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Liturgy M e an in gj Explained byPries t| On March 7, Fa the r E . H .Joyden of De tro i t , Mic higa n,till speak to t h e s t u de n t bo dy|on the subject o f " T h e L i t u r g -jjcal Movem ent in the * U n i t e d

S T U D E N T S A W A I T N O T E DStates." 1

Father Boyden was ordainedJcently to the H o l y P r i e s t h o o d[on February 24, 1945, a t Co lu m ns , Ohio. He wi l l e nde avo r t ofc rea t e a l ive ly int e re s t in litur-jical studies and to e xcite abore active part icip atio n in thel iturgy Movem ent . Fa the r Bo y-Ben, himself, is at v e r y e n t h u s i -lastic worker in this fiel d.

T h e P u r p o s eConcerned with le arn ing andWarning, the Li t u rgica l Mo vement te l ls t h e why a nd whe r e fore of the r i t es and p ray e rs o fpie Church.The Lit urgyt at iMercy h u r s tAs we know, th e Li t u rgica lMovement a t Merc yhur s t ha s a i|chief a pos to l i c wo rk t h i sjar the organiza t ion and di rec -p of a s t ude nt choi r . TheJovement has a l so s t udi e d thepass int ens ive ly u nde r the gu id-p of Mother M. Bo rgia andfter M. Inez . T he s t u de n t s[ve helped t o part ic ipa t e in theay by individua l ly p re se nt ingP explaining the prayers ofI Mass. I[ ter t he s tudy o f t h e Ma ssf been fully a c c om p l i shed , aNr s tudy o f t h e S a c ra m en t s? he introduced.IWe wil l f ind Fa th e r Bo yde n' sTOo ints and a im s w i l l co in-fc closely with tho se of o u rat Mercyhurs t .

ewjConcent P l a y e r"HeardP February 12, 1945, Mari -

Huron, A m e r ic an C o n c e r tophonist, played a we l l cho-

i d appea l ing tprogramkich thri l l ed e v e r y o n e .Mh elta Huron was born in*ed

r Girlp Ohio, and was grad -from IC o l u m b u s S c ho o l

L l i ^ 1 8, At F a ir m o n t J u n i o rhi m Washington, D. C,

JJn H a r m o n y . S i n ce8 t r a ve l ed ex t ens i ve -

niored^ * * * t p u r s .*hej^|fXyi ? ^ttle k n o w n a b o u t_P8b? ' a n d ' t h e r e f o r e ,Sty ^ C ti n, as we l l as thel w ! mttsic | wri t t en f o rk 8 ment i s l im i t ed. Missher ^ r c h e d far and widekg tK * *' who ra nged ,*e orch

C O t t r e o f h e r s t u d i e s ,t e a - e t t a leaders t o pr i m e r s . Itrn e thgg z ^ conc e r t , Mis s\%t f * * e[at *

K X t h e Wiuch sheexplained^ h o n e / ^ ^ i z a t k n y o f t h eai> i nf o rma l i n t e r -

L E C T U R E RM r . F r an k S h e e dRe t u rns March 6One of the out s tanding speak-

Music StudentsiPrepare f o r Co nc e r t . S t a nd i ng f r om ^ L . t o R.: H. M art in, D. Te l e rski , B FlemiiurR . S u . h v a n , S . .Han r ahan , E. Fi tzgera ld, and C. Cavanau gh . Sea t ed a t the piano i s T . L e n l

ers of the Lec ture S er i es i s Mr.Frank Sheed, of Sheed and WardPubl i shing House , who wi l lspeak in the Mercyhurs t Audi t o ri u m , ^March 6, 1945.

[ Mr. Shee d wil l deve l op thepsubject: "The Church in Eu

rope Today," Tuesday af t ernoon. In the evening, he willdiscuss "The Modern Idea ofGod . "

Mr. Sheed, one of the out standing Catholic layme n inthe count ry, i s a na t ive Engl i shm an who has won renown forhis work in Ithe Catholic Evidence Gui ld as wel l as in writ-Annual Recital Planned Save iY - Penni Z Z7Z2??J:

T he m us i c s t ud en t s o f Me rc yhur s t a r e a nx iou s l y a n t ic i pa ti ngt he i r a nnu a l c o nc e r t r e c i t a l t o b e h e l d Ma rc h 1 1 i n t h e c o l l eg ea ud i t o r i um . P ia no s e l e c t ions by cl a s si c a nd m ode rn c om pos e r s w il lb e i n te r p r e t e d b y T h e r e s a L e n n o n , S a l ly H a n r a h an , B a r b a ra F l e m i ng , E l i z a be t h F i t z ge ra l d , Conn i e F i nc h a nd Da nus i a T e l e r sk i . T hevo i c e s tu de n t s , Ru t h E l a i n e S u l l i va n , Ca t he r i n e Ca va naugh , He l enMart in, Mi ldred Trippe and E l izabeth Fi tzgera ld, wi l l s ing a fewope ra t i c a r i a s a nd other we l l -known fa vo r i t e s .Ma ny o f usthave b e e n interested i n t h e n ew t e c hn ique em p l oyedi n t r a i n i ng t h e vo i c e . T he g r o a n i ng exe rc is e s a r e no t m ea n t t obe t one s no r a r e t h ey t h e s i ng i ng vo i c e . T hes e m e r e l y s t r eng t hent he t h r o a t , g i v e good s uppo r t , a nd a f t e r d e v l opm en t , th ey ba l a ncet h e s i ng i ng t one . T he exe rc i s e s bu i l d a f o u nda ti on f o r t h e vo i c e .Bo t h t h e p i a no a nd vo i c e s t u -

the author of S ide l ights on theAn Jafternoon of Ifal ls and Catholic Revival , and the edito r

frol ic wil l b e | enj oyed by the of Poe t ry and Life , An Anthol ogy of Engl i sh Cathol i c Poet ry. His wife l and co-partner i sMais i e Ward-Sheed, author ofthe l a t e bes t -se l l e r Gi lber t Kei th

s t udent body on Friday, March9. On tha t day, f rom 4 t o 6P. M., the Athlet ic Associationwi l l sponsor a pr iva t e ska t ing

den t s ha ve been!under e x c e l l e n ti ns t r uc t o r s , S i s t e r M. In ez a ndMrs. Giovanna Kl opp .

A t t h is ti m e w e a r e e a g e r l yl o o k i ng f o r w ar d t o n e x t m o n t h ' sr e c i t a l .

Q U O T A T I O N" T h e r e i s n o t r u e r t r u t h o b ta inabl eBy m a n tha n c om es o f m us i c . "

Charles Avison

party a t the 12th S t ree t Ska t - Cheste r ton; Mr. Sheed, with hising Rink. charact er i s ti c sense of hum or ,del ights, as wel l as inform s, hisaudience in his intel lectual discou rses . His m anner of presenta ti on, subj ec t m a t ter , and personali ty lend to the (interest ,t im e l iness , and appro priat enessof his lectures. .

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Skat ing i s an art at whichm a ny o f u s a r e unsk il l ed . Bu ta m i ds t t h e num e r ou s fa l l s andensu ing aches , m uch physica lgood i s der ived. Thisiparty willhe lp t o serve as a prepara t i onfor the spring mo nths ahead.Miss Lore t t a Crowley hasbeen appoint ed as genera l cha i rm an for thi s occas ion. She i swork i ng wi th h e r c om m i tt e e s t om ake thi s an enjoyabl e a f t ernoon for a l l who I a t t end.

Those of us who were a t Mercyhurs t two years ago wi l l r e call his highly, stim ul ating andthought provoking di scourses .We can al l look forward withpl easure t o the 6th of March. |esG a l a B a z a a rS p o n s o r e d b yS O S i M e m b e rs

T h e S O S s p o n s o r e d a C o l l e g eBa z a a r on S a t u rda y n i gh t , F ebr u a ry 1 0 , i n p la c e o f t h e a nnu a lc a rd pa r t y . T he boo t hs f e a t u r edw e r e fancy wo rk, snack [bar ,Bi ngo , hous e o f f un , da r t s , poo l ,horse rac ing, and the Color Cl inic.

The di splay a t the Color Clin-.ic wa s t h e r e s u l t o f t h e who l es em es t e r ' s p l a nn ing and work .T he g i r l s in t h e Cos t um e De s ignCl a s s ma de c ha r t s a nd pos t e r s .Fro m sc ient i f i c da ta the y l ea rned to d e t e rm i ne p e r s o na l i tytypes and the co l ors bes t sui t edt o the individua l in referencet o her ha i r , eyes , and skin t one .

A l l t h e p r i z e s we r e dona t ed ,a s ? wel l as the different i te m sa t the fancy wo rk boo th. Eacho f the day hops cont r ibut ed t o-ward; t he r e f r e s h m e n t s.The fut ure wi l l t e l l i f theH o m e Ec o n o m i c s Departmentwill m a ke t h e bazaar an annual

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Fr. Lyons Speaks A . B . P r o g r a m R e v i e w e dT o S o d a l i t y

Appro xim at e ly f i f ty soda l i s t sa t t ended t h e S oda l i t y Ins t i t u t eDay); on S unda y , F ebr ua ry 1 8 .T he p r ogra m , spons o r ed by t h eEri e Dis t r ic t S oda l i ty Union,was conduc t ed by Reverend J .Roge r L yons , S . J .The Ins t i t u t e Day was begunby the ce l ebra t i on of Mass byBishop John Mark^ Ga nnon a tS t . Pe t er ' s Cathedra l a t nineo 'c l ock. The f i rs t of the l ec t uresf o l lowed i m m ed i a te l y i n t h e

Cathedra l au d i to r i u m .Th e afternoon session consisted of two di scuss i ons . The f i rs tshowed the m eaning of , andlink, between "The Soda l i ty andt he Hom e , " whil e t h e t h em e o fthe second was "Soda l i t i es andProgra m P l a nn ing . " After |thisthe Ins t i t u t e adjourned unt i l theevening sess i on. This was he ldin the Cathedra l atjseven-thirtyo'clock.

Al l these di scuss i ons werea im ed p r i m a r il y t o r em i nd ea c hsodalist of the vital part shehas in al l avenues of dai ly l i fet h r ough he r me m be r sh ip in t h eSoda l i ty.

The Libera l Art s Clu b began the second sem es t er Febru ary 11under the l eadership of Miss Frances Honeck wi th a l ec t ure bySr . M. Eus tace on "The S tandards of Li t era ry Art ." The genera lcanons of "criticism given by S r . Eus tace a re de t erm ined by theana lys i s of a r t i s t s ' pi eces them se lves . They'include unity, variety,propo rt ion, harm ony, rhythm , res t ra int , and ba lance . Fo l l owingher t a lk was an inform a l c r i ti c ism , based upon these seven norms ,of prese nt day plays and m ovi es .

Ju venile'{DelinquencyLast Sunday Rev. Wilfrid Nash, professor at Gannon Col lege,

addressed the s t ude nts in the Blue Roo m on the t opic, "Is Modern yPsychology theJ Answer 3 o J uven i l e .Delinquency ?" It was ofgrea t int eres t , not only t o the Soc i o l ogy s t udents , but t o everyonenpresent.

Next Mee t i ngO n Sunday, March 4, the Liberal Arts Club is planning a dis

cuss i on on Catholic Action (Jo cist ) Mo vem ent and MethodThis originated in France several years ago. It has been successfu l ly fo l l owed s ince 1940 a t the Univers i ty of Not re Dam e andat m any other schoo l s al l over-jJthe Uni t ed S ta t es . The s t udentswilU i l l us t ra t e thei real purposeof Catholic Action-"!-'"To r e - 'int egra t e i the sprit' _ of Christinto student l i fe," and wil l showhow this has been a t t em pt ed a tMercyhurs t . f j

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tixsy&f* Joan Wad l ing e rP u b l i she d m o n th ly by t h e s t u d e n t s o f Me r cyhu r s t Co l l e g e

Ne ws Ed i t o r Ru th E . S u l l i vanF e a t u r e Ed i t o r Mar y Do y l eLi t e r a r y Ed i t o r Barbara F l e m i n gAr t Edi to rs N. Hir t l e , G . Middle tonBu s in e ss Manage r | Marie WolmanEdi t o r i a l Staff: M. Savage , L. Crowley , .E. F itzge ra l d , P . S u l l ivan,I ' - |M. O 'Co nno r , M. I . K inn e m e y , J . Be r r y , S . Brigham , P . Whi t e ,fL . Writer,^N. Coo per , M. Go u ld , J . Schanbacher , M. E. F i tz-Igerald, J. Wirges, M. J . Maste rso n , C. Cavanaugh, J . V ide t to .

Co ntr ibu to rs: R. Morey , S . Me l isz , S . Co nrad, B. No r ton , E. Pat r ick .Bu s in e ss Staff: D. A. Harr ington , M. A. Harr ison , A. Devine , D.Do nate l l i , H. Fabian, P . Fe r ry , E. Reag le , V . Walsh , D. Lynch,M. J . M aste rson .

Y O U R H O N O R , W E O B J E C TThe whole schoo l i s talkingabout t h e l a t e s t "differ-

"To Have or Have Not."! It is gratifying to

A M O N G T H E B ES TI f yo u a r e a l o v e r o f g o o d b o o ks , t h e Ca tho l i c P re ss o f f e r ss o m e t h in g n e w . "The Sca r l e t L i l y " by Edwar d T . Mu r phy i s ap r o s e v e r s i o n of i Tho m pso n ' s "The Ho u nd o f He av e n ." Bo th t e l lthe s to ry o f a quest f o r fa i th and happiness. In bo th , the searcherst r y allfthe p l e a s u r e s offered by the wo r ld , bu t a t last f ind the i rt r u e happ in e ss in t h e a r m s o f t h e Lo r d . "The S ca r l e t L i l y " is af i ct io na l p r e s e n t a t i o n o f Mar y o f Magda l a , f a l l e n f r o m g r ac e ,groping in darkness, and at last f inding the l ight , whi t e wi thdea th and ruby wi th sacr if ice a t the p i e rce d! f e e t o f the Love r

S u p re m e .In 'this no v e l , Mar y , t h e f l o we r o f pagan i sm w ho se p e t a l s we r ec r u sh e d by Ro m an and He b r e w a l i k e , be co m e s t h e sym bo l o ft r ans it i o n f ro m t h e pagan e r r o r t o t h e Ch r i s t ian t r u t h .The Magda l e n e a t t h e t im e o f Ch r i s t ' s s t a r r y jbirth was r e ach ing th e l i l y b l o o m o f h e r wo m anho o d . Her m o th e r was k il l e d w i thh e r baby b r o th e r who was a v ic t im o f He r o d ' s d e c re e o f j e a l o u s ,mad death against the Inno-Mail CallW h a t m o r e w e l c o m e c r y i s t he r eThan the cry o f "Mai l ."M e n s e e m t o c o m e fr o m e v e r y whereI 've neve r se en i t fa i l .

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e l ect ions were t oo UbIIt o , ]la te to m ee t ou r deadline, J

now wish to congratulate'^1945 May Queen, Miss Margay Savage, and her co jMis se s D. A. Harrington, JBe rry, M. O 'Hara, E. fojM. Wo lm an, R, Hurley, \O 'Connor, and M. Puchner.

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entSho v e and j o s t l e e ag e r l yWhi l e a h u nd r e d v o i c e s sh o u t" I s t h e r e a n y m a il fo r m e ? "And a hundred hands reach\out.

1 m o v ie , ^ _ _ ^ _ ^ ^ ^ _he ar that a gre a t m any of the co l l ege stu de nts have senseenough to recognize i t for what i t isa typical Holly-wood p lay on th e em o t i ons, 1 appea l i ng t o o u r l o wer na t u r e , a waste of t im e and m one y and a very bad l i t e ra ry work .I This " su l t ry" type o f film shou ldn ' t affect usbut i twi l l a ffec t yo ung gi rls al l over the cou ntry. I t i s anexample^of th e un-Christian war t im e Am er i can . The new I s a warming Sight to see.s tar did no t play the pa r t of a ladyshe was said to havebeen the vic tim o f c ircum stances, bu t . . .The p i ct u r e had a sm a l l am ou n t o f e n t e r t a inm en t

They si t in the near est p laceWhe r e t h e y can r e adA nd thej happy sm i l e s o n e v e r yface

Bu t when the m ai l i s a l l passedout,valuethe pho tography was good and the re we re a Some slowly turn away,f ew laughs . However , p eop l e go t o t h e m ov i es t o | be And I tru ly pity those withou twholeso m ely e ntertaine d, and th e re was n't o ne upl ift- Any m ail from home today.

ing spot in the e nt i re m ovie .As co l l ege students, we are expected to know enoughto intel ligent ly crit icize dram atic produ ctions, inste adof "swooning" and trying tof im i ta t e ev e ryg lamo u r qu e e n tha t com es al ong . The^fHayes office

I f the f o lks hack hom e knewwha t i t m e an t^'O-called Tho se l e t t e r s t o r e c e i v e

m u st have bee n napping to pu t this f ilm on the B l i s tthat is, Unobjectionable for Adul ts .The genera l discussion a t Mercyhurst of this "ToHave or Have Not" i s a sm a l l exam ple of how th e pictu re - is being ta lked abou t a l l ove r the cou ntry. In instances such as these, i t is our responsibi li ty to discou rage such types of enter ta inm ent and suppo rt al laround Christ ian m ovies, such as "Go ing May |Way,""Meet Me in St . Lou is ," or "Till We Mee t Again," (which,incidentally,fis somthing t o t a lk abou t ! )

I 'm s u r e t h o s e l e t t e r s wo u ld hes e n tTo g l add e n h e a r t s t ha t g r i e v e .

cents . Fro m th is b lood o f innocence , the Li ly took co lo r andthe scar l e t hate o f that day ist h e ' f i r st f l ush o f he r pagansins. In the pe ta ls o f the Li lyu n f o l d e d , t h e y r e v e a l e d a m o r esca r l e t d e p th . Thu s , t h e Magda l e n e had n o cau s e t o l o o kf o r h o p e o r f o r a c o l o r t r an s f o r m a t i o n . I n h e r pagan i sm ,t h e m a t e r i a l i s ti c pa rado x o f e v e rything in no thing at ta ined i t sf u l l g r o wth .But as the f i r s t t in t o f scar l e t had co m e fr o m t h e f l u sh o fhate a t the s lau ghte r ; o f theInnocents , the r e e scaped theO ne .at Who m tha t ha t e was d i r ect ed and Who was a lone ab leto b lanch the l i ly , take away

the scar l e t and l eave i t a whi t eflower t ha t was . t o g r o w e v e nfai r e r . Mary who had beenbargained fo r wi th fa lse Ro m anpe a r l s , cam e t o kno w th e p e a r lo f g r e a t va l u e , and t h o u gh sh ewas t em pted wi th new r iches,to

he r cho ic e re m a in e d t r u e . A tth e f o o t o f t h e Cr o ss sh e c o m p le t e ly r ea l ized thecharacte r of? Christ ' sHer search for faithpiness ended the r e .

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Pat im a, Por tuga l . They had idfinished reciting the Bosanwhen a vivid flash of lightuiin a clo udl ess sky drewatte ntio n. A second flashpeared soon afterwards, Ithe y becam e frightened. Toning, they saw, hovering oversm al l gr e en oak a shor t distiawa y, a m o st beautiful Msu rro u nde d by a brillianto f light. She bade them dm|near in such a sweet, gen8voice that their fear subsded!The ho ly Mothe r o f God bjpre sen ted he rse lf to them.

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Mrs. The o . Ra thbu r n , !802, W. 11th St . , Er i e , Pa.

The sty l e o f the nove l i sst r ik ing ly sim ple ; i t i s f o rwardand direct; the action is swiftand sur e . Ye t , -it i s grandlypoe t ic . Wordlpictur es and senseappea ls ar e e specia l ly v ivid .The high l i t e rary qua l i ty coup ledwith i t s r e l ig iou s them e , whichappea ls t o a f undam enta l , uni ve rsa l inst inct in m an, m akes"The Sca r l e t Li ly" t ru ly good.

the m in he r hands a rosary,u r g e d t h e frequent recitationthis m ost powerfu l prayer!pro m ised peace and love towar- to rn wor ld fo r devotioni t . S he al so prom ised to helpthe ho u r o f de ath with thees needed for their sahfljthe first 81

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"penance"A C C E N T U A T E T H E P O S I T I V ELent is a season foff penance, and, for som e reason oro ther , everyone seem s to connect the wo rdwith a list of "don't" o f "I won't." I won't go tom ovies du ring Le nt. I wo n't e at candy o r drink coke s.I wo n ' t ta lk in c lass or w ri t e | l e t t ers w hen I shou ld betaking notes . These ,small,}but difficult , penances tareindeed com m endable . I f they are offered to Gdd in thecorrect spirit , they will be ^rewarded richly by Him .Howe ver , the e m phasis i s on the word "not."We ar eaccentuating the negative side of Lent. |I The re is a positive side to this holy season, too . Itdoes not necessi ta t e a long jjlist of "I wo n'ts." On thecontrary, a short list of "I wills" would be justljas effective, if not m ore so . In the first place, a short listcould m ore e asily be carried o u t; a few things done toperfec tion are m uch m ore m er i tor iou s than m any things

only half accom plished. 1 As for the i t em s on the l i s titself, why couldn't we planjto do our everyday tasksm ore thorou ghly, doing them wi th perfec tion for thelove of God? Why not a t tend Mass and Com m unionevery day, pay closer attention to the Massfwhenfthere,do o u r hom ework mo r e tho r o ugh ly , o r k e ep o u r ro omin a neater and cleaner condition than we have been?Ther e a re so m any m o r e "Ijjwills" that can help purgeou r sou ls for that grea t Easter m orning. However ,w e m u s t re m e m b e r to-?keep the list short , yet effective.There are som e things thatare..,harderA o r .some.to.dothan o thers. We must? choose those that are the hardest , those that we wi l l sure ly carry through, those jthatwill m ore e fficiently help to lighten C hrist's burden onCalvary. In othe r wo rds, we should accentuate the positive side of Le nt. It is m o rel difficult tojobserve thanto avoid; but, because of ] th is , i t is the superior way,and Christ will reward it accordingly.

A R E Y O U IN T R I M ?Since?the schoo l ye ar s tar t e d in S eptem ber , a l l o f u s have o f f e r edm any p r ay e r s f o r victorywe have bu t t o th ink of ou r dailyRosary , o f f e r ed fo r a j ust and last ing peace . Dur ing these pastm onths ou r boys in the f ight ing fo rces have m ade m any a sacr i f ice , even the sacr i f ice o f l i f e f o r that peace and victo ry fo r whichwe5pray. Months, even years ago , these boys!were inducted intoa fighting service, which called for sacrificea sacrifice to lastfor the durat ion o f the war .Ash We dne sday has c o m e u po n usushering in the season ofLent and sounding 01m cal l t o se rvice he r e on the "homefront."We hear and r ead abou t ourse lves , 2the sm u g , c o m p l ac e n t h o m e -f ront . We l l , he r e ' s ou r chance to ge t in to act ion , in to servicetheservice of prayer, penance, and sacrifice, to back the efforts ofour boys throughou t the wor ld . The season of Lent o f f e r s us agrand oppor tuni ty to go "alljout" in the use o f those spi r i t ua lf o rces p laced above com m and. MSo , Minnie Mercyhurst, what is your!Lenten Sp ir i t? Does i tprom pt you to take basic tra in ing and jo in the ranks o f thosepracticing the DAILY SIX for the durationjof Le n t :X. Daily atten dance at Mass. -

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The big A. | A. ne ws of them onth is ini t iat ion. This ye arthe Athl e t i c ; Asso c ia t i on we l comed t h e ; following gi r l s whohave ea rned a t l e as t tw e ntypoints throu gh part ic ipa t i o n invarious spor t s : S a l ly Hanrahan, 'Nancy Sm i th, Mar y Jo Sm i th,Ann Nickum , Kathe r ine G riff in,^e n J e a n W a l t e r s , T h e r e s a-088, Rita Brocke , Susan Conrad, G erry Baker , Co nni e S chnei der, Luc i l le V i t e l l o , ; M e r c e d e s^umbeck, a nd S t epha n i e Me-asz.

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I t m a y be t ha t Mr . D . ha s m a de u s v e ry " ph il o s ophy-consc iou s ,"o r i t ma y be thatjevery m an i s a phil oso pher when he t akes hi spen in hand!. . . at any I r a t e , ! we c ou l dn ' t j h e l p bu t no t ic e howm a n y o f o u r s e r v ic e m e n ! arejthinking ml t e r m s {of "whys" landwhe r e f o r e s . " Nor c a n we he l p bu t b e i m pr e s s ed , ev e ry time fwer e a d t h e s e l e t t e r s , byI t h e n u m b e r w h o h av e t h e u l t i m a t e " w h e r e f o r e " a l wa ys be f o r e f t h em . As a n exa mp l e o f wha t th e s e boys t h inko f a s t h ey f i gh t , t h e r e a r e t h e f o l l owi ng exc e rp ts f rom l e t t e r s byso ld i ers in Engl and and B e lgi um , a wou nded sa i l or in the Pac i fic ,an d ':&' Ma r i ne , who J r e t u rn ed f rom ove r s ea s . v f l E R ^ ' B W

" E a c h r un i s g e t t i ng J ea s i e r , b ec a us e b e f o r e I go up , if go t oC o m m u n io n ( as almost(every Ca t ho l i c h e r e fdo e s ) , a nd I ' m r e a dy ;I bu t my i nsu ra nc e m a n ga ve mes ixty ye ars , Ha nd I p l ease don ' tm a ke a l ia r o u t o f h im . " H H |I S gt . Car l Wirges , England. B

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^ ^ ^ Maybemwe * bro t he r s don ' t1 know how mu c h ou r s i st e r s m i ssB us , bu t we ha ve c ome t o realizeI f u l l y 1 how m uc h we l ove a ndImiss them.jThis war has made!?B us apprec ia t e \ a g r e a t m a nyI t h i ngs m or e J t ha n eve r b e f o r e . "I \ Charles Moody S 2/c, Pacific.* * *

L*J>j " Novem be r 7 wi ll m a rk fourt e years in the service for m e , and1 eve ry m inut e o f i t , aga ins t a l lm y princ ipl es . 31 'havejalwaysl oved t o crea t e ' : things , and thiso n l y m e a n s t o de s tr o y . . . Itm us t b e wonde r fu l t o b e a tschoo l \ knowing everything youdo m a kes s ense /. . . you seemto be part of som ething tha t isout of thi s world!. . . 1 w o u l dI give anything or everything t obe i n s ome similar'place.? I'mju st a m arine with a civi l ianm i nd. " PI . Sgt . Joe Murphy,.'. 1. J . Cam p L e j e une .* * *

In m any of the l e t t e rs thereis a paragraph sim i lar to thefo l l owing, which does m ore t or e a s s u r e t hos e a t hom e , t ha n Jany pre s ident ia l m essage . . ."We have no Catholic Chaplain on board, but we read theprayers of the Mass and saythe Rosary t ogether , so i t i sth e next;best thing. It is real lya beautiful sight to see a l l thefel lows at prayer with the sunshining down and the flam e ofthe candles blowing in the

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Soc io l ogy SeminarOn Fe bru ary 5, Miss He l enJ Nort on, a personnels director inp the Genera l E l ec t r ic P lant ofEri e , gave a ] di scuss ion on "Personne l Work." In revi ewing the||5 f ie ld of pe rsonne l , she em pha-tg s ized the im portant ro l e of theg s t udy of soc i o l ogy in j obtainingm a t rue unders tanding of soc ia lI problems} which one encount ersp frequent ly.lH Fore ign Language Club% The Spanish departme nt wil lI conduct the -February m e e t i ngI of the Fore ign Language Club.I A p brief bus iness me et ing wil lgj be he ld in the l ounge; then them em be r s w il l a dj ou rn t o t h e a u di tor i um for the S rem ainder ofthe m ee t ing. There wi l l be SaItalk given on fou r o ut s tandingLa tin-American poet s and askit , "Una Fie sta Me jicana,"present ed. Spanish songs wi l l bea l so fea t ure d througho ut thep r o g ra m .

I. R. C. |At the recent I . R. C. m e e t ing, Miss Marjorie Ackerm angave a t a lk on "Frame wo rk ofPeace ." Barbara F l e m ing discussed the seven fundamentalpoints of peace according to theSyracuse pa t t ern. La t er in theevening, there was a panel discuss i on on the "Negro Prob-lem .One o f t h e i mpo r t a n t da t e sl i s ted o n thi s m onth ' s Ca l e ndaris Fe bru ary 27. This signifii-c a n t da t e c om m em ora te s t h ebi r thday of one of Am erica ' sm os t o u t s ta nd i ng po e t s , HenryWadsworth Longfe l l ow.

Henry Wadsworth Longfe l l owwas born in New England. Hedeve l oped hi s t a l ent in hi s youthby wri t ing prose and verse fornewspape rs and m agazines . La t er in hi s carrer , he becam e ateacher and in connection withhis work, he did text-book writings, translat ing, and essays onfore ign languages and l i t e ra t u r e . When he b eca me t ir ed o fth e teaching profess i on, ];he re signed and^turned his entire att ent i on t o poe t ry.

Ha..i d r o a d s - " F ig * > * one a no t he rn,*J **t, and I'll taln o w !

Longfe l l ow i s st il l as m uchread t oday ' asy any Am ericanpo et . His work is i mpo r ta n tbecause i t ext ended Europeancul t u re in Am erica and cont r ibu t ed t o t h e d eve l opm en t o fAm er ic an l i t e r a tu r e .

Sc i ence Sem inarAft er a bri ef bus iness m ee t ing of the Sc i ence Se m inar onFebru ary 6, the sophom orem em be r s o f t he c l ub r ev iewedthei r t e rm papers which per-| tained to scientific to pics. English Club

Fol l owing the bus iness m ee t ing on Febru ary 13, Miss Margaret O'Connor, president , readher t e rm paper on "Em i ly Dickenson." Nata l i e Hi r t l e revi ewedtwo recent nove l s , "BetweenHeaven and Earth" by Franz jWerfe l and "Gre en Ye ars" byA. J. Cronin. Mary ElizabethPowers spoke on the or igin andt he com pos e r o f "In te rm ez z o . "She concluded her spee ch byplaytng*the* ?c0mpMition* om th epiano. ; ^A " - ' - * - '"In case you were beginningto forget , there's st i l l a war ons i . . and mo re than one G. I .thinks the fo lks a t hom e need(Continued on Page Four)

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Mile A nd HalfThe br ight l ights of Marge 's car did l i t t l e good in th e i c u r t a ino f f og tha t s hr ouded the s t i l l c o un t ry r oa d . S he w a s on he r w a yfor a week-end vis i t a t her cous in Lucy's f a rm . Luc y ' s n ine t e e n thb i r thda y w a s S a t u rda y , a nd a s u rpr i s e party!'was be ing p la nned .Ma rge w a s g l a d tha t he r A unt Ma ry w a s s e e ing t o i t t ha t th i sb i r thda y w ou ld be a ha ppy one . Luc y ne eded a pa r ty . S he w a s

s uc h a s t r a nge g i r l . P e o p l e in t e r e s t ed he r ve ry l i tt l e . S he s pe n tm os t o f he r t ime r e a d ing boo ks .Ma rge s l ow ed the c a r a s s he t u rned t o th e r igh t w he r e th e r oa dl ed t o th e M u r ra y f a rm . J u s t a s she w a s pas s ing a l a rge oa k t r e enea r the edge o f th e r oa d , Ma rge no t i c ed a young g i r l s t a nd inga s ho r t d is t a nc e a w a y f rom the t r e e ; b r ake s s c r e e c hed a s the c a rc a m e t o a s udden ha l t . Ma rge t u rned dow n the window?and ca l l edt o he r . To Ma rge ' s s u rpr i s e s he d i s c ove r ed tha t i t w a s he r c ous inLuc y , S he opened the doo r a nd t o ld he r t o ge t in . Luc y exp la inedtha t s he ha d mi s s ed the l a s t jbu s . Ma rge a s ked w he r e s he ha db e e n . "About one -a nd-a-hal f m i l e s f r om he r e , " Luc y rep l i e d l s im p ly .A m i le and a ha lf back! Why no thing was theref exceptIthe o ld

c e m e t e r y !Ma rge d i s c arded the thou ght a nd bega n t a lk ing a bou t m o r ep l e a s a n t thingsthe Mu rra y fa m i ly , th e l a t e f a l l c r op , a nd thec om ing w in t e r . Luc y *answered her inquir ies br ie f ly. Every nowa nd then Ma rge glanced* at her and found Lucy's gaze f ixed onhe r . A s t r a nge s mi l e lighted! up he r f a c e . "She a c t ua l ly l o oksha ppy , " thought Ma rge ,

She * t a lk ed on bus ily . A bou t a m i l e fr om the f a rm the y c am et o the A da m ' s hom e . A l igh t w a s s ti l l on in the pa r l o r s o Ma rgedec ided to dro p in to say he l l o . Lucy rem ained in the car as M argehu r r i ed u p the pa th . When s he c a me ba c k , Luc y w a s gone ! Ma rgel o oked a r ound , a nd c a l l ed t o he r . N o a ns w e r ! Whe r e c ou ld s hebe ? . S he r u s hed t o Mrs . A dam s w ho s a id tha t s he m igh t ha ve

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dec ided to wa lk a^little w a y u pthe r oa d . Ma rge r u s hed fbackiand se t the car off with a je rk.Fra n t i c a l ly s he s t epped on thegas feed and speeded the shor td i s ta nc e t o th e Mu r ra y f a rm .A t the o ld w hi t e ga t e s he j um ped o u t , r a n up the s t eps , a ndbu r s t in t o th e hous e . Mrs . Mur ray was s i t t ing in the c reakingrocking chair . Mr. Mu rray, inhis o ld easy chair , dragged ona n un l i t p ipe . They lo oked up ,dazed express ions on the ir faces .

Ma rge s t a r t ed t o s pea k , th en^stopped as they looked a t her .Wha t w a s the m a t t e r ? Thi sm orn ing abou t a m i l e o u t s ideof Car l ton a hi t -and-run dr iverha d k i l l e d Luc y!(This s tory is based upon aninc ident tha t is (said t o ha veha ppened in s ou thw es t e rn Pennsylvania.)

The f u ry o f N a t u r e f o r w in t e rdr e s s ed ,Rol l s on with a power tha t 'sH ea ven b l e s s ed ;I t ro l ls across the ea r th with a .m ight tha t 's s how nBy the fl e ecy snow in highdrifts blown.

Off in; the country tit r oa r s th r uthe f ie lds ,And down to the house with i tsoa k t r e e s h i e lds ;Then on to the garden, where. once there grewA r o s e , w h o se b e a u t y s u m m e rknew .

Then down to the vi l lage andu p t h r o u g h t h e s t r e e tWhe r e oft t ime s tow n folk c am et o m e e t ;Bu t th e s e friendly|people m e e tthere Ino Im o r e ,Fo r w in t e r fhas c om e w i th i t sicyfroar.|

C l u e s fo r Cuties \L. WhoopsBig m istake ! But fo r a m inu te I thou ght I saw Dina;Sho re scr ibbl ing away a t a them e for S r. Philippa. Then thj

s m oke w a s c u t a nd the r e s a t one o f o u r UP Freshies trying Jfconvince herse lf that this Navy is a pre tty good outfit. 1

2.{"Let's see, shall I accept Schiaparelli'sf or \ Adrian's offer? o,be t t e r s t il l , ha ve them a c cep t my offer!" We'll no doubt Jt h e b l onde J un i o r in the H om e Ec. Dept . m ake the headlines othe fashion wor ld reeeea l soon.jOr haven't-you>seen the backsui t she m ade? P. S . Jus t loo k ga ls !! What l ines!

3. The grass is green ( I can dream , can't I ? ) , lo ve and lilacs arein Abloom fand the birds a re ru nning Harry Jame s competitionDidn' t you kn ow ? Rom ance is arou nd the corner . (Chicago,Jbe exac t , ) So swee t and 'demure is this chic Senior. Need Js ay m o r e ?Hm m ! Lucky Peg Fe rry. ^Natura l ly, you 've noticed her netjcute roo m ie and ou r la tes t addition to the Sophomore class, kno tim e at a ll she 's a re gu lar M. C. gal. And how she can sudytha t Soc io logy. No fool in'! We 're "ve riee e e" glad you're herdBeautifulgorgeoussuperthose dre sses 'n' skirts the lidlady in Room 11 isports aro u nd. A-. re gu lar Mademoiselle amV ogu e deb. But she m us t kee p the repu ta t ion awarded her inhigh schoo l"Best Dressed." On top of all*this, wouldn't ydknow she 'd be underHhe cake when.jthe m usic stopped at thebazaar .Fou r w he e l s a nd no brakes"! Wonder if that's the reason FatherLatim er 's car went for a short ride around the boulevard wheaa cer ta in Junior tried''moving i t ? ? ?By now, Notre Dam e is practically old stuff to Ensign BO*favorite gir l . Speaking of favor i tes , she 's one of ours too. Ha*you noticed how she's been walking about two feet above thethird c loud? Oh yes , he ge ts hom e rea l soon now. Wonder ifshe knows there 's a m an sho r tage . By the way, we 'r e glad ydecided to com e back, M. A.

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Even the c ity with tall sky- T g THIS Y O U Ts c ra pe r s (iCannot escape i t nor s top itscap e r s ;Fo r ftnan-made s t r uc t u r e s o fi ron and s tee lMus t t o . ,i t also Sin serfdomkne e l .

Yes, nature is grea ter than a l lw ho t ryTo ru le this wor ld with a lus tycry; :For g ra s p ing pow e r s mu s t c ometo an endAnd leave the ir ways for herto Im e n d .

DON'T STOP MEv. A habit He chewed his f ingerna i ls .L i t t l e A lgenon had a bad n ^ tas te swee t on hisThe doctor ^ ^ ^ ^ e d beaut i fu l ly. Li t t l e Alger-K i i I # f ^ f more-rirls I a m d i s mi s s ing you t en m inu t e s e a r lyS i s t e r Le ona : G i r l s , 1 ^ ; ^ w a ke the o ther c lasses .

&& l i t t l e F re s hm en w ho w ro t e hom e tha tO n e o f o u r bright lit t ^ g ^ r e t u r n m a il ,three cuts r ece ived a f i r e * *she had

TAKE IT FROM THEM(Continued fromjPage Thr e e )to be rem inded. I suppose bynow, the s ta tes have ^receivedw ord o f th e new Ge rma n breakthrough. In a way I 'm jglad itha ppened , beca us e t o o m a nyPeople back ?home f igured tha tthis whole thing was a picnicS i s t e r Le ona : a f j ^ ' ^ S T t o i i t o the o ther c lasses . for us . They counted i t as he-t oda y . P l e a s e go o u t quiexiy so as uvu i n g a s g0od as over . Wel l , those jgof us who undergo the brunt ofthe ba t t l e fknow how wrongthese o ver-opt im is tic people a re .Maybe now they'l l realize thatwe are f ight ing a s tubborn,. Danusia ' "Did you knock 'em cold in the Lat in tou gh, and fanatic enem y."rv x o I Cpl. Joe Wild, Be lgium .[ * * *

ifThe m em ory o f Me rc yhur s tlives abroad, and Jit 's a lwaysgood to hear it . . ."By this t im e you shou ld bewell acquainted with Mercyhurs t . As I 've to ld you before ,thatjjused to be an o ld hunt ingground of m ine and you r me ntion of places there should bringbac k som e m em or ie s . N o doub tyou' l l find it a bit tough atfirst, bu t I 'm su re youll havea | lo t of fun dur ing you r s taythe r e . Whenil f ina l ly ge t hom e,vl can see tha t I 'l l have to m akea trip to Mercyhurst, and here 'shoping the time wil l come jus ta round the time"**of one of theschool 's big Idances."Pfc. P. Sendker .

How's your schoo l spir i t ? Are you one of those girls who attend the school functions cheerfully and with a n o n - p r e ^outlook? D o you g ive you r s uppo r t a t th e college basketg am e s ? Are you behind the co l l ege in i ts various activities aente rpr ises? Perhaps you a re , and if so , this article^doe nt j.ta in to you . This a rt ic le is m eant for th e gir who has appeabefore as the "griper," the gir l who isn ' t satisfied with the *things are going, but who doesn' t move her*little finger onetion of an inch to ' do anything abou t i t . JSuccess in any field depends upon the whole-hearted c o wt ion of everyone e ven rem ote ly concerned. Ii you worn ^have your co l l ege ra ted " tops ," i t ' s up to you to see thaquires that standard. It is your obligation to lend your * v ;_ where it is needed. Your *spir it is nee ded especially Ithe basketball games,team and cheerleaders know nreally are interested meffo rts. They spend a M^tim e practicing for the ^of you and your college.not show that you .havenaway all*your pep " J ^high schoo l diplom a. Youcapable of a few good"ye l l s ," aren ' t you? I

M W a L e t to*The Color Clinic certainly hasm e in a dither . I ju s t wrote andt o ld mother;that I look pos i t ively sick in m y old delph b l u edress. I ; s im p ly m us t ha ve aco lor tha t "does som ething for

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Did you know: That awith an off-the-face brimca l l a t tent ion to a la rgeturned-up I nose ?That dog collar and chokerbeads are jus t the thing for aslender face and neck, but dothey ever add the width to around or square face!That a center hair part givesan appearance of width to yourface?H e , , l i e . . * > * " *""*

i A in t h e s e m e s te r e xam s :S o m e b o n e r s fo u n d in ^ thejtapostles.j . The epis t l es were the _ ^ ^ ^ mtetiot a n d bacterior.2. A S* a 6 8 h 0 P^ r t 8 h t I d are a frontal, two sideals, one t opa l ,

By the way, don't let themtease you about "giving u p"candy and dessert for Lent. Weknow you're doing it with theright spiritual incentive. It 's apositive fact tha t fasting | isgood for the body as well r asthe sou l , so , of course , you deserve the smo oth f igure tha tresu l ts from the loss of tha textra five pounds.

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