Record-High I Relief Fund

Given to fNFCCS Charity

Proceeds as well as enthusiasm scored high in the. recent NFCCS
Ik
Vol. XXV. No. 3
MERC1AD MERCYHURST COLLEGE, ERIE, PA. November 24. 1953
Harvest Moon Relief Ball campaign. This year Mercyhurst contributed
a record high total of $1840 to the Relief Fund. This includes profits
made from the sale of tickets, flowers and refreshments, as well as
class contributions. Frosh Prexy Bishop To Preside On Nov. 25
The junior class, victorious in having their nominee, Marge Cum-
miskey, crowned as queen of the Ball, raised a total of $608. The en-
terprising juniors shined shoes, cleaned rooms, including the Bishop's
Will Supervise Over Erie Diocesan Centennial
Parlor and the Seminary study hall. Raffle of a Hummel figurine, a The diocese of Erie is a hundred years young. To mark the anni-
baked goods sale, and class pictures taken at the dance, plus donations,
helped the junior class attain the all-time?high contribution.
Party In Dec. versary of its foundation. Bishop John Mark Gannon has scheduled a
Centennial program for Wednesday, November 25.
The, freshmen's * Rochester A Pontifical High Mass will be celebrated in St. Peter's Cathedral
Sophomores Place
RW-w-v^rv S^VK^K^W^#ft$5 Songbird," Sheila Flynn, will lead at 10:30 a. m. by Auxiliary Bishop Edward P. McManaman. Twenty-
Personal sacrifice keynoted the both the carols and the entertain- seven of the Hierarchy of the Philadelphia Province and of adjacent
sophomore fund-raising campaign ment committee at the traditional se,3s have been invited to attend. Archbishop John P. O'Hara, C. S. S.,
in which they made $500 and ... £$£K?3§
Christmas Party, Tuesday evening, of Philadelphia will preside at the Mass and preach the Centennial
placed second in the competition. December 15. She has announced sermon.
Tho Gannon-Mercyhurst sopho- that the theme of the entertain- ~ Clergy and lay representatives
more picnic combined funds and ment will be a floor show, talent of diocesan parishes and organiza-
fun. Formal-pressing service and
a raffle swelled the class sub-
being provided by the "Festive AnnuallRated i tions will be served a buffet din-
Frosh." 9 ner at Cathedral Preparatory
cription.
A luncheon will be served by
'All American School. Following the dinner, a
special hospitality committee will
Seniors Show Barbara Storey's committee, after "Congratulations, this is an ex- conduct the guests on a tour of
The third-place seniors donated which Old Saint Nick will arrive cellent book!" were t h e words of diocesan institutions and schools
$218 to the Relief Fund.^This to- to distribute, gifts. Carol Eiga- in Erie. Mercyhurst will have
tal represented profits from a broadt, as chairman of the gifts praise given to the Mercyhurst
Open House all afternoon for the
spaghetti dinner., turkey raffle, committee, will whisper to him Praeterita of 1953, when it was visitors, and members of the fac-
and picnic in addition to, indivi- the heart's desires of Mercyhurst's awarded the * All -American honor ulty will be on hand to conduct
dual: contributions and "Queen- students, faculty, and staff. rating. Onlylthe Praeterita in the them on a tour of the buildings.
Can" revenue.
High in spirit, though %last in The auditorium will be dressed 500-oi '-less-student division r e -
class donations, the freshmen Jeaneane Dowis in the school's green and white by ceived the top ACP rating as a n -
made an enthusiastic showing
with a total contribution of close
de.corations chairman, Lois Young. nounced i n | a recently-received
Marcia Meagher is in charge of communication. Alumnae Plan
invitations.
to $28. Bed-makingv in the re-
sident halls coupled with^several
Young Pianist Highly rated were the a r t work, Annual Party
candy sales and "Cake-Walks", SeniofS M the school activity section, a n d
While resident students are a-
the special day hop project, bene- the photography. Joanne Weaver,
fited the Relief Fund which is
used for foreign students on
Ploys Dec. 10
rm ii_;..j „..„„~v^f« 4-;^v> 4M
Hou
4-Vtn 7
E t{ who was editor-in-chief of the way for the holidays, the Erie
book, had on her staff Mary f J a c h - Alumnae will be making use of
campus and overseas student re- The third presentation in the the college dining-room for their
lief. ™ W Mercyhurst Concert Series for "Why I never realized food was imczyk, as §business manager, and
'annual Dessert Bridge. From two
1953-54 will be given on December so expensive." With this remark, Roxana?Eowning and Mareanne
10, when Jeane.ane Dowis, pianist, Sally Batchelor starts her round Cole in^the a r t department. Prank to five on Saturday afternoon,
appears in the Little Theatre at of menu-making and bargain Aleksandrowicz was "responsible November 28, alumnae and their
Sodality Opens 8:15 p. m. Miss Dowis is the first
instrumentalist to perform in this
hunting. Among her many duties for the yearbook photography and guests will be entertained at their
as hostess, she entertains guests Alma Mater, under the chairman-
year's parade of young artists af- the annual was printed by the
at dinner, at least once a week,
'Marian Year' | filiated with the National Music and does all the household shop- Erie Printing and Engraving Com-
ship
Mrs.
''of Mrs.
William
Robert
Grant.
Farnon and

The Marian Year, as proclaim- League of New York City. ping. pany, ift.
ed by Pope Pius XII, will be Miss Dowis, who gave he.r first A special attraction of the after*
This year the Home Manage- Che Associated!Collegiate (Press
formally initiated at Mercyhurst recital at the age of five, entered ment House, has all the comforts has /called for extra copies of noon willjbe a toy fair. The toys
on"* December 8, Feast of the'im- high schoolfat ten and graduated of home,! including a television Praeterita for distribution^ by the will be displayed by Sears and
maculate Conception at thirteen to attend North Texas set, plus the healthy cry of a baby Roebuck who will have a demon-
In dedicating the entire day to State College. She studied with in the wee hours of the night. Six Yearbook Loan Service. 1
strator on ;'hand to explain the
Mary, the Sodality has included Adele Marcus, both in Texas and of the home economics seniors newer mechanical toys.
| * r

in the program a High Mass fol- in New York, and more recentlylive at the House for a period of
Home Management House has
lowed by a communion breakfast with Mme. Rosina Lhevinne at the six weeks. They rotate their du- Miss Roxana Downing and Mrs.
for which a speaker! has been in- Juiilard School of Music. Uponties as hostess, cook, assistant taught them to be the "jack-of- Walter Yahn are in charge of de-
vited. As favors, copies of the en- her graduation from Juiilard, she cook, housekeeper, assistant mo- all trades" that a homemaker corations; Joan Gibbons, doll;
cyclical on the Marian Year will was presented with the Carl Roe-ther and child director, every must be, ranging r<from mother to
Mary Ann Fa hey, refreshments;
be given to all sodalists, who will der Award granted "to the pianist seven days. Now they are putting electrician, cook to carpenter,
then join in a Rosary pilgrimage most outstanding in talent landto use all the practical arts they housekeeper to plumber, hostess to Mrs..Maurice Jones, servers; and
on the campus. achievement." have studied during their first mechanic, ffiiiH £3n Judy Carlow, door prizes.
Mercyhurst will also be host on three years.
this date to about two hundred
girls from Academy! High School.
Cherry '53 Hostessing
&Kte%tat*tiHty . J ,
They will make a Day of Recol- After "whipping up" a delicious
lection here at the college.
Tuesday evening, Sister M. An-
Joins Staff dinner for ten or twelve people.
Mary Anne Hayes, who is assistant
gelica will bring the day's pro- Mercyhurst's "busiest girl of the cook, is known to say, "Why it
gram to a close with an illustrat- year" (Praeterita '53) has Joined was nothing at all. Gerry DeFazio
ed lecture on "Madonna in Art." the staff of her Alma (Mater as and I did it in about an hour.'
field secretary. Popularly* known
as "Cherry", Miss Florene Cher- Little Guy, the eleven-week old
ry assumed her duties u yesterday baby from St. Joseph's Orphan-
0 as contact representative among age, is the darling of the house.
?vtuxa*K<i students J desiring to attend Mer- Virginia Kelly insists, when he
cyhurst. cries during the day, that he wants
November 24-29 —Thanksgiving to see his "Auntie" Jerry Kings-
Student Council president of ton or his "Auntie" Jean. But
vacation. '52-'53 and a leader in all activi- "Auntie." Jean Brosooe is Just as
December 8—iFeast of Immacu- ties, Miss Cherry is well able to
late Conception. sure that he only wants someone
give prospective students a true to ftalk" to; so, she'll sit and
December 10—Concert, Jeaneane insight into campus life at Mer-
Dowis. "talk" to him while he eats. Us-
cyhurst. As honor student and a ually it* goes "Urn, good pears;
December 12—Orphans' Christ- member of Kappa Gamma Phi,
mas Party. doesn't baby want some (ugh!)
she is also thoroughly versed on good pears?"
December 13—Sophomore Christ- the academic life of the college.
mas Pageant.
Budget-Balancing %
December 15—Freshman Christ-
mas Party. While the girls are prepared for . . . at her guest dinner, senior Sally Batchelor acted as hostess
Sympathy . . . a career they are also ready to be on November 12, at the Mercyhurst Home Management House. En-
December 16—Lighting of Out-
door Crib, of students and faculty tin homemakers. At the House they joying the congenial company,/above, are Jean Broscoe, Virginia
December 17—Christmas Dinner extended to Betty Seymour on work on a food budget of $38 a Kelly, Tom Cooney, Sally, Nina C. Reilly, resident faculty super-
December 18—Christmas Vaca- the death of her mother. week,.including low, medium, and visor of the group. Paul Kraus, Gerry Kingston a n d Benny
t i n g begins. high income days. Life at the Guanclale,
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Thanks Hundred! AP Reporter

Thanksgiving has a special significance this year for DepictsLife For Mary's Sodalists
Erie and the students of Mercyhurst. On November 25 a Sol- By The Prefect
Of Russians
• • •

emn Pontifical Mass in St. Peter's Cathedral will mark the
centenary of the Erie diocese—birthplace of our college. One
hundred years ago, the reigning Pontiff, Gregory XVI, saw "Americans are overestimating
fit to divide the Pittsburgh diocese and give the Catholics of Russia's war potential," according
northwestern Pennsylvania! their own shepherd. The wisdom to Eddy Gilmore, just returned
of this action was soon apparent as churches, schools, and from twelve years as Associated
charitable institutions arose in mining towns, farming com- Press correspondent in Moscow.
munities, and industrial areas throughouitHhirteen counties. The Pulitzer Prize-winning
newsman, speaking at the Associ-
Our Alma Mater had its inception in the pioneer diocese. ated Collegiate Press conference
When oil was taking seven-league strides in Crawford County, in Chicago, predicted a "crumbl-
Bishop Tobias Mullen, third bishop of Erie, made his way to ing from within," indicating as an
the motherhouse of the Sisters of Mercy in Pittsburgh and example the decadent factory and
requested sisters for his diocese. Seven sisters opened St. farm system.
Joseph's Academy in Titusville in 1870 and worked zealously
to imprint Christian culture in a frontier district of easy phil- Gilmore described the feeling
osophy and rugged democracy. It is of historical interest that of being spied upon constantly.
the boom town which laid the foundation of thefworld's first "Don't underrate the melodrama
billionaire fortune also laid the foundation of Mercyhurst Col- about telephones being tapped
lege which opened in Erie in 1926 to give broader scope to the* and people being followed."
program which was begun at St. Joseph's Academy. Wherever he went, there was al-
ways a carload of "little men in
Today the faculty and students of Mercyhurst thank God blue suits" close behind.
for the spiritual opportunities afforded by the diocese of Erie. "Stalin was hated, not idoliz-
God bless the men and women who blazed theltrails.jMay we ed," Gilmore told the college
and they meet on the last frontier and encHour quest in^the newsmen. "Many of his mourners
Beatific Vision!? just came to make sure he was
S. M. L. dead." I Before the lecture begins, a spirit-
On the subject of Malenkov, he
observed, "He looks to me to be
"What do you think holiness is?"
This was a question asked by a
freshman discussion leader during
the weekly Thursday evening
sodality probation meetings. "I
guess it would be going to Mass,
receiving the sacraments and, j
well, just doing what you should
do," was an answer from one
freshman. Yes, it is all this and
more which they will grasp and
more fully realize as the meetings
progress. They will come to know
that holiness is uniting oneself
with God, becoming one with
Christ, thinking, acting, and lov-
ing all matters as He would.
Early in the year the Sodality
was explained to all the freshmen
and then opened to those inter-
ested by means of a probation
period. At the first meeting, of-
ficers were elected. JoAnn Rialdo,
their prefect, opens the meetings
every Thursday at seven with a
prayer followed by the minutes
read by Margery Mack, secretary.
ual reading is given by Dorothea
Morell, treasurer. Their lectures
to six probationers who study
Mary in relation to dogma and
our development of the Christ-life
within us, all! in relation to our
vocation as students. Through
weekly discussion and study,
these planning committees decide
what could be proposed as a group
action to the whole probation
class.
All sophomores who were ac-
cepted into the Sodality last year
1
are obliged to attend" a weekly
meeting of the Sodality. This re-
quirement may be fulfilled by Y.-
C.S., however, or by attendance
at one of the two planning com-
mittees.
Every month a program will be
sponsored by the Sodality for all
classes. The November 10 meeting
featured a talk by Father Wiley
of St. Andrew's Parish. A success-
ful innovation, group dynamics,
composed the major portion of the
•business meeting.
At the same meeting, a letter
from Father Haley, our adopted
missionary was read. Valuable

Mary Advent the man in charge . . but the

government of Malenkov is not a
strong one. Joseph Stalin was an
evil genius. I doubt that Malen-
Before we can put Christ back in Christmas, Advent's
place of honor must be given back to Mary, His Mother. How kov has the talent that man had."
Speaking of costs and living
many there are who think of Advent as a hardship rather than
as a joyful preparation for the Christ Child's birthday. Mary conditions, G i l m o r e recalled,
"Food costs about $100 per week.
certainly wishes us to be happyfas we await her Son, because
she awaits Him with us. A cook is $6-5 and a maid is $45.
You must have servants or you
Who could be closer to Christ than His Mother, Mary, lose face." LOOK magazine quot-
as she carried Him in her womb and ingher heart ? She is, ed his wife Tamara, a Russian
(therefore, our model as well as our hope in these uncertain dancer, as saying, "You can get
days when men would have us turn from Mary and her Son. a ready-made dress for $65 and
for $100 a dressmaker will make
The Pope has considered Mary such a remarkable source one. You can buy high-heeled
of good that his latest encyclical letter, "Fulgens Corona," shoes for $37."
proclaims a Marian Year starting this December 8 and com-
Gilmore termed the distribution
memorating the century since the Papal definition of Mary's
Immaculate Conception. He says, 1—just as the Most Blessed of food fparcels in East Germany
Virgin brought forth -the Prince of Peace, so also may she, "the smartest thing we'vefdone in
by her protection and patronage, unite men in friendly agree-
ment." During this Advent we are privileged to witness the
a long, long time.ii
Asked about the H-bomb, J he
beginning of the Marian Year, so truly it is our chance to replied, "I may be the greatest
restore Mary to her place in Advent. optimist in th e worldfibut I think
we're overestimating fthat, too."
tt
In his encyclical, our Holy Father speaks, any honor
and veneration which we may give to our Heavenly Mother
undoubtedly rebounds to the glory of her Divine Son—W
There could not be a more appropriate time to be closer to Council Begins 1
Mary than immediately before her Child is born.
To come down to a practical application of an advent tra-
Year's Business j
dition for the Mercyhurst family, we are introducing the cus- At the first Student Council
tom of an Advent Wreath, borrowed from our Catholic friends meeting of the year, held on Oc-
in Germany and Austria. In our student dining room the tober! 23, President Donna Byers
green wreath of hope will be suspended by four purple rib- conducted elections of representa-
bons, symbols of penance. Four candles, one for each of the tives to t h e Student-Faculty
weeks in Advent, will burn inside the wreath while the girls Board and the Social Icalendar
gather about it to pray for blessings from Christ, the Light and* Activities Committees. These
elections complete! all organiza-
of the World. g § . t tional appointments for the yeiar.
Let us put Mary back in Advent—she will help put Christ
back in Christmas. And, come, pray with us this Advent. The new Student-Faculty Board
electees are Pauline Solida, sen-
ior; Edith Lauler, junior ; | and
Marilyn Abahazi, sophomore. $ |j
The necessity off a | Social Cal-
THE MERCIAD endar Committee was explained
and discussed. It was voted that
Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pa.
a committee to handle certain
Member of proposed changes be appointed.
Comprising this group are Jean
Associate Collegiate Press Broscoe, chairman, Donna Cutro-
"All American" | man may use. the gifts which God has bestowed upon him not as a
na, Judy Roseberry .land Marilyn
Editor Mary Anne IJayes Abahazi. It was decided that vot-
Associate Editor Jean brou&ard ing upon these changes be re-
Assistant Editors
* - •
are planned to present the steps
necessary for interior sanctifi-
cation and apostolic endeavor. A
advice offered by him was: "As
a program for your mission com-
mittee I could suggest nothing
discussion follows with Joann better than to study and reduce
and vice-prefect Mary Bacon, as to the practical some of the great
leaders. doctrines of Christ. You could
In addition, there are three read books which cultivate this
planning committees: Our Lady's, Christian spirit of seeing the
Christ-life, and Apostolic. Since whole world as Christ and God
Y.CS.fis doing the fwork of the see it — with mission eyes." This
Apostolic Planning Committee, advice, if we will all ponder its
'trying to restore all things in implication, could be a?life time
Christ, only our Lady's and the goal; and we have untold op-
Christ-life committees have to be portunities to begin here and now
set up. Each is composed of four while students at Mercyhurst.
Mercyhurst Group Hears
Philosophy-Science Lecture
Jf Three if acuity members and I eight students recently attended a
symposium at Duquesnefuniversity, the coordinating theme of which
was "Philosophy and Science in An Age of Power."
By way of introduction, the Very Reverend Paul C. Reinert, Pres-
ident of St. Louis University, admonished, "Knowledge is power, but
of no avail unless we know the ultimate end . . . There should be no
denial of either philosophy or science, no domination of either. And
it is the purpose of a university to foster this unity of wisdom." <&
In discussing the "Integration of Science and 'Philosophy," Dr.
Vincent I Ed ward Smith of Notre Dame pointed out that all things
created have both matter and form. While science can only study the
properties and composition of a created thing, it is philosophy that
yields the deeper insight into an understanding of the form, which is
the end or purpose of matter. In a word, philosophy is the bones,
science the flesh. Neither can exist without the other. I
Dr. Karl F. Herzfeld of the Catholic University gave the "Respon-
sibility of the Scientist" to be the searching out of the truths of nature
and the education of the public as to these truths. To the question,
"Why is a scientist a scientist?" he drew the conclusion that one
should do that for which he is best fitted by God. He added that the
purpose of the intellect, our highest faculty, is perfection through a
sincere search for Truth.
The "Responsibility of the Philosopher," according to Dr. Anton
Pegis, president of the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies in Tor-
onto, is to unify all knowledge in relation to its proper ends. Without
philosophy, man is only a bookkeeper of his scientific facts. Dr. Pegis
raised the question as to what would give man mastery over his scien-
tific genius? He affirmed that philosophy must retain its roots in
theology; it must raise the truths of matter to spiritual heights that
means of destruction, but as an instrument of man's greater freedom
and humanization, ;
A member of the Atomic Energy Commission, Mr. Thomas E.

Marge Williams, Martha McNulty ferred to the next meeting in or- Murray, painted a fearfully realistic picture of the "Road Ahead."
Business Editor J, I | I— Roseann Apdio der to allow each class to voice "Unless man soon comes to the, realization that he has been driving
Editorial Staff Jody Ryan, Donna Byers, its opinion. toward self-destruction." he prophesied, "the future will be as a 'walk
Ann Kennedy, Lorraine Reichel, Victoria Argana, Carol J&elly, * In addition, an Activities Com- in the valley of the shadow of death.*" He advised that the first step
Mary Gene Pyne, Judy Roseberry, Jean Heavey, Gerry Kingston, mittee was formed for the purpose in the "Road Ahead" is a firm hope that peace can prevail. If the
Ann Downing. J 1 .1$ of scheduling club meetings and "little men from Mars'* suddenly attacked the earth, there would un-
Business Staff Peggfy Grace, Dot Zuzula, other activities. Named to this doubtedly be unity between the U, S. S. R. and the rest of the world,
Mary Kienzle, Jean Lee, Pat Murphy, Helen Kennedy, Lorraine committee, headed by Marge Cum- he stated. And today there is a common plague which is about to destroy
Enright. m i | I i "§ miskey, are Barbara Klein and us all. Why then can we not be united against the destruction of the
Jane Ann Conrath. human race and join in the cause of self-preservation?
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 November 24, 1953
0
%>onna€viK$ p%om Italy
. . . . Mercy hir.st girls have adopted such hair styles as the Italian Boy and the Italian Shag. Various
styles of coiffure appearing at the 'Hurst are depicted by the above girls, from left to right:
Mary Lou Scalise, Jane Ann Conrath. Dorothea Morrell, and Baibara Cavanaugh.
53 Hair Styles] Feature Student Views
/
Italian Boy, Shag, Clip On Vital Issues
The "battle of the barber" is an event debated, discussed, and
never solved by most of tine inhabitants oflthe 'Hurst. However, four
of our students have taken the initiative and published their platform:
•'Clip, Not Clip^and How; to Clip." Now the student body is divided
into four factions supporting their favorites: Mary Lou Scalise (Ital-
ian Boy), Jane Ann Conrath (traditional shoulder length), Dorothea
Morrell (Italian Shag), and Barbara Cavanaugh (clipped feather cut:
D. A.), m I
MARY LOU SCALISE . . . senior
. . . a r t major . . . crazylhatSi... .
alert . . witty . . ooff.ee at
"Chick's" . . cool tunes . . pencil
slim . . graceful . . "put it in re-
hearse" . . dreams of painting in
Italy . . costume designer*. . likes
to party . . sincere . .
JANE ANN CONRATH . . junior
. . art major . . interior decorator
. . sweetness and shyness . . form-
er Villa girl . . "Ebb Tide" sup-
porter . . "Janie with the jj light
brown hair" . . reserved . . always
a ladyf. . not a "Hasty Heart" . .
"robes loosely flowing, hair as
free" . . I
DOROTHEA MORRELL . . fresh-
man . . art major . . Girl Scout
counselor . . . VOGUE . . If ace
for a cameo . . intriguing . . St.
Convention Calls
College Faculty
To East Coast
Sister M. Prancesca, Registrar,
and Sister M. Gabriel, head of the
French department, plan to spend
part of their Thanksgiving vaca-
tion on the East coast. They will
attend the Middle States' Conven-
tion which is to be held in Had-
don Hall in Atlantic City, New
Jersey, November 27|and 28.
Both Sister Gabriel and Sister
Prancesca will be present at the
general convention on Friday. On
Saturday, Jhowever, Sister Fran-
cesca will be found at the Re-
gistrars' Convention while the
Modern Language Convention will
beckon to Sister Gabriel.
* • •
The fifth Annual Pastime Paint-
ers' Exhibit welcomed Sister M.
Angelica, head of Mercyhurst's
art department, as the principal
speaker at its preview opening.
The meeting was held at the Erie
Public Museum, November 23.
Amateur artists from the 5 Erie
area had works on exhibit uoon
which Sister Angelica offered her
comments. Following her formal
talk, Sister answered ^questions
p u t to her by jthe exhibitors.
THE ERCIAD Pa*e Three
Mercyhurst Girls
\Are Talking About...
MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT—Beautiful NPCCS
Queen MARGE CUMMISKEY . .1 MARY N. MCCARTHY, "I have a prob-
lem Doctor" ..|Who's Who . . . "Why isn't the school bigger?"i. . . the
science and philosophy convention . . . GEORGIA'S knitting and
Tom's proposal, or is it the other way around? .J, . Congratulations,
v
Gannon, on "ThefHasty Heart" . . . JOSIE CIANCAGLUsn'S "big"
man on campus . . (PAT EISERT'S sojourn on second floor . . .
stolen cookies . . . "abstract" RYAN, "concrete" HEAVEY . . . Gannon
Junior Prom . . . INA'S budget, or "How to Live on a Nickel" . . . Sen-
ior-Sophomore Halloween party . . .
I MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT - . . New
tradition, dance pictures . . . The line is busy again—who? Patsy
Klein, of course . . . Mercyhurst and Gannon sophomore class
picnic . . . Pat Royer's loss of wisdom—tooth, that is . . . NFCCS
competition, or "How much do you think they have?" .'. . Eefie
and her light blue pussy cat , • . Digger's new interior decorator
. . . class rings . . . Donna Byers, who has feet to dance, attending
the Viennese Ball . . . recent trips to Niagara U. . . .newest fad
on campus, consult Jerry "pique" Kingston . . . new Student
Board penalties . . .
Reporter Lists I MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT . . . Sophonade,
"To Be or Not To Be" . . . Dragnet^in the dining room . . . MARY
ANN McHUGH'S interest in living and breathing classes . . . new
coke machine . . . our half-resident, half-day hop, MARGUERITE
McLAUGHLIN . . . why are all the pennants at half-mast—lack of
tacks? . . . PRAETERITA pictures, or "How many clubs should I join
today?" . . . BET BRODERICK selling chances on a stretcher . . .
informal pictures on the red rug . . . MARY ANN BITTNER gathering
Lately, in discussion groups
around the city and especially sea shells . . . the baby at the practice house. "I wonder who's pinching
him now?" . . . h U
around Mercyhurst, a question has
arisen Which has caused much i & l MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT . . . senior
pictures (Oh, the pain!) . . . Howdy Doody viewers on the third
heated controversy. Feeling that
a definite answer tofthis question floor . . . Betty Seymour, 2now older than the freshmen . .*. 3D
J? "Deep-freeze" . . . return to the fold of Ann Kennedy Cole, Joan
i is required, your reporter has
Walsh, Maureen Leary, and Marie Hanyak . . . plum pie . . .
Joe's, Lockport, N. Y. . . vivacious taken a poll of some of the best "Still waters run! deep," see Beth Coleman . . . new addition to
. . hopes to have half interest in minds on the campus. Mary H. McCarthy's family . . . a certain restaurateur seen on
a mortuary . . nice to know . . The question is, "Should a Col- campus with an empty date book . . . Charlotte Tisdel, "Here's
"like twilight's too, her dusky lege student?" The answers are: some {scotch tapeJ Sister" . . . Kathleen Lawrence's mysterious
hair" . . frank . . philosophy: "It J Jean Broscoe: "Because of the letter, anyone for a rendezvous? , , . (author's comment—why is it
doesn't matter just yet" . . world situation today, I don't that I every time I get this j, column Mercyhurst girls stop talk-
BARBARA CAVANAUGH . . . . think it would be feasible." i n g ? . . .) I
knits argyles . . favorite: Ralph Judy Roseberry: "Not jif A it's
Flanagan . . all shades of blue . .
raining."
Syracuse, N. Y. . . "convent" girl
. . conversationalist . . contagious I Barbara Buerkle: "Well, some
laugh . . determination. colleges! can student and some
can't. It depends on the college."
Rainee Reich el: "That'sia stu-
Girls To Attend dent board offense."
Caroli Kelly: "I refuse to an-
CA Symposium swer on the grounds that it may
start a rumor."
J Bet Broderick: "They should if
At Notre Dame they can take their time."
Mary H. McCarthy: "No, be-
The University of Notre Dame cause it's too much of a strain on
willl welcome to its campus two the college."
Mercyhurst juniors December 7 Donna Byers: "We fare faced
and 8. The girls, MarkeyJ Foley with a world crisis and if college
and Gerry O'Doherty, will attend students don't take the initiative,
a Symposium on Apostolic Form- who will? Vote for Kryzan."
Nancy Harter: "Not if she can
ation£which will be sponsored! by
the national Catholic Auction
get out of it."
Ann Downing: "Kimo sabe!'
Study Commission of the NPCCS. Sly via Christie: "It all depends
on the individual "
The theme of the symposium is
Terry Gorny: "Nur."
one which underlies every fruit- Beth Coleman: "If she has the
ful a postdate, the vital problem courage of herfconvictions."
of formation—how to give this Jerry Kingston: "Considering
formation and how to reconcile first a college student in world
formation and action within the affairs, lithink her position would
be Jjeopardized."
framework of student life. Mary Lou Scalise: "If they
- Father Joseph C. Haley, C.S.C., could, they would—seeing as how
brother of Mercyhurst's Dr. Mar- they won't, they can't."
Ann McGinnis: "Pardon me?"
tha Haley, will be one of the Pat Maley: "If the situation
speakers on the symposium. The fits the purpose and the cause."
founder of the C. A. movement in Jean Heavey: "As president of
thefu. S., Father Louis J. Putz, the sophomore class, I have no
C.S.C, will also help to conduct opinion."
Marlene DeMattia: "Not unless
the symposium. The former will they're seniors."
d i s c u s s "Formation Through Sr. M. Gabriel: "Does this ques-
Action;" the latter, "Apostolic tion have any innuendoes?"
Formation and Personal Spirit- Mary Ann Hayes: "Only if it's
uality." \ I I fl in the "Robert's Rules for Parlia-
mentary Procedure."
Directed toward group effort, Jody Ryan: "If the Gannon
the talks will be followed by Knight approves." BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
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and gain from that of others. purple socks on Saturday?"
 Pam Four
Club Meeting
Highlightsi....
Freshmen pledges will entertain
at the Dramatic Society this
month. The program, under the
direction of Ann McGinnis, will
include a vocal solo by Sheila
Flynn, a scene from "Take Care
Of My LittlejjGirl", a monologue,
and several oratorical selections.
The English Club had an en-
tertaining as well as an enlighten-
ing meeting this month. The fresh-
men members discussed regional
poets from Pennsylvania and New
York. The seniors had a discus-
sion! on norms for evaluating a
novel. The Club had a short Arm-
istice day service and were then
entertained by Marguerite Mc-
Laughlin who gave a piano selec-
tion. f | f
The Art|ciub will be going to
Brie Museum to see an exhibition
of the works of Mr. Richards, who
is especially noted for his por-
traits. They will also go to the
city library ^to see Don Warton's
exhibition which includes a fine
collection of portrait studies of the
aged. || *
Science Seminar has postponed
its regular meeting this month due
to tests but it will still have a
short business meeting. The group
journeyed to Pittsburgh, Pa.,|No-
vember 11, to attend a Duquesne
symposium, the theme of which
was philosophy and science in the
age of power.
The members of the Home Eco-
nomics Club have been working
on the interpretation of their con-
stitution. The meeting will be sim-
ply a business meeting because of
test week. I ters have been sent to Villa Maria,
The I. R. C. freshmen will dis-
cuss the present conditions in
Trieste at their next meeting. The
Sophomore members will direct a
discussion on the Israeli situation.
Due to exams, the O. G. A. can-
celled its November meeting. Con-
gratulations are in store, however,
for it is celebrating its twentieth
anniversary. Organized in Novem-
ber, 1033, its motto is "Dependa-
bility."
"Studying Your Pupils" was the
topic of the Elementary Education
Seminar's meeting. The seniors
participated in the seminar,,dis-
cussing methods 5 and techniques
of teaching, individual differences
of the pupils,?and their own!per-
sonal experiences. Mother M. Bor-
gia, Miss Lehan, and Miss O'Brien
were guests. > |
The Sociology Seminar had as
its guest speaker for its Novem-
ber meeting Miss Patricia Moran,
1052 graduate of Mercyhurst Col-
lege.|On the staff of the Warren
State Hospital, she|spoke of the
different phases of psychiatric
social work. « ?
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'Name'the'Deck'
The Merciad Staff announces
the "Name, the Deck" contest
which will open November 30 and
close December 6. The front room
of the deck house has been given
over to the use of the Merciad and
!as a work and meeting
room. -v. •; I voted* to practice, providing each
All are invited to participate in
this contest. Your suggestion plus
your name may be placed in the
envelope on the bulletin board in
College Hall. You may 5submit as
many entries as you wish. The
winner Willi be announced in the
December issue of the Merciad and
will be presented a one-year free
subscription to the paper which
will begin upon graduation.
New Lab Aids
In Experiment
The chemistry department's lat-
est addition is a laboratory de-
signed specifically for the pur-
pose of research. The new lab is
located in studio hall, directly
over the Qualitative Analysis la-
bora tory. Sr. M.| Carolyns has re-
ceived a grant from the Research
Corporation of America to carry
out experiments showing the re-
actions of esters with tertiary am-
ines.
This room is an especially wel-
come addition as it affords Sister
Carolyn a great deal more "elbow
room." Too, she can now leave
her more frequently-used equip-
ment set up for long periods of
time. It allows Sister quiet, unin-
terrupted periods of work, a
necessity in work of this kind.
The lab itself is fitted with* a
laboratory table of the usual
style. Handy bookcases line the
west wall, affording easy access to
journals and other chemical lit-
erature. Other equipment includes
a refrigerator used to store ma-
terials which tend to decompose
at room temperature, and two
large presses |for the storage of
chemicals. Soon there will be a
hood ^installed for the removal of
noxious fumes.
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ports
coops
Basketball has, moved into the
sport limelight now that; volley-
ball season has ended. Tuesday
and Thursday afternoons are de-
class with opportunities of getting
its team into tip-top shape.
Intramural games will be played
later in the. season. In these games
each class team strives harder
than ever to gather extra points
needed to win the sports trophy
awarded each year|by the AA at
its last meeting.
Mickey O'Donnell and Mary
Ann Cutri, both senior forwards,
shouldj provide competition for
any team. The juniors' boast is
Mary Ann Scirto who, as we all
know from two years of playing
with her, never misses a basket.
A threat to all forwards is sopho-
more Judy Roseberry who plays
the vital position of guard. In
teamwork with her are Carol Kel-
ly, who plays either forward! or
guard position, and iPat Murphy.
Rumors we.re right when we
heard that the freshman class
would bring excellent players.
Marcia Meagher, star forward on
her high school team last year,
with Anne McGinnis, Joanne Ri-
naldo and Mary Bacon will give
us a hard-to-beat freshman team.
Best luck to every team and may
the best team win!
Turning to the common topic
of conversation in the sports cir-
cle, we find it centered around the
idea of forming a varsity basket-
ball team. While this idea seems to
be favored^ by all, our problem
lies in finding teams to play. Let-
Edinboro, and other nearbyl col-
leges inviting them to play at
Mercyhurst. Answers to these let-
ters will be posted on the AA bul-
letin board as soon as they are
received.
Whether or not we achieve our
varsity team, prospects look bright
for a successful basketball season.
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Exchanges With Schools
Offer Thoughts and Ideas
Hearing rumors that Mercy- worth quoting":^. . .. "We are too
hurst girls would like to know a disease conscious. We read that
little about thoughts, ideas, and 1 out of 3 dies of this and 1 out
recent happenings at other col- of 5 of that. We should accept the
leges, this exchange column has fact that 1 out of 1 dies of some-
decided to supply a small fraction thing and get on with the business
of this information. of living." True?l
It seems that Erie's Gannon
College is not the only school to From the College of Mount St.
present "The Hasty Heart" ^his Joseph, Mount St. Joseph, Ohio,
year. According to The Griffin Seton Journal, comes news of
Canisius College in Buffalo will joint student council meetings for
present the play in their Little five local colleges. The * Journal
Theatre f r o m November 27 reports: "To arrange the social
through December 6. calendars of the five local col-
* * * *
leges, a joint Student Council
Another Buffalo college, Ro- meeting was held at Xavier Uni-
sary Hill, contributes: "The Ro- versity, Oct. 18 . . Originating at
sary Hill College Players will pre- the Mount in 1952, the joint stu-
sent "The Heiress" on} November dent council meetings are intend-
22 and 23 in Daeman Hall. It ed to promote better relationship
will be given in "arena" style; between the Catholic colleges of
the stage will be in the center of Cincinnati." Perhaps Erie colleges
the hall and seating will be ar- could set such a precedent for
rangd in a circular manner." It's surrounding collegiate areas by
aflittle late for 'Hurst students to inaugurating this set-up.
take advantage of, but it shows * * * *
that the "arena" style play is Mercyhurst is notf-the only col-
coming into its own. lege to introduce the Honor Sys-
* * * *
tem, it appears. The Ascent, Ros-
Here's a suggestion found in sary Hill College, Buffalo, an-
The McAuleyan, of Mount Mercy nounces: "The inauguration of the
College in Pittsburgh, which the honor system at Rosary Hill has
Merciad offers to her readers: been greeted with mixed reaction
"Something bothering you? Don' from students . . They point to
keep it a secret or mumble under its success in colleges and univer-
your breath to your neighbor. Let sities all over "the world . . - they
it escape from your mind into a ask why the system won't work
'Letter to the Editor!'" This is evenjmore effectively at Rosary
one of the best ways to reach all Hill, a small Catholic college. Op-
students with a current problem. ponents of the system say it Will
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promote distrust among students
Under "Quotable Quotes" in The and may be the cause of broken
Griffin, can be found a "quote friendships . . . "
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