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Page Pour THE SKYSCRAPER November 18, 1957 Exasperated Student Adventures Into Frustrating TV World by Marguerite Phillips When the student crawls out from between the pages of her books, seeking refuge from the tensions of the Napoleonic wars, nuclear fis sion, and e. e. cummings, she is likely to be confronted by a television set. Her youngest brother may be tuned into a children's western, a popular form of program which is not to be confused with the adult western. In the former the leading lady is a horse. The hero, Sage brush Sam. is fast on the draw, shoots straight, is kind to animals and children, and fights for law and justice. The most gripping scene is the showdown with the villain. He and Sagebrush pace slowly down Main street while a fragile damsel watches from the steps of the gen eral store. Take care of my horse, Sagebrush calls to her tenderly. Between shows comes the commercial. A blast of music wakes the viewer. Then on the screen appears the All American Male. The great outdoors is his domain. Wheth er he happens to be driving a truck or diving into a pool, a look of rapture is sure to cross his face as he contem plates his package of cigar ettes, hair oil. razor, car, or toothpaste. The next program may he a quiz show. A jolly quizmaster is a neces sity. With great congeniality he shoves the contestant into an iso lation booth, then questions him. What nation was the United Stales at war with during the Rev olution? In the moment of tense excite ment before the contestant an swers, the orchestra plays con fusion music. The camera pans across the audience as everybody waves. Suddenly the contestant chokes. This is the signal to cut back to a shot of the isolation booth. He might be suffocating. Two Seniors Take National Exam For Medical Field Two senior chemistry majors took national examinations recent- ly. Barbara Cwiak, who has com pleted her training as a Medical Technologist, took the National Registry examinations on Nov. 1. Barbara will be the first student to obtain her BS and Medical Tech nology degrees from Mundelein under the new medical technology program introduced last year. Eugenia Michevicius, a candi date for medical school next fall, took the National Medical Apti tude examination Oct. 29. No, he wants to answer. Afghan istan. he shouts. Too bad, he missed the grand prize, but he gets the consolation prize, an Indian elephant. The science fiction movie ends the evening. A young eager scientist goes to work for an elderly scientist who has a beautiful daughter. They are working on a secret bio logical project. An experi ment goes wrong, and a spe cies of giant termite develops. The young man finds a formula which will kill them before they demolish the city. The girl mar ries the young man. Her father patents the bug killer, and every body is happy except the termites. By this time the student, a jangled, unstrung mass of nerves, flees in frustration to the peace and quiet of the French Revolu- t i o n. Television ? She's had enough Dior's Alphabet Style Will Outlive Designer The world has lost one of its most renowned fashion designers. Christian Dior, who died recently, has been ranked high among fash ion authorities since 1938. His popularity became international in 1947 when he introduced the new look or inverted flower con sisting of the skin-tight bodice with nipped-in waistline and ex aggerated full skirt. Dior suddenly relaxed the fem inine figure in 1954 by presenting the extreme H line. This style completely by-passed the waist, fo cused the narrow hips, and hiked the hemline. Besides this letter of the alpha bet, he also used the Y, X, and A. Last year it was the arrow-line while this year it's the shuttle. The modern silhouette which will incorporate the flapper look in this year's style is also his styling. Dior has died, but he and his famous alphabet creations will be remembered as fashion firsts. Loyola Student Has Magic Moment In Lyric Opening by Ann Miller Everyone has had a magic min ute or two in his lifetime, but Alan Jorgenson, a Loyola university freshman, has had 45 of them. One Friday evening, the Lyric Opera opened its fall season in the Chi cago Opera house with Verdi's Otello. In the frantic minutes before curtain time, while actors nervous- lv rehearsed their lines for the last time and the star soprano struggled to adjust her wig, no-one noticed a young Cyprian sailor who stood on the sidelines trailing a hank of rope from his hands. No-one knew that, like many other actors in the Lyric cast, Alan Jorgenson was somebody one meets on the street everyday. Alan had answered an adver tisement run in the Loyola paper for extras to round out the opera stage, and had been awarded the red tights and stocking cap of a hardened sea-goer. For 45 min utes he had an opportunity to ob serve all the vivid facets of the performance which escape the or dinary audience. One of these facets was the open ing night audience which was lib erally scattered with the diamonds and minks of prominent Chicago society. Another was the stir caused when a certain Cyprian sail or didn't follow the script and go offstage after his supposedly brief entrance. Instead, while a fren zied stage director and an appre hensive cast wildly whispered, Get offstage, you idiot he strolled through the chorus, and beheld the first act of the performance from forbidden territory. What happened after the first act? Well, says Alan, whoever heard of a Cyprian sailor named Jorgenson? Kappa Mu Psi Will Present Lyric Program to Music Lovers The monthly musicale sponsored by Kappa Mu Psi will be held Thursday, Nov. 19, at 3:10 p.m., in Studio 703. The program will include vocal ist Audrey Cihlar and pianists Gene McCarthy, Lydia Rousseau. Anna- mae Kehoe, Mary Ellen Burg, Mona Cahill, and Parreannie Wil son. Compositions by Debussy, Beet hoven. Chopin, Schumann, Bach, Scarlatti, and Albeniz will be fea tured. They Were Here . . . IT' AIMfKT TIMF French students, Helen Carroll, Roselle lid ALRIU0I limt. PrimeaUi and Geraldine sofka, preview the first of a series of foreign films. French Club Presents Foreign Film With Highlight On Group Discussion Group discussion of the French film. Diary of a Country Priest, will highlight the first presenta tion of the Foreign Film Forum, Nov. 26, to which alumni, students, and faculty members of Chicago- area colleges have been invited. The film showing at 7:30 p.m., and the discussions will mark the bicentennial celebration of the birth of the Marquis de Lafayette. Mary Olson, Marge Kaepplinger, Jean Engelhardt, and Theresa Pas- quinelli will hostess at the social. Rosell Primeau, Betty Svolos, Geraldine Sofka, and Alyce Dowey will serve refreshments. Group leaders during the discus sion period include: Victoria Bom- ba, Diane Sherwood, Joan Mahcr. Maureen Sweeney, Gloria Callaci, Mary Pat Carr. Judith Gedmin. Kathleen Jackson. Barbara King, Barbara Porter, Jeanette Tres, Nanette Wendling, Shirley Hoyle, and Marguerite Molitor. They will be aided by Diane Szaradowski, Jacqueline Schmelter, Genevieve Tratel. Carol White. Carol Riley, Kathleen McGuire, Kathleen Caulfield, Sharon Rup- pert, Donna Griffin, Mary Ann Ryan. Marcella McCann, Theodora Pierdos, Marciolette Powers, Mary Gart, Ann Sanford. and Mary Ann Cashman. Tickets, for this film or for the complete series of three, can be purchased today in the Lounge. EMLYN WILLIAMS benefit opening night. gives Ann Coe the Mundelein salute at the reception after a successful arjL-MilY I- SMILES ARE IN ORDER as Victoria Bomba and Jacqueline Schwartz close the box office. Club Capers Spice Campus Mr. Leslie Lewis of the Speak er's Bureau of the Chicago Coun cil on Foreign Relations, addressed Mundelein students Thursday on Nov. 14 on The Cold War in Hot Lands. Mr. Lewis's appearance was sponsored by the Internation al Relations club. In the past Mr. Lewis has held various govern ment positions, including that of counsul in the Near East. * * * From this day forth, the chem istry club will be known as Phi Theta Nu. The title was adopted as a result of a contest to find an appropriate, original name for the club. Phi Theta Nu, translated, means The laws of nature are the thoughts of God. The Greek let ters closely resemble the English word Ion, which has a scientific significance to the chemist. Mary Pat Dorsey, who won the contest with this name, will receive a Phi Theta Nu Pin as her prize. * * * Put on your smiles and come along to the Great Lakes Na val Hospital's Ward Party on Nov. 20. This Ward Party is spon sored by the Red Cross unit of Mundelein, whose chairman is Mary Frances Kunkel, senior. * * * The movies Mambo and Matisse will be shown by the art club Nov. 26. at 4 p.m. in room 306. Mam bo is a study of color and rhythm, and Matisse is on the life of a painter who originated the school of le fauves (wild beasts of color.) * * * The first social event of the year for resident students was held in Lovola dormitorv, Nov. 15 from S:30 to 12:00 pm. Attending the event were the Medical Fraternity. Phi Beta Pi. and the resident* of Philomena, Lourdes and St. Ther- ese halls. Social chairmen, Mary Ann Ru- bey, Karen Tuley. and Marilyn Zacharias planned the mixer. * * * The Junior class is getting into the spirit of Blithe Spirit on Nov. 25 by having a class spree. Dinner will be served for them on a student rate basis in the tea room after which the class will at tend the theater performance at 7:30. Adult Division To Offer Course For Scientists The Mundelein College Adult Education division will offer a two- credit course in the Teaching of Elementary Science on Sat. morn ings. Sister Mary Donald, dean of studies, has announced. Classes will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. and will extend over the peri od from Dec. 7 to March 29. Sis ter Mary Martinette and Sister Marv Georgiana. both of the Mun- d loin chemistry department, will conduct the classes. The course, which is planned both for those who are in leaching and those who wish to teach sci ence at the elementary level, will stress methods of demonstrating scientific principles with simple and readily available equipment. Registration, by mail or at the college, will continue until Nov. 23.
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1957-11-18 (4)
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