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JUNIOR ' r3-, - - -,-' LUflti io-ynv - , * .* * Vf .?- ISSUE VI1L. XX a Mundelein College. Chicago 40. Feb. 18, 1952 No. 8 Music Department Honors Late Chairman; Presents Compositions In Concert Honoring Sister Mary Rafael, department and composer of ma dents will present a program of assembly. Feb. 26. Among tier published musical compo sitions are a Mass in honor of Christ the King; a three-part chorus entitled Ecce Sacerdos; a musical setting for the Nine ty-fourth Psalm; and hymns in honor of Christ the King, the Blessed Virgin, and the Little Flower. Muriel Meinken Ponce de Leon '46, who made her musical debut with the Grant Park Symphony orchestra, will interpret two of Sister's piano compo sitions. Mrs. Ponce de Leon is musical ar ranger on the staff of Radio Station WLS. The Glee club will present vocal numbers under the direction of Mr. Adal bert Huguelet. After an illness of nine months, Sister died at the Motherhouse of her Congre gation, Feb. 9. She was chairman of the Music department from 1930-1933 and irom 1934 to 1951. Sister Mary John Michael, B.V.M., President of the College, and Sister Mary Francis Xavicr, chairman of the Music department, represented Mundelein at the funeral, Feb. 12. at Mount Carmel, Du buque. Sister Mary Rafael studied at Loyola university, took a Master of Music de gree at the American Conservatory of Music, and did advanced work at the State University of Iowa. Sister served as judge of the Piano solo competition sponsored by the Cath olic High School Music Education con ference in Kimball hall, and held a guest scholarship in 1949 to the Gregorian Institute of America. TV Star Appears On Program For Red Cross Drive (Picture on Page 3.) With Jacqueline Fasules in command, the 1952 Red Cross fund drive will open Feb. 28 at the all-college assembly and will extend through March. Mabel Walters, Ph.D., national direc tor of college activities, and Josephine Dawson, director of Chicago Chapter college activities, will attend the assembly. To spur the drive, Mr. Kenneth Nor- dine, narrator of the Chicago Symphony program on television, and recently master of ceremonies for the 400 House Party TV show, will appear at the assembly. Another guest will be Mr. Francis Mil- ligan, chairman of Red Cross college ac tivities. He attended Loyola and Notre Dame and was graduated from the Har vard law school. He will explain ex actly where the money goes which stu dents contribute and will answer any questions concerning Red Cross. Two humorous skits under the direc tion of Lucille Hamilton. Rita Frische. and Lucille Boldt will give sidelights on reat Lakes Naval Hospital ward parties id on the frightened blood donor. Climaxing the assembly will be a movie the blood donor drive. Publicity is ler the chairmanship of Jean Hirsch, d by Sybil Lillie. B.V.M., late chairman of the Music ny musical selections, Music stu- her compositions at the all-college Faculty Tea And Quiz Launch Book Week Here Library Presents Two Displays of Neiv Volumes (Picture on Page 3.) Christian Readings for Joyous Living is the theme of Catholic Book Week, Feb. 17 to 23. In observance of the week, the library has two displays in the second floor read ing room, and hundreds of new books on exhibition for students to examine. Book Week began officially here with a Faculty tea, yesterday. Climax of this event was the New Reference Books con test, which was arranged for the Faculty by Miss Eleanor Tanner. Education is the subject of one display. It includes such provocative books as W. F. Buckley's God and Man at Yale, John R. Ryan's Beyond Hu manism. Richard Sullivan's Notre Dame and many others. Many traditional authors, including Pierre Batiffol, Maurice Zundel, and Dom Virgil Michel, along with contemporary writers are represented in the liturgy dis play. Among the more recent works on ex hibit are Hildebrand's Liturgy and Per sonality, Liturgical Worship by Jo seph Jungmann, and The Sacramental Way, by Mary Perkins. Another exhibit consists of the Catholic Writer's Guild Awards. These are Total Empire by Edmund Walsb. S.J., Ascent to Truth, by Thomas Merton, and F'resh and Open Sky, by Richard Sullivan. The library bulletin board in the lounge gives previews of the new books in the library. Typewriters Keep Pushing; Current Contests Inspire As a Catholic Press Month project the F'nglish and Art departments have an nounced the annual Creative Writing and Creative Art contests, designed to encourage the literary and artistic abil ities of the students. The Creative Writing contest has five divisions, essay, verse, short story, edi torial, and contemporary criticism. All entries in this contest are to be sum- mitted in Room 506. Art entries consist of illustrations that have appeared in The Review and The Skyscraper. Deadline for all contri butions is April 3. The Christophers have announced a contest designed to illustrate what the in dividual, with God's help, can do to make his influence felt for the good of many. Prizes totaling 10,000, with a first prise of 2,000, will be awarded the win ners. The contest opens on Feb. 27 and closes on April 13. Anyone may enter the con test by writing in 1600 words or less a factual account of something he has done for the advantage of many. They're Yearning For Learning When Feb. 20 and 21 roll around, the seniors will learn just how much they don't know and quite a number may be startled when they realize just how much they do know. The senior comprehensive examina tions (comprehensive means including much) will be given from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday and Thursday. The comprehensives are designed to test the range and depth of concen tration of each student in her major field of study. Review Presents Education Theme (Picture on Page 4.) A humorous sketch of A Day in a Religious Teacher's Life, by Dolores Pen kala, is one of the contributions to the Winter issue of The Review, to api gt;car next week. Catholic Education in the United States is the theme of the issue. In a more serious vein is Joan Acker- niaiin's article on education in early America. Margaret Ackermann illustrates the piece. Mary Ann Wenzel's investigation into the problem of co-edueation, and an essay on academic freedom by Mary Schweit zer add to the study of Catholic educa tion. Illustrating The Arch and the Dove, an essay by Barbara Heintz concerning student government in the Catholic school, is art editor Patricia Winkler. Helen Schneider pictures The Little Girl, a short story by Janet Parmalee. Review co-editor Agnes Reiter contri butes to the issue a fantasy, Express Down, while Virginia Clinite and Vivian Spitali review Agnes de Mille's auto biography and Richard Sullivan's Notre Dame, respectively. Rosemary Regan reviews the Olivier New York productions of Caesar and Cleopatra and Anthony and Cleopatra. (Continued on Page 4, Col. 5.) Ready for the Junior Prom Officers Loretta Neff, Anita Williams, and Joan Garrow preview their gowns for the Junior Prom, Feb. 22 at the Conrad Hilton Hotel. Dear Seniors, Sophomores, Freshmen Just as the nation celebrates annually Washington's birthday, so also does the Mundelein Junior class sponsor annually the Junior Prom. Since Feb. 22 is proclaimed a national holiday, the Juniors invite Mundelein students and their friends to celebrate this day by attending the prom. In the North Ballroom of the Conrad Hilton Hotel, Del Rene and his orchestra will supply the dance music for the guests. Included in the price of the bid is a promise of a most enjoyable evening. The Juniors have decided that the dance will be semi-formal, meaning the girls come in net, satin, or velvet gowns while their es corts are not obliged to come in formal, although neither tux nor tails are prohibited. Anita Williams, Junior social chairman, is in charge of the dance, while Loretta Neff, vice-president,' is handling the publicity. Betty Garrity. SAC representative, and Jeanne Leahy, sergeant-at-arms, selected the bids and are arranging for their disposal. Yolanda Volini. SAC representative, and Velma Mooney, secretary of the SAC, selected the orchestra, and Miss Williams chose the room. Joan Garrow, treasurer, is responsible for the funds, and Mary Fellegi, secretary, and Clare Hillyard. president, are assisting all the cftmmittees. The Season's The Reason For Mardi Qras Benefit NFCCS Sponsors Program For Foreign Students Mundelein students may ignore the enticing winter tourist advertisments hawking the wonder of New Orleans :il Mardi Gras time. The NFCCS Overseas Service Pro gram group will import for that day, Feb. 26, all the gay-carefree sophisti cation of Mardi Gras for a special one- night benefit in the auditorium and gymnasium The OSP. with Donna Merwick, chairman will sponsor this project to raise the student quota of contributions and thereby monetarily aid Catholic college students in Europe and Asia. The Mardi Gras will begin at 7 p.m. in the college auditorium with a show ing of the movie. The Spectre of the Rose, and of a short film. The March of the Movies. Mary Schweitzer is chairman of the Ticket committee for the movie and Sheila Walsh. Eileen Smyth, June Viet zen. Mary Ilemnier, Joan Bruno, Pa tricia Hanlon, and Gloria Franchi are on the Ticket committee. The program will he written by Velma Mooney, Yo landa Volini, and Miss Merwick. At 9 p.m., the Mardi Gras revelers will be invited to the carnival grounds, where they may buy coffee, cake, candy, and popcorn. Mary Fellegi and Mary Rose Allen will manage the cake booth; Gloria Kowaleski, Mary Cay Hannon, and Alice Pawlak will sell candy at their booth; and Patricia King, Patricia O'Brien. I.eda Pitaro, and Mary Ann Lashmet will manage the popcorn ma- . chine. Guests at the Mardi Gras will be entertained by a vaudeville show star ing Margery Prendergast, Virginia Flanagan, Clare Hillyard, and Donna Fox. If the revelers wish, they may visit Eileen Tracy at the speculation booth, have their pictures snapped by Joan Garrow. Jeanne Leahy, and Gina Moran. Loretta Neff and Carol Seguin will draw caracatures at the party. Mary Mahoney and Dorothy Hertl will con duct the parcel post booth, distributing packages from college students through out the United States. The carnival grounds will be dec orated by Dolores Donohue, Barbara Mann, Joan Cahill, Joy Fanelli, Blan- dina Beitoo, Agnes Reiter, Barbara Smith, and Patricia Hooper. Publicity for the Mardi Gras festiv ities will be directed by Dolores Sul livan. Aiding her will be Joan Horan, Elayne Smyth, Katheryn Winn, JoAnne Picola, Barbara Heintz. Janet Parma lee. and Loretta Healy. Faculty Hear Educator, Writer, Lecture Today John Julian Ryan, author, lecturer, and general adviser to the Catholic University of America workshop on Catholic Administration will address the Faculty today at 4 p.m., in 405. A Harvard graduate who has been on the faculties of Holy Cross and Bos ton colleges, Mr. Ryan will discuss his views on higher education as devel oped in two of his hooks, The Idea of a Catholic College and Beyond Hu manism. Accompanying Mr. Ryan will he his wife, Mary Elizabeth Perkins, author of At Your Ease in the Catholic Church, Mind the Baby, and other works. Justice Qroup Marks Brotherhood Week In conjunction with the national obser vance of American Brotherhood week, the last week in February, the Inter racial Justice club will hold panel dis cussions and will present an exhibit in Room 402. The club, a campus extension of the NFCCS Interracial commission, will also take a poll of Mundelein students to de termine their views on race relations.
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1952-02-18 (1)
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