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r i Week from Tonight Skyscraper Will Glow With 10'Story Cross of Candlelight Next Friday the College will look as it does in this impressionistic sketch, with a cross of candlelight burning in the windows. All Students Will Carry Tapers in Symbolic Ceremony Christmas even a wartime Christ mas brings hope and renewed prayer fur peace on earth to men of good will, and Christmas at Mundelein brings the very heart of college tradi tion, the solemnly beautiful Candle lighting ceremony. When the students assemble in the auditorium at 4 p.m. a week from to day, they will see on the stage sym bolic angel sentinels holding scrolls On which will be written names of relatives and friends of Faculty. Alumnae, and Students friends who are now in serv ice or who have given their lives in defense of their country, for this year Candlelighting will be dedicated to America's men and women in service. While organist Loretta Gburczyk plays a Christmas processional, repre sentatives of all clubs and classes, bear ing lighted candles, will march down the aisles, until two tiny flames stretch from cither side of the stage to the back of the auditorium. When the procession reaches the front of the auditorium, the student leaders will kindle the tapers of the students and Faculty, and 800 tiny flames will twinkle in the darkened theatre. The Glee club will sing Handel's (Continued on page 3, column 5) 'acuity Member Conducts Survey What is the status of secretarial sci- te in the colleges and universities of United States? Attempting to an- ttr this question, Sister Mary Gre- Iria, B. V. M., of the secretarial de ment, sent questionnaires to 148 stitutii ns of higher education to find I how secretarial subjects are rated. Do State University's Nov. 1943 nc of The Journal of Higher Edu- Btion contains a report of the study and summary of the data compiled. -.1; rfflis:: Ki- r*': THE.SKMClim Vol. XIV MUNDELEIN COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 10. 1943 No. 5 kchestra, Qlee Club, Choir Qive Christmas Program The pageantry and beauty of Christ- is, as interpreted by the Glee chili. Orchestra, and the Speech choir. the theme of the annual Under the tar; program, to be presented at 8:15 n., on Sunday, Dec. 12, in the college ptre. The Orchestra, directed by Joseph .1. rill, will open the program with the bria from the Twelfth Mass, by Mo ll and the Prayer from Hansel and Gretcl, by Humpcrdinck. Directed by Catherine Denny Phelps, le white-robed Speech choir will then ad the Nativity story from the Gospel (St. I.ukc, and the Glee club, directed k Walter Aschenbrenner, will sing a tries of Christmas numbers. Today is Born Emmanuel, Carol of the Sheep lis, and Ding, Dong Merrily on Sh. Concluding the first part of the pro- ram, the Orchestra will present a Oristmas Fantasy by Erno Rapee. The second part of the program will Lcluile a special arrangement by Rob Hoy Peery of Hawley's cantata, the Irist Child, with Eunice Dankowski. Itggy Routliff, Marian Ciucci, Jose- Wnc Gcndielle, Gloria Rassenfoss. Dellamae Laughlin, Patricia Tennyson, Ud lone Henry taking solo parts. Miry Jane Ostendorf will be soloist the hymn Jcsu Bambino. The Nativity story in tableaux will he the theme of the third part of the (Continued on page 4, column 41 Sodality, College Clubs Construct, Remodel, Donate Qifts for Christmas Cheer Students Join Navy at Midshipman Dance Exemplifying the true Christmas spirit, the Sodality and, cooperating with it. different departments of the College are planning Christmas charity projects in a variety of fields. Mary C. Tuomey is chairman of a group of students who are making cord rosaries for servicemen; Kath ryn Hangsterfcr is chairman of the committee remodeling toys for poor children: Virginia Dimmick is in charge of the scrapbooks-for-service- men project, and Bernadette McSween ey is managing the Cliristmas-parties- for-poor-children project. Margaret Simon is managing the group which is collecting dolls for orphans: Carita Ward is in charge of the clothing-for-orphans group; Re gina Moran is promoting the group for participation in religious activities, and Adelaide Costello is chairman of the group making layettes and collecting knives for Boys Town. Departmental projects include the toys-for-colored children plan of the German club: the dolls-for-poor-chil- dren plan of the Commerce club, and the Santa Claus party for 30 children in kindergarten at Holy Family school, who will receive presents, warm cloth ing, and refreshments when home eco nomics students visit the school and give a party next Tuesday. In addition, students in the occupa tional therapy department are planning three different parties for patients at Cook County hospital. Under the direction of Miss Ella Fay. director of occupational therapy there, (iloria Maloney, Roseann Kenne dy, Veronica Daly, and Rita Foehring- er, with the cooperation of the music and art departments, will supply en tertainment for the parties. A Merry Christmas for servicemen is the motto of students in the art de partment, who. in cooperation with the Howard Street-Servicemen's cen ter, have made 16 posters soliciting con tribution? for the center's Christmas party. Helping with the posters were Mary Jane Harvey, Betty Nowak. Emily Wroblewski. Irene Mikos, Dorothy Schaar. Patricia Gallagher. Edith Bu kowski. Pegge Hanson, Mary Jane Smith. Marjorie Ann Schaller, Ruth Shmigelsky, and Eugenia Brudzinski. The projects were introduced to the student body through parodies to popu lar melodies, sung at a Sodality meet ing on Nov. 30. Irene Mikos, prefect, presided at the meeting, which, in addition to the Christmas giving plans, included a dance interpretative of the Christmas spirit, by Genevieve Urbain. S.A.C. and Junior Officers Entertain, Jan. 15 The Student Activities Council, co operating with members of the junior class, will sponsor the second Midship man tea dance here, on Jan. IS. Helen Sauer. general chairman, will be assisted by Mary C. Tuomey, Lois Shay, Jean Spatuzza, Ruth Rinderer, Jerry Stutz, Charlotte Smith, Irene Foster, Mary Lavin, and Mary Francis Padden on the reception committee. Tickets are being handled by Jean Casey and Irene O'Flaherty. Sheila Finney and Patricia Hollahan will be in charge of the music, while Rosemary Tarsitano will take care of the check room. We Sell War Bonds; U.S. Qets Tivo Jeeps The Thanksgiving Jeep-for-Uncle Sam Stamp-and-Bond drive netted 2014.40,. enough, not for one jeep only, but for more than two jeeps Elected to the Thanksgiving Bond Court were Kathleen McNulty, sen ior, Mary Ellen Gallagher, junior, Estelle Guest, sophomore, and Joan Roethel, freshman. Carol Procession Will Begin on Eighth Floor at 6:30 Twinkling candle flames will form a 10-story cross high above Chicago to light the way of the Redeemer in a war-darkened world as Mundelein stu dents illuminate 52 windows of the sky scraper building in the traditional can dlelighting ceremony, on Dec. 17. Sup per at 5:15 will precede the ceremony. An hour before the call to supper, a warning bell will summon the various classes to assemble on designated floors to await the moment when the candles will be lighted. Building Will Be Darkened Simultaneously, at the signal given at precisely 6:30, class and club offi cers will touch candles with tapers lighted at the Chapel sanctuary lamp and will set aflame the sign of faith against the velvet-black backdrop of the towering College. Then, from the eighth floor, the sen iors will come slowly down the stairs. singing Christmas carols, joined on five by the juniors, on four by the sophomores, and on three by the fresh men. The caroling student body will leave the building by the east door, ami cir cle to the front to watch the hanging of two red-ribboned wreathes on the wrought-iron doors of the main en trance. Hear Christmas Message Re-entering the College, the proces sion will cluster around the glowing College Candle in the first Poor foyer to hear the Yuletide greeting of Sister Mary Justitia, B.V.M., President of the College. After more carols, the stu dents will disband for the holidays. Sister Mary Justitia will kindle the Faculty candle in the Chapel, and Flor ence O'Callaban '38 will light the Alumnae candle in 205. Irene Mikos, prefect, will light the Sodality candle in the Chapel; Margery Rowbottom the senior class candle in 806; Charlotte Smith the junior class candle in 504; Rosemary Tarsitano the sophomore class candle in 406; Eileen Harmon the freshman class candle in 304. Club Presidents Officiate Club presidents and representatives will light candles in the following rooms: Janet Farrell, Alpha Omicron. in 204; Patricia Gallagher, Art, in 801; Margaret Simon, Commerce, in 505; Mary Ann Anderson, Debate, in 404; Jane Kowalski, English Round Table, in 706. Rose Wirtb, German, in 707; Patri cia Herbert, Glee club, in 708; Dorothy Grill, Orchestra, in 709; Jane Claire Brown. Organ Guild, in 705; Rose mary Viglione, Piano, in 711. Light Group Candles Dolores Rudnik, International Rela tions, in 204; Patricia Kelly. Laetare Players, in 804; Mary Stokes, Les D' Arciennes, in 710; Maria de Block, Mu Nu Sigma, in 204; Mary Catherine Quinn. Red Cross Unit, in 802; Jeanne Coughlin, Safety Council, in 802. Rita Erbach, Biology, in 604; Kath erine Georgouses, Chemistry, in 604: Regina Moran, Mathematics, in 605; Harriet O'Brien. Physics, in 605. Audrey McDonnell, Terrapins, in 803; Mary Louise Hector. Poetry, in 707; Marie Nordby, Press, in 707; Margaret Jean Burke, Stylus, in 708. Fortnight Holiday Heralds Christmas Christmas vacation will begin after classes on Friday. Dec. 17. and classes will resume on Monday, Jan. 3. The Skyscraper wishes the Faculty and students of Mundelein College a blessed Christmas and a happy New Year.
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1943-12-10 (1)
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Student newspaper for Mundelein College
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