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Sister M. Immaculate and Linda Collin load the"Silver Bird" for another trip in the preparation ofMarian Hall, while Sister M. Ann Francis, proctorof the Hall, supervises th e process.!

Ann McGinnis adjusts the drapes while Stephle andTina wait for the second serving in th e redecorated- -dining room.

"Oh," isn't it beautiful! exclaims Mary Ann Cunningham, as she excitedly points out th e new modernfurniture in the n.w reception room to classmates,Saranne Durkin and Mary Ann McDowell.MERC1AD& Dons ew DudsVol . X X V I I I . No. 1 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, ERIE, PENNA. September 28 , 1956

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Raises! Curtain For SeriesPlayers Incorporated, the celebrated repertory company fromCatholic University in Washington, D. C, will inaugurate the College'scultural series with a presentation of Henry I on October 30.This is one of those rare plays that combine drama and excitementwith laughter and fun. The rivalry of Prince Hal and Hotspur, Shakespeare's two young heroes, is underscored by the mischievous and ribaldFalstaff and his motley companions.1956 marks the company's eighth season on the road during whichthey have treked 35,000 miles through thirty states and Canada. Lastyear they appeared in Erie with a presentation of King Lear.AH momhpr.c j*e, former students of Speech and Drama atCatholic University which is notedfor the many Broadway hitswhich have originated from theUniversity Theatre. Two of the

cast are particularly known toM e rc yh u rs t s t u d e n t s . C o nn ieSchneid er is a 1948 gradu ate whojoined the players last spring afterattending CU for work on he rMaster's degree. She will be seenin the role of Mistress Quicklywhile William Starrs, will enactthe character of Sir Walter Blunt.Mr. Starrs was on the faculty ofGannon College where he foundeda drama club and directed manyshows.The NEW YORK TIMES hassaid of this group, "This is realtheatre. We like it and we wantmore."

OfSocia Year

By leaps and!; bounds is an aptdescription of Mercyhurst 's growthin the past four years. From atotal of 188 students in 1953. he renrollment has risen toJ 307 in1956. This year marks the largestfreshman class in her history, 109,with 52 day students and?57 re -sidents represented. The froshhave come from six states including Massachusetts and NorthCarolina.

Lights I Camera! Action I is theanticipated result of the first OpenHouse October 12.Co-sponsored by the Praeteritaand I Merciadf Staffs, t he proceedswill be used to purchase a SpeedGraphic News .Camera for th ePublications Department. Facultymembers?will learn its operationa nd f then I teach students! to | beofficial staff photographers. ^^ H

I Admission -price{has 1 been se tat $.50 and Fred Haner's orchestra will be on hand to provide"mood, music'! in the gym from9jto 12. y 3BJS3 |Lois Young has been appointedgeneral jj chairman of jthe eventwhile Barbara Stone, Jo Huggler,Del Dwyer, and A rlene Hajduk areto serve as decorators. Jo^^KSournalism Classes Slated!or Newspaper Enthusiasts

SiteulevarO f Lady's.'Mercyhurst*s "new look" for fallis emphasized on th e campusboulevard by the fairest of ladies,Ou r Lady of Mercy.Made in Da Prato studios inItaly, this new statue of Our Ladyof Mercy is of Carrara marble.Designed to weather the elements,all folds in the garments are arranged so that rain will drainfreely and there is no danger offreezing. The figure is fourteenfeet high and spotlighted from thebase, enabling viewing from 38thStreet.Dedication was intended forMercy Day but due to inclementweather, it is postponed to earlyOctober.

J?. Funds necessary to prepare thefoundation site were realized fromincome from Sister M. Pierre Wil-bert 's estate while contributionsof benefactors are aiding in purchasing the statue.

October will be MercyhurstPress Month, for a four-day coursein journalism 1 will be conductedon October 2, 4, 9. and ll from6:30 to 7:30 p. m.Slated to teach the fundamentals of journalism is Mr. GeorgeHackenberg who has been activein newspaper work since his highschool days at Academy. When heenrolled as}.an -English major atthe Erie Center, University ofPittsburgh, he wa s editor of theirstudent publication, THE C U F FDWELLER. A fter graduation, h ewas director of student activitiesat the Erie Center, and was nexton the teaching staff of the J o h n s town Center of the University ofPittsburgh.During World War II Mr. Hackenberg was Public InformationOfficer with the Twelfth NavalDistrict. After th e war he returnedto the University of Pittsburghto obtain his Master's degree in1948. Mr. Hackenberg then became a teaching fellow at WesternReserve where he was a candidatefor a doctor's degree.In 1950, when he retu rned tothe University of Pittsburgh, he

George Hackenbergwas Director of Student Publicat ions. Since his return to Erie, heha s been associated with the AKDPrinting Company in the advertising field. ^ J IOpen to all interested students,this course will be required of allprospective MERCIA D writers aswell as the present staff, excluding the seniors members.

Adopts Fair Lady LookIt's now chic to look pretty say the Fash ionwise and so voila.

Mercyhurst has donned new features this fall emerging with a stylish"Fair Lady" look. - Dirt roads are outmoded and driveways and parking lots weara shining black coat of pavement. Moreover, the Sisters of Mercy willbe traveling in th e height of fashion in a silver and white station wagonand blue Ford. T Rooms BrightenedRooms in the residence hallshave been redecorated for graciousliving. Walls have taken on a cocoa color with complementing tanand white drapes. T

Delight to DineStudent opinion states thatdining is now a delight. Why not,for th e Dining Room has beenoutfitted with maple hued formicatables and curtained with printeddrapes over white.$f Bookstore RedecoratedB T h e bookstore decor adopts thenew look with grey and green tilefloor covering,! painted counters,extra lights and new grey drapes.Mercyhurst, loungers ca n now receive phone calls at a convenientspotright outside the lounge,while plans are also underway forconverting the f Home Ec lecturehall into a waiting room for gen-tlemen callers.^ f New McAuley Lounge McAuley Hall is adding a stylishtouch of its own. The former ironing room is? becoming as T.V.Lounge. Grey linoleum, light greenwalls and green print drapes combine with wicker furniture to givethe room a flattering look, M t

Faculty GreetsNew Members

Three faculty members will beincluded in the college's new facesof 1856. S&r| From 5 the Seminary, comes Sister Anne Francis, now member oft h e ! EnglishI Department. Sistergraduated I from | Mercyhurst in1946 and is at present a candidatefor a Master of Arts with a majorin English at Catholic University. I The J Philippine"; Islands is thehome of Miss Lourdes Reyes, instructor in music appreciation andtheo ry! of music She came to theUnited States in 1954 to obtainher master's degree! at C hicago'sAmerican Conservatory of Musicandj studied this summer towardher Ph.D.Iat Indiana University.Last year, she was on St. Boniface's staff in Erie. I ^SisSi $1 Miss Dolores Patrizio, a? nativeof Oakmont, Pa., graduateds fromSlippery Rock State Teachers' Col-le gel and? taught Physical Education at Evans City, Pa. Her graduate work has t been done at th eUniversity of Pittsburgh, | |

Illinois iH has claimed Dr. M.Haley, now assistant professor inEnglish at Rosary College in RiverForest where she is also GuidanceDirector J and promoter of thesecular Institute -movement.Marian Hal l LodgesEight El Ed Majors

Marian Hall, Mercyhurst's latestBaldwin acquisition, has put outthe Welcome mat. Located onLewis Avenue, the two apartments house the Deans of-Residence.! Sister Mary J Andre andSister M. Anne Frances, andeight cadets: Joan Holsinger, MaryMargaret McGinty, Susan Kane,P a t Urban, Maureen McManus,Kay Clayton, Joanna Himes, an dMary Ellen Smith.Th e McAuley Hall annex, located at 3940 Briggs, Is "home" tosix sophomores who share the recreational facilities of 3926.

Sisters AttendCEA ConclavePhiladelphia will greet twotraveling faculty October 17 whenSister M. Esther and Sister M.Loretta arrive to attend the convention of the Catholic EducationA ssociation of Penns ylvania.Headquarters have been set upin the Hotel Broadwood for conferences, panels, and meetingswhich will last until October 19.Sister Loretta has been selectedto appear on a panel discussion ofstudent personnel problems onFriday with other Erie teachers.They include Dr. Frank Pizzat ofGannon College, Sister M. Lauriceof Villa Maria and Father Levis

of Gannon, chairman of the panel.Local officers for the CEAPCollege and University Department are Sister Mary Esther, secretary of th e section, and Rev.Wilfrid J .Nash, chairman.

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Page Two T H E M E R C I A D September 2 8 , 1956Jt 96 OilA time-worn prove rb , ne ve r the l e s s t ru e ,concerns doing worthwhi le things wel l . IA ppa re n t l y s om e one thoug h t a Soda l i tywor t h i na ugura t i ng a t Me rc yhur s t , f o r onehas been preva len t for severa l years . As an yother organiza t ion, it s worth can be es tabl i shed only through e ffec t ive l eading andcoopera t ive fol lowing.Officers are essential to th e Soda li ty.There i s the responsibi l i ty of l eadership, ofde te rmining what sha l l be accompl i shed during the year . They must l ead the soda l i s t s toward the i r goa l wi th monthly meet ings whichinc i te them to def ini te ac t ion, spi r i tua l andcorpora l . They must see tha t ac t ivi ty i s keptconstant and inte res t a l ive . fI Commit tee sec t ions a re a vi ta l par t ofthe Sodal i ty. The sec t iona l l eaders have theobl iga t ion of weekly meet ings which musteventua l ly accompl i sh the prede te rminedgoal . This enta i l s wel l -planned programs wi tha view toward weekly ac t ion, thus keepingthe members a le r t and inte res ted.The soda l i s t s a re the Soda l i ty. Perhapsthe grea tes t responsibi l i ty l i es wi th them.T he y ha ve m ora l ! ob l i ga t ion! t owa rd t he m se lves! and the i r contac t s . They mu st be thefollowers - - the ffollowers of the rules ands tandards se t by the Soda l i ty Way of Li fe .Our Sodali ty should be one of the mostouts tanding organiza t ions on campus . I t i sup to the l eaders and members to make i t so.

2b ar red n m enBewi tched, bothered, and bewi ldered bythe change in c lasses and s tudy as comparedto the high school sys tem, the lure of a var i e ty of c lubs , or wond ering i f there i s any malepopula t ion? Good, you a re a normal f resh-Don't worry t hough , fo r inja few weeksm a n ! | f $ *you will find that your l i t t le problems willsoon iron out the i r own wrinkles . In themeant ime work out a s tudy plan which givesyou plenty of s tudy t ime unt i l you a reacqua inted wi th the new sys tem. Then fol lowyour plan as closely as possible. Once your

s tudy habi t s a re func t ioning smoothly, youranxie t ies wi l l di sappear .A l though everyone mu st join the c lub ofher major f i e ld, any others you may join a rea mat te r of choice . Ra ther than be ing a " joiner," i t would be wise to choose one or twowhich inte res t you the most; then, give themy o u r fullest part i c ipa t ion.If i t is the social side of l ife that ist roubl ing you, t ry f the F riday nigh t Gannondances , baske tba l l games , or one of Erie ' sva r i ous t he a t r e s . .A s l i tt l e p rob l e m s pop : up , s ha re t he mwi th an upperc lassman, your dean of res i dence, or an instructor, who will gladly helpyou find a solution. f I |The Sophom ore s

LJOCL yi5e Wdk OilFor the f i rs t t ime s ince the^opening ofMercyhurs t Col lege in 1926 Mother M. Borgiawas unable to address personally?the s t u d e n tbody at the opening of the college year.Both s tudents and pare nts missed herhearty welcome. We know, however, t h a t h e rprayers and inte res t a re wi th us s t i l l . .We sincerely hope Mother will soon retur n to Mer cyhu rs t . We wan t her to knowshe i s in the p ray ers ! of each and ev ery col legian.m T H E M E R C I A DJ/JZytv Metcyhurst Col lege , Erie , Pa .$&& Member of1 " f l l lAssociated College PressALL AMERICAN HONORS |Editor Kay KingA ssociate Editor $Betsy SchnatterA ssistant Editors Jeanne Cannon, Joan ImhofBusiness Editor Maty Aniv-BtttnerContributors to this issue A nnMsGinnis,NoeLJaegjer, Julia-Kelly, Lucille Turner, BarbaraJakubowski, Mary Ann C astora, Mary Don a tell i,Maureen Jones, Judy Gordon, Mary Stark,

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September 28 , 1956Ten TransfersDot Campus

Ten transfer students fromvarious parts of the countrymatricula ted to Mercy hurst thisfall. tFour who come from BehrendCenter are Marilyn Buchanan ofRussellton, Pa., who is in liberalarts; Constance ^Taylor of LongBeach, Calif., who is majoring inelementary education; DorothyBlazer of Whitaker, Pa., who isin medical technology; and NancyHendershot of Centerville, Pa.,who will enter her junior year asan elementary education major.Pat Stinneford also enters herjunior year at Mercyhurst. havingspent her first two years at Lor-etta Heights College in Colorado.The sophomore class welcomesCynthia R y an ! of Youngstown,Ohio, sister of Jody Ryan, comingto her sister 's Alma Mater a s anelementary education major fromYoungstown University; M a r yFitzgerald of Dunkirk, N. Y., whocomes from Fredonia State Teachers College as a sociology major;Patricia Hooper, a transfer fromVilla into the liberal arts department; a nd Linda Baldwin of NorthEast, who comes from Miami University and is interested in homeeconomics.P at O'Leary, also of Nor th East,comes to Mercyhurst as a graduate of St . Mary's , Notre Dame,and is taking special courses ineducation and student teaching.

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Talent flourishes as Mercyhurst's own 'Tour Freshmen" I releasesome silvery tones for the benefit of their classmates. These newtfaces belong to Lolly Lockhart, Lynn Humphries, Lillian Egnot,and Mary Jane Bauer. :

Freshmen Display TalentIn Diversified FieldsNew faces, places, and talents invade Mercyhurst. Disc jokey ng ,

travelingjto Denmark, winning a Firestone Scholarship, belonging tothe National Thespians represent only a few of the many and variedtalents of our new freshmen.I A random survey of just four of the new arrivals reveals a brigh tfuture for this class. Mary Jan e Bauer, a Latin major from A kron,Ohio, succeeded in winning a Firestone Scholarship. Based on competitive examinations of general knowledge, this scholarship coversall expenses except one third of the room and board at any college inthe United States for four years. ffl.BeachcombStudents Travel Cast AnchcIdeas Collected

Each summer Mercyhurst 'sleaders attend various conventions of major intercollegiate organizations throughout the country. There they gather ideas andformulate plans for the smoothfunctioning of its organizations.The necessity of the lay aposto-late was brought to Mary Bacon'sat tentioni at th e S ummer Schoolof Catholic A ction. This will bestressed in the Sodality this yearand the members will strive fordefinite act ion .!A t the YCS convention, theNew York region was divided into several sub-regions because ofthe distance between colleges.Only Niagara and Mercyhurst belong to the Lake Erie sub-region,enabling more meetings and closer and more efficient work witheach other.

Booklet WinsStudent's NodIt's down now I in black andwhite. No more claiming ignoranceas an excuse A No more claiming"I didn't know!" Mercyhurst 'snew I revised handbook hast beenprinted and distributed.Over the period of years, changes in needs of the students madeit imperative fthat the rules bemade clear or be changed to meetthese? needs. During the summera committee was established andset out to undertake this task andto print a complete revised handbook. Chaired by Sister Carolyn,the committee included Deans of

Residence, Sisters Loretta, Daniel,Gabriel , and Charles; GuidanceDirectress, Sister Mary Esther;College Nurse, Sister Immaculate;Post Mistress, Sister Jane Frances;an d Seniors, Julia Kelly, Noel Jaeger, Jo Huggler, and Mary Bacon.

With the fall of autumn leavesthe 1956 beachcombers (see lastJune's issue) tossed their gob hatsand sun glasses into a corner andheaded for warmer climates.Beverly Buerkle, whose beachcombing took place mainly onthe Riviera, has returned toPit tsburgh and is instructing thelittle ones in St. Bernard's gradeschool.Dot Rudge and Helen Kennedyremained in their hometowns andboth are imparting their commercial knowledge to high school students. Th e Niagara-Mohawk Company in Syracuse is profittingLorraine Enright far better thanthe beaches of Skaneateles.Home-ecers Barb Cavanaughand Beth Coleman decided teaching wasn't such a bad way ofearning | a living after all. Barbis now in Rochester and Beth inJa me sto wn . *Judy Roseberry has a teachingposition at St. Mary's of the Deafand spends her spare time at theUniversity of Buffalo working forher Masters in English. Dansville,N. Y., is the new residence of another English major, Pat Powers.New York City is providingplenty of oppo rtunity ' for BarbBarnes in her capacity as socialworker.The whereabouts and what-abouts of only one senior remainsto be known. Is Pat Murphy stillraking the sand on the beachesof Massachusetts or has she, too,put her college education to morepractical use?

Lady disc jockey, Lillian Egnotof Erie, jbetter known to her listeners as "Miss Dee Jay", has donemuch to further WERC's teenageshow. A fter working with JackRimp for six months, she workedalone. Interested in {dram atics,Lillian has been active in the playhouse for six years, done summerstock at Penn Playhouse, andtried out for "Joan ;;of Axc"f inCleveland.Lolly Lockhart, daughter of thepresident of the Mercyhurst College Alumna e A ssociation, followsher mother's footsteps in that sheis very active fin dram atics. D uring her high school days, she belonged to the National Thespians.Hail ing from Pit tsb urgh ! she isa biology major, interested inbacteriology.

&|Winner of an Am erican FieldScholarship. jLynn Humphries ofErie, I has traveled to Denmark.Staying in Struer with the Jensen family, she also visited Copenhagen and Paris . Although thisland of fantastic fairytales, castles,and spotless farms counter-actedour cokes and milkshakes withpastries and coffee, it lacked theopportunity for advancement thatA merica offers. M

Students Selectorm Counci

Quite evidently the committeesucceeded.* The general reactionto the lately distributed handbookis "very thorough""very well-stated. "It was just about the unanimous answer to the Ipoll thisreporter took asking the;- studen tbody what they thought of theirnew handbook. Faculty members,too, seemed very pleased with theresults.

I A ll residence problems will becleared through the|Dorm Committee this year.The purpose of this committeeis to maintain a harmonious atmosphere in the residence halls.The officers will act as overseersof the monitors, seeingfthat reas onable quiet and order are maintained.H Mary Kay WalshDorm Committee asUnder her willjf servepresidents, one assigned! to eachfloor and to McA uley and M arianHalls. Until such time as a freshman is proven capable of discharging duties, the president willassume respons ibility for firstfloor.

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Pet Rule Ignored \By MassWild Game Inhabits Dorm

*A red and grey elephant, a pink and plaid panda , a monkey withred pants that won't beg for peanutsthis is no ordinary zoo.Of course, this is Mercyhurst's Menagerie, where nearly everyroom contains some new wonder, from red and grey octopi to a stripedturtle . A large third floor triple yields an assortment of animals livingpeacefully tog ether. A tiger, a chim panzee, a poodle, and a large teddy

bear all sit quietly under the watchful eye of their keeper, Humpty-Dumpty.Zookeepers include clowns, rag dolls, the {seven dwarfs, and asandy-haired boy named Dennis, who was baptized in a sophomorereligion class last year. Students FollowReligious Call

Summer months brought newsof Mercyhurst girls who havechosen the religious life as theirvocation.Jean|Heavey, a June graduate,entered th e| Sisters of St. Maryof Namui in |Kenmore, N. Y. onAugust 15.

Amongi the rest of the exhibitsa r e some bearing distinctivenames. "Morbs", a large panda,was named for his donor, who wonhim! at a carnival and presentedhim, to one of the occupan ts ofRoom 17. The over-sized dog w itha Gannon beanie in Room 55 waschristenedf "Robbie Joe" after amember of a local fraternity.Room 15's four-footed contribution moo's in answer to the simplename, "Cow".

The dean of the Mercyhurst zoois dirty flea-bitten "Pink Bunny,"the mangy pride of Room 54. Thiscreature has survived!(?) a nightin t h e ! snow, several vacations atMcAuley Hall, and a recent tourof New York State. Still, like!allMercyhurst pets, this stuffed animal is loved, cuddled, and used asa bed decoration by its proudowner. For at Mercyhurst everyweek is "Be Kind to Stuffed A nimals Week." if c

Her classmate, Mary McCarthy,entered the Miss Nardin's in NewYork City on September]8. Devoted to teaching and social work,and having n o , religious garb, thisorder will provide Mac an outletfor her sociology.Teaching third and fourthgrades a t St. Walburga'sf in Ti tus ville is Mary Hayes, formermember of the Class of '58. Sh eentered the *Mercy order onAugust 26.Pauline Westlake and Pat Mar-ini, at the novitiate in Titusville,recently received their name s.Pauline is now Sister Paul Mariean d ^ Pat, Sister Mary Ambrose.

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Page Four T H E M E R C I A D September 28, 1956'All The Worlds StageAs SeniorsStudent Teach

"AH the world's a stage," and thus every week-day from nine tillthree, M cAuley's fair thespians I and Erie 's leading tladies present aseries of dramas ranging from the most farcical fof comedies to thehighest of melodrama. A m elange of schoolroomskindergarten classrooms, home ec labs, cafeterias, stadiumsfurnish th e varied \ scenes,and the cast of characters includes a goodly portion of Erie 's young.A n observer of this vast playorama m ight f irst chuckle at!PatsyKlein's futile attempts to look older and act wiser than her eleventh-grade English studen ts at Academy, the monitors asking for her stu dentfloor pass. Suspense might be provided by Marge Mack's awful anticipa tion of appearing before the other side offthe desk in MiUcreek fortha t horrible first time. But comicrelief comes soon when theirollcall is answered, ["Here, Mrs.Mack." fS

A ctress Turns DirectorVal Jean Mancini plays well thedirector 's role at Jefferson, as herthirty eager five-year-olds areawed by the brand-newness ofgoing to school. Despair is registered twice daily by Mary LouTheoba ld a t A cademy with hersecond year shor thand s tudents 'failure to grasp the language oftwists and turns quickly and ac-curately.ACur ta in TimeThus, humor, pathos, conflict,joy, and laughter combine to makethe world of pep rallies, lessonplans, assignments, pupils, andchalk-d ust so fascinating a placetha t when the cur ta in r ings downat three o'clock, the final line isa spontaneous chorus of "Oh, it 'swonderfulI love it!!"

OCTOBERC A L E N D A ROct. 2JournaUsm Short CourseBeginsOct . 7Dedication of StatueOct. 10Charter Da yMother Borgia ' s Feast% D ayOct . 12Open HouseOct. 19Practice Teachers Re turnOct. 16Erie Alumna Card Par tyin GymOct. 21InvestitureOct. 21-22Regional Congress ofNFCCS at Niagara UniversityOct . 30"Henry IV" with Catholic University Players IOct . 31AA Halloween Par ty!

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"Just sailing along on a moonli t bay"briefly describes themembers of Delta Sigma Omicronand the new non- res ident f reshmen as they cruised over LakeErie 's moonlit waters on Tuesday,September 11. As much ta lking,songs, a n d laughter bouncedthrough the air , new friendshipsspread like measles.Highlighting the evening was abox lunch exchange arranged bythe DSO members to surprise thef reshmen. Many "oh ' s" and "ah ' s"were uttered as the opening of theboxes revealed anything fromchicken and dillj pickles to lollipops.

A nother outing was held forthe non-resident freshmen bytheir Big Sisters on Wednesday,September 5, at Turnwald. Noteven the damp, grey day couldprevent these girls from enjoyingthemselves at volleyball, Softball,an d shuffleboard.Heading the committee whichplanned this ge t- toge ther wasMary Kay Donatelli. A ssisting herwere Cathy Carrig, transportation;A lberta ^Hain, food; MaureenJones , publicity.

Donation AidsCollege Needs

Hostess once again, Mercyhursthonored over 100 alumnae at abanque t dur ing the ir annua l re union on September 7,98, and 9.The a lumnae made a gift of $200to I the Sisters of Mercy for college needs, and sent Mother M.Borgia a book which had beenautographed(by all the girls present .During the business session, newofficers elected for the next twoyears were Mrs. A lice ReederLockhart, president, and MissPatricia Liebel, vice-president.New chapters have been formedin the New York, Syracuse, andBeaver Falls iareas .

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P O R TCOOPA new addi t ion has osen mads!Miss Delores Patrizlo , formerlyof Oakmont, Pa., has joined ou rstaff as physical education an dbiology teacher.A f ter graduating?from SlipperyRock S.T.C., Miss Patrizio taughtfor several years at Evans City.Besides being an enthu siast ofall sports, she loves music, andespecially enjoys playing the piano.Miss Patrizio has announcedthat starting on October 1. anyone who wishes to swim will betaken to A cademy pool everyMonday from 4:15 to 5:25. Asusual, swimming lessons will begiven for beginners and a life-saving course will be offered tothe more advanced swimmers. Aregister sheet will be posted eachweek.Before long the gym will rockwith activity as intramural volleyball teams are organized. Laterbasketball will steal the scene.Everyone is invited to join inthese games, which provide fun,exercise, and an outlet fromstudies.

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Free Lemonade: or have you heard about the grad who asked PatMurphy if the Gannon dance was a mixer: "No," was the answer, "it 'sa chaser." . . . Mmm, ever wonder why the comic strip Peanuts has nosuch characte r in it . . . Carol Conrath s pent th at qua rter on Elvis-tish! . . . an upcoming? song is, "Marlon doesn't love me anym ore". . . eating on the assembly line.From the Lounge: Horseracing is the latest fad . . . by the way,Elvis Presley has come out supporting Stevenson saying, "he knowsthe most" . . . Liz Tatu is pinned to George McKenna from Canisius. . . room de meri ts or who will fall first? is also gab food.Coilegebrities: Vivetta Petronio really understands French aftera summer at Western Reserve . . . watch for Jo Unger in the OctoberPageant Mag dispelling the old version on the farmer 's daughter . . .owners of that now empty bird cage cry 'cause, no pets allowed . . .Mary Stark and Judy Gordon barely got to school before the Merciadgrabbed them . . . when Mary McCarthy, honor student, was interviewed by the Mistress of Novices, she was asked. "Can you cook, sew,or type?" "No." "Well we'll f ind something you can do." I t was dusting.Good News: The feminine look is back in fashions with huge roses,fur ha ts, and lavish pearl necklaces featured . . . back with h er collegewardrobe is Lois Whelan sporting a particularly attractive black andwhite tweed skirt . . . Eisenhower is still leading according to latestpolls about 52%*to 41% (well, it 's good news to some) . . . Prank Fabinof DEAR BRUTUS fame will be seen in HENRY IV as Sir Walter Blunt.Faux Pas: Mary Ann Cunningham has ye t to washjher summerjob out of her hair . She's still looking for tips . . . a revealing programto watch is Wednesday nite 's Press Conference at eight on WICU showing some of our politicians in their true lights*. . . tha t junior high-schooler who asked Patsy Klein for a date is now on the failed pile(flattery doesn't work anymore) . . . what was the boat Eileen Rawatook? ' ? W t