The Merciad, April 29, 1948

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MERCYHURST COLLEGE, ERIE,PA.April 29,1948

Queen and Court ElectedJanus Club Presents 'Jane Eyre'

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th e 1948 May Queen at the^ditional May Day pageantn the college campus

L n is a native of Pittsburghnd is the daughter of Mr. and

i rs . Roy PJWalters, 2348 Ben-onia Avenue. Sheîs majoring

Jn home conomicsjj here, havingpreviously graduated from St jFrancis' '; Academy in Pi t t sburgh, where she was MayQueen of her senior class.

The members of the Queen's

court are Ka y Youn g and Aud-L y Welther, both of Erie jjean Lawler and Stephanie M e - |lisz, Buffalo, N. Y.; ConstanceSchneider and" Mercedes Baum-beck, Pit tsburgh; MargaretR i - |gard St. Marys; Joan Knapp,New Kensington; Eva Patrick,!

Coming, N. Y.; and MargaretWalchi, Wellsville,N. Y.

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The Mary Seton RoomJ ofKleinhan's Music Hall, Buffalo,

Bv virtue of their office as &W& S a i ^ ««Dy ¥»"«« I ^ g | New York, has been selectedas

the setting for the Mercy hurst-Canisius concerton Sunday af-

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prefects of the college and seminary sodalities, respectively.Anne Nickum, Sharon,and

trances Quinn, Brie, will serveas maids of honor. The remain-

ling thirty-si x ^members of the

senior class willact as ladies-in-waiting.

The ceremonyof Ma y Day is

a traditional one, having originated from the earl iest I t imes.Aside fro m the religious honoring of Mary as Queen!of May,members of the seminaryand

college present a May Pole| dance, u nd er the direction of

Miss Wh erry. Fe ature d als o,in

modern dance, is a group fromthe college. To complete the

ternoon, May 2. This joint concert is an annualf*spring eventof the two colleges.

Th e Ininety-minute programwill include one number,"Landsighting," Grieg, sungby

"Jane Eyre / ' a moving romance of the nineteenth century, willjbe presented by theJanus Club under-^he directionof Miss Maheu, April27 and2 8 . The play, originally a novelby Charlotte Bronte writtenin1 8 4 7 , is a story of the t imesinwhich! she lived.

The locale of the story is thefamed English moors.At eighteen Jane Eyre left behindherthe unyielding cruelty of anorphanage to find happinessinthe {home of Edward! Rochester,a s a governess to his adoptedchild. She fell în love withRochester and consented to

marry him onlyto find £ h a t themysterious aire about Thorn-field Hall was caused b y | thesecret Rochester triedto hide—hi s wife's insanity. Jane leftThornfield, but<. returned a yearlater to find that Rochester ha dmet with an accident. All fearsgone, she stayed to marry him.

Interest in thisfplay has beenrevived by Katherine Hepburnan d the New York Theatre.Jane Eyre wil l be played byAnne Nickumand RochesterbyConnie Schneider. The rest ofthe players are Audrey Welther , Kay Young, Joan Bellas ,Ann Boyd and TheresaRow-bottom.

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the combined glee clubs under ulrl¥V HsiTVCV

Sodality Prefect

festive air the college glee club,under the direction of Mrs.

Klopp, will presenta group ofsongs.

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the baton of the Canisius di

rector. The remainder of the

program will consistof selections offered! by each choralgroup. Listed as Mercyhurst'sselections are: "The Cherubic

I Hymn ," Gretchaninof f; " 0

Bone Jesu," Palestr ina; "Smiling Through," Penn; "WhenDay Is Done," Katcher; "ThreeLittle Maids," Elliot.'- Severalsolos have also been1 arranged,both instrumental and vocals.Ui

Following the concert, a formal dinner-dance willbe helda t the Hotel Markeen for the

members of the two glee clubs.

The Mercyhurst Sodalityheld their annual electiononMarch 18. Elected Prefectforthe 1948-1949 school yearisMary Harvey, of Oil City, Pa.Kathleen Rahill,of Buffalo, N.Y. , is Vice Prefect. Secretaryis Nancy Hantz,of Buffalo also , and Treasure r is RosemaryI r rgang , of Linesville,Pa.

The I Sodality has been veryactive this year underthe capable direction of Anne Nickum,of Sharon, Pa., the presen tPrefect . They are now conductin g a clothing drive for needyEuropean countr ies .

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CollegeHonor Bish opThe Most Reverend John

Mark Gannon, D.D., D.C.L.,L.

L.D.; Bishopof Erie and Chancellor of Mercyhurst will visitour college on Tuesday, May 4.

Bishop's Day is a Mercyhursttradition.

The day's ceremonies begin Associationfor i Inter nat ional the Sophomore class, left Wed-with a formal reception in thi

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udents,Meeting

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Washington, D. C. was in

L C.|G.The Misses Cecile Jew eland

the spot- l ight for the Catholic Agnes Kalata, both membersof

Peace, on Sunday £ Apri l 4 to nesday, Apri l 7, for Philadel-Foyer during which eachstu- Thursday Apri l 8, attended] by phia, Pennsylvania, to ; at tenddent, attired! in academic cap s i s t e r s Mary Annaand Philip- Intercollegiate Conferenceon

and gown, is presented to the p a T h e conference was in the Government. The conferenceBishop. The program consists f o r m o f a p a n e l discussion, was held from Thursday, Aprilof selectionsby members of thedramatic and glee clubs.

*he faculty and studentsên retire to the chapel forbenediction. -The day closesttn dinner for the Bishop, thele*gy, and the seniors in the

State Dining Room.

dealing with the christ ian pointof view.

8, to Sunday, April 11.The purpose of this collegiate

The Sisters were fortunate conferencewas to dra f t ten

enough during their t r ipto be bills and to nominate a presi-able to see the famous Japan- dential candidate.ese cherry blossoms while theywere st i l l in bloom.

Th e two gir ls s tayed at the

Bellevue Stratford 'Hotel .

Above is a scene : f r o m |"Jane Eyre" showing (1.to r.) JoanBellas and Audrey Welther seated; s tandingare Kay Young,Ann Nickum and Connie Schneider.

orchestrathat Neilhas been

Juniors A n n o u n c eProm Date

The] annual Junior Prom wil lbe held this year on June 5, atRainbow Gardens, Erie, Pennsylvania. Virginia Stephens,chairman of the

committee, reportsCharles ' orchestraengaged.

The prom, one ofI the socialhighlights of the school year,will be 'held in honor of thegraduating senior class . JeanBrauch, presidentof the!juniorclass, says that t ickets can J beprocured from any member ofthe class .

A la rge crowdi is expectedsince both the 'Meer* and NeilCharles are top favori tesof theMercyhurst Gir ls .

E V E N T S TO COME f

April 27-28—Jane EyreM ay 2—Mercyhurst Canisius

Concert in BuffaloM ay 4—Bishop's Day

M ay 6—Ascension Thursday

M ay 13—Senior P a r t yM ay 23—May 3 D ayM ay 25-28—Senior f ina lye x a m

inations

M ay 31—Examinations beginfo r all other s tudents

June 5—The Junior Prom

June 6—-Baccalaureate SundayJun e 17—Class Day Exerc i ses^ G a r d e n P a r t y and Lante rn

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J u n e 8—Commencement

8 . S . A . R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s R e sEvents have^been rapidly oc

curring in the United StatesNational Student Ass 'n. Thisorganizat ion re cently! terminated relat ions with the Communistic influenced Intern ation al

Union of Students whoseheadquar te r s are fin Prague, Czechoslovakia, for refusal to condemn the violence to Czech students during the p a s t crisis.The U. S. representat ives ofth e | N . S. A. s ta ted tha t onFebruary 25, at l eas t one student was killed and several

wounded when police firedon aprocession of 1,600 studentsmarch ing to ask Pres iden tBenes not to instal l the newgovernment. The Czech National Union of Students and allother s tudent groups have beendissolved by Communist "actioncommittees." Prior to th i s , theN . S. A. had considered affiliat ion in the interest of internat ional peace.

The N. S. A. this year is

sponsoring an internat ionaltour for 100 U. S. s tuden t s .Thetrip will cost $550 per personand will extend from June 18toSeptember 15. The purpose ofthe tour lis to better acquaintU . S. s tuden t s wi th the European! countr ies so tha t they m ayunderstand bet ter condit ionsthe re . The students wil l vis i tF rance , The Nether lands , !andEngland on planned tours.Thelucky individuals were chosenfrom applicat ions sent in fromall interested colleges by theInternat ional Activi t ies Commission of the U. S. N. S. A.

Also, this year, the N. S. A.is working to secure a definitelegislation Which will providefo r studentsIto vote in the ci tywhere they are a t t end ing college. The question as t o | w h e t her living at college const i tutesresidence! in the s t a t e is causingmuch difficulty and confusionwhich has resu l t ed in the refusal to permit some el igibles tuden t s to vote.

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P a g e 2 THE MERCIADApril 29,1948

Student Poll on Wallace. | Js war with Russia inevi t

able? When and if we have an*other war, will it be anatotnicor bacter iological war? Is theresuch a thing as an internat ional com munity? Does one exist ?

Is i t t rue that the United Stateshas withdrawn fromthe Uni tedN a t i o n s ? W h a t wil l t th e Commun ists next move be? Wil lWallace be our next president?W h a t ' s t h e inside story onCzechoslovakia? Wil l Finlandmeet the fate of the Czechs?I sn ' t i t funny tha t the P ro -Communists in the UnitedStates are the capi tal is ts?

These are but a few of' th equest ions that entered the discussions, orat ions, and debatesat the Pennsylvania SpeechTo u r n a m e n t a t i Allegheny College in March. Li t t le did anyone real ize that the topic, "Re

solved: That a Federal WorldGovernment Should Be Establ ished," would bring forth sucha conglom eration of ( 'ideas,theo~.r ies , and principles of presentday world problems. However,there was an unanimous

ByfPat Walke rthought—the world today is ina "pret ty big mess.' 9}

| Yes, by the blood of millions,by the sacrif ice of great t reasure, the civilized world has wona second chancetofbuild a last-

ing peace. It had one chanceafter the f i rs t world war, andi t established! a League of Nations fto fbuild in te rna t iona lpeace and securi ty.And i it failed! It has its second chancenow, after the second worldwar and i t has establ ished aUnited Nations. And i t , too, isfai l ing. I t seems ironical thatmen should plan for peace andtalk of war. Yet , tha t is precisely what every s tudent in thePennsylvania Colleges seems tobe doing today,

A tournament , l ike the one atAllegheny, gives one a crosssection of ideas and principles

of other s tudents around hisown age. These same students ,usual ly well read in currentevents , discuss the s tatus quoof the world intelligently andsensibly, and i t real ly makesone quake and quiver to hear

each of them say, a t one t imeor another, that the world s i tuat ion looks pret ty glum.

Maybe iyou won't believe me,but this is the t ruth as I sawit on that campus: there were

more Wallace but tons at thet o u r n a m e n t | than I have seenal l month, and the kidsweren'twear ing them ffor a big show.They meant business , and theymade no bones about te l l ingeveryone all about it. One couldeven detect a ring ofcommunist ic theory in the Jat t i tudeand talk of some of these students . Are the American people so blind that they can't seethe undercover work of JoeStal in 's boys in their own country, after seeing it overpowerso many European countries|inthe same manner? I t has happened many times—the massesfollow t h e | college graduate, orthe intel lectual group. Theysee; they fol low; the work hasalready star ted in the schoolsand colleges of the UnitedStates What? can WE do abouti t? I t CAN happen here.

C o l le g ia te C o m m u n iq u e sFrom Saint Mary 's Collegian we f ind that Dr. Charles De Kon-

inck, who has lectured at Mercyhurst , has been to the s tudentsof 1st. Mary's College, California, "an intellectual stimulus without comparison," During his lectures there, Dr. De Koninck, deanof phi losophy at Laval Universi ty in Quebec, warned that the only

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S t u d e n t R e p o r t e rQ. W hat is your

Spring Fever?cure fo r

way to combat Communism isic

to read and study.Communismin the schools." Dr. De Koninck contrasted avowed Communistwith Americans. "They are not sensual . Rather the real Communist would sacrifice everything in order to achieve his ideal,which is world revolution. It is up to us as individuals to see thatwe stop these Communists by understanding their methods."

According to the Bona Venture, St. Bonaventure, N. Y., "Theleap year fad is on the down grade. Most of the{girls on thiscampus will take no undue advantage of thefellows just becausei t ' s >ileap year." They were"Jreferring to dates for their juniorprom on May 9, which will feature Dick Jergens' band.

An editorial, "Spring Fever," appearing in a recent issue ofThe Gannon-K night confesses, "Most J studen ts whom you meetin the halls seem to be walking in a sort of stupor." The author

Ann Mohr, '49—When*. I gBtSpring Fever,-1 plan my dayso that I can be "feverized"23 out of 24 hours.

Mary Ann Donaher, '49—I'dlike one of the following every day: a fudge sundae, abox from home,and! a letterfrom . I 'm sure the feverwould then clear up instant-l y . %5 '::.

Joan Cavanau gh, '48-Thoug htsof comprehensives i ns tant lytake away a l l my Spring feve r; I d o t h ink a nice trip t oOhio would cure m e t hough .

SdiPwfuUt?An editorial writer of The MesaCollege Criterion aW .

college gir l : "She is a little too fat and usuallyhas some fewith her skin. She dietsspasmodically If or both faults , J ithem almost under control. Her hair looks nice most ofZ «but she insis ts i t ' s a mess and she doesn ' t know what «w .11™eJ

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being one of thegroup.

she's going todo with it. She wears a sweater, a skirt, saddle shoes andankwbecause all the other girls do, and she loves being on*i L 1 *Sh e looks^well washed and brushed* and at t ract ive.

'She has an inferiority complex, shesays—just an awful onShe inva riable th inks of herself as shy and she says she hatestmeet people. She finds her own actions and reactionsfascinatingShe likes to tell how tired she is, and how many hours ofaimshe 's ha d sin ce F rid ay. She fal ls as leep in class. Her power ofconcentration are just gone at the end of half an hour oflisteningto that man, she says,|and|she get s so bo red she could just dieShe likes to fix you firmly with her eye and tell you she haseightthem es an d tw o th ousa nd w ords due Monday, and if you think she'sdone any offit you're wrong, she says. She's perpetually appalledat the amount of work shehas fto do. 1

"H er se nse of hu mo r is all s narle d up wi th pu ns. Also, she findsii amusi ng jjto slam her friends in] a [you-know-J m-kidding spirit.

"If you prob e eve r so s light ly y ou will sudden ly be face to facewith her serious side. She will confide it, as a fault, that she is notall gay exterior. She thinks everyone should believe in somethingand then live by it, and shewishesJshe jknew more aboutgood!

music. She feels a lot better about Art since she took thatap-1preciation course \land knows what to^look for. She looks forwardto th at t im e when she'l l be able to catch up on her reading. Therejust isn ' t t ime for i twhileiyou're in school." (Courtesy of AGP)

Convention Highlights

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the only cure that human endeavors

Dolores Knapp, ' 50—Thecure i s a t r ip homeweekend.

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have been ablet o produce i s to l e t t hedisease l inger wi thout med-icat ion unt i l i t s effects have worn off." However, i f you ge t to bean advanced case , "Beware control your dreams.i

TThe McAuleyan, student publication of Mount Mercy College,^Pittsburgh, yielded this thought . . . "To be half informed is usual-ly to b.e misinformed; to be opinionated, prejudiced, and all-knowing is often just a cover-allfor superficial knowledge . . . " Timewasted in.gossip an d over-a coke could be utilized in developingan informed mind. "Too many things are happeningin j;the worldtoday to be indifferent. What YOU think and what YOU wantis laying the fabric of tomorrow'sworld—YOUR world.' M. H.

Nat Cooper, '48—I have nocure when it really sets in, soI sit back and enjoy it.

Mary Paula Calimunci,jj'48—Idon't have a cure; just let itstay because it 's a wonderfulfeeling

Jean Enright , '50—There is nota cure—I just suffer everyyear

Cecile Jewell, '50—Working onmy term paper is a surecure.

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§ ;J||ff i ^ ^ H j | By Cecile Jewell ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ E ^ H f f B * ' !If you had entered the lobby of theBellevue-Stratford in Phila

delphia on the evening ofAp$l 3. you might have wondered whatwas going on.Youl would(have seen groups J of students gatheredhere, t here; and everyw here,trying to? get la , room, find a lostcompanion, or get to a m eeting. ' ' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ • ^ ^ H H j

You probably would have asked,"Who!areithese students?"They w ere the d elega tes to the Twelfth Annu al Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Conference on Government,\ which met in the form

% of a M odel Poli tical C amp aign this yea r. The purpose of this conventio n is to giv e the y out h of Ame rica a be tter understanding of

[3how the ir gov ernm ent is actua lly op erated. Two Mercyhurst girls—Cecile Jewell and Agnes Kalata—mingled with delegates from

it h e U nive rsity of Penn sylvan ia, Penn S tate, Mount Mercy, Gan-•jnon, Tempte, Duquesne,Marywood and oth er 5 Pennsylvania colleges, i l l j I i I ;.;'l I J | -1

?M Tuesday evening the registration of delegates beganand,themeetings of t h e |Executive, |Rules,*and* Chairmen-Clerkscommitt ee s !were held. I •^B^^HI^'.ijJ?"! ^MJ MKM

Convention Platform Considered

Friday y morn ing t h e conference opened formally witha generasession in ;th e ballroom of5 the hotel,t h e headquar ters of theconvent ion. ! The meet ing J was opened witfet h e s inging of "Americaby t h e assembly, and an Invocation byjRev. Armand-Jean Bal-win, of St , Vincent's College.T h e Honorable FrancisJ. Myers,U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania, welcomedt h e delegates. A mem- jber f rom t h e Republican, t h e Democrat ic , jand the ProgxessiPar t ies addressed t h e group.^Miss Genevieve Blat t , Execut ive-rector, then introduced t h e candidates fo r the positions of 0 iChairman a n d Clerk. 1 j ^1& 2 m m l <- con-

Âfter lunch, t h e individual comm ittees ! held meetings J°s ider t h e pla t forms fo r the respective schools.A general P / * * ^was drawn up in each committee and was presented at theeral Session t o be vote d upon. fflfffiSBK'

< Stassen—Students Choice

Saturday morningal l of the delegates boarded busses an ^ley cars which took themt o Irvine Auditoriumon th e f " 1 ^^the Univers i ty jof Pennsylvania .A t this meeting t h e Chiex ^man , Mr. R. Shelton, presided;all the committee P l a t f o r ^ d a

9 d a n d passed. Each committee chairmanw as au w

inute period for his bill, an d thir teen bills were }

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discussedfor ty-mduring t h e General Sessions onfSaturdayan d Sunday.

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At this session t h e delegates voted fo r their choice o ^nt of the United States. Harold Stassenw as elected,

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dentother cVandenband William Douglas.

Arthurandidates taking their placesin this order:D TrUm8 nburg, Gen. D . Eisenhower, Henry Wallace, Pres.

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a— ^ —! Edito r in Chief Betty Ahlgren «—^s***ifcfSSA Asso ciate Edi tor Step hani e Melisz B38a

K^B drl Ass ist ant I Edi tors Mary Harv ey 1EKS < &%»-__ . , Alice Mur phy fffS ;P*

^*?e+e£s Business Manager MaryM a r McLaughlin ' ^ ^

Wri t i ng Sta ff : Betty Gorman, Jeanne Ledoux, Polly Slater, Cecille Jewell, Miriam Gemperle, Nancyt Whelan, MaryE . Stanney, Patricia Walker. Agnes Kalata, Connie Schneider, Dorothy Maloney,

Geraldine Farrell, Margaret Bodenschatz.

Business Sta ff : Margaret Bigard ,A n n Nickum, Jean ne Lawler, Kathleen Leehan, Rose Marie Ratajc-zyk Ann Kennedy, Jean O'Neil, Elaine Forge tte, Antionette M arino, Mary Helen Kenny.

Delegates Dance

Saturday nighta dance w a s held for all the delegates ^hts»ton Hall of t h e Univers i ty of Pennsylvania. The Pennplayed fo r the :affa i r, an d everyone had a pleasant tim . ^ ^ . ^

>The conference cameto a close on Sunday, th e last^sess ^ eheld from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Atfive o'clock t h e ^ b D y

buSSesagain filled with students hurryin gto catch trains Bel l e .which would take them backto school. By six o C l° * No , youvue-Stratford lookedas i f nothing had taken place tner . ^ ^ ftwould never know,b u t some 77 0 delegates will rememlong time.



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jean Brig ham's

joyful MysteriesBrides To e Studen t Counc i l

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A]l Mercyhurst s tudentsmany other persons

om e and go through Mercy-°pst halls daily have been ad-

iring t h e m u r a l J e a n B r i g "m junior art major, is paint-118 outside the Bishop's Parlor

der Sister M. Angelica's di

rection.T fthink Jean has chosen a

beautiful subject for the paint-r, sofv/hen I interviewed her,' f i rs t question was, "Wh y

?d you decide to paintthe Joyful Mysteries?" She said,l "Iwanted something .; suitable toMercyhurst, a subject that wasuniversal and one that appealed to me." I W*

The majority of her figur esa r e drawn from actu al {people.Her little brother was the model for the little shepherd boy jand his pal, for the la rger shepherd. Her siste r, fath er, andfriends can also be found somewhere on the painting.

Jean's talent and the enthusiasm she displayed while talk ingwill carry her fthrough thethree-hundred-fifty hours ofgrueling work* required for thecompletion of the mur al. Shestarted planning 'her colorscheme, organizatio n, and ! de-

isign las t semester. She beganthe actual paint ing Jan uary 16.She is using."a | casein medium(it was usedtby the old mastersand isfnowl being revived) , anda dry-secco techniq ue. IJ One of the most inte resti ng

aspects of Jean' s fwork is hearing the amusingjremarks of thepeople who pass by as^sheworks. A group of high-schoolstudents thought that it wouldbe prettyjeasy work—just t r ac

ing those figures on the w all."Someone asked jj her tif i t wouldbe finished in a fe w w eek s.

Jean is no w| a junior. Shehas, as yet, made no choice ofthe-field she will* ente r aftergraduation. £ I

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Wedding bells and diplomaswill vie with one*another atMercyhurs t th is June. Plansfor May Day, the Garden Party, and Commencement will undoubtedly take a back seat inthe minds off certainwho are looking ahead withstarry eyes to tha t g lor iouswedding-day.

To let you in on weddingplans in advance, Marion Mc-

K f i lseniors,

Lean, Wesleyville, will marryRobert S pannbau er, Brie, onJuly 16. Bob is at presentstudy ing ar t in Clevelandwhich will probably be the general vicinity of their home nextfall. Marion Will be kept busyteaching|and keeping house. OnJun e 18, Marjorie Dean andLynn McLean will exchangenuptial vows. As many of youknow, Lynn is Marion s brother,

TO t! AND SIR WAL TERRALEIOHWe al l want to (be rated as a "smooth date' on our Friday and

Saturday evenings out , andof ••'course all the rest of the {time aswell. In our own minds we plan a witty remark, a careless gesture,a sparkl ing laugh. And we plan to be so gracious and charming,but we often complain that the fellows don't seem to know howto act pol i te ly. Honest ly now, do we always give them a

Hchance?Now before you say a word, let 's think about it a little. How

about the times they offer to do us a favor? Say that Johnny seesyou lopsidedly dragging down the s t reet toward the bus s ta t ionwith a heavy suitcase and offers to carryit there for you. Do yougive him a smile and his spirits alift;-with an, "Oh thanks, Ithink I 'd have collapsed in another minute."? Or do you come outwi th a,j|"Well, okay, as long as you ' re real ly going that way any-

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way ." ! Why , he's no longer a nobleknight coming to the rescueof a lady fair. He's just doing it because it 's convenient. You killjoy, y o u l ^ f course, you don'twant-to impose on him, so you tryto jus t i fy your acceptance of the favor by convincing yourselfand him that i t was n ' t a favor in the f i rs t p lace .

Men are by nature romant ic .They l ike to make a noble gesture . I t ' s nolonger necessary to go out and ki l l dragons and rescue

Ipeople from ! bandi ts , but th ey l iketojdo what they can to convince$ you they'r e pret ty nice guys. I t ' s the women who are thepractic al, levelheaded bu nch. And too often we squelch thethough t fu l !nature of our gent lemen fr iends by seeming unap-precia t ive . "I t ' s real lythem? we're th inking of ," we say. I f hewants to go without lunch for aweek^to buy you a brown orchidfo r thefprom for heaven'sijsake,don't act l ike i t ' s a cr ime jus t because you think i t ' simpractical land he can ' t afford i t . He wantedto do it and if he sees your eyes lightup]with the l ook tha t sayshe'sfpretty swel l , he won' tevenjcare i f i t ' s a month 's lunches he 'sdoing without . Men are l ike* that , b ut do n ' t expect them to dothingsflike that every day. There are l imits , too.

Sir Walter Raleigh spread his velvet c loak in the mud so thatQueen Elizabeth f wouldn't* soi l her shoes . Can you imagine awomanfputting h er goodlcoat downfor a more important cause? No. I tboyish, sent imental males .

I f Sir Walter Raleigh had seen you in f ront of the mud puddle ,would he have done the same for you? How do you ra te as to inspir ing a manfto real ly be a gent leman? Next t ime you have thechance, see whata'little apprecia t ion can do. B. A.

in^the mud even i f i t weret akes one i of those perverse ,

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Some gues ts of the Benefit B ridg e enjoy tea in th e dining room afte r an aft erno on of beards .

On Saturday, Ap ri l ! 10,Mer- those who l ived gre at d is tances gues ts discovered! the gir ls hadcyhurs t held the Ann ual Bridge became patro ns for th eaffair, done a l l the work themse lves .

Tea. Sponso red by the senio r A h igh l igh t of* t h e afternoon The f inal event of the af ter-c lass , the affa i r th is year sup - was the Fashion Show directed noon was a teaarranged t in thePlied! funds for a Publ ic Ad- by Miss Nina Rei l ly, c lothing beaut i ful ly decorated dinin gdress System to beinstalledfin inst ruc tor. Freshme n. Sonho- ro om. I t was the cooperat ion

and good wil l of everyone concerned which made our AnnualBr idge Teal one of t he g rea t e s t

I f inancial successes in the history of the school .

the near future .The merchants ofu Erie gen

erously contributed food and"Prizes. Man y of the gi rl s'par-

Nits at tended the Tea, but

J F re shmen , Sophomores , and Juniors modeled thecot ton dresses , af ternoon dresses , and. sui ts , which they madein their c lothing courses . Therekvere many su rp r i s ed l ooks andsounds of del ight when the

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day-

so Marge and Marion, whohave been f r iends througho uttheir 5 college days, will becomesister-in-laws. They will be at-tendents a t one another ' s weddings, so when you seewhispering in a corner,!may presume it is about wedding plans .

Connie Finch, anotherhop, has chosen June$4 as herdate to wed Charles Wend-landt. Charlie is from AustinTexas , andfat present is a TestEngineer wi th the Erie GeneralElectric Co. Someday we willbe receiving post cards fromtheir future home in Texas , itha t b- i -g s ta te! |

IFor four years all of us haveknown and]admired "Nicky andTed." Hardly more needs to besaid . These two are planning afal l wedding. Ted, a t presentjjis * teaching in the|Civil E ngineer ing Depar tment a t Cornel l Univers i ty, where he i sworking on his Mastei s Degree,J You wil l be hear ing theircheers a t Cornel l games nextyea r.

Shir ley Sommerhoff will be

anothe r Jun e br ide . She wil lwed Johnny Colvin on June 26.Thisjlucky couple a l ready havea house spoken for.

Theresa Sabel la , a home ecmajor should make a modelhousewife . She and Paul , bothof Niagara Fal ls , N. Y. , havebeen engaged for some t imeand wil l be marr ied in the early fall. » I

This summer wil l real ly be amemorab le one for these gir ls .At a t ime when al lof; us arelooking ahead, we wish thevery I g rea t e s t happ ines s t othose we 've known and grownfond of these, last four y e a r s .The best of everything to you. . .Connie , Marge, Marion, Shir ley,Theresa , and Nicky.

• I B. N . G.

P es dent

Rosemarie Ratajczyk

Congratula t ions to Miss Rosemarie Ratajczyk, from Pi t t sburgh, Pa. , who was e lected Student Counci l Pres ident for theyear 1948-1949. I l l

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Ltsherettes s&njotjConcerts

Music is the spir i t of thesoul , and for those who apprecia te f ine music , the Erie Phi lharmonic Society has been " thesp i r i t off the soul ."

Wi th in t he l a s t 7 mon ths ,Erie has exper ienced andenjoyed great music and greatpe r fo rmer s , t hanks £to F r i t zMahler and the orchestra membe r s . Apri l 5-6, 1948, markedthe seventh and f inal concer tof m

t he cu r r en t s ea son .

Las t f a l l when Mr. Mah le rr e -o rgan ized the E r i e Ph i lha rmon ic Soc i e ty, Mercyhur s tgir ls were given the pleasure ofusher ing on the f i rs t n ight ofeach concer t .(Every m o n t h s i xteen gir ls went to the|StrongVincen t Aud i to r ium to pe r fo rmthe i r "u she re t t e " du t i e s andl i s t en app rec i a t i ve ly t o t hemusic of the famous composersand g rea t a r t i s t s who appea red w i th t he o rches t r a .

Among the gues t pe r fo rmer swere : Rose Bompton , one o fAmer i ca ' s g r ea t dramatic} so -

p ranos ; Georges Emesco , compose r and v io l i n i s t ; Joan Peebles , a r enowned con t r a l t o andmezzo - sop rano .

As the conce r t s ea son ends ,t he u she r s ex t end the i r s i nce rethanks t o Mrs . Soppe r, p r e s iden t o f t he Women ' s Aux i l i a ry,and S i s t e r Mary*Alice for enab l ing u s t o have t he p l ea su reo f hea r ing t he se conce r t s .

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Aesop's Fables Brought to life O n Jfe ws cOnoticed

oat people have seen t h e NEWER look , b u t have youan OLDER look o n K a y Young , S u e Stephens, Veronica NaldTE m m a L o u Scot t , M ar ga re t Krep s , Char l ot te Voss , Esther FedfMildred Corre l l a n d M a r y A n n Boh rer? They shouldbe wea 'one, f o r each became a year o lder th is month. Happy Bir thM

A P R I L F O O L | | M

A p r i l i s t h e month dn wh ich t o fool, and Were some of us evfooled 1 Ginny Step hens w a s fooled when someone toldher shhad only o n e month l e f t t o live. Sally Carlow's sympathetic heartmel ted when s h e s a w Cla i r e Kraus p ro s t r a t edin a pool of bloodwhich la ter, when tes tedb y t a s t e , |w as found | t obe catsup.iMarvAnn Plack a lso w a s su rp r i s ed t o hea r her |y ou ng er sister, Nancytell of jjher esca pad es down tow n th atd a y. T h e Boston Store Clockca n b e confusing-, ca n't iM N an cy ? Lucille Heintz, whose numerous ant ics make ne ar ly e very day ;Apri l Fool ' sday, felt quiteathome o n Apri l I I . B$?PPB *f I

•*

This is a scene from the IrishVersion*of "Aesop's"Follies*' adaptedfor the Courtesy Program bythe ju nior class on Ma rch 17. The playe rs (1. to r.) areÂudrey Sitter, Bette Cairns, Alice Murphy,Kay Mann, and Elaine Forgette*?.

£*.eninq

Sooty stacks and city spires,mauve in a gray sky;

Soft stillness stealing down onlake, and hills, and yards between

£ By Nancy PlackXl l my life I have found it very fascinating to talk to and read

about people who have hobbies.It J seems to be second nature toeveryone to collect those things he loves or is interested in most.Some find it interesting to make a collection of stamps; musiclovers at tain great enjoyment through theircollections of the£masterpie ces of gre at composers; and still other through building Wherelacy fbirches sway;thing s with their hand s. But of the most unusual and interesting hobbies I-have "recently heard about is the one of MargaretLee, the wife of a wealthy English nobleman."-When asked whather hobby* was, she simply sta ted \ that she collects hearts.

- "When I first heard the words I collect hearts, I had interpretedIit a numb er of ways . All those presen t cautiously and wondering- Robins dart in sweet excite

ment to twilight nests inj:forks of elms;

Apple boughs areIpink withblossoms,

An d hi lacs point their mistyspires oabove |th e hedge,

ly glanced at each other,waiting for an explanation. She began'by saying that all her life she has found it very interesting tomeet people and have many friends, but not until the recent warn d neighboring house-topshad she had an opportunity to help many. She explained tha t they fgleam

In the las t bold flash of a coolApril sun,

The glittering ha lit hangsIbright for a moment,

opened their home to all soldiers of the Allied Nations. She related how many of thewomen of the small town came up to herhome and helped her prepare the meals for her unknown guests.

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Some evenings there would be as many as twenty different AlliedNations represented at her dinner table. Besides entertaining thesoldiers in her home and making it possiblefor them to hear Mass, T h e n s l i p s m o l t e n i n t 0 d a r k e r

she spent a l l her spare momentsin the hospi ta ls t ry ingt o help t h eboys regain n o t only heal th of the body, b u t o f* the i r m inds a s T h e s k y pales apple-green a-well. She also adopted two young Polish boys whose parents (hadbeen killed by the Germans.

BEHIND TH E 8 BALL md%mW WHl

The other day, a group ofMercyhurstlgirls we re discussing thecoming 8-Ball with a few Gannonites.Itfseems th at those (Salmonboys are lookingIfor dates with Hhe |f oilowing qualifications: thepersonality of A nn Boyd,thel conversationalI ability off JaneyDavis, the dancing ^rhythm of Mildred Trippe,?the sparkling eyeof Shirley Sommerhof,;,a girl as humorous as Evelyn Meldon, aspolite as Eileen* Ign as iak ,|a s^ consid erate as Shirley Bryson, onewith the beautiful hair of Ca rol 'Keane,J he soft complexion of

Rachel Brown , th e w ardro be of Sue Sardeson, the dignity of Clarice Jones,! and one ascheerful!as-Marilyn ban grayer, as friendlyas Marian Andrews, as sincere asAudrey!Welther,fas happy asBa rba ra H uey, as much fun to be with as Grace Collins, asgood asport as Ellen Hickmottand las versatile as BettyLout Cook.That's really a problem. Whom would you suggest?WJ& "*JK.

The words: "Mirror, mirror, on the wall, Whatshalhl wear toGannon's 8-Ball," Snow have a familiar ring,!hut before Easter itwas: "A springflowered! ha t, some br igh t red [shoes, A smoothtweed suit—That's?what I 'l l c ho os e" ; / J j ^ ^ B ^ ^ ^ E ^ i 'J l s

E R I E ' S E A S T E R P A R A D E • § r * r ' - M B S K ^ M i S

And f there w e were—ready f o r | th e E as te r Para de. Though wed idn ' t g e t a chance t o s e e everyone's, outfit ,we did seeMary De-vine, Ei leen flleld a n d t h e t w oCa irn s' sis ters [spo rting their newspr ing c lothes o n t h e f ront page of Ea st er Sat urda y's "Erie DailyTimes . " We c a n cer ta in ly b e p roud of the fac t that th e beautifulorgan? music heard in St . jFrancis Xftvier ' s Churchon an EasterS u n d a y m o r n i n g f w a s | p l a y e d j b y i L a u r elGroff, a musical junior;also t ha t! our mu sical s ophom ore, Bet ty. Ann Ryan, sangat thetwo ^Philh armo nic- Con certs J Man y tEri eite s mad e Easter visits to,o the r t owns : t h e t r ip Bobby Par tz madet o Warren, Ohio;ArpenaDemir j ian to Wash ingt on, D. JC ; J an et Quinn to Philadelphia, andNew York; Joan Cunninghama n d Mimi Gailey to Pittsburgh, andDor i s Wr igh t t o Pan ama ,JNew [York. We' rea ll bac k now, however, a n d count ingEthe days t i l l summera n d wonderful vacation, j

I ns o fS ppmqrealms.

bove;A purple curtain falls.

Many peoplethave asked her why, with all her money, she Spiresand! stacks turn black. doesn't place things such as jewels and paintings on a higher lev-B u { l i g h t s begin to twinkle up

el. She explained that she really is very interested in the finerthings of life and all earthly possessions, but she finds much moreenjoyment and a great deal of satisfaction in her"Collection ofHearts .

above and all along the citystreets ,

M. M. D.

Since|190inhehome of famo us

Shoesvfor M e n ,Wo m e n a n d C h i l d r e n

When* March 21camejaround,it was hards for m e to believethat it was the first da y % ofspring! X dressed to suit thecalendar instead of ^the thermometer, [however, for springwas here! After one look atthe swirling snow flakes out

side though, I hastily dug mywinter clothes from the mothballs and put my summercottons back in the deepest cornerof the closet.

As the storm continued, Iwas positive someone h a dchanged the months on the calendar—for wasn't. spring supposed to be green? Where didtne beautiful white landscapefit in? I kept tellingmyselfthat it was just around the corner though, but soon even thecorner seemed far away.

When Easter morning dawned and 1 arrayed! myself in mywell-worn winter outfit, I haddefinitely lost all faith in thechange of seasons! For me thesun would never shine, forIhad to wear an oldoutfit onEaster Sunday instead ofmybeautiful new bonnet. Oh well,I thought, the people in Alaskahave a lot'in common with me—the only difference is thatthey live in ice houses and Istill live in the old conventionaltype.

Winter weather continued upuntil the day of my departurefor school. When I awoke that

morning, I knew I hadcon êdja severe!case of W d|.tagious disease knownm Thecal circles a s spring «v • oSsnow was gone,tne * ^ 0green, the sun was•hin»*birds were singing »"^

clothes? P u t then« t0

thekinff-

Mercyhurs t !girls were ^"- ore'Why , oh ,f w hy ââvm

have to be soherself in he i

takes u s wonproperly adorn o u» « ' M»-"s tepping out" and f° "i9T*\e,ture is no exception to jj ^Her dress must be J" ,r)ie

certain shade of Sr« of the1flowers in it must He r bon-most delicate shades.net must contain the j * * * \

number lot clouds upon^ ^ ,background as befits tiny •

And hof h e r prestige• ""- {r0ta t*e

children must ny M0W*South an d arrive * ^correct moment f^J fo t0 gHNature took a long sh e «s cmrive this year, buts Ûinly worth waiting**-



April 29, 1948

cftespectfully ûomittedIn the spring, a young man's fancy turn s to thoughts of . . . ..11 need I say more? Here atMercyhurst it's different; aside

rom the usual thoughts ofspring;and its consequences, the typi-i njercyhurst Girl is thinking of fond farewells and sweet re

membrances. For, in the past few weeks the Clubs have been giv-- uttle farewell part ies for th e Seniors—little golden links in

heir chain of memories.The English Club's last meetin g was ve ry colorful and spring

ke. Held in the C ommun ity Room, d ecorated w ith sprin g flowersnd pastel colors this meeting will long be remembered by theeniors for the garden ia fav ors, th e flickering candlelight, sweetongs, and memo rable t rib ute s."The Business Leaf," put out by the sophomore members ofG. A. has been dedicated to this ye ar's seniors to w ish th em

he best in health, luck, and happin ess. The O. G. A. has plannedparty for the seniors, with each depa rtme nt o ffering different

ributes. Certificates, with honor, w ill be award ed to those seniorswho recently took Gregg Shorthand Teacher's Examination, sponored by the New York office of Greg g Pu blishing Comp any. Thisroup will also f be presented with gift souvenirs from the Club.

A film will also be shown which will be of great interest to busiess majo rs. |Spring just wouldn't be Spring without the nods and becks and

wreathed smiles—and you'll see plenty of that on the delightedaces of thosef attending the Janus Club'sannual spring producon—the unforgettable "Jane Eyre," which stars Connie Schneid

r and A nneNickum under the excellent directionof Miss Maheu.Last week, when Spring Fever was atits fall time high, thert Cluhfhad its last meeting in honor of the seniors; it wasomplete with gypsies and a last will and testament. Elections

were held and nextyear's president is Mary Stanny.jHere's ahoice list of new s for the g oss ips : Marg e Claffey ,a!5Mercyhurstirl of last year, had a few of her black and wh ites on displayst week. The Erie artis ts exhibited th eir wo rk at the m useum ,nd we're glad tojhear that Marge's were among the best!The lucky winner of the lovely La Cro sse Set will be annou nced

y the raffle comm ittee at the nex t meetin g of the Sociologyeminar—which will also be the party for thejseniors. Not al l ofhe plansihave been made but I hear that these are quite secret .o news here for gossips ! t#Guess spring wouldn't be spring without its back-fence gossip!o—here's a spicy bit for them. The M. C. GleeClubHs going touffalo for the Canisius Spring Concert. The girls are also busyracticing for Bishop's \Day an d Commencement.!

The girls in the S. O. S. as well as the fashion designers inew York and Par is take ad vanta ge of this d elightful season toisplay their talents. The"new long look" predominated at theashion Show th e girls staged sat th e Bridg e-Tea, April 10. The. 0. S. is havi ng araffle—a good cause and a very good radio!uy a chance now! I hear d th at sev eral of the girls are going

o a Convention in P ittsbu rgh . W hy n ot let us in on the news ?Swinging lanterns, mazes, tacks, flour, water, (hey, Jean Ann?)

nd many other hectic thing s madelifei miserable a few weeksgo for m any girls at*the "exer cises" of the A. A.* initiation.ough, wasn't it?W. E. R. C. now has a new competitorforfthe Airwaves! The

uniors took over the, last meeting of the Science Seminar in th eorm of a very clever radio skit.The Modern Foreig n La ngu age Club has planned a very novelnd interesting idea for its{next meeting. Each language depart

ment will prep are a dish of the c ountry it r epres ents. The diner, with its(many varied and tempting dishes, isto|be followedy folk dances. This meeting will be the last and also honors theeniors. fSpeaking about conventions, and I was a couple of Clubsijago,eCe Jewell and Agn es Kalata were Merc yhurs t's and th e I. R.C.'s

epresentatives to the recent state convention of the I. R. C. We'reroud of<>the good work you did, girls. I 'd say you had a prettyreamy time in Philadelphia.)Attention,!gossips: Don' t youSloverat parties? Ask CeCe! % f I | | l

At its last m eetin g, the gir ls of t he I . R. C. discussed th e com—mg presidential election, pro and con. The president, accordingo the I. R. C. is Harold Stassen. Who knows? Perhaps they'reight!! \ \ I f - j. \ f fMy fever (sp ring ) isrising—so I'd better stop . Tha t's all the

Club news for now. See you lat er! !! P . S.

Atom Expla inedDr. Luther Gable, an in

tructor at the 1American Teleision Labo ratories! in Chicago,llinois, gave an interesting, ilustrated lecture, on March 11,n the topic, "Atomic Energy,

Radar, and Television ineace."Dr. Gable gave several strik-

n5 demonstrations of the qualm s of black light, which cannot be seen exceptwhen \ shonen radioactive|substances.* Th e

audience was very much amus-d as everyone's teeth glowed

the dark auditorium.Several startling^predictions

were brought out in his talk,on e oft which was his expectation that the next war will notbe an atomic war but a biological one. He mentioned futureuse of huge "atomic piles" as asource of power in place ofelectricity. He reminded usthat"You can get so far aheadof science that nobody believesyou. We are going to put thisenergyfto work inl industry, an dwe are going to be surprised

THE MERCIAD

GIRL OF THE MONTH

Kay Young

You'll find our MERCIAD"Girl of the Month" one of themost versatile girls on thecampus. K. A. Y. isi of couse,Kathryn Ann Young, a seniorday-hop history major.

The following gives us aglimpse into Kay's past, present, and future. She was president of h er class durin g herjunior year; a former secretary, and this year president ofthe I . R. C ; junior and! seniordelegate to the N. F. C. C. S.;and a member of theJ EnglishClub. Something to watch forwil l lbe her portrayal of "Mason" in "Jane Eyre."

A distinction Kay possessesis that of being one of Mercyhurst 's most "traveled" representat ives. While at tending ten"big and little" N. F. C. C. S.and N. S. A. conventions, Kayhas journeyed over five thousan d miles in six states.

lAmong Kay's favori te pastimes are her five-year-oldbroth er, Bill, spag hetti; dinnersat Trippe's, and telling ConnieSchneider abou t her convention experiences. Her favorite subject is philosophy. Shelikes dancing, jazz musicespecially Stan Kenton, andswimming. We'd say she's oneof the reasons why the ErieChamber of Commerce encourages tourists to visit the Peninsula during the summer.

Kay is looking for a summerof wedd ings. He r pet peeve isthat six senior day-hops will bemarried by July 16. When th e

term comes 'round| Kay be teaching?

"Definitely, anywhere they hirem e ! " Oh, to be in high schoolwith a teacher like our Kay!

fall schoolagain, will

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So Thi S

i s Spring!By Ruth Sterret t '34

The signs of spring are simplythese: f

A cold, la cough, a violentsneeze—Spring Fever.

The signs of spring are simplythose

Which show jiow fbadly yo uneed clothes—for Easter.

When movers come in with ashout,

And magazines for May areout,

Then you may know without a

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S p r i n g C h e c k u pThe Associated Collegiate Press passed this check-up for stu

dents along to us. It was proposed by a writer for The Oak Leavesof Manchester College,North • Manchester, Indiana.1 . Do you get to class on time always, and keep appointments ?2 . Are you neat and clean in appearance every day?3 . Do you attempt to be attentive and courteous in class, even

when the subject seems a 1 i ttle dull to you?4 . Do you have your lessons prepared every day?5 . Doiyou put forth special effort before expecting an "A"?6. Do you protest injustices to the professor courteously, in order

that he may remedy them, rather than complaining impotentlyto your roommate and the world at large?

7 . Do you refrain from conducting your priva te correspondenceand conversations in class?

Here's our own addition:8. Are you a classroom gum-chewer or lacquer-peeler?

R o m eG o e s . . .'< Paint my /future black—

shake the Stardust from myeyes—scare me with the dan

gers of ism ] after ism, bu t inthe name of Love leave mesome hope in the personalworth of my fellow man.

Dreadfully alarming is theincreasing rate at which theanticipation of and thejinevit-ability of another major war isbeing assumed among all levels,professions, and races of peop l e . What sort of world is it,what^kind of nation, whatbreed of § man are wet that candare to contemplate an evenmore terr ible struggle than thelast when we see our world,

staggered and fallen, thosen ations strapped and branded, these men wounded and

dead! 3:These feelings reached theircrisis and found their focus inRome on April!1 8 . Had the results of this} historic momentnot been what we had prayedfor, we w ould ha ve seen:: ourown fate as it wouldlhave beendepicted in time. Byron said itthus :"Wh ile the Colossium sta nds ,

Rome s tands .When the ^Colossium falls,

Rome falls,And when Rome falls—the

world." IL. G.

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ier Offier \Zkouqkts Now tha t we ' r e a l l back f rom

Eas te r vaca t ion we canr e m e mber, in sen t imen ta l moment s ,w h a t we did dur ing the holidays .

As we look aroun d us , we cansee sp r ing " b u r s t i n g " out allover in pre t ty Eas t e r bonne t swi th all th e r ibbons and f low

e r s , in pas t e l su i t s and p re t typ r in t s .The world keeps? getting

smaller and smaller. Thisoldadage,was proved by severalMercyhurs t g i r l s who globetrottedv during vacat ion. GerryR o c k visited, Philadelphiawhere , she says , the sea-foodis s t i l l " just wonderful ." Fo rtLaude rdale , and Miami Beachwelcomed Nancy, Corinne,andJ o a n n ; they t ruthful ly saythesun was shining in a l l i ts glory,though Joann did suffer asl ight case of su n 1 poisoning!Of course, I r is went to herhome in Tampa and took Anaas her guest—they both came

back looking l ike advert isements for a summer resort , too.Washington, D. C. ha s its special asset—the cherry blossoms

•in? full bloom just for Helenand Miriam.

With these af ter thoughtsofEaster s t i l l wi th us, we canlook toward Spring at Mercyhurst and al l i ts special 'events;then come the summer-months

swimming, s leeping, and,ofcourse, the summer jobs!

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TLiyk us t (Ploh

M e r c y h u rs t G irls o r e Talk in g A b o u t. . .th eas t e r vaca t ion . . . and those Easter bonnets "withall

f r i l ls upon i t ." . . . and how much fun two weeks can hold,Mercyhurs t G i r l s Are Ta lk ing Abou t. ... the Chris t ian-Demo

crat victory in I t a ly . . . president ia l candidate ,Stassen—leadi ng wi th the s tuden t s . . , the Foreign Assis tance Actof 1948,"America's answer to the chal lenge facing the free world". . .the coal s t r ike and the indictmentof Lewis . . . and s t i l l anotherwar—the War Aga ins t Cance r.

Mercyhurst Gir ls Are Talking About. . . Char

lo t t e Bron te ' s " JaneEyre"—and i ts being immortalized by the Janus Club. . . the Bridge-Tea, a social 'and financial success• . . t h e 8-Ball—which a lot of

i the seniors were behind during comprehensives• . •M ay Day—Its praye r s and p repa ra t ions• . . the|GleeClub's concert withCanisius—and singing for their

| supper, •- pMercyhurst Gir ls Are Talking About. . . Corinne Braun/s be

ing radiant with Flor ida sunshine. . . t h e newftennis courts—now the seniors canat l ea s t drive—tennis bal ls . . . t he r e tu rnof our val iant lady—Jeanne Ledoux . . . Betty Lou Cook, the leadin the Gannon play, "Our Town". . . Katy Weaver ' s i r r ep res s ib l egood humor . . . Shir ley Sommerhof's new home . . . the pauset h a t refreshes—our new water coolers .

Mercyhurst Gir ls Are Talking About. . . Jean Gibson 's romantic engagement—betcha t ha t ' s t he fbest

movie she's ever seen. . • Things looking "Rosie"fo r a next year 's Stu dent Counci l land "Pr aete r i ta". . . H . J. Walters , "Queen for a D a y " . . . Georgia

Imig's energy . . J the long and shortof i t—Wal-shie'sr vivacious'sma llness and Burnsie's poised tall-nes s . • . Sue Sardeson 'sclothes to match • • . 4:20Evie .

cute personal i ty — withoffee t ime with Art. an d

^Mercyhursttion to disc

The Erie Civic TheatreAs

sociation, which has offeredanumber of excel lent dramatizat ions this season, now presents"The J Late ;; George Apley."George S. Kaufman, the playwright , adopted the play fromth e 1937 jj Puli tzer Pr ize Novel lof the same name, wri t tenby§iJohn P. Marquand. The playha s -.proved popular with theaudience.

"The Late George Apley,"apurported memoir, of a self-satisfied Bostonian, has been described as an authentic piece ofAmericana. The gent le sat i redisplayed is applicable to actual conditions in the Hub.

Henderson Forsythe, ass is t

ant directorof

the Playhouse,plays George Apley, "the lifeof the par ty, a man who livedfast . and furious." This rolewas made famousby Le o G.Carrol l on Broadway and byRonald Colman in ! the movie.Margaret Loft portrays Catherine Apley,the^patient, charmin g and understanding wife.Pat Fowler plays the par tofEleanor Apley. Among otherPlayhouse favorites includedinthe cast are Phil ip Pruneau,Prank. Borgman, Ted Jo rdan ,Carolyn Coates, and• PatriciaSully. I |

Coming next is "Years Ago,"the gaye st comedy on Broad-

Jway in 1947, written by RuthGordon. The New York Postdescribes this hit as "A tender,gentle, sunny and graciouscomedy." You'll wa nt to seeboth of these productions.

# '< * 'K 'C. C.

Girls Are Talking About. . . England 's contr ibu-col lections—"Swing Low, Sweet} Clar inet". . .

Jud i th Ander son ' s supe rb po r t r aya lof Media . . . summer dressesand shorter t resses. . . the opening of the Cleveland opera seaso n . . . l inen and lace . . . sensat ional Nancy Walkerin "LookM a, I'm Dancin'"—and real ly does! . . . sa t in ankles r aps , adelicate echo |to t he ne w look. . , the husky voice of FrankieLane sweeping the country. . . that "crowning glory"—the h a tthat meets the hair- l ine. . . one ful l hour of S U S P E N S E .

Mercyhurst Gir ls AreTalking;About •> .{the arr iva l of sp r ing . . • t r i p s to th e penisunla and* ou r

own little island . . . pix and picnics—if it doesn ' tr a in , t ha t is • %k after graduat ion day.

Mercyhurst Gir ls Are Talking About. . j

Out All Over"—with weddings, graduat ions,. . . and the most significantdate—June 5.

" June ' s *Bus t ing 'part ies , vacat ions

C. S. and G . I F.

G a n n o n !P r e s e n t s' O u rT o w n 'The Gannon College Players

presented "Our Town" byThornton Wilder! on Saturday,evening, \ Apri l 24, in StrongVincent audi tor ium at 8:30 P.M. Miss Marg aret Dunn,anEnglish professor at GannonCollege directedit.

This -play ran two yearsonBroadway, s tarr ing MarthaScot t . "Our Town" is a symbolic play representing ordinary lafe without a l l |usual s tagepropert ies of real is t ic drama.The action takes place iniasmall New Hampshire townin1 9 0 4 . j; bi On Ray Cieslack, as the

s t age ! manage r,I res ted the responsibility of captur ing theaudience's attention and making them feel that they werep a r t of the play. Ann Kingston

and Irene Willis, a favorite ofthe theatergoers of the Er iePlayhouse,? were equally good.Andy Fabrizio portrayedthefavorite, George Gibbs. Han kRobasky and Warner Tobinmatched the performance!ofMiss Kingston and Miss Willis.Betty Lou Cook re-enacted Emily, bringing her back to lifefrom the grave. Agnes Kalatatook the por t of RebeccaGibbs, George's twelve-year-oldsister.

Others included in the cas twere: George Hayes, RichardCarlson, George Kahn, PeterLibra, Audrey Dudenhoeffer,Marvin Riddle, James Coyle,Jean O'Dell, |DeMara Hewit t ,Tom Heubel, Henry Runser,Robert Yadesky, and RogerStowe. S. M. M.

April 29,1948

Philosophy DepartmentH onors St. T ho m as AquinasStudents f rom the Depar t

m e n t of Philosophy of Mercyhurst Col lege, under the direc-tionôf M r. Donatelli^presentedthe third annual programinhonor St . Thomas AquinasonMarch 10, in the col lege audito r ium.

Marga re tintroductionwhich waspar t s .

The"The

stanceT h o m a s '

Rigardto thedivided

gave theProgram,

into two

f i rs t par t was entitledEternal Vision." Con-]

Finch presentedbelief that "

BOOK REVIEW

'She W* ars jie> fawn

of 7A orns

By Rev. O. A. BoyerThis unusual s tory wri t ten

by Rev. 0. A. Boyer centers| abou t a Canadian gir l namedi Rose Ferron. "Li t t le Rose" was

the tenth of the fifteen children her motherjhad prayed forto honor each mystery of therosary. Rose 's mystery was theCrucifixion.

Little Rose was a mystic ."Her perfect union with Chris tsparkled with grace and produced marvelous phenomenaEofbody and soul." She experienced ecstats ies at the age fofthree, and at thi r teen she became ill and thereafter enduredgreat suffer ings. Thes t igmata ,or the m a r k s of Our Lord 'swounds, appeared on her hands,feet, heart, shoulder and face.These included the m a r k s ofthe flagellation, of the crown ofthorns, and of the wounded faceof Our Lord. \M

Little Rose is;not a characterin a story. She is real i ty. Hersufferings w ere witnessedbythousands, and s the miracles shewrough t are too numerous tomention. Her philosophy forsuffering is well worth remembering: "Grind up all yoursuffer ings in the mill of patienceand silence*; mix them with thebalsam•of th e. Passion of theSavior, make them intoa smallpill and swallow it with faithand love and the fire of Chari-

_myou can

not enjoy all good unless youcome to the source of allgood."Marian McLean, speakinga-bout "The Saints andTheirRuler," showed how oursoullis perfected when it is subjectto God. Aud rey Welther gaveto the audience? this impressivetruth, "Unhappy is the manwho knows many things,butdoes not know Thee." I

Du ring the second part of the!program entitled, "TheContemporary Look," MaryForche.]Theresa Rowbottom, KathleenRalill, Mary Alice% Hoerbelt,Lucille Gasper, andRosemaryGuin nane gav e th e great philosopher's true belief'sconcerning Jthe vir tue of modesty. A-mong the many profoundthoughts presentedweregthese:,"Wholesome pleasureis a necessity, for just as our body,needs rest, so des our soul."|W e .great our soul by pleasure,and "By knowing the truth menbrought closer Ito God." M. B.

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ty will digest it ."read "SheEveryone can

Wears A Crown of Thorns." Itis simply written and presents

a vivid picture of a t ruly heroic girl.• The author did not intend this book to bea great l i terary work, but he wished toconvey to us the marvels ofRose's life. This he does sobeautifullyI t h a t her life liftsthe reader to spiritual heights.

? I I D. M.

H 1 9 ^MY BOYFRIENDg| My boyfriend is namedNam-reh, $ which is | just Herman

| spelled backwards. Thoughalljwould not call him-handsome,he is still"the best boyfriend agirl ever had. I

He is such>a good boy—every ione approves of him; he isal-1ways willing to bring me toschool, to run errands{for me*y e s , there isj hardly a thingNamreh wouldn't do for me.

iUnlike most of the oppositelsex, he never gives mea moments worry. I often allow himw jgo rid ing wit h other girls andnever feel the least bitjealousif he hugsithem going through

V& dark |woods. When he is auslicked up ina new bluecoat, Ican hardly keep my eyesoh i m . ] \i i

He is an escort with whom jany girl would be proud to

seen and although he doesnsmoke or dance, I often dei«a? bi t of alcohol on his *>re**"especially on the cold moings. .. .. 0lle|> Even though hehas J* 1*bad habit, I am still deeply Jlove with him—after all, nmy car, tiand I shall love ^till he turns to rus t

IN MEMORIAMThe student body of Mercy

hurst wishes to extend sinceresympathy to Margaret Dease,

Eileen Ignasiak and CarolKeane on their recent bereave

ment.

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