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College Completes RevisionsOf Practice Teaching Period

Although a practice teaching program has been used for manyyears at Mercyhurst, a revised plan is now in effect.Instead of the usual practice period of six weeks at the beginningof the first semester, Seniors will now spend the first fifteen weeksof the first semester in p ractice -teaching. Previously it w as necessaryto start teaching when the public schools opened for the year. In thisplan, the student teacher will not begin her practice teaching until thesemester begins for Mercyhurst College.For the first three weeks of this period, theIprospective teacherwill observe actual teachers under actual classroom atmosphere andcircumstances. For the remainingtwelve weeks, she will gain exper-lence in her major field by actinga6 the regular classroom teacher.She, will also prepare and .handIn forms reporting dally activitiesand i> incidents.

Any classroom courses at Mercyhurst will require two hours perweek and will be restricted to astudy of special! methods in h ermajor field. This should eliminatethe problem of overloaded schedules and give the student-propertime to prepare her reports anddaily lessons.Some Juniors may view thisperiod with wariness but as Maureen Jones, president of the PressClub,( points out: "This is moreof a chance to test yourself to seewhat you can do on your own.The critic teacher can get to knowthe student teacher and the student teacher can get to know herpupils." %\

Vil la Sponsors Tea;Host Hurst Students

Approximately 400 girls fromVilla and Mercyhurst will visit"Villa Maria College on 'February24 for an afternoon tea sponsored |by the Villa Student Council.All classes of both colleges areinvited tc the affair which will

News BriefsDr. Denty

BritishreturnDr. Vera *D . Denty,psychologist, will make avisit to M ercyhurst when shespeaks on February 28 in the Little Theatre at 8 p.m.Dr. Denty appeared? here lastFebruary and at that time spokeon "Psychological Aids to Study."However,| this year the topic will

be "Psychology and Religion" inwhich she shows the Church to bethe greatest psychologist of aUt ime.Miss Denty is a member of theBritish Psychological Associationan d the American Catholic Psy-chological Association. She wasan honor student at the University of London, where she com.pieted her education in childpsychology and psycho-analyticaltraining.

Military BallCathy Cruise, Mercyhurst junior and 1956 Cadet Colonel, willpresent the new choice with roses

at the Military Ball held at Gannon Auditorium on February 16.General Chairman and Battai-be held in the Seminar Room, ion Comm ander is Joh n RobieChairmaned by Barbara Weigert,other committees such as Foodand entertainment will be headed by ? Helen Miller and Jo AnnGourley.Both colleges have endorsedthis activity designed to better

while Band Chairman is BilljFil-ipkowski.The eleven-piece band ofBernie Rudy which appeared atthe Steel Pier in*Atlantic City,will play for the dance, while intermission?entertainmentI will beacquaintother .

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Directing Class Winter Carnival Openslcneauie Plays

"The benevolent dictators" aliasstudent directors begin this year'sseries of one-act plays on February 21 in the Gym at 8 p. m. withthe presentation of two plays J byJeanette Mancuso and Joan Ro-pelewski.Last I spring an entire eveningof plays was presented, but thisyear the directing class under MissHelen Kelly, will space their dramatic efforts from February toMarch. As usual, the plays will beonen to the entire school.Jeanette Mancuso will direct"Among Us Girls," a comedy dealing with a young I bride who isdisillusioned by three meddling"gossips." Lillian Egnot will playthe bride, the three "friends" willbe portrayed by Dorothea Morell,Betsy Schnatter, and Sue McCartney, while Lolly Lockhart willenact the role of the maid."The Woman in the FreightCar," a drama dealing with a wartime situation is Joan Ropelewski'sdirecting choice. The action ofthis play takes place on a trainand involves military intrigue andsecret agents.|The oast was notavailable'for publication.

Col lege ExpandsHealth ProgramDr. William!W. Cohen!has be come Mercyhurst's first schoolphysician on campus as of thesecond semester. His office is lo cated in the Student's Infirmaryon the first floor where examinations of the seniors began Februa ry 4. In the following... weeks,the juniors and sophomores willbe examined. Clinical hours inwhich Dr. Cohen will trea t medicalproblems audi give health counseling are Monday, Tuesday, andThursday from 11 to 12.

Seniors lOpen Jo int Art Show At LibraryDisplaying Four Years Of Advanced WorkFebruary "greats" have movedover to add the names of LoisYoung and Nola Weingard totheir roster.

With the opening of their jointart show February 1, these seniorart majors completed ltheir thesisas well as giving Mercyhurst afirst in such a student show.Continuing through! the month,their efforts are on display at theErie Public Library fronv8:30 to10:30 pjn.While the second half of theirJunior year was spent preparingspecial -material for this show,it includes the more advancedwork of four years in oils, watercolors, gouache, sketching, andvarious other media. Comprising-about one h undred works, thetypes run from conservative tomodern. Some of the paintingsLois is exhibiting I ar e Joan I ofArc done in abstract, and amosaic peacock. Nola is showingamong others a large oil of aPhiladelphia street scene and amosaic table.

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Nola and Lois take a last look before their show opensA former Erie girl, Nola{nowlives in Jen kin town while Lois! isfrom New Kensington. Continuation of art studies after grad*uatlon this June is Lois' goal.

Sr. M. Angelica, their vart professor, has I stated that it is veryinteresting to see how the sametraining can result in such different expressions.,.

University of Buffalo, Penn State, University of Detroit, Universityof North Carolina, Notre Dame, Virginia Military Instituterepresentatives from north, south, east, and west are gathering at MercyhurstCollege.Mercyhurst's annual Winter Carnival fun begins tonight with twosleighs to carry the couples through the Hills, a huge bonfire behindthe school to warm cold fingers and roast marshmallows, and all sortsof winter sports (weather permitting).While everyone is crowdingaround the blazing bonfire, theSophomores will perform the in-formal crowning of the WinterCarnival Queen. The reigningSenior was chosen by the girls atMercyhurst and sponsored by theSophomore Class.

Carnival EventsFriday, February 87-9SleighrideBonfire9-12Sock DanceCrowning of QueenDeerhead LodgeSaturday, February 97-9Formal Dinner9-1Sophonade

Masonic T e m p l eBallroomSunday, Feb. 1010 a. m. -MassfBrunch in the Lounge

Later in the evening, about 9:00,the gym floor will feel the patterof feet as the girls and their fellows^ dance to their favorite re cords.The general chairmen for theweekend are Nancy Stubler, MaryFrances Lymph, and Jan ie Haged-ish. The committee head for Friday is Dorthea Morell.

Four Weekdays Of \RetreatScheduled In Early March

A weekday retreat in which both day and resident students canparticipate equally will be substituted this year for the usual weekenddate .On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 6 to 9,the Reverend George Colby, C.S.C., from Massachusetts will conductthe annual days of prayer, meditation, and conferences.t Father-Colby will be making his

Counciraining BeginsSeriesTo develop {better leaders! andmake every student a bettermember of her class and clubs,the Student Council is sponsoringa Leadership Training Program.Noel Jaeger is chairman of thefour-week series.Prof speaksThe inaugural ^program wa sheld F ebruary 1. Today's series aswell as next week's, February 16,will be devoted to the study ofParliamentary Procedure. Dr.James Waldron of Gannon Col-lege and an authority on Parliamentary Procedure, will be the

featured speaker. Along with hi stalks, he will show -films an dgive out literature.The fourth program, February22, will deal with the various aspects of leadership on campus.It will be concerned with the kindof leadership necessary to be amajor officer, a cl u b officerand a class club member. Noel hasstated that Student Councilwelcomes and urges everyone [ toattend!these programs.

"Leader" is themeThe first program centeredaround the definition of "leader"and the need for leaders atMercyhurst and in the world.

Mary Kay Donatelli spoke on whyleaders are necessary, whileMary Kay Walsh gave the definition and qualities of leaders.Developing these qualities oncampus was the theme of InaSmith's speech. Julia Kelly toldhow suoh a program benefits the3tu4en{ Council.

third tr ip to Mercyhurst,; but itwill be his first retreat for thecollege students. Two years agohe gave one for the Seminarystudents, while during Holy Weekof last year he conducted a retreatfor the Sisters at Mercyhurst.Father Colby belongs j to theorder of the Holy Cross Fathers.He is a member of the branchwhich devotes its time to retreatwork, and;has been active in thiswork among college students.Plans for holding the retreatduring the school week were madeat the close of* the retreat lastyear by Mother M. Borgia. -3Thir ty-one StudentsMake Dean's List

The first semester r Dean's Listcalculated on the basis of thescholastic index of 2.50, revealsthirty-one students or about 10%of the student body earned thishonori Sixteen are residents whilefifteen day-students are listed.Nine seniors were named: JoyceBaker, Joan Coyle, Nancy Harter.Noel Jaeger, Val Jean Manclni.Constance Renner, Barbara Stone,Rita Walter, and Lois Young.Juniors and sophomores-placedseven students each on the List.Junior placements are: MarilynChromey, Linda Collin, AlaryCatherine Donatelli. M a u r e e nJones, Vlvetta Petronio, BetsySchnatter, and Julia Simons.Sophomores are: Dora Andrie,Welling Chang, Mary MargaretCummings, Patricia Faber, JoanImhof, Mary Frances Lymph, andEmma Jean Ncwby.Eight freshmen were named tothe Dean's List: Mary Jane Bauer,Elizabeth Dorsogna, Carolyn Go-lanka, Cynthia Ilauser, LynnHumphreys, Adele Ontko, Margaret Mary Topping, and EdithWinters, W

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1fcf6 fwd T H E M E R C I A D February t, 1957_^ 7UL//Primaries and final voting are just"twomonths away. M ~ iI It is not too early to begin, consideringnext year's officers and leaders, especiallywhen we realize the ir impo rtance. Upon themwill depend the success of next year's studentcontentment in inter-collegiate, co- and extracurricular, and spiritual activities. Uponthem, too, will depend relations between administration and students, between facultyand stude nts. f IWith this in mind, there should bethought in considering candidates. Trainingis needed for this discrimination. It is needed in order to cooperate with student leader*ship. And it is needed for those girls electedto lead so that they might lead strongly andrightly. These are the aims of the FebruaryLeadership Programs. They deserve full support, f m

0*e Otitic 0a*dU \How often have we sat shamefacedly in

a movie thea tre ? The cause of embarrassm entmay have been a word, gesture, or suggestivedress on thje part of the actors and actresses.We paid to be entertained and instead received low-grade play-acting. ? . .1 . 11fWho cares less about such injustice th anthe writers and producers of that Hollywoodspectacular? In general, who cares less aboutinsulting America's intelligence than Hollywood's top-brass?As long as we, the A merican public, payto squirm through degrading films, Hollywood is going to produce them. We must insist that they give us the elevating entertainment which moral, intelligent citizens demand. \ I 1^ 6 Tiftutted

A deafening roar from the non-smokers9lounge fills Cupboard Hall every noon hour.What can be done to remedy this much-corn*plained-of situation? | *The first ste p is to enlist the cooperationof all concerned. Why not v oluntarily stag gerthe lunch hour? Or if th e lounge is to be COOKverted into a lunchroom, let it be that, socialize elsewhere. \ % \Even better, A why not join the residentsin the dining room? This would not only helpavoid the noon hour "panic", bu t afford th eopportunity to mingle and socialize at leisureafter a full morning's schedule.0D(fKUHitc7

Violence has been the reaction of Montgomery, ^Atlanta, and other Southern communities toward desegregation. As a result,those communities which have taken peaceful steps toward fulfilling the Supreme Courtdecision get lost in the shuffle of distortedand sensational news and television stories.Many Southerners have not chosen dynamiteand terror, but rather willingness and farsightedness. Recently G overnor Le Roy Collins affirmed the ^Supreme Court verdict,noting th at the decision can no longer be passed on to another generation, but must be thecombined efforts of White and Negro. Positive approaches like this are those worthy ofpublicity and fremembrance.'TKOvwUnp S*te

With the fcommencement of the ErieMorning News, the first of its kind in thecity we congratulate th e new owner. We hopeth e editors of both Erie papers continue tokeep their ideas varied and their news noteworthy, i f I |As the newspaper should stand for andmirror fthe customs and morality of a community, we look to this newspaper to beginits era by eliminating all questionable m aterial both in advertising and content. Thereby*it wiH not only serve to reflect the moralcharacter of th is community, but also to safeguard and aid its well-being.We extend our wholehearted support tothe editor of the Erie Morning News for Itssuccess and hope we never have occasion towithdraw it . $ Wm i

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February 8, 195If T HE M U C I A D frage ThreeU n u s u a l P r o j e c t l U n d e r t a k e n A r t T h e s i s D e p i c t s C o l l e g e H a l l W e l c o m e sB y L o c a l R e e l C r o s s G r o u p T " Lestament Scenesg' Area Red Cross is in the midst of new projects as a result of theirlast meeting. Among the activities discussed are translating thankyou notes, Civil Defense Work and a variety show.If Transla ting thank you notes for packages distributed by the RedCrosslin foreign nations is an unusual project for area Red Crossworkers. German, Greek, and Russian letters will be translated byGannon, the Spanish by Villa, and French by Mercyhurst for the Junior1 Red Cross people who sponsoredCar niva DatesJourney Afar

As was once stated in a collegepaper of this city, "It's tux-timeat the 'Hurst again." And afterall the asking, arranging, planningand plotting is done, our fair campus will again be invaded by manymembers of the opposite sex.A tentative lineup of collegesrepresented here, includes nearlytwenty, with ! Gannon far in th elead. Such far-off place s as NotreDame, Wake Forest, V.M.I., andHarvard, contribute to the rosterof dates. There will be collegiansfrom near-by Behrend CenteiJohn Ca r r o l l , University ofYoungstown, St . Bonaventure's,Syracuse, Case, Villanova, and, ofcourse, Canisiu s. |Uncle Sam is generously granting leaves to servicemen in allbranches, including a Marine fromCamp LeJeune, North Carolina,and a sailor from Philadelphia.Not all present will be collegestudents. Businesses in Cleveland,Buffalo, Elmira, Pittsburgh, andErie will do without the serviceof employees enjoying the bigweekend.Of course, as* always happensat |b ig | affairs, th ere are a fewblind dates. Not to discourage thisgreat American institution, areference will be made to the dictionary of blind dates in the Ca-nisuis newspaper, the "Griffin."

the project. Mary Ann Castor a willhead the project at Mercyhurst.Defense of the nation ! can bedone by you when volunteering asa plane spotter. More informationconcerning this important CivilDefense Project will be availableafter {the February 19th meetingat Gannon College.Edinboro in cooperation withthe three Erie colleges presenteda varietyfshow at Gannondale onFebruary 3.Success in the area Red Crossactivities encourages this group ofstudents to plan more projects inthe future.

Education, room, board ..$1,070.00Transportation i 60.00Mad money, $20 permonth L 180.00Wardrobe 200.00Total expenses for year __$1,510.00Days at MCcL-f- -JL 210Hours in working day 16Cost of hour for averagestudent J |.49Are you getting ! your money'sworth?

roshMixerSix FimishC C D Sessions \Confraternity of Christian Doctrine classes ended in the fmonthof January for six Mercyhurstgirls: Mary Bacon, Connie Taylor,M a r i l y n Buchanich, SeraphinaTorchia, Cynthia Ryan, and JudyAquino. The first semester classesbegan in October and continueduntil thirty hours of study werecompleted. Sister M. Judine, oneof the Sacred Heart MissionarySisters, instructed the two-hoursessions held once a week at Gannon.

Classes were informal, presenting an opportunity for open discussion, considered most profitablein catechetical work. Three principles of the classes I were theunderstanding, f the appreciation,and the practice of the Roman

FeaturesiD. J .With Valentine's Da y as j theirtheme and becoming better acquainted with the Gannon freshmen as their purpose, the freshman class held their first mixerin the gym, Saturday, February 2.Disc jockey, Joe Garing of radiostation WLEU, spun the ^records.Popular tunes prevailed, alongwith such dance favorites as theBunny-Hop and the Mexican HatDance. One of the ma in featureswas the Broom-dance, duringwhich free records were given tolucky couples.Chaperoning the evening wereseniors, Margie Mack and Dorothea Morrell.

Catholic religion.This spring, Archbishop JohnMark Gannon will present the sixMercyhurst girls who completedthe course with degrees. -

Eight junior lassies take an unexpected, but obviously delightful,toboggan spill when Joanne Schmahnried, Liz Tat u, Pat Murphy,Jean Criswell, Ruthie Friel, Helen Clancy, Ann DeLany and JanieHagedish decide tofdiscard their studies forfa while and take toth e great! and snow-white out-of-doors. All eight girlsjjagree $thatSocrates never ha d It at good, or ai told.

In Transparent Oil New FaCeS TolRonKSIn accordance with the art curriculum, Mercyhurst Juniors inthis field begin work on theirtheses during the second semester.The Erie Veterans Administration ! has requested that the college's art students paint thetwenty windows in the Veteran'sHospital Chapel. This project willbe taken up by Julie Simons, AnnMiller, Del Dwyer, Carol Conrath,Lois Weidenhaefer and LindaCollin. Due to the fact that thehospital is nonsectarian, the Junior art students will use the OldTestament scenes as their theme.The girls are to choose figuresfrom the Old Testament, create,design and execute them to givethe windows the appearance ofstained glass. Transparent oilpaint will be used as the mediumin the final painting of the twentywindows.For her thesis, Daniele Schmidt

is going to do a mosaic table top.

The opening of a new semester means new teachers, new books,and new students. And Mercyhurst welcomes several new members toits student body.Susanna Ziegler, sophomore, is an Erie girl, transferring*fromEdinboro State Teachers College.Mary Belle Hewes, also of Erie, has a ttended Western Reserve a ndSt. Luke's|Hospital. Cleveland, where she studied nursing, but shehas joined the freshman class in the liberal arts course.A 1956 graduate of the Seminary, Ann Cavanaugh has returnedto Mercyhurst after a semester inEurope. Anne "had planned to remain there, continuing her studyof languages, but the situations inEurope a n d the Middle-Eastprompted her group to returnhome.Miss Antoinette demented alsoof Erie, is a college graduate, buthas come to Mercyhurst for ateacher's certification course.Three 'Benedictine Sisters, Sister M. Elizabeth, Sister M. Faith,and Sister M. Joan, are attendingclasses here to obtain their degreesinfi elementary education.

Educated ManA liberal education is!; the education which gives a man a clear,conscious view of his own opinions and judgment, a truth in developing them, an eloquence inexpressing them, and a force inurging I them. It teaches him? tosee things as they are, go rightto the point, to disentangle a skeinof thought, (to detect w hat is sophistical,! and to discard what isirrelevant. It prepares him to fillany post with credit, and to master any subject fwith facility.

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Scr/nf Valentinel GroansAt Modern Sarcasm

Poor Innocent Saint Valentine if he only knew. This worthyRom an priest, who died on Feb ruary 14, 269 AX)., was imprisoned formany ye ars. Soon after b eing! set free, he was stoned to death . If heha d anyfidea of the commotion his name causes in the modern world,Saint Valentine would stamp on his halo and throw up his hands insaintly despair .

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Legend states that during thattime in which the Saint l ived, February wasc recognized as the traditional month for birds to choosetheir mates for the coming year.Ancient peoples, aware of themating of-the birds at this timeof th e year, were inspired? to invent romantic games thatjjpairedthe young men and women oftheir communities.Roman "engagement"Roman customs required theyoung, unmarried people to drawnames from a? container on SaintValentine's Day initiating a Valentine "engagement" or "contract"which lasted a fyear, sometimesleading to a more permanent arrangement. Though originallyfrivolously intended, many youngmen and their lady loves considered a Valentine "engagement" asseriously as that of the j medievalknight's period of devotion and"service" to his lady.Change in PolicyThe giving of gifts and sendingof cards bearing lyrics, on February 14, became popular infthefourteenth century. This custom isstill popular, though a few alterations have been 'i made. Schoolchildren of this!age don't sendth e "lace, garlands of roses entwined; with cupids, and paperhearts" type of valentine. Modernvalentines have become jet-propelled, atomic. Instead of "Won'tyou be my. valentine?", p resent-day commercial valentines, typicalof an anti-sentimental age, arelikely to bear the phrase "Dropdead," or its equivalent. Gone arethe white lace | tr immings, thesatin hearts, the light love lyrics.Gonefls the true spir it of theSaint Valentine's day custom.

Gods of theIunderworld, godsof earth, gods of heaven, sea godsand! heroes will be the maincharacters discussed at the!English Club's meeting for February.The origin, importance, and theliterary importance of these godsare the aspects for consideration.Miss Rose Galbo, teacher oflanguages at Strong Vincent HighSchool, will be the guest speaker.In accord with the season, thedecorations and refreshments willbe? centered around fa valentinetheme.

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o ersLeads To a thSurprisingly enough, KathrynHulme, the author of The Nun'sStory did not belong to the Catholic faith until Just a few yearsa g o . The story of her conversionis both interesting and Inspiring.While in Germany she received a telephone call!. . . a call informing her of her mother 'sdeath in California. Remembering her mother's grave fear of

death, Kathryn longed for someway to help her mother in her"crossing over" back to the Maker. However, Miss Hulme's formless, personal prayers could 'giveher no satisfaction; she longedfor the right of the Catholic Massfor the Dead. Two days later,through the aid of her teammates, she sat l istening to th atMass.During the Mass, Kathrynlwasoverwhelmed by the beautifulliving memory of Christ shefound in the missal. At last inthe commemoration for the deadsh e found? the words she hadsought for her mother full offears . . . "Gr ant, we beseechThee, a place ofJ refreshment,

light, and peace." Then, for thefirst time in her ttife, she wasable to pray with fervor andabsolute belief. Having found contentment withGod, though it came through thedeath of her mother, Miss Hulmejoined the Catholic Church fthreeyears later in 1951.

Life A t Col lege"College life getting you down?"(Who me? They can't get me up.)Tests and assignments piling onyou unceasingly?" (So that 's thereason.)Perhaps thir teenth century university life would be more appealing. (Let's ask our professors.)There jwere no entrance examsthen. Tuition w a s low andthe favorite summer employmentto earn it was begging. (Now youtell me! I knew there must havebeen an easier system.)Only three lectures a daythough they were two hours inlength. (Undisturbed sleep.) Thehired halls where classes were heldwere unheated, and often hadneither benches nor desks. (Dancing school?) Paper was too expensive, so students memorized byhearing the lecture again andagain. (Same todayonly we havepaper.) Exams were always oraland so difficult that laws weremade against knifing the exam-*iners when students failed. (Someone's always ruining the fun.)Yet, students did have a goodtime. (Oh yeah?) They weren'tforced | to attend class lor exams.(Now I understand.) And therewere always the extra-curricularactivities of more gregariousscholars such as drinking, gambling, and fighting the police. (Suggestions for new clubs?) Theywere safe {from prosecution, too!(Things certainly have changed!)Things ? were migh ty differentfor the professor, since the students regulated his activities.(Hmm . . .) He could not evenleave town without permissions(What a switch!) Finally though,professors in self-defense organized, and have been in controlever since. (Alas, alack, and woe.)Y e s , l ife was hard then, butwith semester exams just over,many would say, " theyI had iteasy!" (Tis a crueijlife indeed.)

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Mercyhurst GirlsAre Talking About

SMALL TALK: February is filled with birthday celebrants: ANNDELANY, NOLA WEINGARD, KAY KING, JOAN VON SHULLICK,BETSY SCHNATTER, ELLIE CAVANAUGH, PAT HOOPER, EILEENGERACE, ELLEN McHUGH . . / Erie not only has people, but 30,000parake ets , . . AUDREY HAVUNEN held a sem ester calypso p arty,Harry Belafonte on Hi-Fi . . . 17 students are engaged, 13 pinned, withseniors boasting 8 in the first, juniors 5 in the second category.

HERE AND THERE: Semester vacation saw ANN KEELERin Cleveland, ELAINE DUMPHREY in Philadelphia . . . Fondfarewells went to PATTI CORRIGAN who left for Capitol Airlines' personnel work . . . JO UNGER reports Art Club will behost to Mr. Hintenach demonstrating scratch board techniques. . . Caution is MARY STARK'S middle name as a result of arecent car accident.NEW LOOK: JOY MADER isfnamed letter queen receiving|foura day . . . Win ter Carnival excitement is spreading . . . James Deanstill has a fan as noted by HELEN GRIFFIN'S bulletin board . . . Lavie francaise is no more for MARY BACON . t . Freeze outside or inthe library has become a byword . . . Mrs. DOROTHY SHEPTOW isErie's first life master, the highest possible Bridge rating . . . Congratsare extended to newly-engaged LOIS GAZARIK and newly pinnedMARY ANN BUFFAMONTE. % |CHATTER: A Hurst valentine celebrating February 14 isDUBBY NATILI . . . Tests are over or frosh discover bluebooks .. . JUDY SCHWINDEN sports clever plaid cigare tte caseand lighter . . . SANDI TENACE was welcomed baok after asemester's absence . . . Wisely Said? He who gets lost ID thoughtoften does so because it's unfamiliar territory . . . JULIAKELLY is now back at the Student Council helm after her recent Illness.CURIOSITIES: JOAN BYE finds graduate students in chemistrymuch to her liking . . . Novel class is said to be very novel . . . "MaryAnn," the calypso hit brings back memories to two Mary Ann's,CUNNINGHAM and CASTORA . . . Frosh say all the dating situationneeds Is another men's college in Erie. I ! 1

| Cavanaugh releases the data on her latest chemicaldiscovery" to doubtful team mate, Sue Daschbach. Women Dime Dozen'Til\Science Intervened

"Women are worth a dime adozen", an age-old saying, hasbeen disproven by science. Mostwomen are worth a salary of$3900 per year in this field on abeginning basis. - Industr ies andresearch agencies are clamoringfor women scientists in all fields. . . chemistry, biology, physics,math, biochemistry, and atomicenergy.Dr. William Ehret, the "visiting scientist", brought out in hisrecent lecture the need for women in these fields and the aptitudes necessary for them. Abilityto handle equipment is important.If you are clumsy, a scientist youwill not be. Maybe that ability ofyours to create mischief becauseof your originality and urge foradventure will be a help to youas a research scientist, using yourmindf creatively. For those Iwh olove to eat . . . you might wantto ibe a guinea pig for a scientist

P O R TCOOPSpotlighting the winter sportsseason is intramural basketball .Th e season g officially started twoweeks ago, January 7, j with theJuniors defeating the 5 Freshmen.Tuesday, January 15, saw theSophomores forfeit a game to theJuniors. Undisputed ^possessors of firstplace in last month's tourney were

also the Juniors, who have wonthe distinction three years in succession. There were no playoffsto determine other team standings.For everyone's wintertime enjoyment, the Athletic Associationhas purchased two toboggans thatare available at any time for anyone wishing to go tobogganing onthe grounds.Burhenn's P h a r m a c yCorner 38th St. and Pine Ave.Spencer Place Store No. 3Erie, Penna.

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