaine in the second act went to the forestage, he was reading an authentic fifteenth-century volume from the Rothensteiner collection in the library. The stage setting was especially strik ing, carrying out in exact detail the plan of the setting of the French niyslire, the supreme theatrical achievement of the Middle Ages. During the entire play the same setting was used, the Jester having explained in the prologue that to his left was the mountain of Jupiter topped by a statue of god; to his right the Castle of Men thon ; behind, the monastery of Aosta, while above, like a nest between heaven and earth, was the heavenly court. The same setting was used throughout the entire play, the lighting effects, cen- ering attention oii that part of the stage then in use. The lighting staff proved most efficient in answering the sixty-three lighting cues the performance called for. Incidental music was supplied by the Mundelein College Orchestra and the Mundelein Glee club. Mr. LeRoy Stran- sky was production manager; Mrs, Le Roy Stransky supervised the costumes and make-up. Miss Beatrice Kaplan planned and coached the dances, and Miss Marjorie Magill created the very effec tive masks used in the play. Rosemary Simpson assisted by Eileen Bartels was stage manager. The lights were executed by Marion Mulligan, '.Mary-1 Q'l'sc . n?r' gt;h:lL-and Jeanne Ry an. In charge of properties and ward robe were Ada Naven, Mary Murphy, Virginia White, Margaret Webb, and Clementina Paloney. STUDENTS RECEIVE LIBRARY BOOKLETS (Continued from Page 1, Col. 1) comprehensive booklet fully explaining the collection was distributed to the stu dents as the gift of the faculty, and as a commemoration of Father Rothenstein- er's visit to Mundelein. As one compares this massive collec tion representing a vast expenditure of thought, time, and money, with the mild, scholarly, aged collector, a striking con trast is seen in material appearance, but there is felt a oneness of spirit which, enriched with the serene light of schol arship seeks to hand down the torch to future generations. Father Rothensteiner Visits Language Groups A special program was held in the 1 o'clock German class, on Tuesday, Nov. 15, in honor of the distinguished guest, the honorary member of the German club, Father Rothensteiner. Many advanced German students took advantage of the opportunity of meeting Father, by at tending this class. Al 2 o'clock Father Rothensteiner stopped for a moment at the Latin poetry class which is at present translating the Eclogues of Virgil. On the desk lay Father Rothensteiner's own rare copy of the famed Mantuan poet which he recognized with a pleased smile as he stepped to the front of the room to say Ave atque Vale to the group of students who realized and felt deeply that here was a person who had achieved a real height as a Classical scholar. He commended the class on its pursuit of Classical study because of the aroma of culture that it lends to the individual. After commenting on the rhythmic beauty of I-atin poetry and the clarity of Latin prose, Father Rothensteiner gave his blessing and was conducted to a meeting of Die Rothensteiner Gesell scliaft, which had arranged a special pro gram for him. PURITAN VILLAGE IS FEATURE OF EXHIBIT Clothespin Indian. braves dressed in brown paper blankets, squaws carrying eraser papooses, picturesque tepees also of brown paper, a silvery stream of paper, and a gaily-colored canoe were among the features of the Puritan village on exhi bition in room 303 last week. The village is the result of the ingenu ity of Alice Alexander, a student in the general methods class, and of her co workers, in working out a project. The site of the village is a square of green paper. Two species of trees are prominent in the Puritan forest a cun ning twig and paper thicket supported by thread spools. The Puritan inhabitants, like the Indians, are clothespins at heart, but they are demurely clad in Puritanic black-and-white paper. The sturdy school house is the pride and joy of our education students, but the most interesting feature of all is, perhaps, the thoroughly woodsmanlike stockade. Finally, to give the genuine Thanksgiving touch, the whole commun ity is covered by a face-powdery fall of snow. SKYSCRAPINGS Mundelein College was well repre sented at the Loyola Fall Frolic held on Friday, Nov. 11, at the Medinah Athletic Club. Margaret Wenigman, Evelyn Lin coln, Janice Linnett, Helen Ryan, and Marjorie Carroll were seen at the dance. Alice Mayfield spent the week-end at Chippewa Falls in Wisconsin. When the masks for the play were being prepared up on the eighth floor, we were quite startled when we came upon Irene Galvin washing Satan's ears. Mary Catherine Schmelzer was hostess at a party at the Albion Shore Hotel on Nov. 10. Among her guests were: Gretchen Kretschmer, Margarette Nolan, Patricia Peterson, Rosemary Simpson, Justine Feely, Dorothy Higgins, Mary Toohey, and Ruth Tangney. Miss Mary Home visited friends at Mount Carmel in Dubuque last Sunday. On election day a friendly freshman, thinking she was addressing a fellow classmate, asked a member of the lay faculty who is very youthful in appear ance if she would be old enough to vote for the President in 1936. One of our sophomores should be awarded a medal for distinguished serv ice or something of that nature. Sallie Agnes Smith went on with her part in the play and attended the long practices even though the ligaments in her leg were strained and she was forced to limp about. In South Bend last Saturday a kind of Mundelein reunion took place. Both alumnae members and present students attended the Northwestern-Notre Dame game. Among those present were Mar garet Hanrahan and Clare Allender of the class of '32, Gretchen Kretschmer, Dorothy Higgins, Margarette Nolan, Rita Eppig, Marion Sifferman, Mary Frances Burke, Helen Horan, Olga Mel chione, Ursula Walsh, and Marcia Glass cock. FATHER MERTZ ENJOYS TEACHING An audience group snapped after the Thursday evening performance of The Mai-vellous Adventure of Bernard de Menthon. (Continued from Page 3, Col. 5) Again Father laughed. Indeed I do, he replied, still chuckling. Teach ing keeps one young, and as a man ad vances in years teaching gives him the inspiration to meet youth, for youth, if it is honest, is always inspiring 1 Here we might note that for twenty-two years this zealous priest has labored with un fathomable energy in the classroom. Tell us of the Delia Strada chapel, we asked. But of this lovely chapel-to-be Father would say little. It is his dearest dream to erect that perfect bit of architecture on the Loyola campus and dedicate it to the Mother of God. Contributions have been slow these days. The depres sion Father said with a philosophical shrug of his shoulders. He trys to keep the flame of zeal alive, however, by pub lishing the Delia Strada, a little paper which records the progress being made, notes contributions offered, and relates bits of wisdom and friendly gossip. Virginia and I thoroughly enjoyed the interview. Father Mertz was so humanly human, one simply could not feel stiff or constrained with him. One only won ders how he can manage to head the Classics department at Loyola, give re treats, edit the Delia Strada, draw the lovely illustrations for that paper, mod erate Loyola's sodality, and perform his priestly duties without dropping exhaust ed. Instead, (to everyone's delight) he seems to grow more interesting, forceful, and dynamic each day.
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1932-11-23 (4)
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