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Dean Receives DoctorateFrom C an ad ian Un ivers ity

Richard Connelly, Maryce Jaeger, Mike Winseck, Dennis McCarty, and Peggy Hock (1 . to r.) rehearsea scene from Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night."Greensleeves Produce Shakespearean Play;Campus Anticipates'Twelfth Nigh t " C o m e d y

TWELFTH NIGHT, "one ofShakespeare's m o s t ingeniouscomedies", |wil l $be presented! bythe Greensleeve Players, November 13, 14, and 15, in the Me rcyhurst Lit t le Theatre at 8:15p j n . ICastOrsino, the sentimental Dukeof pilyria is played by Pete Ray-burn. Margie Sechrist plays thepart of Olivia, the rich countesswho wards off the Duke's love.Viola, Orsino's page, who successfully conceals her love for theDuke is portrayed by Kathy Mc-Manus .Bruce Arkright plays Sebastian,Viola's twin brother and friendof Antonio; while Sir Tofoey,Olivia's riotous uncle is portrayedby Mike Winseck. Marie, Olivia'switty? gentlewoman is played byMaryce Jaeger.One of the funniest characters

of TWELFT H NIGHT is? Peste,who is played by Peggyr Hock.Malvolio, ambitious steward isplayed by Tom Decker. Rick Connelly portrays Sir Andrew Ague-cheek, ther'foolish kn i gh t . ' i D e n-C l u b C o - o r d i n a t e sL i tu r g i c a l P r o g r a m^| The Liturgical Committee ofMercyhurst's NFCCS will host aregional conference on the liturgy,Sunday, November 22. This conference will ; highlight NF's o n-campus program concerning l i turgical renewal.Activities of the day ^will beginwith a full participation Mass followed by brunch. There fwill |betwo conferences, one of which willbe j,led by Rev. Schultz of theBuffalo Diocese.F o l l o w i n g t h e c on fe re nc es ,Audna Linter will lead a hoote-nanny accompanied by Pat Hyneson the guitar. Refreshments wil lbe provided b y | student Government. The day Jwill close with aBible Vigil in t h e| chapel at 5:00p.m.As a preparation for this conference, NF presented Rev. Richard Butryn, October 28 , who spokeon the history of l i turgical part icipation in th e R oman ^Rlte.November 4, Joseph Petulla discussed the new consti tut ion onthe l i turgy. A p r i e s t willspeak at 7:30 in McAuley Lounge.Registrat ion fee for\ the conference is $1.25. sAnyon e wishingto at tend should contact GretchenFaller or Marikae Sorvelli. Allregistrations must be* in by November 17.

nis McCarty plays f Fabian, Olivia's servant while Linda I Culverportrays a page.Production

Sister Mary Brigid is directingthe Shakespearean drama. Actingas stage manager for thefproduc-tion is N a n c y * M c Na m ar a;Betty DiGiorgio is i n | charge ofdesigning and making the costumes, f ffei Betty served as an assistantcostume designer fat the University of Vermont's summer festivals this summer.

TicketsTickets are now on sale forTWELFTH NIGHT: Adults $1.50,Students $.75, and Mercyhurststudents $.50* Tickets . m ay . beprocured from the'various salesgirls in both Egan and McAuleyHalls . In Egan Hall , If tart floor:

Barb Kahl; second floor: Kathleen Airo; third floor: Kathy McDowell. In McAuley Hall, firstfloor: Nancy McNamara; secondfloor: Ginny Gorsak; third floor:Kathy McMullen.Ticketsmay also be purchased

Sister M. Janet, AcademicDean, has completed requirementsfor;the doctorate degree in*clinical psychology at the Universityof Ottowa, Ottowa, Canada. Thisdegree is the result of over twoyears of study.Sister was notified of the acceptance of her dissertation | onNovember 4. Shei wilL officiallyreceive her degree at commencement exercises ;J in May, when shewill graduate with honors. 1Work-Study Program' During a leave of absence fromMercyhurst in the years 1961-62and 1962-63, Sister Janet|Under-took a work-study program! a tthe University of Ottowa in pursuing her doctoral degree. Hereshe worked in the clinic at thefrom Dayhop representatives.These fare: Freshman Dayhop,Gina |Cantoni ; Sophomore Day-h o p , Mary Sococchio; Junior Day-h o p , Linda Culver.There will be no reserved seats.

university and also at a varietyof counseling agencies in Canada.While working in this program,Sr. Janet began her dissertationentitled,| "The * Effectiveness of

Various Responses to Students'Expressed Need of Counseling onMeasures of Self-Concept." Sh econtinued her research on thistopic while serving as academicdean last year. This summer Sister completed her research at theuniversity and submitted her dissertation on September 1.HistoryBefore leaving Mercyhurst tobegin work on this degree, Sr.Janet was Directress of Guidance.She was also on the staff of thePsychology Department. As Academic Dean, Sister handles allproblems concerningI academicmatters.

g Sister obtained her bachelor'sdegree from Mercyhurst. She received her master 's at John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio.MERC1ADVol. XXXVLNo. Z MERCYHURST COLLEGE, ERIE, PENNA. November 11, 1964

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] NOVEMBERFreshmen QuarterliesDr. John |p . Br i t tAlumnae Card Party"Twelfth Night"8-Ball-Banquet for critic teachers"Marriage of Figaro" iThanksgiving V a c a t i o nBeginsThanksgiving V a c a t i o nEnds k i $f | DECEMBER2-Gannon vs . I n d i a n a(Home) I6DSO Pre-College Da y7Gannon vs. Villa Madonna (Home)8Free Da y9Gannon vs. F r e d o n i a(Home)11-13Gannon Winter Carnival

* DSO * |^Mercyhurst's DSO has invitedjuniors and seniors from Erieand area high schools to part icipate in its annual Pre-CollegeDay, Sunday, December 6. Theafternoon of activities is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. in theLit t le Theatre.I Intended to provide a glimpseof Mercyhurst, its educationalprogram and campus l ife, Pre-College D ay . will include g classroom! talks by d ayhops on allmajor fields of study. D uringtours of the college prospectivestudents will be able to meet withfaculty and administrat ion. Refreshments will be served in thecafeteria following the afternoonof activities.

{Co-chairmen of the affair areRuth rPage and Connie Fuhrman.Volunteer committe chairmen include: Peggy Meagher, publicity;Marlene G u e r r a ^ l invitat ions;Ginny Olson, registration; CarolPiotrowitz$ decorations-refreshments; Kathie Kauffman, departmental speakers, Evelyn Jar-

Educator Speaks on Freedo mIn observance of American Education Week, Dr. John F. Brit twill speak, November 11, at 12:45p.mJin the Mercyhurst Collegelittle Theatre. His topic wil l be"Freedom in Education."Dr. Britt, who received hisbachelor of arts degree from ISt.Paul 's Sem inary sand his master 'san d fdoctorate from St. LouisUniversity, is a native of Minneapolis.Currently Assistant Professor ofEducation at Duquesne fUniversity Dr. Brit t has served on thefaculties of ;: Briar j Cliff College,Crelghton University, ^Webster-College and St. Louis University.In Pit tsburgh, Dr. Brit t has

served fas mo derator of the Newman Club International StudentProgram and is now an associatemember of the Association forInternational Development. Also,he was recently elected to theBoard ofUhe Citizen's for Educational Freedom, an organizationseeking public support fori children at tending private and parochial schools.Dr. Brit t is the author of"Rights! and Role of Paren ts.Church and State in EducationalFreedom." His appearance at Mercyhurst is one of a diversified series of lectures and performingart ists J brought to Erie by thec o m b i n e d Gannon-Mercyhurstcultural program.

molowitz, initial contact; andMary Pa alon, guldesJx.Y T * ^Yearbook CitedMercyhurst 's yearbook, Prae-terita, again received a first classrating by the Associated Collegiate Press,| a

n a t i o n a lcri t icalservice. This is the fifth consecutive year the publication wasawarded ithe honor.* 9Praeterita chalked up 6,190points, only 310 from All-American, the highest possible rating.Emily Lincoln was editor *andMaureen Alleci co-editor of theaward-winning yearbook.**0$M* 8-Ball J8-Ball ^sponsored by Gannon'sStudent Council, will be held^atRainbow 'Gardens, Saturday, November 14 from 9-1. Teddy Ar-men's orchestra will provide dancemusic and "We're Not Brothers",plan tossing during intermission.Highlight of> the evening will |bethe crowning of one of the queencandidates entered by various

campus l organizations as 8-Ballqueen. -Crit ic Teachers ' .BanquetI Senior student teachers iwillhonor itheir facultyi critics at abanquet, November 16, in thestudent dining hall. There will beapproximately 94 guests. In addit ion to cri t ic j teachers, the superintendents of the Erie city, Eriecounty, and Millcreek townshipschools and the administrativeofficials of the college have beeninvited. Mercyhurst students wereteaching in seventeen schools inthese districts.* -Wilson Fellowships 5Nominations for the WoodrowWilson Fellowships from,-Mercyhurst have been sent to the nat ional headquarters. These nominations were made by facultymembers. The national committeewill notify fellowship winnerssometime in February.' 0 ' Pitt Glee ClubTh e University of Pittsburgh

Men's Glee Club will perform forstudents andl guests _atthe Littlethe atr e, November 20, at 8:15p.m. Under the direction ofEmanuel Rubin, the glee club hashad engagements with the Pit tsburgh Symphony Orchestra andhas appeared this past!year atthe World's Fair. A typical,program includes folk-songs, spirituals, and contemporary selections.The Mercyh urst College GleeClub, directed by Sr. Helen Jean,will join the forty men in singingFlor Peeter's Te Deum.OuarterliesFreshman "Day of Reckoning"is scheduled for Monday, November 9, when 179 Frosh will begintheir quarterly exams. The testswill continue^ through Friday,November 20. Test results will beforwarded toj&parents of thefreshmen as w ell as stude nts'academic advisors.Gannon Winter Carnival"Winter Whirl%is the themefor Gannon's winter carnival thisyea r | a t which Rita ; Chrobakwill represent Mercyhurst asqueen candidate. Rita was chosenby student body vote on Tuesday,November 10.Severall recommendations submitted J to Blue Key by MarleneDeSantis , '63 social chairman,were incorporated into this year'splans. Photographed ; o o p 1 e sof each judge's ballot for queenwill be sent to participatingschools at the close of the carni-v a l | In j addition, each school willhave an opportunity to explainhow its booth fits in with thewinter carnival theme.School spirit will be judged onthe basis of a talent show. Eachschool may submit two acts.Points won in jj the talent showwill be applied to the respectivequeen candidates. IOther schools entering queencandidates are Villa, Hamot, St.Vincent.sand Gannon.

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This W e Believed...Integration. It is not a spirit of "peaceful co-existence."Nor is it a policy of forced cooperation. Rather, it is a freelyentered into program which wilt!benefit two or more parties.Integration is what could be termed the policy of cooperationthat exists between i Mercyhurst and Gannon Colleges.!The co-ordination of social calendars, fthe inauguration ofa joint cultural series, the existence of several co-college organizations! (the A.C.S., C.G.D. Thomas More Latin Americanprogram are a few examples) exemplify the existence of acooperation. This cooperation exists almost as importantly inthe academic sphere. Courses offered at Gannon supplementthe curriculum offered hereand vice versa. Socially, academically, culturally th e two institutions have mutually benefitted from this integration policy. IIn addition, a verbal contrac t of cooperation^ exists b etween The Merciad and The Gannon Knight. However, TheKnight has been criticizedpublicly and privately, with protestations of abuse ranging from student-staged demonstrations to individually written letters-to-the-editor, for articlesappearing in The Knigh t. Unfortunately,! the "attacks"sometimes called for, oftentimes notare considered by someMercyhurs t students to represen t the collective opinion; ofthe entire Knight editorial staff. f

I In cooperating, we side with The Knight, feeling} th eopinions expressed were those of individual columnists. Wefeel th at The Knight may sa y what it w ishes, |if it says itprudently, in good taste and with social decorum. 1

Until This Arrived...Dear Editors: |Critiscism contains the essence or quality In which we better ourselves through another's outlook on our expressed thoughts and opinions. As Thomas Jefferson once said, "Only those who do things arecriticizedv. .. look the world in the face and let the critic criticize." YetI believe that in my article about Mercyhurst "women/' there was noIntent to do them any harm or injustice and I believe that it's betterto be thought about than never to be thought about at aU.

Enclosed is a letter written to me, in which the writer didn't haveenough nerve to sign her name. Can this be an example of educatedMercyhurst "girls"? I hear that this may be a good excuse for Mercyhurst to drop out of thefwinter Carnival, because your pride has beenhurt. We're doing you a favor so that they can show Gannon and Eriealike that they are capable of producing talented, "refreshing," youngladles. This Is your chance to prove yourselves and to show The G annonKnight and me that we are wrong and that we have misconceived ideasabout Mercyhurst. So. far we are right, but our opinionfwiU change ifMercyhurst shows some! positive action. $Sincerelyfyours,1 | Joseph L. Heimbold, Jr.Ed. note: The letter spoken of above was a reply to Mr. Heimbold'sarticle, "The Jerk," in the October issue of THE GANNON KNIGHT,

Now W e Believe...^Mr. Heimbold speaks apparently ffor The GannonKnight in the above letter. However, because, as a featurecolumnist he has no editorial authority, fwe believe that thecriticism' advanced is his personal conviction tha t first,Mercyhurst students' pride has been hurt by attacks leveledin his articles; and second, that entering the Winter Carnivalmay serve to rectify hisand Th e Knight'smisconceptionabout the high-caliber Mercyhurst student.To prove the columnist wrong is obviously not the expressed intention of Mercyhurst in entering the Winter Carni

va l Queen fCompetition. It is merely to foster the spirit of cooperation of which we spoke above. |1 I-If this cooperation cannot exist in the sphere of studentcommunications, we cannot expect it to flourish elsewhere.We commend The Knight for its timely presentation of newsworthy facts and are willing to cooperate to achieve well-informed student bodies. I

SGA ReportsPresident! Peggy Hock announced that the annual StudentGovernment Day will be held thisyear, November 11.jjDSO reported a profit? of $15,onf heir recent mixer. It was decided that the expenditure ofthese funds would be left to thediscretion of the officers | andmembers of D S O . |Mary Ann Daly, Social Committee Chairm an,! brought up thepoint that the recent Tri-CollegeMixer wasn't Tri-CoUege. In actuality, Gannon did a ll the? organization. The social committeeis now writing| a | report on howthey th ink the m ixer should toehandled in the future. She alsoconfirmed the fact that the Gannon ILounge, which was formerlyclosed when Mercyhurst held anevent on Friday or Saturdaynight, will no longer continue thispolicy.| Dorm Council has decided tobuy a new stereo needle for thestereo in the listening room withthe m oney collected thus far fromthe juke box in the Snack Bar.J The Cultural Committee explained that they have been con

sidering making three or four ofthe cultural events compulsoryfor the freshmen. The decisionand the events wiU be decided ata later date.Elaine Poux is Publicity Chairman for Student Governmentthis year. She is In charge of thelarge display board in College Halland of bulletin board regulations.Anyone wishing to reserve spaceon the boards should contact her.A motion to purchase a newtelevision set for the school alsowas passed.Minutes of second SGA meeting..

Stick and Dot mDue to the lack of inteUectualappeal in The Merciad, we haveundertaken the composition of arefreshingly stimulating articledesigned to challenge the mindsof our elite clientele.So without further ado (oradon' t) , we present the historyof the progression of the jokefrom time S immemorial to thepresent.Our extensive research in th earcheological excavations in th eValley of Despair revealed thefirst recorded joke in history. Itwas chiseled on the waU of a primitive den: "What did one caveman say to the other? Ebba zumbish muf buncombe rateom!"*

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billed himself as "Lucius," theGlad Gladiator"' was the firstcomedian mentioned in ancientchronicles. He was a socialsatirist whose career came to anabrupt end after he mimicked acertain fiddler once too often.Luclus's most famous work comesin the form of a limerick:"There once was an emperor'Nero' IWho fancied himself quite a heroHe tried Ho fiddle fMore than a littleThough his talent was measuredat zero." | IThe standard Renaissance jokecarried with it a well-developedmoral. The anecdote about Leonardo da Vinci's vanity is usually

Of course the Egyptians originated that classic Knock-knockpattern. One we stumbled on was:"Knock-Knock. ! Who's therte?Hieroglyphics. ; Hieroglyphisc who?Hire old Glyphics and the youngones wiU rebel."We found also that joke-tellingas a profession was not firmlyestablished until the Roman Empire took hold. A centurian who

Our Readers' Comment...Dear Editor:The returns are in and the winners have been announced. Ourshare of th e profits from; sellingthe chances on $5000. in cooperation with St. Luke's Parishamounted to $678.This amount is about!half ofthe total we Ineed to build ourskating & rink. We failed to raisethe amount we need to j sponsora scholarship for a Mexican student, and to pay our national andregional dues to the NationalFederation of Catholic CollegeStudents.

Some of our students did notbother to sell a single book ofchances. United effort and cooperation are merely words to thesestudents, but their apathy is morethan offset by the spirit of thosefull of "awareness and participation.^ | ICongratulations are in order toRegina Conti and Rebecca Johnson who tied for the $50. awardto the seUer of the most booksof chances. The class awards areas foUows: S e n i o r sDonnaSchleutermann, Kathy Scott, AnnLangmeyer; JuniorsMary jj Cal-cagni, Ann Miklusak, GretchenFaUer; SophomorePat Max-field ;k FreshmenBarbara Radec-ki, Sandra Espsoito.Gretchen FallerDear Editor:Would you please print a copyof the East 38 Street-Holland busschedule for the (benefit of allMercyhurst bus* riders? Thankyou. | ISusan LawlorEd. There is a copy of the schedule you requested on ;the dayhop

buUetin board in the EganSmoker's Lounge.Dear Editor:Allow me to compliment theeditor and her cohorts on the"First Class" rating which youachieved in A. C. S. competition.Due to past experience I knowthat the publication receiving an"AH-American" or "First Class"award |has to be not "good", butrather|"very good". *I think one section in particularwhich exemplifies The Merciad'sexcellence is the editorials. Thisis what gives The Merciad life.In w riting about t he: cut systemor representation ir t iS. G. A., weare not given duU facts and generalizations; on the contrary, weare given an interesting representation of the facts which leads tological opinions, iThe Merciad, if for no otherreason alone, has earned its recognition through Its vitality ofexpression. This vitality that fascinates me so is plainly evidentin this year's article on Miller(October 2, 1964). JGeorgina Canton!

w^eW;^A* 4>d^^>ft>kept out of Ihistory books, but wefound the original copy. Leonardo(Lennie to his contemporaries)had a beautiful i grey beard ofwhich he was unduly proud. Under the assumption ' that a wavybeard would be even lovlier, Lennie set about the invention of; acurling machine. The curling ironresulted; but due to improper use,he burned .himself on the chinrather severely. The moral of thisstory: "A Lennie waved is a Lennie burned."

As is easily perceived from theabove, the caliber of jokes duringthis period hit a new all-timelow (see Graph Dand joke-tellinggradually declined to nothingnessuntil modern times. (A few die-hards didn't give-up however, asexemplified by a struggling playwright, WU1 Shakespeare, whodid tremendous things with thepun.)In the 1950's the rebirth of thejoke occured with an onslaughtof corn (popped. Indian, field,and foot). Today jokes haveswept the world | incorporatingeverything from people to grapes(see Graphj2). In moving downward through the hierarchy ofmatter, the next step logically ismicroscopic topics. For example:"What did! one cell say to theother? I'm sold! (No interpretation available at the presenttime.)Where do they go from here?Your guess is as good as ours.* This punch line can be translated only with the aid of a Ro-setta Stone (which can be purchased at | the Mercyhurst BookStore for the meager sum of $2.98).

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Editor Bonnie BrennanAssociate Editor Kathy CookAssistant Editors _, . . . . . . Annajean Smalley, Kathy Keim,Judy Pitney *p* i p :.\|T 7|[ *Business Manager .. . . . . . . . . . Pat LawlorModerator . . . - - . . . . . . . . . ... . . .$ Mrs. John HartmanEditorial Staff . . . . . . . . . . . Maureen Aleci, Rae Balest.i Betty Barczak, BMOC, Janice Bodnar, Georgina Cantoni, JaneCarney, Toni Cunea, Dottie Delaney. Su e Ehrman, 'GretchenFaller, Martyj Fiedler, Connie ;Fuhrman, Joan Glance, FranHerman. Jeanne Keim, Marianne King, Lucille LaMagna,Stephanie Lucas, Adrienne Mathes, Chris Ognibene, GretchenPhillips. H

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P a t Lawlor -helps Academy J stud ent w ith bookkeeping:' problem .

Student Teachers Reminisceby Fran Herman and Marty J| Fiedler |The pictures from the bulletinboards, the data for the casestudies and the seating chartshave all been deposited in thecircular file. All that's left arethe memories of eight weeks thatsometimes seemed like eight daysand other times like the proverbia l 4 4| years. With enthusiasm,optimism^ and| smiles, we presentsome of these memories in bestunit plan form.

UNIT PLAN IN RETROSPECTPART I: The First YearSept. 9"About Face,,1,243students give the Mercyhurst56 a five-minute stare as thecooperating teachers introducethem. WSept. 14"Miss Coletta, are youS from a foreign country?" queries a junior paroleelSept.! 16"Yes, Miss Fiedler," a sophomore answers, "prose ispeople that are for something."Sept. 17Genia Ogg evicts WillieWilliams from sixth period, llSept. 23"Hunt Hussies j HustleIn" makes headlines in BarbBrairton's journalism class. *Sept. 29Ginny Gorsak's laughreaches "high C" during lunchperiod inj the Academy mopcloset. IPART H: The SabbaticalOct. 2"Are you a teacher or aperson?" I a second grader asksSally Ward.Oct. 5Genia Ogg evicts LindaSimmons from sixth period.Oct. 13"Mrs.f Savocchio, . . .oh,I'm sorry," goofs one of Joyce'sstudents. "So am I ," mournsJoyce.Oct. 14-^Marilee Magnotto "demonstrates" Hhe monkey for herthird j grade.Oct. 16The main speaker at theN.W.P.S.E.A.J meeting em pha sizes that teachers must have

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Helen (Loeblanz) Boyle '35,Mercyhurst alumna, was recentlynamed to the Lay Advisory Boardof Mercyhurst College. M rs .Boyle, wife of Edward P. Boyle,editor and publisher of the "OilCity Derrick," is active in manycommunity service organizations.In May of 1063, she and her husband received the papal honor ofLady and Knight of the Order ofthe Holy Sepulchre in recognitionof their outstanding |work asCatholic laymen.Another Mercyhurst alumna,Catherine Durkin, was namedsecretary of the Lay AdvisoryBoard. A '361graduate of Mercyhurst, Miss Durkin, a Clevelandlawyer, has been a charter member of the Board since Its founding in 1961.

optimism land enthusiasm andmust smile.Oct. 19Mary Ann Kelly, MaryMargaret Dill and Helen Mina-deo return to class optimistic,enthusiastic and! smiling.PART ni:|The Forty-fourth YearOct. 20Mary Ann, Mary Mar-fgaret and Helen ab andon! optimism, enthusiasm, and smiles.Oct. 22A biology.v student informs^ Kathy Scott that "chlor-roform makes plantsi green."Oct. 26Genia Ogg again evictsWillie Williams from sixth period.Oct. 27Sixth period evictsGenia Ogg.Oct. 29Report card day____ -Report card day causesa flood in Classroom 6 whenPeggy Hock gives a C in anAdvanced Placement class.Oct. 30Last day: One of FranHerman's senior boys asks theprincipal if he can kiss h ergood-bye.

By an | almost overwhelmingvote of your student body youhave tossed your hatshould Isay queen candidate?into th ering of competition of the annualWinter Carnival sponsored byBlue Key Honor Fraternity. Collegiate unity is one of our hoped-for results, and is probably oneof the greatest factors that influenced your vote in deciding tore-enter the queen competition.

A change is promised in theformat of the weekend: many innovations have | been planned toenhanceithe coronation pageantryand to avoid the too-typical carnival-bazaar |ty pe atmosphere.Prior to the setting -up of thebooths, a mixer willfbe held Friday evening in the|Audi; a combo will provide dance music.Actual construction | of theb o o t h s erected in peepin gwith the "Winter Whirl" theme-is an all-day Saturdayf affair.Saturday evening's activities include the grand entrance of thequeen candidates j (yes, unfortunately t here fare other schoolsentered!) amidst cheering. Thatsame fligh t a talent show will beheld with each school presentingtwo acts. This fwill give eachschool the opportunity to increasethe total number of points accumulated by their queens forpersonality, poise and beauty.If Th e best-of-the-old will ; remain, too. The organizationalbooths and the coronation willagain be special features of theweekend.This is I a tentative sketch ofactivities of operation R Winter

Whirl," December 11-13. Withyour help and cooperation thisyear's carnival can be the besteverespecially if yourf queencandidate wins. j

Official tally of ballots cast byvoters in the national Presidential election, November 3, confirmed Mercyhurst students' preference displayed the | same day.President Lyndon |B. Johnsonelected by a landslide votewillcontinue to serve as the nation'sPresident for a four-year term.

In the mock-election conductedby Y. C. S., students supportedJohnson over his Republican opponent, Goldwater, by a 40%margin. As In the national contest, campaign managers of theMercyhurst vote assert that "propaganda" swayed the vote. Post e r s , b a d g e s , na d campaign |speecheserected, distributed,and given by party workersin-ifluenced the "voters" who castsecret ballots in the cafeteriapolling place.Audna Idnter's junior Y. C. S.group, in conjunction with the

on-campus Young Democrats andYoung Republicans, sponsored theelection which was the follow-upof the mock-convention held last| spring.Campaign sidelights includedErie stop-overs by vice-presidential hopefuls Miller and Humphrey. Humphrey greeted a largegathering of Democrats at theairport early in October. Republican party leader Richard Nixonendorsed th e Goldwater-Millerticket at a rally, October 9, at theGannon AudE'^Praeterita photographers Annajean Smalley andKathy Keim were on hand forpictures at both rallies.-Democratic candidate for the

U.S. Senate, Genevieve Blatt,(whose election to the Senate isundetermined at press time) entertained The* MerciadJ editorsBonnie Brennan and Kathy Cookat a luncheon, October 21, at theHotel Lawrence. At this time MissBlatt presented her platform foroffice to representatives of eachof the Erie newspapers.

Graphic ExhibitF o u r t h annual MercyhurstGraphics Exhibition, sponsored byMercyhurst Art Club, is beingheld in McAuley Lounge, October25-November 13.Of the 202 works submittedfrom 25 states and Canada, 50are on exhibit. The Best of Showwas awarded The Hanging One, awoodcut by Nicholas Speralls,Longllsland City, N.Y. First prizefor drawings was received by KenKopin, Erie. Pa., for his ink andwash, Fallen Figure. James Wal^lker, Flint, Mich., received firstprize for prints for his serigraph,N o . 90. fHonorable mention was accorded Leonard S ta c h , Missiula,Mont., for his colored lithograph.Composition; James Mellon, NewYork, N.Y., for his etching-aquatint, Jn Mind, In Mind, In Mind;and William Fabryck, NotreDame, Tn$.,por his pencil, Next.Hubert Haisock of Mercyhurst'sArt Department chairmaned theevent, which James Baldwin, aprivate collector, formerly withThe Nelson Gallery, Kansas City,M o . , judged. gI | Of Thee I SingErie * Civic Theater ^Associationpresented Of Thee I Sing at thePenn Theater In Wesleyville, P a.,October 30-31 and November 4-7.This rousing |m us le al wasadapted from a book by GeorgeS. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind.-George Gershwin wrote the musicfor the play.Of Thee I Sing opened with$anexuberant rally for John P. Win-tergreen (Richard Pulling), candidate for President of the United

States. In searching for campaigngimmicks, the party managers,played by | M . Ellis Grove andJohn Birk, decided to conducta beauty contest, the winner ofwhich would marry their candidate if he became President. Theirscheme was confused when Win-Ijergreen fell in love jwith his secretary, Mary Turner (Natalie

Schenck). Diana Devereaux (Re-nee Gustafson), the winner of thecontest, assisted by the FrenchAmbassador (Alfred Veshecco)and his very French f secretaries,made some splendidly acted protests to Wintergreen and Mary'sromance. The dilemma was thensolved by Vice-President Alexande r Throttlebottom (James Dob-son),

The dancers led by Mary AliceOlszewski and Ray Beeson werequite enjoyable and the singingwas excellent. Considering tha tthe depth of the stage was threesteps back and two up, the staging was remarkable.Choreography and productionnumbers were staged by MargeLong; Jim Long directed the mus i c ; Leonard Edelstein of Mercyhurst's Drama Department produced and directed the play.iGrove City Art ContestRecently an intercollegiate artv competition was held at Grove ICity. More than 90 works weresubmitted by art students from*!ten colleges and universities inwestern Pennsylvania, Ohio andWest Virginia. iThree prizes were given in eachof five categories: sculpture, oil,watercolor, drawing and graphics,and miscellaneous. Cathy Purcell,Mercyhurst sophomore, receivedsecond prize in the drawing andgraphics section with Mary Wagner, senior, copping third | prizein the same division.- * -^Edoca ttoirrWeek "Iff-In observance of American Education Week, ipr. Joint* F. Britt,assistant professor at DuquesneUniversity's School of Education,will speak on "Freedom in Education" at Mercyhurst, Nov. 11,at 12:45 pm. *Doctor Britt was recently elected to theJBoard of Citizens forEducational Freedom*which aimsto secure public financial supportfor all school children. He is, also,an associate member of the Association for International Development. *

Juniors . NFCCS Hold Fa l l Week-endIndian summer made her appearance in Erie in time forMercyhurst's Fall Week-end, co-sponsored by th e f unior classand NFCCS, October 30-31 andNovember 1.Traditional pumpkins, cornstalks, spiders and ghosts decorating the Sunset Inn lent a touchof mystery to Friday night'sMasquerade Party, where walkingdice, Roman citizens, hoboes and

characters from? th e IAV AbnerComic strip danced to the musicof the Arkay IV.Saturdayl night, the LawrenceHotel Ballroom was transformedinto an "autumnal haven" for

the formal dinner dance. A Swiss-steak dinner at 6:30 p.m. wasfollowed by three hours of dancing to the music of The TeddyArmen Band.

Mass at Christ the King ChapelandVa Communion Breakfast atColony Inn, | Sunday morning,terminated the Fall Week-end.

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Bev. Henity, Kathy LaCamera, Marlene Guera (top), MaureenBees, Marikae Sorvelli, and Pat Riley practice cheers.Cheering Squad BeginsPractice for First Game

By Joan GlanceWho has poise, personality, acharming smile and knows theGannon Basketball team betterthan anyone? This riddle isn'thard to solve if you've f seen theMercyhurst varsity cheerleaders.The pepsters are in the preparatory stages for ? the up-comingbasketball season. Tuesday evenings and Friday afternoons findthe squad practicing the standardGannon cheers and a number ofnew ones.Squad SelectionMiss Sedney, advisor, with co-captains Marlene Guerra and BevHeintz, chose the varsity squadfor the 1964-65 season. The teamIncludes juniors, Pat Riley andMaureen Bees and sophomores

Marikae Sorvelli and Kathy La-Camera. Varsity subs will be chosen late in November from amongthe freshmen try-outs.

The varsity positions were openonly to upperclassmen. The qualifications required were ability todo the various jumps, a cartwheel, forward and backward roll,an original cheer, coordination,poise and a "victory smile."Cheering ClubThe cheerleaders are initiatinga Pep Club for those who wouldrather cheer from the stands thanfrom the court. Membershipj willbe open to both Mercyhurst f an dGannon students. *A section ofthe bleachers willlbe reserved forthe club at|the games.CCD Trains New TeachersPublishes Weekly Bulletin

Each year a group of Mercyhurst girls devote several Ihours aweek of their free time to teaching religion to Catholic studentsattending public schools. Thisyear ten girls, four more thanlast{year, have volunteered.Christian! Doctrine classes, heldat Saint Gregory's, Saint Luke's,Saint Matthew-of-the-Woods, an dvarious other parishes in the ErieDiocese, instruct students ingrades one through twelve in allphases of the Catholic religion.The students meet Jin their respective parishes once every weekfor two hours.Besides teachers, the Mercy-nurst branch of the Confraternityof Christian Doctrine also includes the position of helpers.These girls help the teachers bymaking visual aids or correctingpapers. They do not need anyspecial training or certification.Anyone wishing to become ahelper should contact PatriciaDubiel, president.In order to become a CCDteacher, one must f irst take thecourse offered by the Confraternity at Mercyhurst. This consistsof two-hour classes lasting forten weeks. Supplemented by afive-hour practice-teach ing ^session, the course was designed bythe Mission Helpers of the SacredHearty At the end of the coursestudents receive a lay-catechistteaching certificate from the Diocese of Erie.

Another project of S the CCD isa?weekly news bulletin. Publishedevery Sunday, the articles reviewand forecast campus events.Anyone i with information for thebulletin may contact any CCDmember.P a n e l D i s c u s s i o nH e l d |b y Lit C l u b

The first coffee hour of theLiterary Club, held on Monday,November 9, featured a panel discussion of the comic elements andentertainment! d e v i c e s whichShakespeare ^incorporates in the"last of this great comedies,"Twelfth Night. | |

Members of the English departments of both Gannon and Mercyhurst participated in the discussion which was scheduled as apreparation for audience-actorparticipation in the GreensleevePlayers production of TwelfthNight to be presented this weekend.Members of the panel includedjuniors Carole Stoiberfand IreneKopec and senior Signe Kishton.

Maureen Aleci wa s co-ordinatorof the \ discussion which! was heldIn McAuley Main Lounge.Carole Stolber is president ofthe l i te ra ry d ub and Mother M.Eustace ! is moderator .

student spotlight | 'H urs t, G an no n C o op e r a te ;Travel to ACP Conferencer o s h t o A t t e n dC h i c a g o C o n v .The Windy City, Chicago, Illinois, will host a group of prize-winning international 4-H Clubmembers who competed for thetrip sponsored by Sears-RoebuckCompany. Freshman linnie McAllister will be one of the clubmembers feted for service to the4-H organization on local, county, district, and state levels.November 26 Is the departuredate for Linnie and approximatelytwenty-five delegates from NewYork State. In Chicago, the NewYork 4-H representatives will joinother project champions fromeach of the fifty states, in addition to 4-H members from PuertoRico, and Africa.Linnie ranked first in NewYork State in.J the competitionfor the girls' leadership projectchampionship. Judging was based on a number of points,including not only the number of years of involvementin 4-H activities but also the serv

ice rendered to the organizationby the holding of offices.In the {eight years that l inn iehas been active in 4-H, she hasbeen leader of two clubs, has completed more than fifty projects,and has taught more than twenty-five projects to {other me mbers of the 4-H Club. ;v| 1A jj home-economics major fromWayland, New York, the projectchampion has also held local,county, district, and state officesin the 4-H organization.

by Maureen Alecl IRepresentative newspaper andyearbook editors plus a small "cooperative" delegation from Gannon recently Journeyed to Chicago for? the ann ual AssociatedCollegiate Press convention. Over1300 delegates and speakers representing 43 states and 231 colleges attended the week-end activities held at the Conrad HiltonHotel. ' p | i' r ?The ten journalists crowdedinto the Mercyhurst "bus" forthe 950 mile jaunt. The tripoccurred w i t h o u t mishap, inspite of their almost fateful entrance on the I twelve-lane I DanRyan Expressway leading into theLoop. Conference Set-pjThe two-day conference, whichwas located on the extensive thirdfloor: of the hotel, included sectional meetings in all J phases ofnewspaper and yearbook work.Noted experts in the journalismfield and panelists representingvarious publications of universities throughout the United Statesspoke at conferences on photographic realism, modern lay-out,budgets, recruiting and trainingstaffs, and creative writing.

On exhibit between conferenceswere the 1964 All-American yearbooks and newspapers, and cover,typography, and photography displays of various printing compani e s . I.{jLucheon SpeakerHighlight of the* works-hop wasthe closing luncheon address ofMax Schulman, author of the

novel, Anyone Got a Match andof the television series, "TheMany Loves of Dobie Gillis."Those attending were MaureenAleci, Mary Ann Sabolsky,* Marilyn Pokorski, Bonnie Brennan,Sally Schmitt, Annajean Smalley,Kathy Cook, John Freed, MikeChiteman and Hal Helfland.Sodality H o s t sX a v i e r P r o g r a m

fThe annual Xavier Day, sponsored by the Mercyhurst Sodality,was held, November 7. Members of the Xavier University Sodality travelled from Cinncinatito present new ideas for youngChristian life. *]The (theme for this year's discussion was "College Life and theSocialist." Topics discussed' were"The College Intellectual life andApplication to the Sodalist,"given by Tom Conway; "The College Social Life and Applicationto the Sodalist," presented byRick Jones; "Apostolic Action,"delivered by Chuck Penner; and"Sodalitythe True Christ Life,"given by Al Fowler.The program began at teno'clock and included formal andinformal discussions. The afternoon schedule ended with Massinlthe Chapel of Christ the King.A social in the evening closed theday's activities.The program was open to allMercyhurst students and Gannon's CCD and St. Thomas MoreClub. 1Masquerade ReplacesWednesday Dress Up' by Judy PitneyBuxom "mammies" and babydolls, toga-clad ladies and flappers, spry old folks and swingingbeatniks were all there. Greenwich Village, you ask? No. It wasWednesday night at Mercyhurst,the "likes of which had neverbeen seen before."The first annual Halloweenoarty for resident students washeld, October 27, in the studentcafeteria. The affair began witha buffet-style meal, served byRalph McGraw and his staff.Trick-or-treaters never had it sogood.After dinner the merrimentcontinued with entertainment.Traditional folk songs of aI.college repertoire were sung to theguitar accompaniment of PatHynes and Audna Linter.l Th e

feature "act" of the evening,however, was provided |b y thespecial guests at the festivities.Mr. Berger, Mr. Parsons, Mr. Lin-court, Mr. McAndrews, Mr. Stal-sky, and Mr. Cashore began theirperformance with a rousing rendition of "Down,; By | the Riverside." Their fversatility was evidenced in several! other songs.Throughout the show musicalaccompaniment was provided byMr. Parsons, nicknamed "MiguelMandolin." i p -Dorm Council President BarbBrairton and Martha Fiedlerinitiated the idea for the Halloween party and worked with Mr.McGraw on the details. Reportsindicate a favorable student response: Sue Geltch: "The bestmeal I've had since I came herein|l963. Excellent idea to breakthe formality of Wednesday nightdinners." Sandy Selva: 'The in formal dinner showed the family-like spirit of the school. I felt it

brought the students in closercontact with the new facultymembers." Kathy Mahaney: "Iespecially enyoyed; the entertainmentour new faculty memberswould do well to cut a few records." Betsy O'Connor: "The suc

cess was due to everyone's spiritthe i decorations promoted theenthusiasm. Three cheers for"Quick Draw!" Margaret Butler:"I really liked the Halloween dinner. Everyone seemed to enjoy iteven the faculty."

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