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^ C h i n e s e StudentsH | T h e old [ say i ng , "E as t is E a s tI a n d We st i s i We st , a n d n ' e r t h eI twain shall meet ,") h a s | pr ov e dI to b e t h e e xc e p t i on / r a t he r t han t h e I r ii le t h er e j a t M e r c y h u rs tI t h i s se me s t e i . We n ow hav eI wi th us t w o C h i n e s e ] s t u d e n t s ,I Aileen Y u e h , ofTi e n t s i n , C hi na ,I an d M a r g e r y Y a n g of S h a n g h a i .g |X Before Jcoming I to the S t a t e sI f o u r t m o n t h s f a g o , t h e y j w e n t l t oI c ol le g e ! in S C hi na . I Aileen li s a| H ome Ec . f s t ude n t an d s t ud i e d; a t | t h e * C at hol i c Uni v e r s i t y fi n: Pefc|ng, w h i l e f h e r cousin, Marg e r y , ? an accomplished pianist ,a t t e nde d f t he ^N a t i ona l C onse r v a t or y^ of Mus i c in S h a n g h a i .The y bot h^s t ud i e d E ng l i sh whi lein; school in t he i r na t i v e s landand can^sp eajkj i t f luenfi iy.MS: 1 T h e y * e n j o y M t r a v e l i n g * a n d

t h o u g h t h e i r t t r i p to 4 , T n e ; i | c aw a s ^ a ' t h r i l l i n g , e x p e r i e n c e . A i leen, af ter seeing '? M a r g e r y offi n Shang ha i , f l e w to t h e Uni t e dS t a t e s in t h r e e 3 d a y s f a n d | m e th e r t a g a i n ! at t h e j d o c k j a f t e rM a r g e r y h a d spe n t a lmost t w owe e ks > a t 3 s e a . V ; ^ j ^ p B ^ S S ^ S ^ 5 'V,, America s e e m s I to a b e muc ht h e ^ same titei C h i n a ] t o A i l e e n |a n d M a r g e r y . S h a n g h a i yis t h e |N e w Y o r k f of I C hi na , * and( t h e |g i r l s s a y t h a t o u r smal le r t ownsand c i t i e s a r e n o t v e r y d i f f e r e n tf r om t hose in C h i n a . | j n F | ^ r a ... We we lc ome A i le e n a n d M e r -g e r y * t o - l M e r c y h u r s t | a n d I;hope ^t he y wi l 1 * soon i l e ar n# t o J lov e i t as we do . ^smaSt^iWmSS^si

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IJuniors Sponsor B B S B BJ^^ Courtesy Campaign^ B O n 1 Feb ruary 12 J the { jun iorclass in i t ia ted the annual Cour tesy Cam paign , l i t is I the ir J a imt o j m a k e ! the l g ir l s m ore consc ious o f the jn ice t ie s o f |g rou pand social}lite. ^ ^ H ^ H H | ^ H B The Ico-chairmen tare I Rosem a r y G u i n n a n e a n d f M a r i a n A n d r e w s , a n d t h e y a r e a s s i s t e d t b yt h e e n t i r e j u n i o r c l as s . ^ ^ H ^ HB T he { d i s p l a y s a r e ! c l e v e r ar-r a n g e m e n t s of stuffed animalswith appropr ia te m ottos a t tached . |A n e w ? p o s t e r ^ i l l u s t ra t i n gsom e phase of t h e c a m p a i g n a p pe ars hrf the {College Hall leachW e d n e s d a y a n d ! F r i d a y . |I The cam p aign w il l be c l im axedM arch |17 wi th anlassem bly program in the audi tor ium fo l lowin g the g e n e r a l t h e m e .

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W r i t i n g Staff: B e t t y G o r m a n , ^ J e a n n e L e d o u x , J Polly Slater, Ceci l leJ e w e l l , M i r i am G e m p e r l e , N a n c y W h e l an , M a r y E . S t a n n e y , P a t r i c i a ! W a l k e r ,A g n e s K a l a t a , C o n n i e S c h n e i d e r , D o r o t h y M a l o n e y . G e r a l d i n e F a r r e l l , M a r g a r e t BodenschatzB u s i n e s s Staff: M a r g a r e t R i g a r d , A n n N i c k u m , J e a n n e L a w l e r ,| R a t a j c z y k , A n n K e n n e d y , J e a n O ' N e i l , E l a i n eM a r y H e l e n " K e n n y .

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aft er ano ther, convincing hindcelf of the insufficiency of Na-|t u r a l i s m , untilj at last his r jerentf spiri t and good common]sense led him to the true church]of the past, present and future]jh-The C atholic Church. IThe writ ing s of* this great!cha mp ion of t he Catholic faith ja re *a priceless record of hi]philosophy and beliefs. Kath-ei ine Burton says, "It is a pity jthat his books with their ntighjty messages st i ll fresh and true,ga the r d ust w here lesser menare s t i l l r ead."T his pa ssa g e from his volume, "Development and Moals," demonstrates the wsdomof th is g re at American philo-sopher :"Indeed, what most offends jth!s ageperhaps all agesjan d for w hich it h as the greatest horror, is duty or1obedience; |fo r duty impl i es Ithat we areI no t ou r ow n, an d are not freeto dis po se of ourselves as weplease; and obedience implies a jsu pe rior, who has the fright toord er u s. It, therefore, sets its 1w its to work and racks itolbrain to invent a morality that Jexcludes duty , andl exacts nosu ch ha tef ul th n g as obedience.It has foun d that it is far nobler to do a thing because wea re ^prompted to it y ,hearts, than because __His law, commands HH?more moral to act to pi *ours elv es, than it is to acplease God. lfiii |-Cer ta inly , leve ls the tW.ing of the lawjtut it is .jsent iment . I t is * ' f / ' Vthe rat ional soul, yielded oy ;

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"light" a n d s er io u s a r t ic l es a n dh a ve h o n es t l y t r ied to ch o o s es u b j e c t s t h a t w o u l d i n t e r e s t t h e

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t u r n t h e p a g e s a n d s t u d y t h e s t a n t t r a g e d y i n w h i ch e v e r ycloseup o f th is l i t t l e gro u p . T h e m a n p l a y s a p a r t .T 1 I 1 M I IT TI I U I T IT I I I I I I4 Mount Upward; Heaven Is Woril| By Prayer9

During the Lenten S eason much emphasis i s p laced, and r igh t lyso, on fast ing , "abstinence , and se l f -denial . We could no t t rulyshare in the spi r i t o f Lent i f we d id no t par t ic ipate in th i s way.We must a lso , however , round out our sp i r i tual life wi th theposit ive complements of these actsmore e a r n e s t p r a y e r andmedi ta t ion.At Mercyhurst th i s year we have the pr iv i lege o f jo in ing wi ththe fai thful all over the world fwhen we r i se a t noon, whereverwe are , to send the beaut i ful "Angelas" and our prayer for wor ldpeace winging to Heaven. Le t us make th i s dai ly ac t a s ign o four devo t ion. Let'ifhave every corridor echoing the plea for peace .L e t ' s a l l p r a y .

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spec t i n the i r way o f observing this preparation for Eas ,A.hof the Passion of Christ . M ost youn g people, l ike SustfW^ ^ |their reasons for their part icular choice o f abstinence ^ n f jhe r s , not only foolish, bu t selfish. To abstain from personal *' jsuch reasons as advantage to their health, or tne atj0n * Jtractiveness or their pocketbooks is certainly a l ,y in t*1 . jgreat love for Christ or of a desire to follow sine ^ y g $ _Jown small way the fast ing of Christ for those to ...n i g h t s . I . vWhat Can L ent Be to Her7 bIame n lb c a m P ,e o *

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|1N MEMOMAM]The facul ty and s tud ents wishto extend the i r s incere sympathy to Frances Rossi on thedeath of her father.

I Perhaps present -day youth i s no t so much toI t i s constant ly confronted a t every jturn wi ^ ft JIWJ Ji r reverence and d i srespect for anyth ing BaV0 ^ . - . . t u o u s *s ^ d" H i t *

" h o l in es s ." T o b e i r rev eren t i s " s lick " ; to b e videlU> erate j *fashioned." In all seriousness, however, a mote ^ it & {and ***!& &profound appreciation of the Lenten season * ^ te $ v * 1 e ?is not impossible. If that is accomplished, the des wm fcfollow. Begin this season withou t frivoli ty, with CDper i ence a deeper I and more satisfying relat ion

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Seated is Joann Knapp, Q ue e n of ;t he Sophonade. Standing. to iviare her attendants Jean .Brauch, Catherine* Weaver, Eveatrick. Margaret Rigard and Georgia Imig.

By Margaret BodenschatzA Son to care for, and to love,This Golden Child of f Virginbirth;But I mu st share you, Of MyS o n ,With all of heaven and all ofearth.

F o r g i v e me for this lowly cave,Forgive n e for this bitter cold;I would have had You born, myL o v e ,A mi d mag ni f i c e nc e un t old .Known only t o a humble few,The Father's Gracious Son,You come to ! pardon and tosave;Your will and His are one.And though You share a poorman's lot,One g i f t abov e a l l o t he r sI g i v e t o You, dear Foster So nMy wife to- be Your Mother.n

Ann Mathews, an (excellent

-\modest*vMercyhurs# Colhad/aHerddle horse, Linda H ighland,she*' was eleven

^?he w asChet in several important

oneL_,secondthird; the Erie Countyr at Hamburg, N ew Y ork,which she wo n fifty -five do l(the formal eve

show); t he Pe k i n HorseLindas in the

prize, and Chet, in theg first prize lag ain ; and thear Cliff H orse Show near

Ann's most ^recent exhibitionNiagara ; County Fairaond ribbon. She won first

es' Saddle H orse and H orseClass.Ann assum es none of th e honr for these accomplishments.o did the work," she says.

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Connie was born ^and raisedin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.She'st a senior at? Mercyhu rstCollege who attends StudentCouncil meetings and is art editor of the year-book ; w ho glovesdancing and!collects stamps. Inlots of ways, Connie is like anyother American college girl. Injust* as \ many ways , she 's dif-ferent.Connie seemed surprised whenI asked her for an interview."Why Tr.ie, for heaven's sake:Pm certainly not a celebrity, aballerina, ^a bareback rider^ or

a Broadwayi star."N o , I admit that right now,except w i t h her many friendsat home and at Mercyhurst-whoare captivated by a sincerecharm and a sparkling wit, sheisn't very famous. But thebeautiful mural, painted on thewall of our college lounge isalmost a promise that somedayshe will be.For something that took somuch of someone's time (about300 hours to be exact), C onni emakes^very little of her achievement. She would rather talkabout Stan Kento's "After

Y o u , " the books of A. J. Cro-

n i n , or her favorite foodsteakwith French! fries."I got the idea for my murallast summer when I was studying at Carnegie Tech," Conniet o ld me . "We had to work outan entire fproblem using onesingle medium of expression. Ichose hands to portray "MyDay." \To me a gesture of thehand can s u g g e s t the wholem a n , hi s moods, h i s ag e , hi ss t a t e - i n l i f e , e v e n h i s likes anddislikes."

Connie's mural, "A Day att Mercyhurst," i s a s t udy i n e x

c i t i ng bright colors and realistic facial express ions. There isa spontaneous l ightheartednessc onv e ye d by th e girls pictured,that readily suggests the fulland happy college life Conniewanted to portray.Connie glows when she chatters about the work she wouldlike p do after graduation. Shewould like /to be as goodfa ma -magazine il lustrator as JonWhitcomb whom she admiresbecause "of the enchanting, out-of-tins-world quality of his illustrations." Later she may goto school,and comlbine her training in fine arts with commercialphotography. G. F.

T h e B u l l e t i n B o a r d S p e a k sI thought I'd drop y ou an -other little note to tell you thatthe spirit has picked up aroundMercyhurst. You know, I have-n't heard one-fourth the amountof complain ing . that reachedmy ears several weeks ago. Iwish you'd congratulate thestudents on t he i r superb comeback and urge them\to keep upthe fine school spirit.I guess that meeting withSister Mary Esther, Dean of

Residence, helped a lot. I reallydon't think the students realizedthat they weren't the only oneswho had complaints. They weretalking about the new systemof late lights under the supervision of a senior proctor, too.It really makes l ife a lot easierwhen you: know you've got thatextra hour in the evening ifyou happen to ne e d it .By the w a y , I c ould he ar a

grand old pep ' m e e t i n g g o i n gon d o w n in t h e g y m t h e otherday and I t h o u g h t t o myself,

" T h o s e k i d s really h a v e b u i l tup a roaring school spirit."Muc h t o my d i smay, I foundou t t h a t t h a t w as t h e S e m i n a r yg i v i n g o u t w i t h t h e o l d " F i g h t ,T e a m , F i g h t ! " T h e C o l l e g e h a so v e r t h r e e . ti m e s as m a n y s t u d e n t s . Pve b e e n wondering ift he y c an ' t sur pass t ha t r e c or dse t by t he " S e m s . " ;;J u s t o n e o r t w o o t h e r t h i n g sbe f or e I sign off this timeIw i s h s t u d e n t s would remove thenotices they put up over myface after t h e y ' v e b e e n therefor the t h r e e day limit. Afterall, I like a c h a n g e of c os t umeoccasional 1 y, t o o .

The other dav I saw one ofifth e Sisters p a s s by w i t h b o t har ms loade d wi t h books and notone girl offered a h e l p i n g h a n d .Y ou know c our t e sy doe sn ' t c os ton e c e n t , bu t it p a y s off h u g ed i v i d e n d s in the e n d . L e t ' s re member t h i s as a p a r t i n gt h o u g h t . Y o u r Bulletin Board

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On jr.ws rOBy Cynthia McMahonWouldn't it be terrible if one were color-blind an d couldn't tellthe difference between R ac he l BROWN a n d M a r y An n B L ACK ? ?. . . and so bitter as to not se e that Paula is truly S W E E T a sher n a m e s u g g e s t s ? ? A nd so ambi g uous t o t h i nk t ha t D or i sW R I G H T i s n e v e r wr o n g ? ? We 'r e c omf or t e d , howe v e r , i n knowi n g t h a t C a r o l i s r e a l l y K E A N E and Be t t y Lou c an COOKthath el p s , bu t w h y c a n ' t P a t t y b e JACK?? ..> j

1 t h i nk Ev e lyn Me ldon has mor e c lot he s t ha t any H al le mannequin ha s . . . Rita Robie ha s more c ous i ns t ha t Adam or Ev e had. . . M ildred C orrell has more time to spend in the library t h a nthe new b o o k , " R u n n i n g W a -ters," has had ; and Betty Gor man c an spe e d t hr oug h t e s t sf as t e r t han A r i s t o t l e c ould . (Noe x a g g e r a t i o n h e r e . O h N o ! )S p e e d y recovery wi she s a r espeedily se n t f r om us t o Mi ssD e mi l i ng whom a r e c e n t i l lne ssconfined to her home.

We lc ome wi she s a r e e x t e nde d t o Ju l i e Hahn who j o i ne dthe f r e s h m a n r a n k s t h i s s e m e s t e r . T h e J a n u s C l u b h a d achance t o me e t he r be f or e t h i syear w h e n t h e y w i t n e s s e d h e rperformance i n " D e a r R u t h " .and"Stage Door" shown a t T h ePlayhou se . A he ar t y we lc ome ,t o o , t o A i le e n Yue h and Margery Yang , who c ome t o Me r c y h u r s t from th e Orient.

A nd my sympat hy g oe s t o a l lwho as ye t hav e not r e c ov e r e dfrom the m i d - s e m e s t e r r e p o r t s .T h e n e w " s w i t c h joke" i s be c omi ng q u i t e popular and he r ear e a f e w of t he la t e s t :Di d yo u he ar abou t t he t u r t l e w h o w a n t e d t o b u y a " p e o p l e n e c k " s w e a t e r , t h e p i g w h owant e d t o buy some "p i c k le dpe ople s ' f e e t , " or t he a l l i g a t orwho want e d a "pe ople - sk i n hand

bag? J \ $jfH e r e ' s t h e u s u a l t y p e !M ur phy I c a ll my a lar mc loc k "Mac b e t h. " v *.]F i t z " W h y ? "M u r p h y B e c a u s e " M a c b e t hd o t h m u r d e r s l e e p . "T he first w o m a n w a s p r o b a b ly c a l l e d Ev e be c ause sheb r o u g h t a n e n d t o A d a m ' s p e r f e c t day."What i s wor se t han be i ng -o l d a n d b e n t ? " T" B e i n g y o u n g a n d b r o k e . "K A. M.

The Brown RoomWe ar e a l l f ami l i a r wi t h t he"Blue " and "Gr e e n" soc i a li ooms, bu t hav e you he ar d oft he "Br own Room?" I t i s lo -cated on the third f loor by thes t a i r s ; and a l t houg h i t is a bi tsmaller t han t he o t he r r ooms,i t i s j us t as popular with t h eg i r l s .L a u g h t e r , c h a t t e r , a n d s o m e t i me s t e ar s a r e he ar d a t a l lt i me s of t he day as you passby t h i s f amous r oom. Ev e nt houg h t he c olor sc he me i s notv e r y c he e rf u l , and t he f u r n i t u r enot a t a l l c omf or t ab le , t he"Brow n R ooomi" is almost always oc c up i e d .One mor e h i n t and t he n I ' l lte ll you the off icial t i t le of "ther oom. " Your s i lv e r wi l l maketh e brown mor e c he e r f u l . Tha t ' slight!A n i c ke l wi l l make th en e w " p h o n e b o o t h " w o r k !. K. \ A . M .

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Joann Knapp (1.) and Mercedes Baumbeck (r.) attend ConnieSchneider, Queen of the Winter Carnival.

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