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THE VOICE OFMERCYHURST

VOLUME VI

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Well, Spring has sprung and wehave entered the'last lap with theFINISH line I just around the corner i congratula tions are | du eBert McAllister, our May Queen. .ifche senior secretarial majorsinvaded Pittsburgh recently to attend a convention . . . we h earthat in one car they had difficultyin keeping their hats on|becau.seof th e speed !!! . . . felJCKLE -BERRY FINN promises to be ah it . . . a parlor suite is thatwhich a woman wears in no otherroom but the parlora faculty deduction . . . the DRAMATICCLUB gave a Silver Tea for students and faculty April 30 in theBishop's Dining-Room . . . for awhile we all thought the fmeasleshad conquered us but it was onlya measley few t ha t w ere afflicted . . . Mary Lou Burd hasan idiosyncrasymailing le tterswithout stamps . . . we are surprised to discover that the threeliterary movemen ts of the 20thcentury are the Can-Can, theRhumba and the Continental . . .Peg Colbert was a bridesmaid ather sister's wedding recently . . .Betty Killeen underwent an appendicitis operation durin g theEaster Vacation . . J Marion Sullivan got an unusual outfit of raspberry and violet while in NewYork . . . business has ^picked u pto such an extent th at f irms areagain ordering tw o bott les ofblack ink atfa t ime . I . F L A S H !commercial stud ent mak es goodat Home EcBetty Banne r madea pair of pajamas!! . . . Jane Up-richard broke traditions and got anew polo coat . .a. Mar y J an etKane witnessed the East er Paradeon Fifth Avenue Easte r Sun day . . the milliner's sales ta lk"this is the smart est hat we 've

got w| was promptly* answered by"it doesn't have to be smartI'llput the brains iniitgmyself" | . .Margaret Anne Mooney s a y s :"I'm no roomer; I 'm a good st ory " . . Kay Eganllooks stunning in

her aquamarine and brown ensemble . . . we're al l- in | the DARKabout the LIGH T busin ess . . .who were the tw o y ou ng | ladiesthat came back in a compartmentat Easteritime? . . . suaveness isan iron hand and a velvet glove \ the boarders are beginningto quibble abou t rooms for nex tyear . . . never let your rig hthand knowfwhat your left is doing has proved an unwise sayingin the case of Winnie Welch wh owrote two letters and put them inthe wrong envelopes . . . one ofthe few things we can say for depression is that it gives Opportunity 's knuckles time to heal J . .Character istic Highli ghts: HelenCrowley's gentleness . . Laura LaCavera's gracefulness . . . BernieKickenbaugh's amiability . , .Grace Marie Souder's style . . .Wb Montgomery's l ab i l i ty to r e number every detail . . | Nataliep7*'s wittic ism. . .Bessie Green's8weetngs J. . Catherine Durkin'swholeifcmeness . & . Muriel Leh-m , fcincerity . . . Ruth Eiehen -(Continued on Page 2 )

SCHOOL SPIRITIN ACTION

MerMAY, 1935

Date Sletomej economics I Practice! Hous eudents eceive urpnse V i s i tSophom ores, Juniors 1Declared Winne r s IniI An nua l Song Contes t

I suspect that, since the 21st ofMarch, the sale of cough dropsmenthol and otherwisehas showna decided decline. Furthermore,one can now walk unhesita tnglyinto the auditor ium and the var ious social rooms without fear ofcrashing into annoyed groupspracticing the familiar schoolsongs and some of their own concoction Why? Because the annualSong Contest is now over .The contest began shortly af ter8:Q0 P. M. with Laura LaCavera'sspeech of welcome. The | Juniorsthen opened the prog ram . Theysang three school songs to the accompaniment of smar t mi l i ta rydri l ls . This was followed by thepresentation of their originalsong, th e chorus of which wasflashed on the screen. The lyricand music of this song .was byWinifred O'Dell. The fact th atevery one joined in the singing ofthis song added considerably to its

impressiveness. Amid a burst ofapplause, the Juniors gave way tothe ^Sophomores.The Sophomores, from all indications, had been busy about manythings before the curta in rose .Their singing of the first numberbehind the drawn curta in createdan effect of suspense in the audience. The curtain finally openedon a great number of couches andpajamas. The spectators werethus given the impression that theSophomores g|h ad unintentionallylet the audience in on one of theirrehearsals. Their songs, charmingly rendered in a new style for theboudoir, were received enthusiastically.The Sophomores were succeededby the Freshmen whose large numbers m ade them impressive a tsight.* They presented their or iginal song in a unique manner: asort of tableau arrangement whosetheme was "The Spir it of Mercy-hurst" worked out by | Esthe rYoung and a group of very personable a ttendants.

By common consent, the Seniors,a lthough they were not competing,walked off with all honors fororigin ality. They skillfully sangthe Mercyhurst a irs in cap andgown; and then gave^their peppyoriginal songs of which they hadno less than two. Their "Fare TheeWell"f song in which they badeus adieu as the doors of the Employment Agency opened to swallow them ! up, had everyone institches. The charming obbligatoson th-3 "fare thee wells' offeredby Bertha McAllister , Jane Conner ,and Kay Harr ington were especially provocative. For severaldays af terwards, "Fare Thee Well"was on the lips of everyone.y Th e committee I of judges was(Continued on Page|2)

BJThe girls at the Practice Housegot!April-fooled, all rightandby the most delightful means. Youguessed it: a party. That Monday,Be t ty had? decided to I wash theclothes, Susan wast practicing herPortia and Ruth and Alice, fori achange, felt in | the | home workmood. Nevertheless, Miss Whalencarted us all, bag and baggage,down to Gloeckler's to watch themmak e! refr igerators | and such. Wetrooped in and out places, got oureyes hurt with some kind of welding, our t hro ats full of woodsmoke and our head's full of tnewideas . It was very fascinating but,after all, feet are only feet, andwe were quite tired when we gotthrough. Miss|Whalen, i t seemed,had business about town andstayed so long that we bade her"good morning."

Besides being tired, we had acquired a huge appetite and therewas nothing in the house to eatbut mush. When we got there , theblinds were down and a crayoned"MEASLES" s ign -^was on thedoor. We laughed and wonderedwho stuck that up. We entered thekitchen and proceeded into thedining ro^m when, fheaveni helpus , whom should we see but Mother Borgia, Mother Benedicta, Sister Mary Alice, and Sister Collette.We were frozen to the spot, quitefirmly convinced that all oursecret sins had overtaken us. Toaid| and abet matters our guestsmade it quite obvious that theyintended to stay for dinnerandwe with nothing but mush!!

When we had recovered fromthe first shock we discovered(clever children th at we were)that all the living room furniturewas in the dining room and viceversa . The table lamp was on thefloor and the jj floor Jamp on theend tabletypical moving day.There were new drapes hanging

in the doorway to the living-roomshu tting off our view of it. Wewere urged to be seated and as ifby magic , Kay Egan and EvelynDonahue started- '^passing aroundlovely hors oeuvres and cocktailsin red glasses. Betty remarkedsomething about this being someparty. You should have seen ourfaces when in answer to MotherBorgia 's toast we all drank ourcocktails only to find that they(Continued on Page 2): -o-:-ANNOUNCEMENT

Watch for sophomore play, May16, HUCKLEBERRY FINN: GeneGriff in playing Huck; MargaretAnn Mooney, Tom Sawyer; Fran-coise Riblet, Aunt Polly; JaneHurley, John Finn; "Mickey" Mc-Mahon, Ruth; Betty Taylor , ClaraWoppinger; Mary T. Mahony.Amy Woppinger; "Kay" Lechner,Fred Raymond. This play is Igivenforsjthe benefit of the missions. Youca n get your tick ets | f rom thesophomores. Help the missions!

V | 5B . K. Banneri'35

NUMBERS

hor May Day

them,busy :short!

"The Day Students ' IiMirror^jMakes Its 1M Init ial Appearance In this column of the Merciad,th e Day-Stude ntsIhope to j find anew I means H of | strengtheningfriendship I amongIthemsel ves andd e v o t i o n ! to I Mercyhurst. '\ Everygirl has at some time or anotherasked about the Kappa Chi Sorority. This Sorority was formed forthe benefit of the Day Studentsand up until last year it proved tobe a very active organization. Lastyear the girls seemed to lose ^interest in the Sorority andfgradu-ally it disbanded. Many have askedabout its reorganization.^ TheSeniors are about ready to leaveso it seems to be the most logicalplan for the Juniors to carry onth e work, of reorganizing the Kappa |Chi Sorority. We believe thatthe Day Stude nts should havesome Club to representJunior Day Students, getschool time is growingYou will want to have your Sorority well organized by next September. Give the future Day Students a Sorority that will br ingthem togethe r jtn d will add to thehappiness of their college days.

Now for a little \ chatter f romhither and yon . . . I was in theLibrary pondering the possibilities of this?'column when I spiedtwo friends. I asked their opinions about a Day Hop corner inthe Merciad. They were both delighted and immediately thou ghtup some gossip about each otherto put in the \paper. Then theyproceeded to quarrel over wha tthey had suggested. | Each beggedme not to pr int what the?otherhad said. I had said nothin g allthis t ime. When the quarrel becameviolent, I hastily promised to saynothing about the suggestions. Iwish to say here and now that Ihave no intentions of slanderinganyone, or breaking up life-longfr iendships by pr inting anythingto harm them . . . Bunny Hauleseems to have a flair g for Chemistry and Alice for jma thema t ic s ;I might add Pauline and Marm tothis list of m athem aticians . . .one freshman gave an approp ria teparty for her c lassmates, a "KidPar ty" . . . Jane Sawdey is oneof our quiet, studious memb ers. . . Rita Brennen*. likes theschool so well that she stays long]after her classes are over . . .Good luck Rit a! . . . Here is awarning all should heed: Bewareof Ginny Doyle! . . . We hearthat Susan likes violets . . ' , I sawour old friend Mary LucilleO'Donnell and she likes her newwork very much. She sends hergreetings to Mercyhurst . . . Paulis still on the horizon . . . Thegossip is a little scarce this t imebut we hope to have more for thenext issue./ Iva Kreider, '35

: - o - :Professor Wakenevt to you, will you?Student Oh, doyou put him to sleep.

that fellowit yourself

Tomahawk

C l l e g ekFo orwaudentsdToI M a y CeremonyI And so May Day has been announced for I the last Sunday inMay. It won't be long after Eas terVacation before we start to practice for the -. annual E event. Thenthere will be many moanings,groanings, and excuses about beingpresent for every practice."Oh, ilcan't sing! Why|shouldI be;in i t ? " | | \"Well, that 's nothing! I I don' thave a^thing to wear and Ik'simplycan't appear in that old rag of adress .""What are you two cheeringabout? We're supposed to practiceat 10:50 tomorrow and I don't haveany more classes until 3:30. Gosh!I do so want to try on the darling-est dress I saw " And so onquite indefinitely.But when the great day f inallyarrives, everyone becomes suddenly excited, excuses are forgotten,and all true daughters!of Mercyhurst do their best to make theday successful.The day arrives and the MayQueenradiantly^ beautiful inshining white, accompanied by numerous a ttendants of varyingsizes, all t ryin g to look veryfeminine regardless of t ypevery regally ascends the steps toher throne while fond parents lineup to watch their dar lings f lutter around the campus.

This year we have an especiallylovely May Queen and, if MotherBorgia's almanac has prophesiedcorrectly, l she will rule on a beautiful sunshiny afternoon.Let us, each and every one ofus , put all we can into the spiritof May Day this year and makeit the most beautiful and best thatMercyhurst has ever known. -*m Ruth W. Gordon, 1*37

: -o ;SENIOR GLIMPSES

If you happen to be around thethird floor you are sure to hearsome of the J following remarksthis is the last time we'll ever dothisthis t ime next year we ' ll heout in the cold, cold worldI'mbeginning to get that funny feeling already . . . Orchids to ourSymposium speaker "Kay" Harr ington. We sure were proud ofher and, of course, it's only natural that we thought her the mostoutstanding speaker . . . LauraLaCavera seems to be more han alittle interested in some local boy.Wonder who he is . . . Pat Dean,Jane Conner , Betty Banner , Marion Summ ers, Martha Myer andP at > McAllister, the. senior members of the O. G. A. Sorority, attended the Tri-State Convention inPittsburgh the week end of April 4

. . . A good time was had by allat the convention and otherwise. . . The seniors received thecutest invita tions from the Juniorsinviting them to visit the Eastern(Continued on Page 3)

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SOCIAL JUSTICESince 1929 we have sought by devious imaterial ways tolift ourselves out of the throes of the present depression.We have looked to Wall Street, to the banks, to the corporations, to the captains of industry who not so long agobeforethey were found outdid bestride the world!like Colossi; to

statesmen and to politicians; to the Brain Trust, to moreproper distrib ution of economic goods, to psychological experime nts with confidence, to "Spen d" slogans, and to amyriad of similar makeshifts for the remedy, and from noneof these has the remedy fbeen forthcoming. And Inow at last,at long last (but better at last than not at all) the remedy issough t in the application of social justic e to the economicactivity of man. What the industrial ageiscoffed at and ignored from the beginning, it has been forced to accept, aftermany yea rs of self des tructive self-sufficiency, in the^end:the fact that no activity of man can be divorced from considerations of morality and keep on the right path or benefit man in the long run. It is not sanity to regard man asmerely an economic animal or as merely a social animal. Tosee man as nothing more than that is to see man in a stateof distortion. To get the proper view of man, one must seehim as more than just that: one must see him in relation tohis origin and his end from which he cannot be separated andfrom which he cannot separate himself. Only then can%manhope to be rightly benefited because only then is he rightlyunderstood. For man, though he seem to stand isolated, ismore closely united tolthese considerations than his fingersare to his hands. And only when sociological and economicprograms pay due regard to these considerations can theyhope to achieve beneficial and durable results. Although ithas taken six years of depression to focus the attention ofthis country upon social justice, one is nevertheless|gratifiedto know tha t men's minds are at last interested in|understanding Jand applying the principles off social justic e. Onehopes finallylthat these principles will find! sane applicationand will ush er in a new economic order founded upon thedignity and the righ ts of man. |B. Banner, '35

COURTESYAccording to Funkfand WagnalPsf dictionary, courtesy isdefined as "genuine and habitual politeness." ^Man, as a social creature, should be courteous fori one ofthe essentials of sociability is courtes y. The aphorism "actions speak louder than words" lis provedltrue each day.fHowfrequently one finds himself mentally accrediting or dis-countingjhis fellow man for his actions!In a boarding school, little discourtesies are apt to creepin. When these are called to our attention we are confused tothink that |we had so far forgotten our earlier training an dinnate gentility as to be guilty of impoliteness. I fHabitual courtesy is a matter of trifles; yet it is the observance of courtesy in these trifles which makes one noticeable for courtesy. Such courtesies as arising when a Priest,Sister, faculty member, or one in authority enters the room;offering assistance when a Sister or schoolmate is burdeneddown with books or other impediments; opening of doors andstepping aside for one in | author i ty ; recognition of classprecedence; expression of gratitude for favors received: allthese, and countless other courtesies which take but a moment, are trifles in themselves but they are the very outwardappearance off courtesy and contribute immeasurably to thehappiness of boarding school life. In parting, one might add

tha t the highest courtesy is to attribute discourtesy tothoughtlessnesstandfnot to malice. I] am sure that CourtesyWeek will be nowhere observed so enthusiastically as atMercyhurst. Boost Courtesy Week!Burnette Rickenbaugh, '36

A SENIOR REVERIE

PRACTICE HOUSE STUDENTS SURPRISED KY VISITORS1 (Continued from Page 1)were nothing more? than water!When we glanced at j the menus,we found them listed! as "Aprilcocktails.11

Then we entered the living roomto a perfectly appointed tablefrom the centerpiece of cabbage,turnips, carrots, a spray of celery,and two long green candlesfixed ^in apple candle-holders. Wewere almos t cross-eyed b y thetime we found our places becausethe place cards were written backwards, Ifor instance "Rehtom Sic-narf Aigrob." Our menus, wrappedin a chocolate napkin ring, announced that Blue Points on -icewere to be the fish course. Ruthwas the first to sight them, andshe shouted. Soonjthe whole tablewas in an uproar . There were twosmall blue pointed pencils in adish of ice. Talk of surp rises!However, there were two edibleft wafers on the plate which we ate| with real gusto. There was nothingdeceptive about the main course:fried chicken, peas, potato es,dressing, all named for the persons at the dinner, and maybe itwasn't delicious! A lovely saladwith two chocolate wafers nextclaimed our attention. We almostKbroke our teeth on the ! waferswhich were pieces' of card boardwith a -^chocolate coating. Wesettled down in time to eat delicious apple pie a la mode and tofinish up on n uts , cand y, andchocolate c ig arettes.

To say th at everyone enjoyedherself sounds tame. Everyone hada hilarious time. Our sides ached;so did our faces. The girls at theKhouse were so charmed by theSnovelty ofijthe thing and were soi gastronomicallyj pleased with theferesult of the Sister's hard workgin preparing the food (for it wasall prepared at school) , that theystill don't quite know how tothank everyone. May I say forgthem that April 1st wrote a flour-I -ishing "Finis" to a most thorough-Sly happy six weeks.Ruth Mae Headley, '36

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(Continued from Page 1)made up of Mother Borgia , Mother Xavier, and Sister Clotilda. Atthe close of the contest, MotherBorgia , as spokesman for thecommittee , announced that theprize for originality was awardedto the Sophomores, and the prizefor the best presentation of theschool songs to the Juniors. Thewild exultatio n of the winn erswas tempered by the mourning ofthe losers. The award given to theSophomores is a beautiful silvercup engraved with the class name.This cup is the permanent awardfor the annual song contests andwill pass to each winner unlessone class wins it three successiveyears, in which event it becomesthe property of that c lass. TheJuniors ' award was a huge, decorated chocolate cake.After the excitement had sub-sded, the Seniors, Sophomores,and Freshmen took their exits,while the Juniors repaired to thedining room where both song contest and cake came to a happyend. g|Ruth Mae Headley, '36

PEN PORTRAITSYou can't get away from it; Ishall go on and on forever. In myown way I shall present you andyou and you to the public gaze asI see you wthout the "makeup" ofpresenta tion which is the onlyway the casual passerby sees you.I begin with my usual hintthereis a representative from each ofthe four classes to be found hereif you search hard enough.Right-awa y-quick I give you ayoung lady . . . tall . . slender . .very slender . . . capable . . . *n'competent . . . studious . . . a lways has her work done ahead oftime . . chums around with a certain day-hop . . . quiet and calm(except when she isn ' t! ) . Really,I 'm giving you too many hints. Iwon't be so generous next time.Next in line is a certain girl

. . . tall . . . slender . . almosttoo slender . . . brown hair . *clever . .. studious . . . chumsaround w ith a cer ta in resident. . . qu ie t . . . smi l ing . I f youcan te ll those two apart by thisdescription, your fathe r's a detective.

Another young miss wef al lknow . . . a l i t tle below mediumheight . . . stockily built . . .brown hair . . . glasses . . . interested in our school clubs, English and . . One Other Thing. . . that would be'^telling!And last but not least I pic turefor you a young lady of charm andaccompl ishment . . . an a r t i s t. . . slender in form . . . a l i t t leabove the average height .musician of the f irst rankone of th e "vir tuous few"

"goes without" fori th e sakepromise to another . . . her coloring? . . . she's too well known forthat. Surely you know who ' t is!

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(Continued from Page*!)laub's reliability . . . MarjoriePotter and Winnie 0'Dell's co-operativeness . . .Bobby McEvoy'slovely hands . . . Ginny Mehler'scordiality .vivacity . .pancy . . .ableness .chicness .technique .ishness . .tiness . . .donicalness

. . Nancy Stackhouse 's. Alice Ma rtin's flip-Marie Dillon's soci-. . Eleanor DeVeaux's. Marge Alge's piano. . Anna Fox's unself-I Betty Taylor 's dain-Mary Lou Burd's sar-

. . . Adele Callahan'strustworthiness ,fin's blaseness .l ivan's a ler tness.. Jean Grif-Eleanor O'Sul-.Francoise Rib-let's phenom enalism . . .Ketter ing's capabilityMcAllister's ladylikenessReichert 's suaveness . .Dwy er's poise . . . Marieley's debon airness . . .Jon es' sophistication . .

Mar ty| . . P a t. . Peg. NancyO'Mal-"Butch". AnneWeiner's conscientiousness . . .Mary Mead's docility . . . ElbaArms trong's coquettishness . . .Rita Ressler 's dexter ity of f ingersand toes . . . Peg Colbert's equestr ianism . . . Mary Jean Whit-comb's sedativen ess . . . Bre ttaMarie Sullivan's ingenu ity . , Mary Person's agreeability , . , .Ginny Doyle's All-Americanism. . . Jane Conner's practical phil-osophicalness . .^. Helen Gowans 'pacificistnessf. . . There is beautymuch too deep for age or cruelcare to find, outla sting all thestorms that sweep, and that is loveliness of mind.

Kay Har r ing ton , '85

Four years ago a young, I would!say, a very young girl joined agroup of girls who were startingthe climb up the mountain calledknowledge. That particular younggirl had the joyful, carefree lookth at only youth has. She wassweet; she had the gay, warm airof one just emerged from childhood; she was impulsive, activeand cheerful.She was eager to learn. Studydid not sugg est a problem toolarge to conquer. Dances, tea par-ties, clubs and initiations failed todim her spirit or her radiance.A year has passed . . . againtha t girl comes before my eyes.She is just a shade soberer. Shehas begun to t realize just howlittle she really knows about thisgreat thing called Knowledge.Social activities receive her enthusiastic support. She voicesopinions at meetings. People listen to what she has to say asthough it were something worthwhile. She is proud tha t she hasthe ability to do something in

this|world. And teachers find thatshe does her work with improvingintelligence. Life has grown alitt le ijjcomplicated. Even everyday events seem different somehow. Life is no longer the simplegood time she knew it tojbe lastyear .

Another year passes i. . . workhas grown in the ^present and haspiled up for the future until itseems she has not gained manyridges in this never to be surmounted mountain of knowledge.The end of school days is not sofar away as it used to be. Thethought has entered her head:what am I going to do with mylife ? Istill

TheymostParties , dances, and teas

provide a pleasant pastime.are no longer, however, theimportant events of the year .School work goes better; in fact,sh e .finds that she really enjoysdoing her work. She sees wheremany times she has lost opportunities by harboring foolish fanciesin earlier years. She begins to acquire a maturer look. Clothes arenot quite so imp ortan t and shechooses more subdued shades fthanformerly . Ano ther girl has beenlost to womanhood; but the woma n ! brings u s e v e n more pleasurethan the gir l , more serenity inher truer understanding^ of, in hergrea ter n earness t o, the well-springs and sober realities of life.Another year . A She has nowattained her goal of four yearswork. This accomplishment is notaccompanied by the giddy joy shehad anticip ated four years ago.There has come, instead, a deep-seated pleasure gained fromachievement of her aim. And theresult is happiness, deep and lasting, not the impulsive joy of girlhood. She is now a woman who,in the I battles of life, can call toher defense the weapons oflearning.She is just a little bit sad at thethou ght of leaving the joyoustimes and gaiety 3 of school days.Her eyes are suspiciously moistas she glances over her shouldersat the school-years rapidly re

treating into the fmist of theyear s beyond recall. The t schoolbell will no longer ring for her.The school room duties haveended. And now graduation * *And af ter that: the world! fWe leave our friend hoping s n ewill know the best of life Always.Iva Krwder, '35

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MAY.I1935 THE MERCIAD Page 3CACK LINGS FROM THEI ROOST

Now that lenten season hascome and gone, the girls may oncemore indulge |i n the luxuries ofwhich they so 9nobly deprivedthemselves during the pas t sixweeks. We will be mighty glad towelcome them back to the Roost.We Shave noticed of late that theRoost is becoming more and morepopular3 with the "day-hops." Although contract bridge play isnearing perfection, mice do not addto enthusiasm for the ga me northe ability to enjoy it. Maybe theRoosters would appreciate the absence of "practical jokers" in thatregard. However, the little animals seemed to bring luck, forthree grand slams were made infour hands that afternoon.What happened to the broomthat belonged in the Roost? Withthe sand storms that raged in theEast, maybe the girls had tosweep ajjpath to school one night.Eleven girls, the same evening,discovered there was strength inunity. "Together we stand," be came their theme.Puns are losing ground, butknitting and crocheting | are still

a ll the rage. Pittsburgh did "soot"quite a few girls fine a few weeksago. Apply to rooms 67 and 69 fordirections! into tha t c ity and themost efficient methods of changing a tire.| more days ti l l fvacation,soon we'll be at the station, backto civilization," but were we disconcerted to find out that we werenot the only ones who would beback to civilization when vacationcame! .* &W Ruth Eichenlaub, *36

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FACULTY NEW SDuring the past month, Sr . M.Philippa of the English Depart

ment spent a few days in Buffaloattending lectures at D'YouvilleCollege. She also spen t a||"weekend in Du Bois vis i t ing! BessieGreen.Dr. Michael J. Relihan of theEducation Department was amongthe Pittsburgh visitors of th emonth.Sr . Mary Esther , Head of theSecretarial Science Department,accompanied by seven repr esen tatives of the 0. G. A. Sorority, attended the Tri- Sta te Conventionfor Commercial Teachers in Pittsburgh, March|}29 and 30.Sr . M. Agatha of the Latin Department and|Sr.|Clotilda, Professor of | Mathematics, were weekend visitors in Buffalo.Rev. James^M. Powers, Head ofthe Philosophy Departm ent andChaplain of ^Mercyhurst, deliveredthe St. Patr ick's Day address a tSt . Ann's Parish celebration.Dr. Aloysl During, Head of theGerman Department, recentlymotored to Emlenton, Pennsylvania . Dr. During is an authority onecclesiastical art and wood carvings^ m | |Mr. John A. Donatellii of i th eEnglish .^Department, visited inPhiladelphia during the Easterholidays. 1MtojjRutb E. Whalen of theHome Economics D epartmentvisited at; her home in Peoria ,Illinois, and in Chicago. MMiss Gertrude .Forness, athleticinstructor, visited at the home ofher parents a t Edinboro, Penn-[WvanialMiss Mulcahey of the DramaDepartment visited a t the home ofh | parents in Pitchburg, Massa-Cftu^g * during the Easter recess.I J r~^* l fc Gerard Trageser, '38

sfLJI A H A B DB T T B I ^ TEA TIME CHATTER* ! * * & > . * t l H

Dear Alumnae:Once againthe last timegreetfyou with

MercyhurstlCollege1 H WAprilf 1935

a moment andown excitedgraduation vitat ions, the

- and fori almostthisigyear wea cheerful "hello"and with the hope that we can tellyou some interesting little happenings of those who are still here atMercyhurst and of those who havegone out before us. As for ourselves, you know tha t we arescarcely more than a month awayfrom graduation and that we areall agog over the prospect. Wemust take stil l another hurdle: thefinal exams. How happy and eventhe tenor of school life would beif it were^not disturbed by theseseasonal dust storms called exams!Yet they must be; and since theymust be, it would be foolish of usto allow th em to dampen ourhigh spirits and our anticipationsof graduation. Close your eyes for

think back to yourpreparations forthe frocks, the in-sun-lit June day,your first footstep in the worldand you will have pictured ourown thou ghts and our own busyactivity also. We, mere girls today,will be women in another month!Although we have looked forwardto this transition for four years,the imminent reality of i t comesto us with something of a shock;and yet we are glad, glad, because the growth of girlhood findsits fulfillment in | the bloom ofwomanhood. And you m ust behere'on graduation day to sharewith us the thr ill that willibe ou rown and the thr ill that was yourswhen you found your hands suddenly filled with a long beribboneddiploma.

Jus t the other day we w entthrough the traditional custom ofelecting our May Queen. J Itb rought Iback the memory of theday we first chose a May Queenat Mercyhurst. Do you rememberwho it was? Of course?you d o:Midge Hall, and she made a verylovely one, too. Another yearslipped by and we had the privilege of seeing Mary Irwin robedin a queenlyjgown of white . Notso far away was last May. Margaret Clark led the beautiful procession then as Mercyhurst 's MayQueen. Now tha t we have mentioned all of her predecessorsiweare quite sure that you will be interested Sin knowing our own MayQueen. Well, Bert McAllister will

SODALITY NEW SMercyhurst Sodality observedNational Vocation* Week duringthe last week of |March. I-Through

out^ the entire nation all Sodalitiescelebrated Vocation Week in someform or other. It was our privi-1lege to have as our guest speakers Mrs. B ertha Mahoney andSist er Mildred. Mrs. Mahoney, aformer school teacher and principal, now a member of the Erieschool board and the organizer ofmany Study Clubs, very capablydemonstra ted her f itness forspeaking to us on the subject of"The Catholic Woman $. in theProfessional World." Mrs. Mahoney emphasized jthe necessity ofpreparing through the College Sodality girls who could be leadersamong Catholic women. She impressed upon us the fact thatthough there are many good Catholic women in the world, there ishardly to be\found anywhere onewho will come to the front andexpress her views when there is

be the one who crowned the Virgin Mary 1 in 11935. And we I ar equite|sure|thatIthose of you whoknow her approves of our choiceas much as we do. B^BSj^BBIHB Two I weeks ago, six of the J secretarial students had the privilegeof attendingBat Tri-State {Commercial Conventionfin Pittsburgh.Those of us who were in the partyhad an insight into|what many ofour a lumn ae] are I doing l in {theteaching field.lit was eye-openingto * seel the* national] championshorthand writer take dic ta tion a ttwo hundred words per minute andtranscribe at ninety three.JAn-other| young 1 girl |who? holds thetitle of champion typist for 1934typed the unusual rate |of onehundred and ten words per minute.It is quite|likely|that| MargaretClark has such ambitions for someof her| students. Last ^week-endshe entered one of her pupils in acontest in OilfCity, Pa. KnowingMargaret as we do, we don ' tthink| she will have much difficulty making champions of someof her proteges.We offer congratulations to Mr.and Mrs. Roland (Ruth Wilbert)on the arr ival Iof Roberta Ann,their delightful little daughter; toBetty Danahey who is to becomeMrs. Arthur Connelly onIApril 24;to our friend Nan O'Brien who hasventured into the business worldin Pittsburgh.

This month's Easter recess isour last vacation. It seems hardlypossible that four years of college have gone by and that we arenow on the top sta ir . And thethought that we are a t the top issomewhat frightening for we ^real ize that we must now* star t onceagain from the bottom to work ourway once more to another height.Just to-day we received an invitation from the Juniors to a ttendwhat we know will be a delightfuldinner party. It seems only yesterday tha t we were writing asimilar invitation asking you to beour guests. Many of you who werehere in Mercyhurst when we wereunderclassmen? jjmust rememberthe dinner par ty. We hopejthatthis year the Juniors will be entertaining a class which will haveas much to show in the way ofsuccess in the years to come as theother Mercy hurst classes whichhave preceded us. For we areproud of you, dear Alumnae, reallyproud of you whose success has

needed ta Catholic woman-j to backa project which may conflict withpublic opinion.

"Prepare yourselves for leadership" has been preached to us so-dalists ever since we became members of the sodality; yet I can remember |no talk which so impressed us with the necessity ofbeing leaders as Mrs. Mahoney'sinspiring and enthusiastic speech.Then Sister Mildred spoke tothe Sodalists about the religiouslife.i| Sister Mildred has been apostulant in the Mercy order sincela s t September,* Consequently thememories of her days in the worldwere still close and fresh enoughto enable her to contrast delightfully the happiness, joys, sorrows,and sacrifices of life in the worldand life inlreligion. By the timeSister Mildred had finished speaking, the Sodalists were transportedfrom worldly! to heavenly considerations andf had been supplied withenough food for thought to lastfor many a day.m J KayfEgan, '85

made you our inspiration. One hasonly to think of the different walksof life which eachlof youl'has en tered to understand why you havebecome an inspiration to the students of Alma i Mater. When wethink of youjquickly as a group,it icomes to mind that among ourAlumnae there are nuns, mothers,teachers, government workers, social wo rkers ,! dieticians, secretaries, a | lawyer-to-be in VirginiaRenz, an M. D. in our own NancyStackhouse if present aspirationscome true, and many others whoseprofessions are too numerous tomention. And in a few weeks another class of Mercyhurst will helpto swell your ranks and will, wehope, share success with you.

One of the outstanding words inour English vocabulary is cooperation because it signifies so muchevery time it is used, because it issuch an indispensable factor inthe accomplishment of anythi ngworthwhile. Such a spectacle as theEmpire State Building, rising toits towering height in the clouds,would have been impossible without cooperation. B ecause of cooperation we have the slogan"Watch the FordsiG o By;" because of cooperation, over one million of the best known cars in theworld have been put on the market.If the United States should returnagain to economic prosperity, theimprovement will be the result notof the work of one man but of thecooperation of many. Mercyhurstis now eight years old. In Mercy-hurst 's case a lso, what she is today is the result* of cooperation.And you may depend upon it thatwhat she will be in the future willbe thet result of cooperation: co-

*operation of the faculty, studentbody, and THE ALUMNAE. You,too, dear Alumnae, though you aremanySmiles away from?Alma Ma ter , assist greatly in her | growth.Your cooperation in a, thousanddifferent ways has assisted Mercyhurst in the past; and we are confident that it will continue to doso in the future.

We regret that we will have theopportunity of writing you onlyone more letter before this columnwill be closed to the class of 1935.Until next month, then, we bid youadieu. 5Sincerely yours,In the spir it of AlmaJMater,Class of '35Jane Conner

SENIOR GLIMPSES(Continued from Page 1)Shoreman, April 29. We're surelylooking forward to it . . .^Ask"I tzy" Myer and Marion Summers if they like peanuts land ifthey are par ticular where theythrow the shucks . . . Did youknow that Evelyn Donahue wasthe first senior to sign her contract for the coming year? Congratula tions, EvelynBy the way,what happened to the job up nearRochester, didn't Clarence like theidea? . . . Helen Crowleylhas tw o

little brothersyou'd ever want to meetthey likethe gir ls tooItzy Myer canvouch for tha t | |. "Kay" Eganhad rather a difficult 'time deciding how she was going home Easter. Judging from the good-looking clothes she has I see she madeit okay . . . "B ert" McAllister isour May Queenher attendantsare "Kay" Egan, Laura LaCavera ,Pat Dean, K ay |Har ring ton andJane Conner . . . Have you noticed Iva Kreider's new hair-dress ?

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The appearance of week endbags and other travelin g equip-made us!perk up to thevacation is dangerouslyhand. We don't believe"ohs" and "ahs" havebeen so great ever as when MargeAlge appeared, exhibiting ^herbeautifully sculptured head hertresses certainly are unique.Measles seem to effect Sully verylittle, she came back to us justas peppy and vivacious as ever.Mary Ciaiola's vision mus t havebecome slightly enlarged so manynights ago: i t seems that she mistook a car for a trainWe didn' tknow tha t Symposiums effectedpeople tha t way. Between PennState and Union} College, one ofour Sophomores seems to be having an exciting time, while anotherone is no less interested in NotreDame. Some of the Sophomoreshave gone in for dramatics in abi g wayPerhaps some day suchnames as Mooney, Griffin andothers will be as popular asCrawford, Hepburn and the rest ofour movie folks today. Ju st atpresent we Sophomores are cautiously guarding our J cup, andhoping|that we* shall be- triumphant in more song contests. Oneof our third-floor Sophomores hasus worried, she threatens to spendall \Easter Sunday munchingcandyall we hope is that she hasno ill effects. Things easilyimagined Eleanor O'Mahoneyas some one's very correct and reserved secretaryMarjorie St .Lawrence busily engaged in somelaboratory!Mary Therese Mahoney a very precise dietitian, allowin g someone this and denyingsomeone that.Pauline Urich asa well reputed brain specialist. Itbehooves one not to enter AliceLyman's room in the dark, theclick of her mouse trap will be atoo late warning. We wonder whatlittle incident it was that affordedsome amus ement at one of theSophomores tables one nightitseems to have had a ra ther"waxy" cause. Since our last English class, it hasgcome to the surface that the Sophomores are towrite articles of different content.Perha ps they will all soon be"Merciad Helpers."

Inez Bellotti, 37becoming, isn ' t i t? . . . Ju st incase you don't know: "Dot" Myerand Mercedes Eisengart are twoof the most obliging gir ls a t Mercyhurst , . . Margaret Mullaney'swavy |locks seem to Ibe a subjectof discussion among the unde rclassmen . . . The girls in thecommercial law class are so | interested in the course that they'rehaving daily classes nowyoushould hear them rave about "it ". . . Ann McGrath and Fath erPowers a lways seem to disagreeon thegmatter discussed inr: Apologetics c lass. I t ' s really interestingwhen two brill iant people get- together . 1 . . Several students weremore than a littl e d isappointedwhen they couldn't hear "LittleJack Little" on April 28the hoyshad their t ickets bought two weeksin advance so from all reports thegir ls aren't I expecting to * receiveany more bids . . .Ask the seniorsof the 0. G. A. if they can tellyou anything about the efficiencyof certain mem bers of the CityCouncilespecially in putting onspare tires . . . Mercedes Eisengart was the guest of Helen Crowley at Ellwood City recently . . .Well, just one more issue of theMerciad and we'll be saying farewell and so, so long until nexttime.

Pat McAllister , '85

8/6/2019 The Merciad, May 1935

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T H E PRACTICE HOUSE INIHRETROSPECTThose who should know claimwe must abstract ourselves fromour subject and gaze at it dispassionately if we wish to write intelligently about it. It's hard to doso withjthe subject I'm writingp.bout because, as >soon as I startthinking about Sit, I'm right backthere in the chaos t hat meanspractice housing. Itfwas an eternal scramble from a quarter toseven until the practicers floppedinto bed.lThe sheep were {[dividedfrom the goats as follows: Susanand Ruth in the rear, Betty andAlice in the front room. The facttha t the bedrooms were immediately adjacent t o | each otheradded greatly to the social life atnight, particularly on that Fridaynight when the girls from townwere up. Nobody felt? sleepy sosomeone suggested bridge with theresult that at 1:00 A. M. Susanand Ruth donned robes and parkedon Alice's bed and played withMickey and Alice while Bettyranted and Miss Whalen sleptblissfully on.

The sheep and the goats tookalternate weeks in getting upmornings and getting the breakfast. What happiness to be ableto lie abed in that heavenly semiconscious state, knowing that someindustrious soul, other than yourself was preparing toast and cocoa! But what stark reality whenyou had to do the getting up yourself! |

Our experimental cookery probably contributed the most amusement during the six weeks. Bettyand Alice spent all afternoon turning the ice cream freezer thefirst time they made ice cream.They both had sore arms andstomachs for a couple of days.Their trouble was that they didn'tput the paddle in to stir the icecream. We didn't learn about thisuntil the next time ice cream wasmadebut when we did.!.!.!Memorable moments in cooking:the lemon ice that was practicallylemonade; the -potato croquettesthat were nothing but emptyshells (and the look on Betty'sface) j the search for more chickenand waffles when, to the unmitigated embarrass ment of Miss

A Whalen,|there weren't any morethe terrible noise during the quietmoments of a certain dinner, whichturned out to be the upsetting ofof the kitchen-table drawer; Ruth'sexploits in g ather ing ham andsquash from the floor; Alice'sfamous baked beans.We all have|our certain distinct ions: Alice has the reputation ofbeing the only person in the history of the house who was able tokeep our pesiferous stove^going

overt night, (she did it only once,however.) It is admitted that Bettyand Miss Whalen can sleepthrough anything and everything.Susan, besides being a meticuloushouse cleaner, is the only one ableto turn off those ceiling lights inthe bedroom and the living room.Ruth is noted for taking the longest time to wash the dishes (because Susan soiled so many) andthe shortest time to eat (rivaledby Alice).H The Sisters Patricia and Annun-ciata bore with us nobly. I neverwill forget the night when Sr.Patricia gave us nothing but spinach (a 27c meal) when we wereon the verge of starvat ion, norhow Mother Borgia took pity onus(but that's supposed to be asecre t) .

On the whole, our six weekswere just one funny thing afteranother interspersed , of course,with some tragedie s as for in

stance, the I time when the Ifuseburned out while a very particularguest was visiting and we gropedblindly fin I the I dark! for? longminutes; or the t t ime when webroke the J dishes and I did 1 someworrying about their replacement;or the Itime when the I ice creamwas ready to freeze and there wasno salt in the house. j ^ ^ ^ ^ B ^ f l BSpeaking in I all K seriousness Ibelieve the pract ice] house ! didthose of us in the secondlgroup agreat deal of good inj the1sensethat it -taught those of us who arenot accustomed!to live outside ofour own homes to give and take.There were many times when allof us were irritated but we keptourselves under 3 control with theresult that the serenity of I ourhouse was undisturbed. Sj|S ffljjnB

We did a great deal of entertaining; more than most of uswere accustomed to, and our"hostess and guest" manners Ihope, have fimproved. Even so Ican't help wondering if Alice stilleats the salad on her right?All of us were very sorry, indeed, to see our six weeks cometo anlend. Once again we are adjusting ourselves to living conditions, ithis time Iat home. I stillcan't quite accustom myself to'thesilence.In conclusion, may I say that wepractice housers want to pay aglowing tribut e to our guidinglightMiss Whalen, so tolerant, sosympathetic, so cheerful. It was areal pleasure to have the opportunity of knowing her so intimately.We hope our successors will derive as much joy and absorb asmuch experience! under her guidance as we did.So long, pract ice house, anddon't |feel too lonesome,there'llsoon be another mob coming.Ruth Mae Headley, '36

CLUB NEWSSenior Members ofu the O. G.jA^ ^ ^ B Attend I Convent ion f!Ng*8?tf

: - o - :AI SEARCHOnce, so long agoI caught a glimpse of perfectness.My eyes, filled with the dust ofdreams and star s, Saw|beauty# and then were shut.Now, Jin blindness ,I search and grope.I shalljbe unsatisfiedUntil I see again. ?

Martha Myer, '35: - o - :

PIED-PIPER MOONNight yields unto deep hoursBeckoning from their ghostlytombMy memories, small wraiths ofhappinessThat haunt, in gleejmy silentroom.Traveling Day has carried offIn bag of western twlight greyRealities, ugly, crude, grotesque,Then Shadow-Selves creep out toplay;Sun M inutest countenance themnot,These ghosts returned fromyesterday;Sun Minutes urge "There's workto do." IPied-Piper Moon scoffs, "Come

away ttElfin shapes of-memoriesLightly dance the star-hoursthroughSkipping on their spirit feetTill dawn shall chase the midnightblue.Night yields jjunto deep hours,The tiny train of ghosts I wait,Ghosts of things that someone did,Tonite, will they be late?J Martha Myer, '35

a OnjThursday afternoon,April3, the Missess Martha Myer, Margaret-Dean. J BettyfBanner, I JaneConner, I Marionl Summers, 1 andLeona 1 McAllister I journeyed I toPittsburgh! to spend the weekend.OnSFridayl|the I girls ? observedclasses in the j Commercial! Department ofJSchenley High School.Saturday] w a s ! spent at the {convention of the Tri-State, Commercial IEducation Association whichwas held at I the | Frick TrainingSchool. After the convention^program thejgirls were guests at theTri State banquet heldf at Webster Hall. Shopping and sight-seeing in -the "smoky? city" broughtthe day to a happy close. Whilein the city thejgirls were guestsof Mr. and Mrs. Eichenlaub, MissJeannette Huges, and Mr. andMrs. Chlebus.

The two dramatic clubs havebeen christened: the upperclass-men have called their' s the" Ja nus" ; the Freshmen havecalled their's the "Amard" (dramabackwards to you.)The Janus Club hasfmet faithfully each! Wednesday night. OnWednesday, April 3, the club hada Ibrief business meeting. It wasdecided that thea Silver Tea inInvitations haveall classes. Janetha I McAllister

club would givethe near future,been issued toConner and Ber-wil I pour. ThePresiden t! appointed the followingCommittees: ^Refreshments: RuthHeadley, chairman, with MargeryPotter, Susan Neiner, Betty Taylor, and Edie Lo Grasso as assistants . Publicity: Winifred O'Dell,chairman, with Anne Weiner andFrancoise Riblet. A rrange ments :B er ha McAllister.

Plans are under way for theproduction of a three-act play,"Mignonette." Committees for theproduction! are: Property Manager: Anne Weiner, assisted} byMargery Potter,Inez Bellotti, andFrancoise Riblet; ticket-manager:Ruth Headley, assisted by EleanorO'Mahoney, Mary Ciaiolo, andJane Conner. No date has been setas yet.The Amard Club, too, has beenhaving its regular weekly meetings . On Wednesday, April 10, at4:80 p. m. it held a bridge-tea,under the direction of Joan Brown.Everyone had a fine time, I havebeen told, and Rita Maley camethrough to win first prize.We're sorry to say tha t theother clubs have not had recentmeetings; and, since all club business must be finished in t hemonth of April, it is unlikely thatI shall be seeing you again. Aurevoir.

I Ruth Mae Headley, '36:-o-:ALUMNAE NEWSRegis O'Leary, '80-'34, a student dietition at Jefferson Hospital,

Philadelphia, has proved to usthat her four glorious, but studious, years at Mercyhurst havenot been in vain. Regis submittedsix menus to the Hospital Board.All six were accepted. This is thefirst time in the history of thehospital that all' six menus havebeen approved from a studentdietition. There usually havebeen not more than two accepted.We are proud of you, Regis!

I heard that Helen Waldinger,'29-'32, has journeyed to Floridafor the remainder of the wintermonths. We all envy her in thewarm weather, but it won't belong until the balmy spring breezes arrive here for a lengthy stay.Rose Mary Galbo, '27-'31, a

teacher of English at thefUniversity of Milan, Italy, is returningto Erie in the Fall. Incidentally,she is brushing up on her Italianwhile in Italy.f Mary Woods, '28-'32, is now aLatin teacher at the North EastHigh School, North East, Pennsylvania. | |*|p IU Julia*Belle Gallup, '30-34, andCarmelita Gill, '30-'34, displayeda strong desire to visit their AlmaMater once again, for they werethe first to arrive here for Alumnae Week-end and the very lastto leave thefschool. It speakswell for their lasting school spirit.Grace Rechiche, '28-'32, is stillteaching Physics in St. Joseph'sSchool, Oil City, Pennsylvania.Grace was most fortunate in being selected to teach* the subjectfor which s h e | has such a strongliking.Weddingfbells soon will be ringing for Evelyn Jacobson, '26-'30,and also for Mary Danahy, '29-'3S\Mary announced! her engagementChristmas Day. That same nightshe called Mother Borgia, so thatthe Sisters might learn of the gladtidings immediately.The faculty and students wouldappreciate hearing from thoseAlumnae who have not reportedtheir whereabouts for some time.Those especially called]to my attention are : Regina Keck, '29-30,Margaret Harri s, '29-'30, MaryBuck, '27-'31, Alice Lyons, '28-'32,and ElizabethlLippart, '29-'33.Miss Helen Waldinger, '29-'32recently returned from a most interesting motorstrip through Florida. She says that she had a wonderful time and hated dreadfullycoming home to this very cold anddisagreeable weather. She touredthe high spots of Florida, stoppingfor a while at Miami.Someone whispered in my earthat there is going to be a birthday par ty for the Merciad. AllAlumnae who were on the staff inyears gone by are to be invited.It is going to be in the near futureand will be another one of thegatherings held at the Roost.Susan Neiner, '36.

AIFRESHMAN'S DIARY

: - o - :EXCHANGE COLUMN

In St. Mary's$Collegian we havediscovered a column!called "TheInquirer." Each week one questionis formulated, is stated, andanswers are then set forth byseveral members of the studentbody. The questions are not confined to studen t activities alonebut range through a variety ofsubjects and choose for discussionwhatever seems most opportuneand most perplexing. It isjan entertaining column; andjinstructiveas well. It is edifying to knowthat there are schools where thestudents are willing to think aloudfor the benefit of their fellow-members.Holy Cross students have theirtrials of a Saturday morning. It'sa very consoling thought to thoseof us who have tried so hard somany, many S aturday morningsto catch those elusive "40 winks"to find that others have difficulties greater >than ours. Would youlike to be wakened at some ghostly hour by the sour notes of abugle in the hands of a tremulousamateur? If anyone takes me upon this idea, I'm sunk!

It has been suggested that a financial repor t of all danees beincluded in t he columns of t heNotre Dame Scholastic. Does thatidea appeal to you as a system tobe employed here?In 'Olivia' we note a skillfullyblended mixture of fact and fancy,intellectual and social pleasures;and all well done.

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m March 21 Weeks of work . 1days of fussing . . . result? Thesong contest . . . Congratulationsto the Sophomores . . . their bedroom scene wasn't so sleepy afterall . . . anyhow, they carried offthe trophy . ..g. Everyone workedhard . . . many compliments over-heardyfor the Junior song, and asfor the Senior offering, we're.all{humming {tha t now!!! Whatabout the Freshmen? Wellheard someone say thattime we want the auditoriumthose Freshmen have it!"March 23 Speaking of noisedid youlhear the soulful renditionof popular songs pouring from . Hno , not station X Y Z . .1 , butthe transom of a second! floorroom ton ight ? . . . Maybe Freshmen can't be blamed for all thenoise, but we certain ly do ourshare! !March 24 Want to hear a "cute"sto ry? . . . Ask Toots to tell youof her Bucking ^Broncho experience . . . it's better than a motion pictureand it's given withgestures, too . . . (very& stiff andsore ones, thou gh) . . . Lee alsowas feeling rather, shall we say,"inclined to st and ?" |March 31 Mercyhurst turned outin a body to attend the Symposiumat t he Villa ton ight , and were weproud of our Kay . . .Who knows,maybe we'll be Seniors some daywith one of our number amongthose Ipresent . . .on the platform.April 2 Birthday greetings toMardie . . . ask her where she gotthe ducky braclet . . . with "N.D. " on it(short for North Dakota,[of course! . . . (?) . . .April 3 Well, what' s this ? . . .our measley little band of exilesreturning to our midst? . . .We'reas glad to see you back as youare to get backeven though youdid have v a nice res t and . ...Mary, Molly, and Frances upheldthe honor of the Freshman classin the finals, but the Sophomoresweren't far behind. . . were they,Sully? S | I

April 6 Late st news flashesfrom station P-I-T-T . . . Mercyhurst reported in the lead . . .Legal phrases fly to the winds aseager students meet in Constitutional Convention. . .Among thosepresent' were Freshmen MarieO'Malley and Betty Jane Epp. April 8 Heard in the hallwayfv. . . "Well, I'm certain ly gladthis is the week of those debates,aren't you? Maybe those Freshmen will stop "Issue-ing" fromevery side when they'r e over. AUI've heard from them lately is"Bonus Bill . . . Poverty is . . .Government control of . . ." Maybe you upper classmen don't thinkwe're going to be gladito think ofsomething else for awhile, too!

April 11 This .vacation spirithas permeated the faculty, too. . . or what explanation wouldyou give if you saw one of itsvery dignified members sitting onthe Library floor?fApril 12 We're going, We're going, J We're gone . . . Spring vacation has come at last . . . you cantell it's spring by the fact thatfour of our girl s canvassed thetown for strawberry shortcake!. . . and we mean canvassed, too. . . they didn't fool.Edith Regan, '88Another! addition! to our columnis the D'Youville Magazine. Herealso'is a magazine devoted moreto the lintellectual f than to thenews of the school. It is well executed throughout, entertaining andbroad in scope. It is distinctlyworthy of the thoughtful perusalof its pages by those who|are interested in college though*.& Anna McGrath, '35