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the /-,. MUNDELEIN COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 15, 1932 Number 5 Volume III OFFICIALS ATTEND DEANS* MEETING AT STATE UNIVERSITY Illinois Association of Deans Of Women Holds Annual State Conference The President and .the Dean of Munde lein College attended the thirteenth an nual conference of the Illinois Associa tion of Deans of Women held Dec 3, at the University of Illinois, Urbana. The Association numbers among its members almost 400 deans, advisers, and counsellors who confer each year in an effort to acquaint the representatives from different sections of the state with the work carried on in other districts. Northwestern Dean Elected As a business session on Saturday morning, Dec. 3, committee reports were read and Mrs. Florence I. Robnett, Dean of Woman at Northwestern University, was elected president for the coming term. Mrs. Robnett later presided at the con ference of college deans during which the discussion centered around a talk on The Personal Equation, given by Miss Mary I-. Mutschler, of Rockford College. I Outstanding Addresses Given Among the more outstanding addresses were Training the Group for Individual Responsibility, by Miss Thyrsa W. Amos, Dean of Women, University of Pittsburgh, and Training the Young Citizen, by Mrs. W. W. Ramsey of Chicago. Mrs. Ramsey, who is a lecturer in the Illinois League of Women Voters, has promised to visit Mundelein and address the students in the near future. Debaters Tilt With St. Viators On Air Sunday afternoon, Dec. 11, at 4 o'clock, Doris Barnett and Ruth Tangney of the Mundelein Debating club met two of the members of the Bergin Debating Society of St. Viator's College in the first foren sic encounter of the colleges, held over radio station WCFL. Resolved: That all banking be under the control of the federal government with deposits guaranteed was the subject for debate with the Viatorians upholding the affirmative, Mundelein, the negative. Mr. Mahoney, in presenting the con structive case of the affirmative, argued that since the present banking situation is due to the incompetency of the bankers themselves who find means of evading state banking laws, these men should be subjected to the more effective federal control. In her constructive speech, Miss Barnett proved that there is no need for an essential change in the present system and that the guaranty of deposits is not feasible. Miss Tangney ably handled the negative rebuttal. The debate was con cluded by Mr. Robert A. Nolan, debate manager of the Bergin Society. FATHER MERTZ TALKS AT CLOSE OF NOVENA The Reverend James J. Mertz, S.J., addressed the students on Dec. 7, con cluding the novena in honor of the Im maculate Conception, and enrolled them in the miraculous medal. Proclaiming Mary as the ideal ex ample for Catholic young people today, Father counseled: Do you wish to cor rect something? Look at her. Are you trying to avoid some evil ? Then look to the Immaculate One. Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacra ment closed the morning ceremony, but throughout the day students visited Our Lady's shrine in the Chapel where they placed pledge cards in her honor. An impressionistic sketch of the building with the Christmas tapers lighted in the windows. - gt; ANNOUNCE CASTS OF FEBRUARY 'MOSAICS' The casts for the Mundelein Mosaics, which will be given in February, were announced last week and rehearsals have already begun. The plays this year will include a French fantasy of the sixteenth century, 'The Exiled Princess, a tragedy, A Toast That We Can Drink, and a color ful comedy, 'The Tea-Pot on the Rocks. Gertrude Scanlan, Penelope Haloulos, Pauline Duzeski, Geraldine Gardiner, Mary Nicholson, and Marion Ryan will play in the comedy. A sophomore group including Sallie Agnes Smith, Janice Linnett, Mary Agnes Tynan, and Winifred Greene, will give the tragedy, A Toast That We Can Drink. Frances Burke, Mary Ellen Decker, Virginia Bosch, LaVergne Bosch, Mar garet Wenigman, Ruth Hazle, Katherine Walsh, Ellen McSwiggan, Mary Frances Hoban, and Virginia Sweeney are in The Exiled Princess. Pollock's Play Read By Miss Mary Carney Miss Mary Carney, dramatic reader and former student of St. Mary's High school, read Channing Pollock's play House Beautiful, at 2 o'clock on Wednesday, Dec. 14, in the auditorium. The play, which was a Broadway suc cess for many months, is an attempt to study the modern conception of happiness and to discover what people can find in the drab details of everyday life to give it richness, beauty, and contentment. It is a study of the lives of people who become the most respectable, the least prosperous, and the most heavily- burdened citizens in the community. Carol-and-Candle Ceremony Begins Holiday Season The Christmas vacation will start on a gay and cheery note with a program at 3 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 20. The members of the Children's Theatre will present a play at 4 o'clock and at S o'clock supper will be served. But as twilight descends upon the city and the first stars begin to twinkle in the winter sky, all gaiety will be laid aside for the beautiful, solemn, candle- and-carol ceremony. Clubs Will Light Candles The departmental clubs, gathered each on a different floor, will light large red Christmas tapers and place them in designated windows to produce the effect of a cross of light shining out over Sher idan road. The remaining windows on the south side of the building will be dark. Procession Starts On Eighth Floor Then, slowly, the procession will start from the eighth floor, winding out on the roofs and down, singing carols from every land. Arriving at the first floor, the carolers will pass through the east doors and around to the main entrance where senior officers will hang wreaths. There the Stille Nacht of Germany will blend into the A Belen of Spain, and the beautiful French Noel ; and the loved Adeste will ring out as the stu dents enter the main doorways and gath er round the lighted Christmas tree, for farewells and Happy Christmas gt;- lt; - ANNOUNCING CHRISTMAS VACATION Mundelein College will close for the Christmas holidays on Tuesday, Dec. 20, and reopen on Wednesday, Jan. 4. lt; gt; O CHILDREN'S THEATRE PRESENTS FIRST PLAY Gala holiday spirit first invaded Mund elein this season when the Playmakers' Theatre presented its initial performance, The Doll's Christmas Eve, on Satur day, Dec. 10, at 2:30 p. m. The mati nee climaxed the first term of the chil dren's drama classes sponsored by the drama department. The production was under the direction of Marion Ryan and Sallie Agnes Smith, student directors of the Playmaker's Theatre, and Pauline Duzeski was the in structor of the tap-dancers. A second term of children's drama classes will be organized immediately af ter Christmas, and new pupils are cor dially invited to enroll. Classes meet Saturday mornings at 10 and 11 o'clock. The children portrayed the jealous fears of the old dolls in the nursery before the coming of new ones, but with the advent of the Spirit of Christmas, their jealousy turned to love and joy and they welcomed the new-comers who veritably (Continued on page 3, col. 2.) Press Club Solicits Catholic Literature The Literature Committee, that unit of Catholic Action that is taken care of by the Press Club, is sponsoring a drive for Catholic periodicals and booklets. Magazines, pamphlets, reading material of any kind, is eagerly welcomed by con valescents at the county hospital and other institutions of that kind. An op portunity is therefore afforded the stu dents of the college to spread real Christ mas cheer with very little effort. Provision will be made for the material to be collected and placed in one of the unused lockers rooms. All matter should be in by Monday, Dec. 19. CHORUS PRESENTS 'UNDER THE STARS' ON SUNDAY, DEC. 18 Drama and Art Departments Prepare Tableaux and Design Costumes The Glee club, assisted by the students in the drama and art departments, will present its second annual Christmas pro gram, Under the Stars on Sunday eve ning, Dec. 18, in the auditorium, under the direction of Professor Otto Singenberger. Because of the enthusiastic reception of last year's presentation and the uni versal appeal of Christmas numbers, an other Mundelein College tradition is well on its way toward being established with the offering of Under the Stars. Tableaux Are Original The tableaux have all been planned by the art students and are original arrange ments. The costumes have also been de signed by the artists who followed tra ditional precedent in their execution. Program Is Two-Part The program is to be divided into two parts, the first consisting of carols al most as old as the nations from which they have sprung. The second part will be composed of eight tableaux accompanied by scriptural quotations, description, and pictures. They will tell the beautiful story of Christ mas in pictures. Many of the choruses, all of which will be accompanied by vio lin, 'cello, piano, and organ, were arranged for women's voices by the director, Pro fessor Singerberger. The magnificent Hallelujah chorus from the Messiah will conclude the program. Honor Pere Marquette On 258th Anniversary The senior class, in company with stu dents from Loyola, Rosary, and St. Xavier's, on Sunday, Dec. 4, took part in the annual celebration and tour in honor of Father Marquette, commem orating this year the 258th anniversary of the coming of the Jesuit missionary and explorer to Chicago. The first program was at the Mar quette memorial pylan at the Michigan avenue bridge where Doris Barnett and Gretchen Kretschmer placed a wreath at the foot of the statue. From there the procession moved to the other memorial at Damen Avenue and the river. The speakers were the Reverend George H. Mahowald, S. J., president of Marquette University. Milwaukee; Rene Weiller, French Consul; the Reverend Robert M. Kelley, S. J., president of Loyola Univer sity, and Mr. Szymczak. Music was fur nished by the Marquette University band. HOLLY SPECIAL SHOP OPEN THIS AFTERNOON Whoever passes the Model Apartment after 1 o'clock this afternoon, will be greeted with the mingled scents of balsam, spruce, and pine. Upon investigation, the informal opening of the Holly Specialty Shop will be disclosed. The investigator, when she enters, will find herself in a candle-lit room, decor ated in true holiday fashion, and presided over by efficient hostesses serving vari- ties of pastries and beverages made by the students in the department of home economics. Florence O'Shea, assisted by other members of the institutional management class, is in charge. The students are in vited to patronize the shop.
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