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MADELYN ALYSE HALL Cleveland, Ohio

Ursuline Academy; Editor-in-chief, Merciad, i'32; Art Editor, Merciad, '30, 31; Fine ArtsfClub, '29, '30; Prom Committees, '29, '30, '31; Secretary, Pegasus Club, '32; Treasurer, Student Council, '31; Cheerleader, '31; Advertising Committee, Sodality, '32; ^Glee Club, '32; Chosen <' Cleverest Sen-lor y i )>

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GIFT Mercyhurst College has recently

received a gift which greatly en­hances^ its usefulness to faculty and students alike. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Lepper, 1250 Highland Road, Sharon, Pa., whose daughter, Lolita, is a Mercyhurst College freshman, have donated several hundred volumes of reference works to the College library. Gifts of this type are of inestimable val­ue to any school, far-reaching in their influence and appreciated far beyond their monetary value by experienced school administrators and teachers. Mr. and Mrs. Lep­per's gift, offered as a gesture*; of affection for their daughter, is assured of being evaluated at its real worth bv Mercyhurst and its students. A

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I IN MEMORIAM Mrs. William Meyer

All of Mercyhurst extends sym­pathy; to Mary O'Dea on the death of her mother. ''Green,be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! Hone, knew but to love thee, Nor named! thee but to praise.

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While memory bids me weep thee Nor thoughts nor words are free, The srief is fixed too deeply That mourns a woman dike thee."

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I—Jane Conner, '35.

DEDICATION This! issue of the Merciad

is dedicated to MOTHER BORGIA

and the MERCYHURST (MOTHERS

On the blue mountain of our col­lege days

Toward which we shall ever turn and gaze,

Stand the mothers on the highest crest

To whom this book is our bequest. • • • < > • •« ' • • ' • • h < • • • • >M< > • » Hd< >••< < • • • I B * *

CALENDER FOR JUNE

June 1, 2, 3—College Examinations June 4, 7 P.M.—Annual Dinner

Dance, Kahkwa Country Club, Music by the} Notre Dame Jugglers

June 5, 3 P.M.—Baccalaureate Ser­mon—Reverend Arthur Finan, College Chapel

June 6, 2:30 P. M.—Senior Day. Programme, Auditorium; Wel­come Address, Florence Am­nion; Passing of Torch, Ethel Levick; Response, Alice Sum­mers; Class History, Cleland Driscoll; Class Will, Madelyn H a l l ; Prophecy, Kathryn Barrett; Ivyf Planting, Mary Ann Woods; Turning the Tas­sels, Ethel Levick, Verle Mc­Quiston?;

4:00 P.M.—Annual Garden Party —Deck Porch

10:00 P.M.—The Torch Dance — Seniors and Sister Class

11:00 P.M.—Junior Serenade June 7, 8:00 P.M.—'Commencement

Exercises June 8—Farewell.

:-o-: JUNIOR-FRESHMAN PARTY

April 12 was the date set for the Junior-Freshman Party. A f t e r wracking our brains for a suitable entertainment for our "Big Sis­ters' ' , we finally decided on a "Miscellaneous Party". Invita­tions were sent out in the form of telegrams, printed backwards. The guests arrived in the Student Din­ing Room and the program plan­ned bv the Freshmen" was carred

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out very*successfully. M a game ealied " kidnapping'', Alice Sum­mers as the guilty party, Tyrella Toomey as the lawyer and "Dib b y " Wilbert as the* defendant lawyer, furnished much amuse ment for the party. After the de­parture ofHhe guests, .the Freshmen climaxed the evening by cleaning up.

We sincerely hope that the party furnished as much enjoyment for our \k Big Sisters " as it did for us. f —Catherine Gleason, '35.

MARY ANN WOODS North East, Penna.

North East High School; Class President, '29; Class Vice Presi­dent, '30, '31; Exchange Editor, Merciad, '31; Secretary, Student Council, '31; Senior Representa­tive, Student Council, '32; Fine Arts Club, '29, '30; Prom Commit­tees, '29, '30, '31; Glee Club, '32; Sodality, '32; Chosen "Most Pop­ular Senior", '32. J •

SCIENCE CLUB The April meeting of the Mercy­

hurst Science Club took place Tuesday, April 19, with Miss Mary Cronin in charge of the following very interesting program: Magnetism RegislO 'Leary Cellophane Mary Cronin Current Events -Costello Ressler

The* last meeting of the club for the term took place in May 17, with the officers of the club in charge of another characteristic-ally interesting program: Textiles Florence Ammon Women In Science

If. Verle McQuiston Current Events Jane Turgeon

The Science Club has certainly enjoyed a satisfying year of very earnest work and wishes to extend to all its friends|the invitation to attend its meetings fin future. The next meeting will be held on Tues­day evening, October 18, 1932.

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THE OLD REFRAIN I'm still thinking, I'm still dreaming,

Those dreams so old yet new-Mv heart's sinking My mind's scheming

For dreams scarce e'er come true.

ETHEL SHIRLEY LEVICK Erie, Penna.

East High School; Class Presi­dent, '32; Kappa Chi President, '32; Kappa Chi Treasurer, '31; Student Council Representative, '31; Student Council Vice Presi­dent, '32; Business Mgr. Merciad, '32; Cast of "Sallys Ann", '31; Cast of "Maid of Tokyo", '30; Glee Club, '32; Fine vArts Club, '29, '30; Class Treasurer, '30; Prom Girl, '32; Prom Committees, '30, '31, 32; Chosen "Best Look­ing Senior", '32.

I'm still drifting I'm still roaming

Some day the tide must turn Through sands sifting

^ In night's gloaming From heartache Love will learn.

>-Elizabeth Wilbert.^33.

THE "HUSTLER" He was a ragged little urchin,

the wisdom and grime of the streets indelibly impressed on his pinched blueflittle face. His tat­tered clothes flapped thinly in the chill wind of la February blizzard, as he clutched with a rough, red little hand, his bundle of soggy

I papers. He trudged wearly and silently

over the nearly deserted streets, hunching his scrawny shoulders against the icy blasts.

In a moment he had darted into a nearby bakery entrance for shel­ter, and stood at the window de­vouring with two large eyes the tempting display of dainties, and wrinkling his nose in an effort to satisfy the pangs of hunger.

Once he pressed his desperate little face against the pane and slid a furtive hand deep into the Daggy trousers only to draw it out

empty. | Suddenly he was lost fro ml view to reappear a little later in the

blue-coaled arm of the Jaw, clutch­ing in his pitiful grasp, a half muched bun. He was unresistingly bundled into the wagon, andlas the clean white curtain of the snow fell softly, and silently over this drama of. the streets, I found my­self pondering on the insensate pattern of life. .$ • • i

i } —Ruth Sterrett, '34.

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FLORENCE CECILIA AMMON Butler, Penna.

Mount Aloysius Academy, Cres-son, Pa.; President of Student C o u n c i l , 3'32;e Secretary of Student's Spiritual Council, '32; President of Mercyhurst Science Club, '31; Charter Member of Mercyhurst Sciene Club; Treasur­er, Fine Arts Club, '30; Class Sec­retary-Treasurer, '30; Member of Cast of "Wild Rose", '29; Mem­ber offCast of *' The Maid of Tok­yo", '30; Member of Cast of "Sally Ann", '31; Prom Commit­tees, '29, '30, '31; General Chair­man of Prom Committee, '32.

SPRING! When the zephyrs of Spring" are

blowing Across both land and sea There awakens within one's bosom A song of Revelry.

For God has touched} the fair flowers

|A.nd roused them from their rest, Their bright faces again are smil­

ing Prom woodland, vale and crest.

At a nod from their Creator I

Both gorgeous plants and trees Throw out their verdant trappings To a gentle, soothing breeze.

And legions of colored songsters Flit blithely to and fro, As they warble their vesper an­

thems So gentle, soft, and low.

So into the woods let us wander To view God's works so rare, Then lift up our hearts to Heaven In fervent loving prayer.

To thank for the gracious Spring-time,

For visions of art so true, For the gorgeous works of Nature, Ever ancient, yet ever new.

—Sister M. Pierre, S.M.

DOWN ̂ MEMORY LANE Dear Sarah: •* Please, Sally darling, notice your new cognomen. My one year of being an alumna has sort of made me go in for old things, so to quote Sister Mary Anna, "give me the good old names like Petronilla, Kunegunda and Sarah". For weeks [ have read your delightful­ly vivid pictures of Mercyhurst life, — your description of the autumnal patch work quilt, your holiday gayeties, your Proms and Exams — and now when your tea dance opens the story of Maytime I'm wondering about a springtime a vear ago and remembering' other days. Of course you don't remem­ber, but there was a first Garden Party. Our dresses were short and Jeanne Elliott, much to our sur­prise, wore a frilly blue affair which she called her "chiffony", and acted so very, very feminine. Wee took some pictures and some­how, the smiling lovely face of little Bettv Fasenmeyer seemed to predominate, imparting, as it were, a bit of sunshine to us — just as her life did.

Mary McCrady led the first daisy chain. Believe it or not, the daisies were mostly roses and some of us more ungainly paraders got dreadfully mixed up and trailed rather than carried our broken daisy chain.

'$Not to have been somewhere near Helen Portman during the more serious "cap and gown" af­fairs would have been one of life's calamities. Helen always managed to wear rather worn out hose on these occasions so that when the sermon, speech or performance be­came boring she could amuse her­self widening the runs. There was always someone who lost her white gloves at the last minute and had to squeeze her hands into bor­rowed ones which were two or three sizes too small.

'As Juniors, and hungry ones at that, we instituted an outdoor breakfast for the Seniors. Even to-night, 1 can smell the frying ba­con, and my mouth waters when I think of the strange and enormous sandwiches we| managed to con­coct. If my imagination continues, Sally, I shall even feel the orange juice trickling down my wrist. We were vivacious picnickers that day, and it didn't rain, f

Are you thinking that I'm going to forget the dinner dances? Of course not. They were always per­fectly marvelous affairs — the sort of date you circled on your calendar weeks ahead and sighed and aeted sentimentally about for

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weeks after. Then, too, we experienced the

task of those terrible term papers, last minute notes and prayerful

cramming. The-bulletin board was overloaded, mostly with little

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notes about store bills and library ' notices. With it all, Sister Mer- 4 cedes was tip-toeing around whis­pering "quel bruit", which should mean "what a noise".

I wonder, Sally, if your spring­time will have anything quite so beautiful! as Nellie's exquisite voice, quite so picturesque as the sunlight tinting the wild flowers on the chapel altar, quite so sad as realizing for the first time just what Alma Mater means.

p haven't written about last "vyear. I t ' s all still too near "my heart to be put down on paper. And whv should! I? Every! girl knows her own graduations is the

Jovliest. Good luck, Sally. May your Maytime be a happy one.

Reminiscently yours, .5} M Uz. MARIE MADELINE CIELINSKI

:_0_. Erie, Penna. SONNET ON SUNSET St* B e n e d i c t , s Academy; Edin-

# 1 . j boro State Teachers College. i-5 When evening hangs trom Heaven s . ;

vaulted dome "fe | l | p f DINNER-DANCE Her curtains misty gray and pur- "Are you going to 'ithe June

I pie hue * l | g Dinner-Dance?"! This is a corn-To meet the earth in ever changing mon question heard in our halls

blue> ! I \ these days.) The Kahkwa Club, The sun, all veiled in rosy cloud Erie's very exclusive country club,

foam, |is to be the scene of this social Slow sinks to rest within his event. The Notre Dame Jugglers,

nightly home an orchestralwhich spent last sum-In Erie's lake of liquid gold and mer in China, and is on its way to

* blue* - * «*fe - fulfill a summer engagement in My thoughts go out beyond {this Europe, will furnish the music. I

sunset hue The committees1 are: Orchestra, To One whose Hands \ have made Peg Blair, Kay Barrett, Jeannette

this transient home. |Bonnell; Favors, Jean Summers, j Dot Morard, Mary Irwin, LuElla

How fair and glorious His face Haaf; Invitations,! M a r g a r e t II must be Hanna, Libby Lippart; Publicity,

If earth reflects His majesty below Dibby Wilbert, Eileen Foster, Whose love is plain in sunset I r ene Guillot, Kay Barrett, Ruth

beauty told. Ann Martin, Dorothy Meyer; Fin-Mylsoul intensely longs its God to ance, Ginny Duggan, Jane Tur-

se© geon;|Ball Room, Teddy Yochim, When sunset fills the earth with Kay Ryan, Margaret -Clark, Kay

radiant glow Reiser; Programs and Place Cards, To draw frail hearts lacross this Betty Danahy, Julia Belle Gallup,

bridge of gold. Butti Sterrett, Kay Egan. f —Sister M. Modesta, A.P.P.S. § —Irene Guillot, 33.

:-o-: :-o-: J DEATH CLAIMS ONE OF US OH, VENUS! For ^the first time Sin the six What is woman? Woman is

years Mercyhurst College has ex- an element found wherever a man isted, death has claimed one of us exists It has all colors and sizes for her own. One who came to|us Usually in disguise condition|§^ in our infant years, Betty Fasen- Face covered with film of compo-meyer Berry, ex- '31, one who was site material Balks at nothing always ready to cooperate, one who and may freeze at moment fs notice was alwaysskind and sincere. Melts when properly treated

Mercyhurst was proud of Betty, Veryfbitter :if not well used Its and while we bow our heads in sil- chemical properties are very active ent tribute, we are proud that we possesses great affinity for gold, had one who was as good and as silver, platinum, and precious lovely as Betty, to send as the stones violent reaction when left first of us to meet Our God. aloneOAble tof absorb expensive

We extend our heartfelt sym- food at anytime Sometimes pathy to her husband Edward yields to pressure Ages!rapidly, Berry, to baby Mary Joanne, and but^conceals itl.JlVesh variety has to her parents, great magnetic attribute.

Mildred MoCormick, '33. J I —Tattler.

May, 1932 THE MERCIAD

THOUGHTS Page 3

The longer I live, the plainer,. I see This earth keeps on moving quite

well without me.

I'.ponder and wonder just what I 'm alive if or,

And what are the maxims and aims I should strive for.

I stroll through the forest and out on the green

Where nature's perfections are plain to be seen.

From each little bud, fruit or flowers soon bloom,

And out of each acorn, tall, mam­moth trees loom.

The bird on the'wing or the bird in its nest

The child or the birdling, alike must find rest.

The bird to its treetop, the child > to its home Return when they're weary, too

tired to roam.

For life is a mystery, we all will agree

Consider the people, the earth, sky and sea.

The precept of Khayyam " to drink and be gav

To laugh and be merry with each passing day; . * « .

Lest death creep upon us, a thief in the night"

Undoubtedly offers some people fdelight.

Still when I consider a life of that kind

Its falseness and vagueness appear to my mind, *;

Though everyone knows life this can exist

Such conduct the virtuous must resist.

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soul

So each day my duty I'll try with a *zest,

Through life 'mid temptations I'll strive for the best.

—Elizabeth Wilbert, '33. :-o-:

VACATION G-lad days of vacation greet us, How happy today we are! $ Reward shines in the evening skies Of the school year, like a star.

We have labored, we have won; Countless joys have here been

found But the pleasures of a vacation All $he more with thrills abound.

Though the pupils all are happy Because of the good 'times near; ; In our heart or hearts we sjiall

ne'er for&'et £jLiT9

MARY GERTRUDE CRONIN I Erie, Penna. East High School; Fine Arts

Club, '29, '30; Science Club, '31; '32; Vice President of Science Club, '31; Member of Cast of "Maid of Tokyo", '30; Member of cast of "Sally Ann", '31; So­cial Chairman Freshman Class, '29; Secretary and Treasurer Sen­ior Class, '32; Prom Committees, '29, '30, 31; Kappa Chi Soroity.

NIGHT The moon glows round and

bright and still! and cool And shimmers on the water — on

the shore She spreads her radiance far and

wide, and o'er The rippling, dancing waters of

the|pool. The stars peer out, but one by one

they fade Subservient toj their shepherdess

the moon. Whose gleaming f path must have

its end too soon When daylight slowly dawns o'er

pool and glade. J —Betty Danahy, '33.

:-o-: DREAM SHIPf

If I should find some far-seculded spot

In a|corner of a hallowed shore, Where angry sea waves long and

long have sought To break upon the secrets of its

heart's core —

If I should wait until the tide comes in

With precious cargoes from un­known-lands,

Would you sail in from your land of Might-Have-Been,

And, anchor, for an hour, upon the sands?

•Kay Barrett, '33.| :-o-:

The happiness we ve round nerej Jane Conner, '35.

Some of the white sand dunes in San Luis Valley, Col., rise to a height of about 100 feet.

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I MET MY LOVE I met my love one fine spring morn,

The air was crisp and clean. It wasfthe clearest, bluest day

That ever I have seen. I met my love one fine spring morn,

And, said I to my love: Your eyes are bluer than the sky That shelters us, above."

And, then, my love did look so sweet i So apple-blossom like,

And, there was love fwrit on her face,

So softly pink and white. Her hand, so lily-white, she waved To me*in glad surprise. And I would fain have held her

hand, And looked into her eyes.

I met my love one fine spring morn When apple-blossoms bent.

She came just like a phantom breath — IP

And, just as soon, she went. '•• —Kayf Barrett, '33.

:-o-: SONNET ON DEATH

So silently and stealthily it creeps, That ere our work seems done, Gone's the brightness from life's

sun, Leaving us as one who sleeps. Anon — another forward bravely

[leaps, carrv on

'/byJus begun, Until one day his course, as well,

is run, And Death, again, his ruthless

harvest reaps. Thus, like a thread that breaks

and breaks, Does life's course flow for one and

all, Each one his turn must surely face, For|Death his charges ever takes. So, let us, fearless, wait the call, Nor aimless tarry in that cease­

less race. Sister Mary Esther, S.M.

:-o-: I HAVE A FRIEND

I am rich, I have a friend,

Perhaps you've never noticed, 'Tis better — for too fine a thing To be buried so shallow as to be

found easily. A long'the corridor,? at dusk She comes to me, she gives a trust, Confidences are exchanged.

To "carrvInn" unfinished tasks

MARY CLELAND DRISCOLL Pittsburgh, Penna.

Dormont High School; Prom Committees, '29, ^30, |>31; Student Council Representative, '31, 5'32; News Editor, Merciad, f 31; Asso­ciate Editor, Merciad, '32; Sodali­ty; Glee Club; Cast off "Sally Ann'', '31; Cast f of \' Maid of Tokyo", '30; Cast of "Wild Rose", '29. I ii

THE SWEETEST STORY EVER TOLD | f f|

There was. a little Xing of old, Who lived with Mary mild; |

His baby Finger calmed the sea For He was Heaven's Child.

One day he left His humble home To teach throughout the land;

He cured the blind, He healed the sick,

Three years with holy Hands.

'Twas Thursday Eve He gave us Bread

His sacred Flesh divine; And on the morrow gave His life

That we might pardon find.

He died for us our sins to bear, That we might live anew;

Come, let us give our hearts to Him For "Him our love renew.

—S. M. Frances McCarthy, '34. :-o-:

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THOUGHTS Darkness rushing 'cross the earth

to meetithe dawn . . . A path of sheerest silver poured

along the heavens . . . Mutual understanding, sincere, The wind, whispering . . . caressing

honest: I feel ifhave touched something Almosi divine. 7 Advice, sympathy, laughter, happi-£ ness itself i 2-^ In these brief minutes! bej6re

"lights flash", The fworld stands still for f

' j friends''. I am rich

¥ I have a friend.

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With strange fantastic tales of gorgeous, magic

Places that it swept through to-dav . . . &

Streaming fingers of the clouds Seduced by the wind . . . following

where I would not . . . And I am left alone . . . never to

know peace . . . —Virginia Duggan, '33.

Pa ere 4 THE MERCIAD May, 1932

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Madelyn Hall, p32

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT ^8 We, the Senior Class of nineteen

hundred and thirty two, being" of sound mind, body and judgment, do herebv bequeath the following:

Cleland Driscoll, '32 NEWS EDITORS

Katherine Barrett, '33 Katherine Gleason, '35

Verle McQuiston, '32

Ruth Ann Martin, '34

EXCHANGE EDITOR Mildred McCormick, '33

BUSINESS MANAGER Ethel Leviek, '32

f ALMA MATER! FAREWELL! "Alma Mater, now the time has come — When we must leave your guidance true."

Yes, the time has come. The happiest years of our lives have drawn all too swiftly to a close. We are about to leave you after four ever-to-be-cherished| years spent under your safe guidance- We must leave you now, dear Alma, Mater, to go out|into the world for which; you Jia ve pre] >ared us. You have guided us through the years from irresponsible youth to sane wo­manhood. We go forth now — women of thetworld. We| want to make you proud of us. I t is the least we can do alter all that you have done for us. For years to imitate our sister Class. come, we shall remember the happy moments spent here, the friends we have made during these four en­chanted years. We shall always be faithful and loyal daughters of our Alma Mater. £

"Your standards we shall ever keep And in memory wilMever cherish you."

To Our Beloved Dean, Mother Borgia, our everlasting devotion;

To Sr. Fidelis, our Class Advisor, our appreciation and gratitude;

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To Father Sullivan, our un­stinted affection;

To Mr. Relihan, our admiration; To our teachers, our gratitude

for all that they have done for us; To the Sisters, our love and

prayers; To Mercyhurst, the ghosts of our

footsteps, with those of the other alumnae, to echo through the halls during It he years to come;

To the Class of |thirty1 three, our loyalty and pride in our Alma Ma­ter and all Senior privileges;

To our Sister Class, our faith in their ability to maintain! the high standards they now uphold;

To the Class of thirty five, our best wishes and our admonitionfto

I Our personal bequests are here­by submitted:

I, Florence Ammon, give my title of *' Mercyhurst's Perfect Hostess'I to Alice Reeder; to Betty Danahy, I will my " I t ^ - Jmy af­fection for "Georffie" to Libbv

Yes, Alma Mater, we shall ever keep the* stand- Lippert;imy "Sunday voice'? to ards which you uphold because we know that they are right. We shall never forget you, though we be miles away. Forever, you shall beckon us along the right pathway, guiding us, inspiring us — to noble things.

It is with a feeling of deep regret thai the last lines of our Farewell song greet our ears — a lump that will not down arises in our throats as we sing:

fc* Farewell, once more God's blessings on thee pour, Oh Alma Mater,

Farewell." —Madelyn Hall, '32.

—:-o-: | I I ALMA MATER

Alma^Mater: I | It is with deep regret I leave you. Under your careful guidance j have spent four very wonderful years.

Through you Ijhave attained the knowledge which now enables me tolenter the world prepared to make my own way. Fortius I am|grateful.

? I ' "m.s |if*S of sir)°r-

Margaret Hanna ; my little i i Miss Fixit' - disposition to Caroline Newberger.

I, Marie Cielinski, will my abili­ty to have all my assignments done on time to Mim Shalkham.

I, Mary Cronin, will my infecti­ous giggle to Jane Turgeon, my thorough knowledge of Advanced lAccounting toi Jean Summers.

I, Cleland Driscoll, will my tele­phone numbers of local admirers to Alice Summers, my affection for *i Pere *' to Dorothy Moonev,

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Jo-Jo's eggs to Sr. Agatha, my soft, gentle melodious voice to Peggy Blair, all my trips to Oil City to Dibby Wilbort. I

I, Madelyn Hall, will all my "campuses'\ to Carmelita Gill, all rides to 26th Street * to Nan O'Brien,|my position as Sr. Mary Esther's secretary to Jean Sum­mers, my popularity to Kay Ryan, my ] fresh school-girl appearance to Dorothy Morard, my eyelashes to Regis O'Learv. * I •

Cleland. I, Alice Keefe, will my "drag"

with Sr. Philippa to Irene Guillot; my knack of running out of gas to Mary Irwin, my love of sleep to the "Flreshmen, my ability! to dis­cern hard cider from sweet cider to Vera Anderson.

I, Helen Kowalski, will my thor­ough iknowledge of Latin to Kay Barrett, my cute boy friend to anyone that can get him. .J| | | ; I , Ethels Leviek, will my. execu­tive ability to Jeannete Bonnell, my drag with the Dean to Mary Irwin, my argumentative powers to Caroline Newberger.

I, Alice Lyons, will my enthus­iasm to Costello Ressler; my sing-ing voice to Father Sullivan, jgl

I, Verle McQuiston, will my knowledge of parliamentary law to Theresa Farri, my ability to have dates every night in the week to Mary Carlos, my knowledge of Chemistry to Mid McCormick. , J , Grace Rechiche, will my peals, of laughter to Nell Morin, my knack of always having the last word to Helen Crowley, my front seat in chapel to Ginny Duggan.

I, Helen Waldinger, bequeath my promptness to Kay Barrett, my dramatic ability to Teddy Yochim, my record of perfect attendance at Class Meetings to Alice Summers.

I, Mary Ann Woods, will my general week-end permission and my New York Central Railroad pass to Mary Yriberry, my excuses for cutting history printed in booklet form to Mildred McCorm­ick, my affection f o r ? ' E d " to my jealous rival, Jean Summers, my ability to take a good picture at the first sitting to Alice Summers, mv knack of running elevators to Mickey McDonald, my presidency of the R. K. O.fto Alice Reeder; my two perfect front teeth to Mother Pierre.

As a parting gift, we leave to Peggy Blair a specially construc­ted Almanac upon which are marked not only the days, but also the minutes and the hours — guar­anteed to make time fly.

The above document |has been duly signed and witnessed, this twenty-second day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty two, by the members of the Senior Class, as their last will and testa­ment. TM*

Mercyhurst College Erie, Pennsylvania May 22, 1932.

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S E N I O R M E S S A G E C h a r a c t e r i s t h e i r e s u l t of t w o f o r c e s — o n e t h e i n -I t i s w i t h a t o u c h o f m a d n e s s t h a t w e w r i t e u p o n ! i t i a l f f o r c e w h i c h H h e C r e a t o r g a v e w h e n H e c a l l e d u s

t h e s e p a g e s a r e v i e w of o u r l i f e a s a c l a s s d u r i n g o u r i n t o b e i n g , a n d t h e o t h e r t h e e x t e r n a l i n f l u e n c e a n d u n d e r g r a d u a t e d a y s — n a p p y d a y s of o u r y o u t h a t i c u l t u r e t h a t m o l d a n d m o d i f y t h e d e v e l o p m e n t of l i f e . M e r c y h u r s t . A t M e r c y h u r s t w e h a v e a l l b e e n s u b j e c t t o d i s c i p l i n e ,

F o u r y e a r s a g o w i t h g r e a t z e a l l a n d h i g h h o p e i n t o l i b e r a l i z i n g i n f l u e n c e s a n d t o a g e n e r a l i n t e l l e c t u a l , o u r h e a r t s w e a s s e m b l e d f r o m f a r a n d n e a r i n p u r s u i t ) of o u r q u e s t f o r k n o w l e d g e . T h e a c t i v i t i e s of t h e f u ­t u r e w i l l s o s o o n d i m m a n y m e m o r i e s h e r e , t h a t , | w h i l e

m o r a l , a n d s p i r i t u a l r e g i m e . T h e s e a r e t h e i n f l u e n c e s t h a t m a k e f o r r i g h t a n d g o o d i n t h e b u i l d i n g of c h a r a c ­t e r . W e f h o p e t h a t a t a s t e f o r f b e a u t y f a n d a r e l i s h f o r

t h e s e m e m o r i e s f l o u r i s h i n f u l l v i g o r i n J o u r m i n d s , i t ; w h a t i s r e f i n i n g h a v e b e e n d e v e l o p e d i n e a c h of § 1 ; i s o n l y f i t t i n g t h a t w e g i v e a t l e a s t a f e w m i n u t e s t o a n d t h a t t h e c u l t i v a t i o n of g o o d t a s t e w i l l f b e o u r c o n -r e c o l l e c t i o n of o u r c o l l e g e d a y s . ^ ^

T h e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n o n e h u m a n b e i n g a n a n ­o t h e r , i s l a r g e l y a d if f e r e n c e i n p o w e r of r e m e m b r a n c e ;l _ ^ _ _ _ _ _ « _ _ n o t s t r o n g m e n t a l r e t e n t i v e n e s s — b u t j t h e m o r a l g r a s p h a v e m e t a s c l a s s m a t e s a n d h a v e f o r m e d l a s t i n g f r r e n d -a n d i m a g i n a t i v e p o w e r b y w h i c h p a s t e x p e r i e n c e s c a n s h i p s - T h i s c a m p u s w h e r e f i r s t w e i n e t a s f r i e n d s w i l l b e c o m e t h e v e r y s t u f f a n d s t r e n g t h of c h a r a c t e r . W h a t ! b e s a c r e d I to u s a l l t h r o u g h o u r f r i e n d s h i p — a l l t h e

c e r n w h i l e w e | a l s o s1 r i v e t o b e a g r e e a b l e a n d c o u r t e o u s i n o u r r e l a t i o n t o o u r f e l l o w m e n . ® W f I I t |

O n t h e s e g r o u n d s a n d w i t h i n ! t h e s e b u i l d i n g s w e

s h a l l i t p r o f i t t o h a v e b e e n l i b e r a l l y f t a u g h t , i f t h e p a s t i s a l l t o b e f o r g o t t e n ? O f w h a t a v a i l i s w i s d o m i f w e l o s e t h e k e y t o t h e j t h i n g s t h a t h a v e b e e n ?

m o r e s a c r e d a s f o u r f r i e n d s h i p d e e p e n s ! w i t h t h e c o m ­i n g y e a r s . I %

J u n e 7 , m a r k s t h e c o m m e n c e m e n t f o f s e r v i c e t o o u r W e h a v e c r o w d e d i n t o t h e b u s y f o u r s h o r t y e a r s A l m a M a t e r a s a l u m n a e . L i k e e v e r y c h e r i s h i n g m o t h ­

e r s h e h a s b e e n b e n e v o l e n t . S h e h a s r i c h l y b e s t o w e d u p o n u s h e r r a r e t r e a s u r e s , a n d s h a r e d ! w i t h u s v h e r l o f t y i d e a l s . W e s h a l l n o w w i s h | t o r e p a y h e r b e n e f i c -

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ _ _ - - _ « _ _ _ e n c e , t o b e d a u g h t e r s w i l l i n g t o s e r v e h e r c o n s t r u c t i v e -h a v e c o m e t o r e a l i z e h o w i n t e r e s t i n g i n t e l l e c t u a l w o r k f ly , t o a i d h e r i n n e e d , l o y a l l y t o s h i e l d h e r g o o d n a m e

n o w e n d e d , t h o u g h t s , d e e d s | a n d a c t i o n s , i n a h e a l t h y e n v i r o n m e n t r i c h i n c u l t u r e . W e h a v e a s s o c i a t e d w i t h v i g o r o u s c o m p a n i o n s of o u r o w n a g e a n d h a v e b e e n i n ­f l u e n c e d a n d g u i d e d b y o u r s c h o l a r l y p r o f e s s o r s . W e

i s , h o w v i t a l , h o w c l o s e l y a s s o c i a t e d w i t h m o d e r n a c h i e v e m e n t . |

W e h a v e b e e n l e a r n i n g a n d w e s h a l l c o n t i n u e t o l e a r n . E v e r y m i n d w a s m a d e f o r g r o w t h , f o r k n o w l ­e d g e , a n d w e s h a l l n o t d o o m o u r . m i n d s t o p ^ c f a v i t y . „ ,„, _ _ _ W e s h a l l k e e p t h e m a s t o o l s w i t h w h i c h t o o b t a i n , f r o m o u r l i v e s s u b l i m e andf^ d e p a r t i n g , l e a v e b e h i n d u s f o o t -t h e k n o w l e d g e of w h a t h a s g o n e b e f o r e , i n s t r u c t i o n f o r p r i n t s o n t h e s a n d s of t i m e . " * * d i r e c t i o n a n d g u i d a n c e i n t h e f u t u r e . £

a n d t o m a i n t a i n h e r h o n r . A s w e bidf f a r e w e l l t o o u r u n d e r g r a d u a t e d a y s a t

M e r c y h u r s t , r i c h i n m e m o r i e s of c a m p u s ^ a c t i v i t i e s a n d c o l l e g e l o r e , a s w e l e a v e h e r e t o b l a z e o u r t r a i l t h r o u g h l i f e , w e S e n i o r s h i g h l y r e s o l v e t h a t " W e s h a l l m a k e '

E t h e l L e v i c k , ' 3 2 .

VISTA

"Backward, turn backward, 0 Time, in thy flight; .

Make me a child again j&st for • t o - n i g h t .

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If [ could only reverse the hands of my clock turn them back fa year or, preferably, four years! How I would love that. Believe it, if you please, my greatest happi­ness now would be to return once more to my Alma Mater, not as a dignified Senior, but as a lowly Freshman with at least a few days of mv school life before me. Will-ingly would I relive my four col­lege years just as before. I do not mean that I made no mistakes then, but the memory of that per­iod is so precious to me that I would not change it if I could.

We of 1931 are alumnae now, we are children of Mercyhurst, 'tis true, but the great difference is appalling. To ^be in school may sometimes be wrong, but to be out of it is always vexing. True ap­preciation of student days comes too late—when they are finish eel and there is mo opportunity for reparation. This business of being an alumna is fascinating but it's saddening, too.

How often we disregarded our teachers' advice, their admonitions, their warnings and prophecies. And how gladly we'd welcome them now —.Sister Fidelis's frank and worthwhile inner-views of our­selves, Mother Borgia's chidings, Sister Mercedes's \'sh-sh-sh-ing" in fthe halls, Blather Sullivan's friendly hand-clasp, and Mr. Rel-ihan's real fatherly counsel.

Have we disappointed them — our Dads and Mothers, our School or our friends? It is to^elhoped that we haven't; if we have, may the guidance that was ours for four '} too short'[ years exert its influence over us and make the class of 1931 a remembered one, remaining in the mind and heart of Mercvhurst forever.

•Mary MoCrady, 31.

the parting of old friends, who must each go\ her own way; it means leaving that institution which has come to be a haven, a home to itslstudents; it means the student must now fend for herself, must! be independent, must break awav from the kind guidance and

SQUEAKY DOORS

Can you hear the timid footsteps That clatter fin the hall, In the second floor dormitory Where they shouldn't be at all?

A door opens just aflittle way advice of her teachers to take her And oh, what a groan

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FAREWELL, SENIORS!

Another year'has flown quickly by, and graduation has again ar­rived. Graduation with all it im­plies; with its? joy, fat having at last satisfactorily completed four years of college work; its thn 1, for it opens the door of the|world to the young student who is ready and ea^er to be off; and with its unutterable sadness, for it means

place in the world. Gone are the happy, care-free

school days. The real business of life must begin. But our Seniors are prepared, equipped with poise, self-confidence, grit, and the will to win.

Wei' will miss you, Graduates. You have come to mean far more to us than merelyfthe Class of '32. Your friendliness, your leadership, your spirit have become a part of us, we meed them and| we want them. You have piloted us for four long years toward our goal. You have set more than a noble ex­ample. Your advice and consola-lation have been ready to steady us when we encountered difficul­ties.

Yes, dear Seionrs, our joy for you at graduation is tinged with sad uess| as we wish you| a fond 1 \ Farewell!" m :.

•Mary Alice Summers, '33.

When thefhall light flashes, On one of our very:own.£

It 's a sad, sad fate, If you'er ever caught so late, Prowling round the creepy halls, It 's so hard to lie and wait.

Everyone has a| special way Of opening and closing doors, But ithere are some who cannot

wait, They just up and slam the doors!

Next morning comes! around, And campuses you'll see, On cute pink paper, One for you and one for me.

I t 's better just Ito go to bed, At ten o'clock, be wise, Or someone will catch you ( And vou'll feel just half your size,

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LaurafLaCavera, '35.

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ALICE ELIZABETH KEEFE Rochester, N.Y.

Meadville High School; Alle­gheny College.

SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY May 20, 1937:

The Librarian of Mercyhurst has been|keeping a Scrap Book for the last four years. In it are all the newspaper clippings of Mercyhurst activities, land many personals of the girls who have gone into the worldf to make a name for them­selves and their Alma Mater. It is very systematically a r r a n g e d . (Our Librarian always?? was like that.) She lias assigned sections for each graduating class, and, as an account appears in the papers, she clips it out, gets her glue bot­tle, and, presto, it is among her "Immortelles". The book is clev­erly illustrated, and Sister has written little side remarks of her own.near many of the articles. It was the first t hing she showed me today when I was up for a little visit. One of the most interesting sections I found all afternoon, was that;of the Class of '32. Some of the girls I haven't seen sincejthey graduated, and, it seemed awfully good to find out just exactly what they were all doing.

Mrs. Catherine ̂ Hall returnedfto Cleveland last night, after having spent the past six weeks in Paris, as the guest of her daughter, Mad-elon, who is the head of the very exclusive and fashionable concern there, of the same name, "MAD-ELON

Midge has been back to this country once since she went there after her graduation. She is very famous over* in Paris, but, the same old Midge. Fame can't turn her head!

Miss Mary Ann Woods, of North East, Pa. will sail from New York, Saturday at midnight on the Reren^aria . after a two months'

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vacation at the 3 Woods country place. Miss Woods is an interpre­ter at the 'American fEmbassy in Paris.

We never could imagine two such close friends being separ­ated. Ill must be fun 'in Paris . . with Mary Ann and Midge there.

Mrs. Charles Shapiro, prominent Erie society matron, entertained at dinner last evening for twenty-four. Mrs. Shapiro will lecture Thursday evening to the College Women's Club on Child Psycho­logy*

Ethel and Charlie have a beau-tiful home in Glenwood. They are our most frequent visitors.

Miss Cleland Driscoll, head fof the Latin Department of the Dor-mont school, left last week for Montreal, where she will meet friends, and sail on a cruise of European countries, July 12.

Sr. Agatha hears regularly from Cle. Several months ago, a noted artist did Cle for the Vogue cover. We have it framed, and hung in her old room.

Miss Marie Cielinski and Miss Helen Kowalski are in Washing­ton, D.C., for the summer where thev are attending summer courses at the C.U.A. Miss Cielinski is on the'English staff of the Erie Day school,! Miss Kowalski is in the Latin Dept. of Strong Vincent.

Helen has a cute little yellow roadster of her own, and the 2'irls often come to see us.

A young: American girl from Penna. playedl a concert program on the piano last evening before an appreciative and critical! audi­ence. Miss Rechiche won great applause from her audience.

Grace is on a tour now of all

the leading cities of Europe. She has made a lot of money. Un­married. Tells us she still finds time to giggle.

Miss Florence Ammon, Head Dietician at the Johns-Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, re­cently addressed a convention of dieticians from all over the coun­try. ^ K | s |

Flossie has just gone up and up and up. She highly recom­mends the Home Ec Course and advises Sr. Mary Alice to en­courage* it among new Freshmen.

Miss Alice Keefe entertained members of her Bridge Club last evening.

Alice has gone back to her first love, nursing. She writes a few short stories on the side, which have been published in Saturday Evening Post. Lec­tures in Nurses' Training School.

Miss Alice Lyons addressed the staff of the Lyons Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases at

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their regular monthly meeting last Tuesday.

Alice is the Psychiatrist at *her brother's hospital in Orange, *New Jersey.

Plans for additional buildings to be constructed at Mercyhurst are now completed. The architect, Verle McQuiston, announced this morning that bids would be opened within the next week.

Verle has established herself as an architect of note in these parts.

j \ Here, Where The Blue Begins'' is the title of a new book of Short Stories just published by Mary Cronin. The author has far sur­passed any former efforts in this

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to right: feuth Alice

Home Economics Practice House Group

Florence Ammon; Vera Anderson; Mildred McCormick; E. Wholen, professor of -home'economics; Mary Carlos; Summers. •: ''•%

ALICE JANE LYONS Orange, N.J.

Orange High School.

line. There is a freshness of spirit, a variety of subject matter, flav­ored with muc hi local color, as the title would suggest. Miss Cronin, who, in private life is knownfas Mrs. Louis Hinz, does all her writ­ing in a little studio on her hus­band's ranch in Arizona.

Mary says she'll never be back East again. She's grown

|a real westerner. We have her book in the Library. Many of what we consider the best are written about a little curly-headed boy and girl, who Mary

Itells us are>Louis and Mary, Jr.

At! a Tea Dance given Saturday afternoon in the Lawrence, Mrs. Fred Waldinger announced the en­gagement of her daughter, Helen, to Kenneth Young, of this city, etc etc

"SOCIAL CHATTER, said: Another engagement of interest ©*~o

came out yesterday Helen and Kenny will "middle-aisle it some-time in June.

JAY JAMES had it: There's a rumor about town that the Waldiuger-Young nuptials will be read in the Mercyhurst Col­lege Chapel. Miss Wal dinger is a graduate of Mercyhurst.

I —Kay Barrett, '33.' :-o-:

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HONORARY MEMBERSHIP The Pegasus Club, at a recent

meeting, "pledged" to honorary membership**Sister M.? Pierre, of the Mercyhurst Faculty. Sister Pierre's' enthusiasm for the of the Club, as well as the high quality! of her compositions, made the decision" of the Club members •unanimous in' this matter.' Con­gratulations mid best wish'ej extended wfth 'this honor.

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-Kav Barrett, '33.

May, 1932 THE MERCIAD

\KRLE FRANCES McQUISTON Wesleyville, Penna,.

North East High School; Asso­ciate Editor Merciad f'32; Class Vice ^President, '32; President, Mercyhurst Science Club, '32; Charter Member, Mercyhurst Sci­ence Club; Charter Member, Kappa Chi Sorority; Student Council, '31; Prom Committees, '29, '30, '31; Fine Arts Club,|'29, '30.

TASSEL TURNING Unless you! are or have been la

participant in the ceremony, tassel 1 turning seems to be a delightful little pastime with no particular meaning. But for us who are par­ticipating or who have partici­pated, it holds in common with all of the commencement ceremonies a deeper meaning.

You Freshmen eagerly marching: forward to have your tassels turned, do your thoughts go back to that solemn day in November when you were invested in your cap and gown ? How much you have accomplished! Yet how much there is before you.

Sophomores advancing great dignity, half of your college course is finished. You have many memories to lookrt back on, but there is much ahead of you. You are Juniors now. i

Juniors brightly smiling, how proudly you hold your'heads! To­day you have obtained that longed for position. Your tassels have again gone to the right. At last you are Seniors.

Seniors, you have reached the goal but, as always, when the thing ^wished for its obtained the desire reaches out for something else. Looking back on your college years, how short they seem and what happy memories they leave. But you can not turn back. You must go forward. Ahead the unexplored. How eagerly you turn to conquer it. From now on you are Alumnae.

Verie?MeQuiston, '32.

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KAY'S KOLUM

If it isn't spring again and the world's all green and it 's vi­olet-picking time again too bad we have only thirty-one days in May- it 's such a lovely month Who among us hasn't been visited by spring fever ? This is the lov­eliest, happiest, busiest, fullest, saddest month in the whole vear we hate to see it come, and on the other hand, we hate to see it go

Alice Reeder is our idea of the 1'perfect man ' ' Wasn't it fun to see how many of the girls looked so much like their mothers? Among those we particularly no­ticed are: Sara Brown, Pat Dean, Kay Gleason, Dot Meyer, Marg­aret Clemens, Helen Crowley, Cle Driseoll, Dot Morard, Betty Dan-ahy, Kay Ryan, Ruth \Ann Martin, ...if; Mothers' Week-end was a great success A bunch of orchids to the Freshmen who certainly know all there is to knowfabout enter-

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taining ... all the little details that make for the success of a party Key Reiser's their capable leader

and Sr. Marv Esther their guardian angel Lolly Lepper and Mary Stout are pals Was Ethel ever walking around on air a few weeks ago, and was she in Seventh Heaven ? we want to tell the world she was (Charlie was here from Wednesday, to Sun­day!!!) LrHelten Waldihger has a very becoming new blue polo coat that brings out all the lights in her eves Marie Cielinski is an in-spiration to all the English 22 Class her ^preparations are al­ways so complete Dot Mooney is our idea of an ideal college girl

| she has hardly missed a day writing to her mother since she's been at Mercyhurst (Uncle Sam should givepher alcommission.) Eileen's had spring fever for a long timelJLShe's been talking

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about picnics for a month We do hope someone has a picnic soon

...and jinvites Eileen To the Sophs we'll give ai bouquet of what ? gardenias!! not t h a t we want them al I to have headaches

but they're really the most ap­propriate... they 're splen did \ ac­tresses everyone and a great big gardenia ' for Ruthie We want to congratulate our own|Kay Ryan on her marvelous appear­ance in the Symposium 1 we really think she was the best on the pro­gram Maybe we 're prejudiced in her favor b u t t h e n w h o wouldn 't be ? 3^ Helen Crowley jhas areat poetic possibilities......So|has Tyrella Toomey Speaking o f poets Dibby has firmly estab­lished* herself among the student poets Ginney is writing some 1 i stuff'' of great ^importance and Ruthie Sterrett wrote a sweet little thing recently, vindicating a

MARY A. NOWAKOWSKI Erie, Penna.

Stanislaus High School; Kappa Chi Sorority.

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dead robin We've learned that even queens must stoop to things so lowlv as examinations Have

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you ever seen Marcella Rensel that she hasn't a smile for you? Mid McCormick had her Apologet­ics term paper in three weeks ahead of time * What will the pianos around Mercyhurst do during the summer withouti Regis and Mary Skene and Martha Mver ?* A vis-

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it or at Mercyhurst recently re-centlv remarked that Ellen McCar-

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tan ^looked like Dorothv Leef Evelyn Jacobson drove up to Erie one nite with a crowd! from Mayville to see a show Casey and Teresejwere up for the Sym­posium Didn 't Mid McCormick look cute with her darling children at the Teal Dance? Little Mary Jane Ward, and Mary Ellen and J udy McCarthy Our Louisey has a new interest these days Costello Ressler is one of those conscientious girls you can always depend on As "Dave", Julia Belle surely did slay the girls and Nell we • \ never hoped be­fore we died to see youth's vision thus made^perfeet" Sara Reed's fascinating face would be a knock­out on the front page of 1 maga­zine .... Isn't*-it a shame the mem­bership in the R. K. 0. is so exclu­sive? . there are so many benefits to be derived for members .|....Cle's groins: to make a marvelous Latin teacher and we aren't ;j£ooIm' either .1 Helen Kowalski drives that little Ford roadster you see around *the school these days Alice Lyons wears stunning shoes ... . Carmie's and Nan's college career thus far has been one Cam­pus after another Margaret Clark is just adorable$n that) pink blouse 1 and to all of you who argued with me that it was a

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dragon|... git's a peacock embroi­dered in gold on the back of Marg-i aret 's kimona 4,ask M a r g! Alexandria 1 ...I miss being in your Freneh class 'member when you used to get the giggles ? and Wonder of Wonders!!!! Sr. Mer­cedes forgot to come to class o n e | day...||The booth 'phone is ringing

page Evelyn Donahue Peg and Laddie are a cute couple Lib is getting more studious every dav

(as %ho it were a* crime!) We're so glad Mim's over her beastly cold and very happy that that her Mother is home from the hospital arid convalescing! A big hand to Betty Joy and Her Fifteen Blues Marion Summers and Mary Skene are roller skating fans What will Mercyhurst ever be like? without her old faithfuls, Mary Ann and Midge? Has any­one seen either of Mary Carlos' fountain pens? It would! be greatly lappreciated by all con­cerned if they were returned Anna McGrath wears stunning clothes M a r y Cronin's Louie will be here for the Prom and grad­uation The two most popular y o u n g men at Mercyhurst "Charlie", a n d| " Louie "if. .W e alwavs see Margaret Mullanev and F l o r e n c e Montana;'together Mickey's brother, Bob, was or­dained on Ascension Thursday....!.. Poor Irene Strahl always has the hardest time thinking whom she will ask to the Proms I.Caroline has hair like Ann Harding's .S„....«J Didn't the beautv of May Day give you the blues? ..i.Mary O'Dea and Dot Meyer andllva are surely be-coming good cooks we always see, and sometimes sample, the re­sults of theirI hours in~i the Food Lab 1 Kay Egan is another leader in the Freshman class Elsie has taken up description in earnest she starts out to describe Mary Cronin. and by the time she is fin-ished, she has a little of everyone ..I and a bit of imagination andfa d ream for good measure Lowrys' strawberry pie goes over big!with Mercyhurst girls ..Don't ever go in the elevator with Vera and Alice Reeder they 're very poor pilots ...| Flossie did you telljMr. Wm. Francis your middle name?

J.better! L..,ju8tfa little:hobby of his 1 Seemed so good to see Mrs. Relihan l i the only time we ever seefher isfwhen something is going on .......we do wish you'd come more o f t e ni Mrs. Relihan Marion Beibel Wander was operated on for an acute attacks of appendictis The Baeders were up for Mothers* Week-end Verle and Midge took an afternoon yoff and went to North East Dot Cronauer can help you find most anything in the library if i t 's there Those who missed!Father Barrett's talk

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on poetry |missed something very worthwhile and highly interesting

Father reads poetry divinely Instead of using an alarm clock, Connie Galbo relies on the whistles but she sometimes misses one and gets rather confused Peg Bacon has been in the library ̂ constantly of l a t e 1 Term papers, Peg? Wouldn't the Bulletin Board look strange without a notice of Alice Summers' up? The Seniors "Pa-jama-Dance^was one of the clever­est parties in years Teresa Farri has just stacks of cute clothes Laura La Cavera has such lovely hair Irene Guillotihas a lovely speaking voice Mr. Relihan*; does that opaque glass stuff still hold good? Something I bet you never knew till now! Jthat Teddy sings in her Church choir Jean-nette Bonnell wears blue well and Marg Hanna is especially be­coming in orange never noticed that tillf the Tea Dance Jane Turgeon had a letter from Wini­fred Maloney, the D 'Youville poet­ess and Symposium Representative

Mary Irwin took nearly all her exams with the Seniors Jean Summers likesfshort exams Now comes the hardest part of all good-byefto the Seniors may all sorts of good luck attend your every enterprise and don 't* for­get about us and as we say w -bye ...may you

"Aim high Shoot straight And hit the mark!"

I > I P M ~~Kay# :-o-:

PEGASUS CLUB

" A delightful time was had by a l l " is such a worn-out term that I hesitate to write it down. But it best describes the first meeting of the Peagasus Club held Thursday, April 14.

The newly-formed, and highly select club held its first meeting in the third floor social room. As each member entered she presented her " d u e s " in the form of an or­iginal ballad. Kay Barrett, as chairlady, conducted the meeting and gave a really fine lecture on the History of the Ballad. Irene Guillot, as assistant hostess gave a hisrhlv informative talk on "Nar-rative Poetry "fin all its forms.

The fun began when the " d u e s " were read. Such Ballads! The school is full of budding geniuses! Sad, cheerful, ludicrous — every type of ballad appeared, but Sister Frances McCarty won the prize with her "Sweetest Story Ever Told" \yhich appears elsewhere in this issuVpf the Merciad.

Hot eh'6colate and butter wafers were served while the real work of getting the club organized was be­gun. Kay ̂ Barrett ;was unftriimous-lv elected President! of the club,

GRACE MARY RECHICHE Oil City, Penna.f

Oil City High School; Treasurer, Sodality, '32; Chairman, Euchar-istic Committee, '32;? Cast "The Wild Rose", '29; Cast "Maid of Tokyo",?'30; Cast "Sally Ann", 31; Science Club; Glee Club.

which will now be known officially as the "Aline Kilmer Unit" of the National Poetrv Association of America. Another feather in Mer­cy hurst's rapidly growing |cap!

And here's something important I": almost forgot! Midge Hall has undertaken to begin an Anthology of jMercyhurst poetry, the book I to be illustrated by Midge herself. Dibbie WilbertfwiH be her assist­ant — but you have all got to help. Give Midge your poems, whether you think they fare any good or not. At least try to write a poem — and see if you can't have your name go in ourf Anthology. Help make it something worth while.

Meantime, we cordially invite you to the next meeting of the Pegasus Club — Aline Kilmer Unit — to be jheld soon. IWatch the bulletin board for the date. Everybody come?'—but don't for­get your dues — it's a Sonnet this time. We understand that Mother Pierre's is well under way. At least three lines!

—Virginia Duggan, '33. :-o-:

BUTTERFLY BREAKFAST The Freshmen were hostesses to

the members I of | the Kappa Chi Sorority at a Butterfly Breakfast, which was held at Mereyhurst, April 20. |

The Social Room was gailv dec-orated, with suspended butterflies in various colors. The guests were seated at tables set for four. On each table was a smajl vase filled with IrAgrant sweet peas. . *v;;;A delicious breakfast was served, consisting "/of sliced oranges, waf­fles and; maple "syrup, sausage and

coffee. The waffles and sausage were attractively arranged on the plates to form a butterfly. |

After the ibreakfast, all ad­journed to the campus where the guests took part in a Treasure Hunt. The clues led all over the campus and building and the treas­ure was finally discovered in the gymnasium near the organ. Irene StrahUandi Mary Carlos were the victors and together they enjoyed the spoils.

I—Catherine Egan, ^'35. :-o-:

DADS AND DAUGHTERS

Once again the Kappa Chif Sor­ority had the extreme pleasure, of having their fathersj as guests at the annual Father-Daughter ban­quet. Amid the gay voices of hap­py daughters and the cheery hello's of proud fathers we assembled around the banquet table where each father's place was found by a clever and original place-card which represented his interest or business. Every daughter placed in the lapel of her father's coat a purple pansy which was laid at his place.

The center piece represented |a miniature play-garden of fathers and daughters. Myriad sweet peas and sparkling candle light added a delicate softness to the affair.

Rev. Father Sullivan presided as toast-master. Kay Barrett the following toast to Mr. Relihan, the guest of honor: 1 jj To our friend with a genial smile

for everyone; To the man with Ithe firm hand­

shake of a determined! char­acter ;

To the professor always impartial and fair-minded;

To our loyal advisor, Mr. Relihan.'' Mary McCradv offered the toast

gave

HELEN MARY W ALDINGER Erie, Penna.

Mereyhurst Seminary.

< < THE CHARM SCHOOL IV

"So the Sophs have gone dram­atic, have they? Well, I always thought i they should — there's such talent in that class." Now don't get me wrong; that's a whol­ly imaginary conversation which might (if it didn't, it should) have taken place after either the first or second performance off "The Charm School."

You know the story of the young automobile salesman who inherits a girls' school and his attempts to make it into a "Charm School". Nell Morin was quite in her ele­ment as the energetic Austin Bev-ans and as handsome as the hero should be. And George, as por­trayed by Alice Reeder, altho he didn't/ get the girl, almost stole the show — And who would have

to the fathers. Mr. Relihan g»ave a thought that the two Dots could short talk, and! Father Sullivan addressed the group in his usual interesting way.

The banquet, which was a de­lightful success, was followed by a travelogue of Europe and pictures of Meryhurst 's first graduation exercises, whiehf Mr. Lynch pre­sented to Mother Borgia, Dean of the College, at the close of the evening.

Mildred McCormick, '33. :-o-:

MERCIAD STAFF for '32 — '33

Editor-in-chief, Kathryh Barrett, 33; Associate editors, M a r y

Carlos, im Irene Guillot, '34; news editors, Eileen Foster, '34, Marv O'Dea, '35; business man-ager, Jane Turgeon, '33. g

"" :-o-: ,; Monty — I wish you would quit whistling ft hat tune over and over

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Ward — But it has 16 verses. >4

look so much alike. Yet they were real twrnny as Tim and Jim. You know, — Julia Belle, you must have made a good looking|boy someone asked if you had any brothers. Concerning H o m e r

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Johns, modesty forbids me to say more than that he was the villian who held the mortgage — Elise's uncle and Miss Hays ex-husband.

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But oh, the girls! Wasn't Margie •

Clark charming without! being taught. And Nan as Sally had only to be natural, aided and abetted as usual by Carm as Muriel and J.ane Mulheirn as Ethel, M Micky" gave | an | a ble portrayal as Miss Curtis, the school's secretary, who like everyone else loved and re­spected the awe-inspiring Miss Hayg .— Costello Ressler to you. Nor mustjl forget the equally im­portant members of the cast/.flbio^e minor '' but no less indispensably .actresses, the Girls: Regis Q.'Leajy as. "3Iadge, Margaret Bacon as Lil-lian,, and Mary^Yriberry as Alex.