description:
Page fifty-four Sophomore Class Officers Mary Loyola Hogan Prcsidcnt Doris Barnett Vice-president Helen Orvis Secretary Majella Mannebach Treasurer SOPHOMORES SOME forty young women, dignified but unsophisticated, earnest but throbbing with the vigor of life, reserved yet intelligent these are the first sophomores of Mundelein College, the class of '33. We are proud of our class and we think they are representative of modern Catholic college women and of our college, Mundelein. One October evening in 1930, the sophomores and juniors jointly held the first social function of the college in the social room, for the purpose of becoming acquainted with each other and with the faculty. After bridge and refreshments, temporary officers were elected in each class. The sophomores chose Mary Loyola Hogan for their president, Gretchen Kretschmer for vice-president, Marjorie Murphy for secretary, and Rosalie Adams for treasurer. At the opening of the new semester, another election was held to decide on permanent officers. Mary Hogan was re-elected to the presidency, the other officers being Doris Barnett, vice-president, Helen Orvis, secretary, and Majella Mannebach, treasurer. At a class meeting on March 5, 1931, Gretchen Kretschmer was unanimously chosen social chairman, and it was agreed to set aside one Fridav afternoon each month for bridge in the sophomore social room. These monthly gatherings have been very successful. The social contact of the students has not only increased class and school spirit, but has prompted each girl to take a more personal interest in Mundelein and in her classmates. You are not to suppose, however, that our acquirements are purely of a social nature. From this comparatively small group out of Munde- lein's total of nearly four hundred students, we would have you know7, came the champion basketball team of the year. By an exhibition of sportsmanship, teamwork, and class spirit, they wrung a hard-fought victory from the star freshman team, winning from them in two games out of three, all of which were well played and even spectacular. In intellectual and artistic fields, too, the sophomores are well represented. They have members in the Stylus Club, the Press Club, the Romance Language Circle, Eta Phi Alpha, Die Rothen- steiner Gesellschaft, the Chemistry Club, the Debating Club, the Laetare Players, the Mundelein Cecilians, the Glee Club, the orchestra, the Art Club, and the Sodality. Three members of this versatile and enterprising class are on the staff of the Skyscraper, and others of our classmates have contributed excellent literary material to the Clepsydra. By their zealous part in these various organizations and activities, they have played an important part in establishing a tradition of loyalty and good will that will, we hope, be carried on by their successors through many happy years to come. All in all, we feel that they have Page fifty-five Sophomore Class Top Row: Glenna Mae Hoctor, Virginia Kenny, Eileen Gleason, Genevieve McClevey, Beatrice Fox, Mary Elizabeth Roche, Beatrice Schoenbrod, Monica Callahan, Jeanette Kauffinan. Second Rozv: Mary L. Hogan, Gertrude Lennon, Alice Alexander, Dorothy Weldon, Mary Toohey, Elizabeth Boyle, Mary Helen Boyle, Mae Frawley, Margarette Nolan, Anita McGovern, Dorothy Higgins, Helen Lampke. Third Row: Mary Tileston, Angela Hayes, Ora Cox, Doris Barnett, Gretchen Kretschmer, Louise De Tanible, Majella Mannebach, Helen Orvis, Anne O'Sullivan, Patricia Peterson. made a very creditable record for their first year at Mundelein, and we are justly proud of our class. Thinking back over the months gone by, it occurs to us that we sophomores have had the privilege of a unique experience. The freshmen, all entering college for the first time, found themselves a unit naturally, easily, and with no other college loyalty tugging at their hearts. With us it was different. We were recruited from many schools splendid colleges and universities, whose impress was upon us when we came to Mundelein, which is new, full of promise, and very beautiful. But by the very fact of this newness, it had its traditions yet to build, and it is our hope that we have done something to contribute towards them. It is part of the glory that is Mundelein's that in this one short year we find ourselves wielded by the irresistible urge of this inspiring place into an eager, friendly, contented group, working and playing together enthusiastically, and establishing what we know shall go rolling on down through all the years as Mundelein spirit. When we came to Mundelein, we brought with us all our ideals and loyalties, our dreams and aspirations, our hopes and fears. This year has realized many of our most precious dreams and hopes. It has strengthened our ideals and intensified our loyalties, and centered everything about our college. We want to continue our growth and development under its guidance, so that some day, standing forth with strong and beautiful characters, we shall find ourselves women in the true sense of the word, and worthy to claim Mundelein as our own. We can give much to this school of ours, but we fully realize that what it returns to us is infinite. We offer it our young enthusiasm, our unswerving loyalty, and our full appreciation of its splendor. We hope that it may always count upon our sincerest cooperation and good will. And what do we receive in return? We are given unlimited opportunity for development and advancement in any line, for character building, for intellectual and spiritual growth, and for the furtherance of all our ambitions. We sophomores are at the middle point in our college education; just a little wiser than the freshmen, and not so sure of the course we wish our lives to follow as are the juniors. It is the crucial moment, the turning point in many of our lives, and we sing our Te Deum in thanks for so sheltered and safe a haven in which to repose. Meanwhile, we are grateful that two years still remain to us in this college which, within a few short months, has become a home to us; two years of intellectual achievement, of ennobling inspirations, of delightful friendships, of stimulating interests and enthusiasms, of constant challenge to be and do our best. The Tower f 19 3 1
title:
tower1931027
publisher:
Women and Leadership Archives http://www.luc.edu/wla
creator:
Mundelein College Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
description:
There are eight total Mundelein College yearbooks: 1931, 1932, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, and 1985.
relation:
Mundelein College Collection
description:
Reading Room
type:
Print
rights:
This image is issued by the Women and Leadership Archives. Use of the image requires written permission from the Director of the Women and Leadership Archives. It may not be sold or redistributed, copied or distributed as a photograph, electronic file, or any other media. The image should not be significantly altered through conventional or electronic means. Images altered beyond standard cropping and resizing require further negotiation with the Director. The user is responsible for all issues of copyright. Please Credit: Women and Leadership Archives, Loyola University Chicago.