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Eight N e w M e m b e r s Join FacultyMercyhurst College this falladded eight new members to itsfaculty.Father Julian, a Benedictinepriest, comes to Brie from BelmontAbbey, Belmont, ? North Carolina.He I studied at Catholic Uni-verstiyf of America, Washington,D . C. and is teaching philosophyand freshman theology.Sister M. Francesca obtainedher B achelors D egree f r omNew York University. Sister isreplacing Sister M. Regina in theBusiness D epartment and as thesophomore Dean of Residence.Sister M. Matthew is teachingorganic chemistry and freshmnnscience. She studied at Cornell University and MercyhurstCollege and has a Master's inmathematics from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master'sin physical science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst i tuteJTroy,

New York. Sister is also Deanof Residence for the juniors.Both Sister Matthew and SisterFrancesca come to Mercyhurstfrom St. Austin\s High School inPit tsburgh.In the Hum anities' D ivision,Miss Schaefer hasfbee n added tothe English staff. She is agraduate of the University ofMinnesota and has taught at theCollege of St*. Teresa in Winona.Also among the new faces Is Mr .Joseph Tascone, a part timeteacher of sociology. Mr. Tasconeis regularly on the faculty ofGannon College and has donegraduate work towards his doctorat e at' St. Louis University.Mrs. Mildred Brown is a newinstructor in the history department. She graduated from St.Elizabeth College, received herM. A. degree from Columbia University and has done graduate

work at the University of Pittsburgh. For | the past two years,Mrs. Brown has been teaching atCathedral High School in Pit tsburgh. Previously she was on thefaculties of Takushima and Kaga-wa Universities in Japan.Replacing J Miss Patrizio in thephysical education department isMiss 'Sedney, a I960-graduate ofSlippery Rock Teachers College,Slippery Rock, Penna. Last yearshe t'aught in the Warren HighSchool.The eighth new member of thefaculty is D r. Florence Berger whois supervising the elementaryeducation students who arefpractice teaching. D r. Berger ha sserved in many teaching and administrativeleapacities. For manyyears she was an elementaryschool principal. D r. Berger obtained her doctor's degree fromthe University of Pittsburgh.

^ke ME RC1ADVOL. XXXIII, NO. 1 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, ERIE, PENNA. October 4, 1961Drama By Logan Controversial "Worker" EditorNow Rehearsal j 0 Appear Here OctoberTh e Mercyhurst'?Drama Societywill present Joshua Logan's TheWisteria Trees this fall. It is theAmercan version of the RussianClassic, The Cherry Orchard, byAnton Chekhov.In this story of the decadent*Andree family of Louisiana, theauthor makes an analogy betweenthe emancipation of the Russianserf in 1861 and the emancipationof the American slave in 1863.The Andree family is unable totake care of itself and thus fallsvictim of its own inertia when the"white trash" evolve into "nou-veau riche".

On October 11, Mercyhurst College will present to its students,D orothy D ay, editor of the con-troversal Catholic Worker as wellas one of the most extra-ordinarywomen of our t imes. Herldedi-

\Jde to afmDorm StudentClose your window, shut yourdoor.Grab your blanket from the floor.Find the stairs , hurry down.Make this fire drill best in town!

D r am a Club at work.Among the members of theMercyhurst D rama Club, (newlychristened "Greensleeve Players")who will take part are: ColleenMcCafferty las Lucy Andree,Kathy Lynch as Antoinette, SueCutter as Martha, Helen Bundyas Cassie, and Maryanne Grandeas D olly Mae, all members of theAndree household.Bill Zimmer holds the male leadin the person of Gavin Andree,Lucy's brother. Other players include Jim Brown, Jim Moske,Tom Breese, Mike Winseck,Chuck

Font, and Gary Hamlin.The production staff includes J.Fiorvanti, R. Gazarick, B. Mc-Gough, P. McMullen, K. Dwyer,M. Winsick, M.lpZ.Nashf

Modem ValueTo Be Probed

"Factorstin a living Christianity" is the topic chosen, by Michaelde La Bedoyere for his lecture, toiMercyhurst students on Sunday,October 22.Count de la Bedoyere, a member of an old family in Brittanybut of English descent, was educated at Stonyhurst. He received

his M. A. degree at*Oxford, wherehe was graduated with first classhonors in philosophy, politics, andeconomics. He is also one of thetwo English members of the Ma-lines Union, the internationalCatholic Union of Social Studies.Since 1934 Michael de la Bedoyere has|been the editor of theLondon Catholic Herald. Duringhis editorship, the paper hasgrown to one of the largest religious weeklies, and it is nowrecognized as an important national publication.Mr. de la Bedoyere has writtenseveral books, including biographies of Lafayette and W ashington.His books on religion and politicsinclude: The Drift of Democracy,

Christian Crisis, Christianity, inthe Market Place, and No D reamers Weak. He is, in addition, aregular contributor to both secular and religious magazines.

cation to the poor has dominatedher life and made her a veryoutspoken Catholic.While attending the Universityof Illinois, Miss D ay became in -terest'ed in social movements. Sheleft school to become a reporteron the New York Call, a Socialistdaily, and was converted from aninterested conservative to a rad i cal defender of [the rights of thecommon man. A staunch supporter of I.W.W.fl Miss D ay upheldtheir stand in the magazine, TheMasses, which she edited afterleaving Call.After the collapse of TheMasses in 1917, she became involved in the suffragist movement.As a result of a picketing displayat the White House at this time,she received a short prison term.Believing writing to be awasteful wartime occupation, MissD ay became a probationer atKing's Hospital in New York especially to help th e poor. Duringthe twenties, she wrote in Europe.On her return to the U. S., MissD ay, influenced by two friends,became Catholic.Her interest fin social justicewas united with her devotion tothe Church. With Peter Maurin, aFrench writer, she began in 1933,the Catholic Worker, from whichthe movement was evolved. Due toher approval of Castro's movemen t in Cuba, Miss Day ha s beencalled upon to defend the paper'stitle as Catholic. She has donethis by maintaining that since theNew York Chancery approves ofthe name, others shouldn't object

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Nevertheless her usual pacifisticviews, so unlike her approval ofthe Cuban revolution, have beenquestioned by Catholic and non-Catholic alike. Dorothy D ay believes, however, that, as a Catholic leader, hailed by some, declaimed by others, she is promoting social reform. Miss Day willpresent1 her ideas to Mercyhurstduring her visit to the campus.

New faculty memb ers: Miss Schaefer, MrsMiss Sedney get acquainted. f JBF Brown, Sr. Matthew and

Sister M. CarolynNew Executive PositionSister M. Carolyn, a memberof the Mercyhurst College facultyfor the past twenty years, hasbeen appointed to the position of

&Ue*ulcviOctober4Alumnae Card Party10Mother Borgia's Feast D ay11Lecture by D orothy Dayl15Freshman Investiture18Cambridge D ebators22Lecture by Michael de laBedoyere29Opening of Forty Hours Devotion

Advisory BoardConsists of 17

The formation of a Lay Advisory Board for Mercyhurst wasannounced during trie annualAlumnae Weekend, September8. 9, and 10.Sister M. Carolyn, Vice-President of the college, made the announcement of the new organization which held its'first meeting here Tuesday, September 26.Members of the board from Erieare: Ra y Mauer, Attorney JamesD wyer, Florence Murray, LelandBerry, William Keller, Dr. Carl B.Lechner, B. J. Walker, Rose Weber, and Mary Catherine Lieb,president' of Mercyhurst CollegeAlumnae Association and ex-officio members.Other members are Ralph Guy-ton, and Guy Miller of Pittsburgh;John Natili, Butler; Clifford Egan,Sharon; Robert Calhoun, andRichard Wehle, Buffalo; PaulKlempay, Youngstown, Ohio; andAttorney Catherine D urkin, Cleveland, Ohio.Investiture DaySetFor 185 Freshmen

Sunday, October 15, is the d ateset for the investiture of 185freshmen. The ceremony? officially signifies the participation ofthese new students in the Mercyhurst academic community.On behalf of itheir class thefreshman officers will accept theiracademic caps. The senior president will then give a welcomespeech, and the freshman classpresident, a response.Immediately after the Investiture Ceremony, a tea will be heldin the dining room for the freshman and their parents.

executive vice-president.Sister Carolyn is a graduate ofMercyhurst Seminary and receivedher A. B. degree from MercyhurstCollege. After study at the University of M innesota, Sister received her M . A. Degree. She received her Ph. D . from th e University of Notre Dam e, and lastsummer served as guest professorof organic chemistry at NotreD am e.A member of the MercyhurstCollege chemistry department.Sister Carolyn has taught bothchemistry and biology. Sister isalso a member of the AmericanChemical Society and has contributed to her field by publishingarticles in the Journal of OrganicChemistry and the Journal of theAmerican Chemical Society.The purpose of the .newly created office is to provide an administrator to assist the President.Mother M. Loretta, in the multipletasks resulting from the expansionof the college.Primar ily Sr . Carolyn will/ dealwith long range planning in regard to improving the college'spresent' facilities. One of Sister'schief concerns will be to workclosely with the Lay AdvisoryBoard, which has just been inaugurated^ as an essential asset tothis planning program. Sister alsoforesees some curriculum changesemphasizing the fine arts.Sister will also preside over faculty meetings and representMercyhurst at college conventions.Debate Topic:American AlliesOn October 18, Mer cyhurst College will host a crack debatingteam from Cambridge UniversityEngland. The two gentlemen participating are Leon Brittain andD avid Saunders.Both men are twenty-two yearsof age and highly credited members of the Cambridge D ebatingUnion Society. They will debate"Resolved that America needsher allies more than they needher." The men will be split onthe issue, Mr. Brittain being affirmative and Mr. Saunders,negative.MT. Brit tain is aspiring t*o acareer as a -barrister-at-law. In hisspare time he enjoys playingrugby fiver and watching an occasional game of cricket. Mr.Saunders hopes to be a teacher,but he too has interests inclusiveof houseboats and townplanning.

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Left-wing LeadershipI The National Students' Association, at itsconvention last summ er, passed fa resolutioncalling for the abolition of the House Committee on UnAmerican f Activities, and ayear ago, this same organization commendedthose Japanese students who rioted againstPresident Eisenhower's proposed visit totheir country. These actions indicate thatthe national ^leadership of N.S.A. isf left-wing, a contention supported!by the Sep

tember 9 issue of National Review.N.S.A., in the words oft its 1959-1960national president, is not a representativeorganization. On the national level, it is controlled by a small core of students who promulgate their own views rather than thoseof the general membership. Nevertheless, tothe majority of American people, this legislation of the upper echelon is supposedlyrepresentative of the think ing in colleges anduniversities throughout the nation. | y |I Mercyhurst is a member of N.S.A. Yet itis apparent that on the national level itsviews and those of other small colleges receive no acceptance. Many of the decisionsof the national leadership of the organizationare directly opposed to the ideals of this col-lege, but M ercyhurst lends them credence bycalling itself a member school. MSeveral things can be done by those of uswho oppose this type of leadership. (1)D iscuss the problem w ith other studen ts,and express our viewsfto our campus N.S.A.delegates. (2) Let our feelings on this matter be known to this paper through lettersto the editor. (3) Interest other colleges inthis question, and! band together to fightleft-wing activities in this organization. JCommunism is a menace to every American. When it invades an organization suchas N.JS. A., it is time that college students,whom it then affects directly, rise against it.

love - A StudentVirtueLove is . the crux of all life, and especially of student life. Forlthe aim of the student!is acquisition of knowledge that will mold!him in the image of God. God is love. So,while|developing|his Christ-life the studentis developing his love life.This love is beneficial to the student personally because nothing is so enriching andfulfilling as charity. This is not the charityof the welfare agency or community fund,but the realization of personal worth anddignity through^ the intellect and spirit.A life of generosity giving rise to serviceis the result of this awareness. In the alertstudent there is evidence of a real willingness to grapple with the problems at handand in itiative? to perform positive a cts. Heis involved snot only in personal, academicand spiritual problems, but also in thoseof the community. His zeal in promotingthe D ebate Team, the Sodality, N.F.GC.S.,or his studies is directed by a knowledgethat these activites are a part in the perfection of himself and his fellow students.The truly charitable student is|not self-seeking. Instead, he endeavors to fill his lifewith all that is good, naturally and super-naturally. In order to know what is good,fhehas the courage to seek the Truth. Sometimes he must defend the ^truths he hasdiscovered, but in this defense the truestudent is not intolerant. He strives to understan d th e oth ers' poin t of view, and if itis faulty, or he thinks it so, the student explains his reason. If the student himself iswrong, in justice he acknowledges his mistakes.Love is the mark of a true student. For he,in striving to perfect his intellect, comescloser to an actual realization of| ultimateTruth, which he grows to love as his knowledge increases.

An Ounce Of E tceteraBy Annie Lepkowski

Click-Click, Click-Clicknot acamera shutter, just a studentteacher, proceeding down thewooden corridor to ninth gradehomeroom 206. Amid the generalstampede toward classrooms, raised eyebrows and wise remarksalready assure jjher of a "good"response, a necessity in the teacher-student relationship. However,Miss Wales swallows her smile andlooks straight ahead\with a^faceseemingly chiseled out of stonelike the halls around her."Whycouldn't teachers wear somethinginconspicuouslike sneakers?"

"Here's 204. 206 should beright over there.Oops, excuseme , Mr.|McDonald, ildidn't knowthis was the broom closet. Well,I won't stop you from rinsing themop, bu t Where's room 206?"One minute and ten wrongturns later, Miss Wales is makingher grand entrance."No, I'm notMr. Bonabee. D o I look like him?He should be here in one moment.Pamela, why are youf kickingPercival under the seat? Be a lady.Genevieve, I am sure I want tobe a teacher,|You do too? Good.No, I ami not sixteen. I'm atleast a I million years older! than

you."Then a loud, unladylikevoice brings the room to deadsilence. "Everyone sit in hisseat immediately and without another word."IA slight shuffle, a stir at thedoorway and the balding Mr.Bonabee appearsj in the room,"No, no trouble at all, Mr. Bonabee. We got along famously."

"But Mr. Bonabee, are yousure you want me to teach therest of this period? You didn't tellme , an d Iwell I was observingthe student's resp onse! to yourpersonality. There's a chapter onit in my fmanual. I'm afraidthough, I missed what you wereteaching.Oh, you mean the subject matter is important too . . ."BUZZZZ"Pep rally? But wejust had one yesterday.Oh, thegame tomorrow is really 'tough'and we need two pep rallies to encourage sthe team?Don't I likefootball? Whatever gives you thatidea, Cora?"Crash"I was only raising theshade likes you showed me, Mr.Bonabee. But somehow it fell.No.dt's not damaged. I mayleave now? Thank you."Click-Click, Click-Click.

Peruvians:By Carolyn Anderson

I consider myself fortunate tohave had the opportunity thispast summer to live with a SouthAmerican familyiin Lima, Peru.D uring this time, I saw manyplaces of interest. I was more impressed, however, with the differences in the way? of life and

AslWe SeeYour Editors Urge:. . . Attendance at the f 11:20I M(ass offered four days aweek in the Chapel.. . . Prayers for the rapid recovery offsr. Mary Esther.. . . All students to take an activepart in school activities.Your Editors Offen:. . . Sympathy to Sr. M. Immac-% ulate on the death of herfather.. . . Best wishes to freshmen embarking on their college careers.. . . Congratulations to tnotse students who have no 4:20's thissemester.

Different Lifethe way of thinking of the Peru-vians than with the sights thatI saw.

Your Editors Welcome:. . . The new faculty members invarious departments of thecollege.;-, . The cadets w ho have re turned to classes after a yearon the teacher's side of thedesk.Your Editors Request:. . . Letters to the editor and

suggestions for improving theMerciad.. . . Coop eration with class officers onfall projects throughout the year.

My first and one of the strongest impressions I received! ofPeruvians is that they do notworry about punctuality. To me,this was a little {aggravating andI never quite adjusted myself toit. The lack of concern overpunctuality, however, exemplifiesthe South American belief thatpeople should take life easy asnothing of value is gained whenthings are rushed.

Shopping was another uniqueexperience. Ismail private shopsiabound by the hundreds in Lima. jItems can generally be obtained!at a cheaper price in these small"tiendas" than in the larger "depa rt me n t- ty pe " s to re s be c a u s e |the customer is able to bargain!personally with the owner of theshop. The owner asks a high pricefor an item at first, since the customer always asks him if he isable to sell it for less. In addition,the Peruvian shopper usuallyfgoesto several stores before purchasing the desired item. As | i s | evident, shopping in Lima is moretime-consuming j than it is in theUnited States.

Peruvian women show moreaffection toward each other tha n EditorAmerican women do. My Peruvian Assistant Editorsmother was actually offended ifI did not "kiss her every morning jimme diately after I' awoke andalso before I went out of thehouse.The Peruvian manner of lifeand thinking differs in otherways, but I have mentioned someof j the obvious ones and (thosewhich impressed me the most.

Freshman Quand arySeptember 10, 1961, marked the arrivalof some one hundred and sixty new mem bersof the student body of Mercyhurst College.They are now attempting to adjust to thatworld-renowned, sophisticated and complexmanner of living termed "college life". All ofthem, from the class brain to the |seniorfootball queen, need help in making thisgigantic transition. Most of our young freshmen friends ask the same questions con

cerning campus life. We have chosen whatappear to be the most frequently askedquestions, and will attempt to answer themto the best of our knowledge.The first question was submitted by mnumber of students taking the freshmanpoetry course. Why does fMercyhurst have4:20*8? Four twenty's, my friends, are forthose priceless members of the student bodywho desire to pursue knowledge at any hourof the day. $The ne xt question w as tasked by severalfreshmen students known to have picturesof men on their dressers. What do you wearto a dance? A similar question was askedjbyseveral | freshmen|students who do not Shavepictures of men on their dressers- What doyou wear tola mixer? The answer to bothquestions is attend more Sophomore StyleShows to see.

Why doesn't Mercy hurst! have a cutsystem, inquired sever al! students who areplanning to attend college weekends. The intelligent college woman simply does not wishto absent herself from one golden minute ofclass time unless she is at death's door.The most frequently asked question andthe most difficult to answer w ith true justiceis what are Gannon men really like. Wordscannot convey the feeling which a Gannonman arouses in the heart of a Mercy hurst\voman. The palpitation one experiences isindescribable. Just wait until you have attended one mixer! 11 & i a

Dear Editor:^ Every year the annual tr adi tion ! of initiation befalls the freshmen and sophomores.

Initiation is not merely hree days ofsenseless hazing. It is not a cam paign! tokeep the freshmen busy. It is also not a cure-all for home sickness. It is not an outlet forany grudge held against anjupperclassman.|$ What then is the essential purpose of initiation? T he promotion of class unity landinter-class unity in my opinion is the purposeforjandfmainf reason we have initiation. Asthe classes are brought together, the studentbody grows stronger. That | is why I feelinitiation, properly carried out, is a greatbenefit to the college as a whole and th estudent as an individual. l believe that thisyear'slinitiation achieved this purpose.Mary Hammond

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| A p a t h e t i c A m e r i c aBy/Maureen Fiedler

The United States is an apathetic nation losing sight of hergoals, and losing with these goalsthe all- important Cold War. Thisstatement expresses but a few ofthe views of Mrs. Mildred Brown,the new history professor welcomed to the faculty of Mercy-hurst College this fall. Mrs. Brownis no mere theorist observing theworld scene from afar; her widelydiversified experiences lend weightto her judgments.

A native of New Jersey with amaster 's degree from ColumbiaUniversity, Mrs. Brown speaksGerman, English, French andJapanese fluently. After studyingon a scholarship at the Universityof Priburg in Baden, Germany,she travele d extens ively fin Cuba,Hawaii, Europe, and Japan. Forsix years she'; taug ht in Jap an atKawaga and Tokushima Universities and wrote a three-volumeConcise Histo ry of th e U nitedStates, the first English {publication of its kind in Japan.

While in Japan she *t lived andworked closely with the Japanesecitizen, and from her experiences,she realizes the potential value ofth e f newly-formed Peace Corps.There are those, she says, wholabel it as too idealistic, but thoseare just the kind the Peace Corpsdoesn't need and America coulddo without. She strongly feels thatthe United States must acquirea large dose of f irey initiative andsome plain, ordinary "guts" tocontinue to exist as a nation.

When asked about the effecttha t Dag Hammarskjold 's dea thwould have upon the UnitedNations, she pointed out in veryspecific terms that the UnitedStates has no policy to counteractRussia ' s ! "Troika" proposal. This,she said, is but one incidentindicating American lack ofInitiative.

In this way, Mrs. Brown relatedto me | her extraordinary background and her outspoken ideas.And it occurred to me tha t herviews%concerning American complacency might not merely applyto Mr. and Mrs.f Suburbiabutpossiblyjust possiblycould i n clude Mercyhurst.

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After the tedium of 5unpacking," freshmen Karen Williams, BethHlinski, Beverly Palmer and Eileen Skladanowski enjoy?a touch ofelegance.

Freshmen Invade Egan HallOn Sunday, September 10, one hundre d seventy-six appreh ensivefreshmen converged upon Mercyhurst. Egan Hall took on-new life asit was filled with an abundance of excited inhabitants. Amid the unpacking, room arranging, roommate and big sister introductions,countless other necessary tasks, new friendships, new experiences,new lives began.1 Marilyn Ells, our Hawaiianitor is overjoyed with herenvironment. W hen asked Jshe chose to come to Mercyhurst,she |replied, "I wasi advised tochange my environment completely in order to develop ! myperson ality | and outlook on life,so I chose Mercyhurst, and so farI like it here very much." Marilynis a history major; she plans towork for a master's degree inthis field and is extremely interested in the world situation andcurrent events. Although she hasseen spectacles, such as volcaniceruptions, very, .strange to nativesof the continental United States,sh e h a s ! never touched snow orseen an actual snowfall.

Another distant visitor to theMercyhurst campus-: is JonniePehrson, a native of Jamestown,North Dakota. Jonnie remarkedtha t "You never really appreciatehome until you leave it," the viewof nearly every Mercyhurst student. Home Economics isfjonnie'smajor field, and she feels thatshe can receive a competent education here at Mercyhurst.An interesting fact concerningthe Class of '65 is the diversity ofthe areas of major concentration.The liberal arts claim forty-fourcandidates, science claims twenty-two, art and music eight, businesseducation thirteen, home economics twenty-two, and ie lemen-tary education sixty-eight. 3It is the hope of the administration, the faculty, and the student body that this new class willgive all of its time, work, andheartfto keep Mercyhurst a unified, strong, and effective family.

Ne ws JottingsTwo juniors from* Mercyhurst

s p e n t the summer studyingFrench in Montreal, CanadaBonnie McGough at McGill University and Carol Kreh at Laval.Several students and alumnaefrom Mercyhurst attended theAmerican Home Economics Convention in Cleveland from June27 to 30. Representing * Mercyhurst were Virginia Accetta,Eileen Quinn, Margaret Tellers,Connie Musi, Mary Alice Zimmerman. IleenjHinman, Joyce White,Marilyn Millard, Mary Ellen Mc-Hugh, Doris Atkinson and RitaMilan. Sr. M. Rachel and Sr. M.Timothy accompanied the group.National Science Foundation financed an eight-week chemistryresearch project at Mercyhurst

this summer in which Pat Hark-ins, Rita Strobel, Eugenia Jawor-ski, and Mary Lou Cuddyre participated. Carolyn Anderson, Rei-nette Boling, and Kit Reese aredong similar research during thefall semester. In the biologicalfield, Pat Harkins, CammyiKwo-lek, Jean Layer and EugeniaJaworski are studying canceroustumors in stock mice.

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Phone UN 6-2441Oklahoma Trip, Valuable {Experience

By Claia SiegelWe gazed at the beautiful St.Francis de Sales Seminary inOklahoma City, Oklahoma. Allthe activities since the visit ofPr . John Sullivanthe talks withthe adminis t ra t ion and s tudents ,the support of Sodality, the baseball game with Gannon, and finally the trek to the "land of theI nd ia n" had culminated in this.Our t ra ining involved!two-daysessions on Catholic-Protestantpopulation I and Baptist beliefsand attitudes toward Catholicism.Finally, assignments were given,and we departed for our respective parishesClaire McDermittj

and Maureen Schedlin to Paul'sValley, Judy Cook and D onnaEngle to Tulsa, and I to Oklahoma City.On the day after cur arrival,we fortified! ourselves with Massand breakfast and began thecensus. It was the first of coun tless days spent knocking on doorafter door. Catholics were fewan d I far between, but our main1 was t o find "fallen-People were often ex-friendly, inviting us inand frequently reviewingtheir entire life histories, andthe satisfaction of f inding a"fallen-away" made knocking onnumberless doors worthwhile.

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Teaching catechism in vacationschools was another phase of theOklahoma program. Many of thechildren, products of mixed marriages, had never been baptized,but I were eager to learn aboutGod, the Ten Commandments,the Sign of the Cross and simpleprayers. While teaching catechism, the need for apostolicwork,! especially in "poor-white"sections i;was clearly evident.Having finished our work, weleft for home on July 30 with therealization that we, as Catholiccolleges students, are being calledto the Lay Apostolate and thatthe priest and layman can andneed to work together.

Socialists' -ConventionSp otlights Secularism

By Roberta D onohue"For two thousand years theytrampled on Him; now theyignore Him." This statement byRev. Frank Holland, S. J. whichconstitutes a perfect definition ofwhat is commonly called "secularism in our modern age" wasthe theme of the Summer Schoolof Catholic Action held lastAugust in Chicago. f

This secularism conceals farmore danger to the ultimate salvation of mankind than any openrebellion against Christ. An environment which reduces allpeoples to the "rank and file,"the common herd, robbing themof their Innate individuality an dtheir God-given sanctity;! a society in which means have become ends and in which the TrueGoal can no longer be distinguished; man with an individualand! immortal soul who yet livesin fconstant fear of being alonewith God and himself, lest he seefault within these are theproducts of a secular world. Theseare the evils which arise when!anation or a race "ignores Him,"substituting in His place shinynew Cadillacs, inordinate emphasis on sex attraction, and theoverwhelming drive of the "self"to be first and foremost in everysituation."Bigger and better," the uni-versal adage, could be a marvelous slogan were it not for the

nouns it is ordinarily meant tomodify. "Bigger and better" actions for God and for restoringthe world to God: these are thereal needs in our world, else manwill perish in his own folly. Anall out pursuit of materialism cannever end in success because ofthe very Imperfection and t ransience of the end sought. Whatis there for the secularist afterhe has attained his earthly goalsand they have failed to supplyhim with happiness? Will he findGod when he discovers that thereis no alternative but God? It isn' tthat easy. The turn to God isnot accomplished as one wouldsecure a new coiffure. God demands service founded on love.He welcomes man, but man mustask to be welcomed.

Consequently, the duty of -everyChristi an en tails carrying "aknowledge of God to others."You may be the ^only gospelyour neighbor reads." (Rev.Frank Holland, S. J.) Only thetrue Christian can give his neighbor a true version of that gospel,the message of Christ,; that willsave him from self-wrought de-struction. Only the Christian canbring him Christ.

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Page Four T h e M E R C I A D October 4, 1961

Student Leaders Meet ;Discuss "B ecome A Partn

f Subversive elements seem to be presen t at Mercy hurst . Beforeclasses resumed this semester, a small nucleus of student leadersgathered in the recesses of McAuley lounge to plan a subtle attackupon the entire student body. D isguised as "Leadership N ight/ ' thenight-watchers have since been recognized as Student Council members, club presidents, and class officers.At the meeting, core members of this group drew up a platform- traceable to two distinct sources: the reports from summerstudent conventions and the conclusions of organized discussionsof five separate cells.Student Council president, Margaret Lynch, having just returnedfrom the Student Government convention held at the University ofWisconsin, remarked! that Student Council is crippled from the startwithout the active interest of every Mercyhurst girl. Eileen Motsay,reporting from the National Students Association, stressed the'role ofcollegians in such national and international m ovements as the PeaceCorps and refugee relief.

Word from Chicago camethrough Bert Donahue and D odieSmith who represented the S odality at the Summer School ofCatholic Action. The topics of thisconvention ranged from the contemporary role of women to thetechnique of organizing probationclasses.Maryann Brennan revealed thatthe National Federation of Catholic College students has centeredthis year 's program in the areasof foreign aid, migrant workers,and racial discrimination.The five "buzz" sessions implemented the general theme ofthe evening, "Become a Part."T h e .efficiency of parlimentaryprocedure, the replacing of student apathy by student interest,and a symposium of day studentsand residents were a few of theforces judged necessary for campus unity.The meeting adjourned with theassignment to encourage everyoneto "become an active part" ofMercyhurst.

"What happened in Mrs. Hill 's store?" From all appearances,Rita Quinn's pupils are eager to find out. Rita, typical of Mercy-hurst 's new student teachers, is conducting classes at JeffersonSchool.'Hurst GainsStylish (Look

With the beginning of the scholastic year,!Mercyhurst girls havebeen exposedtto various improvements which, to some degree,should soften the vigorous, complicated life of the dedicatedstudent.

A steam-heated sidewalk| installed from Egan entrances tothe library, and new ! protectingwings at McAuley's side entranceswill prove most valuable to students who can now abandon thenecessary! r itualboot-buckling.Other innovations include a revamped gym, rebuilt outside exit,new lighting system, and a cafeteria divider.

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Where did you spend your summer vacation? at the shore? inthe mountains? in a store? at acamp? If you ask Pat Harkins.Eugenia Jaworski, Mary Lou Cud-drye or Rita Strobel,?you'll get adifferent answer, for these Mercyhurst juniors and seniors spenttheir summer in the college chemistry labs.

The four science majors, underthe direction of the science department, worked eight hours aday, five days a week for eightweeks in research and experimentation.Pat and Jeannie were assignedto time the reaction of two of thetested chemicals with sodiumhydroxide, or lye, an agent selected by Sr. Mary Charles becauseit is being used in experimentselsewhere with related compounds,and the results can be compared.Meanwhile, Rita and Mary Lou,operating on the principle thatsomething has to be built up before it can be broken|down, wereinstructed to try to make similarcompounds "fori use in futureexperim ents. At the end of theeight-week period, the girls hadobtained about nine-tenths of agram of the sub stances theywanted.Sr. M. Pidelis, head of the chemistry depar tmen t, supervised theproject along with Sr. M aryCharles and Sr. MCarolyn. Fundsfrom the National Science Foundation helped sponsor the study,which!is in line with the recentacademic trend toward undergraduate research. The students re-ceivedleither a nominal f inancialstipend or academic credit, notboth, for their work.

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MERCYH URST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT . . . greatlittle sister s" . . . new heated sidewalks . . . Paula's a-courtingfroggie . . . Pinochle again . . . th e sparkler on Nancy's f inger . . j |lesson plan s and stud ent te achers . . . Gan non's sudden affection . . .bunkbeds in Eg an Hall . . . fchoo-fly pie an d bir thda y dinners . . .Nan's books: ch ained to the door? . . . how man y d ays till v acation? . . . the juniors' new homethe library . . . D enny's haird o , or "if a t first you don 't succeed, spray, spray again " . . . classr ings . . . the Day-Hop Hop; . . . Ar t ' s Havenffor Hercymurst Girls. . . College Day with Gan non. October 13th . . . tthe freshmen "RogerMa:ises" . . . crowded assemblies ,,. . prom plans.MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE LAUGHING ABOUT . . .* Janie'sblack undershirt' . . . aluminum hair and pink eyes . . . "Most Honorable Misses" . . . Helen's adept pogoing . .| . Muff's phone calls,or "How many lines do you need" . . . Granny nightgowns . . . papernapkin dinks and down-side-upL skirts . . . Sister J's typing troubles. . . pussies . . . Sue's "ability" to cut capers and theology class! . . .patent leather rocking flats . X a cup of hot water, 2 cents . . . firedrills and false alarms .J . . the ancient Persian remedy for a lost"lovetalk to a camel!MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE COMMENTING ON . . .Too manycooks spoil the boys . . . Mr. L's "garbage" . . g always from Mother,but maybe tomorrow .. . Evie's phone calls and Bon Voyage . . . headbands and hair bows .. . Pat Hickey's call to the palace . . . the four rideagain . . . Erie weather: sweatshirts or swim suits . . . Dag Hammar-skjold's tragic death . . . letters to the cadets . . . the memory of aMercyhurst picnic: a spider, a submarine and a rainbow . . . "Hatch

et," "Humble," and "Brooklyn" . . .Jescalators to the third floor . . .the price of new books and the inability to sell old ones . . . new fallha ir shadesdoes sh e or^doesn't she: what do you say, Jane, Anne,Louise and Kathy? . . . 11:20 Mass . . . the hope th at Sr. Mary Estherwill soon recover . . , West Berlin.