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Sister Mary Raphaeldis - - at Mount Carmel S.M. Raphaeldis Sister Mary Raphaeldis, B.V.M., assistant professor of music at Mundelein, died Dec. 26 at Marion Hall, Mount Carmel Infirmary, Dubuque. During her 12 years at the College, Sister demonstrated her abilities as an instructor and a skilled pianist. Her course in Introduction to the Arts, piano lessons, involvement in arranging music recitals and experi ence as former chairman of the music department, brought Sister in con tact with many Mundelein students and made her a vital part of the College. She taught until Novem ber when illness forced her to retire. Besides her interest in college students, Sister often spoke of her love for teaching small children. She found opportunity to deal with youngsters as a judge of music com petition on the elementary and sec ondary level in the Chicago area. With bachelor of art and music degrees from Mundelein and a mas ter of music degree from the Ameri can Conservatory of Music, Sister was an artist at :i..B lt; gt;8 lt; the piano. Her dry humor char acterized the piano recitals she frequently presented at Mundelein, Immaculata , Mount Carmel Academy, Wich ita, Kan., and Mount Carmel, Dubuque. Her per formances often took the form of a lecture-demonstration in which she alternated explanations of the music with playing. Before coming to Mundelein, she taught on the secondary level in Milwaukee, Wis., Mason City, la., and Wichita. Funeral services were held at Regina Mundi Chapel, Marion Hall, Dec. 28. Twenty-one Sisters from Mundelein atended the funeral. Sister Mary Raphaeldis is sur vived by her brothers Humphrey Cordes, Burbank, Calif., and Ed ward Cordes, Milwaukee, Wis. A nephew, Humphrey Cordes, Jr. lives in Park Ridge, 111. President Sets Month's Plans For Activities Speeches and meetings will oc cupy much of President Sister Mary Ann Ida's time this month. The president and the academic dean, Sister Mary Ignatia, B.V.M., will be in Washington Jan. 13-15 for a meeting of the Association of American Colleges. Sister Mary Ann Ida is a member of the com mission on legislation of the Asso ciation. On Jan. 20-21, she will return to attend the first annual conference of the Catholic Inter-American Cooperation Program where The Church's Role in the New Latin America will be discussed. Sister Mary Terese Avila, B.V.M., chair man of the Spanish department, will also attend the meeting. Sister Mary Ann Ida will also discuss the Catholic Church in the 20th Century with the Sunday Seminar at Temple Emmanual Jan. 26. The president plans to attend the annual meeting of the Federation of Illinois Colleges, Jan. 31 at Loy ola. She is a member of the execu tive committee and of the committee on resolution of this group. Sister has also been invited to speak to a group similar to Chi cago's John Ryan Forum in Joliet. The spring lecture series will deal with Race and Civic Life. She will lecture on contemporary trends in the education of women. D Vol. XXXIV Mundelein College, Chicago 26, 111., Jan. 15, 1964 Mundelein, Loyola Launch Program For Summer Tours, Study in Spain A summer trip to Spain July 8 to Sept. 8, co-sponsored by Mun delein College and Loyola Univer sity, offers students the opportu nity to learn Spain's language and absorb its culture. Sister Mary Terese Avila, B.V.M., chairman of Mundelein's Spanish-Portuguese de partment, Sister Mary Julia, B.V.M., now on leave from the Spanish department for graduate work at the University of Califor nia, and J. Manuel Ortiz, S.J., pro fessor of Spanish at Loyola are in charge of the program. The group, composed of Munde lein and Loyola students and guided by Sister Mary Terese Avila and Mr. Ortiz, will embark on a three- week tour of southern and eastern Spain, visiting Madrid, Toledo, Cordoba, Sevilla, Granada and Bar celona. A month of study at the Univer sity of Santander, located on Spain's northern coast near the Bay of Biscay, will follow the tour. The University, affiliated with the University of Madrid, during the summer school is a melting pot of professors from the universities of Spain. For students who wish to study Spanish or study Spanish litera ture, art and history on an ad vanced level, the University offers courses in Elementary Spanish, Conversation and Phonetics, the History of Spain, Medieval Narra tive Poetry, Don Quixote, the Novels of Galdos, Spanish Art and Contemporary Lyric Poetry. Both Mundelein and Loyola will accept credits for summer school study upon successful completion of final examinations. During August, stu dents may live in university resi dence or the homes of Spanish families. The trip will conclude with a visit to the Cathedral of San Diego, patron saint of Spain, the university city of Salamanca and Avila. Salud y pesetas, (health and finances) and a desire to speak Spanish are the major require ments for the trip. The 785 fee includes round-trip by jet from Chicago to Madrid, tui tion, room and board during the month's stay in Santander, plus full expenses (transportation, meals, hotel, sight-seeing and entrance fees) for the trips before and after the summer session and all gratui ties. According to Sister Mary Igna tia, B.V.M., academic dean, This is the first time in the history of Mundelein, that the college has of fered summer school study and travel abroad. For further information, students may contact either Sister Mary Terese Avila or Peggy Clements, president of the Spanish Club. CollegeCelebrates Unity Octave Offering Russian-Byzantine Rite The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom will be celebrated ac cording to the Russian-Byzantine Rite Jan. 16 at 12:40 in the Scho- lasticate chapel in commemmora- tion of the Chair of Unity Octave, Jan. 18-25. Holy Communion will be dis tributed under both species and Benedictine priests from Christ the Redeemer Church will act as com mentators and servers. A choir master will direct the congregation in the English hymns and prayer responses. The celebrant of the Mass, Rev erend Vladimir Tarasevitch, O.S.B., PAT APPLEBY, senior, is crowned queen of the Sky scraper Ball by Rosemary Har rington, last year's queen. The girls present at the dance Dec 27 voted to deter mine the queen. The dance was held in the Grand Ballroom of the Knicker bocker Hotel. The bands of Allen Swain and Mel Roland provided the music for the evening. pastor of Christ the Redeemer Church, will then speak on The Liturgy and Church Unity at 2:40 in McCormick Lounge. Since Father Vladimir and his as sociates obtained their church four years ago, thousands from all over the world have become ac quainted with the Byzantine con cept of worship. Contemporary theology cites the Liturgy as evidence of the inner unity of the Catholic faith even though its outward liturgical ac tions vary as to nations and cul tures. Contemporary Catholics are likely to classify the Liturgy as something foreign. Yet, there are approximately 8,000,000 Catho lics in the world today who worship according to the Eastern rite; 736,000 of them are Americans. The term Eastern-rite Catho lics covers more than half a dozen rites, ranging from the Ukranian and Carpatho-Russian to the Mel- kite. The most prominent of these rites is the Byzantine. In America alone, 400 Catholic parishes cele- Sister To Study Sister Mary Anne Leone, B.V.M., of the English department, has re ceived two grants totaling 1,200 from private foundations enabling her to attend productions marking the fourth centenary of Shake speare's birth at Stratford-on- Avon. Sister will spend six weeks at Oxford University doing advanced work in 17th-century literature. She will attend productions, includ ing the four major history plays, at Stratford-on-Avon. brate according to this rite. The Byzantine Liturgy, which has changed very little since the fifth century, bears a remarkable resemblance to the reforms that are now being introduced into the Western rite. It is distinguished by its use of the vernacular and the participation of the laity. The rite has also preserved the use of Com munion under two species and of concelebration that is, that any number of priests can celebrate at the same time, at the same altar, pronouncing the words of the con secration together. Exam Schedule Jan. 20 Monday 9 MWF 9:30 classes 12 MWF 3:40 classes 2 MWF 2:40 classes Jan. 21 Tuesday 9 TTh 9:30 classes 12 TTh 1:40 classes 2 TTh 3:40 classes Jan. 22 Wednesday 9 MWF 10:30 classes 12 MWF 11:30 classes 2 MWF 1:40 classes Jan. 23 Thursday 9 TTh 10:30 classes 12 TTh 11:30 classes 2 TTh 2:40 classes Jan. 24 Friday 9 MWF 8:30 classes 12 MWF 12:40 classes 2 TTh 8:30 classes REGISTRATION SCHEDULE Jan. 30 Thursday Seniors: 8:30-9:30 Juniors: 9:30-10:30 Sophomores: 12:30-2 Freshmen: 2-3:30 Once Over 'Writely' . . . St. Agnes' Eve ... a dreamy formula for making prince charming appear and exam jitters disappear (Page 2). Reviews ... a full page of them, including Cleopatra, a legend before it came to the screen; The Fire Next Time, Baldwin's latest outcry; Black Nativity, the production ranging from graceful movement to a hand-clapping Gospel jamboree; and the live presentation of the Folklorico ballet (Page 3). Skyscrapings . . . Pandora cites recipients of her Paddy Awards for 1963 (Page 4). ACP . . . Associated Collegiate Press reports on the anti-cigarette industry boom and how the University of Denver copes with plagiarism (.Chicago Tribune Photo) (Page 2).
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1964-01-15 (1)
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