The Merciad, May 1937

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SCHOOL SPIRIT

SIN LVCTIONI THQE MERCIADrHE VOICE OP

MERCYHURST

Published at Mercyhurst College,! E rie, Pennsylvania

VOL. VIII MAY. 1937 NUMBER EIGHT

M a y D a y W i l l "Follies Afloat"

Tip Fv^nf Of I s A P P l a u d e d IBe Jbvent u r B y A u d i e n c e IM a y 2 3 _ g - —. n . ,

^ Clockwork Precision AndI ~~ Dramatic Effects AreH

Mary Lo b a ugh and Her 3Features of Revue flCourt Will Be Principals H

In May Crowning

MAY DAY

May Day comes to Mercyhurstbut once a year and this year it isto be held on Sunday, May 23.From ? all report s, it is to be amore elaborate and colorful affairthan ever before.

The ceremonies will open inChapel with High Mass inghonor

of the Blessed Virgin. More thantwo hundred student s .will^ takepart in the procession which will

st art at t hree o'clock, dayligh tsaving time. The procession willmove from the college steps, downto the throne on the north campus,where Mary Lobaugh will becrowned queen. Her lovely courtwill include Mary Ciaiola, prefectof the College Sodali ty, and AnnStout, prefect of t he SeminarySodality, Martha .Mary Kettering,Margery St.^Lawrence, Mary Mai

garet Murphy, and Elba Arm-strong.

The May Queen and her courtwill then speak briefly to thegathering. Afterwards, all will goto the grotto, where the MayQueen will crown the BlessedQueen of May. There will be theusual hymns, school songs, andMay Pole dances throughout theceremony. May Day will closewith Benediction of the BlessedSacrament in the Chapel of Christ

the King.—Helen Durkin, '38

:-o- •Rev. W m . Smith

Closes FortyHours Services

Forty Hours Devotion opened atMercyhurs t on Sunday morning,May 2, with a High Mass and Pro-cession of the Blessed Sacrament.The college students participatedin the procession and constitutedthemselves a guard of honor dur-ing the days of adoration. On Sun-day evening, Father William Smith

of Holy Rosary Parish, Erie, de-livered a sermon on the HolyEucharist. "The Forgotten God"was the subject of Fath er VictorMiller's address on Monday, night.The ceremony closed Tuesdaynight with Rosary, chanting of theLitany, procession, and Benedic-tion.

Margaret O'Sullivan, '38: -o - :

Orchestra ConcertIs Presented

The Mercyhurst College Orches-tra, under the direction of Pro-fessor Cesare Morelli, presented aconcert in the auditorium onThursday, May 13. The selection ofnumbers included: Musical Gems

of Tchaikowsky, Stradella, In theShadows, Mavournen Waltz, Rube-ville—A Rustic Suite, Lucia diLammermoor, Overture—Chain of

Pearls , Ernani by 3Verdi.

Ship ahoy for a ^Nauticallinter-

lude on thef Good ShipjJlMercy-

hurst! With Mr. William Rater-man acting as pilot, the combinedfleets of the college and seminarysailed the high seas with a will onthe evenings of iApril 23 and 24,and "Follies Afloat" cast s anchoron the sea of success.

A novel note in the world of en-tertainment, the revue presenteda glimpse of various lands: stu-dents at Heidelburg; Mediterraneannights ; Paris; the Gypsy Land. ACoronation Pre-View vied with

The Little Admiral and a ViennaWaltz for the favor off the audi-ence.

The clever dancing of Ruth Sco-bell, Ann Stout, Patricia Toomey,

and Billie Reeves kept the passen-gers/entertained while on board.Jane Missimer, Marian Sullivan,Sally Eckerd, Marianne St. Law-rence, Eugenia Androcovich, BettyO'Donnell, Nancy Reinecke, andMarguerite Knutson charmedeveryone as ship soloists.

With a grand finale of "AnchorsAweigh" a veryfenjoyable eveningwas brought to a close.

Edith Regan, '38:-o- •

Educators Meet

For DiscussionThe Eri e Convention of the

Catholic Educationf Association ofPennsylvania opened Friday morn-ing, April 23, with pontifical Massin St. Peter's^ Cathedral. The ad-dress of welcome was delivered byth e1 Most Rev. John Mark Gannon,D. D., Bishop of Erie. After Massthe ; delegates adjourned to St.Mary's auditorium where the *Rt.

Rev. Msgr. John lHagan, superin-tendent of Cleveland schools, spokeon "An Ideal Teacher Training

Program". In the afternoon thedelegates participated in a paneldiscussion. The ; Rev. Francis A.McNelis discussed "An OrientationProgram for Beginning Teachers".

Saturday morning, election ofofficers took place. The Rev. Dr.Joseph Wehrle, superintendent ofErie Diocesan schools, was electedpresident of the association, suc-ceeding the Rev. John J. Feather-stone. The remainder of the pro-gram was devoted to sectionalmeetings for the discussion of vari-ous topics by leading state Catho-lic educators.

The 1938 convention of the asso-ciation will be held in Philadelphiathe last Thursday, Friday, andSaturday of April.

ffi Rita Maley, '38: -o -:

O . G. A . Convene

The 0. G. A. Sorority is makingplans for its final meeting off h e

scholastic year at which the elec-

tion of officers will take place.The committeepin charge of ar-rangements is Betty Fallen, Cath-erine Gill, Ellen Heintz, and MaryMassello.

PIANO fRECITALllS SCHEDULED

Vocal Selections Will BeH B P r es e nt ed Also ^ H

I On -Monday even ing , ! May 117,the college's students of music willpresent their annual Spring ( Re-cital in the] college] auditorium.The {Misses Marjorie Alge,|Mary

Jean Whitcomb, Evarita Flaherty,EugeniaH Andrecovich, • MarionTowne, 1 Normal DeSantis, I MaryLouise Camella, Virginia Maeder,and Helen Durkin will participatein the program of the evening. MissFlaherty and Miss Durkin willsing. The remaining participantswill harmonize "A Dream BoatPasses By."

5 Rita Maley, '38

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Christocracy Is TheMain Theme AtC* Y. Convention

The!ninth annual Convention ofCatholic Youth, under the auspicesof the Student Sodality Confer-ence of Northwestern New York,Erie, and Ontario was held onMay 2. | | |

In the spacious Elmwood MusicHall, tastefully decorated withflags , bunting, and school banners,the twenty delegatesm-om Mercy-hurst; along with the large audi-1

ence of five thousand Sodalistsenjoyed one of the most interest-ing programs ever prepared for theSodality Convention.

This year, the slogan of the Con-vention was "Let's Be Christo-crats". The purpose of the gather-ing was to emphasize the impor-tant duty of spreading the King-dom of Christ by the powerful in-fluence; of sanctified lives. Chris-tocracy is a word that speaks withenthusiasm of thef-happy privilegeof the Christian tojjlive under thegovernment of Christ.

Rev. L. Kent Patterson, S. J.,speaking on "The Crisis in Spain,"indicated that educations is theonly safegua rd against Commu-nism. This thought was reiteratedby Father Le Buffe, S. J., whodiscussed "Catholic Attitudes"which may be summed up by say-ing that a Catholic attitude meansfacing ascertain problem precise-

ly as a Catholic.The Sodalists were highly hon-

ored by the presence of the MostRev. John A. Duffy, D. D., Bishopof Buffalo, whose message furtherincreased the desire to spread theKingdom of Christ through theinfluence of lives lived accordingto the ideals land principles of

Christ. |—Mary Ciaiola, '37

CALENDAR

May 24—S e n i o r E x a m sBegin

May 3 1 — C o l l eg e ExamsBegin

June 6—Baccalaureate

SundayJune 7—Class Day

June 8—Graduation

School Interest Centers On

Graduation CeremoniesC* C*W. Series Baccalaureate

Of LecturesConcluded

Father Bernard Hubbard, S.J.|i | lll ust rat es Talk With |£ Motion Pictures

Again the Erie Council of Catho-lic Women has sponsored a success-ful lecture series. The first speak-er to befpresented on Wednesday,April 14, wasIMrs. John E. Mc-Aniff, a graduate of St. Elizabeth'sCollege, who later obtained! her

Master' s degree from ColumbiaUniversity, and who has since beenactive as a Catholic educator inNew Jersey and New York City.Mrs. McAniff referred to the-sure-ty of objective truth in Catholicphilosophy as "A Gift Apart" andshowed how it must enter into andcontrol the life of the Catholic inschool, in the home, and in society.She made the positive jj statementthat there is no substitute on earthfor a Catholic education. She alsoappealed to {parents not to denytheir children that fundamentalbackground. Pointing to the dif-

ference betweenjpleasure and joy,

she said that everyone has withinhimself the ability of making hisown happiness . We only need toknow how to do it; and in this re-

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Local SocialWorkers TalkTo I A . S. Club

The problems of immigration inthe United States were consideredin a series of lectures given byMiss Alice E. Jones to the SocialPathology^ group during the earlypar t of May. Miss Jones has beenassociated for many years withthe Social Case Work Division ofthe International Institute atErie. In her first lecture, MissJones gave an explanation of thevarious types of immigration and

their effects^in the United States.The second!lecture was devoted tothe import ant problems of - Natu-ralization and Legislation. Thespecific social problems faced bysocial workers in both first andsecond generation immigrant fa-milies were discussed in the final

lecture.The May meeting of the J. A. S.

was held F r i d a y , May 14.This , the last meeting of the year,was given over almost/entirely toa social program. A well-knownsocial "worker of Erie, Miss LauraLanell, addressed the membersof the Club. She explained thepresent set up in Erie for studentsinterest ed in social case work. Abuffet luncheon followed.

The Sociology ̂ Department takes

this opportunity to announce thata special survey course in Socio-logy will be given next year to ac-commodate students mi nor ng inSocial Studies and who require

Speaker's NameIs Announced

Junei'G marks the observance ofBaccalaureate Sunday at -Mercy-

hurst. High Mass will be celebratedfor the Seniors. The Rev. MichaelDowney of St. Mary's College willdeliver the Baccalaureate address.!

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Tradition AndVariety Will

Lend Color ToClass Day

Class Day exercises will be heldon Monday, June 7. The very im-pressive ceremony of 'moving up'will be followed by the reading ofthe Senior Class Will and Proph-ecy. The planting of the ivy will beaccompanied by the singing ofschool songs.

The Garden Party is the socialfeature of the day. It will be heldon the front campus and will beattended by the students and theirfriends.

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Largest ClassWill Graduate

On June 8On Wednesday, June 8, the larg-

est class in the history of Mercy-hurst will be graduated. The Com-mencement! exercises will be heldin the College Chapel. The Rev.Thomas McCauley, C. SS. R., ofSt. Mary's College is the Com-mencement speaker. The Mercy-hurst Glee Club, under the direc-tion of Mrs. Maude Wilbert, willpresent two songs. The ceremonywill be concluded by the singing ofof "Alma Mater." j

The list of graduates is as fc

lows: Bachelor of Arts—Marge

Alge, Elba Armstrong, Inez Bel-loti, Mary Lou Burd, Mary Ciaiola,Margaret Dougherty, Jane Hurley,Martha Mary Kettering, Alice

King, Mary Lobaugh, Alice Ly-man, Margaret Ann Mooney, Ada-line Morelli, Rita Rectenwald,Frances Riblet, Margery St. Law-rence, Clara Surgo, PaulineUrich; Bachelor of Science inHome Economics—Virginia Ander-son, Treva Kolpein, Katherino

Lechner, Aida LoGrasso, PaulineShanor, Betty Taylors Bachelor ofScience in Commerce—Nancy RuthBlair, Adele Calahan, Ann Cham-bers, Ann Fox, Marcella Hartleb,Mary Therese Klan, Margaret Mc-Mahon, MaryJ Margaret Murphy,Anne Neuberger, Eleanor O'Sulli-van, Jane Sawdey. §

—-M. O. Sullivan, '38

three or six credits in Sociology.The course will be exclusively forstudents who desire but one yearof Sociology and is planned tocover the important phases of So-ciology. %

—Britta Marie Sullivan, '38



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N o w ?

Last night I heard Josef Wissow, one of the world's great-est masters of the pianoforte. I watched his fingers rippleover difficult rhythmic cadences and thunder out tremendous,powerful chords. It was perfection, and greatness—a great-ness that few, if any, of us will ever see realized in ourselves.His life has been urged on by an ideal which he has adheredto through years of concentrated effort, study, and sacrifice;bu t the prize now is his : he has succeeded.

We who are about to graduate have ideals, too. Though theydo not, on the surface, appear to rise to the heights of JosefWissow's, they are, none the less, made of precisely 1 he samestuff. We think we can conquer. We gloat over our infinitesi-ma l bit of knowledge. We arc assured that we can win. Andwe can win, IF we continue working and aim at somethingtha t is higher in the scale of perfection than we can possiblyreach. We cannot expect to fill the shoes of success immediate-ly, for they will fit only after we have endured all the dis-

comfort, even pain, that accompanies the process of breakingthem in. Once they are mellowed, we can wear them the restof our l ives with greater, if not absolute, ease. It is the pre-liminary which is t ry i ng!

We are ending the first stage of this preliminary. Only af-te r the final stage of the process is completed shall we bejustified infderiving a modicum of satisfaction from the rea-lization of a work well done, or a life well lived. But not NOW.NO W we need to be thankful — thankful to those who havegone thus far with us in an effort to fit us to those shoes.NO W we must offer gratitude for having been brought to thepoint where our personal effort commences. NOW we mustlook up, with even greater intensity, to the ideal of our l ives!Later, perhaps, l ike Josef Wissow, we will have glimpsed thevision of perfection.

Marge Alge, '37

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Spring Into Summer

Now, when the whole outdoors is bursting with freshnessand hope, is a good time to compare ourselves with the sea-sons. Just as Spring develops into Summer, so do we developfrom girls into women.

For over twenty years, we have been content to follow thenatural tides of existence. Our parents and teachers havedone most of our thinking and planning for us. As we come tothe close of our college days, it suddenly dawns on us t h a t wewill soon be breadwinners in a world which will do l i ttle ad-vising or^planning for us.

We, as students of Mercyhurst, are extremely fortunate. Weare becoming women under the guidance of Christian truthsand principles. We know th e t ru th now, and it is up to us touphold that truth and fight for it . . Communism, Socialism,and other modern "isms" of the world must not be allowed toseparate us from the ideals which we now hold to so jealously.

We must not lapse in our conduct as Christian women. Theideals which we now hold must be carried with us throughoutlife. Since we have been fortunate enough to learn the t ru th ,it is our duty to follow it and inspire others with it. |

We are the ones who must uphold the age-old institutio ns of

the Home, Family, Church, and School. Our motto—"Knowthe Truth and Live it." We leave school with» the hope ofSpring. Let us live our lives with the beauty and fulfillmentof Summer. I I |

JanegHurley, '37

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What Is The Score?All Mercyhurst is on its toes—waiting for Graduation . .

Commencement . . that ceremony that is ushered in with allthe pomp and circumstance that a college can command . .and leaves its graduates . . breathless, suspended, as it were,wi th a question, many questions uppermost in thei r minds."What shal l we do now, where shall we go, and what is the

score?" I l l & IThe score, fellow-graduates, will be announced eventually.

It will be the total of our accomplishments in "the world" . ,as we so often speak of it. As graduates, we make the score;we do the adding and substract ing; we, through our own ef-forts make it high or low. We may set our own standards,adopt our own philosophy of life, and we may make these de-cisions all by ourselves. \ J MM f I

Let 's make our standards "tops," our mode of living con-formable to the philosophy of Mercyhurst, and our score willbe an honor one. Our Alma Mater will be proud of her gradu-ates of '37. With her as an incentive, we shall ascend greatheights. We shall be successful in all our undertakings . Jsuccessful as teachers, as business and professional women,

FACULTY NOTES

Dr . M. J, £Ri'lihan, director of

Teacher Training, participated in

the deliberations of the Pennsyl-vania, Catholic Education* Associa-tion during its Convention|in Erieon April 23, presenting a paper on

"A Program of Teacher Training."Mr . Relihan will attend the annualSpring meeting of the /Pennsyl-vania Association of Liberal ArtsColleges in Harr i s burg , Pa., May

14. I | fTh e members of the faculty at-

tended the Erie Convention of the

Pennsylvania Catholic EducationAssociation held April 23 and 24.

Th e Sisters]on the faculty werebusi ly engaged that week-end'en-tertaining Sis ter delegates to I th econvention who were guests at

Mercyhurs t .Mother M. Xavier, Mother M.

Monica, and Sr. M. Claudia visitedin DuBois, Pa., April 28.

On April 28, Rev. J ames M.

Powers addressed the s tudents of

the Erie Technical High School on

the subject, "Sports J and Sports-manship." Incidental ly, FatherPowers is driving very slowly thesedays . He is breaking in a new

Dodge.

Sr . M. Agatha, head of the Latindepartment , was in New YorkCity, April 30 and May 1, for the

annual meeting of the ClassicalAssociation of the Atlant ic Statesheld at New York Univers i ty. Sr.

Agatha reports the metropolis as

second only to Erie.

Sr . M. Pierre and Sr. M. Alicespent the week-end of May 1 in

Pit tsburgh, Pa. on official busi-ness.

M r. J. A. Donatelli spoke on

"Contradict ions of the ModernMind" at a meeting of the Guardof Honor of St. Ann's Church,M ay 4.

Miss Ruth Whalen of the HomeEconomics Department part icipatedin th e meeting of the Directors of

the Vocational Teache r Train ingColleges of the State at the Hotel

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CALLING!ALL CARS!1

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Calling all cars! Watchpromising band of racket-eers in action on courts of

Mercyhurst College.

Yo u can swing high! You

can swing low! Just makethat ball bounce off the cat-

gut across the net. And t h a tis apparen tly w hat Mercy-hurs t is anxious to do. A

class of twenty-eight begin-ne rs and forty advancedplayers has already enrolled.

With a successful sports

record for the past fal l andwinter months , a bri l l iantseason is being ant icipated.

The capable Miss RitaTierney is in charge and has

planned a t ournament for

both groups . The eliminationor seeded method is to be

used, an award going to the

winner of each division.Practices will be held eachMonday and Wednesday be-

tween 2:30 and 5:30 p. m. It

want s YOU, and you' l l wantIT. |

A serve, a re turn , . w a n g . .slam . . slice . . and we'reoff! %

i —Gertrude Pletz, '40

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Ou t for good this time . . thisbeing the last edition of yourstruly . . Seniors are still speakingof positions . . holding interviews. . sweet peas to BETTY TAYLORfo r being among the fi rs t to signa contract. Betty will be in Clif-

ton Springs , N. Y. next fall . .

Incidentally . . BEfl rY TAYLOR

and MARTIE KETTERING?spentthe week-end of May seventh at

Rensselaer P. I. at tending a

spring house party . .{Other sen-iors also took adva ntage of the

long week-end . . MARY LOU

BURD spent the week-end in

Pit tsburgh and MARGE ALGE in

Cleveland . . SULLY made a veryurgent t r ip home not so long ago,

bu t we have found out t ha t it was

WORTH it ;:'; SULLY, ADELECALLAHAN, MARY CIAIOLAand yours t ruly were all present at

the Sodality Convention in Buffa-lo . . St range , bu t Mary's affec-tions are still in Buffalo . . We

noticed tha t Winchell was r igh tthere when the train pulled intoErie s tat ion . . Tsk! Tsk! Ask

J ANE HURLEY how she likes the

New York Central "line." . . And

if you think EDIE can' t sew ask

to see the new orange cot tonpr in t she did up in no t ime . . the

coming weeks promise to be veryhappy ones for ELBA . . her mar-riage will tak e p lace on J unetenth in the Chapel of Chris t the

King at Mercyhurs t . . Bicyclingseems to be the current sport now

. . We hear there is nothing bet-te r for dropping a few pounds. .

We forgot to mention the musicalcomedy, "Follies Afloat" . . It was

delightful . . Congratulat ion, all

who took part! . . And now for

|the thirty-five seniors of 1937 . .

we say to all — not good-bye —

bu t Auf Wiedersehen.

—Mickey Lobaugh, '37

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spect people may be divided intotwo classes: apple tree people and

Chris tmas t ree people. In rega rdto our own development, Mrs. Mc-

Aniff reminded us t h a t "we are

successful in exact proport ion to

our love of God and of our neigh-bor." I

On Thursday evening, Apri l 22,

the Reverend Edward Lodge Cur-

ran, Pres ident of the Internat ionalCatholic Truth Society, addresseda large audience on the questionof "Catholicism vs. Communism in

Religion, Morality, and Demo-1 cracy." Father Curran outl ined

very simply the three reasons why

communism is destruct ive to allrel igion: 1. It is offered as a philo-sophy of life and not as a systemof economics. 2. Under Commun-ism men live for the s tate alone.3. The end jus t i fies the means .Fa the r Curran gave a successfulrefutat ion of these three argumentsand urged a unified Catholic oppo-sition to Communism.

The Reverend Bernard R. Hub-bard, S. J., provided a real , t reatby i l lus trat ing hi s lecture on

Thursday, Apri l 29, with thri l l ingmotion pictures . * The GlacierPries t presented the s tory of his

1936 expedition "On the Tra i l of

th e Big Bear." In an endeavor to

correct mistaken ideas, concerningconditions in the recently settled

successful as wives and mothers, and, greatest of all, weshall be successful as; human beings, living good, practical,moral l ives, never forgetting the ideals of good conduct andalways grateful for their direction and protectiveness.

Now, Graduates, what is the score? 100% for the Classof '87! :£M

f —The Edi tor

ALUMNAENEWS

Here we are at the last issue of

the year, and with a few interest-ing events to report :

F i r s t and foremost , we an-

nounce with pleasure the marr i ageof JANE TURGEON, of Butler,Pa., to Clarence J. Hurley on Mon-day, April 26. Mr. and Mrs. Hur-

ley stopped at Mercyhurs t whileon their wedding trip. They willmake their home in Butler.

GRACE MARIE SOUDERS has

relinquished teaching at CliftonSprings for a secretarial positionin Geneva.

We've had a lot of alumnaeguests these pas t few weeks,MARY IRWIN, JEAN and ALICESUMMERS, KAY HARRINGTON,and MARGARET HANNA werehere for the week-end of "FolliesAfloat". BESSIE GREENE vis i tedMercyhurs t for a few days the fol-lowing week. MARG MULLANEYand MARY SKENE dropped in

on e day. REGIS O'LEARY spentthe week-end of May 1 at Mercy-hurs t . She is the ass is tant diet i-tian at Warren State Hospital .

COSTELLO RESSLER is teach-ing commercial subjects at Park-er ' s Landing, we hea r .

We were glad to see CATH-ERINE DURKIN he re for the

week-end of April 23, also TYR EL-LA TOOMEY.

Muriel Lehman is working for

the Social Security Board in Du

Bois.GRACE MARIE SOUDERS and

KAY FORQUER were here for

the play, also. BURNIE RICKEN-BAUGH has returned from Flori-da and was up for a week-end in

May. . ^ **** M 51 iI HELEN WALDINGER is vaca-t ioning in California and KAY

REISER is going to be the dietition at a camp this summer.

The Father Cronin who was or-

dained at St. Peter ' s Cathedral onAscension Thursday is the brotherof MARY CRONIN VOGT. |

Well , that ' s all for this year. A

happy summer to all of you.

—Margaret O'Sullivan, '38

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Sodality N otes

Among th e various plans of the

Sodality are those concerning the

May crowning which will be heldon May 23. This is one of the

grandest affairs of the yea r and

is one in which not only Socialistsbut also all s tudents take a par t .

As a special devotion to our

Blessed Lady during her month,the month of May, the Sodalistsreci te the rosary each evening and

s ing a hymn in her honor at the

Grotto.

All Sodalists ar e urged to par*

t icipate in the special Triduum an-

nounced by the Holy Fa the r for

Ma y 16. %

—Helen Gowans, '38

Matanuska Valley, Father Hub-bard presented several reels whichacquainted us with the progres sthat Uncle Sam's pioneers of 1936

have made after one yea r of clear-in g th e wilderness and buildinghomes. The last film shown,"Climbing to the Spiri t ' s Home,"was taken during an expedition in-

to th e Glacial Mountains in the in-

t e re s t of science.

The Erie Council of CatholicWomen deserves special commen-dat ion in this work of CatholicAction. We hope it s splendid lec-ture series wil l be continued in the

fu ture . :; 'ti ij-

Margaret Gould Thompson. '38



May, 1937THE MERCIAN Page Three

ALG'S ANGLE.

The Angle . . goes to Press . .J for the last time . . and . . I make

my final feeble attem pts . . atfoolish fulosophys . , This pro-vides the finale . . for some thir-ty-five of us . . I'd say t ha t calledfor a bit of rambling . . wouldn'tyou? . . EDIE provides a-starter

. , with her denouncement ofCork . . but . . sometimes Corks

po p n' things . . BETTY MILLER. . she of the model figure . . re-ceived some splendid advice fromone of the College Profs . . it'stheme was . . How to Mix Well inGood Company . . at least . . thatwas the essence of it . . That ex-citing fir st floor c ollegiate ro-mance . . needs a fourth to carryon again . . Maybe . . there 's adoctor in the house! . . HELENDURKIN would make an exquisiteYardley ad . . BETTY TAYLOR ..out-going Pres . . . putzed off toRennselaer . . for the Soiree . .She said she'd "Troy" to have agood tim e . . M ARIAN MC-LAUGH LIN headed th ere too . .For something inspiring . . youshould have seen the Home Eckers. . sift flour and things down atTrasks . | . KAY LECHNER . . had

on her best voice . . and washandling that little cookie gadget. . with an awful gusto . . Thesamples were good . . the Angleknows th at too . . the "traveltwins" . . JA NE | HURLEY andMICKEY . . oh, please . . please,Gretchen I. . LoBaugh . . (I'llGretch on soon) spent one of thepast week-ends in Buffalo . .Gretchen . . ran into a few . .parental difficulties .^ELEANORO'SULLIVAN ; .^has "Ben" tear-ing around . for _,, all she's"Worth"'lately . . and .. candy> .was sent to ANN MORIN . . soon. . I'm going to be one of thoseawful individuals that ELBA (Ka-tuaha) ARMSTRONG J. fthatmiddle jumble is supposed to beRussian ,| . for Kathr ine . . de-

nounces as someone who's alwayssticking her nose wheref sh eshouldn't put it . . Elba chose Ka-tusha . . as he r Confirmation


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PERSONALITIES

iKa the r ine ( K a y ) LechnerKay is one of the happiest of all

people. Her philosophy of lifewould not allow her to be other-wise. She never takes anythingtoo seriously, and can always man-age to find something to chuckleover. She is a clown at heart in allkinds of weather and has a mostconsistent and evenly tempereddisposition. f *•

Her ambition is not to be fam-ous or wealthy, but to be liked bypeople, not for her wit alone, butfor her character as well. Andalong with building up a disposition,she has indeed built up her charac-ter. Punctual to the minute, herassignments in on the hour, will-ing to take time out to do a thingwell, and never forgetful of apromise, Kay is the last word independability. Her bedroom draw-ers are in perfect order at all t imes,She keeps her activities in order,also, by getting things done^whenothers are "too tired to move."

The gentle art of candidness hasbeen ferreted out by Kay. If youor I want honest advice or critic-ism cooked up in appetizing form,

Kay can deliver it, but only whenasked for i t |

Speaking of cooking, cooking* isKay's hobby-she makes deliciouschocolate cakes. She is a "HomeE c" major and hopes some day to


SUMMER RESORT

ByNANCY RUTH BLAIR

(continued from April issue)For the following three weeks

Barbara swam, danced, and dinedwith Joe—exelu ively. And Billswam, danced, and dined with thered-headed girl—exclusively. Bar-bara was grateful to Joe becausehe provided all necessary conver-sation and planned evenings with-

out requiring fher to make deci-sions or to offer suggestions.When they danced, Joe talked con-tinually. Although she seldomlistened, occasionally B a r b a r amade a feeble effort to insert"Yes's" and "No's"fin their properplaces. If she was strangely silenton moonlight drives, Joe attributedthat silence to the beauty of t*he

night. In^reality , Barbara wasthinking hard of ways to keepfrom thin king of Bill. In spite ofherself, Barbara made mentalnotes of how well Bill looked inwhite? linen suits or of how skill-fully he handled a canoe. Fina lly,the very sight of Bill made herreally ill, and she did everythingin her power to avoid seeing him.

On the last Saturday of the

month, Joe spent the evening try-ing to convince Barbara that theyshould be married. They could goto Chicago and, after discussingthe situation with his mother andfather, be married and f go on ahoneymoon to Bermuda. Theycould stay as long as they wishedand then retur n to Chicago be-cause he had been made a juniorpartner in his father's law f irm;and in a few years, he added, theywould be able to do and have whatthey liked, since he was to receivehis * nheritance from his gra nd-father 's estate when he becamethirty years of age.

Presently Barbara said, "I havenot decided definitely yet, Joe. Butyou come back in half an hour. Inthe meantime, I'll think about it,

and m aybe pack some* things .""And I'll borrow my sister's car.It's better for distance than mine."Joe said, as he hurried off theporch.

Before she had reached her--

room * Barb ara decided to go withJoe. She packed her bag. In -stead of sitting down to "think itover", she- began imm ediately toinvent things to keep her fromthinking. She repacked dressesthatfwere packed snugly the firstt ime, rearranged! the articles onher dressing table, powdered hernose a dozen times, consideredwearing a different dress, debatedwhether or not she should leave

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HER MAJESTY

Bent above blue pottery,Mirrored in the|glass,iI beheld a peonyNone could surpass.Petals likeUufted feathers,^Bound into a|flower;

Soft and smooth as satin,It'ruled for an hour. •Perfume asjpungentAs roses after rain, IA|heavy haunting sweetnessI cannot explain.Color of dusty draperies,Man tles of* kings ,PeculiarHo velvetAnd rich old things.I watched its petals gentlyLoosen and fall,'Till all its proud plumage

Lay piled upon the hall.At tha t Bwould have wept,But in my heart I knew|June would bring anotherFor my bowl of blue.

—Marma Gould, 38

P O E T R Y

FANTASY IN MAY

I have been ou tIn search ot silver quills;I ha ve bee n| downBy a stream where willows grow.

I walked, unhurried,Through frost crisp grass,To where the waterGurgled palyfully.

With muddy Loot I shatteredThe stream's smooth windows,Careless where I stepped,Unheeding crystal wonder.

I reached?for branches,Broke the brittle willows,Bore them in my arms awayProm the singing water.

I have stood ?them uprightIn an earthen jar,Underneath a mirror,On a round,j,small table.

Freed from their brown coats,Dressed all in silver fur,They stand amid the stiff stalksOf last summer's mildweed

With twisted pods upon themLike the ears of some grey gnome.And one with soft white silkSpilling out! of it.

Marma Gould, '38

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TO A NEW POEM

A poem was born today.Out of the grey cocoonOf my mindA baby thought which had beenGrowing and shaping itselfAll the long winterOf my life fBurst forth into the day.

T marveled tha t sucftPure beauty could be mine:Such a fragile thing,

Sent from heaven surely.Like a scrap of sunsetTorn from skyAnd laid together 'i

In a rare design.

I held it softlyFo r aftime before I let it ^fly.It was so frail a thingI feared the rude rough worldWould crush its beauty.Yet, it was so new, so eagerI could not keep it,And it sf lew.

Howlcould I tell itThat the winds of the worldWere cruel and cold—So trusting, confident a thing,Born to be lovedAnd to encourage love.Now it has come back to me —AIbroken butterfly.

—Marma Gould, '38

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ADDRESSED TO THEI TRINITY^

Eternal Father

Thy humble daughter

Kneels to adore

Thy majesty.

Sweet son of God

Of the love Thoujgav'st

She pours the perfume

To cover Thy* feet.

O Holy GhostHer flame of desire

Is quenched fin the flood

Of Thy quiet peace.

April 20 . . Sailing into the har-bor of Seniority . . but still we tryto mail letters unaddressed, don'tyou MARDIE? ,|. all roads leadto "Follies Afloat." *g ?

April 22. Dress rehearsal. . withthe usual missing- collar buttons..untied ties « . but Mr. Raterman . .

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we openept all calm . . 'n sotomorrow.April 23 . . Fun in the Follies!

. . Such a conglomjof girls . .Costumes . . make-up . .! MADE-LINE captained! courageously . .Britta (Jakie to you)" belied herIrish name . . Shadow land withJAN E MISSIMER made us allwish for . . the real ity of hersong . . dainty . . TOOTS . . 'nher man from Annapolis . . werecuties . . Little JAY GOULD asthe admira l of the F leet . . alsotook command of the audience . ,First Nighter on the Good ShipMercyhurst.

April 24 . . Last showing of"Follies Afloat" . . Strange . . thatMARY JEAN n' KAY . . were to-gether . . in the Waltz pictures • •

ANNE MORIN

quick changes .. . in a jif .thinking A. . ofmology.U April 25 ] . .VAN'S onlthePauline do haveworries , . more

. . first prize for

. bustles to "tails"Anne . . now is

taking up . . ety-

MARIAN SULLI-burn . . She and

their publicitypeoples. . from

more places . . must've seen thatshow Mercyhurst put on . . 'mem-ber? £ 111 |! |

April 28 . . 'S too bad Canisiusgraduation is . . when it ispoor TOOTS . . n' MARIAN . . n'. . these Canisi-anistes (pleasenote the feminine ending . .) Grad-uations n' proms . . just seem tohave a way of conflicting.

April 30 . . In the language offlowers . . ADELAIDE . . is beinginstructed . . Sweet peas . . for ..

well—ask her . . We hate to tellyou . . but Sister Phi lippa hasjoined the ranks of the punsters . .and ... someone just told us thatJohn Paul Jones was Scotch bybirth, too.

May 1 . . Guess springtime's gotour HELEN . .jane's U. B.-ing itagain?. . best wishes of the Jun-iors to Mrs. John McHale (MarionKuhn) . | |

May 3 . . We didn't think theexams would be so bad as all this


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FOR3MARY LOU

Child of Shadows, |You are oneWho sleeps (he dawn,

Her pleasure takingIn the last dull silent achingOf a dying sun.

Child of Autumn,You lay sleepingWhile dreamed the Spring,And only woke % f-To find in curling aster smokeAll wind's low weeping.

—-Marma Gould, £'38

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WHITE VIOLETS

•Marma Gould, '38

Th e tiny two wingsOf a moth,Sorwhite,Got lost in th eDeepening darkOf the night

That's why this morningI found in the dew,White violets blooming,Sweet flowersFor you. "* j |

—-Marma Gould,

FASHION UA FLASHES

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While slumming on Park Ave-nue, we discovered —• it's theknick-knacks that count, you know,frills, puffs, and furbelows togive tha t feminine touch and asign of spring. Of course, a newhat does help the morale but anew neckline gadg et does won-

ders for it. Try a new belt, thinpatent leather one—plaid hankie—giddy scarf or a bunch of flowers,and watch your spirits revive. Or,if that doesn't do the trick, try araspberry linen, stripped withwhite pinstrip es at the neck ofyour navy blue suit. Chiffon scarfsare the rage and succeed in giv-ing you that fragile, misty effect.Try a pale blue one on wine red,orang e on beige, tourquoise onpussey willow grey, and a pink onnavy. There iis really ̂ nothing asflattering a s a bunch of violets,pink apple blossoms, or pansies atthe throat.

To be sought and bought whenplanning the summer wardrobe: a"Dwindle" dress with fitted bo-dice, gathered skirt and draw-string neckline . . anything th athas rick rack, saddle stitching,shirring, embroidery,: applique, orbraiding on it . . gaily | p rintedcotton shorts, tailored slacks ofsail cloth . . voile prints, as lightand airy as a May cloud . . fresh"sticky-outy" dotted Swisses . .shirt makers of silk jersey . . a ro-mantic printed chintz with para-chute-ribbed skirt. You can besmart in anything from crepe tocotton this summer and speakingof being smart, if you're not thekind who tans, keep out of the so-la r rays^and _you'll, have smooth-sailing, r \

—Betty Harrington, '38

fVarieties

ByfVee Dee

38

The month of May flowers andmaturing mosquitoes finds usm u 11 i ng over inconsequentialthemes. We feel stagnation creep-ing upon us—but wait, there's zipjust around the corner.

MARIAN MCLAUGHLIN foundthat zip when she conquered Troylast week. With banners high and'dry, the j'so-called queen of thecrop J reaped a harvest of — shallwe say — greetings ?

Much to our surprise, we dis-covered OLIVE SCHROYER exe-cuting the light fantas tic withFLORENCE SCHLOSS as fellowsufferer. What gurgling brooksand twittering birds wo nt do tous !

"NELLIE" EISERT had themost thrilling experience of allthe other day — imagining tha ther hand was in that of FRANHAUSER, "Nellie" was chatteringbrightly. As she turned to hercompanion, her face fell a foot asshe beheld — well, you guess!

MARG O'DONNELL'S peacefulexistence is totally disrupted bysuch a cataclysm as the arrival ofa "special delivery" from theWest; but note the consternationwhich grips her when she hasn'tthe spice to reciprocate!

Revealing her lovely new homejin Glenwood Hills, JEA N MUL-LEN pulled th e wool from oureyes at a tea recently. Among herguests were MARY RITA OLIV-ER, ELEANOR RIES,|DOLORESKELLEY, ELEANOR EISERT,and yours truly.

Total mystifications engulfed uswhen MARY MARGARET KAV-


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JUNIOR JUMBLES Summer Resort

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, . but what can you do when aprof . . says . . If you don't die be-fore June 5 . . we'll kill you . . OfCourse, .he might've been talking'bout something else.

MayU i$% KAY GILL wants tomake certain she'll get what sheprays for . . so that's why all thenovenas at once. R umor has itthat Katie los t her prayer book . .and wailed loudly . . 'cause shewas in the middle of . . about 16novenas . . Kay's going to havesomeone erase the board for her. .next t ime she teaches .

May 7 . . Last Merciad till nextyear , . Congrats to SULLY forthe fine job she's done . . Gradu-ation next . . We'll miss you!,.Sen-iors next year . . b u t next yearwe'll be in your places . . andwe'll know how you felt . . whenyou walked up the chapel aisle asSeniors . . and out as Alumnae . .and we'll be here when you comeback . . for Alumnae weekend.

May 10 . i G'by to "JuniorJumbles" next year . . we' l l be thesame crew . . but sai l ing underanother flag . . We've had a suc-cessful cruise . . under MAR IEO'MALLEY'S captaincy .[. and toSISTER MARY { ESTHE R . .well . . let's take a line from ouroriginal song. . "She 's the bes tes tof all the best . ." and now . .Goodbye, Juniors! Hello, Seniors!

I I —Edith Regan, '38

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VARIETIES

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[ANAUGH announced she was go -ing to demonstrate "can.o' peas"in foods class. Our wond ermen twas dispelled when she elucidated!

with canapes .

After studying the question insome detai l , ELOISE CUMMINGScame to the conclusion that beingphlegmatic isn't so bad after all—you come out of the grind feelingchipper anyways.

LORRAINE CUMMINGS, seenat a Harborcreek prom recently,looked positively ecstatic. Thereason? — her "heart throb" hadreturned from West Point and isto remain in this neighborhood fora while.

Some one of these days we'llreturn to normal as we contem-plate frisking home for that t imeof t imes?— summer vacat ion. Anendless expanse of summer days

and warm, moonli t nights — butI 'm becoming "mooney" — backto real i ty!

— Virg inia ' Dooley, '39

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THE YEARBOOK

According to the lates t re-por ts, the 1937 Yeak Bookwill be off the press on thefifth of June. The Editortel ls us that format , photo-graphs , and various sect ionsof the Book are up to the ex-pectations of even those whoa r e most enthusias t ical ly,and therefore most cri t ical ly,interested in the success ofthis project . Such reportscertainly jus t ify the act ionof the Class of '37 in initiat-

ing the Mercyhurs t YearBook, and prove, without adoubt, the splendid coopera-tion of the staff which hasbeen faced with the tremend-ous task of complet ing pub-l icat ion within two months .

(Continued from Page 8)the college stickers on her bag—until at last she heard a car in thedrive. Ba rbara locked her bagquickly and gave her nose a finalpat. At the last momen t, she de-cided to change fthe t-gray crepeturba n she* was wearin g for abrimmed hat of blue felt, and spentseveral moments hunting throughboxes in search of it.

As she \ came out:': on the porchand looked into the darkness,{Bar-bara saw leaning agains t the rai l -ing a pair!of white flannel trou-sers above which a glowing cigar-ette seemed to be £suspended my-steriously.

Barbara addressed the cigaret te ."All right, Joe," she said quickly"I I'm ready. I left my bag overby tfee door.

The warm summer night wasV,lovely. And a s ingle s tar that B»r-

£bara|noticed$ through a; bouquet-shaped elm made her think of two

\lines from something:"Night dropt her sable curtain

downAnd pinned it with a star."After a|mile|or so oft silence,

Barbara turned toward the driver.

"Joe", Barab ara fel t her heartpounding. She was looking at Bill.And Bill was grinn ing. "But—where | _?" Barba ra gas ped .

"Well," Bill began, "I was walk-ing back to the cot tage tonightpret ty much disgusted with every-thing in general—and Joe in part i -cular and what do I meet on theporch but Joe himself. And Iwasn' t in any humor to entertainJoe, so I invited him to leave. Fromwhat he said as he left the porchI figured what was up. And youdidn't think I could stand by and

j let Fate deal your mother a son- jin-law l ike Joe, did you?"

• "But, Bil l ,* Barbara said, withher eyes glued to the l i t t le graypurse in her lap, "where are wegoing now?"

"W ell," Bill answered , as heslowed the car down to a jog trot,"While you were dat ing Joe I tookthe liberty of getting the license,and dispensations, and last week Italked to Father Smith, who agreedto marry us at St . Stephens anytime that was convenient for us .So I thought tonight that s ince youwere used to the idea we might aswell get married. That is , unlessy o u - "

/"Bil l , you__" Barbara was tug-ging at the part of the blue hatnear her left ear, "you don't loveme?" 5 \ I

u Bill removed the hat—and thenthe doubt. Then he speeded up thecar, for St. Stephen's had to bereached by seven o'clock that morn-

ing. "Think you can stand to lookat me over a breakfas t table forthe next forty years or so ?" "Y es,"said Barbara, arranging Bil l ' sshoulder to suit her head, "I thinkI can manage perfect ly. You see,I never eat any breakfas t!"

Nancy Ruth Blair , '37

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MISCELLANEA

The Athletic Association held ameeting on May I J, at which thefollowing officers were elected for

1937-1938:^President, Bet ty Har -rington; Vice-Pres ident , Helen Pat-terson; Secretary, Helen Durkin ;Treas ure r , Delores Kelley.

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Wednesday evening, May 12, th eSophomores entertained the Sen-iors with a Theater Party . Afterseeing "The Outcas t", and a spe-cial feature the Academy A Capel-la Choir, a t the Warner Theater,the group enjoyed a supper partyat the Ford Coffee Shcppei m

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name . . I just thought . . that Iha d -better explain . . before youbegan wondering . . wondering . .CLARA SURGO . . is one of thevery few?. . ah yes .*. very fewin our class . . whose future is alltied up . . in a knot . . I.'was told. . that JANE SAWDEY'S friend. . has returned to her . . POLLYAFLOATERSr heard from EVA-

RITA FLAHERTY tugging at acollar just -before the waltz num-ber . . "1 guess I mus t be fthechokeable type ." . . Heard fromMARGARET ANNE MOONEY . ."And there I'was hust l ing aroundin f that ^bustle" . . Coming fromKAY GILL'S way: "Something hi tme . . I guess it was j th e sand-

bag ." . . Iff you don't know . .maybe ̂ it|did;] hit you A, Perhapsth e most5k;striking graduate isMARM ST. L A W R E N C E . .MARY CIAIOLA . . has got meworried . . h er faffections ar eslipping . . T'aint tru e . . faintt rue . . NANCY RUTH BLAIR . .is so darn nice . . and MARY LOUBURD is * still having a "Duff"

time of it . .JANNE FOX . . hasth e stuff'for success . . and fthe

island breezes . .Iblew away mostof FRAN HAUSER'S Chem. andSoci. papers . g an d Jail she saidwas . . Oh! . .Incidentally . . theducksjare set t in ' pret ty a gain . .The tanning craze has been goingaround!. . so soon 5. . and quite afew of the collegians have beenburnt up about i t . . TREVA KOL-PEIN and! VIRGINIA ANDER-

SON . . are almost inseparable f..

I wish . . that you could have seenNELL IE EIS ERT collect ing shirtsafter the show . . Don't miss Mis-sion Day coming soon . . BERN IERICKENBAUGH , . was up to seeElba last week . . You knew . .she is to be? her maid-of-honor . .the Praeteri ta . . according toftheeditor . . will carry some elegantpictures .*. outside of the Seniors. . Seniors . . reminds me . . thatI've got to go now . . it 's been fun. . writing the Angle . . more funfor me . . perh aps . . than foryo u . . farewells a re so non-stimu -lating . . like .just-warm coffee . .

I alway s say the wrong-anyway my most s incere. . th at you liked it . ., . —Marge Alge, '37

Personalities

besidesth ing .^wish lisGood-by

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MISSION DAY

Mission Day will again bemade a pa rt of the schoolcalendar . The mission com-mit tees are working hard onplans which will insure t h a tnothing wil l go amiss on thisfestive day. A definite datehas not yet been scheduled

for th e affair's which is totake place during the "merrymonth of May." Entertain-ment will be provided by afull length movie feature andadded at t ract ions , plus danc-ing and varied refreshments .

The proceeds will be givento the Missions. The causeis a worthy one and we soli-ci t your kind support .

—Britta Marie Sullivan, '38

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For the second time in succes-sion, the class of 1939 captured thecup in the annual song contes t ,sponsored by the Seniors, on thenight of May 11. The prize wasawarded by the judges , Sis ters M.Maureen, M. Colette, and M. Fide-

lis. The decision was based on thepresentat ion and original i ty of theoriginal song. To the Juniorswent the second prize for presen-tations of school so ngs. To theFreshmen went congratulat ions fortheir efforts and wishes for bet tersuccess in years to come.

(Continued from Page 3)teach the'mysteries of cuisine tohigh school lassies. Not long ago,she and Betty Taylor demonstratedthe art of cooky baking down atTrask's Dry Goods Store — andshe was a sensation. Incidentally,Kay is president of the HomeEconom ics' Club here at Mercy-hurs t .

K ay h as many h o b b i e s bes id es

cooking, and eating is one of them.Everything on the menu but l iverappeals to he r— especial ly nice,lich, juicy steaks. She is a gre atcollector of odds and ends and hasboxes filled with fans, ribbons, etc.,(it 's mostly jun k so she J says)s tored careful ly away. She: ha snever ianalyzed this tendency butthinks it is a carry over from ado-lescence. She likes to find out peo-ples' middle names, and experi-ences in this field have led her tobelieve that most people are self-

conscious about theirs.Next to walking aimlessly along

shaded avenues at twilight, Kayenjoys roller skatin g. "Ah, thefreedom of it," she sighs. But shehas been wary of skating withnovices in the ar t ever since a

companion of hers skated agains ta parked car • and cried out "I'mdying" to passersby. Besides thesetwo activities, she has no athleticinterests. Kay is mildly interestedin dramatics — remember her asthe pass ionate lover in "Huckle-berry Finn'? — and enjoys s i l lymovies and amateur actors . Haveyou heard her reci te the poem aboutthe undertaker ' s s tuffing cheeks?

When Kay goes into one of herwide smiles, she displays a denti-frice advert isement of beautifulteeth and a^set of dimples. Herskin' is colored in olive tones andis smooth and clear. (W hat's yoursecret , Kay ?) Her eyes are grayand ever smil ing, too. When shespeaks, she speaks in a clear, plea-sant tone. She is 5 feet, 4 inches

tall, medium in size, dresses inblack, and is always on the move.

If you want to jus t relax, werecommend! Kay as a companion;but i f you want to procras t inate,she'll never do.Wt Frances Riblet, '37

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Faculty Notes

(Continued from Page 1)Schenley, Pittsburgh, Pa., May 6.The following two days Miss Wha-len attended the Convention of theHome Economics J Association alsoheld at the Hotel Schenley. OnSaturday, May 1, Miss Whalenmotored to Cleveland, Ohio. Shewas accompanied by Miss RegisO'Leary of the class of '34, who is

at present ass is tant diet i t ian at theWarren State Hospital . i'j

The Sodality Convention ofWestern New York numberedamong i ts representat ives MotherM. Borgia, Sr. M. Philippa, Sr. M.Victor ine, Sr. M. Esther, Sr. M.Angelica, and Sr. M. Lore tta. Theconference was held at the Elm-wood Music Hall, Buffalo, New

York, May 2. | sm Sr. M. Collette and Sr. M. Clau-dia were in Dunkirk and Fredonia,New* York, May 1,h Sr. M. Clotilda and Sr. M. Caro-lyn attended the Catholic RoundTable of Science meeting at Naza-reth College, Rochester, New York,May 8. ; |§f Sr. M. Fidelis attended the firstsolemn High?Mass of the Rev. Ar-

thur Fleckenstein which was cele-brated at SS. Cosmas and DamianChurch, Punxsutawney, Pa. , May9. Father Fleckenstein received theSacrament of Holy Orders on As-cens ion-Thurs day .

Rev. James M. Powers , Professorof Philosophy and Religion, de-

Who would think tha t only afew weeks after having given wayto poetic outbursts concerningspring , we would be already lookingfor remedies for sunbu rn? Butthe very, very welcome ray s ofOld Sol certainly took their toll innumerous burnt "faces and! a few

already tanned arms. Take heed,you Bun worshippers! Vogue statestha t m'lady will affect a muchlighter make up this summer asagains t las t summer's bronzebeauty.

Whatever may be the proverbabout "He who hesi tates ," Uncer-

tainly doesn't * apply to SIS PAT-TERSON, who has already'hadher first plunge into the still-icywaters of good old Lake Erie. AndSis will willingly confirm that re-mark, "still icy," and she can'tsay we didn' t warn her,

ANNE LEAHY has been keep-ing her mimicing talents a deepsecret, at least to us day students,but Martha Raye s t i l l has the big-gest mouth . . Did you know that"TERRY" is the champion golfer

of North Western New York? . .Ho-hum . . the life of an amateur. . MARY FROST w as . amongthose representing Mercyhurs t atthe 'Meer the night of Austin Wy-lie . .B y the way did you hear thatBenny Goodman is supposedlyscheduled^for the same night asou r Prom ? Something ought to bedone about that , if; the rumor ist rue . . JANE GRIFFIT H haschanged abode, and the new house

is SO at tract ive . . Was it*--.toomuch or not enough at tent ion onthe part of^RUTH BOVEE in jpreparing her pa pW o h ^ C b l l e g e * "Girls ' Manners"? . . ANN MARIEPETERS had something so impor-tant to tel l me, but at the las tmoment she suddenly "forgot ."Could it have been that warning

look from MEG WADLINGER ?Well, maybe nex t time . . COL-LETTE'S new j Plymouth is asmoothie . . And have you heardof the ultra modern teacher whorecommended zippers for themouths of two talkat ive pupils?As GERTRUDE PLETZ says ,that ' s "Talon" 'em. 1 ^

RUTH STABLEIN and BETTYSCHRYVER are ^looking forwardto that long awaited week-end . .JEAN WALLING has been absentso long. Nothing serious, I hope. .Don' t miss the duck eggs on theisland on the back campus.

The tennis courts are now inexcellent condition and are jus taching to be used. Come one, comeall. Beginners or experts—all ar e

welcome; in fact we'd "love" tohave you—And youlknow what ahelp tennis is for what ails you; soif you don' t take advantage ofthis opportunity, i t "serves" youright. I

So, I'll see you on the co urts , ... jBye now.

I i —R uth Weber, '40

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At the final business meetingof the 0. G. A. officers were electedfor the coming year. They are :Pres ident , Ruth Mary McCarthy;Secretary, M a r i a n McLaughlin;Treasurer, Bet ty Meyer; PublicityDirector, Rosemary McGee.

livered the sermon at the L

solemn high Mass of Rev. JohnFeeney a t St . Jo seph's C hurch, ; OilCity, Pa. on May 9. Father Feeneywas also ordained Ascension Thurs-day by the Most Rev. John MarkGannon at St . Peter ' s Cathedral ,Ma y 6, 4

Rita Maley, '38

The Merciad, May 1937

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Transcript of The Merciad, May 1937