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Page fifty-tv Page fifty-three Irene O'Connell President Junior Class Officers Mary Emily Garvey Marion Young Vice-president Secretary THE JUHIOR CLASS Eleanor Joyce Treasurer THE spirit of loyalty and friendship has characterized the class of 1932, ever since they met on that memorable day in September, 1930 the day that marked the opening of Mundelein College. In the eight short months that have followed, the junior class have established a record of ability in leadership. Owing to the fact that they will be the first senior class of Mundelein College, they have been accorded and have accepted from the outset the duties and privileges of seniors. As juniors, they undertook the responsibility of seeing that the whole student body became acquainted, since the girls had come from sixty- five different schools, and many of them were complete strangers to each other. By mid-October, the juniors were already acting as big sisters to the lower classes, it being the outstanding duty of upperclassmen to help the younger students to become accustomed to the ways of college life. During the first semester, there was a series of hello and gel-acquainted parties, at which the juniors acted as hostesses. These parties ended with a Hallowe'en costume party that lasted the entire afternoon. The classrooms and later the gymnasium and social room were filled with picturesque people gypsies, pirates, knights and ladies, goblins, witches, and characters that had seemingly stepped out of the pages of fiction. The faculty offered prizes, which were won by the girls wearing the most original or beautiful or humorous costume. In the early fall, the juniors elected their temporary class officers, to serve until better acquaintance should warrant permanent elections. The class held an informal social hour in the evening, which was followed by the elections. The temporary officers then chosen filled their respective positions until the permanent election early in the second semester. At that time, the present officers were chosen: Irene O'Connell, president; Mary Emily Garvey, vice-president; Marion Young, secretary; and Eleanor Joyce, treasurer. One of the favorite haunts of the juniors is their social room on the fifth floor, with its cozy, tapestry-covered chairs, bright tile-topped coffee tables, and the nook in the farthest corner with its two views of the lake. Here the upperclassmen foregather when term papers or imminent examinations do not confine them to the library or the junior study room on the fourth floor to talk over news of the day, spring fashions, or the epis- temology test. The very solemn and lovely carol-and-candle- light procession that marked the temporary close of school and the beginning of the Christmas holidays was, of course, led by the junior class. The class has likewise been prominent in the organization and management of the various college clubs and circles, and the names of many juniors are to be found in the list of officers of these organizations. Junior Class Top Row: Josephine McGurn, Mary Lally, Virginia Fischer, Clare Allender, Elaine Krambles, Cbesa Wolniewicz, Vera Carson, Helen O'Gara, Rhea Moustakis, Mathilda Jasinski, Marjorie Murphy. Second Row: Margaret Gavin, Marion Young, Eleanor Joyce, Helen Demetry, Mary Emily Garvey, Irene O'Connell, Janet Ruttenberg, Dorothy Riley, Edith Slattery, Maryruth Stephan. Among other contributions to school activities, the class of '32 include the dramatic achievements of their members. A junior is president of the Laetare Players, and several of the leading parts in the Christmas play, as also in the one-act plays that marked the formal opening of the Little Theatre, were filled by juniors. Perhaps the most important feature of the entire year was the appearance of the various literary publications. The Skyscraper, a monthly newspaper, made its initial appearance in January. It introduced for the first time in printed form all the news, views, humor, and comment of the girls of Mundelein College. The staff was made up chiefly of members of the junior class. This staff, after a year of diligent labor, has produced five editions and has displayed remarkable journalistic talent. The second literary effort of the students was the Clepsydra, or quarterly, of Mundelein College, representing the finest talent of the school in the field of literature. This magazine, in which our youthful short-story writers, essayists, and poets find expression, is staffed entirely by juniors, though members of all the classes contribute to its pages. After all this journalistic experience, the class, desirous of furthering a worthwhile project as a culmination of their year's work, and of leaving behind them a record of the first year of Munde- lein's history, undertook the grave responsibility of issuing a year-book. The marked success of the first two literary publications has given the juniors courage to attempt the making of this annual, which they have appropriately called the tower. They have striven to school themselves in the art of combining information with literary style and color, so that this may be a traditional year-book worthy of the college and of the class. The juniors have completed their first year at Mundelein College with the realization that lasting friendships have been made, characters have been developed, and faults have been corrected. New fields of interest have been opened up and hidden talents brought to light. Underlying all the efforts and accomplished tasks of the juniors has been a feeling of deep loyalty to our young but much- beloved Alma Mater. At the top of this splendid edifice of stone is a smaller tower, which rests securely on its strong foundation. It is the culminating point of the magnificent skyscraper. It is the desire and effort of the junior class to be the living tower in which is culminated all the ideals, inspiration, and hopes of the college. As seniors in the coming year, they will carry on and complete the important work that they have begun so well, of organizing and leading their fellow-students in the way of school spirit and of higher education. The Tower f 19 3 1
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tower1931026
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Women and Leadership Archives http://www.luc.edu/wla
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Mundelein College Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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There are eight total Mundelein College yearbooks: 1931, 1932, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, and 1985.
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Mundelein College Collection
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Reading Room
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Print
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