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Page forty-six Typewriting Rooms One and Two DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OUT of this age of contradictions has arisen a new ideal of one of man's most ancient activities, commerce an ideal of swift skill in the world of affairs, set in a background of taste and knowledge and refinement. Fingers must be deft at the typewriter, yes; but they must be directed by a mind capable of grasping and interpreting the laws and forces back of the tremendous and complex machinery of commerce. To this end, students of commerce begin with a study of the fundamentals of economics and related subjects. Typical problems of the financial world are proposed for consideration. Examination of the principles involved leads to intelligent interpretation of current situations, preparing the student to meet and solve the actual problems that confront a business woman. So I took my pennies to Market Square, sang Christopher Robin. If he had been in Marketing class, he would have known better what to expect when he reached the square, and why to expect it, for the various marketing agencies and cooperative schemes are considered in this course. Perhaps he would have registered for Advertising, too, applied the technique developed therein, and had the city flocking to him in reply, burdened with little brown rabbits. By no means the least room in the department is devoted to the secretarial courses, which are calculated to develop proficiency in skills already acquired and to teach the more difficult duties of the stenographer or secretary. As practice hours pass, the little indicator on the dictaphone turns gradually away from Slow until at last the typist can triumphantly turn it to Fast. By this time she has added a new activity to her list and is learning filing. VJse of the comptometer and of the various electric and hand-operated duplicating devices gives her another ground for her claim to versatility. A small army from another camp has invaded this snug stronghold on the fifth floor, and Liberal Arts students are carrying away as practical booty skill in typewriting and ability to take notes in shorthand, both fruits of non-credit courses. Kay's, gay's, chay's, and judges, range themselves across the paper when these beginners take up shorthand. Soon, however, these queer phonetic characters are formed into meaningful groups and transcribed by fingers at first halting and rigid, but growing daily more flexible and swift. The bustling efficiency of the old-lime business school has been superseded by the muffled click of noiseless typewriters, the silent, time-saving dictaphone, the newest duplicators. Theory is tested in a model office complete from scale to files. And outside the office, capable, well-poised business women of tomorrow pass to another laboratory of the world of commerce. The Tower Page forty-seven A Study in Still Life DEPARTMEJXT OF ART DETACHED and uncomfortably realistic eyes inspect one from flat white backgrounds. Cleverly drawn refracted light rays advertise new projects of the Little Theatre. Pots of paste, pages of gay designs, and leaves of soft-toned mounting paper herald the growth of studio files. Breton peasant girls follow Queen Elizabeth in Costume Design parade. Clear, bright inks interpret in a dozen combinations the colors of an iridescent vase. A bit of chiffon bearing the fresh imprint of a carved linoleum block stirs in a lake breeze. Southward, the pinnacles of the city rise in the distance, while beyond other windows miles of silver-and-blue Lake Michigan sweep to the eastern sky. A world to be explored is this, the land of easels, canvas, inks, brushes, and clay. When the student begins her explorations, she selects those tools that will make her journey easiest and most fruitful. Free-hand drawing and composition is followed by studies in color. In these courses, she learns the principles of selection and arrangement of the various elements of her composition, together with a sense of color that will enable her to achieve depth and realistic tones in her later work. Perspective is another highly technical course that is indispensable to any form of graphic art. These and other foundation courses prepare the student for more specialized work. Graphic advertising has proved to be very interesting and popular. This class learns the vari ous styles of lettering, symmetry and balance in advertisements, the making of posters, book jackets, magazine advertising, and advertising booklets, using black and white as a medium, either alone or in combination with other colors. Originality, arresting colors and designs, and fundamental good taste characterize the work produced. Design, too, offers many possibilities. Novel effects are achieved by methods long in use, and recent developments in the outside world of art, as well as discoveries within the studio walls, give freshness and individuality to the work. With all the enthusiasm of a medieval craftsman, the modern girl formulates or chooses her design and sets about tooling a unique cover for an exquisitely illuminated book. Delicate traceries in blue and gold bring out all the fragile beauty of parchment, a fitting background for a joyful Magnificat, or for some rare fragment of poetry from the past. At a table in an adjoining room, classmates work upon book ends for choice volumes, or dainty gifts with aurora cone designs. Painting, whether landscape or portraiture, is often the ultimate goal of these students, who use the practical courses as stepping-stones. Too often we believe, at least practically, in art simply for art's sake: but in these studios we are reminded that after all. beauty consists in doing beautifully that which must be done. f 19 3 1
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tower1931023
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Women and Leadership Archives http://www.luc.edu/wla
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Mundelein College Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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There are eight total Mundelein College yearbooks: 1931, 1932, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, and 1985.
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Mundelein College Collection
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Reading Room
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Print
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