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THE SKYSCRAPER Intramural Athletics In Full Swin BASKETBALL LEADS WINTER SPORTS With the coming of the basketball season, handball and setting-up exer cises have faded into the background at Mundelein College, and the inter est of the students is centered on basketball. As a college game, it is a powerful influence in developing school spirit, an essential part of col lege life, and a splendid means of fos tering teani spirit among its partici pants. The students have shown much enthusiasm, and there is an abundance of good material, as well as already developed talent among them. Basketball has been under way at the college since the week before Christmas, when the three-court sys tem was used, but for the past few weeks the two-court system, resem bling zone defense, has been adopted. There are three forwards and three guards on a team; and by this method all the players can cover more terri tory- By putting this system into play, swiftness of action is promoted and an all-round, more alert and faster game is played. Intramural games will be played off the week after retreat. According to the schedule, games between the fresh men, sophomores, and juniors will be played, beginning Monday, February 9, at four o'clock. The entire student body is invited and urged to attend the games. Admission will be free. Captains of the freshman and sopho more teams are Catherine Clarke and Beatrice Fox, respectively. The cap tain of the second freshman team has not been elected, owing to the absence of three of the regular players. Hours for practice are Monday and Wednes day at three o'clock, and Thursday at four. Cheer leaders have been invited to volunteer for the games by Miss Beatrice Marshall, the athletic direc tor. Contributions of original cheers and songs may be offered by the stu dents. The design of the numerals ' ra:iS*leTIei'5 trr b --i. .i-i fee kt efs attaining the required number of ath letic points is being selected. The ex amination has been taken on basket ball terms and technique, and the sec ond semester will be devoted to the more practical side of the game. Horseback riding promises to be come one of the most popular activ ities of the college students in the coming months. A competent riding master has been secured, and classes are being organized, and the bridle paths in Lincoln Park will be the scene of many joyous hours in this de lightful pastime. Registration days for the new se mester are Friday, January 30, and Monday, February 2. The first of these days is reserved for juniors, sopho mores, and new students. Freshmen already enrolled will register on Mon day. Several of the courses begun in September are now completed, and will be replaced by others. Among these are English Essay, the Short- Story, and the Technique of Poetry. Several new and interesting courses have been planned for the new se mester. Besides the course in Ameri can History to be conducted by the Reverend Samuel Knox Wilson, S. J., there will be offered Technique of the Drama, Newman, the Catholic Revival in Poetry, and Anglo-Saxon I. A course in Editorial Writing will be also given for journalism students, in addition to those already in ses sion. Because of the wave of enthu siasm aroused by the launching of the college publications, this bids fair to prove a very popular class. The Modern Language Department is rejoicing in the addition to the li brary of a de luxe edition of the Bib- lioteca de Autores Espaiioles, the most yJ' comprehensive and reliable collection of its kind in the Spanish language. The set contains seventy-one volumes, bound in Spanish leather. Over two thousand Spanish authors are repre sented, comprising all the outstanding writers up to 1850, and giving an ade quate representation of the works of each, in some cases the entire works being included. Just as we go to press, word is re ceived of the death of Mary Mar- hoefer's father, following an operation. TnE Skyscraper expresses the sym pathy of the entire college. TERRAPIN CLUB NOW UNDER WAY Life Saving Emblems Goal of Members. Swimming, already one of the most popular sports in the school, will dur ing the second semester occupy a very prominent place in the college activi ties. All students who are interested in swimming will meet on February 10 to consider the formation of teams in the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes. At this time, they will also set the practice dates. A class in life saving will meet once a week, under the able generalship of Miss Ethel Magnuson, the swim ming instructor. This course will con sist of twelve half-hour lessons to make up the six hours necessary for obtaining a senior Life Saving Em blem. An honorary club, The Terrapins, to which admittance is secured by swimming tests, is now being organ ized. Applicants for junior member ship must swim in good form the fol lowing strokes: breast stroke, front crawl, back crawl, and elementary back stroke. They must also be able to perform the plain standing front dive, the back dive, and the racing start for front crawl. The final re quirements are the under water tank turns and the ability to swim five lengths of the pool. A grade of at least seventy-five per cent must be at tained in these exercises. To become a fully qualified Terra pin, a much more difficult examina tion must be passed, with an average of not less than eighty-five per cent. In P.d'M iT. to ' preceding tests, the following are required: the run ning front dive, running back dive, back dive, and the ability to swim eighteen lengths of the pool. The can didate must furthermore have already merited a senior Life Saving Emblem. Only members of the Women's Ath letic Association are eligible to mem bership in the Terrapin clubs. Although the main purpose of the club is to stimulate interest in swim ming and to encourage beginners, there will also be some social events in connection with the club's activi ties. The Terrapin Club emblem will be a cardinal red and gold badge. During the month of March, a swim ming meet will be held in which the class teams will compete and the Life Saving Unit will give a demonstration. MUNDELEIN POOL ALLURES MISS CHICAGO From the cool dimness of a long corridor, one comes into a low-ceiled, softly-lighted room the kind of room one might expect to find in some green cavern of the sea. A subdued light sifts through opaque windows, to be reflected from the green water. The antique crabs and lobsters in Chinese red on the walls seem to blink in the half light. The passage under the little bridge by the wall en tices one. It is almost a disappoint ment to discover nothing less modern than lockers and showers on the other side. At the sound of laughter and a ring of anticipation in happy voices, one turns back from the little bridge. The springboard, which until now has escaped notice, bounds at its release from the weight of a diver a high school girl, perhaps, or a city school teacher, who has come for a plunge after her tedious day. Here is a be ginner venturing a few strokes near the shallow end of the pool, under the encouraging smile of the instructor, hoping that when summer comes she will be able to compete with her friends. Someone else is striving after a Life Saver's certificate. The surf bails toss above the water, adding their splash and color to a game. There is no movement of discomfort, for the temperature of the water and of the washed air is kept uniform. The water if o/sar. ,-id. gsh. changed reg ularly and purified at frequent inter vals by the violet ray. Perhaps the non-students enjoy their hours at the swimming pool Monday and Saturday afternoons from three to five, and Tuesday and Thursday evenings from seven to nine even more than do the Terrapin Clubs. Whether this be true or not, there is a new glow on their faces, a brighter sparkle in their eyes, as they go gaily back through the cool corridor to take their several ways home. The ripples die on the pool. The queer, bright figures on the walls shrink back into the green shadows; the lights go out. There is only a narrow, shimmering track on the pool cast by a street light outside the farthest window. COMMERCIAL DE PARTMENT PLANS The School of Commerce, in answer to numerous requests, will offer a one- year course commencing the second semester and ending next January. This course will follow the same cur riculum as the one-year course now in progress. Training will be given in shorthand, typewriting, accounting, economics, and general office routine. One of the many advantages of the new course is that it will afford an opportunity for the students to acquire some actual experience before com pleting their studies. A two-hour course in Elementary Advertising will be offered during the second semester. This course will not be restricted to students in the School of Commerce. The secretarial students had the pleasure recently of hearing Miss Sawyer, director of the American In stitute of Filing, New York City, give an interesting talk on the history of filing and its use in business. On Thursday, January 22, Miss Hor- ton, head of the educational depart ment of the Felt Tarrant Company, introduced the comptometer, with an explanation of its many uses, and a demonstration by an expert operator. Plans are being made for the or ganization of the Mundelein College Commercial Club, to be composed of students of that department. Chemistry Club Holds Meeting The Mundelein College Chemistry Club held its regular meeting Wednes day, January 21, at which a short, entertaining program was presented. Ruth Schuchat, in her talk on The Chemistry of Gelatine, explained the process of its manufacture and justi fied the well-known trade-mark, Not touched by human hands. Helen Orvis, assisted by Eileen Niglitins.: --, explained the very interesting slides on Diamond Mining in South Africa. This included a trip through the prin cipal cities of Southern Africa and into the center of the diamond mines. There are some particularly good num bers promised for the next meeting of the club, among them being a talk on liquid air by Professor Schmeing, assisted by Marian Elias. Orchestra in Uniform Members of the college orchestra, which will make its initial appear ance this evening, will wear distinc tive uniforms, consisting of three-quar ter length circular capes of cardinal rati satin lined with gold. SUMMER WITHIN DOORS DEBATING LEAGUE PLANS PROGRAMS The Mundelein College Debating Club has been organized with an ini tial enrollment of forty members, un der the direction of Professor William Conley, of Loyola University. After the election of temporary of ficers, two committees were appointed. The Constitutional Committee, whose duty it is to draw up the constitution and by-laws of the association, is com posed of Patricia Peterson, Helen Orvis, and Helen O'Gara. Marjorie Cramer and Penelope Haloulos form the Program Committee. The meetings of the first few weeks are being devoted to instructions in the fundamentals and technique of debating. The aim of the Debating Club is two-fold: first, to promote interest in debating, public speaking, and expres sion of facts; second, to create a so cial atmosphere among its members. Marquette-Loyola Debate at Mundelein Definite plans have been made for the program of the Debating Club for the coming semester. On Wednesday, February 11, at 3:30 P. M., the mem bers will attend a debate in the col lege auditorium, when the Loyola team will meet the Marquette team and debate the proposition, Resolved: That several States should enact legis lation providing for compulsory un- / employment insurance. The following Wednesday, an open forum of the Debating Club will be held, so that all members of the club may discuss, pro and con, the ques tion of unemployment insurance. At each of the weekly meetings, a debate will be held among the mem bers. Although the schedule for inter collegiate debates has not yet been arranged, the members hope to have at least four during the coming semester. Laetare Players Select Pins The design for the official pin of the Laetare Players has been completed, and the pins will be awarded at the next meeting of the club. The design, in silver, black, and cardinal red, con sists of the college seal above a comic mask and the letters M. D. P. The ordeal of the semester examina tion in physics was rendered less pain ful to the students by the novel form it assumed. As the questions were read, smiles were evident, and a few chuckles were even heard. Here and there a frown replaced the smile, but only momentarily. The examination was based on the curriculum of the Mundelein student who aspires to the A.B. degree, and made an application of each subject to the abstruse matter of physical laws and principles. Thus algebra was made to lead deftly to physical equa tions; philosophy, which teaches us to distinguish between the true and the false, to a true-false section of the test, and so with other subjects. Although amusing, the test was by no means trivial, as the students em phatically attest; but they also concur in heaping blessings on the head of anyone who lightens the strain of se mester examinations. A new magazine appeared in the journalism department on Wednesday afternoon. Chipx, designed, written, and made up by the students of the course in Magazine Writing, fulfilled examination requirements in that course. The magazine, a popular periodical of the higher class, contain ing informational and travel articles, interviews, dramatic criticism, and verse, represents the taste and ability of the class, after analytic study of periodical literature and a semester of earnest effort. Anthologies illustrating original theories and individual tastes com prised a project in addition to the term papers for the course in the Technique of Poetry. The students se lected the contents and designed the format of their own books, many of which contained a poem, dedication, and index, and displayed decided artis try in the cover designs. lt; V
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