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XVII MUNDELEIN COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JANUARY 20, 1947 ADE No. 7 suit Sociologist Guides dtinual Three-Day Retreat The annual student three-day retreat will be held this year from E 28-31, under the guidance of the Reverend Louis G. Weitzman, L sociology professor at West Baden college. For some years, Father Weitzman was head of the sociology de- jtments at John Carroll university, Cleveland, and at the University of ftroit. He was later a lecturer in sociology at the Institute of Social penccs, St. Louis university, established in 1944 as a cooperative un- taking of all the Anierican Jesuit universities. Father Weitzman has lectured, both here and in England, on so- Blogical subjects. His lecture on juvenile delinquency was given to ri any high schools and colleges during the past year. Holy Mass, celebrated at 8:45 each morning in the auditorium, 111 open each day of prayer and silence. Three conferences a day 11 be held, one in the morning at 10:45, and two in the afternoon, at lo anel 2:15. Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament will conclude Eh day's program. Plans Prom dviser Writes ifety Article fnaoits of safe living are a moral liousiuiiity eacn individual must ac- fc somewhere in the course of his ation if he is to become an efficient happy unit in a complex society, jtes bister Alary Carmelyn, B.V.M., Uty adviser of the campus Red ks unit, in the January, 1947, issue the Safety Education Magazine. Jhe article, entitled The Forgotten fin Safety, is reprinted in the Catho- School Journal, also for January, 7. The R, of course, is for rc- Dn. Sister Mary Carmelyn points that knowledge of skills, plus the pcation and acceptance of man's rela- ship to his fellow men and to his Cre- will . . . direct the knowledge rd . . . attitudes of safe living. 1 ollege Is Host b Educators Sister Mary John Michael, B.V.M., the Education dcparUnent, was chair- n oi arrangements for a two-day ftference of high school principals held re on Dec. 28, 29. Forty-seven second- f schools conducted by the Sisters of larity of the Blessed Virgin Mary were presented. The group discussed the liloscphy and the community policy gareling the problems of administra- n, curriculum, and guidance as de- iped in a high school hand book intly published. other Mary Josita, B.V.M., Superior ral of the Congregation, delivered key-note address- Sister Mary Ter- Francis, B.V.M., chairman of the munity Board of Education, was irman of the general meetings. wench Scholar ieturns to Faculty Sister Mary St. Irene, B.V.M., who , been on leave of absence for study, returned to the College and will faimc her position as chairman of the pnch department at the opening of the nd semester. Jcfore taking a Master's degree in ench at McGill university in Mon ti, Canada, Sister Mary St. Irene Edied at the Sorbonne, in Paris. At Fordham university, Sister has len engaged in literary research in- flving the impact of TZhristian culture Old French romances. The study ill fulfill partial requirements for a lctoral degree. Students Draft Blueprint for National Union Delegates from 295 colleges and uni versities in Texas, Florida, California, and points north and east drafted a practical blueprint for a national student organization, Dec. 28-30, at the Univer sity of Chicago. The conference resolved that the pro posed student organization would not be a political pressure group but would work toward alleviating student needs and problems. Rita Stalzer and Ruth Casey, Mun delein representatives, used their official voice and vote on all the conference pro posals. Observers from the College were Marianne Peterson and Regina Bess. Two observers for NFCCS were seniors Ethel Dignan and Marion King. The working nucleus of the new na tional union is a 33-man Executive com mittee elected to draft a constitution which will be dissected by a constitu tional convention this summer. This group, delegates from U.S. colleges and universities, will also act as the Steer ing committee for the summer confer ence. The place of existing national student organizations was pared down to a three- member representation on the Executive committee. Support for the integrated national union was given by delegates of 19 organizations, including the Na tional Federation of Catholic College Students and the Newman Club Fed eration. According to the Taxas plan for the structural framework, the entire United States is divided into 30 regions. Chair men of each of these areas are respon sible for propagandizing for the N.S.O. in their own localities, and for aiding the central body. Chairman of the Illi nois region is Paul Kirk of De Paul university. Officers of the National Continuations (Continued on page 4, column 2 Faculty Member Writes for America Mary Louise Hector '45, staff mem ber in the English department, is the author of a poem entitled O Night, Be Dark, which appeared in the Dec. 2 issue of America. A Summa Cum Laude graduate, Miss Hector won a competitive scholarship to the Catholic university of America, from which she now holds a Master's degree. Mary Jean Ward, social chair man, is directing plans for the Junior Prom, scheduled for Valen tine Day, Feb. 14, in the Florentine room of the Congress Hotel. 1 Registration Opens Jan* 21 Seniors register with their Counselors after Integration examinations tomor row; juniors register with their Coun selors at 2:40 p.m. Wednesday; sopho mores register after Religion examina tions on Thursday, and freshmen after religion examinations on Friday. Juniors Plan Valentine Prom At Congress Be My Valentine, it's true, is the accepted salutation for Feb. 14, but the Junior Miss's greeting to her potential escort for the Junior Prom on St Val entine's Day at the Florentine Room of the Congress Hotel is more likely to be Be My Partner. Mid crimson and ivory decorations of hearts and lace, 250 couples will dance to the music of Paul Meeker's orchestra. Jeanne Smith, class president, and Mary Jean Ward, social chairman, are student directors, assisted by the follow ing committee chairmen: Jacquelyn Mulholland, Bid; Betty Bucol, Door; Virginia Kenny, Orchestra; Mary Ellen Martin, Hotel; and Katherine Burwitz, Publicity. Frances Kuehner, Margaret Hansen, Mary Ellen Simon, Rosemary Kiley, Dorothy Watters, Ramona Marino, Lo retta Monahan, Eileen McSweeney, Bet ty Hoban, Janet Durbin, Rosemary Mar tin, Mary O'Reilly, Mary Lou Sullivan, Marilyn Tamburrino, Genevieve Engel, Joan Kemper, Jean Halm, and Barbara Mason, are Door committee members. The Bid committee members arc Anita McCarty, Lorraine Calhoun, Therese Faupel, Dolores Shannon, Lois Willard, Patricia Brady, Rita Marcin, Patricia Conley, Charlotte O'Brien, Dorothy Gaughan, Frances Cashman, Mary Har rington, Lorraine Niski, Therese Garvin, (Continued on page 3, column 4) President Named Member of A.AXX Committee Sister Mary Josephine, B.V.M., President of the College, has been named a member of the Resolutions committee for the Association of American Colleges. The appointment was made by Charles J. Turck, president of the association. Attending the meetings of the A.A.C., Jan. 13-15, at the Hotel Stat- ler, in Boston, were Sister Mary Bernarda, B.V.M., Dean, and Sister Mary Columba, B.V.M., chairman of the Economics department. Meeting jointly with the A.A.C. were the American Conference of Academic Deans; the Conference of Deans of Liberal Arts Colleges; the National Commission on Christian Higher Education, and the execu tive committee, division of higher education, National Catholic Edu cational Association. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Richard J. Cushing, D.D., arch bishop of Boston, addressed the A.A.C. on the topic, Religion in Liberal Education. General theme of the program was the United Nations and the Col leges. George N. Shuster, president of Hunter college, lectured on UNESCO. The Reverend William J. Millor, S.J., president of the Uni versity of Detroit, formerly of the Loyola university faculty, was also on the program. Thespians Stage First Collegiate Play Festival Author of Broadway Success Will Judge Plays of 14 Colleges Fourteen midwestern colleges and universities will participate in the first annual One-Act Play Festival for Catho lic colleges, to be held in the College theatre on Feb. 7, 8, and 9. Under the co-sponsorship of Mun delein and the Central Region of the National Catholic Theatre Conference, the Festival will bring together drama directors and students from five states, in an effort to promote Catholic Action through Catholic Drama. Critic-judge for the 1947 Festival will be Walter Kerr, of the Catholic Univer sity Theatre, Washington D.C, author of the Theatre Guild hit Sing Out, Sweet Land, and the stage version of Werfel's Song of Bernadette. Luncheon Is Sunday Six productions will be staged on Friday, Feb. 7. The remaining eight colleges will present their drama pro jects on the following day. A luncheon Sunday at the Edgewater Beach Hotel will climax Festival activities, with guest speakers, including the Reverend James J. Donahue, president of the N.C.N.C, and presentation of awards to outstanding individual players. A drama clinic at which Mr. Kerr, as judge, will discuss the merits and faults of each of the plays, will be held after each session of the Festival. The National Catholic Theatre Con ference, co-sponsor of the Festival, cele brates its tenth birthday this year. Originating at a meeting in the Loyola Community theatre, Chicago, the Con ference now has a membership of 180 groups and 150 individuals. Regional chairman of the Conference is Therese Marie Cuny. Will Send Delegates Schools taking part in this first Catho lic college Festival will be De Paul university, Chicago; Loyola university, Chicago; St. Louis university, St Louis, Mo.; Clarke college, Dubuque, Iowa; College of St Francis, Joliet, III.; Ottumwa Heights college, Ottumwa, la.; Mary Manse college, Toledo, O.; Le Clerc college, Belleville, 111.; St. Ma- ry-of-the-Woods college, Terre Haute, Ind.; Rosary college, River Forest, 111.; St. Ambrose college and Mary- crest college, Davenport, la.; Barat col lege, Lake Forest, 111.; and Loras col lege, Dubuque, la. Mundelein students on the Registration committee are Margaret Benza, Bar bara Brennan, Patricia Czarnecki, Mar ion Kelly, Marjorie Kroske, Dolores Toniatti, Rosemary Martin, and Janet Durbin. In charge of luncheon ar rangements are Marilyn Reynolds, and Margaret Schriver. Hostesses will be Joyce Archer, Rose mary Ahern, Charleine Beesley, Anna- may Byrne, Lucille Burns, Patricia Conley, Joan Hanson, Dolores Duffy, Theresa Faupel, Patricia Herely, Edna Mae Holm, Helene Kozicki, Jo Ann Logelin, Virginia Perry, Betty Moloney, (Continued on page 3, column 5) Debaters Clash On Labor Topic Four Mundelein teams, composed of two negative and two affirmative squads, captured decisions in 16 of the debates they entered at the two-day tournament held by the Illinois State Teachers college in Bloomington, on Jan. 10-11. Representing three college divisions, seniors Rita Stalzer, Marion King, Lor raine King; juniors Virginia Perry, El lenmae Quan, and Mary Claire Lane; and sophomores Mary Lou Hafner and Barbara Fallon participated in the six- round meet, discussing the seasonal topic, Resolved: That labor should have a direct share in the management of in dustry. Miss Perry competed in the oratorical contest. Dramatists Enact Life Of Mary Lincoln, Feb. 16 All the strength and power of Mary Todd Lincoln's character and influence is caught up in Storm, a play written at the Catholic Universi- ry Todd Lincoln. Joan Cantello is Eilzabeth Edwards, and Lucille Burns duction of the drama department. Scheduled for a Feb. 16 opening, almost coincident with the birth day of Abraham Lincoln, Storm is completely cast, except for the male roles. The premiere performance of the play was at Regis college in Boston last year. In the cast, Marion Kelly will portray strong-willed, ambitious Ma ry Todd Lincoln. Joan Cantello is Elizabeth Edwards, Lucille Burns is is Julia Trumbell. Mrs. Blair Gresham'and Miss Clara Garrett will be Edna Mae Holm and Marjorie Kroske. Gloria Stutzke is in the role of Amanda the maid, and Helen Redlin is Lizzie Keckley. Students from Loyola university will star in the male roles. James Elward will appear as Lincoln.
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1947-01-20 (1)
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