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M E R O A D GraduationNumberVOLUME I

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERDr. William R. Straughn,president of the Mansfield, Pa.,State Teachers' College andmember of the PennsylvaniaState Council of Education Jh asaccepted t he | invita tion to givethe commencement address atthis year 's graduation exercise?,which will be held on Wednesday^ evening, Ju n eU l, at 8:00o'clock. Dr. vStraughn is aneducator of note with an enviable reputation as a forcefuland convincing public speaker.MOTHERS' WEEK-END

The Mercyhurst gir ls had thehonor of entertaining theirmothers over the week-end,. ;forthe first time in the history ofthe school.The Kappa Chi sorority thenescorted the mothers on a tourthrough and about the Scity ofErie. A "mothe r and daug hterbanquet" climaxed the pleasantday. College songs were sun gand school sp irit ran ' hig h.Everything was carried on withsincere enthusiasm and highgood will. H $The Dramatic Art studentscleverly entertained the guestsSaturday night. ffWe all feel that Mothers 'week-end was fa hu ge successand impatiently await its repetition next year. The studentswish to thank the faculty fortheir sincere hospitality and entertainmen t. They have donesomething for us that" we willnot soon forget. l ?Alice M. Summers, '33.

SHE NEVER KNEWHer dress was brown,So was 5 the chairAnd yet IIlovedHer chestnut hair .And so I satUpon the bed,Because 1 lovedThe way she read.The pages turned,.She never knew sThe things I wroteOh well, would you?

rBarbara Wilbert,

Published a t Mercy hurst College/ Erie, Pa .JUNE, 1930

Barbara Wi lber tOil City, Pa. |

St. Joseph's Academy, Titusvil le, Pa.Cincinn ati^ Con servato ry of Music, Grove City College VSecre ta ry Fine Ar t s ! Club, '27: President Fine .Arts Club, '29, '30;Vice-President Le Oercle Francais, '27; Chairman Prom Committees, '29, '30;Class Secretary and Treasurer, '30; Editor-in-chief,-Merciad; Member castof "The Wild Rose"' and "The Maid of Tokyo;" Chosen "Most Popular"Senior, 1930. f * f

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Grace McBrideOil City, Pa.

Oil City High SchoolBasket" Ball, '27; Vice-president,Fine Arts Club, '29; Class Vice-president, '30; Associate E d i t o rMerciad; Prom Comm ittee, '27, '28,'29, '30; Member! Cast "The WildRose;" and "The Maid of Tokyo;"Chosen "Most Clever" Senior, 1980,

Kegina KeckNew Bethlehem, Pa.New Bethlehem High SchoolClass President, '27, '30; /ClassVice-president, '2 8, y '29; MemberFine Arts Club; Member Le CercleFran cais; Prom Committees, '27, '28,'29, '30; Member cast "The WildRose" and "The Maid-- of Tokyo."Chosen "Beat-Looking" Senior,i 1980.

NUMBER 53"MAID OF TOKYO 9

Mercyhurst gir ls went traveling the other day. Their latestadventure, I hear, was in thesunny land of Japan . CherryBlossoms were then buddingover there, and I can imaginethe sport they had dressed upin I their pretty kimonos andmincing in their tiny slippersfor all the world as if they werereally Sp'Tokio-born" and notordinary Americans at all.What pretty little geishasthey madelP With their gay-colored kimonos,* sashes andfans, no one would know thedifference. Che rry Blossomsassumed her new role well. Itwas rather difficult to discoverin ?the dainty||little Japaneselady, the charming Rose Mc-Cloud of a yea r ago. Bobbyoutgrew his part and a muchmore? imposing, tho' justj aswitty Kokemo took his place*Jack lost his heart to Cherryand we lost ours to Jack."Trese" could certainly showthese boys a tr ick or twowinnin g thei r "lady-loves,hadtto step pretty lively,

ever, to keep ahead ofexcellently acted by MildredBird. Thin gs were really in ar a the r mixed-up state, and sowe followed them through tosee how their match-makingaffairs turned out.Many of their new friendsventured into this foreign landwith them, and "Dede" Has-tings and Helen Smith chose toretain their* nationality andvery cleverly portrayed theAmerican "boy and girl friend,"aided $by a group of otherdancers, equally clever. |"Becky" deepened her voiceand seemed to* have acquiredmuch wealth. As Mr. Worth-ington,*we wondered just whatwas the object of |her visit toJapan, but Ruthie Sterrettseemed to have a fairly goodidea. One's secre tary is usuallyup on such matters.Collette McGinty was anotherlittle adventuress. She and hertroupe of tap-dancers dancedtheir way into the hearts of(Continued on Page 3)

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June, 1930 THE MERCIAD Page 3FRESHMEN^ TREASUREI HUNTIn compliment to the Seniorswith the college students as

guests, the Freshmen class entertained at a Treasure Hunt.Clues we re' hidden from oneend of the campus to the other,and everyone was kept "on th erun" until! each couple hadfound their 18 clues.At six o'clock we repaired tothe refectory where?; we wereconfronted by a burly, piratepresiding | at the head of thetables which were a rrang ed linthe form of jan anchor. Ships,pirates, and candles served todecorate the tables. At the conclusion of the delicious dinnerprepared for us by the graciousnuns, the winners Iof t h e | prizeswere announced.The Senior prizestwo smallcedar chests filled with smallbags containing 500 pennies,were awarded to Cleo Doyle andMargaret Harris. fifl The second prizes, two Chineseparchment | folders containingpad I an d I pencil! were won byHelen ! Cummingf and Franc esH u fnagel. BBS B H K ' tI Theffirst prizes,! two boxes ofstationery, went to Rose Galboand Bertha McHale.ffi IThe "boobie" prizes, two tinylive turtles, were given to MaryCronin and Mary Kelly, who decided to use I them as contentsfor turtle soup. H J I I jra |tj^^m ^ ju i i a f cJDaly , '33.

DOCTOR LAPPINThe-Fine ArtsiClub was extremely fortuna te in I securingth e ; well-known I Doctor | HenryA.J Lappin for 1 Friday lnight,April I Eleventh, to fspeak on"Contemporary Poets. ,, g j ^^Dr.jLappin is famous for hislectures on Irish Lite ratu re. Agraduate offthe National University of Ireland, and a friendof many of the leading Irishwriters of today, the material

for h i s | lecture came from thebest sources possible.Since [Dr. Lappin has beenteaching at D'Youville College,his lectures have been limitedand we felt^honored to have himcome to us. We ar e lookingforward to another lecture asentertaining as was t h e | "Evening with the Irish Poets."Teresa A'Hearn, '31.

Maur ine BrewsterOillCity, P a . :>St . Joseph's?Academy, Tilusvil le, P a .President, Le Cercle Francais, '27;Class Social Chairman, '27, '30; PromCommittees, '27, '28, '29, '30; MemberFine Ar ts Club; Member Cast , "TheWild Rose" and if "The Maid ofTo kyo . "SECRETARIAL STUDENTSATTENDS ERIE BUSINESSSHOW

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The watchful eyes of theSecretarial Depa rtment, ever onthe lookout for ways and meansof higher efficiency in theirparticular line of endeavor,directed their gaze to the ErieBusiness Show held lin the ErieTru st Building, recently. Ondisplay! by the represe ntativesof some fifteen or twenty concerns, were the very latestmodels of office equipment, including dictaphones, accountingmachines, new systems of filmand the most-up to date designsin typewriters. The explanationof the dictaphone seemed to beespecially interesting|to manygirls, for*in that, they think, isthe termination of a l ls theirshorthand worries, m We | wonder? I Wit ^ ^A very pleasant and extremely profitable *two | hourswere spent, not! only by ourstudents but by members of thefaculty as well. Mother M. deSales of Mercyh urst College, andSister M. de Paul andfSister M.Bernadette, from Titusville, "whohad just that day returned tothis city, thoroughly enjoyedthe {demonstrations and M re marked on the courtesy andeagerness of the men in chargeto explain in detail! the opera

tions of the various machines.All of this only goes to provethat our prospective secretaries are "up and at ' em" when itcomes to anything new in thecomm ercial line. And so itshould be, for with the progresswhich th e |busine ss world ismaking by leaps and bounds,one can't hesitate when Opportunity presses the electric doorbelli Grace McBride. '30.

PRACTICE HOUSEThe Junior and Senior members of the Home Economics department and their supervisor,Miss Ruth Whalen, have justcompleted their period | of sixweeks in the Practice House.We moved in the first of Apriland since that time have been

living as a family of five. Eachone of the students, CleophasDoyle, Margaret Burns, RuthWilbert and Margaret Burk-hardt, took her term as manager of the house. As manager,each of the girls fplanned th emenus, did the marketing, prepared food and appointed dutiesto the other girls for ten days.Each girl operated on a budget.The college students had ahouse-warming for us when wemoved in, at which time we received ma ny useful gifts. TheSisters also gave us a showerand our supply of linens wasgreatly increased. The Radiolawhich was really the center ofinterest at our home was a giftof Mrs. Clara Wilbert.; iWe enjoyed our stay at thePractice House and!were sorrywhen the time came for us topack up and leave. HHH^^SH^ 1 "MAID OF JTOKYO" IBBW 8 (Continued from Page One) gBgeveryoneJapanese and Americans alike. p^ f fe^Sl I m IBut how did these* girls findtheir way into this sunnyiland?Mother jjBorgia and Sister MaryEdanajwere the | guides, JMissBrown and Miss Elliott, thethe conductors, I \vh ilel BiancoSurgo was surely the coachman,for didn't they all ride in on hertrain of melody ? 1 But whopaid I the fare? A funny littlefairy called Co-operation boughtthe tickets to Tokyo, and justwhat a| glorious time they allhad over there was charminglytold :in song in "The Maid ofTokyo" Mercyhurst's latesth i t ! Helen Huether, '81.

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Daly and Barker still insistthey've been thro wn out Jofbetter rooms, and furthermore,been insulted by experts. oBarker : "Let's^have a buffetlunch at your party."Hast ings: "We can ' t ; t h ebuffet isn't large enough."oHow to keep warm in winter:"Reach for a blankettinstead ofa sheet."

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Address all communications toTHE MERCIADMercyhurst College Erie, PaSubscription Rales

ONE DOLLAR THE YEARMERCIAD STAFFEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

I Barbara Wilbert, '30ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Margaret Harris, '30 Grace McBride, '30NEWS EDITORNelle Guilfoyle, '31

EXCHANGE EDITORElizabeth fHamburger , '31ART EDITORMadelyn Hall, '32

BUSINESS MANAGERMildred Bird. '30

ADVERTISING MANAGERBianca Surgo, '30

THE POETS HAVEpT . . ."In the spring a young man's fancylightly turns to thoughts of love"So sayeth the bards concerning the man, but how about the woman?You see, we revert to ourselves, again, as becomes our feminineegoism . If we would believe th e poet,|it is quite clear that while1 Love to man is a thing apart'Tia a woman's whole existence."

Perhaps we may not agree withlthe .above quotation, may not wantto , but why shouldn' t we? Who should teach a man th e meaningof love, but the woman who loves him ? It^is the way designed bythe divine Love."And in thatf wilight hushGod drew their hearts indissolubly close.For what is love, but His m ost perfect weavingIntel twine of the soul's deathless fibresThreading in our human lives, one weft with the divine."

In this age of informality, it behooves usone an d all to be surewe recognize real|love when it comes to us. Things are built insuch a frenzy of haste that the foundation is laid with little or nothought of its durability; thus it is frequently with the**maritalstruc ture . The only lasting foundation for such an edifice is, in thepoet's language, identical with that of the heavenly portals, for"The gate of Heaven is Love, there is no other,"

|B.;iWilbert, '30.

To the new Editor-in-Chief and her associates, we offecongratulations. Bon voyage, fair captain and wo rthy mmay you guide the good ship, Merciad, o'er thejseas of '31 . We place the standards of the Merciad in the capable of Elizabeth Hamburger, editor-in-chief; Nellie GuilfoyleBertha McCale, associate editors; who, we know!will ever ut h e m . 4Withlthis in mind, O Merciad, farewell, andship ahoy!

oRETROSPECT

Funny how the old saying "You never miss the water 'tiwell runs d ry" applies in the ma tte r of College life. We goone year to the next grumbling and thinking ourselves an ablot in general. Yet when our years have rolled byfour yeahappy, sheltered, carefree life; we begin to realize that wethe best in life beforeand didn' t know it. Now our tur ncome to face the real problems, not the petty difficultiesgrouches of school lifeand somehow we feel afraid. Th equeer little ache inside our heart that keeps warning us thaschool days aresover, we're growing up, we must be sensiblesomehow we hate the thoug ht. Why can' t we always go to sthat's the hear t cryOur College never reallyfbecomes an IMater until?theilast few weeks oi school. As we tur n the cand see the sign, "Life's HighwayProceed Cautiously," this that our eyes fill with tears and the life that seemed so becomes very precious. To the Class of 1930, may t he M emoour happy days together be forever written in our hearts.fef ?Margaret Harris, '30- a

VANITY, VANITYCustcmihas decreed that lcne ' s pic ture must beftaken^atfive times durin g his life; at the a rriva l of his first too th, ifirst long jean^, at graduation from college, in his wedding reand in a family group picture showing the four genera tions . was, when a picture was a picture and portrayed wh at really winterestjto those who cared to look upon it. The*full figure,in its Sunday-go-meet'n' array, smiled out in bold relief fromframe. Every crinkle in the silk suit was visible but also was featu re natural in, its expression. By the straigh t-forw ard was represented an honest-to^goodness impression of Jimmy's on his father's side.But now, Jimmy is all posed for his gradua tion pi cture . of these "D o or,^Die" looks on his face. He assum es a slanlanguid position, with a far-away look in his eye. Th e finphotograph presents a blurry, greyish effectthe more blurrybetter. The contour of the fact has melted into a misty backgrNot only that, but the frame itself covers the entire corner obaby grand piano. No thing dainty or life-like about it. Nmust pervade the room with its mystery. Ah, mystery . Twe have it! We don' t want to be what we are and we payphotographer fabulous prices to fool our public.Grace McBride, '30

oTHE SENIORS ENTERTAIN

To show their appreciation, the Seniors on February entertained the Academy High School teachers, under whompracticed the ir respective subjec ts. It was in the form of a "Sandwiches, cakes, coffee, tea, olives, mints and nuts were seThe table was adorned with a beautiful center piece made uorchid tulips and daffodils. The entire decorations were caout in these colors. | |Those present were Miss Weller, Miss Ackerman, Miss BMiss Hunt, Miss Rider, Miss Lockwood, Miss Rosenthal anSenior class. AWe feel that the "Tea" |was a success and that eveenjoyed a delightful afternoon.


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p | Margare t Burkhardt9 E Corry, Pa.I B i< Corry High School jProm Committees, '27, '28, '29, '30;Fine I Arts s C lub; Member Cast of"The Wild Rose." J I *CHOPIN IRECITAL

I Sister Jane Frances presentedher music pupils in a charmingreci tal Sunday |night, May 26.The fc s tage i w as ^enhancinglydecorated in | blue f and| gold.Bridal Wreath^also addedifto th ebeauty of the auditorium.Miss Hfee Brown in te rpre tedeach select ion -forius . The recital was composed entirely ofChopin's works, Iwhich wereboth difficiilt:; ar|d i exquisi te.Evelyn v Jacobson opened theprogramme w ith! Bal lade fin | GMinor. Her interpretation!wasfinished and was well deservingof all the praise and fcommnda-t ion i t received. j j |gg| HUB nI Ethel Levick, second] onjtheprogramm e, played three lovelyn u mb e r s : W altz in J E'l Minor,Nocturne in D b Major, and GbMajor. Miss f Levick I playedwith , such easeance* andgskillw as sorry!thatan d selflassur-t h a t I everyonethere iwas nott ime for more, m iBam i; Tfhe* Min ute Wa ltz, |al duet ,came next ion the i p r o g r a mme ,played mm I Bianca Surgo |'ar.dEvelyn IJacob son J the two were

in | such close harmony that i tsounded like one piano. Th is issaying a Igreat deal for theMisses Surgo and Jacobson.I Waltz in Gb Major, Nocturnein P^ Minor, and Etude in CMinor were Grace Richiche'sbeautiful contr ibut ions to theevening 's [pleasure. Miss Rechi-che put great feel ing into her

playing, as though she had captured the spirit in which Chopinhad written fthe compositions.The | program me was concluded by Miss Bianca Surgo,who iplayed the bri l l iant anddifficult Scherzo in B b Minor.Miss Surgo displayed unusualtechnique in the? interpretat io nof thi s Scherzo. To us, itseemed as though Chopin himself could have done little toimprove her playing of one ofhis favori tes .After the recital, a luncheonwas served in the State Dining-room for the ar t is ts . Of course,Sister Jane Frances was overjoyed at the splendid performance of her pupils, and she hadample reason to be all smilesand beams, for her pupils certainly gave credi t to her teaching and made us realize oncemore what a great ar t is t wehave gin our midst .W'& Virginia Duggan, '33.1MR. CON McCOLE VISITSMER CYHUR STI

Well, Con McCole was here!No doubt , the breezy famil iar i tywe assume in speaking of Mr.McCole will be considered alittle disrespectful,|but-it is justthe way tha t hejapproached us ,and, not in so inanyiwords, butmore by his action,s, he encouraged us to do the same. Heput us on that friendly basisimmediately; made us feel thathe was renewing fa] friendshipthat had begun years before.Through the kindnessloftMr.Tom Ster re t t , who Iwas ins t rumental in bringing Mr. McColeto Erie to appear at the TrafficClub, an d wh o ! prevailed uponhim to speak at Mercyhurst , wehad the privi lege ! of l is teningto one of I the most del ightfulcharac ter impersonat ions I wehave ever heard. MB m | MMr. McCole is at noted entertainer and a loyal supporter andinhabitant of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.In that! town, h e | possesses forneighbors the most interest ingand varied type of people, f |It was of these he ^talked.Faith, and we never heard thelike. Mrs. Cannon, and Mrs.O'Brien, Mr. Dunn, the Slovac,the Scotchman and the Hebrew,(oh! especially the Hebrew)they all lived and talked beforeus in the person of Mr.|McCole.Mrs. O'Brien was the same Mrs.O'Brien wh o! l ives across thes t ree t a t home;gthe Scotchmanwho refused to go toichurch ofa Sunday, is the same canny

fellow whofshocks the Sabbath-keepers in your own home town.It is an art to be ablet todepict such fperfectly, and Mr.McCole proved himself an artist.His dialects were so identicalwith Ithe national i ties he iwasportraying, that one t ime wewere sure h e wasjhis I r i shman(a s hist name signifies) an dnext, with his Slovac impersonation we wondered how he evercame by the name of McCole.He has an instantaneouslyeffective personality, possessingthat! " in tangib le ! something" tom marked degree; a smile thatchallenges smiles in return, andan amazing repertoire.Best of all, he is Ir ish andcan mak e you laugh . I thinkhe likes his profession as anentertainer, for his closing remark to us was "I like to hearvou laugh."Nellie Guilfoyle, '31

THE SUPER LA TI VE I NI SENIORS tI In every group of individualsthere is someone whose character is t ics differentiate? him fromeveryone else J This character-istic m ay {consist in personalcharm, physical beauty, apt i tudein f doing I thing s, or fac ility inverbal! expression. CjR| | p | m #

We took Sit upon [ours elves todiscover the 1 sentiment! amongthe student and facul ty groupsregarding B th e 1 Seniors withrespect to j beauty, populari ty,an d Iclevernes s. I Everybody inth e college? casi a ballot. 1 Thevotes jwerei ; counted^by missWhalen,fMr. Relihan, and NellieGuilfoyle, and The Merciadfnowaim ouncesi the winners . Qj| fj$| Barbara Wilbert,; with : h erhappy-go-lucky natu re, | her infectious I friendliness, and t he ramiable ^disposition was j adjudged the most popular senior .Regina Keck outdistanced herclassmates I n t h e field ofbeauty and was votedfthe best-looking of the seniors. 3fu Grace "Tete" McBride, rearedin Oil City and! developed byMercyhurst , and whose abi l i ty,whether in wr i t ing a nea tlet ter , in "shaking a meanhoof" on a ballroom floor, inut ter ing a catchy l ine of repartee, in teaching a high

Margaret CantelupeFarre l l , Pa .Farrell High SchoolTreasurer,! Fine Ar ts Club, '27;Vice-president, -Fine Arts Club, '28;Le Cercle Francais, '27; Prom Committees, '27, '28, '29, '30; MemberCast of "The Maid of Tokyo." ?

school class in English literature, or in what-have-you, is"al l to the berr ies ," was considered the cleverest senioranhonor deserved, bufc not to beunder-rated when won in theclass off 1930. S | | iThe Merciad congratulatesthe winners . | | i sf-Nellie Guilfoyle, '31.

WSm Compliment si ofSTANLEY BROS

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H E AR YEHEAR YE ALLThe time has come our ed'tor.* saidTo write of many a thingOr news and jokes and parliesga yAnd what f EXCHANGESbring.Our Enchanges, and what didthey bring ? To those! of youwho have experienced thepleasure of receiving collegepapers? for years, the thrill ofgetting the first "exchange" isunknown. Perhaps, tha t is whywe have such la soft spot in ourhearts for the Niagara Index.It was the first to respond andWhat is more, it actually dedicated a | | whole c o 1 u m n tothe Merciad. f It may \ haveoffered some slightly sarcasticremarks, but what care Iwe?We are still *very young,! andafter la p we are open! to suggestion^. With the^ continuedarrival of weeklies, quarterlies.etc., the thrill has somewhatdied away, and our delight nowlies,: in* competition. The "Exchanges" have brought us muchnot only a feeling of having"something" in the form of acollege paper, but an interest inthe affairs of other schools anda. broader view into things intellectual. Is it unusual then,that we feel especially grateful?No, so we, hoping to typify the"refined Sand gentle l adie s" a sthe Mountain Echo calls us,would curtsy a "thank you" toall the schools who have sowholeheartedly responded to ou rcall for Exchanges.The I Scholastic from NotreDame wdemands ?*our *" special"thanks," for were we not justa wee bit conceited over thefact that the editor sent us avery special letter of recognition? We hope it is not just acustom, for the conceit is sweet.Fronv'Tafl Light and LightTales" of the Falcon fromQuincy . College,; we derived adecided pleasure in the case ofthe brill iant student jumping inthe^ corridors. Mercyhurst possesses the same type of tudentand also many noise haters.Sincefthe^ staff of t he F alcon ishaving such a difficult ^tiine indetermin ing the sex | of -|itspap er,^ and really can't be"botherfed with a feminine thingaround," we would say, "Threecheers for Mike." J Are you surea feminine.. thin g wan ts jto bea round? , 8 H y| | ,"Bryant-Doer and ^Dreamer"

K B I A g n es Friant^Hpv l Johnstown,8 P:i.H Divine Providence Academy, mPit tsburgh , Pa. B | i * C las s ! Sec r e t a ry , '28; Prom Commit tees, '28, '29, '30; Vice-president,Fine Ar ts Club,I 'S0;lMember{Cast,"The Wild Rose." I Ifrom ither Laurel?of St. Bon,a-venture 's proved a Imost I successful article. We not only me tth e * poet, | but lived while withhim. ?\ I r -'' * jf|Rj |"After Thoughts," from TheEagle of Rosary College, v possessed such a delicacy of style,such an abundance of imagination and such a gallery of pictures that we dare not say anything about it except "We loveit" for it is so heav enlyfragile, we might ruin it. .,-._.New Rochelle's Tattler produces a rather Ghinese effectt h a t is , after receiving the firstone we always begin on .thefourth'page an d read % forward.What we really^ mean is $ t ha twe l ike your humor, "Potpouri"and "Hithe r N'Yon ." J$g| | | | |St. $ Vincent 's Mast pages areattractive \\ also. % Your | classnotes lare ^ original | andsveryin te rest ing .^^ S ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ PTh e


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GETY O U R S U P P L I E S

ATN I C K E L P L A T E M I L L S

1901 PARADE STREETERIE, PA

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OBITUARY NOTICEI We wish Ho I offer our mostsincere condolence to our Dean,Mother Borgia, on the death ofher sister.! i^ W e also wish to extend oursympathy | to I Cleophas Doyleand Margaretf ] Burkha rdt intheir [recent!bereavements.raWe offer our hear t ies t sympathy to Sally Edkin on thedeath of her lmother .

A TRIP TO NORTH EAST1 Some time ago our Germanclass was th e recipient of a de lightful treat through th e kindness I: of our Professor Rev.Fat he r Alois During., The rewere nine of us in Mr. Klick'sseven-passenger Cadillac, MotherBorgia,, Sr. Mary Alice, FatherDuring, Mr. Klick, Miss Whalen,Miss Brown, Agnes Friant,Florence Ammon, and JaneTurgeon. No, they are not allin th e class but we took someof our friends with us .North East, Pa., was our destination, and h iving arrivedthere after a lovely drive, wewe] e taken throu gh t he Re-demptorist Seminary. A delicious German lunch was served,thanks to the goodness of theReverend Fathers who prepared

and served -it. On the wayhome we drove through all thebeautiful residential sections ofErie. A heartfelt " thank you,"Father During, from us all.Agnes Fr iant , '30.MISCELLANEOUS SAYS:The bulletin about th e npisein th e corridor ha s receivedso much co-operation thateven Sr. Mercedes has remarked about it .oW hy no t save canceled stampsfor th e Sacred Heart MissionHouse at Girard? Start today!

o JA great philosopher ha s said,"The mos t! utterly lost of alldays is tha t in which youhave no t laughed."oThe Anatomy Class tells ustha t it takes 16 muscles tomake a smile and 64 to makea frown soWhy work overt ime? oIf you are looking for an interesting subjecttry psychotherapy. We Recommendit . oA freshman at St. Marys of 1 heWoods says she has a record

313.300or opening about!doors for Seniors to passthrough . Just like our freshmenOWan ted: A liberal-m i n d e dfreshman to run errands atany time. Apply to RoomNo . 56. m

When th e trees, which are being planted along th e drive,are full grown, we will thenhave a perfect setting inwhich to read "Green Mansions. y oThe Sophomores Bth ink I theymean a lot to us . I They do;but to | students 1 of Greek,they are only wiselfools. WKm o ^ S R H H R IBread is the staff of life," bu taccording . to jsom e of j[ ourcritics,! the! staff of Hurs t ' sHumoris of | a much driermaterial. j .

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Since the parrot has become theloud speaker in the recitationhall, we no longer have anyneed of a radio.oWatch that jumping ropeTime?" you r ju mp sorWatch your bumps!fad:

How many college songs do youknow? Test yourself and seeIt's beenf several monthssince th e contest. oThe original sorority housepines for a sorority since th eappearance of Kappa* ChiNow what shall we do?

o"Thought is mental concentration on ideas as distinguishedfrom sense perceptions oremotions." This eliminatesthe t ime-worn excuse' i , but, I thought yySURPRISE PARTY ATPRACTICE HOUSE

The quiet and solitude of thPractice House was interruptedfor several hours Wednesdayevening, May 21, when th emembers of the faculty, th eJunior and Senior classes|$in-vaded ourjhouse for a surprisepar ty. Our guests came wellfortified with card tables, cardsand best of all, lots of goodf ood . Br idge was played,awards going to Ma rgaret Burnsand Margaret Cantelupe. Ourguestsfleftrsaying that they enjoyed our party very much.jj Margaret Burkha rdt, '30.


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M ar g a r e t HungivilleBradford, Pa.St. Bernard's High School ;ijLe Cercle Prancais; Fine Ar tsClub; Prom Committees, '27, '28, '29,'30. 3DRAMATIC NOTES

Although we all do not \boastof being daughters of Erin,nevertheless we do enjoy a goodSt. Pat 's program.. We werepleased to receive the J Seminarians' invitation on March 17,and enjoyed very much!theirjigs,f although Tete could I probably? have shown them fa fewmore 1 clever hops, \ songs I andrecitations of good, jgreen Ireland. K H 5 flRBE^i{The Dramatic? Art !class faretojbe highly complimented fortheir splendid work at I the i rrecital, March 20. No onewould ever think,?judging fromtheir poise and % self-assurance,t h a t n t was t h e ! "first night"for several of the students, ffiflI Edythe Schill made us laughwith! "The Wedding" conductedat the orphan asylum; and whowould have imagined that theflippant Helen Smith could bringtears to our eyes withj| the portrayal of! the girl left waiting"At the {Prison fGate?" Th eword r'Humoresque"? is usuallya sign of something sadi andsweet and w e! were! not disappointed: inJCleophas Doyle assheggtoldBsof beautifully herstory. 'wm ft XElizabeth, J when will! youfinally i a d m i t y o u r m a n yt a l e n t s ? | "What the JanitorHeard" ^placed Miss Hambergerin the several roleslof "Nervy"

Miss Northrup, t iny Bobby,and Swedish Hulda, which shecleverly portrayed.Because of Maurine's previousexperience, we expected to bewell entertained and we werenotrthe least bit disappointed inher beautiful portrayal of thesa d love-affair of "Sintram ofSkagerrak ." *Maurine took usto the cold cliff by the sea andheld us there to the^very end.At the* conclusion, much toour pleasure, Miss Brown inthercharming way gave us severalselections. We compliment you,Miss Brown, and are lookingforward to your next recital.I % \ Cleland Discoll, '32.

JUNIOR JOTS

FRESHMAN WEEKOur spirited and startlingFreshman class I surprised theentire college by an equallyspirited! and startling bulletin.This lengthy scroll revealed onit everything from a pluckedeyebrow to a taxi to be h)adjata minimum charge. This splendid opportunity was offered bythe Freshmen for the honor andglory of Mercyhurst and thesake offa flattened pocket-book.B We're proud of our Freshmen. J Their initiative is commendable and Hhef willing waythey worked and gave us thebest fori the price proves thatthey ' re not [slackers.|| p

jMany of them;stooped to do-inglall manner of menial tasksabout the rooms|to the peril oflily-white hands. ^MI All the beauty and glamourof s the dwelling and dwellerswas brought oufc in its splendour. One could get one's facedone over (perhaps a bitamateurishly and a l t h o u g hthings would look a bit dubiousat first, one's face evolved quitebenefited by the process. |Eye-brows were sketched, pricedaccording to ^den sity, t a x iaccording v to where one sat,rumble seat reduced i ra te , ofcourse. Originality plus ! \.Upper classmen did not hesitate to takef advantage of thisopportunity afforded by theirambitious little sisters and didtheir Ibest to help them along.We hope to see "Ye Olde PriceListe" posted again soon, Freshmen, because house-cleaningtime is approaching. i MJeanne Elliott , '31.

Mary^McCrady, all hearts andflowers, we mean heart beatsand thrills, on account of thatweek-e n d-t o-b e at C o r n el 1.Juniors expecting a duel between Jay and Don.Teresa at Pittsburgh from3:30 on Saturday |to 3:00 onSunday"He" has a greenroadster, can sing, dance, playand talks. "Oh he's marvelous."Hazel Connell puddle jumping from way out west in Edin-boro every morning. fMaybeit's south, we don't know.Helen Heuther "wreathing"in pain and then hopping off toOil City with Barb for a weekend.Rose Galbo making historyrepeat itself, walked in the rain(The Great Flood) and suffereda Great Panic. She got a cold.Margaret^ B u r n s diggingbrother Joe out of the mud upat the Practice House when hecame to visit one spring Sunday.J e a n n e E l l i o t t beingthreatened with a pacifier orsomething of that nature fordisturbing Class Room Management.Casey lEgan meeting Lois onthe Moonlight and getting usall excited i. e., the Juniorsthought the Moonlight meetingwas some special nocturnalceremony.Helen Portman moving outon th e first of Apr il. It allgoes^ with having the mostelaborate domicile in f he school.She's back.Ruth j Wilbert entertainingHick at the Practice HousewithwellerBridge.Nellie being a "sugar cake"for Lefty and looking "Lime-housey" in Class.J Bertha M c H a 1 e sniffingflowers up at Cleveland flowershow and coming to class laterthan the other late member.Elizabeth Hamburger attempting to discover whetherheels I go "Click," | click" or"clack, clack" andJ insisting tha tnot all tall handsome men aredark. -i

General rushing around ofthe Junior Class on the afternoon of March seventeenth,card collecting, cover Shunting,sandwich spreading, green decorating, nevers tingling, breathholding, last minute apprehension, guests arriving, bevy ofatt ractive girls, conversation,giggles, bridge, awards, tea,

Evelyn JacobsonMayville, N. Y.Mayville High SchoolProm Committees, '27, '28, '29, Class Secretary- t reasurer , ' 27 ; Ctain Basket Bal l, | ' 2 7 ; Le CeFrancais; Fine Ar ts Club .good-byes, finished, success. dish-washing the Freshmbless their hearts, didi it fwell, a certain amount.Another Social Meeting in third-floor Social Room. NelMarg, Helen H., and Tereentertaining. A good time hbyfall. I I

VISITORS' NOTESRev. Father Alcuin, O. S. Dean of St. Vincent's ColleBeatty, Pa., returned with ochanlain, Rev. William!Sullivand spent a week-endSat Merhurst . I 1 While hereM: Fa thAlcuin was celebrant I of High M a s s ! in honor of |SaiBenedict. w B | '* \ I|Rev. Thomas McCauley, C. S. R.J of St. Mary's ColleNorth East, Pa., whom we remember 1 for I hisSimpressBaccalau reate addres s last Tuwas a recent Mercyhurst callFather McCauley was accopanied by J t e v . f j . M. Frawleanother well-known Redemprist who we hope will honor again with his|presence.Mrs. Rafetto, of Punxsutaney, Pa., recently visited hdaughter, Sr *M. Jane FrancMother Agnes and^companiof } the Sisters of our Lady Charity, Lincoln Avenue, Pitburgh, spent an afternoon Mercyhurst a few weeks ago.Mrs. Fritts of Cleveland spe


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June, 11930 THE MERCIAD Page " ~ f t Za day at jj Mercyhurst wi th herniece, Rose Beckman.Rev. Gerald Dugan, of St.Peter's Cathedral delivered avery interesting Lenten sermonon The Mass, recently.

A few weeks ago, Dr. Walsh,of St. Vincent's Hospital gavea very instructive lecture to thePhysiology classes on "Bloodand its diseases." i]We were more than pleasedto see our old friend MarieFlanagan from Corry, at Mercyhurst on a recent Surfday.St. Patrick's day brought usvisitors from Titusville. Amongthem was Sr. Bernadette, of St.Joseph's Academy.Rev. Martin Hepner, C. S.S. R., of St. Mary's J College,North East, Pa., talked very entertainingly to us on the"Biology of Bees," Wednesdayevening, I April 9. IMrs. James Milloy, of Dubois,Pa., spent the week-end ofApril 5th[atjMercyhurst.Mrs. Louise Driscoll, of Pittsburgh s pen t! a week-end atMercyhurst!with !her; daughter ,Cleland. \ . J f \)$&;4 Mary An n! Woods, '32.ON TH E URT OF JSONNET-^ W R I T I N G ! f

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Preparatory to writing a first-class sonnet I w as ! reduced toth e necessity f of m consultingseveral well-known authoritieson the subject, Croslandjamongthem, as I myself knew nothingwhatever concerningI the |dif-ficult but inspiring task oftating Boccaccio, PetrarchShakespeare. ;. I E E I ICrosland gives us Ithisportant rule wjiich I {naturallyconsidered irst: I The ^subjectmatter must be |emotional orreflective or;both, and itlmustbe expressed sublimely, [thuslifting the sonnet f into the region of exalted poetry.MRftj I1 racked mylbrain for a subject which would gsat isfy theforegoing regulation and at lasthit upon t he ! idea iof using aMuse. I remembered many instances where Muses were in-yoked,! by! nam e! or o therwisein? the poems and sonnets ofbards of wide I renown.I We ill so much fo r the Musean d th el invocation butif JI [remembered rightly, theMuses were usually invoked forajagift of some kind. Morepondering At lastU de cided to invoke my Muse forthe gift of "silvery speech," ol

did not suit me, either becausethey didn't have ten syllablesor because "the feet weren'tiambic.

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Cleophas DoyleGreensburg, Pa.St. Joseph's AcademyChicago University,'28; Seton HillCollege, '27, ' 2 9; Home EconomicsOlub; Mercyhurst Prom Committee ,'30: Pine Arts Club.|the "gift of gab," as it is knownamong the sons of Erin.The next rules which I considered were the following: Thesonnet must consist of fourteendesa-syllabicSiambic lines andli t must be rhymed in twosystems (a) the Octet or firsteight lines;, and (b) the S extetor the last six lines. In theOctet the first, fourth, fifth andeighth lines must rhyme together, and the second, third,sixth and seventh! must rhymetogether . In the Sextet thefirst, third and fifth lines mustIrhyme, alsojthe second, fourthand sixth. I j ^ n f I 9According to these rules therhyming * should be a-b-b-a;a-b-b-a in the octet and c-d-elinthe-sextet. H I I ^ HLast but not least, I gleanedt h e following information,:While the sonnet! must J haveunity, there a mustj b eja clearbreak between thel octet landthe sextet. The sextet of asonnet should have a clear andindependent beginning of itsown and constitute a separateshort poem of and in itself,though arising out of, developing and bringing to a full conclusion the first or octet poem.After having assimilated theforegoing rules I gave myselfup to staring at a blank walland hoping that the .first lineof my sonnet might be so kindas to dawn on me. 1 triedseveral lines, which, however,

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of concentrated labor I evolved:"Descend uponworthy Muse!"This suited me to *perfection:it contained the Muse and wasthe beginning of my invocation.Then came: "And from thyflowing swell upon me pou r." 1was at a lossjfor the third line,partly because I did notthave aclear iidea as to what I wantedpoured on me * and partly be-causeftl was a t a | loss for aword that would rhyme withpour.Suddenly I came upon theword evermore. Well, th at wasa good word. I rememberedthat Edgar Allan Poe used onesimilarf. to itnevermore. Butevermore or |neverm ore, if itwould rhyme with pour, I wasgoing to use it regardless ofEdgar Allan Poe. ?| .What about: "Such gems ofthought and speech as woulde'ermor e," ? I had to shortenevermore in order?to get a pentipede ! line. Probably youf willquestion pentipede, If centipede means havingj a hundredfeet and millipede means havinga thousand feet, I ask'you, whycan't pentipede mean havingfive feet? For certain ly,! tensyllables divided by the twosyllables of an iambic foot givesus five feet. H K M . | | | lB The next 1 four lines camecomparatively!easily: | H II "I n I all weak mortal heartsB tru e hope infuse, S IB "Also strong faith and will toB bear! abuse, m r^P 1|||111B "A mind that* o'er all |m un -B dane things would soar '$&B "A zeal |to cure a sufferingB neighbor's sore." W U-;I I I didn't particularly likerhyming a soar with sore but Iwas at the end of my resources.I had already seven lines ofth e octet.& It remained yet | toget one line rhyming with Muse,infuse and abuse to complete itas Iper | regulation, m The jonlywordjj I could think of was refuse, and I determined! to piseitwith th is result:! I"Such wondrous gift tomedo not refuse." jfc j ? iNow oame thetlesser but notless! importantItask of gettingthe sextet together. So far, Iapplied the .rules faithfully, toth e besl of -my knowledge andability. Bu t now, before me

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w as the task of creating a breakbetween the octet and the sextet, a t the fsame t ime noimpairing the unity of the sonnet as a whole.I decided to enlarge upon"gift." Now, thia gift beingthe gift of "silvery speech" didn't ^have muc h difficulty. mean, I didn't have much difficulty enlarging it in my mindin prose. if remembered that my linewere to rhyme according to the

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Cecelia Rybinskif Erie, Pa. fSt. Benedict's* AcademyProm Committee, '27, '28, '29, '30.Le Cercle Francais; Fine Arts Club;Member Kappa Chi Sorori ty. 'system c-d-e-c-d-e. I managedthe first line of the sextet toexpress one of my ideas: JH"Such gift do poets andwriters all desire,"Then I got together the following three lines qualifyh gthe gift, and of theseMl amjustly proud: I I"A power to soften heartsthough they be stone," 1"To drive off care andfspreado'er brow a smile, j ^ HK "Instill in youth5a strongI am bition 's fire."l|| BfflNow L ha d ftwo more lines tocomplete the sonnet. | Unfortunately I could think of nomore qualities that my "gift"might possess. | But an ideacame to me which suited! mebetter yet. Jl would clinchjthesextet by two lines of aj personal nature which would vindicate any lack of the sublimeand which would exalt my sonnet, if it were not already so.Here they are :"My words* if they, to loftypeaks have borneOne lonely soulwell have Ispent my while."I decided to call my son.net"An Invocation." LFor the'^benefit of those whowould like to read it withoutinterruption Isappend i t withoutbreaks and instrusions:"Descend upon my brow 0worthy Muse!And from thy flowing wellupon me pour,

Such gems of thought and1 speech as would e'ermoreIn all weak mortal hearts truehope infuse,Also strong faithfand will tobear abuse,A mind that o'er all mundanethings would soar. |A zeal to cure a sufferingneighbor's sore, rSuch wondrous gift to me donot refuse. *Such gift do poets and writersall desireA power to soften heartsthough they be stone,To drive off care and spreado'er brow a smile,Instill in youth a strongambition's fire;My words, if they, to loftypeaks have borneOne lonely soulwell have Ispent my while." I wonder if there will be anywho will breathe a sigh of regr et or of ...... .. relief when Itell them that this is absolutelythe last flight in the realms ofpoetry that I shall ever* be induced to attempt.;- Mary Nowakoski, '32.

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LIBRARY BENEFITSt. John's Hall at 26th andWallace Streets was the scenebf a card party held for thebenefit of the German Department of the Mercyhurst Libraryon Monday evening, May 26.| T h e faculty? and student

body of Mercyhurst want to express their great appreciationto Father Alois Duering for hisactive interest in our Collegefor it was through his kindnessthat the hall was donated forour party.Various comm ittees composedof Mercyhurst Collegians assisted in making arrangements.The hall was decorated in blueand white. Swaying* palmsdotted the hall here and thereand presented a very pleasingeffect.Bridge, Five Hundred, andEuchre were in play. AttractiveBridge score pads were awardedto the winning player at eachtable.About eleven o'clock a delightful luncheon of ice cream,cake and coffee was served.Madelyn Hall, '32.

A bleeding Head bends low towarn you;He will forgive; He will notscorn you ITwo burning eyes shine downto guide you;They will direct; they will not. chide you!What matter if the mob shouldhiss you? .;Two tired lips" are bent to kissyou! % * 1Two aching a rms , stretched toembrace you,Have not f orgotte n they| stil lplace you! H pTw o Spierced hands that willcaress you;A bruised breast that*longs topress you! J jGreat, gaping wounds that flowto^batheyouFrom the side of Him Whodied to save you. ;As you kneel in worship, at HisFee t 1> I IMangled and tor n by the jiaggedstreet,And view that awful sightabove youJust say to Him: "My God, Ilove You." Kay Barrett , '33.

FACULTY NOTES

Sr. Philippa: "Name one ofthe works of Mark Twain."R. Wilbert: "Never the Twainshall meet.ti

Sister M. Fidelis and SisterM. Agatha spent the week-endof February 15 in Chicago.Mr. William Gregory, head ofThe Department of Geographyat Western Reserve University,was a guest of the facultyMarch 22. | cThe faculty was entertainedat tea at the Practice House,April 5th, by t th e H o m eEconomics students.Miss Whalen, Head of theEconomics Department, h a staken up her residence at th ePractice House where she willremain until May i wenty-fourth.During the present month,Mr. Relihan is scheduled toaddress the students of Mountde Chantal Academy and St.Josephs Academy of Wheeling,West V i r g i n i a , and St.Augustine's Academy of Cleveland, Ohio.Rev. William L. Sullivan,Head of the Department ofPhilosophy, had as his guestduring the past month, hisbrother, Mr. Charles Sullivan,of New York City, and Mr.Francis E. McMahon, of West

^Bianca SurgoErie , Pa. f*Academy High SchoolLe Cercle Francais, '27; MemFine Arts Club; Prom Committ'27, f28, '29, '30; Advertising Mager of Merciad; Kappa Chi Sri ty; Musical Accompanist, "Wild Rose " and th e "Maid of Tok

Orange, New Jersey.Sister M. Philippa, Profesof English, spent the week-in Pittsburgh in the interesther department .Mr. Relihan jjhas been chocommencement speakerMount de Chantal AcadeWheeling, W est Virginia, whgraduation exercises will *tplace at 3:00 P. M. on MondJune 9. On the morning of -same day, Mr. Relihan will liver an address afcthe annmeeting of the Mount de Chtal Alumnae Association.Grace!Kane ,ANNOUNCEMENT

In compliance |with the quest of Daniel A. Lord, S. editor of "The Queen's Worwe wish to announce tStudent 's Spiritu al! LeadersConvention which will mJun e 20, 21, and 22 of this yeThe place of meeting is Ccago and reservations for degates will be made at Palmer House, one of Chicagfinest hotels. The re should a representative delegation frMercyhurst. A most intereing program is planned.I We appreciate the cordial vitation to "Pray! Plan! TaCome I"
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June, 1930 T H E MERCIAD Page 1SOPHS ENTERTAIN THEIRBIG SISTERS ir The Sophomores got ,realuppish two} weeks ago and I in vited the Seniors to a party atwhich "Gloves were to beworn/ ' Well aware th at thedate of the party might hav es o m e t h i n g t o do w ith th egeneral tenor of the evening'sfestivitiesif the r e really|wereto be any, for we Seniors are,by now, confirmed skeptics:wedonned the required-f or-entrancegauntlets and ushered! ourselves into the fools' Aprilparty. Oh, Oh, Kok emo! I Imean the April Fool's Party.

The decorations were in, keepin g ^with the season, beingknick knacks from here andthere with a huge green umbrella, inscribed by an orangeAPRIL FOOL as a colorfulattraction.Eight tables cheated at bridgeto get first prize, a dainty kerchief by the way, which waswon by Rose Galbo, with ascore of one hundred something. Miss jWhalen's sleightsof hand trick shuffles, and p. s.,her good partner, brought herhigh score up to ten hundredodd for which \ she received lowprize, "a sure cure! for tha ttired feeling," la two by fourrocking chair. K g

Coach Flossie Ammon rivaledTeddy I Joyce fas* a mistress ofceremonies and her protege,Miss Dorothy Hunter, of Erier a d i o ! f ame , d rew r epea tedapplause from a most interestedaudience by her clever |song anddance offerings.fgpeveralff fake* refreshmentswere brought*forth to whet theSeniors ' | appet i tes ' e r e t h egenuine menu w\a3 set beforethem. J To top it all, a blindingthunder \ (Ethel Levick at thepiano)!and electric (Helen Cum-mings a t pie j flashlight) rainstorm (var -colored confetti)forced us all to get umbrellas(paper favors) and go home.But April Fool, we all had adee-licious time and we love ourlittle sisters for being so niceto us .y& Grace McBride, '30.

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Do You Know what Jthe ^Professor Professes?We'll begin there for to-morrow.

will not take you so far awayI do not know how true it ibut some people say that on aclear night the lights from theCanadian coast can be seen.Jane Turgeon, '33

Practical House Group; Left to right:Cleophas Doyle, Ruth Wilbert, Miss W halen,fessor of home economics, Margaret^ Burns, Margaret Burkhardt. pro-

parcel of your every Jda ylife.""Et Maintenan t et bien." o>i

"As the fella ' says." o"My dear young ladies. o"I know a girl who lostposition fori that. . . . o"For the love o' Mike."her

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WELCOME, KAPPA CHIMercyhurst has a Sorority!This Sorority comprises that

group of non-resident studentsof Mercyhurst who have for-seen the necessity of a mutualunderstanding among the gir lsand have taken this step tobring about a higher type ofcomradeship! '}Kappa Chilis young and in experienced now, but it intendsto grow in wisdom and strengthuntil it has become one of themost active groups of the college. To | do this it has constantly before f it th is singularpurpose: | J |"Kappa Chi Sorority shallhave for its object th'e stimulation of interest in .MercyhurstCollege and the promotion andencouragement of i the mentaland social development of itsmembers together with the cultivation of J friendship, goodfellowship, charity,,! and helpful-T163SThe officers elected are: MissMildred Bird, president; MissJeanne Elliot, vice president;Miss Grace Kane, secretary;and Miss Adelaide Greiner,t reasurer .

The enrollment enlists, besides the officers, Bianca Sur&o,Cecelia Rybinski, Hazel Connell,Mary McCrady, ^Elizabeth Ham-berger, Bertha McHale, RuthWilbert, Helen Waldinger, MaryCronin, Verle McQuistion, EthelLevick, Natalie Ford, MaryKelley, Mary Carlos, MarionBiebel, Katherine Barrett, LucileSchaal, M a r i o n Shalkham,Mildred McCormick, I M a r kLynch, Luella Haaf, M a r yNowakowski, Helen. Kowalski,Eleanor Haas.This is the biggest step takens yet towards forming a strongand loyal alumnae association.Best wishes from the wholeschool attend the advent of thissorority.Barbara Hammond, '32.

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FROM MY WINDOWHere I sit at my windowthinking . I t is twi-light an dthe gir ls are out taking theirevening stroll aroun d t he driveway. As my!room is inlthsfront par t of ! the 1 building, 11have a lovely view of the campus, also f of the *city | of Erie.It is |an ideal Spring eveningwith the I birds chirpin g! theirevening songs. I From ! the distance comes the chiming of thechurch bells, calling the faithful to lenten fdevotions. Thecity, with its | large businessbuildings, towers above the residential section; all seems sopeaceful and quiet. * From hereT can see the ba y and the lake,still white with floating cakesof ice. The peninsula exten dsout, separating the bay fromthe lake. The sun has set butthe sky is crimson with the reflection of its ray s. This addsconsiderably to the pictu re. Ifmy gaze travels far enough itwill soon reach Canada but 1

TO OUR MOUSEMousey dearYou are, I fear,A most surprising person.You do not wait to be asked tocall,You simply come right!throughthe wall.Barb and Maurine, to theivexation,; IHave entertained you as ohigh station, P \Not content with their candyand cake *Which, while you nibble.Keeps them awake.But donning your hat and caneWithout even "Good-night, Icome I again," * iYou march r ight up to the exclusive third floorfAnd make the ladies there,Do thin gs they've* never donbefore |Rcse has become an, acrobat;Really that 's a fact.From chair jto bed and bed todoor 1And then r ight out to thecorridor.Marg Canteloupe's nerves areall out of place And Evelyn swoons with easeand grace.Now Mousey dear, 0, can't youseeWhy on my bended knee plead. | >Leave us here in our dearsweet way iAnd go to the practice house toPlay. * mCleland Driscoll, '32I THE FRESHMAN DIARY(Continued from Page 6)March 28T h e freshmanclass in general decided tospend the week-end out. BettyVirginia and Jane spent it inBuffalo, also Jean and Aliccam e| bouncing in on Saturda yI wonder why Dot Barker wento Corry this week-end. DoMorard spent it inlCleveland.You see, it being the holyseason of Lent, things aren'as lively as usual. Then we arall so very much interested inpractice for th e! coming p laythat we haven' t time for muchelse. *


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