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.... . :r , gt;rt * V ISH5:LJLsA ff thie, myici Volume III MUNDELEIN COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 21, 1933 Number 7 FACULTY MEMBER DIES FEB. 7 AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS JUNIORS AND GUESTS WILL PROMENADE AT THE STEVENS Student Body Attends Funeral at St. Ignatius Church on Thursday The faculty and students were grieved by the announcement of the death of Sis ter Mary Ehrentrude, B. V . M., instructor in chemistry at Mundelein, who died at St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, after a brief illness. Although Sister Mary Ehrentrude had been at Mundelein only one semester, in that short time her quiet friendliness, her unfailing good humor, and her earnestness about both her religious life and her pro fessional work has already won the re spect and affection of both faculty and students. Specialized in Chemistry In September, 1932, Sister Mary Ehr entrude became a member of the faculty in the department of chemistry, in which subject she had specialized in her under graduate studies at Marquette University and in her graduate work at the Univer sity of Iowa. Since the first of the year, Sister had been in failing health, but she continued her class work until the close of the se mester. On Saturday, Feb. 4, she was taken to St. Francis Hospital, where an operation was performed. Sister received the last Sacraments on Sunday evening, but she lived until Tuesday morning at 8:35. Requiem Mass at St. Ignatius The funeral was held from St. Ignatius Church on Thursday morning, at 9 o'clock. The Reverend Robert M. Kel ley, S. J., president of Loyola University, celebrated the Requiem High Mass; the Reverend James J. Mertz, S. J., professor of senior religion at Mundelein, acted as deacon; the Reverend Joseph McLaugh lin, S. J., professor of philosophy, was sub-deacon; and the Reverend F. G. Di- neen, S. J., pastor of St. Ignatius Church, was Master of Ceremonies. ( Continued on Page 4, Col. 5) A Front-Page Secret Harlequins, pierrots, colom- bines, confetti, punch, cotillions not dances Have you heard ru mors, too? Everybody talks about it; these very few facts have been heard about it. The scene will be the gymnasium, on Feb. 28; the decorations will be some thing unique, just what, we can not say; French students of Loy ola and other friends of the Mun delein students will be present; there will be dancing and refresh ments. But, ssh, it's a secret Mosaics Reveal Student Talent Music Department Presents Recital By Frances Davidson Piano and pipe organ numbers, violin solos, vocal selections, and Glee club chor uses made the recital held Friday evening, Feb. 17, in the Mundelein auditorium, a real event in the college world of music. The final number, Mendelssohn's Ca- priccio Brillante, was executed with re markable skill and feeling. The violin solos merited mention because of the sen sitive interpretation of the player. The two Concerto's were brilliantly presented, and the pipe organ and vocal selections lent appropriate variety to the entertain ment. The program follows: The Bells, by Montani; Let AU My Life Be Music, Spross; The Sleigh, Kountz; by the Mundelein College Glee club. Double Concerto in E flat, Mozart- Sarr, played by Ruth Hottinger and Jes sie Kramer. Concert Overture in C mi nor, Hollins, organ solo, Mae Murphy. Andante and Scherzettino, Op. 80, Chaminade, played by Rita Eppig and Ruth Hottinger. The Star, Rogers; The Icicle, Bassett; vocal solos, Frances Mik- kelson, Emer Phibbs accompanying. Concerto in G minor, op. 22, Saint- Saens, third movement, Mildred Sperry; orchestral parts at second piano, Miss Phibbs. The Hills of Gruzzia, Gretchan- inoff, vocal solo by Josephine Valley, ac companied by Miss Hottinger. Concerto in D minor, op. 23, Mac- continued on Page 4, Col. 3) By Evelyn Lincoln The Laetare Players proved beyond question Sunday night, Feb. 12, that the Mosaics should continue to be an an nual event at Mundelein college, for the pleasing variety of the plays, the excep tional acting of the members of the three casts, and the excellence of the scenery and lighting, made the Mosaics of 1933 a delightful performance. Also contributing to the success of the evening was the Mundelein College or chestra under the capable leadership of Mr. Beringer. The Exiled Princess, the fantasy that opened the evening's entertainment, introduced to the audience a most color fully arrayed cast Lovely Chinese dancers, Illyrian princesses, dignified la dies of the court, and handsome noblemen met in an exiled king's garden to thrash out the tangled knots of love and politics that brought them together. The most capable performance of the play was given by Frances Burke, who played the part of Patina, the wistful, 20-year-old princess of Illyria. Marga ret Wenigman's excellent impersonation of the feckless ex-king of Illyria is also worthy of mention. Too much praise cannot be given to Mary Agnes Tynan whose stirring char acterization of La Torche, in the play A Toast That We Can Drink, ex celled that of any other individual player. For the short duration of the play, Miss Tynan, the student, was gone and in her place was an embittered, ruthlessly cruel hag who held the audience tense as (Continued on Page 4, Col. 2) Secure Bids From Committee and Officers for Prom on Friday Night By Justine Feely With the second semester safely started on its course, we again become socially minded and our thoughts turn to the Junior Prom which is scheduled early this year, Feb. 24, in order that pre-Lenten activities may cease on a merry note. The lovely main dining room of the Ste vens hotel has been chosen for this first formal dance of the year, and George Devron and his orchestra, who play reg ularly at the Stevens, have been engaged for the evening. The Prom will be a closed affair. Flan to Have Promenade There will be a formal promenade this year, starting promptly at 11:00 o'clock. Lenore Manning, chairman, will lead the right wing, and Katherine Brennan, class president, will lead the left wing. The cheery red-and-gold bids are now on sale and may be procured from any member of the committee or at the bid booth in the bookstore. The price of bids has been reduced to three dollars. Class Officers Assist Committee Those assisting Miss Manning with the arrangements are Justine Feely and the class officers, Katherine Brennan, Berna dette Culkin, Gloria Barry, and Betty- Smith. Sylva Aronian and Irene Galvin, junior art students, are responsible for the gay announcement posters. Professor Tells Of Japan From Inside TWO DEBATES ON RADIO QUESTION HELD THIS WEEK The Reverend Raphael N. Hamilton, S. J., Marquette University Retreat Master Talks to Editors COMMERCE BRIDGE SCORES SUCCESS The Commerce club is proud to an nounce that its first public venture, the card party given in the French room of the Drake hotel, on Saturday, Feb. 4, was a success and was well-attended in spite of the sudden cold weather. The prizes, real inducements to excel lent bridge-playing, were small leather triple-compacts in red, black, brown, or green, and were awarded to the winner at each table. The door prize, a cameo ring, was won by Geraldine Koenig. When Betty Agnew, Mary Elizabeth Stiles, Alice Yocum, and Mary Dick, the committee in charge of the party, counted the returns, they discovered that they had more than covered the expenses of the party and that the balance would take care of club expenses for the remainder of the year. When Professor Schmeing introduced the guest speaker, the Reverend Bruno Bitter, S. J., on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. IS, he described him as the vice- president of Jochi University, Tokio, the son of a former leader of the Central party in Germany, a student of history, a former spy in Russia, and the most interesting man he had ever met. With his clipped German accent, Father Bitter began by saying that in order to understand the present conditions in Japan, one must understand the Oriental mind, since the chief difficulty of the Cau casian in dealing with Orientals is his failure to consider the difference of race. Father Bitter has spent years in Japan and in the study of the Japanese question, and he is competent to speak with author ity on the subject. He defends the Jap anese from the charge that they are tricky, laying this impression to the fact that they have immobile faces and almost per fect self-control. In speaking of the Manchurian ques tion, Father Bitter declared that Japan has the right by natural law to send her overflow population to Manchuria, which adjoins the state of Japan. Manchuria was formerly a deserted province and it cannot, he insists, be proved that it ever was a part of China. Then, too, Father continued, for the past twenty years there has been inter nal dissension in Japan because of the predominance of two political factions, (Continued on Page 4, Col. 4) By Evelyn Lincoln Relaxed comfortably in a great arm chair that was pushed back from the breakfast table, and smoking a happy choice of cigar, Father Hamilton per mitted three very inquisitive students to delve into his past and dig up many of his likes, dislikes, and opinions and all with the most genial, friendly air imag inable The whole atmosphere of the breakfast room with its green-tinted walls, deeper green drapes shutting out the grey drab- ness of the morning, fragile pink blos soms nodding among the sparkling sil ver and glassware, and soft, homey glow of tall candles banished all thoughts of stiffness or formality, so, before long, all of us were laughing and talking like old friends What is the greatest difficulty you have to face as a retreat master, Father? I asked, after the getting-acquainted pro cess was over. Father chuckled 'way down in his throat. You've probably suspected it, he said in his slow, deep, Western drawl. It is that I never have time enough to say all I want to say in the time I have to say it In that talk on Heaven, for instance, he went on, why, I didn't tell you even a part of the things I wanted to say about heaven. There are a lot of interesting things about heaven, you know, he ended with a whimsical little smile. Much as we wanted to hear about heav en we had to go on with our questions. (Continued on Page 3, Col. 5) Meet Northwestern Monday Here; at University Wednesday In its third intercollegiate debate of the season, the debating team of Mundelein met the women's team from Northwest ern university last night at 8:15 in the auditorium. Mundelein, on her home ground, de fended the affirmative of the proposition, Resolved: That the Federal Radio Com mission should be empowered to organ ize the radio broadcasting industry into a single, privately-owned, monopolistic concern, subject to Federal regulation. Uphold Negative at Northwestern On Wednesday, Feb. 22, at the same time of the evening, a second Mundelein team will uphold the negative of the ques tion at Northwestern. Gretchen Kret schmer, Katherine Brennan, and Mary Agnes Tynan were the hostesses and de baters last night. On Washington's birthday, Elizabeth Fraser, Jane Spalding, and Ruth Tangney will debate for Mundelein. The audi ence, which decides the outcome in both debates, gave the decision to Mundelein on Monday evening. Urge Attendance at Final Contest In view of the important position that radio holds in every-day life; and the in escapable influence that it exerts on pres ent-day thought, the friends, guests, and students of both Northwestern and Mun delein should be vitally interested in a discussion of this question, which would, if carried out, revolutionize the radio industry. All are most cordally invited to attend. Last night's competition marked the second encounter between the teams of the two schools. Last year, the women's team of Northwestern came to Munde lein to debate the prominent question, Resolved: That Great Britain should grant immediate independence to India. FRESHMEN SOLVE COLLEGE PUZZLE Debate with Loyola Over WLS Saturday Sallie Agnes Smith and Ruth Tangney will defend the negative of the cancellation of war debts question over station WLS, at 12:30 p. m., Saturday, Feb. 25. Virginia Hcaly and Evangeline Cohan, freshmen, received the student award for the first solution of the crossword puzzle printed in the Jan. 17 issue of the Sky- scrai'Er. The subscriber award was received by Mary Queen of Heaven Con vent, Cicero. Ten minutes after the papers had been distributed, the energetic freshmen turned in their answers. They had been near the elevator when the papers were brought to the bookstore, and, having nothing urgent to do, they set about working the puzzle. Upon inquiry it was discovered that the question causing most controversy among the students was: An insignifi cant but necessary element of a college, which proved to be a freshy. The puzzle was the work of Loretta Brady and Charlotte Wilcox, freshman pledges of the Press club. Father Pernin Tells of History of Cinema The Romance of the Movies came to life on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 1, when the Reverend Claude J. Pernin, S. J., formerly professor at Loyola Univer sity and at Mundelein College, now on the faculty of St. Xavier's College, Cin cinnati, spoke to the students. Father Pernin quoted Will Hays, some times called the czar of the movies, as saying that no story ever written for the screen is as dramatic as the storj- of the screen itself. His listeners saw the truth of this as he proceeded to tell the story of the movies from their earliest beginnings down to the famous Birth of a Nation in 1915, which was a culmination of the silent films unsurpassed even to the pres ent day. The speaker fittingly remarked that the miracle of yesterday is the common place of today, and concluded by say ing that now, through the recording of sound on the screen, we are able not only to see the great leaders of mankind in action, but also to hear their messages, and that, in a certain sense, the story of the cinema has been one of death swal lowed up in victory. Father Pernin reminded the students that the movies are a big factor in our civilization because of their influence for good or for evil. It is his opinion that those which are the most dangerous are those which are most subtle which break down principles and lower ideals.
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