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HIE. IlHSflAIPIEK Win Literary Awards II. XIX Mundelein College, Chicago Illinois, October-4, 1948 No. iine New lembers Join bllege Faculty Two Return from Study In Washington, D.C., Europe pe new members have joined the bllj this year; two have returned leaves oi absence ior study, and J Sister Man Augustina, B. V. M.. been granted leave tor research in Rational Archives in Washington, C. Sister Mary Ambrose. B. V. M.. (ices Sister Mary' Augustina as mail of the History department. Her Mary Basiline, B. V. M.. who k the past year studying in Bu st lias returned to the Philosophy itmcnt, of which she is chairman. r Mary Therese. B. V. M.. who led a Doctor of Philosophy degree I Georgetown university in June, plumed to the Physics depart- Studied at Michigan per spent two years doing lotted work in mathematics, astro- R and physics at the University li Michigan. Then she accepted an Bon to work under the supervision J the Reverend Francis J. Hcydcn, at the Georgetown college ob- inlory. Sltcr Mary Therese is the only Sis kin the world who holds a doctorate itrononiy and the only Sister and Brst of three women on whom Metown has conferred the doctor's B. Her dissertation is a Statisti cally of the Distribution of Stars pit Region of Cygnus. Was Provincial Superior ttr Mary Adorinus. B. V. M., who I I Master's degree from Mar ie university and who is a former facial Superior of the Sisters of gr, B. V. M.. has joined the staff History department, beth Balch. M. S.. who did her jte work at the University of ita. is a new Faculty member in Biology department, patinucd on page 4. column 1.) Sophomores Plan Autumn Cotillion The Gold Room of the Congress hotel will furnish an autumn-hued background for the annual Sopho more Cotillion, Friday evening, Oct.' 22. Social chairman Patricia Dee has secured Johnny Olin's orchestra to provide music from 9 to 12. Judy McNulty, class president, is super vising arrangements. Chemist Presents Oxidation Theory To National Group Rosalie Leutgocb. Ph. I gt;.. of the Chemistry department, will exhibit her theory of Oxidation Mechanism at the American Chemical society's Trail Blazers exhibit, Oct. 12. The exhibition will consist of six test tubes containing varying concentrations of dyes which duplicate the colors pro duced in the actual oxidation reaction, chemical equations showing the reac tion's progress, and statements explain ing the chemical change. Dr. Leutgocb presented her theory before the American Chemical society last year. For the experiments upon which the theory is based, very dilute solutions of potassium permanganate, an oxidizing substance, are used. Thus the various color changes which occur as the reaction proceeds are readily observed. Registration Reaches 912 According to an announcement from the Registrar's office, there are 912 students at Mundelein this year. There are 174 seniors; 174 jun iors; 248 sophomores; 302 fresh men, and 14 special students. Sixty-one students are in resi dence at the College, and 851 commute from various parts of the city and suburbs. Introduce Vital Books Plan For Students To Serve As Reading Guide In Various Fields Ever wonder what books you really should read? A reading list, designed to answer such queries, will be on sale in the bookstore this week. The list, prepared by a Faculty com mittee, is part of a Reading Plan be ing introduced experimentally in the College this fall. Included on the list are Vital Books, grouped under three headings, Religion, General Literature, and Special Fields. Officially inaugurated with the Class of 1952. the Plan will also serve Students of other classes as a guide in outside reading. Assigned reading for all Religion classes will be drawn from the list. Thus, freshmen will chose books from the divisions of Scripture, Converts, Apologetics, and Devotion. Sophomore divisions include the Life of Christ, Biography, Theology, and Religion in the Modern World. (continued on page 4, column 3.) Faculty, Students, Entertain Parents Parents of the students will be guests of the College at the annual Parent- Daughter Day reception and tea, Sun day, Oct. 10, from 3 to 5 p. m. After meeting members of the Ad ministration, the parents, escorted by their own daughters, will tour the buildings and meet members of the Faculty. Student committee chairmen include Mary Lou Hafner, in charge of the Re freshments ; Mary Patricia McCabc, in charge of Arrangements; Eileen Kenne dy and Therese Urbanek, violin ists, and Marilyn Egan. pianist, who will entertain. jWing Ladies Enter Freshman Class Patricia Kiely '49, right, and Lois Hassenauer '50 won national honors in the annual Atlantic Monthly short story contest for college students. First Laetare Drama Is Lady of Fatima Players Dramatize Present'Day Miracle First dramatic production of the year will be Lady of Fatima, by the Rev erend Urban Naglc, O. P., with the Laetare players and assisted by Loyola students taking part. Originally produced by Blackfriars Guild in New York, the play will have its first Chicago showing here. Oct. 29 and 31, in the evening, and at a mati nee, Oct. 30. Up to the present time, Lady of Fatima is the only play written that dramatizes the appearances of the Blessed Virgin to the three children at Portugal in 1917. Student tickets to the play, already paid for in the regular Student Activi ties fee. may be secured at the Service club desk in the freshman lounge. Freshmen who were top-ranking students in their high school classes include, foreground: Eleanor Shableski and Joan McNichols; Background, clockwise, Betty Adler, Joan Latz, Jane Kenealy, Marilyn Tucker, Marion Kennedy, Mary Ann Siefert. Barbara Ponozzo. and Therese Thomas. (Story in column. 4.1 10 First Ladies Add Distinction To Class of '52' The 302 members of the Class of 1952 come from 74 high schools in the United States and Canada, and 10 of them ranked first, scbolastically. in their senior classes. Betty Adler led her class at Munde lein Cathedral: Jane Kenealy was first in her class at Siena: Marion Ken nedy was first at St. Sebastian's, and loan Latz was first at Mercy. (continued on page 4. column 5) Pardon Our Pride Both the Review and the Skyscraper have again earned All-Catholic Honors in an annual survey conducted by the Catholic School Press association. Both publications also received Ail-American Honors from the Associated Collegiate Press. All Catholic Honors arc given for diffusion of Catholic thought and pro motion of Catholic activity; for enter prise and service to the school and its community; and for editorial form. Editors of the Review last year were Ruth Casey and Kay Malatesta. Sky scraper editors were Marilyn Tambur rino and Frances Wager. Patricia Kiely Wins Atlantic Story Contest Donovan Was Brave Merits Scholarship To Breadloaf School The announcement in June that senior Patricia Kiely had won first place in the Atlantic Short Story contest brought her nation-wide fame, a fifty-dollar prize, and scholarships for herself and her teacher, Sister Mary Irma, B.V.M., to the Breadloaf School of English in Vermont Sponsored by Middlebury college, the famed Breadloaf school had an enroll ment this summer of more than 200 students from 37 states. Although there was just one other undergraduate en rolled besides Miss Kiely, approximate ly 40 per cent of the students were fairly recent college graduates. The others were experienced teachers and writers. Writers On Faculty Staff members and literary neighbors of the school included Warren Beck, no velist and short story writer; Robert Frost, poet: and William ITazlitt Up son, author of the Alexander Bott stories in the Saturday Evening Post. Sister Mary Richard, B. V. M chair man of the English department, and Sister Mary Irma. B. V. M., moderator of the Mundelein College Review, in which the prize-winning story ap peared, attended the school sessions, from July 30 to August 14. Edits College Review Entitled, Donovan Was Brave, Miss Kieie's story appeared last year in the Review, campus literary maga zine. This year. Miss Kiely. with loan Aker. edits the Review. Junior Lois Hassenauer also received recognition in the Atlantic contest, win ning a Top position among the lead ing 25 stories. Her entry is entitled Ach. Willi. Jal Honor Mother Clarke In Annual Ceremony At Assembly Tomorrow The Reverend Raymond O'Brien, pas tor of Blessed Sacrament church, will give the annual Foundress Day address, honoring Mother Mary Francis Clarke, foundress of the Sisters of Charity. B. V. M.. at the general assembly, to morrow, at 1 p. m.
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1948-10-04 (1)
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