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Merry Christmas ) s 9 Vol. XXX Mundelein College, Chicago 40, Illinois, December 9, 1959 Young Dems Will Sponsor Address by Sen. Douglas Senator Paul Douglas, (D., 111.) will address Mundelein's faculty, student body and the general public Dec. 15 at 3:30 p.m. in Room 405. IN HIS Report on Congress, Mr. Douglas will discuss some of the issues which will be dealt with by Con gress when it convenes in January. The arrangements for the Senator's appearance were made through the Young Democrats' president, Senior Bonnie Rinder, and Douglas' secre tary, Edward Kelly. Following the address, there Services Held for Sister St. Maureen Economics Teacher Funeral services for Sister Mary St. Maureen, B.V.M., instructor of economics, were held Thursday, Dec. 3 at a noon Mass at St. Ignatius church. Members of the faculty and student body attended, with seniors serving as a guard of honor at the church. REV. WALTER SEYMOUR, S.J., pastor, offered the solemn Requiem, with Rev. William Clark and Rev. Joseph Goracy of the Mundelein fac ulty as deacon and sub-deacon. The Mundelein scholastic choir sang. Sister's death Dec. 1 followed a short illness. She taught classes in elementary a.id iuternediate account ing until her hospitalization in mid- November of this year. A member of the Mundelein faculty since 1957, Sister Mary St. Maureen taught from 1943 to 1916 at St. Mary's high school in Chicago and for 16 years at Clarke College in Dubuque. A native of Sioux City, Iowa, Sister entered the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Dubuque, in 1935. SHE RECEIVED her bachelor of arts degree from Clarke College and her masters degree in economics from the Catholic University of America. She was a member of the National So cial Science Honor Society. She is survived by one brother, Philip Leary of Burbank, California. will be a general discussion in 405 where students will be able to meet the Senator and talk with him. In 1947 Senator Douglas was elected to the Senate. During his nine legis- Senator Paul Douglas lative years, he has served on the Banking and Currency Committee, in the fight for slum clearance and low- rent public housing, the Senate Fi nance Committee and many others. The Senator is known for his op position to wasteful government -pending, fctrst ye:ir V- and Senator Proxmire (D., Wis.), showed Congress how to save over 100,000 on carpet ing for the Senate halls, by buying a non-slip wax. Holy Hour Rescheduled; Date Set for Dec. 15 The Immaculate Conception Holy Hour scheduled previously for Dec. 3 has been changed to Dec. 15 in order that students and faculty members might attend the Requiem Mass for Sister Mary Saint Maureen. The Holy Hour will be held at 1:10 in the audi torium. The freshman lecture, that was to be held Dec. 15, has been rescheduled for the second semester. Candlelighting Brings Yuletide Message Closer The annual Candlelighting cere mony will take place at 3:15 on Thurs day, Dec. 17, in the college auditorium. All 2 o'clock classes will be moved to 1:10 and all 3 o'clock classes to 2:10, so that everyone will be able to par ticipate in the program, showing the true spirit of Advent. Class and club officers will carry the traditional candles, which will be extinguished two at a time. Renee Sluka, senior class president, will then light the school candle on the stage. A Christmas message will be de livered by Sister Mary Ann Ida, B.V.M., president. The two large Ad vent wreaths will be hung by Renee Sluka, senior president, and Kathleen Hotton, SAC president. The Christmas story will be told in song by the Verse Choir and the Glee club. The assembly will join them in the singing of Christmas carols. December Issue of Review orts on Beatnik Case 11A I I Fl IMA'' resounds from the voices of the Glee club officers, (left HLLCLUIH t0 right) Patricia Hamill, treasurer; Loretta Cahill, vice president; Maureen McCue, secretary; and Kathleen Huhmann, president. They are preparing for the Cantata. Carols Will Ring During Cantata Under the Stars, December 13 Rep The current Beatnik craze will be the topic of a special report by the neinew, the college Hternry magazine in its December issue. The report will include an explana tion of Zen-Buddahism by Marilyn Karsh, the basic philosophy of the Beatniks, and comments on Beat poe try, by Patricia Flood, explaining the concept of experience as the only teacher. An analysis of Beat music by Barbara Beatty will describe the narcotic effect of the basic beat. Also highlighted in this issue of Review will be a story of Marilyn Karsh, Sticks and Stones, relating the story of a boy not ac cepted by his peers. The first chapter of a novel in progress by Lillian Lohr, The Inheritance, will be featured. Editorials that will be presented are Western Hemisphere Awareness and The Moral Problems of a College Girl. A story of Our Lady of Guada lupe will be told in Juan and the The traditional Mundelein Christ mas program, Under the Stars, will be presented Dec. 13, at 8:15 in the college theater. The cantata, under the direction of Adalbert Huguelet, will he rp ent i by thp Glee I'.lub. assisted by the orchestra and the art and drama departments. The program is free and open to the public. THE ORCHESTRA will open the program with Christmas Overture, by Coleridge-Taylor. The Glee Club will follow with a selection of seven Christmas carols from various coun tries. They will sing Glory to God in the Highest, by Pergolesi. Shepherds Christmas Song, an Austrian carol, and a French song, L'etiole luit, le ciel est clair, by Bas-Quercy. These will be followed by Gru- ber's Stille Nacht, in German, Deck the Halls, a Welsh song Lady by Maureen Flemming, fresh man. Drawings by Jean Peterson, new art editor of the Revieiv, as well as poems by Vita Milaknis, Mary Ann Ryan, AMce Connelly, Virginia Grif- fard and Barbara Beatty, will be in cluded. Christmas Ball Sparks Holiday; Ambassador Hotel Sets Stage ask Jeri Boyle and Nancy Itnyre. One of the eight finalists will be the queen of the Sky scraper Ball Dec. 30 at the Ambassador West Hotel. It could be you WILL IT BE YOU? The annual Skyscraper Ball will be held Dec. 30 from 9 to 12 p.m. in the Four Georges Room of the Ambassa dor West Hotel. Paul Meeker's or chestra will provide music for the eve ning. A CONTEST for queen of the ball is being held in conjunction with the dance. The students will vote for the queen of their choice on the first bal lot. She will be selected from the eight finalists, two from each class. Only students purchasing bids will have the opportunity of final voting for the queen on the second ballot next week. A special queen committee is headed by Terry McManamon and Mary Birren. Invitations are being mailed to last year's alumnae. Heading the invitations committee are Kay Gilligan and Barbara Jertz. Nancy Itnyre, junior and Jeri Boyle, AGO, senior, both Social Arrange ments Board members are co-chair men for the event. The Publicity com mittee will be headed by Patricia Flood and Kathleen Gottschalk. NANCY BUTLER and Roberta Fitzpatrick will be in charge of bids which will be sold for 4.50 across from the elevators in the lounge. The holiday dance theme will be carried out in green and white. MARY PENKALA is in charge of a skit to be given at the Dec. 10 SAC assembly to supply details on the dance for the student body. arranged by A. Huguelet, He Is Sleeping in the Manger, a Polish song arranged by Geer, and Merry Christmas Time ar ranged by Luvaas. Th orchestra will conclude the first section of the program v ith A Christ mas Festival, by Leroy Anderson. THE GLEE CLUB will sing The Coming of the Prince of Peace, a can tata by Sister Mary Rafael, B.V.M. The soloists will be Barbara Barr, Audrey Cihlar, Delphine Mezydlo, No- reen Walsh and Mary Ann Wagner. STUDENTS from the art and drama departments will present seven tableaus for the performance. Esso Awards 2,000 Grant to Mundelein For the Third Year A 2,000 unrestricted grant was awarded to the College last week by the Esso Educational Foundation. Mundelein was one of 15 colleges in cluded in the funds distributed in Illi nois. This is the third year Mundelein has been included in the Esso grants, Sister Mary Ann Ida says, and for the third year at least part of the money will be used for the language laboratory. Five hundred dollars of the original Esso grant in 1937 provided funds for the first language laboratory experi ments at the College. Last year part of the Esso money was delegated to the lecture series and the African In stitute as well as to the science and language departments. The Esso Educational Foundation was established in 1955 by Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey and some of its domestic affiliates. It now includes Esso Standard Co., Esso Research and Engineering, Esso Export Corp., In terstate Oil Pipe Line Co., The Carter Oil Co., Esso Tankers, Pate Oil Co. and Oklahoma Oil Co. Glee Club, Verse Choir To Broadcast on WGN To help Chicago make this holiday Dec. 22. season a musical one, Mundelein's The two groups will be taped for Glee Club and Verse Speaking Choir the broadcast at the WGN studios on will take to the air on WGN at 9:30, Dec. 14.
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