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THE SKYSCRAPER Volley-Ball Tournament Closes Season DOUBLE HEADER OPENS SEASON yTeam Thra* defeated Team One 23 tOTfl,1 and Team Two lost to Team Four by a score of 41 to 15, in the double-header which opened the vol ley-ball tournament on Wednesday, April 15, in the Mundelein gymnasium. In the first game, two freshman teams battled through the first half, with Team One showing superior play ing ability. The players were in splendid condition and played with enthusiasm. The first ten-minute pe riod ended with a score of 16 to 8 in favor of Team One. In the second half, Team Three seemed to arouse from their lethargy, tied the score, and continued to score with alarming regularity until the end. When the final whistle blew, Team Three was ahead, with the score 28 to 19. The second game was not quite so interesting as the first. From the start, it was unquestionably one-sided. The sophomore team were strikingly alert on the offensive, and at the half brought the score to 22, with their opponents counting only 9. During the remainder of the game, both sides fought desperately to the very end, but Team Four did not lose the lead. The final score was 41 to 15 in favor of the sophomores. Final Games Wednesday afternoon, April 22, marked the windup of the volley-ball tournament at Mundelein, with Team Three champions of the school. The order in which the other teams finished is as follows: Four, Two, and One. On Wednesday, March 25, four teams entered the league, three of them representing the freshman class and the other the sophomore class. The first, second, and third teams wore the green uniform, symbolic of freshmen. The fourth team, blue-clad, were sophomores. From the first game to the last, en thusiasm was the chief factor in the tournament. Victors of the first games battled to keep their position, while the losers fought for a higher place. In every event the teams were well- matched, a fact that roused added in terest and enthusiasm on the part of the players and the spectators. Line-ups and scores for the last two games, which were the decisive ones, were as follows: Te/rapins Have Emblem Outfits 'he regulation gray suits worn by the student body while in swimming are no longer for Terrapin Club mem bers. These accomplished young ladies are now the proud possessors of striking new ensembles. The new suits are closely woven black wool, on the front of which the club's emblem is displayed. This em blem is a gold terrapin posing on a background of red. Brilliant gold caps complete the outfit, which will do much to spur swimmers on toward membership in the club. The old saying, All dressed up and no place to go, does not apply in this case; for these much-discussed suits will be first displayed at the Water Carnival given by the club, May 9, in the Mundelein swimming pool. Although many of the members will be in costume to portray The Dream of the Ancient Mariner, the new suits will be worn in the swimming and fancy diving events. I (25) Pauline Duzeski Lucille Connery Betty Duker Marion Pearson Evelyn-Lincoln Morel Farmer Mary.E. Buchanan III (32) -. Evelyn Lincoln velyn Steinmiller * Rila Patterson Mildred Hora II (26) Marion Siffermann Prances Davidson Evelyn McGowan Catherine Russell Helen Ryan Dorothy O'Connor Marion Curto IV (20) Gretchen Kretschmer Majella Mannebach Beatrice Pox YHelen Orvis Morel Farmer ff-ouise De Tamble Mary E. Buchanan (Dorothy Higgins larion Ryan /Alice Alexander iygaret McGillivray (Continued from Page 1, Column 4) the government on these towers of beauty, his tone became stern, as he uttered this prophecy, If Mexico is to regain her prosperity, the government must come to an understanding with the Church. The spirit of Easter joy which per vaded Mundelein was increased by the many thoughtful gifts which kept the sanctuary and altars of the Stella Maris Chapel beautifully decorated during the holy season. A lovely pot ted rose tree was the gift of Joe W. McCarthy. K.S.G. Mr. W. J. Lynch sent beautiful Easter lilies. The junior class, the freshman class, the Home Economics department, the Laetare Players, the Romance Language Cir cle, and the Mundelein Cecilians pre sented Easter lilies, palms, and ferns. HIGH SCHOOLS TRY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS Scholarship examinations will be held at Mundelein College on Satur day, May 2, at 10 a. m. Through the generosity of benefactors of the col lege, several scholarships are available for graduates of high schools of Chi cago and vicinity. There is, in addi tion to these, the Insull scholarship, which is restricted to high school graduates who are daughters of em ployees of the Commonwealth Edison Company. The examinations for all these scholarships will be held on Saturday. Intelligence tests, such as are given to newly-enrolled college freshmen for purposes of classification, are used in the examination. Luncheon will be served in the cafe teria after the examination, and then the examinees will be taken through the building. In the afternoon they will attend a program in the audito rium, given by members of the School of Music and of the School of Speech. (Continued from Page 1, Column 2) dents. There are at present nine schools represented, the only women's colleges being Mundelein and Rosary, while the other institutions which make up the membership are Loyola, De Paul, and Northwestern Universi ties, the University of Chicago, Ar mour Institute of Technology, the John Marshall Law School, and the Kent College of Law. The first organized meeting of the Council was held at the City Club, April 16, in the form of a dinner fol lowed by a round-table discussion of the problem, Resolved: That begin ning February 1, 1932, all naval con struction be discontinued. The meet ing was adjourned before a suitable solution was reached, thereby making it necessary to appoint two re porters, who are to meet the individual nations on neutral ground, obtain their views, and present solutions to the problem at the next meeting. The Council at present is limiting its business to those questions which are to be discussed at the League of Nations Model Assembly at the Uni versity of Chicago, May 18 and 19, in order that the members may be well enlightened on the subjects. At pres ent the Council meetings are open to the delegates only, but preparations are being made so that they may be open to an audience. At this time, it is the earnest hope of our delegates that there will be strong moral sup port among the audience in the form of members of their own student body. Zoologists See Motion Picture Instead of the expected discussion of the characteristics of amphineura, the zoology class enjoyed a moving picture during their regular lecture period on Monday, April 20. After a few minutes of preparation the shades were drawn, the screen lowered, and Harvesting the Deep, the first of three moving pictures on the fish industry, was flashed upon the screen. This picture gave all the details of fishing. The second film was From Catch to Can, which traced the steps ill the canning proc ess. The third picture, The Story of a Can of Salmon, showed the meth ods of packing and distribution. L ola Chemists Hold Exhibition (Continued from Page 1, Column 5) the other authors, but their genuine beauty could not be hidden. The Spinner, a charming poem, gave a delicate portrait or our Lady. Design for a House and The Upper Room, two examples of free verse, impres sively illustrated Father O'Donnell's unusual poetic gift. Wonder, an exquisite poem of the springtime, stirred a response in other foolish hearts, and brought the blue of April to our skies. You will note, he remarked, that I have chosen the poems of a religious nature. But, after all, religion is the thing that matters. Thus Father O'Donnell spoke to young hearts as a priest of God, as a poet who is al ways a priest. The final selection was a sonnet by Maurice Baring, which Father O'Don nell said had brought comfort to Notre Dame in its recent bereavement. Father O'Donnell's fresh and inspir ing outlook on life, his just apprecia tion of literature, and, more than all else, the evident depth of his spirit uality, made a profound impression on his audience. We of Mundelein Col lege are most grateful for this oppor tunity of being brought under this in fluence, and look forward to future talks by Father O'Donnell. Everyone who attended the first an nual creative chemistry exhibition pre sented by the Loyola University Col lege of Arts and Sciences, Sunday, April 19, in the Science Building, found something that was of especial interest to him or her. The feminine spectators were drawn as though by a magnet to the exhibit that demonstrated the making of deli cate perfumes from butric acid, dis agreeably known to housewives as ran cid butter. The head of the house, who was probably dragged along be cause no one else wanted to drive the car, found in the gasoline tests some thing he had wanted to learn for a long time. He knows now which gases are good for his car and which are not. Of course mothers felt quite at home in the sections devoted to food exhibits and to stain and dye demon strations. They also watched with wide-eyed attention the process that converted the common coal tar into aspirin. It was the chemical man, how ever, that aroused the greatest inter est. This man, made of tubes and glass coils, represented the digestive system of a human being. He was carefully fed a mixture of eggs and milk by the demonstrator, and every one watched with breathless attention the food's progress. It passed from section to section, changing in color and substance as it reacted with the materials that had been placed in the body, until it was finally released for analysis. A motion picture, How Biological Products Are Made, which explained the making and use of toxins and anti toxins, closed the exhibition. Much of the credit for the success of the exhibit is due to Father Louis J. Puhl, S. J., head of the Department of Science at Loyola, who sponsored it. His faith in the ability of his boys was well rewarded by their excellent performance that Sunday afternoon. STUDENTS SEE RARE VOLUMES (Continued from Page 1, Column 2) Intermezzo Sinfonico Mascagni Menuett from the E flat Major Symphony Mozart The Mundelein String Quintet The Last Spring Griej Black Eyes Horlich-Stone Pomp and Circumstance Elgar Director, Mr. H. J. Beringer Wurlitzer harp, courtesy of the Wur- litzer Music Company MEMBERS OE T1IE COIJ.E0E ORCHESTRA Violins: Elizabeth Boyle, Cathleen Dowd, Margaret Granger, Margaret McGillivray, Helen Newhouse, Kath erine Richter, Irene Timko, Virginia Kathryn Walsh. Viola: Josephine Valley. Violoncello: Mary Helen Boyle. Piute: Chesa Wolniewicz. Clarinets: Mary Flynn, Ruth McCabe. Cornet: Margaret Mahoney. Saxophones: Mar ion Delahunty, Evelyn Kleist. Trom bone: Anna Meyer. Drum: Harriet St. Clair. Harp: Jane Gramlich. Piano: Antonietta Tornabene. The Latin class on Thursday, April 23, had a rare treat when, instead of the usual class work, the members were shown the most interesting part, of the collection of books given by the Reverend John Rothensteiner to Mundelein College the classical col lection. These books vary in size, and the oldest editions are all beautifully bound in soft vellum. The class viewed first the early nineteenth century editions. Among these are a volume of Herodotus edited in 1830; a volume of the seven plays of Aeschylus; Arnold's edition of 1850 of Thucydides, with very large Greek type; the Comedies of Aristo phanes, edited by Bekker, one of th greatest German editors; Philosophi Patrum, a collection of three thousand '- ancient proverbs, written in Latin hexameters on one side and German on the other. The Life of Pythagoras by Iam- blichus, the oldest volume in the col lection, was published in 1598. It was written in Greek in one column and in Latin in the other. There is also a 1728 edition of the New Testament, which is written in very fine Greek type that has since gone out of use. It is extremely difficult to read. In the Latin collection there are two volumes of the plays of Plautus, the Delphine edition, in which all the notes are written in Latin. Another very old volume is Cornelius Nepos, edited by Von Staveren in 1734. There are sixteen volumes of Cicero's works, published in 1724; the complete works of Vergil, edited by Forbiger in 1845; Bentley's complete edition of Sueto nius, of 1072. Lucan's Pharsalia, pub lished in 1728, and a German edition of Claudian, from 1650, proved most interesting, but not more so than a 1713 Corpus Poetarum Latinorum in two volumes, containing the complete works and fragments of the Latin poets from Livius Andronicus to the hymn writers. A rival to lamblichus in antiquity is a Florilegium of quotations from Latin authors, arranged according to subject matter. It was edited by Jo seph Lang in 1598, and is bound in fine old tooled vellum. In this collection of books there are also many modern volumes, but it was these beautiful editions of the classi cal authors that the Latin class ex ulted in. (Continued from Page 1, Column l) great association. At the present time there are young women studying in Paris, Milan, Brussels, and Rome, and at the Catholic University in Wash ington. These women are preparing to return to their country to act as trained leaders in the Acci6n Catolica. One of the most interesting phases of action is carried on among the Catholic young men at the universi ties. There are no Catholic universi ties left in Mexico, and the teaching of the national schools is decidedly atheistic and materialistic. In order to combat this influence, the Catholic students are gathered together in clubs, under the direction of priests. The activities of these groups are athletic, intellectual, and instructive. They are of great value in preserving the Catholic spirit among the men of tomorrow. The aim of the Accidn Catolica is, in effect, the regeneration of Mexico by means of an informed Catholic pub lic opinion. Although the workers have gone far, they still have much to do. The odds against which they work are strong, but their determina tion is strong also, and, with the grace of God, they will win out. A MUNDELEIN COSMOPOLITE Often we do not realize the value of those we have among us For in stance, did you know that there is a sailor in our midst who has sailed the seven seas? One who, in his own words, has been almost everywhere but to Mars and Jupiter? What tales he could tell of dark-skinned natives of Hawaii and rosy-cheeked Irish lasses on their own shamrock-strewn soil From the wilds of Alaska to the cultured cities of England and France he has traveled, with that same Irish humor and sage philosophy spicing the hardships of his wanderings. Did you ever notice, in roamin through the corridors, an energetic el derly man who seemed to know ex actly where he was going and what he was about; one who, in the midst of his tasks had time to jest, with sober face and smiling eyes? If, some naefrtl-f U tv -. day it is impossible to disobey the im pulse to stop and chat with him, you will be delighted in your transgres sion. He will discuss aptly any sub ject that you may fancy. Versatile is not the adjective for him; he is, rather, remarkable in his knowledge of things entirely outside his sphere of work. Competence is one of his most able qualities, and thoroughness is his watchword. He is always busy, but never too busy to say a few words that send you away laughing. To speak with him is almost an ed ucation in itself, for he knows so many interesting people. Jack Lon don was one of his closest friends, one whose character he describes as both startling and loyal. London, he vol unteered, would weep at the sight of a wounded animal, but would flay a man until he drew blood, and never utter a word of sorrow. Father Tabb was also one of his friends, and our gentleman seems to have gained some of the poetic thought of that poet- priest. During the short interview, he quoted from St. Paul, Alexander Pope, and a group of other renowned writers and thinkers. And who, you ask, is this story book man? He is not the brilliant professor of ethics, nor is he the re nowned lecturer on history; he is Mr. Connelly, chief engineer of the col lege. There is nothing I admire more, he remarked, than a good Catholic girl. But in spite of his constant presence in the building and his ad miration of the Mundelein type of girl, he is acquainted with only a small minority of the student body. Benefactor Gives New Collection The Reverend John Rothensteiner, of St. Louis, Missouri, the kind bene factor who sent us so many books earlier in the year, has again added materially to Mundelein's library by the gift of r.ine cartons of books, some of which are priceless. Father Roth- ensteiner's collection comprises Span ish classics, among which are the com plete works of Lope de Vega and Cal- deron, classics in Anglo-Saxon, Greek, and Latin; a number of German and English works, and books on philol ogy. The Latin classics include the works of Plautus, Aristophanes, and Cicero. Some of these books date as far back as 1620, and will be a treas ured and scholarly addition to the col lege library. In giving to Mundelein, for the use of the students, what was a personal treasure. Father Rothensteiner has not only proved himself a benefactor to the college, but he has done a great piece of constructive work in modern education. Thank You It seems that the appeal for snails issued in last month's Skyscraper started a lively campaign for a bigger and better biology laboratory. Marjorie Johnson was the first to respond with some very fine fossils, and Ruth Volk man soon followed with six mature snails of the common variety. In addition to these, the biologists have also acquired, to date, two healthy chameleons, two cocoons, one turtle's exoskeleton, and an unusual abalone shell. If anyone is in doubt as to just what these are, she may visit the sixth floor, where the newly- acquired specimens are on exhibition. It would seem that it pays to adver tise. (And we are still advertising).
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