Social Research Class Investigates Student Ideas on Campus Elections

The Social Research class, com­posed of Mary Ann Schubert and Lois Kuvin, recently distributed a questionnaire to the student body. The general purpose of this pro­ject is to study voting attitudes at Mercyhurst. Through this they hope to discover:

1. How much interest students actually exhibit in elections.

2. What factors influence vot­ing.

3. What students expect of the people they elect.

4. Potential improvements in the voting system.

There was great interest! indi­cated on the part of the students regarding the project. Many offer­ed suggestions and helpful criti­cism. The sophomore class ranked) highest in co-operation by return­

ing 72% of the questionaires dis­tributed to their class.v

Most interesting were the an­swers to the last question which read: "There are 114 elected of­fices at Mercyhurst. This means that one out of every three girls can hold an office. What is your opinion of this situation?"

Three out of every four seniors think that there are too many offices, in contrast, only one out of every four freshmen agrees that there are too many offices. Junior and Sophomore opinion is about evenly divided on this point.

Those in favor of thef present situation feel that it is an excel­lent opportunity ] for \ every girl in the school to develop leadership qualities.

Some think that It he dignity of the office is lessened when there

are so many offices in proportion to the size of the student body. Others regard the elections as nothing more than popularity contests.

Some say that the situation is due to the existance of too many clubs on the campus. They feel that this could be remedied by merging many of the clubs and) thereby eliminating offices.

Many who are strongly against the existing situation describe it as "ridiculous." They say that the large number of officers is un­necessary. One person thinks I this mutiplicity of "leaders" is a "nec­essary evil."

For the •> most part those who favor keeping the "status quo" of­fered no reason for their prefer­ence other than, "It's good the way it is."

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'Music Fills The lAir Offers Song, Dance, Instrumental

"Music Fills | the Air" is the theme chosen by Olee Club and Cecilian Club for their annual spring musicale on Sunday, March 27 at 8:30 p.m. under the direction of Sister Helen Jean.

Selections for the program have been chosen to represent various

Vol. XXXI, No. 6 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, ERIE, PENNA. March, 1960

Lecture By M a u r e e n Daly Area NSA Members Meet, Maureen Daly McGivern, guest

speaker at Mercyhurst on Sun­day, April 3, at 8 p.m. will speak onfthe "Profile of Youth." She is a well known writer.

Seventeenth Summer is Mrs. McGivern's best-known n o v e l . This book is in its twenty-fifth printing and has taken many awards for its author, such as the Dodd-Mead Inter-Collegia tej Fel­lowship Award and the Catholic Book of the Month Club kAward. The novel has also been reprinted in seven foreign languages and has been called a "contemporary classic." I

Maureen Daly McGivern was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, and grew up in Pond du Lac, Wis­consin. She was graduated from Rosary College, River Forrest, Ill­inois. At a young age she revealed her gift with \ words, spoken and written. When she reached the age of fifteen, Mrs. McGivern had a few awards and much fan mail to her credit. Her popularity has grownlsince that time especially because of her interest in teen­agers and their problems.

Mrs. McGivern's latest book. •My Name in Mombasa,

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was written in collaboration with her husband who is the v uthor of a dozen best sellers. The Mc-Giverns lead a busy life on their Pennsylvanialfarm, where, in ad­dition to writing, they are raising their two children and a crop of Christmas trees. When the fam­ily! is not living on the farm, they are usually found traveling around the world!

The National Student Associ­ation of Mercyhurst will be host to the only N.S.A. area meeting this semester, which will take place on March 27 from 1:00 to 5:00. The themeffor the meeting is "N.S.A. and Student Govern­ment."

Member schools of N.S.A. which Ihave been invited to participate are: Gannon, Villa Maria, Alli­ance, and; Allegheny. Non-member schools a that received invitations are: Edinboro, Thiel, Grove City, Behrend Center, Slippery 1 Rook, Westminister, and Geneva.

The General Assembly will be­gin in the Little Theatre at 1:00 w i t h t h e principal speaker keynoting the theme. Following this, discussion groups will con­vene to give ideas on campus im­provements. Groups! will adjourn

countries. Piano solos by Sheila Himes, Virginia Acetta, and Jill Bini-szkiewicz, progress from the German classic "Solfeggietto" by Bach to a modern Russian composition by Kabalevsky. Dances range from the

[lively Irish Jig to the!more sub­dued, yet sparkling, Maypole Dance. ^Dancers and singers combine to

re-enact the gay "Shvanda Polka" 'rom the famous opera "Shvanda" by Jaromir Weinberger, and the stage is transformed into a part of S p a i n as "Carmena" ("The Dance of Spring") is presented. A violin solo by Eleanor Hertel rep­resents French music in | 'The Swan" by Saint-Saens. Many fav­orites, such as "Santa Lucia," "If My Song With Wings Were Pro­vided!," and ^'Greensleeves,'^ will be presented. Vocalists are Carolyn Heyl, Mary Alice Rodgers, and Gail Ahlers.

The final score finds the entire ensemble on stage to present a lively novelty tune, "Peter Piper," and a fitting sentiment echoed by all nations, "Let There Be Peace."

for a£ coffee break and then re-conveneffor an evaluation of the points discussed. Dinner will be served to the delegates at 5:00 in the Student Dining Hall.

The goal of N.S.A. is to famili­arize as many schools as}possible with the organization^ Its pur-[poses are to improve student gov­ernment and;'welfare;- to promote international understanding; and to foster recognition of rights andi responsibilities of students to school, community, and God. The principal channel of N.S.A. is democratically-elected s t u d e n t governments.

At this time,| N.S.A. is a con­federation off student! bodies, at 400 colleges and universities throughout the United/ States.

Drama Society Production Will DepicmAusten Novel "Immediate and continued suc­

cess on Broadway, Helen Jerome's Jane Austen dramatization is the sentimental comedy entitled 'Pride and Prejudice,' which will be presented' at Mercyhurst," an­nounced Miss Helen Kelly, direct­ress of drama.

"Pride and Prejudice" is a dra­ma of charm in its character types and picturesque scenes according to New York critics, and preserves and sharpens the Jane Austen wit.

In the Bennet's comfortable liv­ing room, designed by Lynda Ros-inski, the audience will meet the family on a frosty winter after­noon. Mr. Bennet site in his easy chair relaxing with book and pipe until his serenity is somewhat dis­turbed by his excited spouse, bursting with news. A young man, single, with a large fortune has just arrived in town. Mrs. Bennet

is convinced that the new Ineigh­bor will fall in love with one of her three daughters, Lizzy, Jane, or Lydia. Once more Mrs. Bennet deems it imperative that her hus­band call on the new arrival, Mr. Charles Bingley, at the earliest possible moment.

Mr .Bennet is not |particularly interested in his wife's plans. Also, competition is furnished by Mrs. Lucas and her daughter, Char­lotte.! Adding to the confusion is Mr. Collins; Mr. Bennet's cousin, who wants to marry one of the girls, and a dashing young soldier, Captain Denny. These obstacles confront Mrs. Bennet as she at­tempts to see that her daughters marry "well." f Everything is rectified in the

Bennet household on May 6, 7, and 8 in iMercyhurst's Little The­ater.

Sue Views The News By Susan Avery

Around the World: Eisenhower has established a pattern with h isf international trav­

eling and now a host of prominent world figures seem to have caught the wanderlust. The "Big K" was iust about to leave for France and a visit with President deGaulle when he was hit by the discriminating "flu bug." His trip will be delayed until March 23.

Britain's! Prime Minister Macmillan could have .saved himself a trip to Prance if he had known that Comrade Khrushchev would J be ill. Macmillan went there last week for a series of informal private talks with the President. The timing of this* getj together hints that Western tactics in dealing* with the Soviet Union were likely to play a major part in the discussion, f | * |

Another traveler is West German Chancellor Adenauer, who has been the quest of President Eisenhower during the past week.|Ade-nauer was expected to attempt to convince Ike that any retreat in Berlin would be interpreted as a surrender in the face of Soviet threats. It is said that he will also argue that elimination of the Soviet-created crisis over Berlin should be made a test of Moscow's intentions and its professed desire to co-exist peacefully with non-communist states. Here at Home: I i f t '

In the U. S. as well as overseas, the ten-nation East-West talks in Geneva have caused a stir of interested opinions. Concerning this, 106 members of the faculties of John Hopkins University and Gaucher College in Baltimore sent a letter to Christian Herter saying, "We be­lieve that the test ban is an essential first step toward comprehensive, arms control. In view of the gravity of the present situation we are convinced that the U. S. should, if necessary, accept considerable risks to achieve the goal of generalfdisarmament in order to avoid the far greater risks attendent upon continuing the arms race."

Sister Carolyn Joins Faculty

Notre Dame! Sister Mary Carolyn, Associate

Professor of Chemistry.5 at Mercy­hurst College, has accepted Notre Dame University's request to teach in its Summer Institute for Science Teachers. f $ |

Sister Carolyn received her Bachelor of Arts Degree at Mercy­hurst College, her Master of Arts Degree at the University of Min­nesota, and her Doctor of Philos­ophy Degree fat the University of Norte Dame in August 1952. She has been on the faculty of Mercy­hurst College since 1937. ^ In the spring of11953, Sister Carolyn received a research grant from Prederich Gardner Cottrell Research.! Corporation •• of New York City to study the "Reaction of Tertiary Amines withj Esters." The grant made possible the present chemistry, research labor­atory located in Studio Hall.

Last summer Sister was award­ed a special scholarship to do ad­ditional |study •. at Tufts University injMJedford, Massachusetts.

Among her varied Interests is the Student Board of Discipline which she? moderates. She J helped to found theYoung Christian Stu­dents on Mercyhurst campus shortly after its beginning in the United States.

Pa*e Two T H E M E R C I A D March, I960

Lent-Love Sacrifice Pre-Spring Entertainment What Price Jet "By Margaret Gerace

Lent, the season of divine Love, is also as surely a season of human reciprocation. In His goodness, God has especially fgiven |us the season of Lent to return His generous, divine Love. g

Love, if it is true love, involves sacrifice. By sacrifice we don't mean merely the nega­tive sacrifice of giving up movies or des­serts; we mean the most positive sacrifice of giving up self.

An excellent illustration of this positive sacrifice of love can be found in the natural order in the development of a friendship. If you were very determined to build and sustain a friendship, there would be no limit to the ends to which you would go to succeed. You might stop smoking or start dieting or perhaps even rearrange your entire person­ality to please the other person. Naturally this involves sacrfice, but you hardly notice it in your efforts to become what you think your' friend wants you*to be. .

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What are you willing to do for Christ, your greatest Love, your truest Friend? Would you go out of your way to please Him, or is the sacrifice of becoming self-less, too hard? Yes, the spirit of Lent is love. Is your love a love of self or of Christ? .

fie Discriminating! What is the level of today's college mind ?

In seeking its own level, could it sink to en­joyment of an objectional movie? Are the "intellectual challenges" presented on to­day's screens worth viewing? Because cur­rent movies, which are abundant in vulgari­ty and even obscenity, have become so pre­valent in the Erie area, the college student here must be most selective of his entertain­ment. He must realize, as a Catholic college mderif, his obligation of maintaining his own dignity as well as that of setting good example for .the community.

This is not meant to be a soap-box har-rangue, but rather, a reminder to college students to be discriminating' in their choice of mental fare.

Should Judgement Be By Talent or Guilt?

" I do not want to be credited with more lives than a cat," said Caryil Chessman. Eight times he has received a stay of exe­cution. Now he is expected in the gas chain

|ber al p a | Quentin May 2. Will he out live the proverbial cat? This is not onlv * national issue; it is of international im­portance.

Ten hours before the eighth appointed time for Chessman's execution, Governor Brown received a telegram from the gov­ernor of Uruguay stating that the execu­tion might cause unfavorable demonstra­tions during Eisenhower's ;visit. This clinched tBrown's decision to grant a 60-day reprieve. Picketing, petitions, and telegrams and letters which bombarded Brown's office at an average rate of 1,000 a day (3 to 2 in favor of Chessman) paved the way. '.

It appears mast Americans, many of their allies, and some enemies favor spar­ing Chessman's life though the. evidence against him is overwhelming, Tliey claim that his ''literary talents" displayed by the books he has written should merit clem­ency for him. True literary critics have declared ?t he books egotistical and preten­tious. 3$, i

However, ;guilt and punishment, for crimes should not! be judged on the basis ot the criminal's talent or lacj£oiJ£:itf. Moral wrong is still wrong whether committed by a talented or an illiterate person.

Arrives Despite Snows By Mary Lee Stadter

It hardly seems possible that Lady Spring is Just around the corner. But regardless what she leaves behind, Spring is jbound to bring with her some good entertainment.

As a prelude to her debut, Spring! sends in WSEE Television with CBS Reports on Trujillo, Latin America Dictator, on "Portrait of a Dictator", March 17 from! 9:30 to 11 p.m. a story taken directly from Marsha Davenport's famous novel of the same name, To welcome the new J. day-old season, Playhouse 90 presents James Mason In "Hiding Place" March 22 from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Earnest Hemming way's "Snows of Kilimanjaro" comes to Buick Electra Playhouse March 25 from 8:30 to 10 p.m. | 7 • i^

On the evenings of March 29 and 30, a concert will! be held in Memorial Auditorium featuring the Erie Philharmonic Chorus, The Predonia College Chorus and Band, and Richard Paige, tenor. t •" y,/>> Continuing I p r o u d 1 y, Lady

spring presents Television Sta­tion WICU with Sunday Showcase featuring "The American" March 27 from 8 to 9 p.m. March 29 Ford Star Time presents "The Young Juggler" from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. April 4 brings "The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science Awards" from 10:30 to 12 p.m. April 10 the play "Don Giovanni" presents the story of Don Juan from 2 to 4:30 pjn. April 15 at 9:30 a.m. the "Easter Story" can be seen.

Shakespeare's "MacBeth" and "Comedy of Errors" will {be pre­sented in the Cathedral Prepara-Story" can be seen. p.m. i

The last productions of the Season are now playing at the Erie Playhouse. They are the Lenten play "La Madre" alternat­ing with Agatha Christie's mys­tery-comedy, "The Spider's Web."

As W e See It YOUR? EDITORS CONGRATU­LATE: •; . . . Betsy Naples for being awarded

third prize in Erie's Everyman Art Show and GeorgiannKwi-atkowski and Pat Walsh for receiving Honorable Mention.

. . . Candidates for Student Council President 1960-196l|— Elaine Curtis, Susan Hall, and Gretcli­en Malley.

YOUR EDITORS RECOMMEND: . . . That sufficiently! warm attire

be worn outdoors. . . . That all vote and vote wisely

in elections. YOUR EDITORS WISH: . . . For better weather. Those

April showers would look bet­ter In form of puddles than in form of snow-banks.

The sympathy of the student body and faculty of Mercyhurst College Is extended to Father Peterson on the death of his father.

An Ounce Of Etcetera by Elaine Curtis

And so they settled Into a com­fortable routine—It sounds like the modern version of "and they lived happily ever after." The sec-ond semester is well under way, and we have reached the "com­fortable routine stage." Nothing interrupts the planned system of study execpt the Meeting. The comfort t isn't the feel-propped-up, unlaxing kind of comfort; rather, it is a mental state. We are con­ditioned to those unfortunate 8:25 classes and to the dreadful ones that last til dinnertime.

Now we look forward to an epi­demic of spring fever. The fever is not considered as a childhood di­sease; indeed, it belongs in a class by itself. It is highly contagious, and can be transmitted by a physical contact, by breathing, or just by talking about it. Everyone is susceptible; no*one is immune, and despite the marvelous ad­

vances of modern medicine, no preventive vaccine has been de­veloped. Although; much research has been done on this peculiar malady, no effective treatment has been compounded.. ;i

Chances of contagion can be lowered by daily injections of Getupandgo, (most effective if taken before breakfast) and bi­weekly tonics. (The best tonic available is Iwanttodoit; it comes in three sizes.) .gHowever, if you should con­

tract^ the disease despite these precautions, don't despair. The best known remedy is a week's sleep, with the patient completely oblivious to the battering: and pounding and other disturbances from healthy, uninfected people.

By the time you get up, the cri­sis of the fever will be passed, and', with luck, the semester will be completed without fatalities.

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Diplomacy1. ?

Time must have a difficult job in keeping up the accelerated reversals of century-old trends in society. In *the educational realm countries are frantically engaged in throw­ing out educational systems only to reinstate them later, while scientific-wise advance­ments are being speeded up in an overpower­ing avidity to get ahead in the space race.

Just as these segments of society have be­come immersedjin the vortex of "rushing" and "big show"; so toofhave our world lead­ers been caught in their own jet race to win new allies.

What price jet diplomacy? What price these stereotyped "good will trips" that have carried our leaders in March to the Far East, South America, Washington, s Paris. The price for the majority of people is a pseudo-security in the belief that these tours do mean new allies — and that this jet diplo­macy's true diplomacy.

The term "jet diplomacy" here means the hurried flight to spend a few days in a strange country where falsely spontaneous receptions greet the smug leaders. A purpose of jet diplomacy is to gain new allies. And true, the leaders receive thunderous ovations, but what does this mean if next week the same country acclaims another leader of opposing ideology. Are thes*" people cheering this leader, his country and its ideals-'? Or are they cheering his pecuni­ary promises? In a country where the neople are undernourished and illiterate, their concept of communism or capitalism is formed by monetary gifts. Just as "the wheel that squeaks the loudest gets the grease," so the country that cheers the loudest will get the dam. Jet diplomacy may net superficial friends but will they be true allies? *•]

What price jet diplomacy? Has it created the notion that travelling salesman officials with plenty of money and a big show with shouts of peace will win friends ? Has it over, shadowed real diplomacy? In its true sense diplomacy involves more than overnight contact. It demands a sense of mission, an understanding of human nature, and an ad­herence to principles of justice in working toward solutions which concern the life and death of humanity. *

If only the world would slow down enough to realize-that societies cannot be remolded overnight; if only love and patience would guide diplomatic relation — then a leader might truly say "all countries are my allies as the" world is my home."

Lenten Rock 'n Roll Jesus Christ entering Jerusalem in blue

jeans and crepe-soled shoes to background music of "When a Man Dies" . J. the words of Holy Communion at Ithe Last Supper sung to the tune of "St Louis Blues" . v7

These are just two of the scenes the Rev, Ernest Marvin pastor of the S t James Presbyterian Church in Bristol, England, has incorporated in the Passion. Play he has written for the "modem teenagers" of his parish. * v<;

"This play," said Rev. Marvin, "is an at­tempt to let them (teenagers) express the Christian story fin a way that comes natu­rally to them . . . they have not really a clue

gwhat it is all about."

Teenagers are finding the Passion of | Christ difficult to understand, But, will a jijrock and roll version of Christ's great sacri­

fice be the best interpretation for them. Will this be the idea they will hold throughout their lives? Perhaps it would be better to spend-Sless time bringing!the Passion down to the teennage level and more time raising the teenage mind up to the level of the Pas­sion.

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Students Expound Views Recordings

On Co-Curricular Clubs I PRO

By Virginia Rossoni

The co-curricular clubs should not be abolished because they provide students with an oppor­tunity to keep up on their major field and to discuss interesting topics for which class time is in­sufficient. Moreover, students in a major field have a chance to meet informally and get ac­quainted with each other.

There have been variousf criti­cisms leveled at the co-curricular clubs. Foremost among these charges is that the clubs do not fulfill their purpose and meet­ings are boring. This may be true to an extent; it is up to interested students to inject new vitality into the club programs. Though it would seem from the hue and cry raised} by the anti-club fac­tion} that there is not sufficient interest in the clubs to justify keeping them, I do not fbelieve this is the case.

It is true that in almos- every club there are some who have no desire to belong to that group, but have joined for fear of duress from their major professor. I would remind them that two years ago Student Council de­creed that students are not obliged to join their major club. If an English major would rather join the Art Club, there is nothing to prevent her; if she would pre­fer to join no club, but simply to drop in on various meetings, she is free to do so.

Other opinions of those who would disband the major clubs arc that they are too time-con­suming and account ifor v large portion ofjthe school's elected of­fices. The first charge is ridicu­lous since most}clubs have only four meetings a year, thus ab­sorbing only eight hours of a student's time. This amount is in­finitesimal compared to the time an average girl wastes every day. In regard to offices, if the num­ber of I club officers were cut tc two (for most clubs this would be sufficient), the co-curricula: clubs would account for only eighteen out of over a hundred elected of­fices.

Certainly Ithe co-curricular club setup needs some revising,/but let us concentrate on improving no on abolishing.!

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By Gretohen Ma lley

Extracurricular activities are good things. Indeed! it seems to be an important consideration when evaluating a student to note her leadership, initiative, and cooper­ation as shown by activivties out-sMie the classroom. However, there comes a point when a good thing is overdone, and that point has been reached at Mercyhurst. This can be|noticed by the lackfof en­thusiasm on thelpart of students as regards various clubs, and also by noting the fact that from an enrollment of] approximately! 320 students (130 of whom!are fresh­men who are not eligible for of­fices) ; there are 114 elected offices to be filled. This is much too high a percentage, as one can easily see. What can be done about the situation? One proposed solution is the elimination of the co-cur­ricular, or major, clubs which many feel are limiting, time con­suming, and ineffective.

We could] spent time discussing whether or not the abolishment of "compulsory attendance" has ever really been affected — for many feel that it has not—but instead we shall discuss the clubs' worth to the students. My opinion is that co-curricular clubs limit the student's time. The two-hour meetings rarely offer new infor­mation, especially to upperclass-men who have been attending the meetings for three or four years. Thus time that could be spent in a more profitable way is consumed by l e s s worthwhile activity. Furthermore, the student social­izes with the same students she sees all day in classes, and, more important, she finds that her in­terests are limited to her major field,| and only her major field. For example, alstudent interested in poetry may not be able to join afpoetry group because she has a major club meeting, and she can-

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not afford time for both. In this respect there is littlefopportunity for expanding her interests.

Therefore, in consideration of both the student's time and in­terests, I favor the abolishment of co-curricular clubs.

Appeal To Every Taste

By Mary Stark It's a psychological fact that

music can soothe the savage beast (which includes the homo sa-pien.) Mr. Thomas Edison little realized, barely a century ago. what an effect his invention of the phonograph would Shave on the twentieth-century man.

The typical American college student greets the sun to music via the recorded [tapes and discs of the radio airwaves, watches television! programming that is never without its background mu­sic of recordings, and retires to the mood music of \ his stereo.

He dreams of the albums he wants to purchase, studies for that exam to "Music for Frazzled Students," listens to his younger sister's "Peter and the Wolf," and gives gifts of record albums suited to the receiver — whether Shakespearean tragedies, classi­cal or semi-classical, sound tracks, international albums, prose or poetry readings.

Weekends find him selecting music for the fraternity's party — popular, jazz, and show albums. He and! his pin-mate spend! the cold? winter evenings in front of a roaring fire sharing Robert Frost's iterpretation of his own poems or Basil Rathbone's chill­ing delivery of Edgar Allen Poe's "Anabelle Lee." Even the local pub where the fellows meet every so often has a juke box that re­sponds with popular recordings as long as their dimes and quarters hold out.

Mr. Thomas Edison commenced what resulted today in one of the largest money-making businesses in America. Perhaps unwittingly he has a share in every day of a man's life—a llife daily influ­enced in some! way by recorded music.

Nancy Killmeyer, a! shorty, was asked by an inspiring parent if she were to be confirmed with the seventh grade class in May.

Bonny Davis scolded one of her boys for hitting a classmate over the head with a banana at the lunch table. When asked!why he had!? used a banana to hit his friend, he repleid, f"Why, fshould I have used an orange?

One of Carol Kopkowski's stu­dents' asked by her mother how old the new teacher was, said, "I don't know, but I'd say she's eith­er a! late teenager or an early

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YCS Emphaises ''Formation Through Action rt

There is nothing new or original in the idea of Catholic Action. As Father Keller would say—"It is as old as the hills—the hills of Gali­lee." The movement on the Mer­cyhurst campus vitally| concern­ed with Catholic Action is the Young Christian Students.

The plan of action Y.C.S. takes, the social inquiry, has had many significant results at | Mercyhurst. Among them have been an Im­proved Student Council Organ­ization, the formation of the Day Students Organization, better fa­cilities for day students, addition of djesired courses to the curricu­lum, and \ attempted | changes of student attitudes regarding obser­

vance of rules, authority, courtesy, etc.

However, the real values of Y.C.S., must not be I overlooked. The prime aim of the movement is to develop an apostolic spirit. The Y.CS.'er is an apostle who recognizes the needs and problems around her and) tries to do some­thing about them. She aims to •bring Christ into the student com­munity in which she finds her­self A And because! holiness and egocentricity are Incompatible, her mentality is characterized by the awareness.

Equally important to Y.C.S. is the development of a sound spir­

itual life brought about by "for­mation through a c t i o n"—the watchwords of the Y.CS.'er. Sh* cannot help but realize her own insufficiency! in the work of the apostolate and) the need for Christ.

A third goal is to form qualities of leadership in the Catholic I col­lege graduate so that this leader­ship will be exercised after gradu­ation in whatever vocation is fol­lowed.

In the* simple lines of Donne "No man is an Island . . . I am in­volved in Mankind?' is found the vital challenge • Y.C.S. .{assumes— leaving a Christian imprint on the world.

Sister Liguori looks over a psychology book with Doctor Donatelli.

Librarian Sister Liguori Truly A Mother To All

Unassuming in nature, yet magnanimous in spirit, Sister Mary Liguori, librarian! at Mercy­hurst! College, has been compared I o the man in the gospel, who, having been robbed of his hat, runs after the thief to give him his cloak.

Born in Mercer, Pennsylvania, Sister can claim practically a life­time of devotion!to teaching. Af­ter graduating from Mercer High School, she remained there for a I year of post graduate study under Mrs. VanHorn, her favorite teacher. She later attended Slip­pery Rock Normal School, Cath­olic University, Canisius College andl Columbia University.

Her first venture into the teaching profession was as a lay teacher in a small country school. It was here she discovered the spiritual rewards that came from teaching her "little presidents,"

as she called) her students. Each day she travelled to school on foot, horseback, or by buggy, carrying her lunch in a little wicker basket. Before the days of the P.T.A., Sister Liguori would visit the homes of her students to discuss their parents.

work with their

After about teachmg, Sister

eight years of Liguori entered

the! Sisters of Mercy Convent at Titusville and continued to teach in;various parochial schools.

One of Ithe pioneers at Mercy­hurst in 1926, her duties Jicluded managing the library, adminis­tering first aid, and feeding the chickens.

Today, Sister Liguori, although busier than ever, remains patient, kind, helpful, understanding and, abovejall, a smother to every girl at Mercyhurst.

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Reporter Mar/r Topping: conducts interview on British and American Issues with Father Albion, recent Mercyhurst speaker.

Priest Contrasts Nations; Advocates Close Alliance

"The greatest assurance of world peace is the close {Cooperation of the United States and the British Commonwealth," stated Father Gordon Albion to interviewer Marg Topping. Individual Catholics must try to understand each other as members of a family. The best way to promote this understanding between English and American Catholics is to study and travel in each other's country.

When asked how the English felt about our segregation outburst, Father replied that this weakness I does not put us in any position to criticize British Colonial policy. They realize that Americans are still going through a transition period, but we fail to realize that any nation in the Commonwealth is free to leave at any time. Eng­land has exploited the native, while America has exploited the Indian, therefore Americans have no right to be critical of the Colonial Policy of Britain.

SODALITY

Recollection "The Romance of Holiness" is

the theme chosen by Father John Kuzilla for the day of recollection he will conduct at Mercyhurst on March 26. 1

A faculty member at Cathedral Prep, Father Kuzilla is stationed at St. John's Parish and conducts First Friday days of recollection at Carmel Convent.

Mass in Christ the King Chapel at 11:30 highlights the day of re­collection to which all are invited. However, it is compulsory for members of the Sodality and pro­bationers.

At the Holy Hour from. 3:00 to 4:00 pjn., thirty-one probationers will be admitted to the Immacu­late Conception sodality. After presenting to Mary a rose, symbol of love, the girls will make a temporary Act of Consecration admitting them to the Sodality.

Eleven members of the senior Sodality will make the perma­nent Act of Consecration to Our Lady. Special medals will be given to them as signs of their life-long devotion to Mary.

A wholesale conversion of the Anglican Church is quite unlikely. However, the individual conver-s i o n r a t e f r o m this Church has s p e e d e d up and may increase more.

The speaker answered the Ken­nedy-Catholic question | by stating that according to American ideals he should be neither voted for nor against because of his faith. If elected, he will be watched closely by English Protestants, but there will be little negative reaction against his faith.

As a final comment, Father re­marked that the one permanent bond of alliance in the world must be the Anglo-American alliance.

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Mercyhurst Girls j Are Talking About

MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT: Soap operas vs. Chet Huntley . . . weekend surprise for Barbara . . . hang your coats . . . French fashion show, or, is it a skirt or a coat? . . . roommate wanted in Chicago . . . new stereos bring parties . . . DuBois and falling through the ice . . . summer weddings!. . . eleven more weeks of school . . . rampant rock 'n roll, or, uninvited guests . . . sophomore's trip to St. Bona's (sticktoitivity) . . . dinner rings . . . Sarah's new look . . . "Ah Spring!—oops, snow" , . . short sermons with thought-provoking points . . . flood in the basement . . . good literature campaign . . . frosh make many changes . . J Old Spice invades the dorm . . . apples, oranges, bananas, grapefruit, anyone? . .$. Campus Cover Girl . . . elections, elections, elections , . .

MERCYHURST GIRLS I ARE ASKING ABOUT: Do you have a job yet? . . . why not chew in class—who found out the hard way? . . . a birthday candle in a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? . . . how many match sticks in this load? . . . who took the orange sherbet . . . what is "up" . . .

MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE COMMENTING ABOUT: No soap . . . there must be a better way of living than this . . . Albright Deci­sion . . . particular doors . . . crowded infirmaries!. . .jaccentuating the positive, eliminating the negative . . .

MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING 'ABOUT: Third floor bouncer . . . Juff did it again . . . "I agree" . . . Penny's red hat I •• . roommates in! the closets . .1. TJ. 's midnightjphone callt. | . Easter sneakers . . . Barb's smashed fender . . . accident prone, or, Cardell did it again . . . "crazy, crazy,"—Doreen . . . Mary Lou and her math form­ulas . . . Barb's letter, or, the city-wide search . . . a coming attraction —a Syracuse visitor . . . Sr.JImmaculate's catch in the elevator . . . Janet's new bed . . . Dr. Donatelli steals the show . . . Koss and Sully's nightly ritual . . . Alliance Day . . . four by six index cards—juniors . . . open lounge on Fridays and Saturdays . . . Meg's Easter visitor . . . soph's resident-day hop party . . . mobile picture of Walt . . . "Little Bobby Shafto" . . . phone booth session for Margaret . . . the dust mop in the bathtub . . . Joanie's winning costume . . . fried or dryed clothes . . . complaining on campus.

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Students Lament Fasting; Sacrifice Unusual litems

By Sandra Konkoly

"Twelve packs of Dentyne and forty-four bubble-gum cigars, please."

The popularity of chicle nowa­days is absolutely amazing. No longer are the lounges filled with the aroma of cigarette smoke. The sound of cracking gum and bursting bubbles has taken1 its place.

Gum chewing, however, is not the only method used as an aid in keeping this particular Lenten resolution. Anything that will oc­cupy a person's hands in industri­ous labor Is ? also quite welcome, such as drinking coffee, knitting, playing bridge, knitting, twiddling thumbs, knitting, and so forth.

Upperclassmen's Plight

Although the senior class loves being THE SENIOR CLASS, they, as mature young ladies, have an almost unaminous lament—fast­ing. Pity the few girls who are not yet twenty-one. They dare not attempt to munch on anything in the presence of their contempo­raries unless they desire instant annihilation.

Once the pattern of fasting is established, it is difficult to break —even|_on .Sundays. .Janet -Mc Gough confirms this fact with her story of how she almost went to blows with the waitress who in­sisted that Janet could have bac­on! with her pancakes.

Although the junior class main­tains that no] one has made any Lenten resolutions,! there is def­initely one non-conformist in the group. Betsy Naples, after sum­moning all her fortitude and courage, decided to abstain from using salt and pepper at meals.

Difficult Sacrifices

The sophomores have really gone holy-go-pious this year,

which is evident from the drastic restrictions they have imposed up­on themselves. Dates have been reduced to three a weekend.!. Tele­phone calls are not being accepted between 10:30 pjn. and 7:30 am., and calls are also limited to five per girl each day. The practice of refraining from getting mail until 9:00 am. was curtailed when Sister Geraldine complained/ that the morning mail was being crushed by the jam of evening mail.

Doreen Chen has devised a unique sort of Lenten duty. She now goes to the movies weekly in­stead of biannually.

Frosh—Hungry but quiet

A majority of freshmen have given up eating in between meals during Lent. Since Sister Pierre is helping them mortify themselves by putting everyone on a diet identical with that of the seniors, it might be said that a majority of the freshmen are actually fast­ing. A principal difference, how­ever, might be the freshmen's ul­terior motive —weight reduction.

The second * floor residents of Egan Hall have unaminously in­flicted on themselves the hard­ship of remaining in their rooms throughout the-entire study hour. And upontoccasion when they do venture forth, they no longer run boiterously up and down the stairs to visit their friends. They quietly, and in a lady-like man­ner, use the elevator.

*d strengthen­ing her characterl during Lent, Mickey Leary has given up dozing in class and has faithfully re­solved to stay conscious for the entire six and one-half weeks.

*Hurst ^students can look for­ward to one thing after the or­deal of locked jaws, hunger pangs, laryngitis, and isolation; that Is— Easter and vacation!

1959 Graduate Receives Wilson Honorable Mention

Emma Jean Newbyjf a 1959 graduate of Mercyhurst College, has receivedf Honorable Mention from the jWoodrow | Wilson Na­tional Fellowship Foundation.

This year 8,800 japplicants representing 861 institutions were nominated for Woodrow Wilson Fellowships. Of these, 1259 won fellowship awards. However, ac­cording to the Foundation's Na­tional Director, Dr. Hans Rosen-haupt, since the foundation can make only |approximately 1200 awards annually, a great number of well-qualified and* deserving candidates do not receive fellow­ships. This year there were 1203 such candidates who were given Honorable^ Mention. A list of their names, fields! of study, and undergraduate schools has} been sent to all graduate schools in the I United States and Canada and to the Foundation's represen­tatives on some 1,000 campuses Inlthis way most of them receive alternative awards either directly from universities or from other organizations. Past experience in­dicates that approximately 80 per cent of all who receive Honorable Mention eventually enter grad-uate schools, most of them with financial assistance.£

Emma Jean Newby

An Erie resident, Emma Jean was president of Student Coun­cil her senior year. She was selected as one of seven from her class for membership in Who's Who inl American Colleges and Universities for 1958-1959. Emma Jean is now teaching French in a school in Jamestown, New York. She hopes to continue her study of sociology in which she majored at Mercyhurst.

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