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SKYSCRAPER Pa e Tltrof Can It Be Spring? Artists and Poets Discuss Creations Irish Actress, Maureen O'Hara, Stops for Visit Edna St. Vincent Milky, whose jascence is the harbinger par ex- Bice of spring, was the subject of t Poetry and Stylus clubs' discussion, irdi 8. Responsive to the call to get tir spring inspirations early, student els read and discussed their latest finals. The Art club initiated a new type self-portraiture at their meeting irch 5. With the aid of two home momics students, Gcraldine. McGarry i Jeanne Kane, they turned their ovlcdge of line and color to costume us and color schemes for their in- ritlual personalities. Hiss Kane personalized her theme by tog Betty Kreuzer, Frances Kane, and Ma Seguin as working models to jjonslrate the use of color as the rJlum of personality and mood. Kbit A Debaters Summarizing their research into the reign and domestic aspects of the war, e International Relations club slucl- i America's neutrality problem, when Debate club presented an exhibition Bte at the meeting March 13. Gen- ire Dieter and Lavinia Cole upheld the iraiative, and Betty Shanahan and jgy Meade the negative of the Pi ppa Delta question. llpha Omicron now gathers at noon dieon meetings in the tea room. At first conclave under the new deal, lion Bollman reported on the in- lutional buying class tour through Wrigley Building Restaurant, last k i House of Magic Jot rabbits pulled from a hat, but :lrical legerdemain entertained and traded the Physics section of the Mice Forum when they visited the ise of Magic, March 9. The popular I sensational New York World's r exhibit is temporarily housed in Museum of Science and Industry ackson Park. he Zoology classes studied gills dorsal fins on their field trips to Shedd Aquarium March 2 and 9. Ir. Richard Finn of the Du Pont mical company presented two sound ion pictures on March 12 for the mistry clubs of Loyola and Munde- in the science lecture hall. Ministry in Industry illustrated the Pont ideal of Better living through mistry; and Film of Paint pictured biography of various types of paint enamel. With her wavy auburn hair proclaiming the Irish in her, Maureen O'Hara. 19- year-old motion picture actress, visited the College on March 8, spoke to drama students in the Little Theatre, bad tea in the model apartment, and made a re cording of Padriac Colum's Cradle Song in the voice department. Speaking the pure English of her hometown, Dublin, Ireland, Miss O'Hara described her experiences in making motion pictures, and remarked that she considers stage training and experience requisite for screen success. Miss O'Hara, whose real name is Maureen Rita Filzsimmons, is one of six children. After her graduation from a Catholic college in Dublin, she stud ied at the Peacock theatre, student branch of the Abbey theatre, for two years. Students in the Peacock theatre, she explained, forming a company of prospective actors and actresses, stage their own plays once a week for the public. If selected by the Abbey theatre for a tryout, a student must pass oral and written examinations, wait and wor ry for two weeks, and then, perhaps, be allowed- to join the company. Concerning her own promising career. Miss O'Hara described it as proceeding from the Peacock theatre, to the Abbey theatre, to Hollywood. I must make two more pictures, and then return to Ire land in August to attend my eldest sister's profession as a nun. On all her travels, Miss O'Hara is accompanied by her mother. Marjorie Thomas, winner of the Golden Rose for service to the Laetare Players, was escort to Miss O'Hara during her Chi cago visit. Patricia O'Toole, Laetare president, introduced Miss O'Hara, and her mother to the Mundelein audience. Sings in Opera hat's in These Names? The Annual Card Party Writer, Actress, Editor Unanimous: Artistry Is Work Due in the loop in a rapidly dwind ling 15 minutes, a playwright, an act ress, and an editor on a tour of thw College, March 8, stopped to talk calmly about sane artistry with an emphasis on the 99 per cent hard work factor. Courtenay Savage, interviewed in the current issue of The Queen's Work, is the author of 11 successful plays and Columbia Broadcasting Company's di rector of all sustaining dramatic features originating in New York. His name is established in America and on the Continent; yet this playwright reads 20 to 30 plays to get himself into the .mood for writing. Feature actress in the program that whirls you away from the arm chair, past Forty-Second street, down Broadway, along the Great White Way to choice seats at a First Nightcr pro gram, June Meredith, well-known radio voice, made, a plea for practical artistry in the theatre. Go to smaller studios when you arc ready for an audition, she said. Entirely consistent with the views of his exceedingly good friends, the Rev erend Theophane Maguire, editor of The Sign for five and one-half years, admitted that bis magazine needs stories, ranging from 2000-2500 words. Father Maguire would appreciate re ceiving such stories from college people provided they were written without the vigil-lighl-niiracle approach. Laetare Players Receive Awards Continued from page 1, col. 4) : Fitzgibbon, juniors; Vernettc Mc- ly, Virginia Bradtke, Lavinia Cole, e Rose Hartnett, Mary Anne Vitck, tomores; Marion Cahill, Jane Red- Rita Barry, Gcraldine Rescb, Cor- Simon, Jane Addison, Mary Jane fnehen, Kathleen O'Connor, Doro- Wollums, freshmen. special committee working under iman Dorothy Homan includes following new members: Mary tikel, Gcraldine Moran, Mar- : Cocus, Lila Adams, Kay Sloan, (thy Shields. Dolores Susral, Anita irros, Jean Tomaso, and Dorothy ens, freshmen. nior Artists Put Own Qlory on Canvas Continued from page 1, col. 5) awings in the manner of Walt ey have been added to the eighth corridor exhibit. Simple Simon the Pieman was painted by Mac ner, Hansel and Gretel, by Marion , and a fairy castle, by Ruth Van e. The Drama of the Mass took on new significance for alumnae and members of the Laetare Players when the Reverend L. S. Nugent, C.SS.R. described the sig nificance of the ceremony while the Rev erend James Vance, CSS- R-, read Mass in Stella Maris Chapel on Laetare Sun day. The Golden Rose, awarded by the club for outstanding' service of a member, was conferred upon Marjorie Thomas, senior- drama major who starred as the narrator in the fall production of Lady Pkec'ous Stream. Miss Thomas also received the award for the largest number of honor points gained for membership in Sigma Rho Upsilon, honorary drama society. Joan Doyle received the award for the most points attained by a drama club pledge, and Jeanne du Moulin won the award for doubling her quota of points for associate membership. Patricia O'Toole, Laetare president, presided as toast mistress at the club breakfast in the tea-room. Loretta Cal- nan gave a toast to the Faculty; Royce McFadyen gave one to the College; Rita Kloss to the new Laetare Players, and Madeline Wells to new Sigma Rho Up silon members. Paulctte Lear responded for the Lae tare Players, and Martha Van Dyke for new members of the honor society. Has Luck of Irish Following a recent audition, Betty Lou Deppen, voice student and member of the Glee club, was accepted as a member of the Junior Chorus of the Chicago City Opera company, and has already begun rehearsing for 1L TROVATORE, one of the four operas in which the Junior Chorus will appear next season. Orchestra Members Enter Contest, Clubs Frances Piskozub, violin student, has become a member of the Polish Arts club and will compete in the contest sponsored by this society. Mu Sigma, the Honorary Orchestra society, has received the follow ing Orchestra members: Marjorie Byrne, Louise French, Tunc Kash, Cath erine Keller, Bette McCaughey, and Frances Piskozub. Marianne Donahoe is the newly ap pointed assistant librarian of the Or chestra, and the following Orchestra members have earned the required num ber of points for the Orchestra mem bership pin: Mary Breitenbach, Mari anne Donahoe, Margaret Duanc, Marian Foy, Leonorc Schabas, Dorothy Rick ens, and Louise Skodzinski. Choose All-Star Team for De Paul Basketball Game Mundelein's basketball stars will meet their first outside competition when they play De Paul here after vacation. Individual high scorers in the inter- class competition, Frances Kane, junior captain, Doris Knockaert, captain of the newly crowned freshman team, and Vernette McGinty, sophomore pace setter, will lead the Mundelein attack, assisted by Katherine O'Reilly, Eileen Mahoney, Joan Garrity, and Ruth Tent ler. The Mundelein sextet will rely upon their close defensive system to curb the speedy De Paul invasion. Star Guards Francis Busscher, Patricia Holland, and Dorothy Hein will be relieved by Rita Valenzano, Nancy Costello, Peggy Eby, Margaret Friel, and Ellen Jane Fitzgibbon. Senior Judges Senior Betty Kreuzer served as one of the five judges at the finals of the high school oratorical competition in honor of St. Thomas Aquinas, at Fen- wick high school on March 10. Announce Tourneys Helen Russell, W.A.A. president, an nounces chairmen for current tourna ments : Frances Busscher, Ping pong; Ruth Tentler. Badminton: and Marjorie Coen, Bowling. College Sings Lyrics of Erin; Cecilians Honor Johann Bach Katherine Patricia O'Reilly, ex '38, who will celebrate her birthday on March 17, will be given the keys of the city if she visits Dublin. Her aunt was recently made Lady Mayor of the Irish capitol. An art student while at Mun delein, Miss O'Reilly is now a designer at Saks Fifth avenue. From Tipperary to Dublin and Tra- lee was the itinerary of the musical trip through Ireland, feature of the St. Patrick's Day program yesterday. The journey opened with the assem bly singing When Irish Eyes Are Smil ing, followed by a violin solo, by Fran ces Piskozub. with Louise Skodzinski as accompanist. A reading by Patricia O'Toole: a solo by Maude Shuflitowski. and an Irish jig by Mildred Graham preluded two more assembly selections. Dolores Groford, soloist with the Ceci- lian chorus, sang The Wishing Well; Mary Brielenbach sang Along the Rocky Road to Dublin; Miss Shuflitowski sang The Rose of Tralee; Eleanor Kandratas sang The Harp of Tara; Shirley Hopper sang Killarney, and Dorothy Schreck sang An Trish Man's Dream. Mary Gertrude Maerk sang Kathleen Mavourneen. Betty Ann McCaughey conducted; Virginia Parr played piano accompaniments; Catherine Keller and Angela Voller played organ accompani ments, and Mildred Graham was the narrator. The March 13 Wednesday Musicale sponsored by the Cecilians featured the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, the great German composer who tem pered the clavichord, thus making the first piano as we know it today. His Chromatic Fugue in D Minor, the Giguc and the Garrotte from the French Suite No. 5, and the Alleniande in E Minor from Partita VI, were played respectively by Louise Szkod- zinski. Eileen Ryan, Harriet Ashton. and Virginia Parr. The Mundelein Quintet offered a brilliant rendition of Bach's Minuet. Others taking part in the program were Ruth Perry, with the Third Move ment from the Italian Concerto. Doro thy Schreck, Grace Mannebach, Mari anne Donahoe, who played two of his hymns. Betty McCaughey, Frances Pis kozub and Louise Szkodzinski, who played the Second Movement from the D Minor Concerto, and Catherine Kel ler, whose delicate touch and smooth technique enhanced the light beauty of the Fantasie in C Minor. Juniors Chalk 33 Points to Merit Silver Loving Cup Ellen Jane Fitzgibbon, chalking up 26 points, merited individual high score- in the annual interclass swimming meet, which her class, the juniors, won with a fiinal count of 33 points, on March 5. The freshmen placed second, scoring 29 points, seniors third, with 20 points, and the sophomores fourth. Frances Kane earned 22 points and Patricia Holland 17 points, respectively, meriting second and third places in individual high scores. Annamarie Berk was victor in the diving contest. These students and Miss Fitzgibbon will be awarded med als at the W.A.A. banquet. A silver cup will be presented to the junior class on Honors Day. The summary of events is as follows: 40-yard free style. Won by Ellen Jane Fitzgibbon, junior; second, Ruth Conway, sophomore; third. Virginia Walsh, freshman; fourth, Helen Rus- scl, senior. Time 22:0. 100-yard back stroke. Won by Mary Harrington, freshman: second. Mar jorie Chapman, senior; third, Betty Zimmer, senior. Time 1 :49. 40-yard breast stroke. Won by Betty Jane Lindley, senior; second, Frances Kane, junior; third, Marie Cassettari. freshman; fourth, Dorothy Shields, freshman. Time 38:4. 100-yard breast stroke. Won by Betty Jane Lindley, senior; second, Frances Kane, junior; third, Dorothy Shields, freshman; fourth. Robert Scheid, sen ior. Time 1.54. 40-yard back stroke. Won by Mary Harrington, freshman: second, Frances Smith, freshman third, Patricia Holland, junior; fourth, Betty Zimmner, senior. 100-yard free style. Won by Eilcn Jane Fitzgibbon, junior; second, Marie Cassettari, freshman: third, Marguerite McNulty, senior; fourth, Patricia Ellis, sophomore. Time 1-24. 60-yard medley. Won by the juniors: second, freshmen; third, seniors. Time 1.45. 80-yard medley. Won by the juniors: second, seniors; third, freshmen. Time 1.50. Diving: Won by Annamarie Berk, senior; second, Lila Adams, freshman: third, Marie Cassettari, freshman; fourth Patricia Holland, junior. Team Scores 21 In Swim Meet Competing against Chicago Teachers' college and Wilson Junior college, the Mundelein swimming team came in sec ond in a meet held in the Mundelein pool on March 6. Chicago Teachers totaled 40 points for first place, Mundelein 21 points for second place, and Wilson 7 points for third place.
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