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April 28, 1958 THE SKYSCRAPER Page Three 1 -- v P ft II P U T in the midst of a big splash rehearsing for their skit, Totem- b MU U n I Tom-Tom, in the water ballet show, Young at Heart are these Terrapins: (1. to r.) Eileen O'Brien, Mary Ann Rubey, Mary Jane Burns, Virginia Stoffey, Carol Newman, Kathleen Kilday, and Valmar Price. Campus Chapter of Talent Inc., Stage for Seven Lively Arts by Marcella Brown The push-button era is coming and the onslaught of the shorter work day is being prepared for through an active participation in free time activities by artistically inclined Mundelein students. PAINTING spend E a s t e r Only art for art's sake could have motivated sophomore Pa tricia Wendt to her vaca tion painting a mural for the Phoenix room. She spent about 75 hours paint ing the mural with wall paint something new and different for Patricia Wendt DANCE Junior phychology major Diana Sebuck trips the light fantastic to make a living by teaching dancing to sonic 150 students ages four to 60 at her studio, Diana School of Dance. Another hoofer is Darlene Harmstead, who teaches first grade at Trumbull school and tap and ballet to 50 students at her studio, Darlene's School of Dancing be sides. her. The design for the mural bad been done for Advanced Design class. Patricia even has designs on her part-time selling job at Josephine's bridal shop. If a customer is dis satisfied with the dresses in stock, Patricia sketches the dream dress from a description and the dress maker custom-tailors it from the sketch. A novel way to avoid los ing a sale ARCHITECTURE Ibsen's Doll House is far inferior to the one freshmen speech majors (Donna Griffin, Patricia Dineen, Judy Risser, Patricia Douglas, Jacqueline Dempsey, Diane Ken- arr, Janet DeGrazia, Ann Zarlenga and Teresa Ryan) are redecorating inside and out for children in the Speech Clinic. The work is being done to give the children solid objects to play with and identify. Making organdy curtains for bathrooms and laying rugs from manufacturers' samples makes the time spent both interest ing and worth while. SCULPTURE MUSIC Music, music, music, supplement ed with undertones of art and drama, is junior Rose Rboter's theme song. She sang for her supper part- time at supper clubs, and did radio work with Carl Sands on CBS until February. Then Rose turned her just-for- fun paintings to lucrative use. She carried them with her on job-bunt ing jaunts . . . and sold some Moral: art for art's sake can be profitable. DRAMA Variety is the spice in Judy Skwiot's life. For a year this sen ior drama maj or has been a member of the Theater First group, the mer ger of the Cath olic University Players and Globe Players. Not content with acting in this group's pre- Judy Skwiot Poe's sculptured bust of Pallas' sentation of the Wizard of Oz, Judy has nothing on the terra cotta nii- , ages that sophomores Rosemary . Collins and Antoinette Fabianski entered in the Great Lakes Ceramic Hobby Exhibition April 24. Rosemary's ape and Antoinette's horse had their beginnings in a Ceramics class. LITERATURE It's to be hoped that Claudette Ruffino. junior, never decides to forge ahead. This secretary of the Stylus club might lose all chance for her dream job editing publications. Meanwhile, Claudette is trying to add more laurels to her account by entering two short stories and three poems in the Atlantic College con test. Previously printed are many ar ticles in the Review, and some poetry in the Scholastic Press and Illinois Teachers Bulletin. also did the choreography for the musical. I laving spent the summers of 1954-55 on tour with the Doro thy I lild dancers, a ballet group, she was well-prepared for it. Judy's week-ends are spent pro gramming music for WJJD's disk jockey shows. April's Last- Weekend Reigns As Date For NFCCS Festival Three juniors attended the NFC CS National Speech Festival at Loras College April 25, 26. Marguerite Phillips and Alice Bourke upheld the affirmative, and the negative. Miss Bourke gave an extemporaneous speech; Miss Phil lips and Julie Lyman entered the oral interpretation division. Miss Lyman also entered radio news- casting. Archbishop Leo Binz of Dubuque hosted a banquet for the speakers Saturday afternoon. Writers, Inc. Wants Writers To Write Spring stirs thoughts of baseball, bluebirds, and apple blossoms. But Mundelein students will have an op portunity to put their springtime fancies to good use in the all-school Creative Writing contest sponsored by Writers, Inc. Wednesday, April 30, is the deadline for entries in the fields of essay, poetry, short story, article, book, music oi art review, and editorial. Judges will be professional writers of the Chicago area. Articles which have appeared in I he Skyscraper or Review are eligi ble for entry, and may be cut from the publication and mounted on while paper. All other entries must be typed, double-spaced, on regula tion white paper, and must bear the author's name and class. It Can Happen To You Claims Ballet Cast Of Young at Heart Young at Heart will be the audience and cast of the twenty- sixth annual Terrapin Water Show as they watch the fairy tale of the same name told in story book form. The 60-meinbcr cast and crew will present the show on May 4, 5, and 6 at 7:45 p.m. in the Mun delein pool. Junior Julie Lyman, author of the script, will narrate the fairytale told in story book form. Senior Eileen Poterek, president of the Terrapins, is student director of the 42 swimmers, with junior Mari anne Murphy in charge of the general production. Costumes will be custom-made by the individual swimmers. The swim- suits themselves are by Gantner of California. Some song accompaniments to the splash ballet are Waltz of the Cats, Syncopated Clock, Swinging Shepherd Blues, and Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Soloists are Lynne Sheeran. sen ior, and Frances Kotre, sophomore. Tickets (at 1.00) may be ob tained from the Terrapins or at the door. Mrs. Leo Gorski, swimming instructor, personally guarantees a 'cool pool' for the three evenings. All-Organ Recita From Two Periods To Be Held May 6 The second all-organ recital to be presented at Mundelein this year will be held Tuesday, May 6, at 3:15 p.m., in the College Auditor ium. Thirteen organists, eight of whom are freshmen, will perform the work of composers from two district periods: the contemporary modern and the early Baroque period of Bach and Handel. Students who shall participate are senior Marilyn Zanke; juniors Mary Ellen Burg and Diane Szara- dowski; sophomores Jacqueline Ko- sturik and Perriannie Wilson. Freshmen participating are Mar garet Skwarek, Barbara Kolanow- ski, Rosanne Battaglia, Kathleen Htihmann, Nancy Sullivan, Mary Jane Penney, and Adrienne Karas. Club Capers . . FOREIGN LANGUAGE Alpha Mu Gamma, national hon or society for foreign language students will sponsor a The Greeks have a Letter for it program, April 29 at 4 p.m. in the social rooms. Arranged in order to enable members from the various language departments to become better ac quainted, the meeting will be basic ally a social one. though plans for next year's activities also will be discussed. FRENCH CLUB The experiences of A Modern French Girl at Johns Hopkins Uni versity' will be discussed by Mrs. Chantal Shafroth at the French club meeting. May 5 at 4:10 p.m. in the social rooms. Mrs. Shaforth. a former Parisian who studied at that university, is presently a mem ber of Mundelein's physics depart ment faculty. Election of officers for the com ing vear will also be held at this meeting, which will conclude with the serving of refreshments. GERMAN Measles stole the show or rather a major part of it Friday, April 18, when it was discovered that Dorothy Pfrcnger. who was to accompany Patricia Wurster in a musical program for German club members the following Monday, was home with the measles as well as the only available copies of the music for' that program. Peace Through Mary Theme of Convention Representatives of Mundelein's Sodality will attend the 12th An nual Wisconsin Catholic Action convention at Marquette universi ty. May 2-4. Sponsored by the So dality Union of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee (SUMA). the purpose of the meeting is to inspire and promote Christian leadership and good citizenship. Most Rev. Albert G. Mever, S. T. D.. Archbishop of Milwau kee, will open the convention with a solemn pontifical Mass. Peace through Mary Immaculate, the pri mary theme of the conference, will be given by the Very Rev. Louis Riedel. general chairman and di rector of SUMA. Father James J. McQuade. na tional promoter of the Sodalities of Our Lady, will open the college session with the related theme. Here Today. Where Tomorrow ? Included in the college pro gram are the discussions of man's place in society today by William I. O'Neill, Milwau kee Circuit Court Judge, and the current problem of Cath olic Action for Sodalists after graduation by Don O'Con- nell, Board of Directors mem ber, Cardijn center, Milwau kee. Rev. Walter J. Ong, S.J., author of Frontiers in American Catholicism, will speak on Catholic universities and the intellectual apostolate. Career workshops in medical arts, education, business, law and politics, journalism, social work, and marriage will be available to the delegates from the 13 midwest states who will participate in the convention. On Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3, social entertainment for the delegates will consist of a variety show and dance. Annual May crowning will take place at the final session on Sun day. Anyone interested in the lay apostolate may attend the conven tion along with the Sodality repre sentatives. Further information may be found on the Sodality board. MUSIC ALUMNAE Faculty members and students of the Music department will welcome and entertain the music alumnae to night from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. Under the chairmanship of Sen ior Elizabeth Casicri, tea will be served to those alumnae in graduate study, school teachers, and mothers who will find the reunion an oppor tunity to recall memories and ex change experiences. PICNICS Consensus claims that food is close to a collegiate's heart. And so the clubs arc springing their food spreads throughout the city parks. Hamburgers, cokes, and cake will be the main ingredients for the Phi Theta Nu annual spring picnic to be held May 3 at La Bagh Woods, Cicero and Foster. Baseball will be among the outside activities. The food and fun will be furnished by the seniors. Tennis, baseball games, hot dogs and gabbing will be the main attractions at the Press club picnic May 1, 3 o'clock, at the Sheridan and Touhy park. Celebrating the year's past 14 is sues of the Skyscraper, the picnic is open to all staff members and journalism students. MATH CLUB The Mathematics club seniors, under the leadership of president Patricia Cline, aided in conducting the Future Engineers of America Mathematics contest. The contest, open to all Chicago area high school students, was held at Northwestern university, April 26. CHEMISTRY Joan Parker and Eugenia Mickevicius of the chemistry department will present the annual formal reports on the research of the chemistry . seniors on April 24, in Room 601 at 4 p.m. Miss Parker will speak on the Historical Background of Quinine. Miss Mickevicius' report is on part of the coordination compound proj ect which has been in progress in the Mundelein chemistry labs since 1950. The report includes the re search of seniors Melissa Lewis, Jacquelyn Schwartz, and Elwina Bejnarowicz. SPANISH Argentina will be the topic of discussion by Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McGowan in their illustrated slide lecture for Spanish students, May 5 at 4 p.m. in rooms 306-307. The sister of Sister Mary Georgianna of the chemistry department, Mrs. Mc- (rt gt;waii and her husband will tell the students about their five-year stay at Buenos Aires where Mr. Mc Gowan represented his firm. PSYCHOLOGY On May 8 at 1 p.m. senior psy chology majors will present to jun iors of the department a resume of Senior projects. They include such topics as Lefthandedness, Guilt Feelings, Music Therapy, and Time Concept. HISTORY Old history majors who enjoy dates (neither edible nor male) will welcome the new majors into the department next week. Juniors will be hostesses in the social room from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on May 6. Historical brain-teasers in the form of matching contests will en tertain the party-goers, tempting them to make history of their own.
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