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THE SKYSCRAPER Sophomores Champions In Basketball WINNERS LEAD BY SIX POINTS With a score of 29-23, the sopho mores carried off the championship in the final game of the sophomore-fresh man series played on Monday, March 16. In the first few moments of play, the freshmen scored the first basket, and the game was off to a good start. The players were in splendid condi tion and it was an excellent per formance of elasticity and alert play ing. Although the sophomores were leading for a time in the first half, the score was tied at the half, 12-12. For the remainder of the game they played shoulder to shoulder, and the excitement was at its height in the last few moments of the play. The lineup is: M. Mannabach ...F M.Lyon H. Orvis F M.Pearson L-DeTamble F L. Waindle G. M. Hoctor G M. Hora G. Kretschmer ...G M. Dee B. Fox G M. Mahoney Substitutions: Sophomores, Alice Alexander for Louise De Tramble, Dorothy Higgins for Gretchen Kretsch mer; Freshman, Marion Sifferman for LaVerne Waindle, Pauline Duzeski for Mildred Hora. The freshmen defeated the sopho mores in a hard-fought game on March 4 with a final score of 28-23. In the first quarter of the game the sophomores were leading the fresh men 5-2, and through the rest of the game the playing was very close. At the end of the first half the sopho mores were still leading, with the score 11-8. The third quarter, how ever, brought a change of luck to the freshmen, and they climbed np to a considerable lead with the individual playing and teamwork of Mary Lyon, Marion Pearson and LaVerne Wain dle. In the last two minutes of play, the sophomores put in three baskets, bringing the score to a three-point lead. The teams are well matched. The line-up: Sophomores. Freshmen. H. Orvis F M. Lyon M. Mannebach... F M. Pearson A. Alexander F L. Waindle G. Hoctor G M. Dee G. Kretschmer... G P. Duzeski B. Fox G M. Hora Substitutes: Sophomores L. De- Tamble for A. Alexander, V. Kenny for G. Hoctor, D. Higgins for G. Kretschmer. Freshmen G. Dooner for M. Hora. Although the sophomores were in the lead throughout the sophomore- freshman game on March 11, in which the sophomores won 23-21, the playing was very close. At the beginning of the second half, the score was 17-10, and by the end of the game there was a lone basket be tween the freshmen and an overtime period. LaVerne Waindle was largely responsible for the sudden gain by scoring eight points in the second half. The lineup was the same as that of March 4. Substitutes: Sophomores Louise De Tamble for Alice Alexander, Dorothy Higgins for Beatrice Fox. Freshmen Marion Siffermann for LaVerne Waindle, Mary Frances Lang for Mary Lyon, Genevieve Dooner for Mildred Hora. Team Dinner Closes Season Actively speaking, the basketball season closed with the final game be tween the sophomores and freshmen, but formally, the season ended with the first annual banquet for the bas ketball teams of Mundelein College. On Tuesday evening, March 24, at six o'clock, all the members of the sopho more and freshmen teams, Miss Marshall, Miss Magnuson, Miss Rey nolds, and Miss Charlotte Thiese, the guest of honor, gathered in the guest dining room. A most appropriate program was executed. The colors of spring, green and pale yellow, were most effectively carried out in the decoration scheme. Three large bowls of spring flowers, flanked by fern leaves and long daffodil-yellow tapers, comprised the major part of the decoration on the three sections of the U-shaped table. At each place was a souvenir of the banquet. The meal and entertainment a la basketball was divided into four quar ters. The first quarter consisted of fruit cocktail, and toasts to the president and the faculty. The second quarter, which was the principal course, in cluded a toast to the sophomores by Mary Lyon and a toast to the fresh men by Virginia Kenny. At the half. Miss Marshall present ed a pennant to the sophomore team as a symbol of their being school champions in basketball, and con gratulated them on their splendid work. The third quarter was the salad course, during which Pauline Duzeski gave a reading and a toast to the coach, and Helen Orvis gave a toast to Miss Marshall. The fourth quarter consisted of ice cream basketballs and cake, and a most interesting talk by Miss Char lotte Thiese, Director of Physical Edu cation, Lombard, Illinois. The final number, a short comedy sketch, Signs of Spring, was presented by Genevieve Dooner, Marion Pearson, Marion Siffermann, Evelyn Lincoln, Gretchen Kretschmer, and Majella Mannebach. Mary Jane Sullivan act ed as toast mistress. Eleanor Kavanagh O'Brien, a Mun delein speech student, successfully played Ethel Barrymore's famous role of Sister Gracia in The Kingdom of God, presented by the Loyola Com munity Theatre on March 9, 10, and 12. Helen O'Gara, president of the Laetare Players, took the part of Sis ter Juliana, a young novice, and an other of our Mundelein speech stu dents, Frances Burke, was Lulu. This is the first time that a Little Theatre group has attempted this play, which is a staggering undertaking, and we are proud not only of the Loyola Com munity Theatre but also of the Mun delein students who helped to make it a success. SPREAD FOLLOWS TERRAPIN TRYOUT Terrapins and Junior Terrapins en joyed a swimming party and spread on Tuesday afternoon, March 17. After a glorious swim, with stunts and games, the spread proved not unwel come. Miss Magnuson and Miss Marshall, the two instructor members, pre sented each club member with a sou venir terrapin of celluloid. There were large green ones for the Senior and small brown ones for the Junior Terrapins. Three trembling students assembled for the Terrapin Junior tryouts be fore eight grave judges consisting of the two instructors, Miss Magnuson and Miss Marshall, and the entire Ter rapin Senior Club on Wednesday afternoon, March fourth. In spite of the fact that they were so few and their judges so many, the candidates completed the require ments, passing the tests with an aver age sufficient for them to become full- fledged members. The next Junior Terrapin tryouts will be in a few weeks and all swim mers are urged to watch for the an nouncement and practice their strokes. Mass Story Told in Vivid Pictures (Continued from Page 1. Col. 5) the ordination ceremony of priests was unusual, since it is an event that few people ever see. Perhaps the most beautiful pictures were those of the Passion and other scenes from the life of Christ and of His Blessed Mother. The musical ac companiment added considerably to the atmosphere of Father Keith's lecture. CHALLENGE GAME A challenge game between the championship team and Freshman Team II was played March 18 and re sulted in a victory for the sophomores with a score of 28-27 after an over time period. At the half the freshmen were lead ing. The sophomores soon rallied and caught up to their opponents, and for the last few moments the suspense was breath-taking. At the end of the last quarter the score was tied, and an overtime period had to be played. Excitement rose to a frenzy. A technical foul was called on a fresh man, and the sophomore forward put in the free throw and the game was won This game was a worthy finish for such a successful season of basket ball; successful because of friendships made and an increase in the spirit of true sportsmanship, which, after all, is the ultimate end of sports. Adventures in Old English Juniors and English majors are be ing spirited back to classes reminis cent of their freshman language courses, for they are again studying noun declension, strong and weak verbs, and masculine, feminine, and neuter genders in Anglo-Saxon I, in order to read Beowulf and other val uable fragments of Anglo-Saxon in the original. They are learning how the Anglo-Saxons lived, feeling the urge of their sea-roving nature, feasting in their spacious halls, and living again the stirring adventures of these peo ple of the past. The course .provides a solid founda tion and historical background of the language for all students who are in terested in literature, as well as for those who are majoring in English. Daily the students are discovering in ancient words the predecessors of many of our modern terms, which still retain some similarity of spelling and a not-too-remote relationship of meaning. It is through this course that the students learn something of the modest origin of our language. The local color they discover in Anglo-Saxon literature provides com pensation for all the difficulty the stu dents encounter in mastering the pro nunciation of difficult and unfamiliar words, and the members of the class will assure you that this hour is hap pily as well as profitably spent in en tertaining, energetic, enthusiastic study. W. A. A. Unit Organized The Women's Athletic Association of Mundelein had its election of of ficers Monday, March 16, during the intermission between halves of the sophomore - freshman game. Helen Orvis, sophomore, was elected presi dent; Beatrice Fox, sophomore, vice- president; and Mary Lyon, freshman, secretary-treasurer. The points and rules for eligibility to this Association are: 1. One semester in residence. 2. A minimum of fifty points. 3. Regular attendance at meetings. (Membership ceases after two succes sive absences.) 4. Active interest in all sports. The major sports include soccer, basketball, swimming, volley ball, baseball, and track. Minor sports are tennis, horseback riding, and hiking. Points are awarded as follows: 1. For making first team 100 2. For making second team .... 50 3. Attendance at all practices.... 25 4. For hiking (no less than five miles at one trip), per mile 1 5. For a demonstration of any kind requiring extra work 25 The rewards for the attainment of a given number of points are: 250 Numeral (1st year) 500 Minor letter (2d year) 750 Major letter (3d year) 1,000 Gold seal (4th year) SNAILS The Mundelein snail family is no more, but shells alone remain to tell of its existence. Twenty-four girls are destitute and forlorn without their twenty-four little playmates, the new-born snails. Hardly had these shell-creatures seen the light of day when they were rudely snatched from this realm by an experimenting fresh man. Motivated by an uncontrollable desire to know more of the baby snails and their family life in the aquarium, said freshman opened the drain, just to see how it would work. But, alas, before the class was out, Mama Snail and her twenty-four offspring were writhing and tossing on the dry floor of their home. In spite of numerous consultations, phys icians, with stifled sobs, decided that nothing could be done the accident was fatal. Won't someone console the biology class with a few more snails? They have solemnly taken the oath to live and let live. And while we are asking for things: DEBATERS MEET IN OPEN FORUM Resolved: That the emergence of women into public life is to be de plored, was the question proposed for the first formal debate of the Munde lein College Debating Club. The con structive speech for the affirmative was made by Marjorie Cramer and the constructive speech for the negative by Genevieve Dooner. An animated discussion followed the formal pres entation of points. The Debating Club has made great progress within the last month and is well on its way to becoming an or ganization of vital interest to all the students at Mundelein College. The permanent officers of the club who were elected at the meeting on FeT gt; ruary 25 are: President, Marjorie Cramer; vice-president, Katherine Brennan; secretary, Bernadette Cul- kin; treasurer, Helen Orvis. Leonora Stahr was appointed manager of de bate. Another open forum was held on March 11, when the question for de bate was: Resolved: That the nations of the world shall accept a policy of free trade. The constructive speech for the af firmative by Ruth Schuchat and that for the negative by Patricia Peterson were followed by a discussion of the question from the floor. An elimination oratorical tryout was held on March 18 to determine which students would enter the Na tional Oratorical Contest. Each con testant was permitted to speak for four minutes on any topic she chose. However, since the orations in the na tional contest must be on some aspect of the American constitution, very naturally the topics in the tryouts cen tered around this subject. A regular debate on free trade was held on Wednesday of this week. Ruth Schuchat and Helen Orvis upheld the affirmative and the negative was sup ported by Patricia Peterson and Mar ion Jeffers. Have You a Little Scorpion in Your Home? Members of the faculty attended the meetings of the North Central Asso ciation held in the Stevens Hotel Tuesday, March 17, to Friday, March 20. Scorpions, starfishes, eels, sea shells, or anything in the form of specimens, wanted To the benefactors who will beg, borrow, or otherwise acquire any of the said specimens and donate them to the museum in the biology depart ment, this department will render profuse thanks. Perhaps in vacation wanderings, or even in monotonous walks along the lake shore or to and from school, the students may observe unique shells or queer-looking animals. The preserva tion and donation of these will be thoroughly appreciated. ASSORTED MASCOTS Pease porridge hot, Pease porridge cold, Pease porridge in the pot, Nine days old. Some like It hot. Some like It cold. Some like it in the pot, Nine days old. Strange, we never thought that pease porridge and mascots had any thing in common. They appear to, however, for here at Mundelein Col lege we find that some like them big and some like them small; some like them young and some like them old; and some like them animate, while others like them lifeless. Truly, we have a well-rounded group of mas cots here. Consider them. Easily the most winsome of them all is the junior member of the freshman basketball team. If you have not seen her carry the ball, half as big as herself, onto the field for her team, you have missed a charming picture, indeed. Mary Celeste is her name, and the poten tial athlete makes a picturesque mascot. She Is fascinated by basket ball, and she cheers her team loudly. By Mary Jane Sullivan There is another interesting live pet. That is Tom, of the Laetare Players. Everyone knows about the liquid-voiced canary who regales the players and the college with his song. Ha Here is a mascot you don't know How many know who, what, and where Mike is? Put up your hands. We told you you didn't. Well, be enlightened. Mike is a coral-col ored canine who closely guards the fountain in the solarium. He seems to be mascot for all who enter there, and his gentle disposition endears him to everyone. The college mascot and bodyguard lives on the first floor, in comfort befitting one of royal lineage. The amiable and sometimes noisy Prince is truly a dog of rank. Un der his shaggy coat beats a noble heart and in his wistful eyes is a twinkle of intelligence. Prince is a favorite with both the faculty and the students. Each member of the Terrapin clubs treasures her own mascot giv en to her at the St. Patrick's day spread by Miss Magnuson and Miss Marshall. These good luck charms are celluloid terrapins large green ones for the seniors and small brown ones for the juniors. The seniors' pets are fully equipped with the most modern of internal rattles, in order to provide these more staid people with some easily-acquired rec reation. The juniors are still young enough to recreate without rattles, so their terrapins are noiseless. Per haps some day all of the Terrapins will take their little terrapins for a swim and invite you to see them. You would like them, we are sure. There must be more mascots about the college that we do not know about. We have heard vague rumors about Buttons or Cepheus, the mascots of those great apostolettes, Peter and Paul. Personally, we dote on mascots, so if you have one, why not let us know? We should love to hear about it. SCHOLAR DONATES BOOKS Mundelein College has promptly taken its place as a show place of Chicago. Every Saturday and Sunday, visitors wander into every nook and corner of our school, and are loud in their praise of its dignified beauty. Sooner or later, they come to the workshop of the school the library. Usually they express their surprise that so large and excellent a collec tion has been built up in a few months' time. Then, perhaps, it is in order to inform them how great an impetus was given to the work by the magnifi cent gift of a most generous donor; a scholar who willingly sacrificed two thousand volumes of his own private collection for the cause of higher edu cation. This benefactor is the Reverend John Rothensteiner, at present pastor of the Holy Ghost Church, St. Louis, Missouri. Coupled with his donations of the great works of other authors, Father Rothensteiner has added a number of his own published writings, including volumes of poems in Eng lish and in German, translations of hymns from French, German, and Latin, and numerous single articles and historical essays. Among the books he has given to the Mundelein College library are beautifully bound editions of Chaucer, Dickens, Shakespeare, Goethe, Milton, and Schiller, and handsomely illus trated works on great artists. Es pecially interesting are the large illus trated, two-volume edition of the Ger man Bible, and a copy of F. W. Web er's Dreizehnlinden, with exquisite steel engravings. The oldest tomes are a complete one-hundred-volume set of the German classics in minia ture, done in gilt-edged leather, dated 1812. Valuable magazines, pamphlets, and books of travel also form a part of this donation. Father Rothensteiner, in spite of his manifold duties as Censor Lib- rorum of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, manages to find time to send to the college monthly magazines, quarter lies, and numerous reviews. Mundelein faculty and students are sincerely grateful for this truly generous gift, but even more for the kindly charity of a venerable scholar for struggling youthful ones.
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