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NE LAST FLING Is enjoyed by *56-'57 major officers, Kay King,jjRenner, and Julie (Kelly, before they settle

own to their new respon sibilities.

Officers Ready

or Busy Year! A h e a dAfter a week of nominations and voting, the results are in and the

for 1956-57 are announ ced. i % fPresidency of the Student Council will be in the hands of Julia

lly of Stantion, Ken tucky , p resen t jun ior class presiden t. A hom eomics major,;Julie served as treasurer of her major club in her

homore year and ha s tak en an active p art in YC S, Sodality, Athle Association, and Glee Club.

DSO Election^

Name OfficersKeeping in j tune with Mercy-

hurst 's election season, membersof Delta Sigma Omicron £haveelected their officers for next year.

Mary Bacon, a sociologyhistory major fro m Ni ag ara

ls. Mary was p resid ent of th eduring her sophomore year

this year served as Mistress of

pe of interest inclu des GleeDramtics Club, and

ology Se mi na r.

King, n e w l y electededitor, has been assist

editor of the newspaper and a

mber of the Press Clu b. He rin the Lake Shore Visitor-

is another in

English major from Dun kirk,York, Kay's interests go be

d journalism to t he Dr am atic sb, French Club, an d h er ma jor. She is also a m em ber of th e

section of the Sodality.

Renner, editor-in-* of the PRAETERITA, h a sn closely associated with/the

since her freshman days.student from Harborcreek

an English major, Connievariety of interests includesh Club.jIRC, and the Dra

Club. She is now a member

the Student-Faculty Board.nle was instrumental in the

o f D d t a Qi&n * Omi-served as the club's first

Gets

Ratingh Ail-American rating, which

" di sti nc tl y s u p e r i o rm e n t / ' h a s ' b e e n

awardedf i r s t s e m e s t e r issues of the

b y t h e Associated Col-i P r eS 8 , T h i s i s t h e second

cr t t h e h i s t o r y •of the ' -newi-t s u c n an award has beento it. fieles w r l t t*n in fine Jour-

•tyle," and "Attractivethrou

&hout," were two ofjT^ttnients paid to the papero L ?*

rl Rossini, ACP Judge

H t e d fc he 1 9 5 5issues. In

«J visions, they were given

t ST*"r a t i n

g . the highestr eC e i ved

'e alght school publi-

10 receive the All-Amer-e top score of 1600 points

Mary Donatell i , a sophomoreelementary education'major, hasbeen chosen president. Besides herinterest in?DSO, Mary is^ activein Elementary Education Seminar,Great Books, and Olee Club. :-9

Vice | President Pat Kuharskyis a junior biology major fromOirard who is also a j; member ofScience Seminar. g

Emma Jean Newby will be taking the DSO m inutes. An* Englishmajor, Emmapean belongs to hermajor club and also to SociologySeminar . Ip i

Another elementary educationmajor, Anna Marie Bergan, is thenewly elected treasurer. Anna isa member of her major club andof Olee Club.

WinningTeam

To Show

n o r s ' the J Merciad went

The winning team of the "DearBrutus" t icket sell ing campaignwill take advantage of its award ofa night at the Erie Playhouse onTuesday, May'15. Captain of thewinning team was Lois Whelanwho. with her all senior team, sold102 tickets for the play.

That evening will mark theopening night of the year's lastPlayhouse production, f

Youn*

Man's Fancy." The play, a light

comedy, deals with the businessand romantic problems of a youngbrother and sister who use theirsavings to open a summer campfor boys and girls. \

The comedy is provided in theantics of a young camper, theinevitable, intellectual, spoiled"poor little rich boy" who continually presents some problem tothe other members of the camp.The romantic element appearswhen the male owner falls inlove with a young counsellor.

Mmyhurst College Librae

Brie* Pennsylvania

^UieM E R C I A DVOL. XXV, NO. 7 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, ERIE, PENNA . May 8, 1956

Prom Plans Presidents Give Gavels

Under Way To New Class Leaders1•

Waltzing to the strains of

"Moonglow," the Juniors will hold

their annual Junior Prom on Sat

urday, June 2. The Lawrence Ho

tel? Balkoomfwill be the scene of

the formal dance, which will take

place from 9 to 1. Neil Charles

and his orchestra will provide the

music.

The dance is under the chair

manship of Julia Kelly, JuniorClass President. Joan Csernyickywas in charge of engaging the orchestra, while Kay Haider con

tracted for the ballroom. Jo anCoyle is chairman of the t icketcommittee. This committee announces that this year the t icketswill be in the form of formal invitations, with acceptance cards.The chaperone comm ittee is underthe direction of Noel Jaeger, whileMarge Karaffa and her committeeare taking care of jthe programs.To Dorothea Morell's committeegoes the job of publicizing thedance. Joanne Huggler and committee are in charge of buyingthe favors for the Senior Class.

Sodality T^ecefittoK.,,

% Sodality Reception for this

year's fourteen incoming Sodalists

will be held on Wednesday even

ing, May 9, in the college chapel.

The , reception^ will be followed by

Benediction of the Blessed Sac

rament . Kn^Fr

New Addition

Little Theater

Turns Hi-FiDuring the early part of April,

a complete amplifying system wasdesigned and installed in the Little Theater by Mr. Carlton Hammeof Erie's? Ham me jRecording Service.

The new installat ion, made p ossible with the proceeds of "DearBrutus," is of excellent qualityand makes possible the finest inartistic performance. It gives highfidelity reproduction to voice,phon ograph, or {tape, cues in amusical background accurately,and changes instantaneously fromphonograph to microphone totape .

Representing the finest work-

manship, it centralizes all controlin one compact location, simplifiesattaching a m icrophone and makespossible the highest quality loud

speakers.

The Glee Club concert was thefirst real opportunity to show offthe new addition to the LittleTheater. It ; will also be used togreat advantage in the Seminaryplay, Class Day and Lantern Nightperformances, and in music appreciation and drama classes.

This year's class presidents will soon hand their offices over to

their 1956-'57 successors.Next year's senior class will have Joann Csernyicky as its leader.

An Erieite, Joann is a home economics major who, besides being amember of her major club, has been corresponding and recording secretary for Kappa Omicron Pi, national honorary home ec fraternity. Sheis also a member of the Press Club and of the editorial staff of theMerciad, and has served as treasurer and secretary of the student coun-cil for the past two years.

Ann Johnson will be president ofthe Junior class. Also a home economics major, Ann is from Buffalo. Her varied activities includethe Home Ec Club, of which shehas been treasurer this year. YCS,and the Athletic Association.

The sophomores have f chosenEleanor Cavanaugh as their president.! Johnstown, Pa., is Ellie'shome town. She is majoringin chemistry\ and is a member ofher major club. Active in YCS,Ellie has served this year as chairm an af the freshman cell andis also a member j of the AthleticAssociation.

Plans Altered

For '5 6 PartyThe annual school party honor

ing the'senior class willrbe held

this year on May-̂ 8 at the PussyWillow Tea Room. I L

Noted Historian

To Be Speaker

For GraduationNoted lecturer and professor ofhistory, Tlbor Kerekes, Doctor ofHum ane Letters, will speak, atMercyhurst's 1956 commencementexercises on June 5.

After being decorated for hisservice in World War I, Europeanborn Dr.| Kerekes was appointedto the tutorial staff of the Houseof Rahija. He then came to theUnited States and has been amember of the faculty of George-town University for several years.Dr. Kerekes' investigation of theinroads of communism In Europehas been of great value to thecommittees- of Congress; *

i »

ean ForeseesMercyhurst's enrollment is too

large to accommodate the'junior,sophomore, and freshman residents plus the entirefsenior classin the provided dining hall, as hasbeen done in the past.* Ratherthan | discontinue this tribu te tothe graduating class, it has beendecided that the dinner will beserved at the Tea Room on EastLake Road. VIBF

In addition to the members ofthe senior class, the event will beattended by two representativesselected from the junior, sophomore, and freshman classes.

Great IncreaseAn interview with Mother Borgia

ha s revealedithe fact that*therewill be an increase of 25 percentin the school enrollment for 1956-

'57. $£ M; WIn spite of the enlargement of

the student body, Mother .Borgiaha s said I tha t fthere will be nofurther building expansion fornext year. McAuley Hall will re main ajpart of the tcampus, butno immediate plans are beingmade j for any further dormitoryadditions.

"HERE'S HOW IT WORKS/' says Mr.;Carlton Hamme to Patsy

Klein as he explains to her the intricacies of the Little Theater's

new sound system*

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P a g e T w o T H E M E R C I A t>

Jls We See3tYour Edi tors Congratulate s. . • f

t he major and class officers for 1956-7.seniors who have obtained jobs for the n e x t

year. V #$ ft as tudent s who have their summer jobs l ined

up. j . i f |!medical technologist jun iors who have been

accepted at the hospi tal for thei r internship, t i I I i I

the newly engaged and pinned students andalumnae. $

last, but by no means least , themselves, forreceiving an All-American honor r a t i ngon last semester's Merciads.

Your Edi tor s Thank . . . $the administ rat ion, for the installation of

the excellent new sound system in the

Lit t le Theater . |t he admini s t r a ti on , for the freshly painted

classrooms.

* •our Edi tors Recommend •d that seniors use the dr iveway ratherfthan

the lawn on the l as t leg of thei r journeyfrom McAuley. \ j % 11

that students take not ice of the excellentselection of books in the bookstore.

t ha t more a t t en t ion be paid to the condition

of the lounge. \ |. |t ha t s t udent s keep in mind the need for"si lent speed" in the cafeteria line. *

Your Edi tors Offer Condolencesto the r es ident s of McAuley Hal l on the loss

of thei r fine-feathered fr iend, El Tankito the seniors who have not yet obtained1 j obs . t

• «

entd

Only one solution is needed to resolve th efol lowing |complaints heard frequent ly Jonc a m p u s : | * *s

Disturbed sleep on fi rst floor residence after Mass. I i | I I

^Disturbed naps on all residence floors durin g afternoon hour s . & I

Dist r ac t ed pr ayer s in chapel , via the as-semblp room and chapel corr idor .

Confusion in college nail between classes.Dist ract ing study tables in the l ibrary.Discordance in the dining room, par t icular

ly at the evening meal . *Mass confusion in the mail room, most no

table at 10:15 AJVUand 6:45 P.M.In answer to the problems: "Her voice was

ever soft and gent le, as excel lent thin g in wom a n . " I i L

A nd to these problemsDisrespect for speaker s in jassemblies.

.Disrespect for profesor, especially in thelarger classes. • ;

Disregard for the "Si lence-On Your Honor"sign in the cafeter ia l i n e . !

t h i s solut ion: "Silence is golden."

To ALL Student Council Members—Wednesday, May 9 at 11:10 voting: on amendmentto constitution concerning: NFCCS senior delegateacting as coordinator of clubs. To be passed orrejected, EVERYONE MUST BE PRESENT.

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Animosi ty and H a t e

Still TheW orld Goes RoundTemple fires roar in the long night, as confused worshippers slow

ly file past th e sacrificial victim. The confusion is a result of t h e r e versal of t h e ceremony. Usually t h e fire is placed! before t h e idol, bu tthis time t h e fire is consuming t h e idol. Low voices a r e murmuring achorus of "Joe, Joe, Joe" while a loud voice in t h e distance chants th everse: "but Stalin belonged to the cult of t h e individual, a n d t h e individual does not exist." i

I Outside t h e temple c a n be seentwo s m a l l boys , Bulganin an dKhrushchev, running towards it sentrance. They probably will telltheir mothers about the big badEnglishmen who sa y nasty thingsto them. They might even returnthe insult by teUing the world thattheir water guns c a n rain enoughwater to outdo Noah's flood an yday.

I Fires ar e burning in othertemples, bu t these mourners ar emurmuring, " t h e poor donkeys ,the poor donkeys." T h e fuel, theveto of t h e Farm. Bill, is beingused for t h e sacrifice of principlefor politics. Some sadistic donkeyfaces a re saying that now all thefarmers will despise the elephants,

who, unruffled by the bombast, areraising their triumphal trunks.The principled donkeys ar e stillsaying however, "but a bad bill isbetter than inone ." Th e farmersare wearing black Instead of theirusual white diamond cuff links,for this is truly the funeral of t h eyear.

Waking Thought"O Jesus, through the Immacu

late Heart of Mary, I offer Y outhis day all my prayers, works,joys a n d sufferings . . ."

From the moment I awake eachmorning until I drop into bed atnight, dear Lord, I want to giveYou my all . . . I come to Y outhrough Your dearest belovedMother . . . who always patientlyand kindly listens to my everyplea;, and whim . . . who appealsto Y ou for me with he r compassionate heart . . . my hope, myhelp, my model ... .

My prayers I give tot You . . .help me to be more selfless . . .

I offer m y works . .^. le t thembe worthy of You*. . . help m e toimprove my work habits . . . makeme more prudent with the use ofmy time . . .

Le t me share th e Joys of eachday with You, sweet Jesus . . •an d by sharing them with Youeven th e smallest happiness willbecome as a glorious sunset . . .

My sufferings I want to give toYou . . . that every small hurdleof my life may become a moreperfect sacrifice for Y ou . . .

My small gifts are incomparable to those I receive from |Youeach second dear Lord . .. . M a yI be sincere in my giving, an dremain forever j humble—not al

ways demanding a favor in return . . .

ou erneWi n a free t r ip! A complete to ur

is your for the naming! All youhave to do is 'write, in one wordor more, your suggestions fornames for the deck house.

No , th e prize is not a trip toBermuda, Florida, or Nassau, bu ta guided tour through th e sacredrecesses of the Deck House.

For those readers who are wondering whatfthe "deck" Ms, it isthat humble establishment nestledsnugly betweenthe back door ofthe residence hall a n d th e musichouse. I t is that abode where Mer-cyhurst's journalists gather toplan th e Merciad a n d th e "Prae-terita," and where said journalistsspend most of their time. Sinceit is known only as the "DeckHouse," your editors have decided

Waters of diplomacy are coolingthe mid-eastern blazes which h a da striking red color. The Egyptiansand Israelis have finally decidedto pu t away their dangerous toysfor the moment. Once again, in telligence has defeated "the onlymeans is by force" rule.

The only place in which fires oflove a n d not of hate burn a r e in

Cinderella Kelly's new home. Somecharitable journalists, however,are trying to smother the. flameswith a blanket of snide remarksabout t h e Prince's former friends.

It isn't always the little red menwho strike bitter matches. Th elittle red, white and blue boys a r equite adept at arsen, also.

S(f*tfi<tf/l<f

Sympathy is extended by th efaculty and student body t o CaroleConrath ; on th e death of herfather, M r. Joseph Conrath.

tha t a more appropriate name fortheir workshop is a necessity.

Drop your suggestion in the boxin College Hall. Th e winner wWnot only have a guided tour of thehouse bu t will also receive $3 incash, equivalent to a year's subscription to t h e Merciad.

Ounce Of EtceteraBy Ann McGlnnis

To misquote Tennyson, "I n Spring, a youngMercyhurst  girl's fancy lightly turns to thoughtsof the.sun-deck, t h e tennis courts, and the DairyQ ueen." Observations disclose that th e "best timeof th e year" fever has again infected these hallowed halls, and that "strollers" are being watchedfor from various perches. -i

The Student Council election of president, it isagreed, w as probably th e most significant in it shistory. I t not only paved the way fo r day studentsto hold high offices, b u t also did much to changethe mentali ty of the student body into realizingtheir integral part in a unified school.

With prom time again so close a t hand, we wereinterested to hear what 'Carol Wang had to sayof the dances a t t h e University of Formosa, wheresh e was a student last year. Carol related, surprisingly enough, that the music played at the

dances is popular American music. "Including rockand roll," she smiled. Chinese music, she explained,is n o t suitable for ballroom dancing, only for thestage. '} j

"Modern ar t] is a joy," says Barbara Stone. Atthe exhibit held last month, she received manycompliments for a certain of t h e "chef d'oeuvres"

among he r display. " T h e funny parti of it," s h eexplained, " is tha t it was hanging upside down."After all the m u d hurled a t Mercyhurst in the

Gannon Knight concerning the Dear Brutus production—price of tickets, etc., we feel we can safelytaunt back, "a t least we wentlto it." No less thaninsulting to the cast a n d director was th e a t tendance at Playboy of the Western World. O n opening night, there was a crowd of fifty, a n d t h e nexttwo 6performances fared only slightly be tter. Noexcuses!

pwese

mM

« y a, 1966

lAAion -A ,com bheJ!Mince meat pie, "Jingle Bells"—the tradi

t i onal Chr i s tmas par ty r e turned; ]&<javnightS dancing and ping-pong — the openlounge at work; fifty potential leaders, parliamentary procedure classes—the LeadershipTrain ing Program; Sunday morning scranJ.bled eggs—the food comm it tee! students bei ng the i r own bosses—the student proctorsys t em.

For t hese comfor t s and advantages, thes tudent owes a debt of gra t i t ude to this year'sCouncil. Consider, too, the impor t an t issues^-)th e DormlCouncil , the investigation of clubswith a view to r educing th e size of Council forst i l l bet ter efficiency, the s tudy of the constitut ional i r relevancies concerning StudentCouncil elections.

Only a Student? Council, constantly alertand active, could so successfully meet the student needs , sofvaried in thei r nature and impor t .

For your in teres t , leadership, and hardwork, Student Counci l , we t hank you!

Lflnfini&ned &5udineA6i

I t was done for a purpose . . . or was it?Last year , student counci l appointed a com

mi t t ee to devise and enforce a system whereby a student?would be rest r icted in holdingcampus offices and par t i c ipa t ing in too manyextracurricular activities. This committeep u t much-time£and effo rt into presenting aworkable solut ion for the benefi t of both theindividual andfthe college as a whole. Is thistoil to be of no i n t e n t ?

Granted , t her e is room for revision in theproposed point s y s t e m ; t h e r e is also some arg u m e n t pro and con as to the plan itself.

B u t tht is not the poin t . The point is —should counci l , after recognizing the need forsuch act ion, suddenly abandon th e idea? Thatno one^ ha s been appro ach ed concerning herpoint total is a fact. Is t h i s fa i r to those whodevoted their t ime to th e projec t ? §

Let's no t file th e point system under "unfinished business." It was set up for a purpose. Let 's finish w h a t we set out to do !

^rraily ^rfoli ueen

This^year, for the fi rst t ime, the Feast ofOur Lady 's Q ueenship wil l be celebratedt h r o u g h o u t the world. Normal ly it would becelebrated on M ay 3 1, but t h i s year it has beenchanged to J u n e 1 because of the conflict witht h e F e a s t of Corpus Chr ist i .

While the E a s t and W e s t ar e continuing tobui ld greater atomic forces of destruction,diplomats are looking for peace with theireyes^ closed. The se two armed camps cannotcoexist .j£ Above this divided world stands the Queen

of Heaven and E a r t h . At her feet are the billions of souls living on e a r t h If all the soulswould only look up to her thi s mo nth, and turnto her in p r a y e r , and beg her by her royalpower to|give peace, they surely would wint ha t peace which He came to br ing.

THE MERCIADMercyhurst Col lege, Er ie, Pa.

Member ofAnociato Ooltaflatt Prw

"ALL-AMERICAN HONORS"

Editor carol Kelly

Associate Editor |. _ _ jUdy Roseberry

Assistant Editors ^ K a y Kingf Betfiy schnatter

Business Edito r i Helen Kennedy

Contributors to this issue ^ Martha McNulty. Jean Heavey,

Bobbie imboden, Mary McCarthy. Beverly Buerkle, Ann Mc

Glnnis, Noel Jaeger. Joan Csernyicky. Barbara Jakubowski,

Mary Drees. Del Dwyer, Lucille Turner. Uz Tatu.

Business Staff Sj & Lorraine Enr igh t. Joan Clancy. Betty

Scnwind. Barbara Cavanaugh. Beth ColeiaifciB. J. Bisgrove.V

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T H E M E R C I A D Page Three

LLY BRESNAN, NO RMA NI EN TE MP, a n d Mary 5 Kay Garvey

t o which teacher Michae l wil l present t h e apple .

Life Hard

St. Luke Cadets1t h e other s ide of t he desk is like? Merciad

a l typica l dayVwith S t . Lukete cade ts .i n t he m or n ing t h e pat te r of ' l i t t le c lodhoppers races

t o class a flood of excuses , appoi ntmen t ca rds ,

etails of favorite T V program, especially Mickey Mouse. A ll t h i |to form into a ne at li ne «for Mass . Success is par t ia l forI b e excused? I ' m sick." I

rs So ught r; . I IBS S | ^H | ^ nHHHH9HB i l l ^

IPresses!•, a n d *re l igioninterru ptions ma ke J t h e

a los t a n ddepartment. E very thin g isin f rom boots l to bicyc le

.?

nl blessed mte rmi ssi on l a r -and th e l ine t ramps u p t h eAfter wa ter sq ui rt in g a n dbaths, over forty you ngs ters

to the room a n d "Teacher ,was climbing u p t h e wall

I I

e R es ts l l p lso lunch hour arrives . . .

e childrenp u t -

straws i n milk, napkins o n6tC

"t h r e e f a m i s n e

d teachersB u t in te r rupt ions r e -

constant. Teacher says, " E a tspinach." Ja nie s ays, " I don ' t

t oc h» " S p inac h m a ke s y ouin

© n w hy don' t y o u e a t

?U l 0 f e Janie' J

don>t grow

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^ Ie " a nd jump rope , dash-

/^r t h o» e ] w h o j u s t f h a p p e n

Starts ne Out

that is. After

I Stop the presses. I Time gout foreating! No coaxing was necessaryto I attract memb ers of the | Merciad,! Praeteri ta, j and the PressClub I to Angelotti's Supper Clubon April! 24 for the annual Publications I Dinner. BSSSra l l i l iy i l

®? Following th e d inner offering! achoice of steak, ham or chicken,this year's editors officially hand-edjover the reins to their successors. Marty McNultyf thanked herstaff *for their co-operation, then

Spring Notices

Active Co llegeFaculty and? students at Mer

cyhurst caught the conventionfever last imonth.

Harrisburg was the destination

of Sister M. Angelica, Sister M.Joachim, and?Miss Delores Fratuswho attended the PennsylvaniaArt Education Association's thirdannual meeting. Sister M. Angelica commented enthusiastically^ onthe demonstrations of the prominent art educators, Dr. Italo deFrancisco, Dr. Viktor Lowenfeld,Dr. Edward Ma ill, and GraydonMayer. Next year, the opportunityto participate in this conventionwill! be available to stude nts j aswell as to faculty since Erie is tobe the Convention City. | | SMB

Registrars Meet ?§fe *$&&Sister Francesca traveled! to De

troit for the American Association of Collegiate Registrars' Con

vention Aprill17 to 20. Dr. FrankP. Graham, UN representative forIndia and Pakistan, was the guestspeaker discussing "The Work an dHopes off th e United!Nations inthe J Atomic Age."|A trip to theUniversity of Michigan at AnnArbor! and! a tour1 of f t he I Ford

Motor I Company HrelievedB th estrain arising from discussions ofschedule-making a an d j admission

policies. flS^S^^KMBM^MffiOJHlmmaculata J College | was hostto the Regional meeting of KappaOmicroni Phi, ho norary homes ecfratern ity, on April 28. Sister M.Collette and * Barbara Story represented Mercyhurst's Alpha Etachapter. ^ffi****^ "^'fr^W *r*

••<. ^ i ; Human Fossils? * ^% "Human Fossils" was the subject of a speech given by Dr. Gottfried > O. | Lang, |Department jjofAnthropology at Catholic Universi ty. This Catholic!Round Tableof Science attended by Mother M.Leona and SisterJM. Eymard wa sheld at St. Vincent's College!'inLatrobe, also on April 28.S&*S#I

presented s Connie Renner,'; nextyear's J Praeteri ta editor.;- CarolKelly reminded her "unnecessary"staff of their unmet deadlines before introducing \ Kay King, (• th enew "chief." Noel Jaeger, who hasbeen president of fftiefPress Clubfor two $ consecutive 4 years, * ex pressed I her | appreciation i of &he r

staff si work but! wa s unable | toannounce her successor since theelection has not taken place. fSB

*" t o t he creek o r s t ree t .

L e a p Y e a r BHHH&j J iBS f i lM—•••• i i i i • •

CupidtReportslSuccess | |Leap Year reveals a successful spring fo r Mercyhurs t s tudents . §3jExpec t ing n e w a lum na e are 54 gradua tes Je r ry Kingston Braener ,

Jean Drouhard Lewis , Mickey O'Donnel l Schul te iss , a n d Marge Sue taKross, while '5 5 expec tants a r e Barbara Buerkle Bowen, Raine Reichel,Kross while '5 5 e xpe c t a n t s a r e Barbara Buerkle Bowen, Rainee ReichelC a nde l l a Ja nd M a r y Ann^ R ob ie Ads i t . A n e w br ide as of Apri l 21 i nBuffalo i s A n n Kenned y '54 now Mrs. Thom as Powers .

Wedding Bells Ring I t J i l l f ?

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f a e t t h e s e t e n s em om e n t s

e ones struggle bravely toit's aE" I"V"E- \And J

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t a b l e s correctly.ISongb u d d i n ^ "Davey

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heavenlya t e a c h e r ' s d

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g goodbye to all ther e v e r e ntl y says. "Good-

Yes, it's quite a life.

Who's engaged? Mary ElizabethPowers '40 will marry Nick Hajdukin June at Titusville with PatPowers as her maid of honor.

Other engagements were: GerryO'Doherty, * "55, |now teaching atGeorgetown Visitation Junior College, to Dick Zaworski, and CathyMisfeldt to John Dickey. Mary LouHintenach and Natalie North bothreceived rings on their twenty-firstbirthdays, Mary Lou; from JimBrookmire of the University ofBuffalo and Natalie from JerryUht. Maureen Kossler and GeorgeLuber will participate in solemnengagement ceremonies In June a tPittsbu rgh with Jerry* Boudreau

and Pat Corrigan as witnesses. J

Fra t Phis NotedFraternity p i n s are quite

popular, too. Wearing the Phi Chi

fraternity pin of St. Louis Medicalstudent Al Kra i is is Beth Coleman,while Patsy Klein prefers SigmaPhi and Dave McNeils. MaryEllen White received a Tau KappaEpsilon pin from John Heible.Edie Lauler, '55, now working as aresearch scientist in Washingtonis also pinned, as is Marguerite

O'Conner to Buzzie Mauro.The latest addition^ to Leap

Year successes is Carol Donavanwith Bob Deegan's Tau KappaEpsilon ring.

Mercyhurst Girls

Are Talking About \4

M ER C Y HUR S T GI R LS A R E TALKING ABOUT . . . Alleghenyconvertibles . . . Canisius concerts . . . June P r om . . . r oom m a te s a n dsui temates . . . Oil City weekenders . . . servicemen's widows' club . . .elections . . . undernour ished f rosh . . . senior "square dance" . 3 . .missing Spr ing . | . . no strolling . . . GRACE ^KELLY'S wedding . . .M U R P H a n d BURNSIE a nd t he 4 00 . . . 2nd| floo r d oor ^clocks . . .summer jobs . . . comprehensives . . . deaf ears t o te lephones . . . m is s ing doorknob, A N N MILLER . . . Elec tronic ranges . . . a r t thes ism ur a l s . . . ANN HEALEY'S letter . . . RACH'S 8-Ball queen nomina t ion. . . enviable tans . . . May Q ueen ' s cour t . . . Senior Week . . . gir ls 'afternoon date waiting lines . . . Bonaventure-minded Hurst schola rs. . . class elections.

I p f M ER C Y HUR S T GI R LS A R E TALKING ABOUT . . . Eur o -

| « p pe a n t ou r s o r will BOBBIE miss t h e boa t ? . . . B.J . ' s Niagara

H i weekend . . . senior free day . • . Lee's disease . .:-. GEOR GI A

^ H LACKEY, " B u t I w as a s tunn ing M a y que e n" . . . Ne w flag i n

H i s torms . • . 2nd Vice President? . . . heavier collection baskets

H H . . . page boys a n d chignons . . . Room 24 o r Ne w York pent-

H » house. -yi^^^^fW^

S B M ER C Y HUR S T GI R LS A R E TALKI NG AB OUT j . . . Ga nnon ' splay . . . winter ' s bulges in | summer c lothes . . . major leagues f o rDOVIE? . . . soph's future letters from faraway b ig sisters . . . "Y ouca n b e sure i f i t ' s Westinghouse ." . . . blue suede shoes . . . S a t u r d a yquant labs . . , English Club majors o r t h e daisy cha in . . . . n e w pa r k in g l o t p la n . . . s t rong Dorm Counc i l i . . . EL TANKI 'S obi tuary . . •C4JROL McCORMICK's Perm Sta te weekend . . . " F o r go t t e n" . . .DAR LENE a n d SARANNE who a lmost g o t the ir p ic tures i n MERCIAD.

W3m MERCYHURST GIRLS A R E CONGRATULATING . . . a t -| | § tached girls: BETH, DOVIE, PATSY, a n d M I S F I T . . . t h ef||* winners of J t h e to p offices: JULIA KELLY, MARY BACON,• » C ONNI E R ENNER , a n d K A Y K I N GW . . Physiology ' s normalWm Amer ican gir l : 6 ft. tall, 130 lbs. . . . CANISIUS o n t he i r m o t toK g ! fo r m a r r i a ge . . . newly elected class officers . . . DOR OTHEAJSffl M OR R ELL o n h e r f ine decora t ions fo r t he Canis ius dance . . .Sg g CAROL CO NRATH fo r he r clever w a y o f meeting N a t KingS B Co le . . . MERCIAD fo r its j A11 -America n rati ng. ^

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Page Pour THE MERC I A D ^ y S , 1956

No Mystery

Class Rings Tell S torySpring Is here and young Mercyhurst girls' fancy has turned to

men. Men bring to mind rings, and rings remind them of their Mercyhurst rings.

The cast of the ring was chosen by the class of '29, as was theamethy st Green gold is traditional, but yellow and white gold are nowcoming into more favor.

On one side of the ring is the Mercyhurst shield, designed by Sister

M. Pierre, a co-founder of the college. The seal is a composite of theMercy shield, the motto "Carpe Diem," and the name Mercyhurst.During the war with the Moors,

1 English Club Meetsing James of Aragon requestedSt. Peter Nolasco to found an order of men that would ransomMoorish captives. They calledthemselves an order of Mercy. Inappreciation, King James gavethem his coat of arms, which wasadopted by the Sister of Mercy andis? the b asis of th e M ercyhurstshield. ; ' ]

T he . m o t t o "Carpe Diem" istaken from* the Latin auth or,Horace. "Seize the opportunity" isan expression of what the administration hopes that the studentbody will learn to do. The largeropportunities are usually seen, but

It is the incidential opportunities,included in t h e basic! ones, towhich students must be alerted.

The last part of the Mercyhurstshield is the name of the college.It was chosen by an | appointedgroup of the Sisters of Mercy, Aname was needed that would bedistinctive and still would incorporate the Mercy name. "Hurst"means a grove, glen, or woodedspot and was chosen after hearingthe name of the Jesuit school,Stonyhurst .

The other side of the ring is impressed with the coat of .arms ofArchbishop Q a nnon. Encirclingboth |shields are olive leaves, thesymbol of the peace that, the col

lege i graduates should be able tobring to the world.

Seniors Bid AdieuIn i ts inimitable way, the Eng

lish Club swung into the traditional farewell to seniors.

Connie Renner, chef of theEnglish-speaking Parisienne Cafe,revealed the recipe to one of-herfavorite menus:

A dash of Merciad plus a glassof music, stir well with English—presto—Appetizer a la Roseberry.

Two cups English blendedIwitha cup YCS; add a sprinkle of classpresident and a pinch of poetry—

Heavey biscuits.Two slices of Latin and Greekdeclensions—add two cups meltedEnglish—season with disciplinegravy—tasty Haughton.

Toss a little poetry and novelinto a bowl, cut up a bunch of BonJours, mix well with dressing"Vive la France"—Imboden Salad .

Mix a bit of Dramatics, French,and a cup of English—stir in someparliamentary procedure —P Casserole Ciancaglini.

Cover a pound of music with alayer of English Club president—add a dash of Cicero—Powers Pie.i To the tune of "Say It [with

Music" and Parisienne pastries,

what better way could a club haveof saying goodbye?

Tennis Fa ns B ails Bouncing

o tba Bats Start SwingingWeather permitting, the spring sports program will soon be in full

swing. IStarting off the softball season, the sophomores trounced the fresh

men in a game May 1. Jun iors and seniors have combined to form anaction packed team calculated to threatenfthe victorious sophomores.

j Tennis \tournaments ar e a l so scheduled for May. Joy Mader,Mildred Mazione, Ann Keeler, and Priscilla Hehir will vie,? playingdoubles. Barbara Wagner, Barbara Dailey, Maureen Jones, AudreyIlavunen, Nancy Plunket, Nancy Stubler, Cathy Misfeldt , Ruth Friel ,and Sandy Cronin are playing singles. I j*fl|

Badminton laurels were won by HH 9Marcia Meagher and Ruth Frielwho defeated J Nancy Stubler andBarbara Sislowski in the finals.

Awards for participation Insports activities will be given byMiss Collette Garrison, director ofathletics, at the annual awardsbreakfast, May 10.

Don't forget swimming, golf,and archery lessons! I I

Mercia Elects

Campus QueenNearly every month one of our

campus beauties is named queen

of one thing or another. But there

are many campus queens w ho

have never been crowned.

Not queens of beauty or brains,

but of more practical things such

as sleeping or knitting.

Let's take a tour of Mercyhurst's

halls and bestow the crowns on

their rightful owners. At the postoffice we discover our blonde Merciad Queen of the Combinations,Marilyn Chromey. She receivesmore mail than Ike.

Campused Queen

Just about anywhere on campuscan be found our Campused Q ueen,Bobbie Imboden. Poor Bobbie hadmore trouble getting in and out ofMcAuley Hall on time, so they decided to l keep her there almostpermanently. She boasts of morecoveted pink and blue slips thanany other Igirl .

Dropping down to the loungewe discover two of our queens.The first crown is placedj on thehead of Nancy Marshall, etheLounge Q ueen. Looking around wesee Jo Huggler the highest bidderfor the title of "Q ueen of Hear ts,"when it's t rump.

Regal Wonders

Up on second floor we comeacross Lois Whelan, Merciad'sQueen I of Orpheus. This sleepingbeauty's coronet is appropriatelyfashioned of sparkling dream dust.pi Clicking needles lead us to Barbara Cavanaugh and her perpetualball of yarn. Whether it be argylesor a sweater, Barb always createsa masterpiece. Naturally

1*' we

crowned her Q ueen of the ToelessSock H | ^p I

H Maggie I Hirsch. ! seated at thesecond table to the left in the library, is our Queen of the Stack s.Before her lie <{her notebook, penand a Soci magazine. But is shestudying ?! Of course not, merelypassing the time of day with anypoor soul J who should appearthrough the glass doors. i

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Ceeaer 38th St. A Pine Ave,Speneer Plaee Stere No. 3 IT'S OFF FOR THE TENNIS COURTS for Cathy Carrig and Sylvia

Haise as they plan a practice set to get in shape for the annualtournament*

"Farewell to Thee" and "MissYou" were the themes of manyApril meetings.

The authors of the BusinessLeaf entertained OGA with aportrait of the seniors in its variety show. This followed the annual spaghetti dinner on April

18. Along with the poetic wordsof Mary Lou Theobald's farewell,the senior members received mementoes of the club.

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§ Senior members of the Home EcClub also left the meeting withtokens of remembrance. At > thissession fthey enjoyed the pictureof their future homes as presentedby Mr. Jack Daughterty of Mid-West Homes, Inc. Those memberswith pins and rings were said tohave been particula rly! interestedin the pre-cut homes he described.

White forma Is in the setting ofthe Blue Room for a buffet supper marked the init iat ion of

KOP's new members t h e , evening

of April 19.

jElementary Eds got "down to

earth*' with the subject of soil

conservation. Joseph A. Krivak J

the Federal Bureau of Soil Coservation showed a film and spofcbefore the group.

Formal initiation of those earn,

ing membership into the Dramatte

Society and Alpha Psi Omega took

place in thel Little Theater April30. New members of Alpha p8i ar

Del Dwyer, Barbara Jakubowsirj

Patsy Klein, Joan Ropelewski Jo

Unger, Noel Jaeger, Georgia Lac.

key, and Barbara Barnes, fi f* • •

Another spaghetti dinner a laDiMichael's, with J a touch of en-tertainment under the chairmansh ip of Micke y 6piUane, was thesenior tribute of Sociology Semln.ar .

Ending the school year with anight of entertainment, the FrenchClub presented their programdedicated to the seniors. PattlCar lile imperso nated a French

singer, three playlets were per-formed, and the members visitedth e Prov ince of Q uebec via themovie projector.

Junior Artists At W ork

Give Art jTo Stl LukesJun ior a rt stud ents u nder the d irection of S ister M. Angelica have

begun work on their art theses.Joan Szymanski ha s b een swishing her bru sh around the canvas

and has made a tryptic for over the altar at St. Luke's. It is only in fit.Luke's gospel that the Annunciation is related so Joan has chosen thi?for her theme. St . Luke and his friend St. Paul?are pictured on eitherside of the Annunciation panel.

I An outdoor crib, to be seen in front- of St. Luke's next Christmas,is the work of Bar ba ra Sto ne. A gain St. Luk e was t he only evangelistto tell of the adoration of the shepherds so it is fitting that Barbartshould depict this. ;

Josephine Unger has "chosen to

portray two panels on agriculture.

One will represent the t farming

methods of 1900 while the other

will show tho se of 1956. This piece

of art has the distinction of being

presented to t h e Agricultural

Building in Harrisburg.

The,Lutheran Church in Law

rence Park5 will be the proud re

cipient of Sylvia Christi's thesis.

Children   from the neighborhood

posed for her painting of "Christ

and the Lit t le Children" whichwill hang in the children's roomof the church.

Nola Weingard and Lois Youngare just beginning a long-termthesis. Not expected to be doneuntil next February, Nola and Loisare doing a series on all the typesof art they have learned in fouryears. Start ing with an Ital ian t i lemosiac. these art ists plan to havetheir private showing at the ErieLibrary.

A sneak preview of these masterpieces is promised the studentbody before they are brought totheir permanent homes.

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May 20-May 22M ay 28 -May 30-Ju ne 2—June 3—

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