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r gt;r-- fflfk- - . Ifol. XXV Mundelein College, Chicago 40, Illinois, April 25, 1955 No. 11 Wanted: A House fro Qo With Qrectt Big Doorstep he Louisiana version of the fcchet story will be enacted here I May 7 and 8 when the Laetare layers present The Great Big oorstep. in the College Theatre. Written by E. P. O'Donnell, this rocket saga, adapted for the stage tv Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. concerns a family of Ca lais. Originally descended from pe ill-fated Acadians of Canada. Hkese Cajuns inhabit a broken- Iknvn shack in Louisiana. The characters include Mrs. Crochet, portrayed alternately I by Joan Sramek and Nancy J Schreiber, Evvie, played by Anne Hackett and Vivian Schultz, and Tapal, portrayed by Mary Ann Carroll and Do lores Ferraro. I Playing the lead, the front door- Hep is the pivot for the play's ac tion. Arthur Crocket discovers this relic of an old plantation floating lathe Mississippi and fishes it out. jibe family's greatest ambition is get a house to go on it. I Other characters include Elna, waved by Rose Mari Pellegrini, Fleece, portrayed by Janice Haer- Id, Mrs. Dupre, played by Diane McDermott, and Mrs. Beaumont Krochet, portrayed by Lucille Youngmann. I Nick Bedessem will play the Commodore, Al Rossi will portray Jrayo Delacroix, Marshall Smul- I n will enact the role of Dewey rochet, and Dan Daniels will play Mr. Tobin. Bob Van Lysebetten nill be Arthur. I Setting the stage for the Lou isiana comedians, Mary Jo Valen- lino will be assisted by Mary Ann ashman, Patricia Lawrence, Rose- pry Marubio, and Consuela Thiery, Joyce Gordon will man- fce Properties, with the assistance lit Dolores DePaoli, Marilee Mil- Icy, and Judie Skwiat. (Continued on Page 4, Col. 4.) Speech Major Stars In Two Contests Senior Speech major Patricia Tierney starred in two speech con tests this month. She won the Mundelein elim inations for the Hearst Oratorical contest, and first place in the Ex- tempora division of the regional speech contest sponsored by the National Eederation of Catholic College Students. Miss Tierney will go into the regional finals of the Hearst contest on April 28, speaking on General Robert E. Lee. She went to New York to repre sent the NFCCS Chicago region at the national finals at St. John's university in Brooklyn. Thirty-five colleges from 28 states competed in the finals. An experienced speaker, she won second place in 1954 in the Im promptu division of the National Collegiate NFCCS contest. Sodality Plans May 4 Reception Ceremony, Program An eight-month probation per iod will climax May 4 for 35 can didates to the Sodality of Our Lady. The day will begin with Holy Mass, followed by reception of candidates, at which Father L. J. Evett. S.J., director, will preside. Mothers of the Sodalists will at tend the formal ceremonies held in the afternoon. Chairmen for the commit tees for Sodality Day include Marilyn Scimeca, Mass Com mittee ; Stephanie Jackson and Arline Jarrett, Reception committee; Barbara Gaul, Breakfast committee; Maurice Wieland, Refreshment com mittee; Toni Cassaretto, Pro gram committee; and Helen Walsh, Invitation committee. Juniors to be received into the Sodality will be Helen But- continued on Page 4, Col. 2.) You Can Travel the World Via Student Art Exhibit Take a lunch-hour trip around the world. Luggage is banned and expenses are nil. Passage is a trip to the eighth floor student art ex hibit. Travel from the majestic French Cathedral of Vasilia Soutsos to the familiar paint ing of Chicago by Geraldine Gadecki. The excitement of Eugenia Krupowicz's water color dock scene lures visitors, while Marie Sims' Madonna reminds viewers of the famed Italian artists. Spring's gay note sparkles through the flower arrangement water color of Edith Zimmerman and the pastel still life offerings of Jane Cordes and of Mary Ann Hemrick. Modern culture appears in the Jazz design by Ellen Cibula. Both land and sea are repre sented in the pictures of Phyl lis Garrity, and, if the visitor is dubious as to the time of year, Su san Chlopek's calendar design will be informative. The slums stand once again be side the skyscrapers as a measur ing stick for a city's contrast but in water color, as a permanent rec ord. A long bare alley lined with houses and assorted fences, the subject for Miss Soutsos' picture, lives with everyday activity. A telephone pole runs before the scene, and a TV antenna stands as a symbol of the age. Catherine Spinner painted the skyscraper, cool and angular be side a winding lakeside drive. The jolly gaiety of the circus appears in Miss Garrity's clown painting, while Miss Soutsos vivi fies a street scene. If the passage to India is too expensive, try the india ink lettering arrangements of Virginia Muzika, Loraine Gauvreau, and Alyce Mae Fiedler. Other exhibits include Bogus prints by Miss Cordes and Jean Keick, an oil abstract composition by Rose Anne McGreal, and a tem pera design by Rita Mnichowiz. the lilies which take a major role in the Drama de partment spring production, The Great Big Doorstep, lire cast members Dolores Ferraro, Mary Ann Carroll, and Vivian Schultz. The play will be staged May 7 and 8. (Story in Col. 1.) Come To Hilton On April 29 Mary McCarthy '50 is gen eral chairman of the Alumnae dinner dance, to be held in the Waldorf Astoria room of the Conrad Hilton hotel, on Friday, April 29. Doris Barnett Regan '33, 1955 recipient of the Magnifi cat Medal, will be honor guest at the dance. Cardinal Stritch Presents Magnificat Medal to Alumna At Convocation Tomorrow Since 1948, Mundelein College has been giving the only national award designated exclusively for a Catholic college alumna one who has intensified appreciation for Christian social living by the character of her own life and by her influence. Doris Barnett Regan '33 On April 28 of her twenty- fifth year, the College will award the Magnificat Medal to the first of her own grad uates to merit it, Doris Bar nett Regan '33, homemaker, wife, and mother of two sons. Mrs. Regan is on the editorial staff of Chicago magazine, and on the Executive Board of the Big Sisters. She is active in the Children of Mary, the Cenacle Chapel Guild, the Auxiliary of the Sacred Heart, the Illinois Club for Catholic Wo- men, and the Auxiliary of the House of the Good Shepherd. At Mundelein, she was Presi dent of the Student Activities Council, a debater, a staff mem ber of the Review, and a Sodalist. After graduation, she was presi dent of the Alumnae and chairman of the Foundation fund. She took her Master's degree at Loyola, wrote articles on Mil ton for scholarly publications be fore her marriage to Ben Regan, a Chicago business man. The Medal, designed by Virginia Gaertner Broderick '39, takes its name from the opening lines of the Canticle of the Virgin, in the Gospel of St. Luke: My soul doth magnify the Lord. It will be on dis play in the bookstore on Wednesday. His Eminence, Samuel Cardinal Stritch. will present the Magnificat Medal to Mrs. Ben Regan at the first formal convocation of the year, Thursday, at 2 p.m., in the auditorium. Two o'clock classes will meet at 1 p.m., so that the entire student body may be present for the 2 p.m. convocation, which will open with a formal academic procession. Members of the Senior class in caps and gowns will lead the pro cession, which will form on the second floor and proceed down the grand staircase to the auditorium. Following the Seniors will be the Faculty, the Administration, Mrs. Regan, and the Cardinal. The Invocation, the Magnif icat from the Gospel of St. Luke, will be read by Father Michael Dempsey, A.M., of the Religion department. Sister Mary John Michael. B.V.M., President of the College, will read the Citation and present Mrs. Regan to His Eminence. Af ter receiving the Medal, Mrs. Re gan will give a brief response, Then His Eminence will address the con vocation. Following singing of the Star Spangled Banner, the academic procession will leave the auditori um, and guests will assemble in the second floor social rooms for the formal reception, which will begin at 3:30 p.m. In the Receiving Line with the President, the Dean, and the Med alist will be Mary Margaret Mit chell Langdon '40, president of the Alumnae association. Rose Wirth '45, and Loretta Gibbons '52, offi cers. Presiding at the tea tables will be Phyllis Peterson '39, alumnae officer, and three Faculty mem bers, Miss Rita Powell, Miss Ernmi Szorenyi, and Miss Nina Sokoloff. Mary Ellen Casey and Moonyeen Brown will play the organ for the processional and the recessional. Underclassmen Have Their Days Freshman Class day opened with Holy Mass at 8 this morn ing in Stella Maris Chapel, fol lowed by breakfast in the tea room. Gasses as usual will dominate until 4 p.m.. when the Freshmen will gather in the gymnasium for a get-together. Recitation of the Rosary will precede dinner at 6 in the tea room, and the festivities will close with a skit highlighting memorable Freshman Year events. Sophomores had their day April 19. with Holy Mass at 8:15 in Loy ola's Madonna Delia Strada Chap el, opening the program. More Study Awaits Five Seniors With Scholarships Five seniors will be continuing their studies on fellowships or scholarships at graduate schools next year. Marylahan Dawes, History ma jor, has received a Coe Graduate Fellowship in the Institute of American Studies at the Univer sity of Wyoming. She will study for a Master's degree in History. Sylvia Devine, Home Econom ics major, has accepted a Graduate Scholarship to the University of Chicago, and will work toward a Master's degree in Nutrition. Romana Jonauskas, Chemistry major, 'has received a Graduate Assistantship from Loyola univer sity, and will continue her study of Chemistry, working for a Mas ter's degree. Lois Moriarty. Mathematics ma jor, has received a Tutorial Schol arship to Northwestern, where she will study for a Master's degree. Rosemary Wohlfahrt, German major, has accepted a Scholarship to Northwestern, where she will teach and study for a Master's flegree.
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1955-04-25 (1)
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