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I Page TwoPublished monthly by the students of Mercyhurst College

Address a l l communicat ions toT H E MERCIADMercyhu rst College Erie , ^Pennsylvania

Subscript ion RatesO N E D O L L A R T H E Y E A RME RCIAD ST AFFE DIT OR-IN-CHIE F : % Jane Frankl inBUSINE SS MANAGE R ; Doris ScalzoART EDITOR Prisci l la Jenkins

(Printed by the;E. Agrest i Print ing Co.1710 Cherry St .)Dr. Time's AssistantsTime alone does not heal all ills. Time spent in idleness, inbrooding over past wrongs will only serve to magnify ourgrief. It is time spent in work that restores the troubled mindto health. Work !Mastering stupor and dull despairMoving the dreamer to do and dareis thus prescribed by Angela Morgan as a tonic for the despondent or idle mind. 1Jessie Fothergill considers work "the highest and holiestthing there is, and the grandest!purifier and cleanser in theworld." She does not, however, credit it with being a panaceaagainst every ill. Idleness is sometimesjas strong an agent inbreaking down characte r as work is in building it up. Whatif that stitch in time be not sewn, will nine save the garment?"You may make holes in your coat from sheer laziness, andthen find that no amount of stitching will patch them upagain." Is ther e then no hope that|the brand of the devil'sworkshop might be wiped out ? If it were true that you coulddo that in a short period of idleness which a lifetime of after-work would not mend, then surely the punishment would beout of all proportion to the sin. The jury of mankind may nottake into consideration that a man be repentent and reformed,but there is a higher Court of Appeals where justice is tempered with mercy.Not only idle hands but often skilled hands by a single mistake may work havoc with a whole career. Lowell pithilymakes this point in his comparison of Life with a block ofmarble out of which we are to carve our destinies: SLife, the irredeemable block,Which one o'er hasty chisel-dint oft mars.If it is possible to ruin a whole life in one dark moment ofweakness then it is equally as possible to rectify a ruined lifein a single moment of streng th. The author of The Fir st Violin herself admits the same in this beautiful passage: "Thereare some moments in this our life which are at once sacrificial, sacramental, and strong with the virtue of absolution ofsins pas t; moments which are a crucible from which a

stained soul may come out white again."When time and work fail to restore the patient to health,then hope is the last resor t. How, you may ask, can hope restore the patient, or repair the tattered garment ? If the garment is worn beyond repair and cannot be replaced by another, ;then necessity will force its owner to repair it, even if hemust himself invent a process whereby to reduce the cloth tofibers and weave the fabric anew. Could any inventor workfor years to make such a discovery without hope?The disposition to mend is just as important for the spirit-tually wounded as the will to live is for the physically ill. Soit seems permissible to enlarge upon the time-honored proverb and state that Doctor Time, in consultation with the medicos, Work and Hope, heals all wounds.I Jane Franklin '41Salutation

T HE ME RCIAD November,

There are noble souls who spend their lives in a great taskwitho ut desiring or seeking recognition or acclaim. T he Reverend Dr. Joseph J. Wehrle is one of these; he has devoted hislife unsparingly to the task of guiding young minds and heart sto a broader vision of truth and to a fuller life of action.Despite his manifold duties as superintendent of the diocesan schools, principal of Cathedral Preparatory School forBoys, president of Villa Maria College, and dean of CathedralJunior College, Dr. Wehrle is always ready with counsel forhis s tudents; for years he has directed their scholastic endeavors and aided them by his sound advice. His unfailingkindness, his genial and tactful manner, his gentle humor andsincerity have won for him the esteem of all affiliated w ithhim. His own zeal for scholarly purs uits is a constant challenge to earne st stud ents . His enveloping love for God and hisfellowmen inspires all to unselfish endeavor.

We at last find opportunity, on the occasion of the silverjubilee of his ordination, to express our long-felt respect forDr. Wehrle as ; a scholar and reverence for him as a priest,and, most of all, our apprecial ion of his friendship for students everywhere. Julia Strough '42

The Kingdom ofChrist * *

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On? the last Sunday in Octoberof each year, we hail as our King,Chris t the Son of God. We areamong His younger subjects andso we took little note when, fifteen years ago, a t the end of theGrea t Jubilee of 1925 this significant feast was observed for thefi rst t ime. I t was in that yearthat Pius XI gave permanent expression to his motto "The Peaceof Christ in the Kingdom ofChrist" by procla iming the feastof Christ the King.

I have called the feast significantand so i t was. In these daysof godless communismj and dic tatorship, i t i s good to know thatthere is a King with jurisdic t ionover allthe pe t t ytheir wronged peoples-]ersyoume.On jOctober 27, we celebratedthe feast here a t Mercyhurst byexposi t ion of the Blessed Sacrament until two o'clock in the afternoon when the formal i t ies wereconcluded in $Benediction. I kneltthere that day and thought thingslike the above and this, :"I a m a tcourt and how gracious is theKing." Then I thought of a secondsignif icance the feast had for us.Is not our chapel named afterChrist the King ? And that cameabout through ci rcumstances.When I interviewed ones of thesisters who f igured largely in thechapel ' s early history, she told metha t the name Christ the KingChapel was chosen because of thenearness of i t s erect ion to thebirth of the still-young feast ofthat name. The chapel was bui l tin 1932. Before tha t time theyoung school had used for achapel what is now the Communityroom. However, this grand, newchapel was not consecrated unt i l1935 at which t ime the oratorywas added. Our. chapel is also

calledjthe O'Neil Memorial. JAnd that i s a brief history ofthe grea t feast just passed andof the spot a t Mercyhu rst thatwill {always mean to mepeace,beaut i ful moments, tears and consola t ion tendered. I wi ll rememberas players, so all you with the lusty lungs get your voices into shapein[ the Chape l of Christ the King.BEileen Rehler

Cercle Franc aisJ (Cont inued from Page 1) meet ing the group enjoyed a pleasant hour of enterta inment . Charades, Enigmes, and Devinet tesproposed by Mesdemoiselles Eleanor Dimitru, Evelyn White , Eugenie Hendrickson, Catherine j Monroe, Jeanne Gough, Jeanne Smith,Evelyn iGerbracht, Marie 1 Kohn,an d Maxine? Hose Slater * puzzledthe wits of even the cleverest de-veneuse. $ 1%1'r'B^^H

An amusing dia logue from Pre-nez garde a la peinture by M. ReneFauchois jwas presented by Mile.Elaine Tormay as Ursule and Mile .Jane Walsh as Zulma.Mile. Catherine Nyberg in therole of arbitre led a Jeu de Base-Ball litteraire in which les roma ntiques, Mesdemoiselles B a r b a i aDawson, Patr ic ia , Schilling, andMaida Wendel playedj against lesclassiques Mesdemoiselles Marie

Keleher, Jul ia Strough, and Evelyn White with the victory going

Our Pilgrim Fathers Vs. F. D. R.One of the problems with which we Americans are currly confronted, and which has been regarded as trivial andnecessary by many, arises at an extremely appropriate tThe problem to which I refer is that of deciding when toserve Thanksgiving Day, whether on the last ThursdayNovember, following the custom originated by our Pilgfathers, or a week earlier, in accordance with our Presideproclamation. I describe this problem as arising at an appriate time for the reason that, regardless of which day chooses, he will, on both days, have h is attentio n drawn tosignificance of a Than ksgiv ing Day. And, indeed, in thi s otic year in the history of the world, we Americans must lize that significance. As a matte r of fact, we have so mfor which to be thankful that two days can hardly be to be too many in which to have this fact impressed uponWe, who are so engrossed in carryin g out our respecduties, have discovered that by a mere twist of our radio dand by devoting not more than a glance to certain sectionour newspaper s, are able to live our lives a good deal afrom the present European conflict. Bu t with talk of the flict permeating the entire atmosphere, we are forced toalize the significance of tyranny and of war; consequentlyshould welcome the opportunity afforded by a ThanksgivDay to express our gratitude for all that with which we hbeen blessed.We are given an opportunity to express our thanks for fact thatfwe are still permitted to live our lives normally, from tyranny forcing us to deeds totally in discord with human nature, free from an environment of attack fromsides, of continual waste and ruin and horrible deaths, even to express our thanks for the privilege of dying normaIn short, we must be thankfulffor the fact that our r i

to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" are still recnized, that we are not forced to descend to a position wherewould feel more than thankful if only our lives were sparDo not, then, m ake the problem established by a conflicttween the custom of our Pilgrim Fathers and the plan of President a vital one this year, but feel grateful on both vember 21 and November 28 and on every other day that are here, not over there. Valma BlaFood ServiceC o n v e n t i o n I. R. C. Delegates Attend Conventi

The Food Service Directo rs ofth e United!States met November7, 8, and 9 in Detro it, Michigan .Sister Col le t te and Sister Teresi taat tended and brought back manynew ideas. ^TThe programs? w asplanned to interest food service directors in school lunch rooms, college dormitories, and industrial inst i tut ions. Fie ld t r ips to schoolsand industr ia l cafeterias were partof the program. ^^Hl i j^^^^Ka One j of J t h e ! most interest ingta lks was given by Miss Grace E.Smith, newly-elected ' president I ofthe {Nat ional R estaura nt Associat ion. I t deal t wi th I "Maintainingthe Home Touch in Large Quant i ty Coo kery." Miss Smith, in 1923,insta 1 led I an {experimental Ikitchento develop home recipes into thoseof standard quant i ty size . Womencooks were then t ra ined to prepareutes her success in] this I work totliem expert ly. Miss Smith a t t r ib -the scientific management of thewomen food experts. H^^^^^H |^^H^^HBBHH Jane Blackwoodto les classiques. All present tookpart in another game, Les Rois etles Reines do France, won by Mile .Evelyn Gerbracht . Le gouter , prepared by Miles. Keleher, Dawson,and Schilling, was a la f rancaise .I The progra m closed with a talkby Mother M. l Borgia , i who commended the gi r ls for thei r pleasing program and encouraged themto pursue their study of languages,not only for pract ical*advantages,but primarily for the purpose of"renderingfMife nobler" and "instilling the love of intellectual research." i ;;-Catherine Nybe rg

(Continued from Pa ge 1 )This topic was considered uthe fol lowing heads by represet ives from} the several col le"Dangers of moral invasion ofUn ited States?*** Can isius Coli "Fu ndamental rights of manrela ted to Democracy and Dtorship," D'Youvi l le Col lege; "t he re be a j u s t wa r? " , Me rc yhCollege; "America ' s Hope of Piin Iview I of present condi t ioMount Mercy Col lege; and "Pt ical Ant idotes against AtheiVilla Maria College. I U I K ^ At the afternoon session, mria l defense and Lat in-Amerrela t ionships were the topics.oder materia l defense came: "Jdefense plans," a St. BonavenCollege; "Are our defenses aqua t e ? " ,* Cathedral |Col lege; i"How to I read your newspa(with reference to war news), thed ral College, Eri e.

Concerning Latin-Americanla t ions, the representat ive fromJohn Kanty Col lege, Erie , spon "Changing a t t i tudes towSout h Ame r i c a " ; | t he Ni a ga ra Uversi ty Idelegate discussed "Enomic re la t ionships."

The meet ing was brought toclose by Dr. Aaron Abell wspoke on "The Kind of Peace Fol low This War."

"Fal l ing in lovejis the one logical adventure, the one thing which we are tempted to think supernatural in our t r i te and reonable world.""Virginibus Puerisque,"Robert Louis Stevenson

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October 17 Ho rrors! We dis-covered that someone broke intothe diary and dared to read thesecret that Marie was the bashfulrecipient of i daily let ters . Marie'slife was c onsequen tly "a n o penbook." We must remember to keepsuch int imate detai ls out of thediaryif ^people (insist on pryingChicken left for Akron to be anattendant at her s is ter ' s wedding"attendant" circumstances madethe journey to Akron look quiteexcit ing!

October 18 The S o d a l i t y ' s"sweater dance" was "scads" offun. Ginny Conlon jus t enjoyedherself immenselyand her escortdidn' t look exactly unhap pyHelen Mault was almost confronted with two dateswhich isan opportune t ime to jot down aclever quote from a co-ed college'snewspaper "When a boy breaks adate, he usually has to; when agirl breaks a date, she usually hastwo." IO c t o b e r 1 9 We " b ru n ch e d"with our l i t t le s is ters . 'W ha t aswell "brun ch" (lowest form ofhumor) of Preshies t hey a re . W hatwould Mary Holway have done forentertainment if the favors hadn' tbeen boatsbut, anyway, i t was"smooth sai l ing."October 24 Willkie came to townto-day, which proved tolbe a just ifiable reason s for cu tting a c lass.If one man in the crowd wasn' tentertained by Willkie, he was certainly entertained by Pris and Dot.October 26 Annette and Joew e n t " d a t i n g " imagine what a hi larious t ime theyhad! \M W- October 27 While Claudia andJeanne wielded a mean pair ofshears , Marie was shorn of herglamorous locks. With a l i t t lepractice, the two barbers might become expertbut, after gazingupon Marie, we conclude that thepractice is essential .October 28 Annette spent justages on the 'phone making arrangemen ts ' for the ! NovemberPromwe s 'pose that ' s al l theywere talking about. A nyway,

(Continued on Page 4)Sociology Seminar

The November meeting of theSociology Semin ar was h eld onTuesday evening, November 5, inthe first floor social room.After a brief business meeting,the members of the club heard an

address by Mrs. Helen Spencer,Probation Officer for girls in ErieCounty. Mrs. Spencer gave a veryinformative talk on the functionsof the juvenile court in Erie,s tress ing part icularly the place ofsocial work in the field of probat ion today. One of the outs tandingpoints the speaker brought outwas the need for a humane unders tanding in work with underprivileged girls . The s tudents weremade awa re of the influence ofhome, neighborhood and other social agencies in either making or'-breaking character by actual casehistories. A discussion of the subject following Mrs. Spencer's talkconcluded the meeting.I P at Schil ling

Sr. M. A n g e 1 i c aPaints The PenitentSinner For PrisonChapelThe Church of the Good Thief atClinton Prison in Dannemora, NewYork, is nearing completion due tothe untiring work of the long-termconvictsl of this "Siberia of Ame-

trica" and the unerring leadershipof Father A. R. Hyland, chaplainof the prison.This fact is closely connectedwith Mercyhurst, for a picture forthis same Church has been paintedby Sr. M. Angelica, head of I th eArt Department of Mercyhurst .

After interviewing Sr. Angelica,I learned -that about one year agoFr. Hyland wrote to her askingher to p aint a p icture forj th echapel. As one of the prison 's" l ifers" , an Hung arian, had already painted a picture of St . Dis-mas, the patron saint of the newchurch, Sr. Angelica} finally decided to paint the picture of arepentant s inner at the foot of theCross . In the picture, Our Lord'sArm is extended around the shoulders of the sinner, whose face isfilled with appeal and hope as i t israised to the Face of The Saviour.The atmosphere of the picture isthe meeting of a lone soul withi ts Redeemer. -MaryJ Pa r met erAlumnae GuestsAdd ress S. O. S.

The Sis ters of the Skil let metfor the firs t time this year onWednesday evening, October 23, inthe s tudents ' dining room, JeanneSenior presiding. Miss Ruth Head-ley and Miss Alice Martin, bothMercyhurst gradua tes of 1936, heldthe at tention of the members asthey told of interest ing and humorous incidents that occurred intheir work.Miss Headley obtained her teachin g experiencejin New York State,and is now teaching at RooseveltJunior High School.

Miss Martin interned for a yearat Cook County Hospital in Chicago and later returned to accept aposit ion on the hospital staff. Sh eresigned in favor of a teachingposition?at Roosevelt Junior HighSchool. Their talks gave the listeners a new insight into some ofthe problems aris ing in the homeeconomics field.At a short {business meetingmeeting which followed, the president appointed the Juniors incharge of the November meeting.The committee consists of HelenMault , chairman, and assis tantsKatherine McMillan, M a r y H i 1-kert, and Mary Helen Walsh. Ciderand doughnuts were served, andthe meeting was adjourned.Harriet MiHoy,Jane Blackwood

Merciad Club(Continued from Page 1)sub-issue of the traditional Mercyhurst paper.Arrangem ents were also madefor the securing of guest speakerson journalism and related subjects , such as photography.After the serving of refreshments , the meeting was adjourned.June Currie

THE BOOK NOOK"To read or not to readtheclassics" that is the quest ion. L astyear the reading of classical literature made i ts debut among theM e rc yh u rs t c ol le ge s t u d e n t sthrough the seminar under thewell-known educator, Dr. MortimerJ. Adler. jjOedipus Re x was ! th ebook chosen; it is tha story of a

popular king who finds, by various methods, convincing proof thathe h as (unkno wingly) killed hisfather and then married h i smother, jj Wh at h is reactio ns wereto this revelat ion, how the peoplereacted to i t and to their king'sreactions, the climax, and so on,al l make the play an interesting, easy to read, thoughtful pieceof l i terature. This play was written by Sophocles, a gre at Greektragedian, who l ived at the t imewhen grea t t ragedies were} firs tbeing made. Before his t ime, theentire tragic plot was based on thepower of the gods. Sophocles notonly recognized 4| this power, b utalso the power and glory of men.His plays leave a noble feeling,rejoicing in the good of life, accepting i ts evil .Then in the late sprin g! Dr. Ad-ler's book,] How to Read la Book,was published. T he fact th at theauthor had actually been to Mercyhurst helped to create a greatinterest in the book; and three outof every four read i t , and thefourth usually had a pret ty goodidea of what.its contents were,namely, as i ts t i t le suggestshowto read a bookcorrectly. Ofcourse, he does not refer to thosebooks that can be read at one s i tt ing and within the t ime * limit oftwo or three hours , nor to the dimenovels that can be picked up atany magazine s tand, but rather tothe ones that the average humanbeing cannot ful ly understand atone reading; the kind whose closer study convinces one that his(Continued on Page 4)

Alumnae NewsMiddle AislingBetty O'Connor - D r. Antho nyKaminskiPauline O'Laughlin - Paul He-genrotherMandie O'Sullivan - HowardLandieMiddle AisledMadelene Wilbert WilliamsStork Club A boyGerald David to VirginiaConnor HayCareerBunny Haule now at D. P. A. ,in Corry, Penna.Rosemary McGee now at Library in Columbus, Ohio.Virginia Bryant now at Bank inOil City, Penna.Latest Scholast ic AttainmentEdith Regan's Master of Edu-cationDegree from Universi ty ofPit tsburgh |Pursuing Education jHelen Patterson at Univers i tyof BostonMary Annice McCray at Western ReserveCongratulat ions toMarguerite O'Donnell new Mercyhurst Alumnae PresidentAlumnae Dance, Hotel Lawrence,December 28, 1940. Betty Annand Janet Griffith Co-chairmen.y. - I ABC

Senior;Class MembersSponsor HarvestDanceThe first formal dance of theschool year took place on the evening of November 9 on the occas ion of the Mercyhurst HarvestDance. This gay affair was sponsored by the Senior Class and washeldfin the Y. W. C. A. Ballroomwith music by George Weber andhis t; orchestra. Approximately onehundred couples were in attend ance.The decorations at tract ively followed the Harvest motif by meansof amber-colored lights which gavea soft, autumnal glow to the ballroom. Huge gold leaves were seenon the walls and J giant clusters ofgrapes made of purple balloonscreated a t very real is t ic appearance.Th e Senior Class wishes to extend i ts th anks to the variousclasses if or cooperating I in makingthis event a huge success and tothe Freshman class in part icularfor i ts large at tendance.Maryalys Klinger

Peninsula Noted ForNatural BeautyOn Wednesday, November 13,Mrs. Blake of the museum department of the Erie Public Libraryaddressed the members of thePhylomeletic C lub with a very interest ing lecture on Jthe flowersof Erie county. She gave a verbalpicture of Presque Is le as i t wasknown abroad for i ts natural beaut y . ! Can the Eriei tes imagine wildcranberries growing profusely onthe peninsula and wild rice in thebay? Grea t botanistsf were | a t t racted to this natural t reasure ofwild flowers. Among the naturelovers who came was Mrs. Strat-ten, who is famous for the 1700paintings she made of European

flowers in their natural habitat .These paintings, which are now onfile inf Washington, are exquis i tenot only in an jart is t ic sense butalso from the botanis t ' s viewpointfor they are exact and perfect inevery detai l . % M f l ^ ^ H 9 ^ ^ ^ ^ HUpon her return to America andEr ie , Mrs.fStratten made Inearly300 paintings of Erie 's flowers . Afew of these paintings were! displayed in the lounge on the evening of Mrs. Blake's lecture. flHHBssS i ww l Rosem ar y K losJanus Club

(Continued from Page 1) 'mt&interested in dramatizing plays. &MThe s tage craft I division willprovide for the scenery, fcostumedesigning andjlighting of aU'jtpro-ductions.

The business division will makeposters for meetings, programsfor plays, and be responsible forthe financial duties of all plays.As a condition to their enrollment as regular members of theJanus Club, new dramatic enthusiasts must display their labil i t ieson the s tage Tuesday evening, November 26. To them , w e | say:"Good luck, and v don't be frightened."Itfwas definitely decided tha t

meetings will be held the secondTuesday of each month.Mary Ellen Linney

Congratulations, you lovely iors, on the very successful daAll the signs with indicatpoint Ho the fact that everybhad a super time.And while we're in the Congdepartment, some of our besPeggy Sullivan, who represeour Alma Mater at the Peace Cference in Roch ester the oweekend. Tha t was a real spPeggy, and we're mighty prouour enterpris ing member.

Fo r anlearly morning laughthis one: park out in fronStoutie's and watch the fun. Per comes tooting around the ner at ten of eight and pulls ufront of Stoutie 's, honking mNothing comeswe honk aThe door o p e n s and Pobreathes a s igh of relief. Bu tit ' s Jock, the dog. Tempos fand M rs.! Stout s t icks an armthe door and does a| Boy Swigwag with a white scarf toPower know that Stoutie isroute. Five Sminutes later opens and Stoutie issues forth with thro ttles wide- open stedown to the car blindly, lesvestiges of make-up, hat gloves in hand. Three blocks she croaks a good morning. *Fhere on i t ' s anybody's game.These gals with two men onstring! Klammie with her Hand Al, Belle with Johnnie "The Yale Man"ho-hum. Wwe like is the old steadies Button and Trip an d DReagle.

Then there is the sort we Week-End Winniesunder wsection you will find Elsie, BAnn, and Angie, who whip oveCleveland every so often, and Per, who shuttles between here (Continued on Page*4)Practice House

Why is it we see so little ofJunior Home Ecers these daFive girls! l ive at the prachouse for six weeks at a time serve bylturns in the capacitycook, Ia ss is ta n t- c oo k , h o s t ehousekeeper, and baby direcEach girl Icarries out a speduty for ten days, and!thus gpractical|knowledge of the tthat face a homemaker.B Life at the practice house cloly follows the pattern of real holife. The girls have to^budtheir fmoney, plan well-balanmeals, keep the house clean, tertain guests , and the big iof all, care fori "Jimmy Merhurst." J immy, only four monold, is the I "pride andfjoy" of school; his growth and develment are watched anxiously; any Mercyhurst student will you that J immy is the smartmost (beautiful, and most iintegent baby they know.

Things Igo wrong at the hojust as they do at home; cafail, potatoes burn, unexpecguests arrive, but the girls chefully carry on, for they realevery homemaker has to cope wsuch situations. Each girl fethat life at the practice house fords her a wealth j of experieand happiness .Milloy & Blackw

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(Continued f rom Page 1)ment, Frances Gallagher gave usthe h ighlights of THE Q U ES TF O R P EA CE by William Rappard .Mary Cather ine Sherwood's account of Owen Francis Dudley 'snovel, THE T R E M A Y N E S ANDTH E M A S TERF U L M O N K wasof great in terest to all .

The f reshmen were repres entedby Miss Ann Johnson, who g av eus an insight in to the life of M ar yEllen Chase as gleaned f rom aG O O D LY F ELLO W S H IP , and byMiss Jane Walsh who rev iewed Mary P erk ins ' book on etiquette inthe Catholic Church .Miss Eleanor Dumitru , head ofthe poetry d iv is ion of the club,r ead S P LEN D ID , A S TA R w r i t tenb y Be t ty Lou Tesnou and F a t h e rBar r e t t ' s immo r ta l M IN T BYN I G H T . ; ;:

The meeting closed af ter planswere made for the Decembermeeting which is to center aboutCh r i s tmas th eme.Doris Scalzo

The Book Nook

Junior Diary(Continued from Page;3)

Jack 's going to come in a carbut maybe when that one came outthey were called "horseless car-r iage s" Eleanor Crowe walkedthese halls to-day with a look ofbenef icence towards all. Elean o rw as a god-mother yesterday .October 29 The worr ied look onmo r e th an one damsel 's face wasevidence that conscr ip tion numberswere being called .October 30 Our professor cameto the conclusion that th e only effective way to eliminate coughingd u r in g his lectures was to distr ibute cough-drops. It was su r p r i s in g how many colds developed.

I October 30 The residents weieal l off to exciting times dur ingth is long week-end. By the looksof the b ag g ag e tak en by some ofth e Juniorsthe week-end was goin g to be really long . Carm couldn o t mak e up her mind as tow h eth er she really wanted to leaveth is institutionbut she finally" tore " herself away.

November 1 How very dull! Itrained continually to-day . Theschool is practically deser ted . Aweek from to-day is the P r o m.November 2 Of w hy did th ispeacefu l so litude have to be brokenby the onrush of so many clamorin g women? M ar y Kay reports asudden passion for red. Chickenha s her moving p icture ti t lesmixedand keeps in ter rupting uswith br ight comments about "thewizard f rom Notre Dame." Pigeontu r n s up with a sudden Roosevelt-

for-President complex . Why, weask?.? 1 The outcome of all the exc i temen t was the withdrawal ofmore than one late permission . Jo"ust co me" and, incidentally ,jo "ust go . " '- yNovember 4 Katie, Mary Helen, Helen and Ginny took up dutiesa t the Home Management house.Someone will have to convinceGinny that six weeks isn't such along time to be away f rom home. !November 5 W h en Burnhamfollowed Carmie quite devotedly,Carmie asked the reason for theSherlock Holmes act. Bu r n h am replied, "I'm your conscience." SaysCarm"That's funny, my conscience never bothered me before!"

(Continued f rom Page 8)timealthough much of it hasbeen usedwas fa r f rom wasted .Under th is class come, par ticu larly , the classics .This year th e " semin ar i s t s "have under taken a more labor ioustask , The Nicomachean Kthics ofAristo tle. Around th e nucleus ofeth ics , it combines compactlymany essentials of psychology,logic, philosophy, and eth ics . Thebook is quite difficult to read andunderstand thoroughly and shouldnot, in all cases, be chosen as theone with which to begin readingthe classics; but it shows what canbe done, if the reader decided thath e w an ts to. The p r ep ar a t io n th a tthese s tudents ar e doing for theseminar helps to prove the poin tsof Dr. Adler's book. The mater ia lmu s t be read three times at least,the important facts should be ableto be s ta ted in a few simple sentences, and th a t t ime is needed inorder to do a th ing well. But b es tof all, it has a t en d en cy to mak ethe student body as a whole "book-conscious.

But Sophocles and A r is to t le ar eno t th e only men who wrote class ical l i terature, which t h o u g hwritten centur ies ago, is as v i ta las an y th in g w r i t t en to d ay . Eu r i p ides is one of the most famous ofthe Greeks; and his plays are asmodern as any w r i t ten . P lu ta r chcould write a biography which cutou t th e ch ar ac te r of a man asclean as a cameo. Cicero couldw r i te as h u man ly as any of ourh u man i ta r ian s . H o r ace k n ew asmuch about human nature as anymodern psychologist and coulddo a b e t te r job expounding it. AndLivy and Tac i tu s and Thucydidescould, even today, give a few lessons on how to w r i te h i s to r y .So you can see th a t one doesnot have to read all the latestbest-sellers to be considered well-r ead . In fact, f rom a foundational

v iewpoint, better off is he who'goes back to the classics to r ead .There is so much of value there tor ead th a t it is a w as te of t ime toread most of the modern novelsthat have not yet proven theirw o r th .

IMaida WendelNovember 6 We noticed, quiteaccidentally , that Ju lie Strough issp o r t in g an in teresting looking ,winged pin. We mu s t r ememb erto ask her about it While wewere a-noticing , we noticed Burnha m and Eileen p laying jacks inthe third floor hall. Yes, j ack s ! !No comment! Angela was an aptpupil.November 8 It was good to seeClaire Welch backeven if it was

only for a week-end Dot VanA tten and Ellie Crowe must beto ld that it isn ' t p ractical to tryto make an elevator move to thesecond floor when it is alreadythere_ Ja nie Aaron f inally lef tfor Rochester , and was actuallyhappy about italthough a l i t t lesadne ss existed solely over th ef ac t th a t she has never lef t Peggyalone s ince their rooming careerbegan'way back then . Peggywa s sad, too.November 9 Mary Kay boughta red sweater!!! Prom nightthemix-ups were many but a goodt ime was had by all. Mazie sayssh e is definitely resigned to herf a te .

CAMPUSCORNER

I. R. C. Visits Museum

Well, dear Colleg iennes, withThanksgiv ing vacation come andgone, and lo t s of hard work beforeus from now to Christmas, we'veplenty to occupy our minds.Tak e the Seminar , for in s tan ce .W e ar e v er y f o r tu n a te in havingD r. Adler r e tu r n to M er cy h u r s tagain th is year , and everyone, especially the S emin ar i s t s ar e looking forward eager ly to November28 . Incidentally , on your nextv is it to the chapel, dear f r iends,sa y a p r ay er for those 127 semin ars tu d en ts who before didn't knowth e mean in g of " le i su r e t ime" andnow don 't know the mean in g of" t ime ." }And then , there 's the ad v en t ofan Acapella Choir , which we th in kis a simply marvelous idea. Her e 'sgood luck to those brave vocalis tswho will try, unaccompanied , toinsp ire a love of music in to our"study-worn" souls . Anyway, weth ink it's a grand idea; here 'sthree cheers for the Acapella Choirof Mercyhurst.

We've all b een p u t t in g our h a i rup every n ight, just so as to looknice for the P r ae te r i ta p ic tu r eswhich for the sak e of everyoneconcerned had b e t te r be good. Itseems th a t we are forever gulp ingdown lunch to t e a r out to the deckporch to b r eak a camera. Well, ifi t i sn ' t one cross to b ear , it's another .

Yes, I ag r ee w i th you t h a t th es ta te of affairs in the world todayis ter r ib le. It's so bad th a t w h enyou 're late for class or an sw er" n o t p r ep ar ed " to an as s ig n men t ,the dear professor looks you downw i th the Cheshire ca t smile andquer ies "Well, which was itthe baby or the S emin ar ?"While you 've all been s tudyingso hard that you scarecly noticey o u r r o o mmate and her bag ofpretzels th e l ib rary has been getting bushels of new books for youto read when and if ever you findt ime . Th er e ar e sev er a l new pocket ed itions of good and popularnovels . Especially recommended isChristopher Morley 's "Thunder onth e Left"; and if you l ike realismin good form take a peek at Mar-jo r ie Kinnan Rawling 's latest co llection of shor t s tor ies and novelettes , . "When th e Whipporwill ." \W ell , th a t ' s all until the snowcovers the ground, and th is ter r ib ly busy and exciting month ofNovember will only be a passingmemo r y , and j u s t an ordinary onea t th a t .| Pat Schilling

November 11 Annette received acampus which might have enabledJack and she to inspect the 75acr es .

November A12 Congratu lationsto Dorcile Kellogg! Th e announcement of h e r mar r iag ecaused quite a com mo < ion on thethird floor. We were all surpr isedin fact, we w er e so surpr isedt h a t we can 't say another word!Pauline Lynch" -it is only by t r y in g to understand o thers that we can get ourown hear t s understood; and inmat te r s of human feeling the clement judge is the most successfulp lead er . "

R. L. S.

In p lace of the regular monthlymee t in g the In ternational Relations Club of Mercyhurst Collegewent on a field trip to the OldCustoms House on lower StateStreet. There the memb er s inspected many relics of ear ly lifein Er ie County and surroundingdistr icts . Among the most in ter esting of these d isp lays are anexact rep lica of the old FrenchPor t Duquesne, at the junction ofthe Monongehela and Alleghenyr iv e r s , r emn an ts of Indian pottery ,a r r o w h ead s , and utensils , the remain s of a Christian ized , IroquoisIndian , and a . few f i r ea r ms andswords of Civil and World Ward ay s .

Many of these ar ticles are thediscoveries of recent excavationsmad e by the Erie County Histor ical Society , whose headqu ar tersa re in the Old Customs House;This society is at present occupiedwith the w r i t in g of th is h is tory ofErie County . A lecture g iven byM rs . Leonard , a memb er of the organization , accompanied the inspection and provided added in ter est. The f ield tr ip provedjto beboth instructive and en te r ta in in g .The Club p lans many more suchexpeditions. J u l i a . St r ough

Mercyonus!(Continued f rom Page 3)Sunknown poin ts in Canada. Bellestil l changes her mind regular lyonce a day over the W eek - En dP r o b lem. W h eth er 'tis nobler inthe mind to keep peace in thefamily or have a wonderfu l weekend.Solution in n ex t mo n th ' sp ap er .W e who are not practice teachin g run for cover come two P.M. jwhen our unfor tunate s is ters re -1 turn f rom tha t p lace down thehill . We have learned f rom exper ience. At two the r e tu r n in g mob,

catching one of us, will force I usin to a corner and unburden itselfof the many many tr ials and t r i bulations she must bear . Really ,it 's horr ib le!! Pardon me while Ihideit's five of two.S o r r y to d r ag A. Stout in hereagainbut*; really , she does suchamaz in g th in g s ! { Sh e ' s w h a t youwould! call The Columnist 's Del igh t. Well, she vhad a lovelybrown hat, r ememb er ? W h i l ewalking along Tenth Streetrin theusual h igh windarms full ofbooksshe snatches f irs t the back,then th e f ront, etc. of said hat.While [switching f rom front toback or vice-versa, said ha t leavesthe nest ( f iguratively , Stout) andsails up over Shea's s ign andthence upward (Excels ior) andever upward (Excel ior) to theroof. M ean t ime A. Stout s tandsw atch in g the dear depar ted , mutter ing sweet noth ings at the wind.Ten minutes later she stil l s tands,wail ing.for th e wind to r e tu r n herh a t . The thought suddenly strikesh er th a t it might have come downon State S tr ee t so she sails over toS ta te and whips down State toNinth , over Ninth to Peach and soaround the block, glancing wildlyhere and there en route. And sowe leave her as darkness falls ,s ti l l tear ing around the block, stillhoping , hopingWell, that should take care ofStoutie for th is month . Moreabout th is amazing person nextmonth .

F i r s t it's rainthen it's snoalways something about th is w ea th er to in te r r u p t our hoseason. When we w ak en onemo r n in g to find a young b lizcoming in the window, we conct h a t it's just about t ime to queven if we have scarcely begWe're also tempted to quit wour trad itional r ivals , Edinbgives us a 3-0 beating . Howwhen next year comes, we'lr ead y to try ag a in . The cowas s taged at Edinboro , onday, Nov. 8.

D u r in g the entire f irs t halfman ag ed to hold them scorealthough the ball was deep int e r r i to r y th e entire per iodthere were half a dozen breathmoments when the opponentsthe ball with in our str ik ing conly to drive it out of boundsIn the second period, they tathree poin ts , and Mercyhurst,though tak ing the ball in to ter r itory several t imes, couldgive it the f inal push .In sp ite of the score, thep u t up a fair defensive f ightEveryone agreed that Carm a ge , as goalie, p layed an o u ts ting game . . . It was good cfun even if we did come back appoin ted , and we like the sof th e Edinboro p layers .On November 12, the Collegan d the Seminar ons battled itto a scoreless tie . . ,Borgia and S is te rlending excited suppor tcheering section. Providedsnow disappears , another gwill be played to decide whicthe better team . . . The oddseven. Negotiations for a gwith Lake Er ie at Paineswere unsuccessfu l.W i th the close of the ho

season, comes also th e close offootball season. By-the t ime is pr in ted you will know thene r of the**East-Academy gand?the City Ser ies champs1940. Too bad the game camei n g retreat weekend, becanaturally , none of the Cathstudents were ab le to see it. Mbe the practice teachers will hfewer d iscip linary problems wthe close of the seasons. . . then it;will be rallies for basball games . . . So far as is kna t the present t ime, those CSer ies games wil be held ateMary 's Auditor ium th is year s ithe Public Audi has been mover into Bowling Alleys.Mercyhurst opens its basketpractice season immediatey a

Thanksgiv ing . The scheduleg ames has not been p lannedyet, but we expect it to be aon e . . . Our main objective islick St . M ar y ' s , and, of course,Villawe just can 't lose to th. . .We'll need cheer leaders as was payers , so all you with the lty ungs get your voices into sh. . .A t eam can ' t win withoutsp ir it of the school behind it.Anne St

with MoMary Ato

And speaking of next monthit 's December and Ch r is tmas aall that goes with it. Fun to th iof? Well, sit down and th ink . Ibe here before you can saySo Long! Jean n e W