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Imerica Editor, English Writer To Lecture Here History Chairman Is on Committee X Scheduled for lectures here in Janu- r are two distinguished writers, the rerend Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., trary editor of America, and Alfred .;. lt;.-, author of No Other Man, The Bghwayman, and many books and ems. father Gardiner will speak on Jan. in Old Principles and New Books, I Mr. Noyes will address the student ly on Jan. 18, on Literature and Life. Sister Mary Augustina, B.V.M., chair man of the history department, is a member of the arrangements committee for the annual conference of the Ameri can Catholic Historical association, which will be held at the Stevens hotel, on Dec. 28 and 29. Assisting at the registration desk at the conference will be Patricia Gerlits and Elizabeth O'Grady, both history majors. Meeting concurrently with the Catholic association will be the Amer ican Historical society. THE .-. /- jpgfr* . A1*V E4HR bbiv gt;* * * att:: . -, t * * * - r *,**** Vol. XV MUNDELEIN COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 11, 1944 No. 5 In Friday Night Reprinted by request, this impressionistic sketch shows the College as it will appear on Candlelighting night. Christmas Brings Eleventh Volume Of Student Verse Members of Faculty Attend Conference merica Editor Writes Foreword f iBound in suede and stamped with the liege seal, Quest, Volume XI. anthol ry of student verse, will be issued on Be. 14. Originally an annual publica- t, the anthology is being issued bi- Inially for the duration. J Dedicated to Our Lady, Queen of ace, Quest Volume XI will have a reword by the Reverend Harold ardincr, editor of America, national Matholic review of the week. Father Gardiner, in the Foreword, tresses the fact that there is a frame ::' discipline disciplined spontaneity rich surrounds all true Catholic by. Staff members of Quest, which in- ides 94 poems by 51 contributors and istrations by eight artists, are Geral- le Thrope, editor, and associates lary Louise Hector, Irene Kenney, Ei- .n Murphy, Dorothy Rudman, Marion ing, Muriel Millar, and June Tatge. Mary Jane Harvey is art editor. 1 Miss Thorpe contributes the tradi- Ibnal Quest poem, and Miss Hector noes the first poem, for which Ruth nnigelsky has designated the frontis- .tce. ftitior contributors include Marjorie tnnaugh, Kathryn Fox. Irene O'Fla- j rty, Miss Hector, Miss Murphy, Stcl- (jj Sisto, Miss Tatge, and Mary Alice tinberg. (Continued on page 4, column 4) Sister Mary Bernarda, B.V.M., Dean of the College, and Sister Mary Bar- tella, B.V.M., Bursar, attended the twenty-fifth annual conference of the Illinois Association of Deans of Women at the La Salle hotel, Dec. 1 and 2. Acting president of the association is Olive B. White, author of The King's Good Servant and sister of Helen C. White, novelist. Discuss Quidance And Testing Plans For War Veterans Seniors and S.A.C. Plan Middie Party Navy blue will combine with Christ mas green when the Student Activities Council and the senior class entertain Midshipmen from Abbott Hall and Tower Court, Dec. 30. Jerry Stutz, S.A.C. president, is in charge of the dance, assisted by Mary Catherine Tuomey, senior class presi dent. Jean Casey, Charlotte Smith, Jean Spatuzza, Regina Bess, Coletta Clifford, Dolores Toniatti, and Mari anne Peterson are on the reception committee. Dorothy Gaffncy, Patricia Meany, and Jeanne Smith arc in charge of the mu sic, while Mary Frances Padden, Sheila Finney, Louise Pesut, and Pa tricia Hollahan are responsible for the checking. The home economics department will take care of refreshments. Mary Lavin and Irene Foster are on the decoration committee; Rita Anderson will take care of the music; Irene O'Flaherty will he chairman of the tag committee, and Lenore Brockhaus is ticket chairman. Faculty Member Presides At Psychology Meet Sister Mary Benedict, B.V.M., chair man of the department of education, presided at the fall meeting of the Chi cago Society for Catholic Psychologists, at the downtown school of Loyola uni versity, last Saturday. Discussion concerned a brief testing and guidance program for veterans, the elementary school child's vocabulary of religion, the place of rational psychol ogy, and a report on a committee to promote, supervise, and encourage re search on psychological problems in re ligious education. Sister Mary Benedict is president of the society; Thomas M. Kennedy is vice-president, and the Reverend Charles I. Doyle, S.J., is secretary. Students Draft Plans for V'E Day At S.A.C. Meeting If victory in Europe is announced on a school day, the entire student body will assemble in the auditorium to re cite the Rosary, sing the Te Dcum, and recite a prayer for peace, after which classes will be dismissed for the day. Proposed by the students, the plan was approved at the Student Activities Council meeting on' Nov. 30. Skyscraper Will Glow With 10 Story Cross of Candlelight Next Friday All Students Will Carry Carol Procession Marks Tapers in Symbolic Opening of Holidays Ceremony On Dec. 15 One thousand twinkling candles will glow in the auditorium at the annual Candlelighting ceremony at 4 p.m., on Friday, Dec. 15. Most impressive of college traditions, the ceremony will open with a proces sional of club and class leaders from the rear of the auditorium to the stage. Carrying lighted tapers, the students in the processional, before going to the stage, will kindle the tapers held by each student and Faculty member in the audience. Then, with 1000 twinkling candles lighting the auditorium, the Glee club will sing two seasonal numbers, for which Loretta Gburczyk, organist, and Bernicc Bielewa, violinist, will be ac companists. Irene Foster will read a Dedication, written by Mary Louise Hector; Jane Butler, Therese Faupel, and Joanne Roberts will read the Prophecies, and the Speech choir, wearing white choir gowns, will recite the Nativity story according to the Gospel of St. Luke, and the Magnificat. Then, with the words I touch you, O candle of faith, with light ... I christen you with fire, Jerry Stutz, president of the Student Activities Council, will light the huge All-College Christmas candle, with a taper kindled from the Sanctuary Lamp in the Chapel. Slowly, the lights will go out all over the assembly, each class extinguishing its tapers at a signal from an officer, and then, with a single flame, symbol of Christian unity burning on the stage, the students will sing Silent Night, and the assembly will dismiss in silence. Students Unite In Charity Drive Collect Food, Clothing for Aged and Needy Enlisting the cooperation of the en tire student body through each of the. classes, the Sodality, with Helen Walz as chairman and Mary Kay O'Leary, Charlotte Smith, and Mary Alice Wein berg as assistants, is planning an all- college Christmas charity project, in response to an appeal from the Little Sisters of the Poor. Food, clothing, and gifts of various types are being collected and will be displayed on Dec. 15. During the holi days, the gifts will be distributed at the Little Sisters' Home. Cooperating with the all-college proj ect, members of the Chemistry club, the Commerce club, the Debate club, and Writers, Inc., arc preparing individually- wrapped presents for each person in the Home, and members of the Eng lish Round Table and of the Laetare Players are sponsoring special food gifts. The International Relations club is providing reading material for the old people. Die Rothcnsteincr Gescllschaft, the German club, is continuing its an nual Christmas gift-for-Negro-children (Continued on page 4, column 3) A 10-story Cross of Candlelight will shine down over Sheridan Road when tapers are lighted simultaneously in 52 south windows of the skyscraper build ing, at 6:30 p.m., on Friday, Dec. 15. After individual class parties, stu dents will assemble on designated floors to join the caroling procession. Lead ing the procession from the third floor, the freshmen, singing, will proceed to the auditorium, with the sophomores coming from the fourth floor, juniors from the fifth, and seniors from the sixth. President Gives Message As the notes of the Christmas songs die away, Sister Mary Justita, B.V.M., President of the College, will address the assembly, giving the annual Christ mas Message from the Faculty. Taking up the carols again, the stu dents will leave the auditorium, proceed through the east door and around to the main entrance, where Jerry Stutz and Mary Catherine Tuomey, senior class president, will decorate the doors with red-ribboned wreaths. The joyful procession will continue into the main corridor where the stu dents will exchange greetings with the Faculty before leaving for the holidays. Sister Mary Justitia will light the Faculty Candle in the Chapel; Anne Sheahan '39, president of the Alumnae association, the Alumnae candle in room 205, and Miss Stutz will light the S.A.C. candle in room 204. Kindles Sodality Candle Rosemary Roeder, prefect of the So dality, will kindle the Sodality candle in the Chapel; Mary Catherine Tuomey, the senior class candle in room 806; Mary Frances Padden, the junior class candle in room 504; Marianne Peterson, the sophomore class candle in room 404; and Jeanne Smith, the freshman class candle in room 304. Club presidents who will light tapers are Lois Shay, Alpha Omicron, in room 204; Marjorie Schaller, Art club, in room 801; Mary Patricia Hutton, Com merce club, in room 505; Patricia Cur ran, Debate club, in room 404. Light Club Candles Mary Davy will light the candle for the English Round Table in room 803: Angela LaCesa, French club, in room 710; Ursula Brodbeck, German club, in room 803; Dellamae Laughlin, Glee club, in room 708; Amalia Kukalski, In ternational Relations club, in room 304. Betty Howard, Laetare Players, in room 804; Rita Guinane, Mu Nu Sig ma, in room 204; Dorothy Ann Grill, Orchestra, room 709; Barbara Ann Frick, Organ guild, in room 705; Betty Ann Yunker, Piano club, in room 711; Geraldine Thorpe, Poetry society, in room 707; Jayne King, Press club, in room 707. Represent Red Cross Dorothy Rudman, Red Cross unit, in room 802; Joan La Montagne, resident students, in room 605; Florence Miller. Safety Council, in room 802; Kathryn Fox. Biology club, in room 604; Dor othy Geishecker, room 604; Therese Rees, Mathematics club, in room 605. Mary Louise Hector, Stylus club, in room 707; Mary Jane Kent, Terrapin (Continued on page 3, column 2)
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1944-12-11 (1)
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