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rapher, Gloria L u t z ! M i s sLutz and he r successorswil l be ma ins taysof M e r c y -hurst's ne w publ i c i typ r o -gram . Working wi th t h epress Club, t h e p h o t o g r apher will send picturesofthe studentst o t h e i r h o m etown papers , tak e sna pshots fo r P r a e t e r i t a , a n dprint ph otosof outs t and ingschool eventsi n T h e M e r -ciad.

War Stamp Sale

Begins TodayAre y ou b u y i n g y o u r

shareof w a r s t a m p s ? We l l ,here is your chance t o doyour p a r t i t o w a r d s h e l p i n gyour country w i n t h e w a r

and a t t h e s a m e t i m eto laya nest-egg for*yourself .pBegins Today!

Beginninga t noon Thu rsday, January 21 , i n t h ecollegej :ha l l , w a r s a v i n g sstamps willb e so ld . Eve lynGerbracht willb e S t u d e n tCouncil C ha irm ana n d wil lbe assistedb y R u t h S p e e r,Cathar ine O'Rourke, Rosemary Hurley, a nd M a r yMacPherson. S tam ps wil lbe sold every M ondaya ndThursday a t 1 0 : 1 5 1a ndfrom 12:15 t o 12:40 .

To encourage t h e sa le ofstamps there wil lb e competition among t h e c lasses .So, b y l ay ing down yourchange you will b e h e l p i n gyour class and;att h e s a m etime fhelping Unc leS a mthrow shellsa t t h e A x i s .

Ask Th i s Ques t ionIs everyone rea dy now ?

Good! Rem emb er, s t a mp swill soon tur n the m sel ve sinto bonds. W he n you? ar ein doub t abou t ;buy ingastamp, a s k yourse l f th i squestion, "W ouldI l i k e t ochange places w ith t h a t soldier, sailor, or m a r i n e?"

Special E v e n t s /STUDENT COUNCILIPOSTS NOTICES

The Student Counci lh a soegun a new pro jec t T h estudent Councili s now responsiblefor al l such informationof official events being brought t o t h e a t t e ntion of th e s t u d e n t s .V- A A w o r k n a s been d i -vwed among va r ious committees :: * J * t ,a ll notices concern-

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y Programs will$U P 0 8 t e d fey D o r o t h yC a r rr a a n d D o r o t hy M c "t~e c o n d> not ices of lec-2,S U be card for by an r ^

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W i t h t h i s o pt im i s ti cs t a t e m e n t , H h eSophomoresannounce t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n tof t h e Press C lub , Mercy-hurs t ' s I newe s t o rgan izat ion . Sugges ted b y t h eD e a n a nd en thus ias t i ca l lyrece ivedb y the Sophomoresas the i r exc lus ive p ro jec t ,th e c lub wi llb e i nfull opera t ion b y t h e beg inn ing oft h e ne w s e m e s t e r. I t s pur

pose i s to secure pub l i c i tyfor t h e school b y r e g u l a rnews con t r ibu t ions t o t h eE r i e p a p e r sand by send ingal l news i tems concerningthe individual gir lst o t h e i rh o m e t o w n p a p e r s .Your Chancet o M a k e N e w s

T h a t t h e r e is grea t needfor this publ ic i ty can be verified b y a M e r c y h u r s t g i r lwho l ives outs idet h e E r i e -

the name Mercyhurs t e l i ci t s no response of recogni-t ion . Al thought h e work oft h e c l u b m u s tb e l imi tedt oa cer ta in group, contr ibu

t ions o r suggest ions fromeveryone wi l l be g rea t lyap*prec ia ted . W henev er possible , pictures wil lb e s e n tw i t h t h e a r t i c l e s ;so if youhave never "made the headl ines" , this i s your chance.

Your Pres t ige Depends ,R e m e m b e r t h a ta n y p u b

l i c i ty g ivent h e col lege wil lbenef i t n o t only Mercyh u r s t b u t also each one ofi t s s tuden t s , because yourp r e s t i g ea s a col lege graduate wil l depend largelyup

on t h e recogni t ion accordedy o u r A l m a M a t e r.

Buffalo - Cleve land d i s t r i c ta nd i n w h o s e h o m e t o w n

C A R D | PA RT YF E B . 1 2On Friday evening, {Febru

ary 12, the S.O . S. wil l entertain the student bodya%a jcard part y. Clever decorations will carry out a Valentine Day theme . Comeandenjoy yourselves with everything from B ridge to Rummy.

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THE MERCIADPubl i shed semi -month ly by the s tuden t sofpiercyhurst Colleg

Editor H^^HHIBI f^LAnT^^- ^ Ass i s t an t Ed i to r s

M a r t h a H a l e y | \f v 9 I A?ne J w niS?n* * V ) u L / ' Uane Walsh

Editorial BoardFea tu res Ed i to r i Ka the r ine DIneenNews Ed i to r . F r a n c e sHoneckLi te ra ry Ed i to r Alv ina McD ermot tArt Editor El inorKlosBusiness''Manager Mary Ellen Linney

E D I TO R I A L S TA F F : E v e l y n G e r b r a c h t . B e t t y D a i le y, G l o r ia L u t e ,K a t h e r i n e M o n r o e , P a t D u ff y, E v a J a c o b s . P a t B u ff i ng t o n ,Marilynn Cooper,B e t t y K n a p p , Retina E n g l i s h , E l a t n e To r m a y, R i t a R i t b e n h o u n e ,(CatherineConnoly, Anne Kingston, Peg? S u l l i v a n , J u n e M o o r e , P a t O l i v a . M a rg a r e tO'Connor. fj y f _

I B U S I N E S S S TA F F : E i l e en F i t z g e ra l d , M a ry K ir b y, A n n e K a n e,C a t h e r i n e O'Rourke, J a n e t B e n s o n , E l i n o r K l o s , M a r yO'Hara, E i l e e n R e a g l e .M a r y Ta y l o r. (. Mp

C U B R E P O RT E R S : P h y l l is W h i t e , N a t a l i e H i r t l e ,Jean Wadlinger,Delores Di Vincenzo. } j % ;v ^ ^\'%.".

M C I M M I M I . U 1 M co.. erne. r*.

WE AC E INS ULTEDSince The Merciad is the pap er of a wom en's col lege,

the "w e" in We Are Insu l ted dea l s wi th w omen in genera l ,college women inparticular. And now tha t i t has beense t t l ed th a t we a re among those insul t ed , le t us de te rm inejus t how tha t i s be ing done .

W e a re insul t ed by the rad io , the m ovies. Ye t hav ewe ever s topped to cons ider tha t the wr i t e r s o f the ne twork women ' s p rograms or " soap operas" mus t th inkus em otional "sops " and intel lectual m idge ts? If theydid not bel ieve this , surely they would not give us suchinane "m ush ." They asse r t tha t they wr i t e wh a t isexpected.| In other words, they insul t us by declar ingtha t we a re no be t t e r than theprograms!we are g ivento l i s ten to . A nd they a re "p re t ty " bad .

I t is not necessary to point out the "awful ly sad"misrepresentat ion of us given by the self ish, sophist icated clothes-horses of thescreen? If we, i f a l l women,were l ike those ofthe mo vies, th e w orld would b e filledwith ev ery kind of neurot ic and m aniac. ^

Less obvious is the insul ti hurledpat us by thewom an ' s magaz ine . W hat r igh t have the ed i to rs ofMademoisel le , Vogue to brand us as beings who have nointerest in l i fe beyond! the c lo thes we wear, the cosmet ics we l ike? And^yet that is the only grounds onwhich they appea l to us .

We a re insu l t ed byAmerican ^entertainment, sa lesorganizat ions on every hand. W e are dragged downevery ime the "Amer ican woman" i s por t rayed in public, appea led to in p r iva te . ?

W e are insul ted and, for the mos t part , unfair ly.Unfor tuna te ly in be ing womanly we d i s l ike o rgan iz ingaga ins t the " lad ies " in the pub l ic eye . W e a re con ten t tol ive our l ives pr ivately while ourcounterparts l ive the i r spub'icly for all to see and be convinced.

W H A T * / y C U C B R A C K E TThe annual income tax reports wil l soon begin to

produce woeful headaches, jangled nerves, and s tumpypenci ls . Yet i t doesnot seem unfa i r tha t each ind iv idua l who has ea rned h i s l iv ing in Amer ica shou ld retu rn par t o f h i s ea rn ings as an inves tment to insureconditions necessary for his cont inued business or profession, i Y-Women who belong toourfcolleges have no t ye t begun to put into pract ice the ar ts and sciences they arelea rn ing . They a renot;:' ye t se l f - suppor t ing ; and consequently donoti concern themse lves wi th income taxes .But th ey should fi le a s ta tem ent on th e incom e derivedfrom the school in which they spendfrom one to fourpr ice less years . *

A t Mercyhurst your income is based ona^non-taxableand immeasurab le sa la ry : the c lasses you a t t end , theassoc ia tes wi th whom you-ming le , the school ac t iv i t i e swh ich prove fer t i le soil for your pecul iar ta lents . W henyou give your ta lents to the school , your school1 will giveyou in te res t due* I f you m er i t no income, rem em ber tha tyou cannot ga in " someth ing ou t o f no th ing ." "

The government de r ives i t s sus tenancefrom the : publ ic income; you , a s a Mercyhurs t s tuden t , have a pe rpetual income derived from your own talents working

th roug h th e school . Is i t unjust for your school to expec t some re tu rn fo r the oppor tun i t i e s i t g ives to you?The government asks such a t ax on sources o f income.

(Excerp t f rom an essay by Alv ina McDermot t )

A EKE$H STARTT h e f i r s t s e m e s t e r o f t h i s y e a ris near ly over. W i th

the new te rm beg inn ing in January come oppor tun i t i e sfor a fresh s tar t in our col legecareersnew courses ,new f ields of interest , a new vista of school act ivi t ies .Tt oresents a chance fo r us to rev ive the f resh en thus iasmfor work and p lay wh ich we brought w i thus m September.We w e r e t h r i l l e d t othink of the new knowledge w eJ..u ooanire and al l the fun and surprises ahead.Lets

c S y oveitmssanfe/enthusiasm f rom January to June .

"JUST DRIFTIN'99

"Wasn't that a *livelym eet ing? Bes t we 'vehaia l l yea r !"

" U h - h u h . "" T h a t ' s j u s t w h a t w e

were ta lking about in classtoday, wasn ' t i t ?"

" I guess so . W ish we

didn ' t have to t ake thestuff".Are you a piece ofdrift

wood? Do those "dul l" ,"deep" , "cu l tu ra l " coursesbore you to tears ? Do yousi t in classes or meet ingsand say "Yes", i f anyth ing ? I f so , wake up!You don' t know what youare miss ing .

B u t | t h e n m a y b e y ouwould ra the r l eave therealms of high endeavor toyour l eaders . W ai t a minute! How do you knowtha t you ' re no t a l eader.Did you 'ever t ry being:>ne? Of course, leaders'work their heads off";Dut they p re fe r tha t to alull ex i s tence .

I The real col lege s tudent ,the only young -womanwor thy o f the name,is in-terested in l i fe ,f S h e m u ste r s a l l he r en thus iasm forthe "du l l " , "deep" , "cu l tu ra l" courses . And she doesn ' t f ind them *"duir fo rlong because she soon discovers tha t they a l l f i t into a pa t t e rn o f Chr i s t i ancu l tu re whichshe J will offer to the world.

N E V E R B O R E S O T H E R S

The real col lege graduate wil l never be bored w ithlife, and she w il l never b oreo thers . She is too v ivaciously interes ted in l i fe for;hat . She wil l neve rtimid-y shirks her dut ies as a

good ci t izen because she isenthusiastically?certain ofwhat those respons ib i l i t i e sentai l . H er diplom a is nota mere ro l l o f pa rchment .I t i s a banner which shewil l ca rry into the worldtu rmoi l . Does she have tocar ry th i s banner? Yoube t she does ! And she canhard ly wait! * ^

Jane Wa l s hB Y T H E I R A C T S Y O US H A L L K N O W ' T H E M S

W e call ourselves col lege s tudents; but would anyone recognize us as such by our act ions?

Recen t ly we had the opportuni ty of l is tening to an eminen t l ec tu re r, Dr. A gar ; bu tm any of us not only did nott ake advan tage o fthatfopportuni ty, but by our self ishnessdeprived others ofit."

Cer ta in ly we J know the rulesof common courtesy. But we1

know them mere ly* as some

thing to be put on and taken offat wil l , as instruments for ourown social achievement .

Rem ember : Take t ime tosave t ime , Be cour teous !

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Ja nuary 21, 1948

HERE IT IS

I N V I T A T I O NTOlAeTlOUThe late Pius XI had sounded the call to the Catho

lai ty of the world to enl is t in the apostolate of thehie?arch y. Such a prog ram he had designated as CathoIAction. lc

The purpose of Cathol ic A ction is " to res toreChristianlife in fam ily and soc iety " There fore, th e influenceofour holy religion should be a determining factor inever!field. Besidesbishopsiand priests , the Church needsthassistance of many intelligent, self-sacrificing layman d laywomen who wil l devote themselves to hercnno

The lai ty should ^Use*D A R N !eager ly pa r t i c ipa te

in Cathol ic Action,especial ly in ourt i m e s , w h e n t h eFa i th i s ^alwaysgrave ly menaced ,and whenour rel igious, because of thescan t iness o f the i rnumbers, find itdiff i cu l t to mee t thenecessi t ies of souls .

There a re a number of men and women who do notknow ' the Church .M any of them ta rehost i le to theCath4olic rel igion b ecausethey have been m isinform ed or even sca ndalized. These people willavoid rel igious; they wil lf ind out about the Churchonly through a Cathol ic layleader. '

E v e r y Catholic ought tobe a propag ator of his rel igion. H e ought to be so enthus ias t i c over the marve lous pr ivi lege he has received, th at he should beburs t ing wi th eagerness toimpar t h i s own knowledge .Therefore the need for in

tel l igent Cathol ics ."Unfortunately, too manyCathol ics are indifferent ,and let golden opp ortunit i e s s l ip f rom them . Theykeep the knowledge of theirFa i th locked up in the irhearts , and act as i f i t weretheir own exclusive possession. They rare unwillingand som etime s unable tosha re i t wi th o thers . f

The f ie lds of lay act ivi ty

I wonder why I a lways seeIn others what I 'd l ike to be?For instance, there 's a gir l next doorWho has a smile al l boys adore!And over there across the s t reetLives M ary J ones ; folks say she 's

"sweet"! VAnd Ginny Smith 'sbright as can be:She never darnnear (fa lb l ike me;But then, shestudjes hard in school.And never ever breaks a rule .\She A LW AYS has h er homework done*But me, I fool around and comeW ith lessons never looked at once:I guess I 'm just an awful dunce!

I wish that I could learn to beLike other folks instead of me!Kay Dineen

are all those religious, civicsocial economic and cultural ac tivitie s relate d to themission of the Church. Inadvancing Catholic Action,the la i ty can play anexceedingly important! part.They have opportunitieswh ich the clergy do not enjoy for g et tin g in touchwi th .the world at large.Contacts in office andfactory, social and familyga ther ings , and*a host ofsim ilar acti vitie s all comewi th in the meaning and

I scope of Ca tholic Action.The noble purpose of Catholic Action, to restoreChris t ian l i fe in thefamilyand society, is urgent; forth e public press is filled

i with propaganda ofallsorts of " ism s" which seekto undermine Catholic standards, under th e appearanceof offering some substituteto prom ote'; hum an happin e s s . ^ Y Betty Knappi

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D e a r^Editor: 2 ,Everyone these days is ta lking about more fr iendl

inter-Am erican relat ions, and Mercy hurst is contribut ihe r sh are to this excel lent policy with a new course Lat in American his tory. Now I would l ike to suggesforming a Pan-American Club whose purposewould bea be t ter cul tural knowledge* of our neigh bors"South ofthe*Border"their ar t. li tera ture , m usic and social customs. W ould the facul ty and the s tudents be interestein such a proj ect ? j

A La tin-American FanD e a r E d i t o r :

(*We here a t Mercyhurst realize th at a w ar is going on.But our part in i t is sm all , a l t houghwe i are eag er to domore . { ^

There is one sacrifice*we might make: the contr ibution of a p int of blood to th e Blood Ba nk sp onsored bythe R ed Cross. If this proposal is approved, a committemight then go in a group to the hospi tal center.

This is merely a sugg est ion; but we are sure tha twithproper direction this will become a worth-while project

* T A M ercyhurst Student

I PKSONAL>I < T c rPersonal i ty is you.< I t is your huma n nature in act ion. I t is yourself act ing

as a responsible ,intelligent, spir i tual , cul tured human being. . ,. .Your personal i ty, your self- inact ionmeans that you have i tin you to radlate

not only the good things in human l i fe , but the bet ter things ofthe Christ-life withinyou. Persona l i ty in i ts very best sensemeans r ad ia t ing dins^by living like H t a ^

- ^* ^ *- * 13 hfe al l over again. Tnats woruiwniiiving His powerful , t remendous, vir tuousper sona l i ty. Wanda Schrek.

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HATED TO L E A V E99

/ yip/NTH? WONDERLANDr. ,rvnne dance d in A

i S e r W o n d e r la n d " a t t h eK L d e , S a tu rd ay, J a nu -Sphif Traditionallyspon-*** 5viiv the Sophomores,s n f the social highlightsSthe year ran true to theform of a Mercyhurst

d8The auditorium w asclev-pl decorated in a whi te2d blue scheme. Bluefonts accenting thegleam-S whitesnowbanks shonethrough the whiteceilingioon the chubby snowmanwho greeted the dancersbelow.

Crowned by SnowballsDuring theevening,Ros

alie LoGrasso was crownedQueen of the Sonhonade,and there was a show er of

snowballs as thecrown? ofgardenias wasjjplaced uponher head . -

Gayle Brown's orchestrafurnished music old andnew to su i t every whim;servicemen and civilian escorts caught the gaiety ofthe a tmosphere and gaveevery ? evidence of enjoym ent. A nother newfeaturewas the decorat ing of thefront hall for use *as alounge.

W as Too Soon For A llThen all too soonthe*jor-

chestra played i ts f inale.But these closing strainswere , forfthe Sophomores,the ul t imate real izat ion ofsuccess af ter weeks ofwork, and, for all who attended the Sophonade, justone more happy memory.

B u yWar Stamps N o w

A N S W E R S O N

STUDENT CONGRESS PLANS ITSPART IN PEACE PRO GRAM

Most people connect victory w ith w ar, b ut long-visioned people realize that only half ofthe? victory wil lbe over then. The real vic tory w ill be in th e k ind ofpeacethat is estabished after the war. To promote this

I victory over five hundred delegates/convened a t t h eCatholic Collegiate C ongress , held a t t h e Gib son H otel inCincinatti, Ohio on December 27, 28, 29, and 30. ;i

The Congress, a national m eetingof*the college anduniversity section of the N ational sec tion of th eNationalCatholic Youth C ouncil, is com posed of th e N ew m anClub Federation and the National Federation of CatholicCollege Students. !>, - ;J

Student representat ives from more than onehundred colleges and unive rsities, fac ulty m em be rs, prie sts ,an dfour: bishops were present. *

F orfive hours daily, students held panel discussionsonsuch subjects as International R ela tions,AmeriGaand the New Era , Inte r-American Action," DecentLiterature, Economic Life,Rehabilitation, W orld G ov-ernment,and Spiritual Conversion. M uch disc uss ioncentered around the pertinent question: "W ha t cancollege students do for national defense?" Studentopinion was characterizedby sincerity,!sympathe t icunderstanding of w o r l dwobiems, capable handlingof these problems andwiseresolutions. U nity , cong eniality, and a spirit of sacrif ice dist inguished t h i scross-section of A m eric anUtholic Youth. $ >

Sister Mary Anna andSister Phillippa, Mercy-hursts faculty delegates,e willing to be quoted assaying that the conventionwas one of the m ost inspirational and helpful exper-2 J * t h i

| Night-hawks^tudying inthe l ibrary certainly apprec ia te those br igh t new

al igh ts . iAt the f i r s t baske tba l l

p rac t ice , we saw the newlypainted gy m floor. Now

there ' l l be no more "boundary disputes." |The day s tudents a re es

pecially grateful for thefact that lectureswill nowbe held injthe morning instead of at nigh t . Residents l ike this new arrang ement, too; because now alecture will not deprivethem of the evening studyhour. j i

Our sincere thanks to al lwho made these improvements possible. #

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MEET ALMA MATERTO 1938

I Have you ever g lanced th rough the bound cop ies o fThe M erc iad up in the l ib ra ry? The idea jus t occur redto us tha t a l l t hose i t ems and ed i to r i a l s were " jus t news"t h e n , tbut they have s ince become t r easured chron ic lesin the h i s to ry of Me rcyhurs t .j?