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BRIGHT SMILES ARE SEEK on the faces of,i these nine frosh as they launch on a new careera t Mercyhiirst. Representing the nine states present in the freshmen class, they ar e from leftto right: Mary Hurley, Conn., Shells Morris, Illinois, M. Rachel Shine, North Carolina, PaulineWestlake, Florida, M. Catherine Walsh, Mich., Mary &Ann Cunningham , New Jersey, BarbaraJakubowskl, New York, Catherine Mlsfeldt, {Ohio, and; Anne Sedelmeyer, Penna .H u r s t T h r o w s O p e n D o o rFor First Open House

Mercyhurst will throw open Its doors tomorrow evening as it holdsits first open house in the College gym from eight to twelve. GeneralChairman of the affair , Joan Clancy, has extended an invitation tothe young men of Gannon, G-E co-op, Edinboro, Allegheny, St. Bona-venture, Behrend Center, Alliance, and Canisius.Marking the first of October, the decoration committee, headed byPat Murphy, is planning to transform the gym into an autumn scenefitting for the gay festivity.The Haener Band will providethe music for the dancing. Proceeds will go to the Student Council for the purchase of a stove forthe kitchenette and a televisionset for the lounge.

Refreshments will be servedjbyGeorgia Lackey. In charge of publicity^ Carol Kelly, Acting in thecapacity of hostesses will be GerryO'Doherty, Marge Williams, Lorraine Reiohel, Marky Foley, andMary Kienzle.

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The resident students invitethe Sisters and lay faculty tovisit the 2 residence halls onMonday evening, October 4, toview the results of the interiordecorating prowess of thestudents.% MEROIAD

Vol. XXVI, N o. 1 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, ERIEJPA. September 30, 1954Navy Chaplain Of Year Mother EustaceDockd At Mercyhurstl \ 1

Mercyhurst's familiar antique room has been replaced by a modernoffice. Very much at home at a desk in his new post when interviewed^was the econome of St. Luke's Parish and Mercyhurst's new professor of religion, Rev. Robert D. Goodill. ^ f l i ^ W ^ ^ H ^ H BFather 's enthusiasm about his work at both St. Luke's and Mer-9cyhurst caused him to speak eagerly about his plans, but a little less 8freely about himself. However, Father talked of Erie as his home town,8of his college days at St. Charles, Catonsville, Maryland, and the com-Spletion on his A. B. degree, on schola rship, at th e Catholic University, BWash ington , D. C. Fath er Goodill followed th is up with four ye ars ofstudy at the North American College in Rome. | % ^ *^lHB^^HBS

I New ParishAssumes Role Finds H o m eAs ^President O Campus

Recalling his service days, Father traced his naval careerthrough thirty-two months of thesecond!World War and seventeenmonths of the Korean War. During the latter campaign he, alongwith five other chaplains of different faiths, served as staff chaplain to a flotilla of five ships,making runsjbetween- Jap an andKorea. Father 's good work wasrecognized and his record climaxedwith his receiving of the citation"Naval Chaplain of the* Year1954." Outstanding HonorQuestioned on this outstanding, honor, Father Goodill explainedthe origin and presentation of theaward. The title is given annuallyto one chaplain from each branchof service by the B'nai B'rith inhonor of the Jewish chaplain,Goode, who gave his life in service. From nine |hundred chaplains of different faiths, after selection and approval by his commanders, the society giving theaward finally narrowed the fieldto one, Father Goodill.

During the entire interview,Father wore a smile which promises to become his "password" intoMercyhurst activities. He expressed his anxiety to meet the girlsin the sophomore, junior, and

.i.senior religion classes which hewill teach. Father has had a taste

of college teaching in t h e ! 1946summer session at Gannon.J&^^HOn the day of this interview,Father Goodill had broken groundfor St. Luke's Church and school.He is anticipaitng much work forthe coming year so that next yearwill find a completed St. Luke's.Father explained that the girlsand sisters at Mercyhurst tmustjoin him in his period of adjustment, since all his parish J workwill be done through the use ofthe college and its campus, jg ^Asked if he had a few choicewords |jfor the Mercyhurst girls,Father said only that they Si nthemselves are choice enough. 9

Freshmen AwaitInvestiture DayThe academic cap and gown,symbolizing the jjfinal acceptanceinto our academic community, willbe awarded to eighty-four freshmen on Sunday, October 24. Theceremony will take%>lace in th eLittle Theater with the entire student body andifaculty attending.This will be the first time thatthe parents of the class of 1958

will return for a formal ceremonyinvolving their daughters.The ceremony in which t hefreshmen will be welcomed by Dr.Michael J. Relihan, head of theEducation department, marks their

Mother! M. Eustace has beennamed president off MercyhurstCollege. Her role las President ofthe College is ex-officio by reasonof her election as Superior of theSisters of Mercy of the EriefDio-cese last June. mBB^MjjWB^BBis Mother I M. Eustace has beenprofessor of English at Mercyhurstforteighteen years, havingItakenher Ph.D. at? Catholic Universityand done post-graduat e Iwork a tSt. John's University in Annapolis, Md ; She?will continue to conduct her reading | seminars I t ha thave been! so popular I with theEnglish majors. H ^ l n B ^ ^ S i Sinitial participation in an officialceremony oflthe college. A senior,representing the student body, willaddress the freshmen and theirclass president will reply in anacceptance of the responsibilitiesof a college student. She will alsolead her class in the pledge ofallegiance to Mercyhurst and toher ideals.

Following the investiture, thestudents and guests will assist atbenediction in the chapel. Theday's activities will be concludedby the traditional formal tea forthe freshmen and their parents.

A new parish has invaded Mercyhurst ! Sin ;. a < decree J signed byArchbishop Gannon August 28,St. Luke's Parish was given t i t sformal boundary lines. The $250,-000 jplantjwill occupy la J part ofth e former campus of Mercyhurst,2501 feet I west oflthe college onEast 38th Boulevard. I l lI However, 1 it is not only I th egrounds of the college which willbe J affected by I this | innovation.Christ!the King Chapel Shas al ready b een! "taken over" by St.Luke's. Here the parishioners' f irstMass was celebrated on September5; landithree additional Massesw i l l | be Isaid each ! Sunday} withconfessions on Saturdays!at 4:30and!7:00. | | H H I fI AIparochial 1 education programis now being conducted at*Mer-cyhurst for public school childrenof 1st.I Luke's. Catechism classesare being taught by four Sistersof Mercy and four lay catechists.

I St. I Luke ' s! will} embrace threethousand persons included in seven hundred pioneer Catholic families who were previouslyi members of? six other Erie parishes.Two-thirds of the parish lies t inth e ;4Slty of E rie; | the Jremainingthird-of 1 ts v area ; lies in MillcreekTownship. MThe first unit of *the plant willbe a combination edifice embracing an eight-classroom school, tobe staffed by the Sisters of Mercyand accommodating 450 pupils,and; an ^auditorium-gymnasiumconvertible for Sunday and weekday Mass purposes.*A rectory andchurch will later be constructed.

*?Q*U$6 .Hyhfaple, DISPATCH SocietyEditor, will address the MERCIADstaff on the subject? of "Wornin Journalism."

Five ChangesFaculty

Mercyhurst will see a fewchanges in faculty with the opening of the fall term. Rev. RobertGoodill will replace Msgr. Latimeras professor of. religion.Sister M. Daniel, new instructorin social sciences, received *herBachelor of Arts degree from Mercyhurst and her M.A. in sociologyfrom Duquesne University. Duringthe summer, Sister Daniel attended the Institute in Industrial Sociology, which is sponsored ;byJohn, Carroll University and theIndustries of the Cleveland;area.She has taught at St. Justin'sHigh School in Pittsburgh for thepast several years.Deloras Fratus. a 1954 Mercy-hurst graduate, will replace Rox-ana Downing as art instructor.Miss Downing was awarded a fellowship for study at Cornell University.Replacing Miss Brackett as instructor in physical education isMiss Jane O'Hern of Winthrop,Mass. She received her degreefrom Sargent College of BostonUniversity.w i n addition to Jthese changes.Sister M. Immaculate will take t heplace of Sister Denise as residentnurse. Sister Immaculate receivedher! B. Is . in nursing educationfrom *Mount Mercy in Pittsburgh.Sh e } also I studied psychiatry atSeton Institute* in Baltimore andfor the past yearvhas been nightsupervisor|at Dubois Hospital.

Talented AlumnaTo*Be Featured^8 Selected as the outstanding soloist at the New Mexico Press Association Convention was MissMarilyn Langniyer, who will return to her Alma jMater, October10, for a benefit concert. Only lastwinter Miss Langniyer. 1950 Liberal Arts graduate, entertained atan assembly ghere and was verywell received by the student bodyand faculty. Her program will include opera arias in several foreign {languages.

Giovanna D'Onofrio Klopp, onetime directress of the MercyhurstCollege Glee Club fwill be MissLangmyer 's accompanist in thisconcert. Marilyn is now makingher home in ;Albuquerque, NewMexico, where she is continuingher studies at the University ofNew Mexico and is also enrolledin the Kuasnoff School of Ballet.This talented alumna has received excellent reviews on herrecent performance in the University of New Mexico Opera Workshop's production of "The Mar

riage of Figaro" in which she portrayed and sang the part of Susanna. Two of her important engagements included Sandia Baseand a concert in Los Alamos, thecenter of atomic research.

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Accept The Challenge!Once again Mercy hurs t has extended h er arm s and g athered into her fold another class of freshmen. To you, the Classof '58, this gesture represents only a part of the warmth andsincerity that is so much a part of Mercyhurst. The sentimentsbehind the many "Welcomes" that you have received are morethan indicative of the cooperation and enthusiasm that willbe yours from the faculty and your fellow classmates on your

every future endeavor.You are on the brink of a wonderful experience that willbe exactly what you make it. And our faith and loyalty inyou tell us that you will make it worth your while. Throughout your four years here many opportunities will open^up toyou. Some will have to be refused, others accepted. Your decisions at these times will help you grow in wisdom and teachyou the art of good judgment. Always remember to take onlythose paths which will lead you to your final goal.The many qualities that are an integralfpart of Mercyhurst will soon become a part of you. Your exit in '58|will beenhanced by that special glow that radiates round about a"good Christian woman" who not only has acquired but alsopractices the fundamental principles of Catholic living.And for all this you have accepted a:challenge"May noone be less pure, less true, less kind, less noble, for having

been a fellow traveler in our journey toward eternal life."May your life be that challenge!

Mercyhurst Rates \High ^At National Conference

| ;The home stretch of my vacation was spent in the windy ci ty ofChicago. I must confess tha t La m not qualified* to verify the use ofthe term "windy" for during my stay in Chicago I hardly set foot outs ide the Congress Hotel . Wh at was keeping me so occupied? The Studen tGovernment Presidents ' Conference, sponsored by the NFCCS Commission o n S tu d en t Go v ern m en t . WAfter the general sessions, the conference was divided in to severalpanel groups according to size, type of school, co-ed or otherwise. During these sessions we were able towho were having an d coping with

gave us a great deal of sat isfact ion was the realization of howfar on top Mercyhurst ranked withother schools of her own caliber.She had a lot to offer, as wellas to take. There were few suggestions brought up that I Mercyh u rs t was not already using tothe best of her advantage or whichshe had not incorporated in someform or o ther. It was a great feeling to see that al l the work thathas been done in the past has notbeen done in vain .But our job is not nearly fin ished. There are s t i l l many s tepsforward to be taken . . *activ i typoint system, s tudent activ i tycards , improvements in the s tudent board of d iscipline and mon

itor system, handling of* s tu d en tfunds, s tudent-faculty relat ions,club coordination. The l is t couldbe lengthened, &ut for a minutelet us just look at the lat ter pointclub coordination.It was discovered that Mercyhurst has one of the largest s tudent councils of all the schools in

discuss our problems with s tudentsthese same problems. What reallyattendance, including the largeuniversi t ies . Very few had anym o re th an e ig h t m em b ers . Th epan ei | suggested a second vice-president who would be the chairman of a club coordinating committee. This second vice-presidentwould meet with representat ivesfrom all the clubs and speak in thecouncil in their behalf. Ou r S tu dent Council would thus be composed of | representat ives of theclasses , dayhop representat ives ,MBRCIAD an d PRAETERITA ed i tors , NFCCS and NSA delegates ,Sodality Prefect and officers ofthe Council. Such a large Councilas we have now is very unwieldy.A smaller group could get so muchmore acomplished in much lesst ime, and yet the schoolI wouldsti l l be democratically represented, v

Let us continually keep in mindthe best in terests of the school andalways remember that useful reforms are always to be desired, butnot officious and meaninglesschanges every few months.

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T H E M E R C I A DMercyhurst College, Erie, Pa.Mem b er offAssociate Collegiate Press"All American"

Editor Martha McNultyAssociate Editor Marge WilliamsAssis tant Editors Carol Kelly , Judy RoseberryBusiness Editor T^ary KienzleContributors to th is issue: . Edith Lauler, LorraineReichel , Jo Ciancaglin i , Margaret Hirsch, Jean Heavey,Barbara Bowen, Roberta imboden. ;-

Grads O f 1 9 5 41Shatter W o r l d 'By Jody Ryan

Despite the fact that many ofth e class of '54 swore after pract ice teaching that they werethrough dealing with the impossible younger generation, now thatSeptember has rolled aroundagain , we find that many of themare back in the classroom, on theother side of the desk.Teaching in the elementarygrades in Erie are Donna AlbrychtHausman, Terry Gorny, Sis Mc-. jCabe and Patty Ulrich while Micke y O'Donnell, Marge Sueta, MaryMullaney, Betty .Seymour, ClareSchamming and Phyll is Klennerare coping with the l i t t le darl ingsnear their own home towns.Facing a bigger, if not brighter,challenge are those gals who havechosen the high schools in whichto dis tribute their knowledge. Donna Byers , Jean Drouhard Lewisand Jerry Kingston have returnedto Erie to teach English in Mc

Dowell high school. Ginny Kellyis sticking to the education fieldin home economics near her hometown. Peggy Grace, besides teaching business courses, is a freshman class advisor; Barb Klein isj teaching art in Niagara Falls , N.Y.; and Annf Kennedy is provingthat you can do something witha French major by teaching samein Warsaw, N. Y. Deloras F ratush as t ak en Ro x an a Downing'splace in the Mercyhurst art department and Noreen Preedit isteaching art in Springdale, nearP i t t sb u rg h . |In the soci field, we find PaulineTurner out at Warren State hospital , working, and Janet Brem-mer with Catholic chari t ies herein Erie. Maryann Cutri , SophiaMazionyte, Vija Odeiko and JudyEllermeyer are wait ing to taketheir s tate exams in medical tech-;nology, now that they have fin ished their year in the lab at St .Vincent 's ; and Kay Mainzer isplanning to begin her year ofin terning there. Also in terning isGerry DeFazio, who plans to goon I with her home ec career indietet ics . Jean Broscoe is demonstrat ing electrical appliances withOhio Eastern Electric company inYoungstown, O. and Mary AnnHayes is learning the retai l ingbusiness from the bottom up ina Buffalo department s tore.Pauline Solida has returned toher favori te haunt, Washington,where she is s taying at the home

of Pat Royer, while Marlene Di-Matt ia and Mary Lou Scalise areover in sunny Italy enjoying thescenery.Former business s tudent, Dorothy Zuzula, is teaching in a private school in Cleveland, O., andRoseann Andio is continuing hereducation at Youngstown collegewhere she plans to p ick up somecredits in elementary education.Sti l l t ry ing to decide whetherto work or res t are Ann Downingand Sally Batchelor, and at thepresent t ime they are about themost envied in the class.

The s tudents and faculty ofMercyhurst extend their deepestsympathy to Sis ter Mary Andreon the death of her brother.

For Mary's SodalistsThe noise and ever constanthustle and bustle that is secondnatu re to n ative New Yorkersgripped Beverly, Marge, and I aswe passed through the gates ofFordham Universi ty . We joinedthe crowd of priests, nuns, collegians, and high school s tudentshurrying along the drive to thechapel for Community Mass whichwas to begin the twenty-third a n nual Summer School of CatholicAction. The Mass served to s tartthe day with the Sacrifice of Sacrifices , bringing Chris t among usand demonstrat ing how to part icipate effectively, assist devoutlyand l i turgically in the Holy Sacrifice.All at tending the SSCA werebound by one common tiethedesire to learn how to build a Sodality Way of Life in their college, parish, or high school. Thestaff of the Queen 's Work andfaculty members of Jesuit Colleges conducted the program and

obliged with the information. Theyalso gave us something elsetheyprovided an example of the tremendous energy, vitality, zeal, anddetermination i t requires to be asocial apostle. Then, too, the goodFathers never fai led in the witdepartmenta touch of humor

by JO CIANCAGLINAoften added a certain spark toeven the most serious subjects .

What about the subject matter?A special curriculum was designedprimarily for collegians and wasbased on the Papal Plan for Sodali ty Action. The nucleus of theplan is the concept of the Mystical Body. All the courses werebuil t around th is central body andincluded s tudies in the Liturgy,Mental Prayer, the Social Apos-tolate, and Sodali ty Probationmethods. A workshop was provided and the needs of the social apostolate were discussed andremedies suggested.

Now where does Mercyhurst fi tin to th is p lan? Mercyhurst is amember of the Mystical Body, andthe Sodali ty es tablished at Mercyhurst is an organism designedfor the welfare and growth of theMystical Body. Its program is s implepersonal sanctificat ion andthe sanctificat ion of o thers . Thesanctificat ion of o thers , th is workof Christ, this social apostolate,gives a meaningful purpose to lifeand is a challenge to us at Mercyhurst . Let ' s accept the challenge ! Let 's find out about theSodality Way of Life! Let's live itand let ' s work together for " theindividual can influence, but onlythe community can transform."

Summer Around T he W orldWhile 'Hurst g irls have been vacationing during the past threemonths, the poli t ical leaders of the world have been very active inthe never-ending s truggle of peace versus oppression. Although theaims and accomplishments of these poli t icos are questionable and thethought arises that l i t t le more of a constructive nature was accomplished than that by a group of college s tudents on a holiday; nonetheless one must g ive an alert ear and eye to the accomplishmentsand defeats of the world's diplomats in order to develop the abilityto objectively criticize their work and thereby to support or oppose itwhen the need arises .In the East and in the U. N. , Communist China seems an insurmountable threat . While s t irring continual unrest in Korea i t manageda "peace" treaty of sorts with Premier Mendes-France (of France)regarding Indochina. The pact enslaved the most Chris t ian part ofAsia, Vietnam, under Red China. This s ignified the domination, byCommunism, of two-thirds of the world . Syngman Rhee has prophesiedthat Thailand, the Malayan Peninsula, Singapore, and the East Indieswill be swallowed into the Red Orb. Add to this the recent Red attackon the Nationalized China forces on Formosa, and the anxiety ofMessrs . Eisenhower and Dulles become understan dable. M any A mericans feel that the United S tates should withdraw from the TJ. N. ifRed China is accepted there.The appearance of M. Mendes-France on the scene th is summerwas capped by two of h is achievements: the previously mentionedIndo-Chinese peace treaty for which he was widely acclaimed in France;

the forestal l ing of the EDC debates among the All ied powers . The reasoning behind both actions is doubtful, but red. The failure of theGeneva Conference is evidenced in the concessions made by the Westto the Commies, The arab-Israelian confl ict remains unpredictable andtense. Communism suffered one defeat in Guatamala when rebell ionovercame the to tal i tarian government and once more set up a realPeople 's s tate. iOn the National SceneSome outstanding acts passed by the

Eighty-third Congress which recently adjourned concerned the St .Lawrence Sea Way; the widening of Social Securi ty provis ions; anAnti-Subversive Act; and a Tax Cut. It fai led to act on many th ingsespecial ly the proposed amendments to the Taft-Hart ley Labor Act.It showed, however, what can be accomplished when some cooperationexis ts , but sadly enough i t also revealed the need for more teamworkboth within the House and Senate and between Congress and the Adminis trat ion.

The McCarthy Censure Hearings continue to rage in Washington.The segregation problem is s t i l l param ount in the So uth in fact i tis even more pertinent since the Supreme Court Descision of last spring.

What is in s tore for America in the coming year? Only t ime willtel l , but in terest and part icipation in poli t ics and, above al l , prayersfor this nation's success will be the safeguard for prosperity.

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JUNIOR! DAYHOPS become acquainted with their LITTLESISTERS, at a picnic >heldt be fore the opening of college class-:ies. Standing left to fright: Patricia McQuillen, Alberta Hain,J Betsy Schnatter; kneeling Kay Cooper, Catherine Donatelli.New Freshman ClassS h ow s Varied InterestsWending itsf way into the|lifeat Mercyhurst is one of the largestfreshman classes In |the recenthistory of the school. Of the 79students representing 9 states and3 countries, 52 are residents while27 are dayhops.Following in their sisters' footsteps are Maureen Clancy fromSt. Mary's Pa., and Delphlne Dwy-er from Rochester, N. Y. Maureenis a sister of Joan Clancy, presentjunior, and Delphine's sister isMary Lou Dwyer Kauffman, 1953graduat e. Faculty relations arefound in Mary Adeline Hayes,Dunkirk, N.vY.,niece of Sr. Suzanne, Mary Rachel Shine, Golds-boro, N . C,I niece of Miss Reilly,and Mary Catherine Donatelli,Erie, Pa., daughter of Dr. Donatelli. |Looking forward to vacationing

home together are the five Pittsburgh students. Mary Ann t Castora, Patricia Corrigan, and LoisWhelan|plan to major in LiberalArts while Joanne Schmalzried isin Business Education and Maureen Kossler in Home Economics.Prom Manat i , Puer to! Rico,comes Luz Delia Torres. KathleenKurucz, who only four years agomoved \ to the United States fromHungary, is coming to Mercyhurstfrom Cleveland, Ohio.Promising to lend their talentin voice to the jCollege Glee Clubare these girls: Catherine Murphy,Sharon, Pa.; Millie Saverice, Ashtabula, Ohio; Judith Schwinden,Dunkirk, N. Y.; Julia Simons,Polk, Pa.; Elizabeth Ann Tatu,

Buffalo, N. Y.; Elizabeth Wahl,Lancaster, N. Y.; and Sonia Ward,Oil City, Pa., who is also a vocals tudent .Sharon, Pa., Detroit, |Mich., andGarden City, N. Y., send girls withan eye for jjstudent governmentin Alice O'Brien, Mary CatherineWalsh, and Barbara Jakubowski.Previous Sodality members areAnne Johnson, Buffalo, N. YCatherine Misfeldt, Cleveland, O.;Dianne Schmidt, Niagara Falls,N. Y.; Elizabeth DeLany, Hornell,N. Y., and Elizabeth Stefani, Detroit, Mich.Potential, ReportersWith a flair for writing areMary Elizabeth Drees from Rochester, N. Y.,?was the editor ofher school's yearbook; Kath rynLavarnway, Rome, N. Y was amember of her school paper'sstaff; Mary Magdalen Marx, Rochester, N. Y was also editor ofher school's yearbook; Ann Miller,. MeadvUle, Pa., was wt editor;

Anne Sedelmeyer, North East, Pa.,was yearbook editor; Lucille Turner, Centerville, Pa., a memberof her school paper's staff, whileKatherine King, Dunkirk, N. Y.,received an award for news writ-tog. * f | |Sport enthusiasts are Mary AliceBurns, Buffalo, N. Y., Helen Clancy, Corning, N. Y., Ruth Friel,Cuba, N. Y., Saranne Durkin, Dun kirk, N. Y., Mary rLillian Hurley,Hartford, Conn., Helen Lutz,Grand Island, N. Y., PatriciaMurphy, Kenmore, N. Y.Promising ActorsNancy Stubler and Mary AnnRegan, both from Oil City, Pa.,Sheila Morris, Evanston, 111.,Maryann Cunningham, Trenton,N. J., are hoping to make theDramatic Society having takenpart in many high school plays.Prize winner in the nationalFrench con test was Je an' MarieCriswell ffrom Lockport, N. Y.twhile Mary Ann McDowell was anactive member of the Span ish Clubin the Sharon, Pa., high school.Liberal Arts has been chosenbylMaryanne Buffomante, Corning, N. Y., and Marilyn Chromey,Hornell, N. Y. Ann Burke, Buffalo,N. Y., and ! Sarah Ann Dietz,Greenville, Pa., are enrolled in theHome Ec department.Seminary GradsfMaking Mercyhurst their AlmaMater for the second time areseven Mercyhurst Seminary graduates: C atherine Cruise, Ann Bowman, Carole Conrath, AlbertaHain, M aureen Jones, Eileen Rawa,and Betsy Schnatter. Jeanne Can

non, Greenville, Pa., Mary JaneHagedish , Cornin g, N. Y., andPauline Westlake of Florida, aregoing to stay in town and be day-hops.From Academy in Erie comeCarole Masiroff, Liberal Arts major, Vivetta Petronio, and DorothyWalkiewicz, all Liberal Arts majors. East High School is represented by Virginia Flak, LiberalArts, Joan n Goss, Liberal Arts, andLois Wiedenhaefer, art major.Linda Collin who was a studentcouncil representative, AudreyHavunen, band musician, ShirleeMarinelli and Sandra Tenace, previous high school columnists, aregraduates of Strong Vincent. Business Education students JaneSweeney and Constance Settle-meyer are alumnae of Villa Mariaand Harborcreek High.Elaine Weiner, who just movedto Erie from Pittsburgh, is enrolled in | the Liberal Arts p rogram.On st, Benedict's yearbook staff

Alumnae HoldFall R e u n i o nMercyhurst 's f irst graduationclass celebrated their silver anniversary - at | Alumnae Weekend,September 10-12, while ft recordhigh of twenty-four alumnae wereon hand to celebrate their fifthanniversary. |Beginning Friday evening, the

Alumnae returned toltheir AlmaMater where they visited withfriends among their classmatesand faculty. A spaghetti dinner inthe real DiMichael style, Saturday noon, gavefthe weekend that"something different" from allothers.Most important business of themeeting held previous to the banquet was the election of AliceReeder Lockhart as president ofthe Association and Anne StoutHaughney as vice-president. Mrs.Lockhart '34, now living in MountLebano n, Pa.,r is very active ineducation movements in the cityof Pittsburgh. In 1953 she waspresident of the Pittsburgh Chapte r of the Mercyhurst AlumnaeAssociation.The banquet program featuredan interesting tr ibute |t o Mercyhurst 's f irst graduates, preparedby th e C leveland? Chap ter. Briefremarks from representa t ives! ofthe other anniversary classes of1934, 1939, 1944, and 1949 completed the evening program, jfSunday Mass in Christ the KingChapel was Ifollowed by brunchin students' dining room.Tests BaffleClass Of '581With the advent of September20, a new class of eager facedfreshmen arrived at Mercyhurst.On hand to welcome them to their

new environment were their "bigsisters," members of the JuniorClass. Also of a tremendous aidin jtheir academic and social adjustment was the well-plannedor ienta t ion program whichf im-mediately went into effect. ?During the first three days theClass of '58 launched into conferences w ith members of thefaculty and faced a battery oftests. Among the tests given werean English Placement Test, Personality Test, Psychological Test,and the Otis General IntelligenceTest. Schedules were arranged andadvice was given in helping thestudents select their major field.The Faculty-Freshmen Receptionin the foyer highlighted the program, at which time the freshmenwere formally introduced to thefaculty after which luncheon wasenjoyed in the State Dining Room.An assembly with a student panelon "Your Adjustment to College"concluded this formal three-dayprogram. Under the direction ofSr. Mary Esther, Directress ofGuidance, Jean Heavey, MargaretHirsch, Martha McNulty, andKathleen Cooper composed thestudent panel.Throughout the year other topicswill be discussed by a Faculty-Student committee during the orien-tation period. The first orientation meeting on September 30 isto be "Introducing the MercyhurstLibrary" conducted by Sr. Liguorl;and on October 6 "Your ScholasticLife at Mercyhurst," by the Deanand the Registrar.

Mercyhurst GirlsAre Talking About

MfcKCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT . . . three Deansof Residence AND "sign out" books on every floor'so easy to remember' . . . DELORAS FRATUS, our newest addition to the art departm ent . . . all day town permissions . . . 82 freshmen . . . crowdedconditions, triples, triples, and more triples . . . Miss' Fit . . . dayhopsin Sodality . . . PAT MALEY'S Italian brogue . . . fads around Mercyhurst, black with white . . . KAY CANADA'S surprise j; proposal.B ; MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT mL .NFCCSconvention in Chicago . . . late postcards . rings on the thirdk finger left hands of JOANNE MITRI, MARILYN GENCK, andj? MARY ANN ROBIE . . . GEORGIA LACKEY'S sequined sneakswith satin laces . . . PATSY KLEIN seen washing a certain phonebooth!. . the protective juniors . . . NFCCS Ball coming up.MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING, ABOUT . . . the newsouthern belle, li'l ole RACHEL SHINE (no relation to G. Dave) . . .twelve Glee Club concerts . . . "do n't let your stud ies interfere withyour fun" . . . new equipment in the kitchenette and the proposedshower . . . Ollie . . . freshmen trying to decide who's got the accent,who's got the drawl . . . the new theology courses . . . relatives in thefreshman class . . . another PAT MURPHY.MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT . . . Newtheme song"Lonesome Polecat"?. . . practice teachingnot allTurks ride camels in South India . . . the "elite" of Room 71 . . th e junior-frosh popcorn fest . . . Edie Laulerassisting surgeon. . . poker-faced sophomores . . talk and m ore talk about a TV . . knee socksthe deposition of the "five verses" plan.MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT . . . th e "CARE"package from Vicki to the seniors . . . freshmen canaries . . . theMercyhurst Follies . . . Sodalist baby-sitters . . . Benediction is forfreshmen, too . . . "but black ink is more professional" . . . SisterGabriel 's popularity with the * frosh .X t$MARGE CUMMISKEY'6,BEV BUERKLES, and JO CIANCAGLINI'S tr ip to New York.

experimental psych: subjectJean Heavey

MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT . . . St. Luke'sParish . . . initiation, freshmen wasting like baskets . . . n e w over night permissions . . Alumnae Weekend the new Phys Edteacher thought to be a freshman . . . new grass and other changesin the landscape . . . summer and faU conventions . . . "wo n'tsomebody buy?a blazer?" .". . and how can I ever sleep with allthese' classes?

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Page Four T H E - E R G I A D September 30,1954F a c u l t y T o u r i s t s G e t T h r i l l R e p o r t e r C i t e s S e n i o r s S c a r c e A t C o l l e g eA t Seeing Am erican Shores Erie Highlights

"God bless America!" were; the emph atic words spoken by twoMercy hurst instructors upon their return,-from an extensive EuropeanM Mtour. During their fifty-four day trip, sponsored by the NFCCS MissKelly and Miss Reilly visited nine European countries; Holland, Belgium,Germany, Switzerland. Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, and England.Traveling by bus, they managed to see all the important places ofinterest, and although they fwere able to tspend quite a bit of time

wherever they stopped, both left wishing that they could stay a littlelonger.i While in Holland, both Miss Kelly and Miss Reilly were impressedby the cleanliness of the cities andthe countryside, and by-the chiefmeans of t ransportat ion in thatcountrybicycles.M *Poverty Apparentpin Germany, the exciting\drivealong the Rhine and the visit toHeidelberg Castle were marredonly by the remaining war! de vastation.Speaking of Switzerland, MissKelly merely said, "Rainandcold." In spite of the weather,the trip through the Alps wasbeautiful. Of the fourteen daystay in Italy, five were \ spent inRome, which Miss Reilly describedas "Magnificent!" Of course, thistrip wouldn't have been ' completewithout an audience wtih thePope.Two weeks were spent in Spainand Portugal, where the difference between the beauty of thecities and the Jpoverty of thecountryside was very pronounced.In France, Miss Kelly and MissReilly found the hotels somewhatsmall and uncomfortable; but thisdid not mar the loveliness of Parisand the other French cities visited. Most impressive among thesights they* saw he re were Versailles and the Louvre.After spending some time inNorthern France, the tourists traveled to England for two days before returning to the States.Generally speaking, it was agreedthe chief difficulty on the tripwas that no one could be surehow to plan according to the climate, weather, and so on. For themost part, the European peopleaccepted the Americans as tourists, except in Spain and Portugal.There, they were greeted with sincere friendliness. In the still war-devastated countries, the people ofnorthern Germany seemed in goodspirits an d most willing Ho pro gress. The Italians are still very

Edie Lauler, Margaret Hirsch,and Bunny Walters will be in Buffalo on Saturday, October 2, forthe NFCCS Regional Councilmeeting at D'Youville College.Members of the college facultywill convene at Villa Maria fromOctober 14-17 ffor meetings of thePennsylvania Catholic Educational Association.Marty McNulty, Carol Kelly,and Judy Rose berry will journeyto i the Hotel Statler in Washington, D. C, for the Associated PressConvention on October 21 and 22.

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poor and not as willing to advanceas most Europeans. fShrines Impressive

Miss Reilly and Miss Kelly returned with small statues fromeach of the ten major shrineswhich they visited; Our Lady ofWalsingham in England, Our Ladyof Einsiedeln in Switzerland, Lor-eto in* Italy. S t. Mary Major inRome, Notre Dame de la Gardein Marseilles, Montserrat and OurLady of the Pillar in Spain, OurLady of the Miraculous Medal inParis, Notre Dame de Paris, Lour-des and Fatima. Of these shrines,Miss Kelly found Fatima most impressive for itslbeauty andfvast-ness,?and the Miraculous Medalshrine, for its simplicity.In regard to the entire tour,Miss Reilly considered the drivealong the Mediterranean coast ofFrance and the French Rivieramost beautiful, and Miss Kelly,the journey along the Spanishcoast.Itr;was agreed by both instructors that a European trip is something every American should experience in order to better understand his heritage. However, inspite of the beauty and excitement of their travels, their biggest

thrill came when they saw againthe shores of the good old U. S. A.

Soon the proverbial Saturdayafternoon will come when someonewill say, "I'd like to do somethingdifferent this afternoon, but whatis there to do?" Your writer aimsto do away with this too-often-heard remark.If you like sports, you can gohorseback riding. There's \ a riding stable on j Old French Road.The Peninsula is beautiful forhikingjin the fall. There you maysee all kinds of wild lifedeer,racoons, and even an eagle's nest.If you don't like hiking, you canrent a canoe and go for a ridethrough the lagoon. Often you willsee the deer along there comingto the water's edge for a drink.Wintergreen Gorge is a nice placefor a picnic and is within walking distance of the school.s If youare a golf enthusiast, Erie hasseveral good coursesLake ErieGolf Course, Glenwood. Hills, an d,for the mini atur e. golf addict,there is Tracydale.^Those preferring spectator sports will enjoybasketball games at Gannon!Auditorium or some of the footballgames at Academy. It is also rumored that .Mercyhurst will havea .basketball team this year, andthat is something you won't wantto miss!Almost every 3weekend you cancount on an informal dance atMercyhurst, Gannon, or CayarieClub. If none of this appeals toyou, then there is always themovies. To keep up-to-date ^onwhat is happening in regardf torecreation and entertainment,you'll find a section of the Sundaynewspaper devotecUto just that .Plan to broaden your recreationalscope this year, and please don'tmutter those hopeless words,"There's nothing to do!"

Mass O f T h e Holy Ghos tMarks College Opening S i

Mass in honor of the Holy Ghost followed byt a | few encouraging words by the College chaplain, Rev. Daniel J. Martin, opened thenew school year. Father reminded the students of theSnecessity of developing a well balanced character which places work and play in theirproper perspective. - % ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B iAfter Mass the College Dean, Mother M. Borgia, at a General Assembly in the Little Theatre, enumerated a few essential.intangibleswhich every student must bringto college. A desire to go to college, accompanied by a wholesomeIntellectual curiosity with ambition to satisfy "this curiosity, thegoal of spiritual betterment, aproper perspective of time, andthe wisdom to limit and concentrate the amount of extra-curricular activities, were among these.

Following the Assembly,! thestudents returned to the mainbuilding for classes, where I theyhoped to put into practice thewords of wisdom which they hadjust heard. . 1

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Teaching In Local Schools"Aren't there any Seniors in thisschool?" or, "Where do the Seniorshide themselves?" are questionsfrequently asked;* since school began. To get at the bottom of allthis, I hid myself in a laundrycase and listened in at the post

office."When does Dr. Relihan comein to observe your class?" and,"Waitfuntil you see what I didtoday!"and so went the conversation.fi t seems as though the Hallowed Halls of Academy!have manybusiness teachers this year. MaryKienzle, Gerry O'Doherty, andMary Ann Scirto all have classesin typing and shorthand. Theyreally have to mind their "P's andQ's." In the |bookkeeping room.Mary Jane'l O'Dell. Joanne Har-lovich. and Caroline O'Connerkeep their students hopping withsurprise quizzes.The difference between baking

powder and baking soda is aptlybeing explained to the Home Ecersby Mary Ann Robie.Maureen Hammond is kept busysupervising her Future Chemistsof America, while Mary McCarthyinstructs tomorrow's Einsteinswith the theory of the square ofthe hypotenuse.2 In the biology lab, Joanne Mitriis busy explaining the differencebetween the dorsal and ventralside of the flagella of the euglena.Audrey Hannah is struggling withafrequired health i course. BThe tenth grade English classeshave as their teachers Ann Rema-ley, Bet* Broderick, Mary AnnNash, and Rainee Reichel.Two of the Seniors are doing

their practice teaching back home.Barb Botsaris is teaching in theSharon, Pa. High = School, andVicky Argana is in the Batavia,N . | Y . Catholic High* School. $.I The rest of the Home Economics

Seniors are scattered throughoutErie and its vicinity. Markey Foley is at Gridley Jr. High, CathyMcCarthy is a t McDowell; HighSchool in Millcreek.'Darcie Deck-ard at East High, Katherine Eich-enlaub at Lawrence Park, andMary Agnes Ooetzinger at Mc-Kean High. They all have butone remark"Who threw theoveralls in Mrs. Murphy's chowder?" < f | H | '

Jane Ann Conrath, the lone artmajor, is practicing on the students of East High. Saysx. Jane,"Art is an elective, so if you don'tintend to work, get out."Taking care of the children ofErie are the seven elementary education majors. At Burton School,Peggy Kelsey is busy teaching herfirst-graders to read, Mary ReeTheuerkauf's fourth grade is justbeginning geography and, history,and j Polly Zilch thinks her sixthgrade is tops. Down at Jefferson,Lucy Chang and Pat Egan are

teaching the second grade aboutbutterflies, while Barb Bowen andMarge Cummiskey are strugglingwith fifth grade history.Still in my laundry case, I wondered why the Seniors still weren'tseen; after school hours. D uringevening mail . I found the answerthere are papers to grade, homework to check, and those horridlesson plans to make.One more member of the SeniorClass is seen as infrequently asthe practice teachers. Edie Laulerspends-about eight hours a dayat St. Vincent's Hospital, workingwith the doctors, practicing on thepatients instead of the studentsof Erie.Meanwhile, back in my laundry

case, things have become strange*ly quiet . Oh, dear, what has Sr.Jane Francis done J to me! I wonder whose mother is going to getthe shock off finding me in herdaughter's laundry case!

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