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Rita Reigns at Winter Carn iva l'Hurst Wins Gannon Title

10:30 p.m. Sunday, December13:. an expectant hush swept overthe audience . . . floor & lightsdimmed . . . and the spotlight wasfocused Jon each of the five candidates for the queenship of Gannon's Winter Carnival.The announcement over theloudspeaker proclaimed, "Miss RitaChrobak, of Mercyhurst College,Winter Whirl1965Queen."!Spontaneous applause rose fromthe bleachers, from the queen'sclassmates, from the booth ! committee and the ticket salesmen,from the talent show entries, andfrom her Gannon contingent ofsupporters. The intense "desire towin" catapu lted into "desire! torejoice as each of Rita's supporters swarmed about her, offeringcongratulations! to the newlycrowned queen, chosen to * reignover Blue Key National HonorFraternity's Winter Whirl. \ ^

Dual Panel of JudgesThe queen candidates were personally evaluated by a -(committeeof judges S unday evening landwere awarded; points for beauty,poise and personality. Anotherpanel of judges assessed the talentoffered by each of the five participating schools Saturday during the Talent Show which washeld in the Playhouse. In additionto these two areas, judges considered the booth design and construction and weighed originalityand appropriateness to the Carnival's ^ theme in evaluating eachof the queen's candidate's booths.Senior Ginny Gorsak was general chairman of the preparationsmade for Mercyhurst's entry.Audna Linter, a junior ar t major ,and her crew of carpenters, mechanics, painters, |and advisorsplanned, constructed, and dismantled the "whirling snowball." Ginny Hammer and Mary Ann Redmond, talent co-ordinators, were

co-chairmen of a preliminary talent show at Mercyhurst which selected Peggy Hock and ShariWheten to appear in the Playhouses talent show. Of a possible10 points, Mercyhurst merited 5 MBpoints for its talent display, second only to Villa Maria College.

Art Show New AdditionThree prize-winning entr ies tin

the Art Show garnered blue ribbons in* separate judgings in^thisfield." Joan Pletnik's "Study inBlue,|no. 2" captured the GannonC o l l e g e Cultural Committee'sawarda purchase prizein th eart showing. Pi Kappa Alpha'saward, "New Frontiers in Art,"went to Barbara Kramer's oil

Rita Chrobakpainting, "Karen," and Tau KappaEpsilon's I "Excellence in Art"award w as given to Claire Cronin's"Swiss Village," another oil painting.

Rita, who was chosen by voteof the student body, Is an elementary education major, from Sharon, Pennsylvania. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ S ^ W ^ ^ N ^ ^ P?

I December!17Christmas Dinner *--Class Parties18Christmas Vacation BeginsGannon vs. 111. Wesleyan21Gannon vs. DePauw29Gannon vs. Acadia31Gannon vs. MaineJanuary2Gannon vs. Muskingum3Christmas Vacation Ends5Gannon vs. Walsh9Coachmen Concert12Gannon vs. Bloomsburg16Gannon vs. Youngstown22Exams Begin

29Semester* BreakSGA Plans for New Year:Coachmen Concert Featured

Mercyhurst's student government is in the midst of plans for1965. These include a new activitycalendar, snack bar decoration,and a concert by the Coachmen.

Karen Butts has announcedthat a new activity calendar willreplace the former activity bulletin. A copy of this calendar willbe distributed monthly to all students. All tri-college functions willbe sprinted on the calendar withspace provided for students' personal memos. Distribution shouldbegin in January.

Snack BarAs a result of the recent snackbar naming contest, the snackba r isfnow knownfas the "Dungeon." Marty Fiedler and CeliaColetta won the prize of $5 fornaming fthe snack bar.Chairmen of the snack barcommittee, Ka thy. Mahaney, isnow overseeing plans for decoration of the snack bar in accordance with its new name.

Social CommitteeSGA Social Committee is sponsoring a'concert by the Coachmen at 8:15 p.m., January 0,In the Little Theatre. The program includes folk songs, specialty numbers, and spiritual selections.The Coachmen, a local group,includes Jerry Marince, DonWhitley, and Jack Butler. Thistrio will be remembered for theirperformance at the Western Jamboree.Performing with the Coachmenis Fernando, a foreign exchangestudent now fatten ding GannonCollege.! Fernand o will serenadethe audience with a selection ofSpanish songs. - :.In order to previewfthe musicalevening, the Coachmen will visitMercyhurst during the week before the concert. Donna Gemma,chairman of the project reportsthat tickets, at 50c apiece, willbe sold either in advance of theperformance or at the door.

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Top Seniors Receive "Who's Who" Honor| | Preliminary choice of the academically talented, followed byevalu ation ; of these studen ts bythe faculty members and junior

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and senior voting members ofSGA, actual balloting and approval have resulted in; the official announcement that tenMercyhurst seniors have beennamed to "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities."Sister M. Matthew, dean of students, revealed the results todaynaming ten girls, representing sixmajor concentrations, to the listof students in nation-wide institutions deserving of?special recognition. Maureen Aleci, BarbaraBrairton, 'Martha Fiedler, JudithFigaski, and Mary Fisher are fiveof the honor recipients. In addition, "Who's iWho" will list thenames of Virginia Gorsak, Virginia Hammer, Margaret Hock,Janice Horvath ahdlKathy M ahaney.Page layoutse and proofs herspecial problems, the "LiteraryLoft" her special domain, Prae-teritaj editor-in-chief Maureen! has I served on the j Merciadand Praeterita staffs since fresh

man year. She is a French majorfrom Bradford, Pennsylvania, active in Bodality and S.T.S.Barbara Brairton, a "summers-resident" of Rochester, New York,is an English major, "minoringin Dorm Council." She is presently president of the organization,having previously served as rep-,resentativef and vice-president.!Ex-Merciad editor, present SGA Iculture committee chairman, Martha Fiedler, an English major, is .a president of Oxen Hill, Mary-land. Martha is a member of the

99*0literary staff of the Praeterita,has contributed to the JodeanSand, and has been active in allphases of publication productionat Mercyhurst. l-Erie resident Judith Figaski isa biology major, presently servingas senior day-hop representativeto SGA. Jud y served as juniorand senior delegate to the LakeErie region NPCCS and has beenactive in D.S.O.1 YCS president Mary Fisher is a-Hsociology major from Girard,Ohio. She has served on DornlCouncil, and is presently CampusCo-ordlnator of YCS. Mary was

Tonight's Yule FestivitiesClimax Holiday Traditions

Christmas vacation is only aday away as H ur s t Istudents clima x pre-holiday activities with around of festive events.After the seniors participate inthe traditional lighting of the treein the foyer at 5:30, resident students an d all seniors will be guestsof the Sisters at the annual Christmas Dinner.i PartiesFollowing 'the dinner,5= the seniors and juniors will host thesophomores and freshmen at thebig-little sister parties at 7:30.Traditional C hristmas caroling willconclude the evening's events.Christmas festivities at Mercyhurst officially began on Tuesday night, December 15, whenstudents participated in the annual lighting of the nativityscene.The ceremony consisted of singing of carols, reading of scriptures, and lighting of the nativityscene. Located on the boulevardon i front campus, the crechescene was designed and constructed by the art department fifteenyears ago.

Poor FamiliesUnder the guidance of the sociology depratment, each of theclasses at Mercyhurst adopted twopoor families for Christmas. Thesociology department was responsible for selection of families. Theindividual classes wer responsiblefor collection of food n^ clothing. \ %Since g late in Nover^r Votershave been arriving fft&W v^urstrequesting,aid for Ctoriq$mft*| Sociology majors visited t% 'jmlileswho had sent letters and| evaluated the needs of these families.Each class then adopted twofamilies. They collected money,food, and clothing for them. Before Christmas vacation, a committee from each class win de

liver the food and clothing to thefamilies. Glee Club*Mercyhurst's glee club presented "A Ceremony of Carols" on

One of the guests at the recentorphan's party admires th e n ativity scene.December 13 in the Little Theater.This choral work was written in1942 by Benjamin Britten. J.The work is a series of eightmedieval carols divided by an interlude for a harp solo, under th edirection! of Sr. M.? Helen Jean,the concert featured soloists JaneProsser and Martha Cross. Mrs.Blaine Schuster of the Erie Philharmonic Orchestra was harp accompanist.This presentation! marked^ th eInitial exhibition of a programof this type in the Erie area. .Orphan's Pa ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^\h& it s firstTprojpct, thet fresh- .man class sponsored the orphan's Uparty on Saturday, December 12,from 2-5 p.m. |

Sixty children from St. Joseph'sHome were invited to attend thefestivities. Each child was assigned a | hostess to see that fhehad the "time of his life."

vice-president of her class for twoyears and is a member of ST8and the Mercyhurst SociologicalSociety. 1 isBethel Park, Pennsylvania^ ishome for Virginia Gorsak. Olnnyis a French major, former Orientation Committee chairman andDorm Council member. She served as chairman of,Mercyhurst'sentry in this year's Gannon Winter Carnival. ^Ginnyj... Ham mer, a sociologymajor from Pittsford, New York,is an active sodalist, member ofsodality's mission committee, and"talent^ scout" for 3Winter Whirl.She served*her class as presidentin her sophomore year and herschool, as vice-president of SGA,as chairman of the bus committeelast year.SGA president Peggy Hock isalso a sodalist, a m ember ofGreensleeve Players, and" Literary

Club. She is an English majorfrom Meadville, Pennsylvania,and has served as NSA juniorand senior delegate to SGA. \Janice Horvath, an Erie resident, is president of D.S.O. Anel. ed. major, Janice h as served onSGA as class representative andcorresponding secretary.Katherine Mahaney, from Warren, Ohio, is a chemistry major,section editor of the Praeterita,and a member of S.T.S. She represents the senior class on Student Government this year andhas previously served as its treasurer.W Selections were made on thebasis of scholastic excellence,leadership, participation in extracurricular and academic activities, service to the school, and potential leadership in society.World ExperiencesVatican I I ImpactS Immediate, important are thedecisions and declarations of therecently concluded Vatican Council in Rome. 2500 Roman Catholic prelates have returned to theirdioceses, and the impact of thediscussions, centered on the keyconcept of! aggiornamento, is be ing felt here in the Erie diocese,at Mercyhurst, and throughoutthe Christian world.

The introduction of the vernacular into "those parts of the liturgy which instruct > the faithfuland those parts which expresstheir prayers" went into effectNovmber 29. Masses offered inthe Mercyhurst chapel feature th eproclamation of the Epistle, lessons, and Gospelhn English, facing the congregation A changein posture lis alsojpresent in the"renewed" Mass. Participants nowstand immediately following theConsecration and remain^ stand ing through the communion pr ocession.

Th e third* session of the Council |also voted on several majorschemas. The Council Fathers approved common prayer with non-Catholic Christians, and voted onthe "collegiality" question, makingbishops and the Pope co-responsible, in \ teaching, with emphasisstill placed on the primacy of thePope.

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C h r i s t m a s - 1 9 6 4 a n d 1 9 6 5 S t u d e n t s R e m e m b e r H o m e l a n d F e s t i v i t i e sW& The wild office party, brightenedand dimmedwithChristmas "cheer"; shimmering lights inducing shoppers tobuy . . . buy . . . buy; the redrfaced, frost-bitten beggar onthe street corner; th e empty chapel; the genuinely happylaughter of a child on Santa's knee for whom|laughter isonly a part-tim e job. . y 4 fgWhat is Christmas, 19641 Is it a hodge-podge of commercial interests, a release from .tension and turmoil of everyday living by submersion in worldly preparation for the day-of-days? Is the world of Christmas merely a tinsel world inwhich artificial! happiness is aimed a t by gift-giving andparty-giving? Somewhere there's a better Christmas. Somewhereat Bethlehem.^ ? | |A world of peaceful tranquility; a word of real cheer aswe prepare for the first Jcoming of a King with love and self-giving. The Church gives us Adventfour weeks of peni-tance, recollection and self-denial, to prepare for Christ, ideally patterned after the preparation of Mary and Joseph.Lived liturgically, Advent culminates not in the exhaustion and weariness that come from a worldly preparation, butin a|feast of real joy in celebrating this birth, i-Each day of 1965 must be ChristmasChrist's divinity^]must-be made to shine through the humanity of this age andculture. .| IEvery time a convert is made, Christ is reborn in some-one's life; and that is Christmas. Every time you strive forholiness and grow in the Christ-life, Christ is reborn in yoU j&nd that is Christmas. Every time'you give a drink of water,clothe the naked, feed the hungry* you do it for Christ and toChrist, you are making Christ incarnate in the % world; andjithat is Christmas. i M& *, f,;,. T h* .New Year1965is a-strange world that movesrigidly and*randomly with no sense of direction: speakingof the brotherhood of men, ye t clamoring fo r vengea nce; un*der the mantle of charity, yet nurturMg selfishnessplannedparenthood and euthanasia. ;>t fc fChrist must be brought into th e world. The great strides ofVatipan 11 a n J achieving a dialogue or aggiornamento ofChristians ^ives us new direction iifr/re-incarnating Him byincreasing responsibility of itheflay apostlate; by renewingth e liturgy.,to make it the prayer of today's people today.Make eaeh day of the New Year a little Christmas, '

|by Katherine Doableand Guadalupe DuarteNations of the world may oe forever In disagreement, but onething that almost all peoples shareIs Christmas. It may be celebrateddifferently in different * countries,but the spirit is the same. TwoMercyhurst students give us alook at Christmas in!their homelands.?-juniorenKatherine Double, aFrench major, is from jProvence in France."Lou Ravi," $ the astonished),the most typical personage of theProvencal manger, seems to ifbewaiting for Jesus' birth, as isevery other "santoun." The Christmas {tree, Ughted| and glittering,gives a happy appearance tothe house.

The day is December 2 4 , so whenthe great family dinner j with thespecial^ thirt een desserts is finished, the children put their well-polished shoes in fronts of thechimney, then go to bed very excited. The adults get ready to goto Midnight Mass during whichthey will sing special songs in theProvencal language and will seethe offering of living lambs byshepherds. The religious task accomplished, the Midnight Supperis again very gay. Some deliciousdishes are prepared acompaniedby ch amp agne. iri a great' abundance, ...,! IThe next morning, everybodygets up before nine o'clock to gotogether and unpack the gilts tha tOur Readers Comment... Dear Editor:I t has been brought to my attention in recent years that theyearbook staff does not accomplish lits work through the effortsof the editor and several others,but throug h th e help of everysingle working member, no jmatter how Insignificant her job. Iwould like to thank all of \thesescattered members who contributed to the creation of excellentFaculty, Senior, and : Forewordsections: First of all, Karen WiU-iams and Nancy Nones, AcademicCo-editors and their individualstaffs. Sue GeltchJMaureen McCarthy, and Sally Schmidt andtheir photographers, Barb Kos-ciolek and Anna ean Smalley;Next, Maryce Jaeger and her assistants, Judy Pitney and HelenBalzer and their photographer,Nanci Lantz; and finally, KathyMahaneyy Foreword, and I staff,herself, and her photographer,Joanni Pletnik. Without theworkl of I Celia Coletta anarher

literary staff, Marty Fiedler (Faculty) and Mary Kay Naegle (Seniors), and Marilyn Pokorski, Art

Editor and her lay-outjassistants,ftuth Serinett and Mary Carabet-ta f|the sections would never havebeen quite so successful.Maureen Aleci ' -*1965iPraeterita Editor *>Dear Editor:I The renewal of the Church hasmany indirect effects on Mercy-hurst 's campus, such as the Sunday bulletin which is distributedafter Mass. The bulletin containsnot only information about litur-gical events on campus but alsoincreases! awareness of Mercyhurst as a community. My thanks,therefore, to CCD andithe girlswho publish the bulletin.Sincerely,Fran Herman;Dear Editor:We would like to thank themembersf Athe Administrationand faculty for their cooperationand rf encouraging spirit duringour-recent camera raids in preparation of the Faculty section ofthe yearbook. We hope that theyunderstand our reason for usinginformal rathe r tha n, formal . 'pic

tures. W e. feel, th at the yearbookshould be a true representationof the school itself, living,* work-I 0ing, and f progressing. Since thefaculty is a vital part of this active picture, we wish to depictthem as they naturally 1appear,not stiff and formal, but: smilingand frowning, . gesturing anddemonstrating. This type of por-tryal vitalizes the yearbook, andtherefore, vitalizes the school.tMaureen Aleci, EditorKarene Williams, Faculty

f< i Editor, PraeteritaDear Students': A large task c an seem ov erwhelming when one faces it alone,but dwindles to the "possible"when many hands and minds'share the burden of the work. Co operation is the key!to most jobs"well-done"without it, ^ Mercy-hurst 's participation in Gannon's1964 Winter Carnival could neverhave been accomplished.The entire student body deservesa big^'thank you" for supportingthe week-end's activities in everyaspect. Chris and I would also liketo thank infe particular everyonewho worked on the various carnival committees: Audna Linter andher hard-working design andbooth construction committee;Ginny Hammer, Mary Ann Redmond, Peggy Hock, and ShariWheten for their efforts in th eTalent Show, competition; MimBoles and the publicity Crew; andJean Stimmel, Jane Prosser andthe song committee!And, of course,, our warmest ap preciation t o ! Mercyhurst's veryown queen, Rita Chrobak. It isn'teasy to appear calm, cordial, andcasual in ^ front of hundreds ofsurveying eyes,-j but Rita] did h erpart well and was certainly atribute to the entire college.Thanks again to all.1 f

Sincerely, *,Ginny Gorsak and-Chris Phillips I

"Pere Noel" brought during thenight. The shoes overflow withevery kind of package and wrapped candy. At one o'clock thewhole family gathers to eat thet y p i c a l "Provencal anchoiade"'with "foie gras," uncooked celery,turkey, and truffles before thetraditional Yule log which is apudding that looks like a tree log.After the meal an enormous logis put in the fireplace by the father that will burn all day longand will give happiness to all thefamily for one year.(Guadalupe Duarte, a sophomorehome economics major, is from7uc atan , | Mexico.Christmas in Mexico is a time ofgreat meaning filled with actionand gaiety. The preparation startsabout four weeksf before the realday arrives with the "posadas."This is a gathering of friends andfamilies where an imitation ofthe journey of?Maryland Josephto Egypt is re-enacted. A group ofpeople outside sing asking forshelter, but the answer from theinside group is no; they then goto another door (in the same

house), but they are also refused.On the third stop they are finallywelcomed! andall happiness follows. This Is done once a week forfour .weeks.In social centers and clubs thissymbolic journey is followed bya big dance crowned of course bythe breaking of a "pinata." Thebreaking of the "pinata" is a typical custom in Mexico around

Christmastime. Every Christmasparty (adults or children) Includeso n e . This is an object made ofheavy paper shaped in many different waysa Santa Claus, aChristmas tree, a big star, a dolland filled with candy and goodies.The "pianata" is hung In the middle of the room, a stick is provided for the blindfolded person, andthen watch out so you don't gethit! I

Th e night|before Christmas anearly family gathering is held forall the children, and is continuedby the adults until late at night.The morning of the 25th, the giftsare opened and excitement reignsthroughout.

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W h at do you*want-blood?Blood is exactly! what theMercyhurst Chapter of the In tercollegiate Council of Red Crosswants, and t h a t is what it is re ceiving. IStudents and faculty have beenasked to donate one pin t of bloodto the | Blood Bank at St. VincentHospital sometime J between January 1 and J an u a r y 22. Inre turn , the donors are promisedcoverage for themselves and theirfamilies (mother, father, brother,sister, |spouse and! children), nomat ter what par t of the countrythe relative |may live in.Hospital authori t ies assure thatdonating ^ blood Jhas no adverseeffect. Prior to the donation,Volunteers wil l| receive a minorphysical and then dependent uponthe outcome offthe physical theirbloods will be leither accepted orrejected. As a special service.extended, by the hospital , alldonors will receive their fbloodtype. |g -

Other Council members-Edin-boro, Villa, Erie Business Centerand Behrend Campus-willibe in volved in this project, also.? Eachcollege has a set t ime for blooddonations land a goal (Mercy-hurst 's is 125 pin t s ) . By Maythe Council hopes to have acquired a sizeable blood reserveto cover all six campuses and tohave extended donations for manyneedy individuals in the area.Pledges to give a pint of bloodwill continue tofbe taken in thecafeteria unti l January 8th from12:00-12:30 p.m. daily. \

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*I t hardly seems possible bu there |t|istDecember 17, and in afewf hours we'll be heading homefor the holidays. The Winter Carnival is over and the Blue Key isgrateful; the Sociology Club ishurriedly fdelivering Christmasdinners to the city's needy to maketheir Christmas fa l i t t le more en joyable; and thee basketball^teamis awaiting Illinois Wesleyan fora game tomorrow evening in- theauditorium. r

"Mercyhurst has changed sincethe last time I saw it," musedRosario Marino. "In fact, thisroom in which we're sitting now(Office of Redevelopment) was aclassroom when I was here JI | eve 1Miss Marino, a business majorin the class of '56, visited Mercyhurst during a brief respite fromher duties as assistant to theFinance Division Chief of Autonomous Regional Corporation ofCauca Valley (CVC), a redevelopment program similar to theUnited State's Tennessee ValleyAuthority program. k -MA resident of Columbia, SouthAmerica, Miss Marino attendedMercyhurst during the years 1953-54 to learn the English|language,so that she'd be able to help herfather in his importing business."I never did fulfill that plan,"she confessed, "two weeks afterI returned to Columbia, 13 washired as a bi-lingual secretary tothe Executive Director of CVCan d I've been with the Corporation! ever since."Finance MBecoming interested in the financial work of CVC, Miss Marinotook some economics courses atUniversidad Valle which l ed | toher present position of assistantto the Finance Division Chief.As assistant , she acts as theMason between the Finance Di

vision Chief and the four SectionChiefs of the Division, co ordinateswork among jthe Sections, andsupervises $38 million dollars inforeign loans from Alliance forProgress,! W orld Bank land PointFour.Because of her extensive workwith f oreign ! loans, Miss Ma rinorecently attended^ a three-monthcourse in Budget Evaluation sponsored by the Inter-AmericanBank in Mexico. Of the 33 gov

ernment officials from LatinAmerican countries attending thecourse, she was the only woman."I didn't find that [too unus

u a l , " she admitted; "I was thefirst woman to get a job in,; fi -nance work with the Columbiangovernment, so I'm used to ^traveling in male circles."VisitPa r t of the Budget Evaluationcourse entailed a visit to Washington, D. C, to meet the staffsof institutions which? provideloans for Latin I American countries. "Since I was so close to Erie,I couldn't resist renewing oldfriendships," she smiled.

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ReviewsMoliere ComedyAs he?made Death of a Salesman seem ; so tragic, so, EdwardHamilton made The Doctor In

A l u m n a eSpotlightWilliam P. Garvey, PlacementDirector at Mercyhurst, recentlypublished the report of 1963-64Operations of the MercyhurstPlacement Office.*Statistically speaking, 68% ofthe graduates are now teaching,1 1 % are,enrolled in .graduateschool, 5% are working in industr y and 5% are employed bystate and-federal civil service.

Teachers .*Figure-wise this means that ofthe Teacher Education graduates,51 are teaching in public schoolsand three in? parochial schools,located in eight states. The starting salaries range from the lowest,$3,000fin the Pittsburgh Diocese,to $5,600 in Long Island, NewYork, with the average salarybeing $4,898. *:Of those in Secondary Education, twenty- eighty are teaching,three are now married, four havebegun graduate school s tudy/ an done has entered industry in Buffa l o , New 'York. Schools chosenfor graduate work were the University of Illinois, Kansas StateUniversity, Purdue University andMount Sinai Hospital.Reviewing Elementary Education, all but two are teaching. Ofthese two, one has entered theconvent-Sisters of Mercy-and theother is employed as a Naval Air

toriDev. Center Budget Analyst.Twelve of the twenty-six who areteaching in elementary schoolshave remained in * Pennsylvania.Non>-TeachersJ*. Of 1 the non-teaching majors,five have begun graduate work,three are doing civil service work,three have entered industry, twoare teaching, and four are m ar ried.

Spite of Himself seem trulyhilarious. As Moliere's DoctorSpanarelle, he portrayed th ewoodcutter whose wife (JudyPine) punished his laziness andinfidelity by telling the lie t h a the was a great doctor who hadto be beaten 'i into practicing thea rt of healing.

Anthony Schmltt, B.S. fromXavier University, directed thisTalisman P l a y e r s Productionstaged at The Gannon Playhouse,December 3-6,I t was notable for arrestingcharacter interpretations and audience contact which made all ofthe action fully significant.

$ J Williams ComedyProm December 11-19, the EriePlayhouse is presenting Period ofAdjustment, a comedy by Tennessee Williams. The play centersaround newlywed George * andIsabel Haverstick's Christmas evevisit with Ralph Bates, George'sold war buddy.Newlyweds' troubles in the first-year of a marriage to the* varied replenishingaspects latent in all husband/wiferelationships are manifested inthis comedy. " ?

Leonard Ede1stein, Mercyhurstdrama instructor, produced, designed and directed the production, tt *>Three .in One v *^ Sister Mary Angelica, SisterMary Ambrose &and* H u b e r tHaisock, members of i Mercy-hurst 's ar t department faculty,are displaying their works at theArt Club of Erie, 3S8 West Sixth

Street , hours: 1-4 pjn . (Tuesday-Saturday) and 2-5 p.m. (Sunday),The show will continue,throughDecember 24. This exhibit provides anjl opportunity for thosewhose events' calendar is limitedto see the works of three diverseart ists at one t ime.jl Another three in one event isthe Erie Philharmonic SocietyConcert Evening, January 19-20.The'program will? include HeideLehwalder, harpist; Joseph Eger,hornist ; and Vienna Prioletti,pianist .

STS Assists StudentsDrooping; ey e l i d s , b l o o d s h o t

eyes and shattered nerves arethree common student afflictionscured by Sigma Tau Sigma, Mer-cyhurst 's Student Tutoring Society. Designed to help any student with academic- difficulties,STS provides free tutoring service in all subjects.Tutors are students of highscholastic achievement, nominat-ed by their major professor andSister M. Janet , Academic Dean,for induction into the Honor So-ciety. Before being formally re ceived into the society, these students must serve a year internship. Upon the_ successful completion of it, they are then installed in the society.New members inducted into thesociety, Dec. 9, 1964, by PresidentAnn Weigand were: Mim Boles,Anne David, Nanette DePaoli,Mary Alice Graham, Beverly

Heintz, Pat Jargiello, Irene Kopec,Sandy Se lvai Annajean Smalley,Sue Sontag, Sue 4 Spangenberg,Carole Stroiber and Chris Valent ine.

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Artists SponsorPre-Holiday SaleOil paintings, charcoal sketches,an d ceramic jewelry were amongthe various forms of art exhibitedin the Mercyhurst Student ArtSale. The annual sale, held in thecafeteria, November 30 th rough

December 5, was sponsored andpresented by the Art Club.Entries submitted! were takenfrom any Iart medium. All Artdub members were J expected tosubmit one entry but no limit wasset to the entries one could submit. The participants!! the salewere not necessarily art majors;any M ercyhurst student was eligible to participate. IThe purpose of the art sale wasto give participants a chance todisplay their talents and to earnsome money before Christmas. Allprofits derived from the sale wentto the artists; ?the club did notreceive any profit. The president of the Art Clubjs Claire Cronin. f

Students DecorateDorm Rooms, Halls, The holiday spirit has overtaken the halls and rooms ofboth Egan and McAuley Halls.Decorations lugged back afterThanksgiving or purchased downtown appear throughout eachdormitory. The traditional wreaths andstockings still seem to be themost! popular ornaments. Someresidents have J on | display trees,candy canes and angels- Otheroriginal trimmings feature lights,bells and even an occasional cotton-whiskered Santa Claus. Thelounges are decorated on-- eachfloor and the scent of Christmastrees and popcorn chains per-

The hat pin under the collar isno longer the sole means of selfdefense for the young lady. Amore direct technique has beenIntroduced to Mercyhurstkarate.Th e jiyitsu expert lurking in ourhalls is Miss Sedneyf At the lastmeeting ; of the newly christenedWAA (Women's Athletic Association, alias AA), Miss Sedney gavea demonstration on the basictechniques of karate.It involves kicks, punches, andblocks delivered with great forceand speed. It develops icoordination, alertness, and self confidence, ji" IThe members practiced the positions without 3 actual contact.President of the WAA, Gail Woz-niak said, "Although it's (karate)outside our usual realm of sports,we'd like to have more demonstrations and bring some non-members into them."ft . I 1 ^Volleyball NewsAnother sport in the news is thevolley ball tournament. The sophomore team is top ranking, followedby the juniors in second place, thefreshmen claim third and theseniors fourth.Outstanding offense on f th esophomore team is credited toBarb Branzovich, Sue Gel en an dKay Gabryjolek. The high pointman for the three top teams wasBarb Kosciolek, sophomore; ChrisValentine,, jjunior; and ElaineWilson, freshman.Special mention was given toBarb Kosciolek, who was highpoint man for the tournament aswell as her class.Th e play-offs for the currentstandings will Include two games.The first will take place betweenthe juniors and freshmen, withthe winning team challenging thesophomores for the second game.Y Trophies will be awarded to thewinning team and to individualclass high point men. The games

are played on Thursday jjnight at7:00 in the gym. Co-managers forthe tournament are Pat Riley andPat Nicolletti. After the volley ballseason, WAA will undertake basketball competition.Exercises ScheduledFor those who find the dallydiet enlarging the ir physique, spe-lal exercise; classes have beenorganized jby Jud y Moffett andMary Ellen Symons. They takeplace on Monday and Wednesdayevenings in the gym from 9:30 to10:00-1 Vigorous exercises aresoothed by musical accompaniment. All students are invited toattend the "shaping up" session.meates fthe atmosphere. T h emarked-off calendars show thatthere are only eight more daysuntil Christmas.

Frosh Se lec t C lass O f f i c e r sThe usual procedure of electing Iofficers for the freshmanclass was changed this year. Instea d! of scheduling voting forearly in O ctober, the electionswere held after Thanksgiving vacation. 1Those who were chosen to represent the F resh man ' Class of1064-65 are Mary Jane Kiebcrt,president; Jeanne* Keim, vice-president; Kay WillemsJ secretary; and Donna Costanzo, treasurer. Candidates SelectedThese girls were elected bytheir Iclassmates from a slate ofnominees. The nominees included,presidentMary Jane Kiebert,Elaine Wilson, and L orraine Con-dino; vice-presidentJ e a n n e

Keim, Karen Zymilinski, GloriaCritelli, Betty Barczak, and Linda Salem; secretaryKay Wll-lems, Sally Koss, and Pat Nicole te; treasurerDonna Costanzo;Georgina Cantoni, and TerryJones.An jlnformal discussionfhour InMcAuley Lounge, December 2,presented an opportunity for allthe freshmen? to m eet nomineesand! learn their views.

United Effort 1l E a c h presidential candidatestressed the point of unity. Sincethe freshman class of 1964 is th elargest in in the history of Mercyhurst, the ^nominees felt unityand spirit were essential for th eclass.

Student In EuropeSwiss Governessby Mary Bernasm June, 1964, Shirley Millerleft the United States to workand travel in Europe for the summer. It is now December, 1964;the summer is over, autumn too

is on its way out and Shirley Mille r has |not yet returned. Whathappened? She decided to staya while longer, \ that's all I Andfrom all air-mailed reports sheis enjoying herself.He r ASIS plan called for atwenty-one day |tour of Europeand then work at a Hotefrln Vul-pera, Switzerland. Shirley's tourbegan in Luxembourg. From thereshe traveled to Germany, France,Holland, Italy and finally Switzerland. Concerning these places,her comments are ended withnothing but exclamation points."Paris, Lucerne, Lugano, Florence,Rome, Venice, Innsbruck, Heldel-burg!! Paris and!Venice vie forfirst place. Venice has little trinket shops and canals and narrowcabled! alleys which make it sointriguing!!" \ %

|Her first job at the Hotel consisted in "making fruit baskets,preparing "plateaus" of cheese,and giving out provisions to thecooks and waitersand nibblinga bit here and there too/' As thesummer ended, so ended her job,but in its place she now works asa governess to the children of aSwiss family. "The summer ended too quickly. I went to Lausanne to take a F r e n c hcourse at the University for three Jweeks. After the course was over,I returned to Vulpera to work asa governess for the Pinosch fam-3ily who own all of Vulpera. OnfOctober 25, we came to Pontres-slna which is their winter residence. At times the!kids are solovable but at other times |pj .!!This language barrier (the children speak |Homansch, Italianand German with ajbit of Frenchand English thrown in.) makesdiscipline j quite difficult."Shirley plans to return to theUnited States next spring. In themeantime, she is "seizing the opportunity." I fEd. note' Shirley was a memberof the 1963 Freshmen class. Herwork and travel tour of | Europewas sponsored by the AmericanStudent's Information Service.E l . Ed. MembersAttendConference

On November 14, Sister M. Sus-anne, head of the ElementaryLuEducation Department, and mem-|bers of the El. Ed. Club attendeda Science Research AssociatesConference, held at Mayfield,Ohio. IThe opening address of theclinic was given by Dr. RaymondA. Patouillet, Associate Professorof Education * at Columbia University, New York. Following Dr.Patouillet's speech group meetingswere held jwith specializations inthe areas of Elementary Science,Identifying Pupil Needs, and HowTo Study.The |El . Ed. Club members attendin g! included Elaine Berch-

told, Janis Bodnar, Mary AnnKelly, Maureen Bees and PatRiley.

Barb Branzovich, Nancy McNamara^nd Barb Kosciolelljj (1 to r)sing during recent a udition.!Talent Show Presented ,RepresentativesChosenBy Nadine Kishton*Strains of "There's No BusinessLike Show Business" echoedthrough The Little Theatre,

Thursday, December 3, as participants from the classes auditionedfor the opportunity to representMercyhurst at the Gannon W interCarnival talent show. |The two acts selected, on thebasis of originality, staging, evidence of talen t and audience contact, were fa tramp dance andbaton routine by Snarl Whetenand a presentation of Christmasfolk songs by Peggy Hock. Thesegirls completed in the all-college competition at Gannon,December 12.1 "t Varied TalentAmong the other talent was lamusical scene from the motionpicture "Bye, Bye Birdie". Thesong "Telephone Hour" was doneijby fourteen members of thefreshman class- Those on stagewere Ann Dysinger, Betty Barzak,Kathy McDowell, Maureen Kelly,Kathleen Iacardi, Kathy Fitzgerald, Pat Hbwley, Jeanne Maurey,Kay Williams, Adria Kelleher,Mary Jane Kiebert, Judy Grana,and Eileen McManus.In keeping with the \ theme ofthe carnival, Winter Whirl, PatLawlor presented an organ medleyof )Christmas carols. Threemembers of the sophomore classpresented |a repetoire of folksongs including "All My Sorrows"and "Cottonfields". with a Span-fish innovation. The Spanish trioincluded Nancy McNamara, BarbKosciolek and Barb Branzovich^I Nancy a lso! did a solo act withsongs from "Camelot" and "TheFantastics." JDance NumberCombining the winter theme inboth act and costume, Chris Ogni-bene did a dance routine to them u s i c a l accompaniment of"Sleigh Ride" while attired in herreindeer costume. Chris did aohange-of-pace jazz dance to "BigNoise From Winnetka."Jane Prosser'added a classicalatmosphere with her performanceof "0|M!o Babbino Caro." Accompanied on the piano by JoAnne Jazwinski, Jane preceded(her selection with an t Englishtranslation in order to "make itmore meaningful."Sue Geltch added more of theSpanish motiff with an accordionsolo entitled "Espana Cani." Suealso played a polka.Celia Colettapconcluded th eperformances with a monologuetelling of the escapades of a small

boy in the 19th century.Th e judges?of the talent included Sister Matthew, Sister deMontfort, Kathy McManus andMr. Kubiak.Clubs CoordinateSpecial Activities

SodalityRev. John Poux, who is active in th e Catholic Family Movement at Saint Peter's Cathedralin Erie andaalso^ a head masterof Cathedral Prep, conducted themonthly Day of Recollection, Saturday, December 5.Thee afternoon program consisted of a series of conferencesalternated with periods of mentalprayer or spiritual reading.'. Thetheme of the conferences was the"Circle of Love" involving Ood,the?individual and his neighbors.Father Poux was available forp r i v a t e consultations between jsessions and celebrated Mass forthose attending.$The Day of Recollections wasattended by members of the Sodality, YCS and CCD. |On December 8, the Sodalityheld its annual CommunionBreakfast. Rev. Richard Sullivan, ) director of religious activities at Gannon College, celebratedMass. Edward Greene, a member of thef Erie Serra Club,spoke on the Lay Apostalate. Theprogram closed with a Bible vigilhonoring the Imm aculate Conception.| f Lit ClubThe Lit Clubs is again sponsoring a series of afternoon coffeehours. On December 7, a groupof student teachers presented apanel discussion. Those comprising the panel were Peggy Hock,Kathy McManus, Barb Brairtonand Nancy\ Nones. Celia Colettaserved as moderator of the panel.On JDecember 14, } Paul Mc-Andrews spoke on "Machalvelliand the Policies of Shakespeare."Junior ClassJuniors received their classrings at the annual ring ceremonyat 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 15. Father Biebel blessed therings. The blessing was followedby Mass in the chapel.

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