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Juniors Make Plans for

Summ er Classes Abroad

THE FRENCH PLAYS ARE TONIGHT! -Pictured above from left a ret three leading characters inJean Cocteau's ORPHEE, Bernard Verley as Orphee, Jean! Payen as Heurtebisefand Colette Teissedreas Eurydice. This photo captures the moment when the hero, Orphee, rushes into the room to retrievea forgotten letter and pulls the chair out from under Heurtebise who is fixing: a window that Eurydice has just broken in a moment of anger. Sound confusing"? See the play.

Four Mercyhurst students havebeen accepted for summer studyabroad. The four juniors will earncredits for their courses conducted In the foreign languagewhich they are studying.

Merciad editor, Emily Lincoln, has been awarded a $300scholarship grant to study inAvignon, France. She will take aFrench language and a politicalscience course at the ilnstitutd'Etudes Francaises d'Avignon ofBryn Mawr College.

The program includes fiveweeks of study and touring atAvignon, two weeks of travel, andone week of?sightseeing in Paris .Emily will leave from New YorkCity, on June 19, uand returnfromi Paris, August 22.

Both Mary Ellen DeFonzo andMary Elyn Joyce will study inParis. Affiliated with the Uni

versity? of Michigan, their program of study includes a surveyof French culture and literatureextending through two, two-weekperiods.

Because they will have onlymorning classes, they pla n totravel and sightsee during theafternoons j and on the weekends.They will leave New , York C ityvia plane on July 12, and retur nhome August 11.

Mexico City is the destinationof Eileen Sullivan and NancyNesta, who will study Spanishlanguage and literature there.Loyola University of New Orleanssponsors the program she has enrolled in at the Universidad Ibero-americana.

Eileen, who is majoring in English and minoring in Spanish, willfly to New Orleans and leave fromthere June 17 for her six-weekcourse.

Many Things Are HappeningAre you (interested in the ^men

tally retarded, the juvenile delinquents, the blind, and theaged in Pennsylvania?

Hear the talk to be deliveredat the Assembly program, April3, by William B. Ball, executivedirector and General Councilmember of the PennsylvaniaCatholic Welfare committee. Histopic is "The Legislative Processand a Christian Social Order,"and will discuss it at 12:45 in theLit t le Theatre.

ministration are a few of thetopics up for discussion. The"Coffee Klutch ' is open^to history majors and minors andithosein closely'related fields.

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M E R C I A DXXXIV MERCYHURST COLLEGE, ERIE, PENNA. March 21. 1963

There is only one more weekleft in Reed & Barton's "SilverOpinion" Scholarship Competition. The F irst Grand Award is

a $500 cash scholarship. E ntra ntssimply list the three best combinations of! sterling, china, andcrystal f r om twelve desi-gnsshown.

Obtain entry fblanks in cafeteria or see lEllen Hammond,Reed & Barton student representat ive.

Counselors are needed ,f o rCamp Stella Maris onf LakeConesus, N.Y. Father Eugene Mc-Farland will be here on March22 to interview interested? students for the session runningAugust 5 to 25. Last year five ofthe ten senior counselors werefrom Mercyhurst. One of thesegirls, junior Roberta Behringer,has been asked to return asathletic director.

Students Are Shocked ito Discover

Drastic Renovations on Campus,,]

A collection of student artwork will be on sale!outside th ecafeteria March 24-30. The exhibition, sponsored by the ArtClub, will include a variety oforiginal drawings, Sprints, pa intings and ceramics. Some of themajor works of the art studentswill be included in the show.

"The exhibit is the result ofthe growing interest of the students in original art work atreasonable prices," explainedMary Ellen Downey, club president.J Any work may be pu rchased at the noon hour or im mediately following dinner in theevening.

Here's an idea for Mother'sDay, big sister's graduation, aroommate's birthday or even justart for art 's sake.

Anita Dorsogna, Marion Michaels or Marilyn Schreiner willsoon hold the most important office on campus for next semester—"Student Government President of-1963-64." "

Which one of thejthree will beprivileged to follow in Bonnie'sfootsteps? That depends on you.Don't forget to make the winneryour choice by voting on Thursday, March 28.

The history department has initiated? a "Coffee Klut ch" thissemester J held every other Fridayat 2:30. 3§ *

History, education, political

science, and the Kennedy Ad-

The Sodality D ay! of Recollection, held annually on the dayproceeding Reception of Candidates into the Sodality will takeplace j this year on Saturday,March 30. Father Robert Levis

will conduct the services for theSodalists.

At 12:45 the following day,March 31, Father William Beibelwill formally receive the probationers into the Sodality.

U p pe rc la ss m en a l r e a d y r e ceived Vinto the Sodality will renew their Acts of Consecration atthis] t ime.

Both the Day of Recollectionand* the Day of ji Reception areopen to all stude nts or guestswho wish to attend^

Are your summer plans made?If you're still interested in a summer job, going tog school or tra veling through Europe, see Mr.

Garvey for details.

Returning to classes last Monday morning the students wereamazed to find ar drastic changeon campus. A few- girls went tohave a milk shake, but where theSnack Bar used to be, they foundonly an empty space; no morehot fudge sundaes, no more

cheeseburgers, no more ffreshdoughnuts.

This shock was bad enough, butadded to this was the absoluteimpossibility of finding out whatwas happening out'-ide the gates.There were no New York Times inthe library, no nightly news broadcasts, and no weekly bulletin ofcoming events. Mercyhurst hadbecome a ilonely oasis, with onlyWJET to break the isolation.

Chaos reigned supreme in Col

lege Hall as girls ran without suc

cess from bulletin board to bulle

tin board in search of properlyplaced notices.

Green Stamp reminders, picturesof t h e ! Volkswagen bus, and*theGreen Stamp Honor Roll had jail

March21—French jjplays22—Fr. McFarland,

Camp Stella Maris24—Thomas Schumaker,

pianist25—Feast of the Annunciation30—Sodality Day of Recollection31—Sodality Reception of Candi

dates30-31—St. Thomas More *Forum

April3—Wm.JB. Ball, on "The Legis

lative Process and Ja Christian Social Order"

6—UN Day at Gannon

disappeared. No more friendly reminders, no more hope of evenriding in a vehicle that was minusa meter, no more j class competition.

In panic before mid-semesterexams, girls turned to the Tutoring Service, only Ho find it non

existent . They ran to the Student Government Office to checkon office hours, but found theroom empty of tutoring schedules,files, and graduate school! catalogues; filled only with* residentluggage.

Classical Concert Pianist

To Play in Little TheatreMercyhurst students will be pri

vileged to hear Thomas Schu macher, concert pianist , on Sunday, March 24, at 8:15 p.m., inthe Little Theatre. The New YorkHerald Tribune describes him as

having "fleet fingers" and "able

to make the keyboard sing."

Mr. Schumacher's musical ac

complishments include winning

the Carl M. Roeder Memorial

Award! in fpiano and the Morris

Loeb Memorial Prize. In; 1962 he

was a winner in the Busonl Com-

petitiomin Bolzano, Italy, and in

April?he will make his New York

recital debut at Town Hall. Also,Mr . Schumacherjis the winner ofseveral scholastic awards, such asthe 1961-1962 ; Juilliard AlumniScholarship and Teaching Fellowship.

His program from previous per

formances includes: "Mozart Son

ata F Major.'V'D Major Prelude"

of Rachmaninoff, and "The Bach-

Busoni Toccata.!*- in O Major."

Critics have said that "the eve

ning was a challenging musical

experience," and that hefplays

"with a warmth and feeling often

lacking in performances of Bach."

The proposed Alma Mater?Gone. Orders for new blazers? Nolonger taken. Fireside chats withthe professors? Forgotten.

Girls rushed to the InformationOffice to get change to call home,but change was no longer available.

There wasn't even a way to talkwith the faculty; the Faculty-Student Committee had been dissolved.

Girls who had planned to travelabroad this summer discoveredthat their plans would have to bemade with private travel agencies,without student tours and rates.

Lost without those projects andaids which have become a partof the Mercyhurst students' l iwes,the girls returned to their roomsand homes, disillusioned.and lost,for Mercyhurst was lacking something.

This article is fictitious, forStudent Government exists atMercyhurst College, and will continue to exist, to function, and toprovide a dynamic governing bodyas long as the students wish it todo so.

Vote for Your ^Student Government President



Pare Two T h e M E R C I A D T h u r s d a y , M a r c h 21 , 1963

E a s t e r M i r a c l e P r o c l a i m s A s W e S e e I t T h o u g h t f u l S t u d e n t s E y e

I m p o r t a n t S G E l e c t i o n se w C o v e n a n t o f L o v eEaster is, above all other feasts,? the |feast that attests

to God's ardent love and regard for man. For on Easter morning, as we rise triumphant with Christ, the New Covenant—the Covenant of God's*love—is sealed, f

The Redemption is essentially the return of man to God.By his sin Adam separated himself forever from God and wasable to do nothing to end this estrangement. Man had turned from God, ^refusing divine love, but God, in His infinite

love and mercy, decided to save man by sending His only-begotten Son to {become man. In choosing this means ofsalvation. God gave man the most perfect revelation of Himself as th e God of ineffable love. |

Christ, the gift of God to man, returns to God throughHis passion, death, and resurrection. But He does not return alone; all men/return with Him. Each Christian,a re stored to God in Christ, must, as at free being, die and riseagain with Christ. The death and resurrection are two elementsof a single mystery. Without the ^resurrection, the deathwould be meaningless. St. Paul says, "If Christ has not risen,you are still in your sins" (1 Cor. 15:17). & S

Th e Son 4of God, who was at the same timeithe Son ofMan, was the only one who could establish the New Covenant.The establishment of the New Covenant—the redemption ofman from sin—is an occasion for great exultation and joy.The words of Jesus to I the weeping women: of Jerusalem asHe carried His cross tot Calvary tell us that Jesus rejectedtheir wailing. There !is no place for a dirge at a triumph.

There is no room for sorrow at the paschal feast. The crossis transformed by the empty tomb.

The feast of God's love is not merely an annual commemoration of an event in Christ's life. It is the annual re-enactment of a profound mystery, the mysteryjof the redemption, accomplished through God's love by Christ's deathand resurrection.—A.M. I i

An Ounce Of EtceteraBy Mary Pat Garlow

Whoever made that clever ^remark "the best way to a man'sheart is through his stomach"ought to be shot. Last week afriend and I decided to treat

our dates t o| a genuine home-cooked meal.

To put it mildly, it was a bigmistake. Now neither off usclaimed to be Betty Crocker inknee socks, |but since both of ushave sufficient I.QJB to get usthrough three »years at Mercy-hurst, we figured a little thing likecooking couldn't stymie us.

We d e c id e d to serve what wemistakenly considered a simplemeal: steak, baked potatoes withsour cream, tossed salad, rolls, andstrawberry pie. Sound simple? Believe me — it's deceiving. I m adethe strawberry pie — the first oneI'd ever made. My mother nearlywent into shock when)I casuallydecided that I was going to whipone up. She practicaUy begged meto buy one. But'' I did it! (Wewon't talk about |the bulging garbage bag filled with crusts thatdidn't quite t urn out — well, I'U

bet Betty Crocker made a fewflubs in her day!)

The dinner itself proved the disaster. The whole problem was the

potatoes. For some unknown reason the potatoes just wouldn'tbake. They were in the oven overtwo and one-half hours — enoughtime to cremate any normal pota

toes (but not these).We had hoped to serve dinner

around 8:30. By ten o'clock ourdates were suffering hunger tan-trums in the living room. Whilewaiting for the potatoes to dosomething, we discovered thatneither of us had ever made saladdressing, so we proceeded to experiment. Evidently we overdid itwith the vinegar; it took me fiveminutes to unpurse my mouth.

By 10:30 we decided that, doneor not, we-had to eat. The steaksseemed the easiest part: just putthem in and turn them on.

We) lit the candles and servedour gourmet dinner. But our datesdid not react quite as we hadplanned. (We had a picture of

them being astounded at ourgreatness and smothering us withcompliments.) Their opening remark was, "You massacred thesteaks!" I simply cannot continuewith the description of the dinner.Suffice it is to say that two evenings later my friend ?and I wentout to dinner to save our woundedegos.

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o P u b l i s h e d M o n t h l y

\ T H E M E R C I A D^ffittAV Mercyh urst* College, Erie, Pa .Editor .«— . . . . . . . . . . Emily LincolnAssociate Editor — Kay HebertAssistant Editors Judy Young, Marty Fiedler,

Fran Herman, Nancy Nones. . - tLiterary Contributor . . . . . . Anne Marie McCarthyBusiness Manager . . . . . . Nancy VasilEditorial Staff Marion Michaels, Sally Schmitt,

Kathy Cook, Carol Brennan,* Bonnie B rennan, MaryHammond, Anne Ledoux, Annajean Smalley, Dorothy Delaney, Peg Nawrocki, Marge Szalewicz, MaryLou Morgan, Rosemary Reo, Joan Warnock,. MaryLou Morgan, Rita Cappello, Mary Pat Carlow, EvieMcLean, Carolyn McCarthy, Bonnie McGough. g

Typis ts . . . . Pat Lawlor, Bonnie Brennan,Terry Donohue T

Item: Our apologies to MaryFisher, whose name was inadvertently omitted from theDean's List printed in lastmonth's Meroiad.

Item: Congratulations to ourfeature page editor, Fran Herman, who has recently beennamed editor of the AlumnaeNews. The paper comes outfour times a year, and

v she has

just published her first issue. ?Item: If anyone knows the

whereabouts of the S. S. ErieQueen please contact N ormaJean Pavlovic immediately! Itis urgent! Prom time is onlytwo months away.

Item. To the Praterita staff wesend our congratulations formeeting the deadline this year.But we miss the "Deck Househavoc."

Item: Let's all back the HomeEc-sponsored Reed and BartonSilver Opinion Competition andtry to submit a winning entry.

Item: We thank Gannon's Student Council and support itsproposed plan tofshow first

rate movies at their Lounge on{weekends.

Item: We urge every member ofIthe student body to support andcontribute to the!Faculty En richment Fund! jf

Item : The Meroiad staff would liketo take this opportunity to wishthe students, faculty, and administration a happy Easter.

A s T h e y SayMr . Lochtefeld: Rubens paintedabout 4,000 pictures , of which5,000 have been bought by Americans.

Sr. M. Anne Francis: You look

good, Frances: I'm sorry.Don'tMarcinel Chmielewski: ^ ^ ^ ^

slam the front door!

Mike Balfe: That's close.

<Fr. Puscas: Look at God fromGod's point of view.

Colleen and Kit: He's tho gladto meet uth with our effervethentpersonal i t ies .

Judy Young: (In referring tothe French troupe) They askedfor ten able-bodied men to putup scenery; they're going to geteight puny little girls.

April Kendziora: Well, uPUNmy word.

Mary Lou Morgan: Well, whatcan I do for ya, dear?!

Last year at th is time a Mercyh urst College studentended her platform speech with these words: "Don't botherme with blueprints; I want to build something." Since thattime your student government, with the aid of the administration and the co-operation of the student body, has built.

But many of our projects have only a foundation laid bya certain nuclei of interested students. They need the finishing touches which can only be achieved and perfected by a

continually interested student body. In most areas we knowwe have just "scratched the surface" of things that can beaccomplished here at school. Next year will unfold I innumerable new challenges and opportunities in addition to theperfection of existing projects. }

March 28 you will have elected a new student government president. I ask you to consider seriously this electionand the forthcoming elections? in April and May. To meMercyhurst is on a watershed—we have the potential andthe insight into our role in an academic community, but weneed strong leaders with the courage to make the necessarydecisions and to plunge themselves and the whole studentbody selfiessly into worthwh ile endeavors. f

I ask you to lookifor a girl whose impulses, value, judgments, and conduct correspond to your ideals of a Christianwoman. There is a serious obligation on your part not onlyin electing this student, but afterwards in determining whatkind of stu dent leader she will become. She will* not onlylead and stimulate, butiwill retroactively be what you wanther to represent. The election of your student leaders cannot be taken lightly.—B.M.

From the Garden of EveBy Evie McLean

One can easily walk throughfour years of Mercyhurst withoutactually realizing, or at least understanding, the most dynamicforces in the college: its tradition.

Perhaps!before anyone gets toorUed up defending her knowledgeof the traditions, we should consult Mr. Webster, who tells us thattradition is, "the spirit of an es -tablished way of thinking, feeling,or doing." Now, I must also addthat tradition is both^ an J established and atdynamic force; and,it is in relation to both this contradictory movement and whatMr. Webster calls "spirit" that thereal idea) of tradition is best un-

derstood.

In a young college, new traditions are not unusual, nor are therevisions of established traditionsrare, for if a tradition is to serveits purpose effectively, it must suitth e particular-time and situation.Since the enrollment has increased at Mercyhurst, it has beennecessary, to adju st one of thestrongest traditions, Student BodyMass.

Separating ithe student body toattend Mass on two different dayshas resulted in a great deal ofcontroversy. Some of the student

ideas are: a Mass for each class;a late afternoon Mass; a noncom-pulsory Student Body Mass, thatis , doing away with demerits; eliminating Student Body Mass altogether.

With the exception of the last,these suggestions seem to me valid ^ and! should be seriouslyweighed. However, the supportersof |th e last suggestion, to eliminate the tradition altogether,show their failure to understandthe real idea of a "tradition."They argue that since the student

body can't participate in the Massin a single unit, the tradition defeats its purpose of communalworship.

These people forget that tradition is an "established spirit" andwhether one group attends Massat five o'clock on Monday andanother at six o'clock on Fridaymakes no difference. "Tradition-ally" Mercy hurst's student bodyhas attended Mass in the "spirit"of community worship.

A good tradition is both staticand dynamic. It is evident thatsome changes need to be made;on the other hand, it is necessarythat we appreciate the worth ofStudent Body Mass, one of Mercy-hurst's most vital traditions.

Our Readers Comment - -Dear Editor: |

Is Mercyhurst College, {Erie, Pa., a carbon copy of T rin ity ! College, Washington,D . C? H i i H

Catholic college women are taught tothink critically as a partfof their education.Mercyhurst is no exception. We, atj thisschool, receive one of the finest educationsavailable at a small college on the easterncoastline. The faculty excels in promotingcultural, intellectual, spiritual, and socialachievements . . . So why are we cookies???

We. ar e ^confident that students thinkabout controversial issues, talk about controversial issues, but do they do anythingabout them? Could it be that at Mercyhurstit is controversial whether one is permitted

to be controversial? Issues are discussed tothe point where they are no longer recognized; the main issue then becomes cloudedover because there is no outlet for thoughts.

What we want) to know is : can controversial subjects^be idiscussed openly with the

Merciad as a means of reflecting individualand collective opinions?

Mary Ann FinnertyMaggie Harrison

Ed.JNote: Can you?"controversial i

An emphatic yes! Forsubjects" see the October,

November, December, and February issues ofthe Merciad. ? | £

Dear Editor:Apathy anyw here is a handicap to effective

government. The achievements of the pastyear have been accomplished in spite of thestudent body, NOT because of it. Are we, thesupposed supporters, going to waste anotheryear ? '; i

Do you think there is "warm friendlysupport" ^at Mercyhurst? Isn' t i t true thatour Student Government President has foundit lacking?

; Kathy Mahaney* Ginny Hamm er



Thursday, March 21, 1963 T h e M E R C U D Three

Rumner Godden Provides

Fresh Literary Approach

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WHICH iDtNt i rvoNtvtMC *»Ot>yci cr TH C COCA COt* CO"» »»».

M r. Kubiak and Mary Pat Car ow engage in an informal debatea t the newly inauguarated "Coffee Klutch" in?McAuley lounge.

By? Cai McCarthyRumer Godden, a British au

thor, has gained much attentionfor her sensitive, lucid writing.

She recalls much of the exoticsplendor, customs, and orientalthought in her writings about hersecond home, India, in three nove l s .

This Far and No Further,Black Narsus, and KingfisherCatch Fire deal with !the fascinating country, revealing the

M r . K u b i ak A n sw ers w i th E n th u s i as mBy Rita Cappello

PrefaceM e : You w an t me to interview

who 5. . .?

Editor: Mr. Kubiak.M e : Are you serious?Editor: Very!TextMe (t imidly): Uh . . uh . . can

you give me some informationconcerning your background . . .sir? I I

He (affirmatively): if attended

East High School in Erie, BehrendCenter and Alliance Colleges, andreceived my M.A. at Penn StateUniversity.

Me (hopefully): Could you pleaseadd some more personal informa-tionito these remarks?

He (obligingly): Yes, I playedwater polo, golf, and tennis inhigh school, and at State I was amember of the University's golfteam. While at State , I was amember of Phi l Alpha Theta, thehonorary s history society.

My ma ster's'* thesis dealt withSlavic medieval history, and I planto obtain my doctorate in thesame field, with a minor, however,in the classical antiquities. Speakin g of being "inducted"—I served

in the army and then t aught summer sessions at Behrend beforecoming to Mercy hurst .

Me (with a little more confidence) : Why did you choose to

study history?

He (with unending gusto): I

feel thatihistory is the Queen ofthe Sciences. No other sciences

can claim that it encompasseseverything, all the acts of manand nature. History Is not only. . . (Ed.—300 words deleted here!)

Me (with cramped fingers): Why

did you decide to teach?

He (with deep thought): My

education is not only my personalproperty but also a tool with whichI must, in turn, help others. Inundergraduates school I rejecteda Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. Ididn't plan to enter educationalregret that now, for I find thisprofession very gratifying.

Me (with great seriousness):W h a t are your views on feminineeducation and what remarks haveyou for the student body?

He (withI greater seriousness):The at t i tude that education forwomen is a stop gap should beabolished! W o m e n | should entercollege to attain some degree ofscholarly advancem ent and shouldbe Ivitally interested in the fieldthey enter. I also think that women should Increase their in te llectual activity and inquisitive-ness. Women are on an equal intellectual par with men andshould begin to act accordingly.

There is no substitute in college for good hard work! Manystudents have to be driven6'to it.The student should do as muchoutside work as he possibly can.This constant desire to learn isall-important; it shouldn't endwhen one receives his or her degree!

Me (tongue-in-cheek): As a

Mercyhurst Students Support

Gannon United Nations DayFollowing the t rend toward bet

ter Irelations^with Gannon, eightMercyhurst girls have taken t imeou t of their busy schedules^ to

help the Knights with theirfM3delUnited! Nations Day, April bv

Acting in the capacities of advisors and secretaries will be SueMarker, Judy Young, Kay Hebert ,Theresa Lepkowski, Prances Wal-czak, Bonnie ^McGough, Pa triciaRiley, Patricia Jargiello, and Ann-ajean Smalley.

Th e UN Day is held annuallyby the In ternat ional . RelationsClub-of Gannon under the leadership of Father Barr. High schoolsfrom Erie, Buffalo, Cleveland,

M a r fu c c i 's T a v e r n2641|Myrtle Street

I Delicious Spagh etti& Ravioli

Served from 4 to 10 p.m

Mx&M

Toledo, Pittsburgh, and their surrounding i communities participatein this event. |

Each school is assignedja country which it represents at the blocmeetings held with other schoolsin its district and at the GeneralAssembly held in Gannon Auditorium. Each "country's" delegationappoints representatives to the six

committees Set up to at t empt solutions to current world problems.

The problems to be debated thisyear are: Berlin, Disarmament,Financing . the£united ft Nations,Congo, Angoia, and Viet-Nam.The* committee Imembers thendraw up resolutions in accordancewith their country's policies and

at t empt to pass them.

On the evening of April 5 therewill be a diplomatic reception in

Erie where the "delegates" willhear a distinguished speaker froman actual UN delegation. April 6

will see the opening of the GeneralAssembly — the culmination of

trying weeks for delegates (and

advisors) J alike. J jgf . .

bachelor, have you encounteredany difficulties teaching at awomen's college?

He (also tongue-in-cheek): Nonone, al though I don't claimf tobe very ! astute when it comes toreally understanding women.

Me (trying to be very serious):Do you intend to remains a

bachelor?He (trying NOT to be very

serious): No, I seriously think ofmarrying—in about ten years!

Me (extending my ?hand andwith all due respect): Well , thankyou for your time, Mr. Kubiak. Ihope this article meets with yourapproval.

author's art istry in description.Rumer Godden's talent for at

t racting and captivating an audience lies, however, more in herstories for and about children. Hernovels The River, An Episode ofSparrows, and Greengage Summerfollow this vein.

The children in these storiesar e so flntuitive and -perceptivethat they may at first seem unbelievable. But Miss Godden is notportraying the ordinary child. Alittle girl, who in each case is thenarrator of the story, i s mostprecocious; her insight enables theauthor to deal with the theme oflife in a fresh and .uncomplicatedmanner .

The River, for example, a * picture of a family in India, ispainted by the endearing seconddaughter, Harriet . Harriets re flections and! actions force thereader to view life and deathfrom ajnew angle, to reflectionthe mys tery| with new thought, j

If enjoyment comes from sauntering down a lane in s p r in g,

viewing the greenness, smellingthe newness, and hearing soundstoo long dead, then enjoymentcomes! from reading RumerGodden.

Sisters M. Char les, Mat thew

Given Science ScholarshipsAbout this time every year, the faculty begins to reap scholar

ships and grants for summer study. This year the scientists*leadth e way. •* | IP Sr. Mary Charles and Sr. M. Matthew*of~the physics and chemistry departments have both been^awarded eight-week grants to twoleading institutions by the!National Science Foundation.:*a£ Sr. Mary Charles was accepted at the Oak Ridge Institute ofNuclear Studies in Oak Ridge,Tennessee.! Her course of study,Radiation in Physical Sciences,

1 5 2 ft. I n n e r T u b e

M a k e s P r o m B o a tW h at is 152 feet long and

floats? You say a 152 foot innertube? Sorry, it's the S.S. ErieQueen — the boat for this year'sJunior fProm.

This luxurious, "yacht-style"ship offers spacious decks, a colorful nautical atmosphere and moongazing from the garden deck and

two patios.

Anouther feature (surely anoutstanding one) is t h a t the ErieQueen is the only hand fired,

coal-burning triple expansionsteamship now engaged Sin passenger trade on the lakes. Thrillingit is to watch I the fireman andengineers as they^work while youride in the quiet vibrationless environment of an honest-to-good-ness steamship.

J Fo r the saftey-minded, a Raytheon Model 1500 Radar unit, aSperry electric-gyro compass, and

a*ship-to-shore telephone are addit ional! equipment. This spectacular vetesel boasts also a full complement of Certified Lifeboat men.Rest assured, no hurricanes orpirates will (be the ruination of theprom on the Erie Queen.

At last, you'll know how it feelsto drench yourself in luxury —

and this is luxuryremember. Even ifyour etecort to thefades through the

you'll alwaysthe name ofprom of '63years, you'll

never forget the S.S. Erie Queen.

is designed for physics teachersfrom small or liberal! arts col

leges.Isotopes and Radiation in Phy s

ical Sciences is the course of-*

fered to Sr. M. Matthew by TexasWomen's University in Denton,Texas. Sister will work at a levelfor which two to three years of

study of the basic subject matteris prerequisite. ,

Inst i tute ProgramThe Summer Insti tute Program

of the Nautical Science Foundation was created in recognitionof the important role of theteacher EL developing scientificmanpower potential. The inst itutes are designed by the sponsoring colleges and universitiesto strengthen the subject mattercompetence of| science, mathe-

matic, and engineering teachers.The foundation grant for eachinstitute covers the cost of t rans -portation, tuition, fees, stipends,and allowances.

Departmental GrantsThe science departments have

also received grants for the purchase off equipment and-supportof undergraduate |resea rch. A$1,000 grant for the purchase ofmicrowave spectroscopes and interferometers was made to thedepartment by the SpectroscopySociety of Pittsburgh.

iThe biology department hasreceived a grant of $3,150 fromthe National Science Foundationfor the support of an Undergraduate Science Education Program.

This grant will provide the college

with funds for additional equipment for its biology researchlaboratory. It -also furnishes stipends for the. science studentswho take part in the research.

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Speaker Stresses March Club News Calendar

Community Prayer

While Eileen Skladanowski locNashwinter volley for the ball.

Intra m ura l Contests Spark

Teamwork, Av id SupportI n t r a m ur a l basketball i s a

lively part of the sports calendarthis semester. Sponsored by theAthletic Association and under

the direction of Reg Conti, it isintended that the players willreceive recognition for their skillon a class as well as an individualbasis. The purpose of the competition is to promote enthusiasmamong |the classes and providemuch-needed recreation. Individual as well as team trophieswill be awarded to the victors.

High scorers for the respectiveteams include: freshman PatRiley; sophs Maggie Harrisonand J Sally Myers ;^ juniors KayHebert and Rosemary Reo; andseniors Kit Reese, Paulette O 'Gor-m a n , Helen Bundy, and MaryLouf Cuddyre. The freshmen,captors of the volleyball awards,show much promise of a repeat-

Congratulations to Mary 2 An n

Olson, new Gannon LANCEQueen.

Girls Attend

PSEA MeetThe north western d istrict meet

ing of the professional teachersorganization, including representatives from Gannon, Villa Maria,Edinboro, and M ercyhurst, washeld March 12, at th e Gann onCollege Student Union Building.

In anticipation 0 f Mercy-hurs t ' s entrance into the Pennsylvania State Education Association, the secondary education stu

dents attended this meeting asobservers.

Plans are now being formulatedto establish a student chapter ofthe P.S.E.A. at Mercyhurst inthe nea r future. I

edly good performance in thefield of basketball activity. However, the seniors are offeringvigorous competition. According

to Miss Sedney, they have reallyimpressed the rest of the studentbody with their participationand determination.

Class spirit is very much inevidence; however, all are urgedto support their respective classesand develop skill in working asa team. Many Sisters have alsobeen giving encouragement to theteams through the ir enthusias t icpresence at the games.

With only three remaininggames, ( including the freshman-senior game), excitement is run-ning high. Will the freshmenoverthrow their "superiors" orwill the seniors hold their lown?

Father Hilbert, moderator for

one of the Y.C.S. groups, con

ducted the second evening of

recollection held February 28 in

Room 29.

The topic under discussion,"Why the Mass?", was with emphasis placed on community worship. Reiterating the purpose ofthe Y.C.S. organization itself,

Father stressed the importance ofthe Mass as the chief means ofspiritual advancement in thedaily life of the layman. Fostering a true devotion for the Massalso helps one in effecting a continuous growth in spiritual charity regarding man's relationswith God and with his neighbors.

Fath er Hilbert also elaboratedon "the primary and indispensi-ble source of the Christian spirit—active participation in the liturgy," as is put forth by PopePius XII. To worship, Fatherstated, was to share in Christ 'sbody and blood, to grow in unity.And in achieving this unity, itis the need of Catholic collegestudents to lay greater significance upon community worshipana services in the vernacular,the means to this end.

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^MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT . . ! Wednesdayfor Egan—Thursday for McAuley . . . Fath er Somm ers' dinner party. . . Welcome back, Sister Pierre! . . . Sunday's light up time. . . the top of the mo rning to you . . . ten cent s for a blouse, fiftycents for a room .1 . . paging Sister Immaculate . . . is it rain, snow,or slush today? . . . oh, to be twenty again (fasting) . . . the SophSki Party . . . no, not the steepest peak . . . the luminous "HotCanary" . . . spring cleaning at t he 'H urst . . . Stud ent CouncilElections . . . visions of O klaho ma . . . whose coffee hour today8 . . cheese, cheese, and more cheese . . . the seniors' long weekend. . . third deck? . . . what if I get seasick? . 1 . glimpses of springfever . . . the un defeat ed frosh b asketb all tea m . . . th at 1.5 . . ft,

Le Treteau de Paris . . . the overflowing infirmary . . . the Lancethat's gone to bed.

MERCYHUR ST GIRL S ARE LAUGHING ABOUT . . . Fath er

Puscas and th e Black Market . . . organization at the Public Library

'-•-;•- . the m icrobiology m oons hiners . . . who's selling life preservers?

. . . what h appened to all th e Conrad books .$ . . Sister Carolyn,

would you please lend D r. D. your microp hone ? . . . buying books—

now or never . . . the 'H urst 's best all-arou nd sign m aker . . . the

many references in Ganno n's Library . . . Lenten resolutions . . .

that Ir ishman's ability at keepig secrets or congratulations to Mary

Ann, new Gannon Lance queen . . . "every house needs Westing-

house" . . . being behind a banana truck . . . our tortured language

. . . the meditative life in Wehrle Hall? . . . thinking of ethics as

a plate of spaghetti . .J. meatless lunches . . . the origin of tea and

the mandarin . | . . the polyphonic narrative of life . . . being too

honest with twenty dollars . . . whale . . . Nancy's sack of potatoes.

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French ClubCar pools, backstage work and

welcoming committees are engaging French Club members inpreparation for the performanceby Le Treteau de Paris on campusThursday, March 21. This worldfamous troupe is presenting Or-phee by Cocteau and L'Apollon deBcIIac by Giraudoux.

O. G. A. I

Sophomore business students,under the direction of chairmanP at Lawlor, are preparing the annual farewell dinner to honorBarb Barrett, Denise Donatelli,Betsy Hanson and Alice Welte,the four business majors of theClass of '63. The dinner will beheld instead of the regular Aprilmeeting, but no date has yet beenannounced.

Young Democrats andYoung Republicans

The political party clubs oncampus recently held a joint get-together to discuss "The Woman'sRole in Politics." In the meetingsto follow, they will retire to theirown camps. The Young Democratswill present an analysis of the

present a dm in i s t r a t i on ! entitled"Kennedy: His Aims As President." Mary Hammond will leadthe Young Republicans' discussion. "A Declaration of Republica n Principles and Policy." Atfuture meetings the Young Republicans will consider "The Intelligent Voter," and hear tapes

by William Miller—"Prospects fora Republican Victory" and Sen.John Tower "New RepublicanSouth." I

Great BooksSeminars on two more great

classics will complete the GreatBooks discussions for this semester. Shakespeare 's controversialplay, Hamlet, will follow a discussion on Jonathan Swift 's satire,

Gulliver's Travels.W # Lit Club

The coffee-hours presented bythe Literary and French Clubmembers on Tuesday at 4:30 willcontinue throughout April andMay. On March 26, Kay Hebertlectured on the life and worksof Tennessee Williams. RobertFrost will be the subject of thehour presented by Mary AnnKer n on April 1. Sally Cloyd an dFran Herman are also scheduledto host the after-E aster coffeehours on modern literature.

Home Ec.The Home Economics Club will

soon select representatives to attend the annual convention ofthe Pennsylvania Home Economics

Association on May 3 and 4 atPenn State. The theme for thisyear 's meeting, "Research ThroughFamilies," w i l l be developedthrough a series of tours, exhibitslectures and panel discussions.

At the April meeting, juniorhomemakers will honor the graduating members.

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