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THE SKYSCRAPER OCTOBER 25, 1932 MUNDELEIN COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, O Number 2 Volume III Cotillion Will Be At The Belden-Stratford DRAMA DEPARTMENT OPENS CHILDREN'S THEATREACTIVITY Little Girls from Grammar Schools Attend Weekly Classes at College. Tiny new students with curls and bangs and brief little skirts danced through the corridors of our college on Saturday, Oct. 1, and merry voices rang out on the auditorium stage. It was registration day for the Children's Theater, the newest project of the drama department, which is under the direction of Sallie Agnes Smith and Marion Ryan. The initial step in this particular phase of drama was taken in Septem ber when the Catholic elementary schools in the vicinity of the college were visited by the prospective teach ers. The project was presented to the children and attractive posters were placed in the schools announcing the Playmaker's classes for girls from six to twelve years old. Two Sessions Each Saturday Classes are held every Saturday at ten and eleven o'clock. Ten group les sons comprise the first term, with a fee of five dollars. In addition a class in tap-dancing has been organized for the children under the supervision of Pauline Duzeski. At present the little girls are working on one-act harvest plays in anticipation of the presenta tion of a program in the near future. Twenty-two Students Enrolled Rosemary Marzona of St. Thomas of Canterbury School has the distinction of being the first student to enroll. The following are the other pupils who form the nucleus of this new and fas cinating organization: Vivian Barry, Marilyn Duffy, Patricia Leahy, Mary Lucille O'Connor, Joan Lee Patterson, Betty Jane Smith, and Mary Yokum of Canterbury School; Eileen Buicker, Jean McGinnis, Marita Egan, Mary Sullivan, Jeanne McGarry, Alice Marie Horn, and Jean Sullivan of St. Ger trude's; Rosemary Schoen of St. Ita's; Georgette Laureys, Anne Paulus, Pa tricia Schwartz, of St. Jerome's; Dor othy Jean Schreck of St. Scolastica's; Joan Gould of St. Timothy's; and Vir ginia Mae Schraff. Debate With Loyola In Forum Tonight Ruth Tangney and Mary Agnes Tynan of Mundelein and Thomas Byrnes and Robert O'Connor of Loyola University are debating the Hoover- Roosevelt question tonight before the Forum, the study club of St. Ger trude's Parish. Resolved: that Franklin D. Roose velt should be elected president of the United States, is a proposition of much interest considering that the presiden tial election is just one week distant. Miss Tangney and Mr. O'Connor will uphold the affirmative, Miss Tynan and Mr. Byrnes, the negative. This forensic encounter is the first of this year's public debates. Plans are being formulated by Katherine Brennan for a radio debate with a team from St. Viator's College, and a home debate with Mount Mary Col lege in Milwaukee. Every Wednesday at eleven o'clock the Mundelein Club meets for the pur pose of applying and developing the elements of argumentation either in formal debates or open forum discus sion. All students free at that hour are invited to attend. STUDENTS INTERVIEW MISS WILLA CATHER By Evelyn Lincoln Elbowing our way through the masses of women who had come to the Chicago Women's Club to see and hear the one and only Willa Cather, Doris Barnett, Gretchen Kretschmer, and I finally reached the information desk. Tickets to the auditorium on the third floor, we were curtly informed, so, stepping on as few toes as possible, we reached the elevator and were whirled up to the third floor. Lady Luck must have adopted us at that moment, for who was occupying a great comfy easy chair on that floor but Willa Cather herself. She was wearing a velvet dress of a lovely wine shade with a hat to match, but these details faded into insignifi cance when one looked at her face. It was a strong face, the countenance of a woman who does things instead of merely talking about them. Her hair was soft and white, and her eyes were blue, tired-looking, yet ever alert. A sensitive mouth and a firm chin com pleted my first picture of Willa Cather, 'essayist and novelist supreme Go on, you're the interviewer, breathed Doris in my ear, propelling me in the general direction of Miss Cather, Gretchen assisting by pushing me from behind. I groaned desperately, then stumbled forward. Miss Cather, I said nervously, trying to distract her attention from the dozens of women who were anx iously fluttering around her. We are from Mundelein College Immediately her face lit up in the most human, understanding smile. Oh yes, she said, speaking as though I were a dear friend, I am so interested in colleges. I want to know more of them. Just then, however, the committee (Continued on page 3, column 4) STUDENTS MODEL FALL FASHIONS There is a place in the heart of ev ery Mundelein girl for lovely dresses as well as for math., sciences, and every-day studies. Never was this fact more clearly demonstrated than at the style show last Wednesday which was sponsored by the Alpha Omicron Club, and which was made possible through the co-operation of the Style-of-the- Month Company. Against a striking background of black velvet, crimson silk, and softly- shaded lights, the newest of dreses for the college miss were modeled by stu dents of the home economics depart ment. All the latest shades from Paris, including the new raspberry, Colorado pine, and goldenrod, were exe cuted in the sheerest of wools, im ported boucles, and jerseys for colle giate wear. The dresses featured the straight lines, lower waist lines, and the sim plicity of the best fall models. Trim mings and ornaments, including belts, scarfs, and buckles, were in contrast ing colors of chenille, hand-crocheted fabrics, and shark skin. Smart toques and berets to match the costumes were also shown. Such intriguing names as Deau- ville, Miss America, and Bon Voy age made the garments even more in teresting to the audience. The models were: Helen Horan, Mary Moore, Mary Bergen, Mary Eliza beth Ronan Caroline Holland, Isabel Altar. Cotillion Chairman Alice Yocum Sophomore Informal Planned For Friday The sophomores are in a flurry of expectation over the Sophomore Co tillion to be held on Oct. 28 at the Belden-Stratforu Hotel. With all of the lovely new broad-shouldered gowns that are being discussed around the college these days, milady will un doubtedly be arrayed in her finest for the important night. The entire mezzanine floor, including the main dining room, has been en gaged for the dance. Tables to which the dancers may revert are being placed in a separate room. The man agement promises to decorate the rooms with Mundelein College ban ners, which will undoubtedly lend a colorful air to the dance. This is the first cotillion that has been held at the Belden-Stratford and promises to be somewhat of an innovation. The students are not altogether unfamiliar with the hotel, for a very successful home economics card party was held there last year. The dance is to be informal, and Howard Osburn's orchestra has been engaged for the evening. Mr. Osburn is well known to the students, for he played at both the Junior Prom and the Senior Ball last year. The bids are made of black and gold suede fin ish paper in the popular new folder type and are most attractive. Alice Yocum, social chairman of the sopho more class, reports very encouraging returns and prophesies that the dance will be a great success. Those on the committee assisting Miss Yocum are: Mary Dick, Frances Burke, Margaret Grace, Lucy Crowley, Sallie Agnes Smith, Genevieve Collins, Rosemary Guinivan, Ann Lally, and Janice Lin nett. Bids may be secured for 2.50 from the sophomore officers or committee members who preside at the bid table near the elevators. JOURNALISTS BRINGS STORY BEHIND NEWS Clepsydra Is Coming Are your contributions in for the autumn issue of the college literary quarterly, the Clepsydra? The magazine will go to press the latter part of this week and tardy scribes are encouraged to turn in their poems and essays before it is too late. There are lectures that some of us like, there are lectures that most of us like, but it is seldom that so nearly all of us agree in liking enthusiasti cally any lecture in the way we liked that given by Frederick M. Snyder, in ternationally-known newspaper man, on Friday, Oct. 21. In the staccato style of the headline, bits of news about news the gather ing, formulating, evaluating of it were flashed to the eager audience. Characteristic of the speaker were his quick, pithy remarks: People will de fine education by what they see you do. . . . Education is to the cultural world what electricity is to the indus trial world. But it was the story back of the news and the realization of the far- flung implications of the headlines that we glance at and forget that made Mr. Snyder's lecture an experience of lasting value. Here was a man who, visiting a land whose language he did not know, won a place for himself through the universal medium, for, as he said, Gesture and smile is the old est language in the world. He looked down upon human sacri fice considered essential to the foun dation of a primitive home and saw in it the living sacrifice that sancti fies every home, every school, every great human institution that stands for the betterment of man. No amount of observation or of ma terial success, he pointed out, can avail unless it is assimilated and wisely used. The man who was responsible for more pictures than was any other man in the world, failed miserably be cause he did not have an adequate pic ture of life as a whole. The man who (Continued on page 4. column 2) NEW MEMBERS ARE CHOSEN OR CAST Minor roles have been cast and slight changes made in the original personnel of the GhPon mystery play, The Marvelous Adventures of Bernard de Menthon, rehearsal of which is now under way. Margaret Wenigman is taking the part of Signeur de Miolans, Corrine Murnighan that of Signeur de Duyngt, and LaVergne Bosch that of Josephine. The ten pilgrims are: Helen Mad den, Marie Cuny, Helen Bowerhan, Janet Brennan, Virginia McWilliams, Geraldine Garvey, Madeline Wells, Mary Sullivan, Margaret Ueberbacher, and Mary Corby. Evil spirits are being impersonated as follows: Satan, Helen Weber; Wrath, Janet Keane; Pride, Marianne Bertrand; Envy, Mary Home; and Gluttony, Dorothy White. Margaret Ryan, Mary Irving, Fran ces Rockelman, and Margaret Sullivan fill the roles of servants and attend ants, Ann Daly that of minstrel, Dor othy Boynton and Estelle Wingler, trumpeters, and Mary Margaret Brady, Frances Mikkleson, and Arline Kroutii, bridesmaids. The carefully-authenticated fifteenth- century costumes designed by the Art club have been commenced by the stu dents in the home economics depart ment, and Bernard's home, the monas tery of Acosta, the statue of Jupiter, and other important appointments are under construction. Medieval music, which is being diligently prepared by the Orchestra and the Glee club, will add the final note of medievalism to the production. FATHER MAGNER TO SPEAK AT SENIOR SUNDAYCEREMONY Last Sunday of October Chosen for Second Annual Senior Day. The Reverend J. A. Magner, S. T. D., pastor of St. Gertrude's Church, will give Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament and address the members of the Class of 1933 in their first offi cial class ceremonial. Senior Sunday, which will be on the Feast of Christ the King, Oct. 30. The seniors of last year established the tradition of Senior Sunday, and on that occasion the ceremony took place in the college auditorium after which the entire student body, preceded by the seniors, marched in procession to the Chapel corridor on second floor where the ceremony of the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart took place. Only Seniors Attend The class of '33, however, has de cided to depart in some measure from the procedure of last year. The ser vices will be held in the Stella Maris Chapel and only the seniors will be present. They will appear for the first time in cap and gown, and will march in procession from the formal social rooms to the Chapel. Here Dr. Mag ner will deliver the sermon which will be followed by Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Members of the college Glee club will sing the Bene diction hymns. Following the ceremony, the seniors and Dr. Magner will be guests at a class banquet in the home economics department on fourth floor. The senior class roll reads as fol lows: Alice Alexander, Doris Barnett, Elizabeth Boyle, Mary Helen Boyle, Cecilia DeBiase, Daisy Lenert Elward, Margaret Granger, Dorothy Higgins, Gretchen Kretschmer, Jane Lawler, Gertrude Lennon, Alyce Lyon, Julie Matenaers, Genevieve McClevey, Rhea Moustakis. Margaret Mulqueen, Noreen O'Mal- ley, Margaret Mary O'Neill, Violet (Continued on page 4. column 5) Students Appear In Costumes Tomorrow Attics, costume shops, bureau draw ers, and all sorts of out-of-the-way places are being ransacked these days by Mundelein students in their frantic 'ast-minute struggles to secure differ ent costumes to wear to the annual all Festival tomorrow. Each fall this traditional event stirs *he student body from too-great con centration on texts, and seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshmen alike don gay, grotesque, or glorious garb depending upon the contents of the aforementioned attics in order to attend the festivities. As usual, the exact nature of tbe fes tival is being kept a deep, dark secret, but those of us who have attended former such festivals have vivid recol lections of going to class with gay Spanish dancers who nonchalantly drop a tambourine now and then, with sepulchral ghosts, and demure little girls, and dignified knights and their ladies. Dancing, games, and feature booths will be among the attractions in the gymnasium, which will lose its ath letic aspect and take on a ghostly Hal lowe'en appearance, and refreshments will be served in the cafeteria.
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1932-10-25 (1)
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