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D Vol. XXIX Mundelein College, Chicago 40, Illinois, March 3, 1959 Archbishop To Bless Scholasticate Scholastics Move Into New Home Tijr fnOMfDCTflMC *ne new **VM scholasticate will be laid in lilt LUKlltK J I UNC this 8p0t by Archbishop Meyer, March 15. Sister Mary Leann shows the spot to Mary Ann Kieran, Mary Ann Wolfe, Sister Mary Blanche and Rose Riordan. Sure Tis Time for All Irish To Attend Pat's Day Dinner A true Irish dinner of corned beef and cabbage will honor the patron saint of the emerald isle March 15 in the tearoom. Sponsored by the Wo men's auxiliary, the dinner is planned for the benefit of Mundelein's college theater. Irish Consul Seane Ronan will be an honored guest at the dinner. King-size Irish potatoes with sham rock trim will decorate each table to add to the spirit of the day. Carna tions will be available for a bit of the wearin' of the green. Cost of the din ner, which will be served from 4 to 7 p.m., is ?2.50. Following the dinner, members of the music and drama depart ments will entertain in the social room. Irish dancers are included in the program. For someone who has the Luck of the Irish, a special prize will be awarded at the end of the evening. Chairman of the day's activities is Mrs. James Prindiville. Committees Sodalists To Attend Ohio Leadership Day Father Frank Holland, S.J., modera tor of the Sodality at Xavier Univer sity, has invited the Mundelein So dality to participate in a Training School of Catholic Leadership March 7, in Cincinnati. TALKS BY sodalists from Xavier, John Carroll, University of Detriot, Marygrove and Mundelein will be fol lowed by discussion. Sandra Marek, senior speech major, will give Munde- dein's talk, The Work of Organized and Individual Apostolate on Cam pus. Mundelein students attending the Leadership Day are; Prefect Barbara Bukowski, Clare Walsh, Joanne Walsh, Sandra Marek, Mary Ann King, Ann Moran, Gerry Sofka and Barbara Pierce. and their chairmen are ways and means, Mrs. George Parilli; decora tions, Mrs. Walter Fielder and Mrs. Walter King; mailing and tickets, Mrs. Walter Casieri and Mrs. L. B. Latrimore; prizes, Mrs. Simon Lins sens, Mrs. James Geisler and Mrs. Henry Shibovich. Mrs. Therice Howell is chairman of the hostess committee. Mrs. William P. Schoen, president of the Auxiliary, is in charge of the reception com mittee. Assisting Mrs. Schoen are Kathleen Rosenmeier, Patricia Cullen, Patricia Hellgeth, Mary Lou Elmslie and Marilyn Hennessy. Public School Heads Attend Open House, Meet with Graduates Public school principals of Cook and Lake counties will attend an open house at Mundelein March 4, where they will have an opportunity to meet with last year's graduates of their schools and leam their views on ad justment to college life. J. Ned Bryan, director of the Su perior and Talented Student project, will present a discussion on techniques for handling the gifted student follow ing 1:30 luncheon in the college tea room. Sophomore Meetings Scheduled March 10 Sophomores who have applied for admission to a major department will be interviewed by their prospective de partmental chairmen, March 10 at 1 p.m. At that time chairmen will ex plain department requirements and answer any other questions the poten tial majors may have. The Most Reverend Albeit G. Meyer, Archbishop of Chicago, as sisted by the Right Reverend Mon signor James C. Hardiman, vice-chan cellor will dedicate the BVM scho lasticate building, Sunday, March 15, at 3 p.m. In addition to the dedication cere monies, which will take place in the library, His Excellency will hang the first crucifix, and bless and lay the cornerstone, a ceremony omitted ear lier since at the time the first bricks were laid Chicago was without an or dinary. FOLLOWING the ceremonies, there will be an open house for members of the clergy, civic officials, officers of BVM alumni organizations and spe cial benefactors of the Scholasticate. Mother Mary Consolatrice, B.V.M., the Congregation's superior general, and her Council will be present at this reception. Open houses will also be held March 21 for Sisters in the city, April 5 for alumnae, friends, and the Sister's relatives, and April 8 for Mundelein students. At these open houses, guests will tour the entire 10-story structure which now houses 85 Scholastics. On the basement level is a lecture hall complete with audio-visual equipment; the Chapel of the Holy Spirit is lo cated on the first floor; the library and classrooms are on the second floor; one hundred and fifty single bedrooms comprise floors three to nine; the tenth floor is devoted to the community and recreation room. RECONVERSION for Philomena Hall gets underway as SAC members Terri McManamon and Lynn O'Dea look over their new headquarters. Second floor of the former residence hall is occupied by the speech department. Speech and SAC Offices Move; Plan New Student Study Lounge With the opening of the new scholasticate, St. Philomena hall (between the library and the skyscraper) gained the joint occupancy of two new tenants, the Speech Clinic and SAC headquarters. lourdes Hall has become the Mon- will provide additional space and facilities to better accommodate the activities of both groups. Tentative SAC plans include con verting the first floor area into a study lounge for upperclassmen and meet ing rooms for clubs and club parties, says President Vicki Bomba. An SAC office and a conference area are also among the plans. Decorations and improvements will be entirely a stu dent project. New furniture for the children and a two-way vision mirror for observa tion purposes are planned for the speech department in their new sec ond floor home. day through Friday home of 15 new resident students, most of whom have been on the waiting list since last September. The move to the Philomena hall Freshmen To Exhibit Work in Two Showings In Corridor Lounge This month freshman artists will exhibit their work in two showings in the corridor lounge of the Phoenix room. Division A will display March 9 to 13, Mrs. Matula, instructor; and Division B will have the week of March 16 to 20, Sister Mary Blanche Marie, B.V.M., instructor. The application of two-dimensional design to various media is shown in the first group of such items as hooked rugs, mosaics and drapes. This quarter's display is headed by Judith Dax and Mary Louise Black. Northwestern Biologist Begins Final Half of Darwin Centennial The last half of the lecture series commemorating the Darwin centen nial will begin tonight at 6 p.m. in the auditorium. Dr. Orlando Park will discuss the Darwin theory and con temporary biology. DR. PARK, a professor of biologi cal sciences, has been a member of Northwestern university's faculty for 25 years. He received his Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Chi cago and did advance work at the Paris Museum and the British Mu seum of Natural History. Besides holding several positions in international biological societies, Dr. Park has led research expeditions to Central America and the West Indies. He is also a consultant at the Oak Ridge national laboratory in Tennes see. A week from tonight, March 10, Rev. John L. McKenzie, SJ., will present the final lecture of the series, Evolution and The Book of Genesis, at Loyola's law school auditorium, 41 E. Pearson. Father McKenzie, whose book, The Two-edged Sword, was published in 1956, is a well-traveled biblical scholar. During 1957 he participated in the excavation of Beth Zur in Jor dan, a project of the American School of Oriental Research of Jerusalem. A PROFESSOR of Old Testament interpretation at West Baden college in Indiana since 1942, Father has also Father McKenzie, SJ. done research at the Pontifical Bibli cal Institute in Rome. Father McKenzie received his mas ter's degree from the Jesuit seminary at St. Louis and his doctorate in sa cred theology from the Weston, Mass., seminary. His writings have appeared in the Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Theological Studies, Catholic Commentary on the Bible, Scrip ture and other journals. Father is currently working on his second book, a dictionary of the Bible to be published by Bruce publishers. Sister Mary Ann Ida Talks on Philosophy 'Thomistic Philosophy in the Twen tieth Century will be the topic of the Thomas Aquinas lecture which will be given March 3 by Sister Mary Ann Ida, B.V.M. This fifth program of the concert-lecture series will take place at 10:30 in the college theater. BEFORE HER APPOINTMENT as President of Mundelein, Sister Mary Ann Ida served as chairman of the department of philosophy. Before coming to Mundelein she received her doctor of philosophy degree from St. Louis university, having spent six months in Europe doing research at the Vatican Library. She is also a member of the American Catholic Philosophical association and has been a member of the executive council of the organization for three years. The Thomas Aquinas lecture is presented annually at Mundelein to commemorate the feast of the philoso pher saint which is March 7. Within the past few years, speakers who have addressed the student body and their topics have included Robert P. Henle, S.J., who spoke on Philoso phy and Science; George P. Kluber- tanz, S.J., A Modern Picture of Man, Vincent E. Smith, Ph. D., The Intel lectual Life. Sister Mary Donald, B.V.M, Dean of Studies, has announced that exams will be given the week of March 23 instead of the week of March 17. The change was made so that the fourth quarter would not be interrupted by Easter vacation.
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1959-03-03 (1)
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