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MERC1AD '^tun/cU* an d UU$6t*UmQ\. . \Vol. XXV, No. 5 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, ERIE, PA. February 5, 1954tZueet */ t&e Tfllnt&i (fyvmival. \ ,

. . . will be one of these attractive SeniorsMickey O'Don-nell, Virginia Kelly, or JDonna Byers. Her Majesty will reigntomorrow evening at the Sophonade.Winter CarnivalSpiritounts; All Anticipaten 'Eveninglln Paradise

Who will be queen of the Wdnter Carnival? Excitement and specthese girls .bs crowned queen at the Sophonade dance this Saturday night,

6,Other at tractions of the Winter Carnival weekend will includesleigh ride, bonfire, and sock dance on Friday night under the chairO'Dell. Saturday afternoon winter sports wil l be

Saturday evening couples wil l

Heavey, president of theophomore class,? has announced

|Sunday , the weekend will bscompleted by Mass * in Christ theKing Chapel, and a brunch in thecollege lounge. A rrangements haveeen made by Marge Will iams.Barbar a B uerkle, general chairman of the Winter Carnival haspromised a gala time for all.

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Glee Club Sees3 InnovationsThe Glee Club at Mercyhurstno longer conforms to the t rad i t ional routine of former years.Several changes have taken placewhich will result in -a neater appearance of the girls as well asin fuller and richer singing.Short white capes over long for-mals of various pastel shades willlend uniformity to the. mem bersof the club. Bach member will bssupplied with a small black foldercontaining the sheets of music tobe sung in the spring concerts.Students participatingiin GleeClub activities now receive, twocredits a semester for their work.A new system of cuts, accom panying these credits, allows two cutsfor the semester. Members whoovercut are automatically droppedfrom the group.

1954 RetreatMercyhurst wil l highlight i tsLenten season with the ^annualthree-day retreat which will beginThursday evening, March 11. The.retreat master wil l be t he Rev.Richard L. Rooney, S. J .Father Rooney is an active organizer of Sodali t ies throughoutthe country. He also has been influential in reorganizing those Sodali t ies which were not at tainingtheir optimum capacity in preparing the lay apostolate for God'swork. Father Rooney has beenable to accomplish much of thiswork through the Summer School

of Catholic Action. Always a prominent figure on the board forthese summer achools, he oftenconducts classes for eight hoursa day. Father has writ ten manypamphlets on the Sodali ty and recently published a new handbookfor probationers. While a moderator of all Sodalists, he is alsohead of 1 he Queen's Work department for colleges and nursingschools.Father Rooney will speak privately to the Freshman Sodalistswho are preparing to be receivedinto the Soda lity. A schedule forthe retreat activities will be posted at a later date.

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This SemesterSeveral new courses were addedto the curriculum with the opening of the second sem ester onFebruary 2.The home economics department is offering a survey courseto al l interested seniors. Taughtby Sister Mary Rachel, it will consist of th1?. fundamentals of homee c , such as consumer buying, nutri t ion, and meal p lanning . S en iors who are majoring in businesswill be taking office practice, anda dictation course in medical terminology is optional. Also new onthe schedule is a stage craft course

stressing designs of settings andprops in the mood of certain typesof plays.I Changes in the position of somecourses have also been made. Dpa-ma is now being offered everyother year, al ternately with theNovel, giving students the opportunity to take both courses. Theelementary education departmenthas switched its course in Curriculum and School Management fromfirst seme.ster senior year to thesecond semester of the junioryear, so that the practice teachers wil l have that background fortheir teaching.Other special courses on theschedule, for this semester are Po -1 i t i c a 1 science, contemporaryFrench drama, survey of Ital ianli terature, and a course! in advanced clothing.

Drama FestivalWill FeatureMorality Play"Everyman," a medieval morality play, has been selected for thisyear's Drama Festival Miss HelenKelly, speech and $ dramat ic in structor, has tentatively scheduled the production for March 28."Everyman," generally consid

ered to be .the greatest of all morali ty plays, is thought to havebeen j written by a Dutch priest ,Petrus Dorlandus, in the fifteenthcentury. It has played in Englandsince the reign of Queen Elizabethand has been known in Americasince the late part of the nineteenth century.The plot of the play is the taleof a material ist ic man in the faceof death. When Everyman learnsthat he is about to die, he pleadswith the V irtues to go with him tothe judgment. Because of his pastlife he finds he is left alone. Theplay deals with his conversion.The cast has been chosen fromall four classes. List of characters

includes Betty Seymour, JeanHeavey, Sheila Flynn, Kay Canada, Beverly Buerkle, Pat Maley,Barbara Buerkle, Ann McGiimis,Pat Klein, Martha McNulty, EdieLauler, Joan Symanski, Mary AnnScirto, Mary Gene Pyne, and BethColeman. Pat Royer is stage manager.

. . . i s what Harry Gunther t e ll s Barb Klein the theat reshould be. Caught during rehearsals for "Stage Door," -DonnaByers, left, looks on disgustedly as H arry* explains his ide als.Listening behind the curtain are Jody R yan. Terry Gorny, and-Marlene DeMattia, while Miss Helen Kelly directs the action.

Cast Twenty-NineTo^Present 'Stage DoorA behind-the-scenes gldmpse into the world of stage-struck girlswho trudge Broadway in search of a job will be offered to audiencesa t Mercyhurst's Litt le Theatre on February 25, 26, and 27. George S.Kaufman and Edna Perber have written about their favorite people,in their comedy-hit "Stage Door." For the play is the al ternatelyhumorous and ' touching story of the successes and heartbreaks thatcome to a group of young acting hopefuls who live in a girls ' theatrical boarding house in New York City's West Fifties.Some of the girls weaken in their determination to make good onBroadway, lose hea rt and a ccept HoUywood contracts, or swallow theirpride and return to their hometowns. However, Terry Randall ,the heroine of "Stage Door," issteadfast in her devotion to thetheater that hardly knows she exists . Terry, played by Barb araKlein, |is a promising young actress who endures a variety'i ofhardships and even refuses a Hollywood movie contract ibecauseshe wants to act. She t ramps fromone manager's office to another,acts in plays that close in a week,and is selling blouses in a department store basement when she isat last rewarded with the rightpart in the right play.

Career- SeekerHarry Gunther plays the par tof Keith Burgess, the young manTerry most admires, a playwrightwho puts his idealism to one sidewhen he gives up writing playsfor a more lucrative job in Hollywood.Jean Maitland, the girl wholoses heart in New York and goesto Hollywood before she has evenlearned to act , is portrayed byDonna Byers. A girl with enoughbe.auty for Hollywood, she lacksthe talent for Broadway plays.h.l is ironically a movie producerwho gives Terry her long-awaited chance in a big Broadway play.Playing the movie producer, ClintMorehouse's heart and soul arestill in the theater..^Supporting CastGeorgia Lackey, as Mrs. Orcutt,the theatrical girls ' lub matron,recalls the glories of her own stagepast while the girls compare notesabout their daily rounds of m anagers' offices. Wise-cracking Judith Canfield, tn the person ofTerry Gorny, finds it easier toland a Broadway job than to copewith the visiting lumberme n. Jea nBroscoe portrays Madeleine Vau-clain, the girl who came to New jYork to get av/ay from Seattleonly to be shipped back in a road jshow. In the role of Kaye Hamilton, Kit ty Keily is .the quiet and |sensitive acting hopeful whose aspirat ions end In t ragedy,

Rosemary McCabe, as the fai thful Mattie, busies herself by picking up after the girls. At any timein the play, Marlene DeMattia andJody Ryan, playing "Big" and"Litt le" Mary, may enter recit ingthe lines to their plays. Amusingand touching a re th e lives ofthese would-be Katharine Cornellswh o complete? the story of hopesand fears, successes and heartbreaks of the picture that is"Stage Door." j gf ; M 2Other bravely struggling debutantes of the theater who l ive atMrs. Orcutfs "Footl ights Club"are portrayed by: Marge Will iams,Pauline Solid a, Donna Cutrona,Marge Cummiskey, Lorraine Rei-chel , Barbara 1 Barnes, MickeyO'Donnell , Pat^Murphy, VirginiaKelly and Margueri te M cLaughlin. ' 2 3Nine boys complete t he cast,playing the "men in their lives,"and adding sparkling humor whiledoing so.

Students MeetCritic TeachersMembers of the third year education class will begin their observation in the public schoolsthis semester. Dr. Michael J. Reli-han, director of teacher training,will introduce the students to theircri t ic teachers during the next

week.Shortly afterwards, students inthe various departments wil l beassigned to the particular classeswhich they are to observe. Cityschools which cooperate in theteacher-training program of Mercyhurst are. Academy, Strong V incent. Jefferson, Burton, Lincoln,and East .Each prospective teacher is required to observe fifteen classesduring th e semester, while theelementary education majors must'observe thirty, t

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Page Two T H E M E ft C I A b Friday, F ebruary, 5, L954. h M * _ ,Formality Decreed

:< *|The Adminisftration has decided that two major proms,in January and June, will return to their original formal status ; consequently, we shall see more tuxedos and few er businesssuits at these functions.During the last war and the disturbing1 dflvs tha t hvfollowed in this nast decade, the rationing: o* dothinp* mptArial

made it difficult to procure formal attire. Because ** this, itwas left to the option of the young men to attend either formally or informally. This emergency no longer exists: hence.there seems to be no reason for dispensing with the traditionalformality.There hasa laxity in theprided herselfgesture on herwhich was theWinter Carnivsponsor one oryear.

been a decided trend all over the U S. towardspursuit of thej'finer." Mercyhurst has alwaysin takinsr a stand against this trend. This latestpart will aid in raising the tone of the dancesoriginal purpose of merging the Sophonade andal . With few exceptions, most girls' collegesmore (strictly? formal affairs during the schoolWithout a doubt, formal attire will lend a* richer atmosphere to our dancesone that has a classic touch, yet still remains distinctively collegiate.

Council Takes A Stand!Because of the close interrelationship between the Student Council and the Student Board of Discipline here at Mercyhurst, it is difficult to define the position of Student Government on a current school problem. The problem is a systemof discipline which cannot manage its own disciplining problems. The difficulty lies in the fact that this system belongsto , or is an outgrowth of, the Government.Through the untiring efforts of certain individuals andgroups, we have a Student Board of Discipline that, in form,is close to perfection. Its actual working is somewhat less thanperfect, and we, as the enforcers, have left something to bedesired in our administration of our privileges. itThe total effect of such a system as the one we have putinto effect here depends on only one elementcooperation.Such cooperation is ours in name, but not in interest or en-thusiasm.The fault evidently lies in lack of a sense of|duty an dobligation on the part of monitors, although it is partially attributable to several individuals whose actions classify them,not as sophisticates, but as children.The Student Board of Discipline constitution has recentlybeen passed through Student Council. We have worked longand hard for our privileges; we must work just as long andtwice as hard on the attendent obligations.

You an N. S. A.Whether we realize it or not, each student at Mercyhurst is a member of the National Student Association, ntheN . S. A., by virtu e of the Stude nt Council's affiliation withthat organization. What do we get out of it? Why should webe^n this organization? What has it accomplished?To begin with, N. S. A. opera tes on an international basis.Students all over the world who have contact with international student affairs,{look to the N. S. A. of America forleadership and consider it the "voice" of the American stu-dents . As a result of this, the N. S. A. has a "foreign policy,"and it is the responsibility of students in the United Statesto see to it that this foreign policy reflects their own opinions.Just as voting is not a right but a responsibility of citizenship,so membership in the community of colleges and universitiesin America places an obligation upon a college student government. The campus student government must make certainthat its opinion is made known to N. S. A., which speaks for it.iThe N. S. A. reflects student opinion in domestic areasas well. The organiza tion prov ides a clearing house for informations service and research, which are at the disposal of theindividual student governments. Data gathered by the StudentAffairs Committee on extra-curricular activities and the Educational Affairs Committee, working on course evaluation,student-faculty relations and curricujum development, is available to student councils all over the country. J t)Accomplishment? Internationally th e N. S. A. has ^comported itself in iways which* have reflected favorably on theUnited States. It is a member of the U. N. E. . C, 0. advisorycouncil, affiliated with the American Council on. 5Education,and has worked with other national organization^ to furthercommon ends. N. S. A. sponsors the student trips to Europeeach summer which have made low-cost international travela reality for many students. All the^e are accomplishments.Mercyhurst has benefited from its affiliatipn 'yrith N. S. A.Of course, the intangible benefit of intercollegiate associations on a personal level are of necessity limited to the actualdelegates. But they too add to the sum of student life at Mercyhurst, } U f f. $

Campus Papers Sodality Prefect Defines Form,Provide Medium Power of Meditative PrayerFor Exchanges

Among the many activities ofvarious colleges, one of the mostimportant has been the. participation in this year's M arch ofDimes drive. The University ofDetroit not only had its own campus drive for the fund, but alsoa March of Dlmas Ball to raisemoney.

Th e Aloysian of Mount Aloy-sius Junior College, Cresson, Pa.,has been publicizing -the, latestStudent Council addition to theschool. "Council Capers" is a bulletin board on which are postedcartoons, lampoons, etc.anythingthat will help put across StudentCouncil ideas.

Also in the line of dramatics,Canisius is busy preparing to jibehost for the Jesuit CoUege One-Act Play Festival on? February 13.Participants inline annual eventwill be Fordham, St. Peter's College, Le Moyne, and Canisius.

& * ' * *From the Canisius Griffin comesthe sage definition of a pessimist:"One whofexpects the worst andthen makes the worst of it whenit happens."

Seven college newspaper editorsare touring Russia and spendinga mon th behind the. Iron Cu rtainfor the purpose of satisfying thei rcuriosity about Russia and itspeople.

Editor OpensPaper Staffs

The editor and advisor of theMerciad have, announced th at students wishing to join the businessor editorial staffs may begin theirprobation ^period in "the secondsemester this year. If, duringlthisinitial semester, they receive, complete, and have accepted four assignments, they will become official! mem bers of the? 1954-'55staff, 'beginning this September.Those who were candidates forappointment to the staff duringthe past semester will find theirnames appearing in this issue'smasthead if they have been accepted. In.order to have meritedthis, they have satisfactorily^completed four assignments, althoughall satisfactory assignments werenot necessarily used. This is due,understandably, to changes inschedule, information and relative importance of the subject.In cases where candidates ' nam esdo not appear in the mastheadof this issue, they have not completed the quality or quantity ofwork required. They will be contacted personally by the editor inthe near future as -to whether ornot they wish to continue duringthis semester as candidates foradmittance to the staffs .This is an excellent opportunityfor those who, because of a heavywork or activity schedule, werenot able to try out during the firstsemester, as well as for those whowere n ot assigned the requirednumber of articles, because of thelimited number of assignmentspe r issue. I I -,

In Freshman Probation, thenext ste p in their introducto rycourse for entrance into the Sodality is an un derstan ding ofMental Prayer. Father Martin willbegin to explain an approach toMental Prayer beginning February 4 at the. freshman weekly probation meeting. In view of this,an idea of what prayer is in it self might help them; in fact,everyone may profit from- someof these thoughts.Prayer is not a passive occupation. It must fit into every portion of the. active life. Every moment if offered to God throughChrist, can be a prayer. Yes, wemust take time out to seek thesolitude of the Chapel as Christsought the quietude of Mount Tabor to meditate. But then, it isnot always Ipossible to be there,for most of our lives are spentseparated from this atmosphere.However, daily activity can bepractical prayer, as prayer doesnot always have to be, theoretical.For, what is prayer? It is ourability to recollect infthe midstof distraction and bring ourselvesback to God. Are not our wholelives to be lived in close proximityto God, so that in eternity we willbe capable of contemplating Him?In order to attain this recollection,it takes a steady conditioning ofoneself to keep in the sight ofGod. I IIn this advancement to God, thenext step is Mental Prayer. Whenwe attempt this , the first elementnecessary is the attitude that it"can be done," followed by thedetermination th at "it will bedone." It is in Mental Prayer thatwe advance towards Christ's image and look at ourselves in relation to how we compare tof th isimage. Through this, we are allowing our soul to be united withsanctifying grace and, at the. sametime, constructing a bridge whichconnects iu s wfch th e Trinity.1*Sometimes there is a drynesswhich we experience in Mental

lEXCHANGES (cont.)An1, editorial appeared! in theBall State Co1 lege, Muncie.fIndian a .paper stating that a coursein the fart of conversation shouldbe offered* It advocated that^thisconversational art^should be anaimjjof college education, shouldbe greatly emphasized, and final

ly, should be demanded by students.# *

Students of finance at DukeUniversity in South Carolina arenow able to use real money fortheir studies. They use it as theysee fit, and one of the few stipulations is that they may not buyon a margin.

Prayer. This could be due. to manyreasons, but^a very common oneis lack of subject matter. However, it is not the essence of thistype of prayer to feed one's in-tr.Uect but to stimulate the will.the wi?l if the intellect cannot giveto it. We must read, read, andread, if only for five minutes aday, material that can be substance for Mental Prayer.We, of this age, are mentallywrong Catholics; by this is meantthat our Catholicity is just a segment of our lives and not a penetrating factor in every phase ofour life. It is our duty to striveThen again, how can we affectto attain this way of life in whichwe. begin to develop an attit udetoward God and adjust all in viewof Him. Then we acknowledge thewill of God as a " rea l" par t of ourlife, a truth which will permeateall our actions.

'Miracle' OpensOn February 2At Civic Theater

Opening at the Erie Playhouseon February 2 will be a comedyentitled "Father Malachy's Miracle." The play will begin a thre e-week run and has already beensold out for the first three performances^

"Father Malachy's Miracle" isset in Scotland. Father Malachy,aj Benedictine monk, is sent to aparish in -a small town to helpin its reorganization. Upon amv-ing, he discovers that the churchis located next to a dance hall.Faced with this problem and thetown's modern:, doubters, he decides that a miracle is necessaryand prays for one.

Suddenly, the night club, witttits performers and patrons, is spii-ited away to an island twentymires from the original site anafrom Father Malachy's churci uThe miracle is the beginning of ahectic situation for the gentiepriest who is immediately be sieged by policemen, owners ofthe club, and emissaries fromRome.

Henderson Forsythe will be seenas Father Malachy, and the largecast includes Bob Horen, DietStobie. and Bill Bramley, witnGannon College instructor BillStarrs as Cardinal Vassena.

T H E M E R C I A DMercyhurst College, Erie, Pa.Member ofAssociate Collegiate Press"All American"

Editor - ^ ___ ___ Mary? Anne HayesAssociate Editor ^ 1 ^ j ea n DrouharaAssistant Editors ^LL.^- Marge Williams^ Ma rtha McNultyBusiness Editor _ ; . Roseann AudioEditorial Staff Jody Ryan, Donna Byers,Ann Kennedy, Lorraine Reichel, Victoria Argana, Carol Kelly,Mary Gene Pyne, Judy Roseberry, Jean Heavey, Gerry Kingston.Roberta Imboden, Bet Broderick, Barbara Klein. Ann McGinnis,Joan Csernyicky.Business Staff _4 r. l ^ ^ ^ _ , i ^ ^ i _ _ ^ P e g g y Grace, Dot Zuzula.Mary Kienzle. Jean Let, Pat Murphy, Helen Kennedy, Lorraine

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Friday, February 5, Ld54 T H M Eft 6 I A D Page ThreeMerry Music-making

. . . is the result when Audrey Hannah, Judy Roseberry, Marguerite McLaughlin, and Mary Mullaney combine their talents.

CandidatesMaster Music-Maker

Music! Music! Music! Almost at any time of the day or night,boaststits specialists, and

Judy Roseberry . . . home in Eggertsville, N. Y suburb of Buffalo . . played for "Brigadoon" . . .tone of tallest sophs . . . officer of . . French Club memlber . . . writes for Merciad . . . mysterious 'brown

Canada every summer . . . Janus pledge . . . looks forward toMary Mullaney . . . Senior Soci

fromhome-town,R. C.

. . . memberY.IC . S. . . . enjoys her tripson the Empire . . . hateso pick out a hat . . . enjoyed inwork Khis summer . . . likesto read . . . playing bridge a fav

er class-mates. fBusiness MajorMarguerite McLaughlin . . . resident of Erie . . . freshman business major . . . will play Olga in"Stage Door" . . . the unique half-day-hop, hal f-resident . . . VillaMaria graduate . . . has remnantsof a Pittsburgh accent . . , geniusfor making friends . . . excellentsinging voice . . . member of theEnglish Club and O. G. A. . . .introducing her resident classmates to Gannonites . . . knownfor her odd combination of food.

Audrey Hannah . . . frequentlyseen tripping the keys at informalgatherings . . . tall . . . Juniorday-hop . . . Biology major . . .member of French Club . . finespeaking voice . . . minoring inEnglish . . . long blond hair . . ,Science Seminar member . . - excellent student, never missedDean's List . . . frequently seenin biology I ab . . . warm personality.

Gannon CollegeHolds Council

WELCOME . . . To Eileen Whetzle, of Eden, N.Y., a freshman transrer from Barry College. Eileen is enrolled inthe home economics course.To Nancy Smith, who is beginning her freshman year in thefield @ elementary education.Nancy is a June graduate of Mercyhurst Seminary.

Mr. Chairman, I protest!"The chair declares the delegatefrom the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic out of order."Thus went the Model SecurityCouncil held at Gannon! Collegeon Janua ry 16, 1954. Sponsoredby the three area colleges, it wasconducted exclusively by the highschool students.The day's agenda began with registration from nine until ten followed 'by the first general session.The admission of new membersinto the United Nations was thefirst, and, as it turned out, theonly resolution discussed. Manyheated discussions ensued betweenthe left and right wing groups.After lunch, Bishop McMana-

man and Dr. Hickey, ^President ofthe Board, of Education, spoke tothe students. They commented onthe fact that such activities asthe Model Security Council werenot only interesting but tremendously educational. The second session began with China, I Mercy-hurst Seminary, demanding itsspeaking privileges. They were refused recognition by the chair.

The final session was, to saythe least, explosive! Russia, SaintBenedict's (advised -by MargaretHirsch) , walked out in a fit ofragebut not without their vodka! At the peak of the excitement,the President, Jean Donovan, banged on the desk with such vehemence that her gavel flew into theaudience! Finally, amidst muchharanguing, twelve countries wereapproved for application to theGeneral Assembly.

A dance, from nine to twelve,closed the day's proceedings. Whatwas the student opinion on theday? They voted {unanimously tohave another session in March.

New CourseDraws FutureHomemakers

For many years the senior non-Home Ecers have been in a dithercome June of their senior year.They discover, for the first time,that they have to go out and makea home for /themselves, and theydon't know the first thing aboutit, * : I v ]

Some plan to marry and it wouldbe much easier for themselves andall concerned if they knew thefundamentals of homemaking. Ifthey are going to work away fromhome and not marry for a while,they will want to know how tocook their own meals and do theirown home decorating.Seniors of the past have requested that a general survey inhomemaking be offered to secondsemester seniors. So this semester,seniors are being offered a coursewhich will include the fundamen

tals of home management, interiordecoration, meal planning andtable service, consumer buying,food preparation and nutrition,child study and family relations.The course is described as "astudy off family life, includingspiritual and moral ! principles,correct relationships, materialneeds, helps, and skills that addto better family life."Offered as a two-credit course,it will be taught by the teachersof the home economics department, each teaching her particularphase of the subject. The classwill meet twice a week andFwdllconsist mainly of lecture and demonstration type instruction.

Home Ec ClassHost To Press

Combining work with social activity, the Home Economics FoodsII class entertained eight womenof the Erie press at a formal dinner recently. The affair was heldThursday evening, January 21, inthe home economics dining roomjWhite roses and gardenias decorated the table and each guestwas presented with a miniaturegold notebook and pencil, symbolic of her work.Those in attendance were: HyYaple, Sally Casey, Ruth Weiler,Dorothy Corboy, Janet Mahoney,Audrey Kuhn, Adrianna Oomper,and Pat English. Miss Helen Kellyacted as hostess .

EXCHANGESThe Varsity News of the University of Detroit announces that theSodality is planning a i oundtablediscussion for 400 high schoolstudents. The discussion^ will include the apostolate, mental prayer, Mass, and Sodality organizat ions.

The Red and Black, a weeklypaper from a Georgia Universityis receiving a great deal of publi-city since the appearance of editorials on segregation in education. Not only have pros and consbeen discussed in Time magazine,but letters to editors nave appeared in such papers as St. Bon aventure's Bona Venture,

Mercyhurst GirlsAre TalkingAbout

MercyhurstMother dleMERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT . . Jturning co-ed for the coming weekendtuxes and all! . .S*a|es' feast day program . . . little white envelopes addressed to Mr.and Mrs. XX, carrying our grades home . . . Sophomore day-hops p ro gressive dinner?? . . . Markey Foley's application of the Hobbes Theory. . . Mickey Spillane turns Italian boy.

MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT . . . FatherDaniel "Sonja Henie" Martin . . . unexpected date s for the fresh-men to Gannon's graduation party . . .new third-floor resident. . . how "Brigadoon" brides are increasing . . . departure ofMcHugh . . . Jody's ring"Is it on the wrong finger?"P MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT . . . Digger Odell's"lost cord" . . . Mary Lou Dwyer's recent visit .f. . Papal ChamberlainLatimer dons official robes . . . Edie meets the relatives . . . the "King-sley Report" . . . ChuckMercyhurst's loss is the Air Force's gain . . .Day-hop birthday parties . .%. Junior Home Ecers sporting new coats. . . Marge Williams' expensive phone calls .|. . anticipation of quantity cooks . . . enthusiastic freshmen sodalists . . . "Are your intent ionshonorable fellow?"

^MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT . . . Sophomores capitalizing on dates for Winter Carnival. . . Peggy Kelsey'srevival of "My Old Flame" . . . freshmen day-hops turning resident . . . "Snowball" . . . resolutions for the new semester . . .first official debut of Cadet Colonel Cummiskey . . . Peggy Graceturns professional . . . new observers in district schools . . . t h edecorous cast of "Everyman."

MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT . . . The Sophomore "Teaching Quiz" . . . new freshman student . . . Bowen's birthday box for B. B. . . . Sophomores' migration to Pittsburgh .y. . Barbara Kleinnew instructor . . . new white class cards . . . Rainee'slost love-letternot to snow . sleigh ride(formal dinner dance to snow orthe WINTER CARNIVAL.

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Clubs FeatureGuest Speakers

The O. G. A. Sorority will haveMiss Mary E. Hopk ins as its guestspeaker at the February meeting.Miss Hopkins, of Personnel M a nagement Service will speak on"Kmployee and Community Relations." Secretarial awards will bedistr ibuted at this t ime.Dr. Samuel Bobbins, head; ofErie Social Hygiene, will addressthe Sociology Seminar. His topicwill -be "Modern MarriageAPartnership 11 and will contain apractical-.discussion of predictionscales for "success and failure inmarriage. Dr. Robbins has appeared before civic groups in Erieand has recently conducted apanel on the "Kinsey Report."During this meeting, the groupwill? prepare for a panel discussion on "Juvenile Delinquency"to be held in March. Participantswill be students from Gannon andMercyhurst."Art in the Public School System" will be the topic of Mr.George Deimel as he speaks to theArt Club during their meetingthis m onth. Mr. Deimel is the A rtSupervisor of the Erie PublicSchools, and his talk will be ofinterest to all . During January,the Art Club sponsored an exhibition, "Mexican j ! Holiday," thework of which was done by MissRuth .Van Sickle Ford.Due to the production of "StageDoor," the Dramatic Society willjust conduct a short businessmeeting this month. At this time,all final preparatio ns regardngthe play will be taken care of.At the February meeting of theFrench Club, plans will be. madefor French Day which has beenset for March 19. Committees arebeing appointed by the General

Chairmen, Ann? Kennedy.Miss Wilkins will address < th emembers of the Elementary Education Seminar during th eir meeting. As Co-ordinator of i, the ErieSchools,':her talk should^prove ofgreat value to those interested j inelementary education.

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This is just a warning! Whenever you are spending a peacefulSunday afternoon with all your homework done for the week-end,with just the thoughts of relaxing and perhaps taking in a moviewatsh out! Something drastic is bound to happen to spoil your littleUtopia. It might be a date calling (What am I saying?), or it mightbe an air raid, or it just might be an over-enthusiastic photographer!The latter was our case.We were asked to accompany a certain genial photographer tothe Peninsula in order that he might take some pictures for one ofhis feature articles. Encouraged toy several Sisters of Mercy and beingcharitable individuals, we consented to giving an hour of ourtime to the cause. That wouldstill give us time to take in ourmovie.Since it was a little chilly, wedonned our ski suits and off wewent, leaving the campus at 1:30.On our arrival at the Peninsula,the guard consented to let thepress and his subjects enter pastthe barricade. In our search forice formations, which the pho tographer felt would make the 'bestbackground, we reached a pointwhere the road became impassable. This was * not the end, asyou might think, but the beginning! You guessed it! We startedwhat is commonly known as"hoofing it," or should I say"trudging it."For p rotection, we wore ourmufflers over the lower half ofour faces revealing just three pairsof eyes. It was so cold that, afterreaching through layers of clothing for a handkerchief, one member of the party was unable tofind her nose! Unable to find anyice informations, we headed for

th e lighthouseabout tw o milesfurther on! In the process of^taking a few cover pictures, one ofour group fell through the ice into water|up to her knees. Afterpouring water out of her boots,she led us back to the car off aslow trotthe only way to keepwarm!To bring these cold facts to anend, we arrived back at Mercyhurst in time for dinnerfourhours latercold, damp, hungry,and having no desire to set footoutside the building again. Honestly, we reallyf ar e nature lovers,but we just weren't cut out to beEskimos!P. S.Incidentally, one of thepictures taken was featured on thecover of the Sunday Dispatchmagazine section.

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Relying on "Old Man Weather," Mercyhurst,-sportsters are. busyplanning the various athletic activities involved in their annual Winter Carnival. Only time will tell whether or not we'll have the long-hoped-for snow which is so much a part of this social affair. However,our girls never call it quits. In case the weather is disappointing, provisions are. 'being made for several?indoor activities.Our favorite "lounging shirts," the A. A. sweatshirts are now onsale in room 61. Sizes'range from small to medium and large. If youhaven*t already bought one, I'd advise you to hurry as this sale issponsored only once a year. Let's make this y?,ar as successful as theformers ones. Remember Mercyhurst's motto, and "seize the opportunity." g | |; JI Basketball, FavoriteComing down to the actualsports scene, basketball is seen Infirst place, on o ur program . Tues-

Students OfferAnnual Tribute

The joy of having our President d e v t e d fco Practice, and girls fromday and Thursday?afternoons are

back with us prompted the program of Mother de Sales? FeastDay celebration on January 22.As illness prevented her from attending the Christmas festivitiesof the college, the Introduction1'toActing class chose "A Room Forthe Prince" as a belated Christmas theme. In the cast were AnnMcGinnis, Patsy Klein, Kay Canada, Joan Syzmanski, and BarbBuerkle.An n Kennedy presentedm th efelicitations. In this speech, allwere reminded of the benefits afforded the college during the timethat Mother de Sales has beenpresident.Before the play, Sheila Flynnsang|"rilSWalkvBeside You," accompanied by Judy Roseberry. Atthe conclusion of the program,Student Council President DonnaBye.rs presented! Mother de Saleswith a gift from the student body.

every class assemble on the court.Enthusiasm rises with each wellaimed basket. This fast and furious sport* seems to be a favoritearound Mercyh urst. Everyone isnot only invited to the practicesbut welcomed. If you don't knowhow to play, come and learn; ifyou do know how to play, comeand teach us.

Frosh Favor SkatingThree of our freshmen seem tobe concentrating on a winter sportwhich is not often ~practiced byMercyhurst girls. Lois Young,B u n n y Walters, a n d BettySchwind have been skating on thebay and, believe it or not, theydidn't collect many bruises. Thissport, however, is very dependenton our weatherman, and ourweatherman is not too dependable.

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