8/6/2019 The Merciad, April 10, 1946

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/the-merciad-april-10-1946 1/4

f

YCLCL

Volume X V I , N o . 6 M e r c y h u r s t f C o l l e g e , E r i e , P a . A p r i l 10 , 1916

N.F.CCS. Meets atD'YouvillellThe L ak e E r i e R e g i o n a l C o u n c i l of t h e N a t i o n a l F e d e r a t i o n o ffatholic C o l le g e S t u d e n t s m e t a t D ' Y o u v i l le C o l l e g e , Bu f f a l o , N e wYork on S a t u r d a y , A p r i l | 6 . D e l e g a t e s w e r e p r e s e n t f r o m N a z a -freth C o ll eg e , R o c h e s t e r ; V i l l a M a r i a C o l l e g e , E r i e , P e n n s y l v a n i a ;Canisius Co l lege , Bu ffa lo , N. Y. ; D' Yo u vi l l e Co l lege , Bu ffa lo ,

L ew york; a nd M e r c y h u r s t C o l l e g e , E r i e P e n n s y l v a n i a .

I Commission'Reports G i v e n

I Daring the co urs e off t h e m e e t i n g r e p o r t s w e r e g i v e n o n t h ework done by th e va r io u s co m m is s io ns in t h e co l l e ge . ! A s aproject! o f t h e C h r i s t i a n L i v i n g C o m m i s s i o n , t h e s t u d e n t s o fNazareth Co l lege h ave bee n h av i ng t h e d ia lo g u e M ass . A S o u t h[Am erican fes t iva l h ig h l ig h te d t h e ca le ndar o f D'YouviHe's Inter-

[American C o m m i s s i o n . C a n i s i - •L College, which does not hold fcommission at present, reported

[o ther ac t iv i ti es t h a t co r re la tewith work done b y re gi on alcommissions. La te r in A pr i l ,Villa Maria wi l l p resen t a s e r i esof s ix broadcast s ove r a 1 l o c a l

station on [F a m i l y L i f e . ? T h eL R. C . o f M e r c y h u r s t h a s b e e n

[concentrating on the passage ofb ill s in th e na t io nal l eg i s l a tu re .Recently fou r del eg ate s, Ka yYoung, Jean ne LeD ou x, M ary

[L. Farrell , and Betty Rizner, a t tended the Inte rc oll eg iate Conference on G ov er nm en t at Har-

Jrisburg, Pe nns yl van ia, wh ichtook the form of a m odel congress.I After

irgima

A tW Reign A s ueen

nnua Ceremony May 19en i e lec ted

ng for f t h i sHo wever , fcolor

§ By p o p u l a r v o t e o f t h e s t u d e n t b o d y , M i s s V i r g i n i a Walsh lof{Cleveland, Ohio, has beMercyhurst's Q u e e n o f t h e M a y . S h e , h e r c o u r t , a nd I her Ja t t e n d a n t s ! a r e *busily p r e p a r i na n n u a l c e r e m o n y u n d e r t h e a r t i s t i c a n d a bl e d i r e c t i o n ! o f | S r . IM . J a n e F r a n c e s . fHowes c h e m e s a n d patterns!will!be l e f t a su rp r i s e u n t i l Su nday af t e rno o n , May 19 . l i f l B « H B B [

^Members o f o u r qu een ' s court!include*the M isses A nne Devine , Do ro th y Bar ry , Nata l i e SHi r tl e ,M a r y E l l e n J o h n s o n , T e r e s a A n n L e n n o n , Joan IWadlinger, Glo r ia M iddle to n ,! and Ph y l l i s W h i te . B• F o l l o w i n g t h e p a t t e r n | o f f o r m e r M a y D a y s , t h e p r o c e s s io n a l will {star t Ifrom J th e Fo y er and p ro c e e d t o t h e s u n k e n g a r d e n s w h e r e t h e g i r l s w i l l g r a c e f u l l y takej t h e i r p l a c e s . The jpastelf sh ades o ft h e i r s p r i n g f o r m a l s a l w a y s blend ̂ into a so f t ra |i bow?ef fec t . Talks , caro l s , and dances ! will I b e p r e -

— sen ted . At th e c l im ax o f th e

t h e s e c o m m i s s i o n r e ports were give n, th e disc uss ionW new bu s ines s co n t inu ed , th e'Bain i s su e bear ing o n th e qu e s -

pro&# How can we m o r e c lo se lyP̂ fte th e me m b e r c o l l e g e s o f jm Erie reg io n? Th i s l ead toa p ro p o sa l th a t th e co l l eges ,

|as a . gro u p , s end m ater ia l a idjw som e needy p lace su f f e r ingj rom h e r a v a g e s o f w a r i n[Europe. In th i s way th ey wouldp doing s o m e t h i n g s p e c i f i c i nF e line o f Cath o l i c ac t io n andr ^e s am e t i m e p r o m o t i n g t h e*un o f o u r o rgan iza t io n . Th ejWestion w a s p u t t o a voteSand|"* majority ru led in favo r o f^frying o u t t h i s project, tI E lec t io ns Held |I The p res idency o f th e regio nJ«t year will be held by M issWa Gal lagh er o f Vi l la Ma r ia

j^e&e wh o wi l l be h o s tes s to^ Co ngres s nex t fa l l . Mis s| arbara F l e m i n g , r e t i r i n g p r e s ent, was e lec ted reco rd ing

r o t a r y .

The L a k e E r i e R e g i o n w a sft°f to red by th e p resenc e o f i t sp p lafa i , R igh t Reverend Jo h n

• Poland, w h o h a s b e e n s e r i -%ly in f o r t h e p a s t f e w^ t h s .

|% lending from M e r c y h u r s t| J * : Barban

ntof t h e r e g i o n , J e a n n e

j»ep ke , Senior? delegate , and? e y P e r r y , J u n i o r d e l e g a t e .

Bridge-TeaPlans Are\CompletedR e s e r v a t i o n s a r e a l r e a d y p o u r i n g ! i n | f o r t h e a n n u a l s p r i n g

B r i d g e - T e a , s c h e d u l e d f o r S a t u r d a y , M a y 4. fF r o m a l l H n d i c a t i o n s ,

i t i s e x p e c t e d t o e x c e e d i n s i z e a n d e n t e r t a i n m e n t e v e n t h e r e n o w n e d cardfparties of a fewfyears a g o w h e n v i s i t o r s c a m e f r o m a l lp o i n t s , a n d c a p a c i t y c r o w d s e n jo y e d a n j a f t e r n o o n a t M e r c y h u r s t .B o t h t h e collegefand t h e s e m i n a r y a r e c o o p e r a t i n g f u l l y with^heS e n i o r C l a s s w h o i s s p o n s o r i n g thefparty i n c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h t h e

a d m i n i s t r a t i o n . ^ B | n lIE **£ ^ ^ 'I t w i l l b e " o p e n - h o u s e " d a y | atIMercyhurst |and gu ides wi l l be

o n h and fo r a l l who d e s i r e tolsee t h e school.^Old f r i ends o fM e r c y h u r s t [ w i l l w e l c o m e t h i s occasion J to | r e n e w a c q u a i n t a n c e s .I t i s a l s o a n u n e q u a l l e d o p p o r t u n i t y for|prosp|ctive s t u d e n t s a n dt h e i r p a r e n t s t o g e t a n i n t i m a t e g l i m p s e o f f o u r A l m a M a t e r a th e r b e s t . R e s i d e n t studentslare inv i t ed to b r ing guests &om h o m e

f o r t h i s g a l a w e e k - e n d . % m. f JBfgj [A s t y l e s h o w w i l l h i g h l i g h t t h e a f t e r n o o n . T a b l e s w il l be s e t u p

i n t h e a u d i t o r i u m , l o u n g e , a n d t h e p a r l o r s . N o t o n l y w i l l t h e r eb e g e n e r a l d o o r p r i z e s , b u t t h e r e w i l l a l s o b e a p r i z e f o r e v e r y

NAME* YOUR1 !HALLI*£ • .

r o o m .A n e l a b o r a t e t e a w i l l b e h e l d

A p r i l '12—Easter V a c a t i o n b e

g i n s .

A p r i l 21

A p r i l 2 4

A p r i l 28

-Easter, m 1

E a s t e r V a c a t i o n e n d s

J u n i o r - S e n i o r P a r t y .

M ay 4—Annual C a r d P a r t y .

i n t h e d i n i n g r o o m . T h e M i s s e s

Glo r ia M iddle to n land Nata l i eBHirtletare i n c h a r g e o f t h e d e c l a r a t i o n s . The 11 en t i re | Sen io rIClass wil l be h o s tes ses . f S ^ i1 Th e fu l l co o p era t io n o f every -IoneJat |Mercyhurst | is exp ec ted• to m a k e t h i s t h e m o s t s p e c t a c -lu lar s o c i a l e v e n t o f t h e l s e a s o n ,land to enab le th e Sen io rs to a t -i ta in t h e i r goal, |the co m p le t io nl o f t t he lga t e fu nd . S 3 R —J-fV-

y A s s u g g e s t e d f in a ; l e t t e r Hoth e Ed i to r , p u b l i sh ed : in ; t h eF e b r u a r y - i s s u e , t h e -J Merc iads taf f i s sp o nso r ing a p ro jec t tonam e th e res iden t h a l l s . Th i su nder tak ing was b ro u gh t befo reStu den t Co u nci l and Mo th er M.Bo rgia , Dean [• o f th e Co l lege ,wi th wh o m i t m et no t o n ly wftha p p r o v a l b u t w i t h m u c h e n t h u s i a s m . ' 1 •'/"'•'.'•' ''.'..'.J!' ;' :*V.'>^V:^

A l l s u g g e s t i o n s mustf be mth e bo x in co l l ege h a l l by to -l i gh t . We, th e ed i to r ia l bo ardo f th e Merc iad Staff, will selec§al l p o s s ib le nam es and su bm i tt h e m t o t h e '• Dean, • w ho * h asch o sen a co m m i t t ee ; t o . p ickfrom t h i s g r o u p ^ t h e |most ap

p r o p r i a t e n a m e s f o r t h e h a l l s .We , t h e sfeident body, will thenvo te o n th ese so o n af t e r vacat io n . Th i s p ro cedu re was p assedby th e Student- Council . 'Z&^M

{§§ If iyou;; h ave no t yet.putjiny o u r suggestion—please do sono w. Th ey are y o u r dorms? Yo ushould ihelp nam e th em . 5 |

I $$mm —M. i. K.

r a F l e m i n g , p r e s i -

XNIORS ENJOY

ZLASS PARTIES•pi

j , re Ju n io rs a re no w m aking

Pactions Ifo r Su nday eve-L * ' APril 28, wh en th e Se n-q Class will b e t h e i r g u e s t s^ j *

nin fo rm al bu f fe t su p p er

Ke h e ld in th e d in ing ro o m .

I^theme o f th e deco ra t io nsb e kep t a s ecre t u n t i l th e

itself, BO t h a t i t w i l l b e^ i s e to every o ne. Th e

f o r t h e p a r t y a r e :Hot.f"*

011' C a t h e r i n e A n n B r e -

1 deco ra tio ns , M ary I re ne(Continued o n P a g e 4 )

JSen

lo rfi l iated

Mercyhurst's v o l u n t e e r s :m a d e u p o f girls from t h e ; u n -

and sen io r c las ses , are afed wi th th e Volunteer

Co rp s o f St . Vincen t ' s Ho sp i ta l .o o r V s \.„ war th ey wo rkedu r i n g t h e war, they

u nder th e Red Cro ss , »" "nresent t i m e t h e y a r e func-

VOLUNTEERS• ^ ^ j ,£ ^oks delivering flowers to pa-

uniformslfor th ese g i r l s with.n desks, deli g . .._ M

a s h o r t t i m e .Th e p ro jec t i s o ne earned

o u t by vo lu n teers and h as p ro ved to be a t rem endo u s su cces s .Th e g i r l s o f fe r th e i r s e rv ices o nweek-ends and occasionally during th e week . Th e i r du t i es m-ciude ac t ing as W - m r t gc le rks and recep t io n i s t s a t th e

t i en t s , keep ing o rder in thewards, and seeing that the ru lesof vis i t ing hours are observed.

The girls find i t a helpfulexperience and feel that the„Tost in te res t ing p ar t of theirwork is in meeting people andlearn ing th e h o sp i ta l ro u n t ine .

cerem o nies , |Miss} Do lo res J Di -V&cenzo , Prefec t o f th e Co l legeSo dal i ty , as s i s t ed by Mis s Sal lyKno x, Prefec t o f t he^ Sem inarySodality,^, will \ cro wn £•Virgin ia

Walsh asJJu^en o f t i e C a m p u s ;Miafs Wajfsh wifrthen cro wn th eBles sed Vi rg in as^ueen o f th eUniverse . In u n i so n , th e s tu den tbo dy wi l l rec i t e th e Act o f Co n-sep ra t io n , by 'whidh th ey ded i cate 'Mt\em selves to Mary , th e i rMo del , theiriMother. '_-.,•••)•$•*$"$•;

Seniors Are Gu ards o f Ho no r>ir* Th e \ Misses 'Nancy F e r r a r o ,

Mary E . Do bo s iewicz, Mary AnnHarr i so n , \ D o r o t h y ; Ch im ent i ,Ru th E . Su l l ivan , j . J e a n ^ E r w i n ,Mary Hendr i ckso n , Roxy Lo o m -is , Jeanne Ro ep ke, Jo anne VI-de t to , Mary Jean iMacDo wel l ,and Dorothy Greenwood, attend a n t s ! to line queen and mem-S

bersfoffthe Senior Class, haveth e p r iv i l ege and honor! o f es co r t ing th e Bles sed Sacram entto th e Al tar a t th e f ro n t cam p u s wh ere Benediction/will beso lem nized . Fath er Al f red Wat

son, Chaplain of the College,will officiate, assistedtby F a t h er Edward H. Lat im er , a m em ber o f th e facu l ty .

I M ay Day in PeaceH We have?much reason to be

exci ted over these 1946 Mayfes t iv i t i es . No w th a t th e warfronts are quieted, we are^ bet t e r ab le to co ncen t ra te o n thebeautiful th ings of l i fe. We ,want th i s May Day to be aty p ica l sp r ing fes t iva l , g iv ingth anksgiv ing fo r th e p eace and

(Continued onp a g e 8, ^)

I L E C T U R E R R E T U R N S

I'One of the outstanding featu res o f th i s s easo n ' s l ec tu reser i es was Dr. Ch ar les De Ko -nick, Dean of the School ofPhilosophy, Laval ^Universi ty ,Quebec, ^Canada. Dr. De Ko-nick holds many posi t ions >jofdist inction. He is phi losophy director of the Society of Quebec,m em ber o f th e Canadian Acad

em y o f St. Th o m as Aqu inas ,professor of cosmology, phi losopher of science and scientificmethod and head of the facultyat the Universi ty of Laval.

He v i s i t ed Mercy h u rs t Ap r i l4, 5, and 6. u

Th o se o f u s wh o were h erea t Mercy h u rs l las t y ear wi l l re ca l l h i s h igh ly s t im u la t ing andthought-provoking discourses *Dr. De Konick is by no meansa s t ranger . Hi s ap p earances inth e p as t h ave m et wi th th epleasant approval of al l whohave witnessed them. Thisyear' s was no exception.

— N. F .

8/6/2019 The Merciad, April 10, 1946

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/the-merciad-april-10-1946 2/4

1

I

•

J

i

P a g e 2 Cshe Jnerciao April in%

K~0>m JnerclxioEditor—Jeanne Roepke

A s s i s t a n t E d i t o r s

R u t h E . S u l l i v a n

L i l l i a n IW r i t e r

M a r y I . K i n n e r n e y

B a r b a r a F l e m i n g

A r t E d i t o r J e a n Erwin

B u s i n e s s M a n a g e r V i r g i n i a W a l s hE d i t o r i a l Staff: N . F e r r a r o , H . M a r t i n , J . V i d e t t o , S . B r i g h a m ,

J M . - C u m m i s k e y , M . D e n g a t e , J . Fournier, M . M o h r .J . W i r g e s , B . A h l g r e n , S . M e l i s z , B . N o r t o n , 0 . P i z z o , J , L u t z .

A r t Staff: R. H i t chcock, R. M orey , C . Schneider, fB u s i n e s s Staff: D . D o n a t e l l i , M . D o y l e , H . F a b i a n , M . F e r r y ,

M . M a s t e r s o n , J . Lawler, A . N i c k u m , M . R i g a r d , M . M c L a u g h l i n .F r e s h m e n P r o b a t i o n e r s : R . C u r t i s , M . H a r v e y , R . R a t a j c z y k .

l9s* l f l l AOVMCt PRNTNG 4 UTMO CO > f Mt« H ,

We QYkai Qflfe bishm Co

I t ' s 10 A. M . No Classes! t i l l 10:15. "Cl ick" goes th erad io d ial . We hear , "Now for a br ie f sum m ary of th e h,

ft

» l

la tes t news . . ." (Not fo r me!) A quick tu rn of the d ialt o "Mr. John Jones , no ted lec ture r , wi l l speak on • .( H u h - u h ! ) A n o t h e r t u r n . "G r e a t i s t h e p o w e r o f t r u t h ,o r "Will Young Widder Green soon so lve her p roblem/Th a t ' s for m e ! \

This is a routine many of us f ind ourselves followingalmos t unconsc ious ly each day. The "dry" Town Meet ingof the Ai r and Catho l i c Hour'; are be ing rep laced by comedians whose "deep" jokes are funny only i f you look atthe "o ther s ide ." The rad io programs of today are saturated with so-cal led drama that o f fe r s no th ing butvolumes of cheap, t rashy p lo t s adopted for the i r use as"persuaders" in purchas ing soaps or too th powders .

Wi th more and more o f th i s type of wor th less babblemonopolizing that! which could serve as an; educationalas well as entertaining device, the inevitable result wil lbe a c lash! In our schools we are taug ht t o th ink, speak,

and act as intel l igent persons should. But i t is an accepted! s tatement that we can be in f luenced o therwiseby the soap-operas enforc ing the s t rategem of money-seeking sponsors. The stories to which we often l is tenare imbued with vocabulary, pronunciations, and proceedings that will undoubtedly contradict what is beingt a u g h t by lour instructors. How can we hope that i l l effects willlnot r e s u l t from th i s unceas ing bar rage of t r i t ep r o g r am s ? | -

Since we college women can still be influenced by suchradio programs, i s i t no t there fore t rue that boys andgirls younger than ourselves will be affected even more?Some chi ldren today are being reared in |homes whoseradios are constantly tuned in to the r i ff-raff andj nonsense of dai ly serials. The number of such;programs isincreas ing so much that manyltimes we have no oppor

tun i ty to choose a p rogram that ' s wor th l i s ten ing to .Wh at, then, can be done about i t ? We, as th e l is tening

audience, should certainly be able to pool our opinionsand ideas and force them to be heard,fOur best chancefor su ccess in a war against the tras h expounded |bymany comedians and authors of 5-days-a-week serials ̂ isto stop l is tening to them ourselves. We-know good radioprograms! We want good rad io programs!

3£ ppu aster

Co of ll

S Y M P A T H Y

T h e f a c u l t y a n d s t u d e n t b o d y e x t e n d t h e i r d e e p e s t

s y m p a t h y t o P h y l l i s J o h e l o n t h e d e a t h o f h e r m o t h e r a n d

t o M a r y M o h r w h o s e g r a n d f a t h e r d i e d r e c e n t l y .

Eemember?|Dip » e e k |

M o s t o f t h e w o r l d t o d a ys e e m s t o h a v e f o r g o t t e n t h er e a l meaning o f E a s t e r , o u rLord's R e s u r r e c t i o n . I t h a sb e c o m e a d a y o f m a t e r i a l s p l e n d o r r a t h e r t h a n o f s p i r i t u a lr e f l e c t i o n . L e t u s n o t f o r g e t

t h e t r u e meaning o f t h i s g l o r i o u s d a y , n o r o f H o l y W e e k , w i t hi t s b e a u t i f u l c e r e m o n i e s , w h i c h

p r e c e d e s i t .T h e C h u r c h h a s s e t a s i d e

t h i s o n e w e e k t o c o m m e m o r a t et h e s o r r o w s , j o y s a n d t r i u m p ho f C h r i s t , a n d i t o f f e r s m a n yo p p o r t u n i t i e s i n w h i c h ! o m a n i f e s t i n a p e r s o n a l m a n n e r o u rl o v e for H i m . H o l y W e e k w i l lb e s p e n t a t h o m e , b u t w e s h o u l dn o t l e t t h i s I p r e v e n t u s f r o mc a r r y i n g o n t h e m a n y e x c e l l e n tr e s o l u t i o n s w h i c h w e h a v e b e g u n

t h i s L e n t e n s e a s o n . T h e

d i f f i c u l t y i n c o n t i n u i n g t h e s es e l f - i m p o s e d p e n a n c e s w i l l m a k e

u s e v e n m o r e w o r t h y o f C h r i s t ' sg r e a t s a c r i f i c e . W e s h o u l d m a k ee v e r y e f f o r t t o b e p r e s e n t a tH o l y W e e k s e r v i c e s i n o u r p a r i s h c h u r c h e s . L e t u s m a k e t h i sL e n t e n s e a s o n o n e o f thelmosts p i r i t u a l a n d p e n i t e n t o f o u r

l i ves . 5E a s t e r i s a t i m e o f r e j o i c i n g .

A b o v e a l l , i w e m u s t not- f o r g e tt o o f f e r t h a n k s t o G o d -for t h eo p p o r t u n i t y o f w o r s h i p p i n g H i ma t t h i s t i m e i n t h e [ t r a d i t i o n a lE a s t e r w a y . ^If w e k e e p t h e s et h i n g s i n m i n d , o u r E a s t e r i sc e r t a i n t o bela happy^and b l e s s e d o n e . — M . C u m m i s k e y .

Holy Week CalendarvPalm Sunday-

p a l m s .

Wednesday-vi ce s ,

- Ble ss i ng o f t he

T e n e b r a e s e r -

Holy T h u r s d a y — P r o c e s s i o n :

s t r i p p i n g o f t h e a l t a r s , indul -genced vi s i t s o f t he Ble ssedS a c r a m e n t . T e n e b r a e s e r v i c e s .

Good Friday—Mass of t hePresanctified; v e n e r a t i o n s toft h e C r o s s . T e n e b r a e s e r v i c e s .

H oly Saturday—Litany o f t h eS a i n t s ; p r o p h e c i e s , b l e s s i n g o ft h e N e w F i r e ; t h e P a s c h a lC a n d l e , a n d B a p t i s m a l F o u n t .

. . . Y ou see k Je su s o f N azare th , w ho w as c ruc i f i ed. H e i sr i s e n : h e i s n o t h e r e . B e h o l dt h e p l a c e w h e r e t h e y l a i d h i m .

—St . M ark X V I :6.

Easte

n Natu re s Wonderlandcuts

o u t l e t

s t n a l

d i r e c t l y t o w a r d s t h e r i v e r . H e

What Is H ?

A f e w m i l e s b e l o w t h e F r e n c h J K i n g Rapids , t h e Deer to t s o v e r t o t h e b a n k o f a h i g h p l a t e a u an d s t r ikes th '

o f S h a d B r o o k . T h e ! w a t e r s o f t h e b r o o k a r e cool andf o r t h e y r u n l o n g a n d d e e p t o t h e r i v e r t h r o u g h a ? ;r a v i n e . A j g r e a t f o r e s t c l o t h e s t h e pla teau , s ave fo r a

c l e a r i n g o n t h e r i v e r f r o n t n e a r t h i s r a v i n e . T h e re is

p a t h t h a t d o d g e s t h e g r e a t t r e e s o f t h e f o r e s t an d ru nw a y i n t o t h e c l e a r i n g , t h e n t u r n s 1 ' a c ros s t he f l a t an / p

s t ea l s ove r t he edge o f t he ravi ne t o t he brook be low . HI t w as nea r ly I ndi an Summer , and no t a breeze stirred T

gr ea t fo r e s t w as s i l e nt excep t fo r t he l ow vo i ce o f the ba n d t h e m o n o t o n o u s h u m o f i n s e c t s . T h e n , s u d d e n l y , a b l u ^s c r e a m e d a w a r n i n g a n d h u r r i e d l y t o o k o f f . A red squfo!c h a t t e r e d d e f i a n t l y f r o m s o m e w h e r e i n t h e t o p o f th e M

c h e s t n u t . A m o m e n t l a t e r , a boy quiet ly emerged from the d°w o o d s . H e w o r e d a r k c o r d u r o y t r o u s e r s n e a t l y t u ck e d into hi?cu t l ea the r boo t s . H i s faded sh i r t o f b lue f l anne l w as partialopen a t t he t h ro a t . T h e boy 's su ntanned face w as frank Je n g a g i n g a n d h i s f e a t u r e s w e r e t h i n a n d s t r o ng . He sof]?t r a c e d h i s w a y a l o n g t h e f p a t h ; t hen w a lked ac ross t he clear!

wa lke d car ef ul ly , but wihout]hes i t a t i on t o t he ve ry brim i\the plateau and peered d<JThe boy stood gazing at ther i v e r for a long moment; thJw i t h d r e w a few paces and sood!

l ooki ng t hought fu l l y across iT h e forest' fi re had so devastated the Fall woodlands thitlonly a few t runks shrouded iblack velour remained standing.Here and there a wisp of smokearo se from the stump ofgi ant t re e th at once had seemed im m o rt al. A few embers!glowed, and puffs of washes sw i r l ed. For a tine ti*|b o y w a s n o t himself. He mn o t s t a n d i n g |i n th e depths i|t he g r ea t fo re s t ; he wash e r o overc oming greatstacles, and only the vividiof h is im aginat ion and the fl jperiences of a lifetime cote l l what these might be. J

Then suddenly, he was a W

again, standing quiet ly in lnf o r e s t w a t c h i n g , as the e*ning shadows closed in abo3

h i m . A s h e trudgedJhonie^' n e a t h t h e eerie shadows*b y t h e gr ea t l ea fy *•*"* ts udd en tho ug h t cam e to H*J]w a s n o l o n g e r a boy,fa s t becom ing p m an; *

s addened by the tbw

appiness i

W h a t i s t h e n a t u r e o f t h eh a p p i n e s s w h i c h a l o n e c a n b r i n g

p e a c e t o m a n ? H u m a n h a p p i n e s s c o n s i s t s , e s s e n t i a l l y , i n t h ea t t a i n m e n t o f o n e ' s d e s i r e s .H o w m a n y o f u s c o n s i d e r i tw o r t h w h i l e t o h a v e m o n e y ,f r i e n d s , p o w e r , f a m e , h o n o r ,v i r t u e ? A n d w h a t e v e r w e c o n s i d e r g o o d , t h a t i s , w h a t w e d e s i r e , a n d t h e a t t a i n m e n t o fw h a t w e d e s i r e , i f i t b e t r u l yg o o d b r i n g s ju s s o m e h a p p i n e s s .T h u s , m o n e y , f r i e n d s , p o w e r ,f a m e , h o n o r a n d v i r t u e c a n a l lb r i n g u s s o m e d e g r e e o f h a p p i n e s s .

T h e h a p p i n e s s whichj c o m e st o m a n f r o m t h e g o o d t h i n g se n u m e r a t e d c a n n o t b e p e r f e c th a p p i n e s s . Complete h a p p i n e s s

for m a n ' i s t h e a t t a i n m e n t o fh is ;last end—the a t t a i n m e n t o f

God. \ * W-

W e a l t h c a n n o t b e t h e l a s te n d o f m a n ' s ! d e s i r e s , n e i t h e rcan f r i ends, ^nor a n y o t h e r m a t e r i a l t h i n g s . T h e s e a r e p a r t i a lg o a l s , m o v e m e n t s t o w a r d t h ep e r f e c t l y s a t i s f y i n g o b j e c tw h i c h p e r f e c t s h i s e n t i r e b e i n g .A m a n d o e s n o t c e a s e t o d e s i r ew h e n h e h a s a c q u i r e d o n e o rmost l y a l l o f t he se w or ldlyg o o d s . T h i s f a c t ar g u e s t h a tt h i n g s a r e s o u g h t b e c a u s e o fs o m e t h i n g m o r e w h i c h c a n n o tat I p r e s e n t b e p o s s e s s e d T h e s ep r o x i m a t e e n d s , t h e n , a r e s t e p st o w a r d t h e u l t i m a t e e n d a n dp e r f e c t h a p p i n e s s w h i c h i s d e f i ned by Sa i nt T homas A qui nas ,as : " F i n a l a n d p e r f e c t h a p p i n e s s which jean c o n s i s t i n n o t h i ng e l se t han t he v i s i on o f t heD i vi ne Es sence . " — J. L eD oux.

but pi f l d

ifg la *

h e c a s t o ne last furtiveat ^this magic wonderla"land o f boyhood in* Jandf ' dreams. —Eileen

What is The M ^jJ

[ ( T a k e n f f r o m an ^ i

1 9 4 4 issue *Me r cy hur s t Alum nae\i ^ $

The in i t i a l s , M A »s t a n d f o r t h e Mercyhurs

1 ^nae S i lve r Anniversary rI n J u n e , 1951, M t f g ^ J ,h a v e r o u n d e d o ut

t h e M a y ,

c o n s c e n t i o u s se r vice to

r una ay in Thc

O n E a s t e r S u n d a y I a l w a y s

g e t t h e u r g e t o t a k e a l e i s u r e l y

s t r o l l t h r o u g h t h e p a r k , I don

m y E a s t e r b o n n e t a n d s t e p g a i l y

in to t h e b a l m y s p r i n g a i r , A

p e r s o n c o u l d n ' t h e l p b u t f e e l

w o n d e r f u l w h e n e v e r y t h i n g i s

s o p e r f e c t . T h e s u n b e a m s d o w n

o n t h e s e a o f g r e e n g r a s s w i t ht h e f l o w e r s , l i k e l i t t l e s a i l

b o a t s , m o v i n g g e n t l y i n t h e

b r e e z e .

E v e r y o n e I p a s s h a s a s m i l e

an d a c h e e r y h e l l o . L i t t l e g i r l s

w a l k s e d a t e l y u p a n d down t h e

avenue , ac t ing l ike s wee t l i t t l e

l a d i e s l e s t t h e y m u s s t h e i r n e w

E a s t e r f i n e r y . T h e y o u n g b o y s

a lways look s o u n c o m f o r t a b l

A t

s tu den ts . Tha t means ^ }Alm a Mate r wi l l ma 0

v e r A n n i v e r s a r yin

t h e e n t r a n c e t o t h e p a r k

t h e r e i s a m a n s e l l i n g h u g e

b a l l o o n s . N o o n e c a n r e s i s t t h

,f»j

y e a r sOf Mer cyhurs t 's

- a i r e ! * ' ™

se!*' p

e

s i g h t o f h i s d i s p l a y , f o r t h e y m o s tP a s s i n g

g e n t m a t e r i a l n e e d s , ^ < jm o s t p r e s s ing i s « m

m a k e s u c h a c o l o r f u l p o l k a - d o t

p a t t e r n a g a i n s t t h e b r i g h t - b l u e

In t h e m o r e b e a u t i f u lky . t n e m o r e

s p o t s o f t h e p a r k , w h e r e n a t u r e

r e m a i n s u n t o u c h e d , t h e r e a r efam i l i e s tak i ng p i c tu re s ."" Each!

o n e t a k e s h i s o r h e r tu r nj jbe for e

t h e c a m e r a , s o m e J b a s h f u l l y ,

o t h e r s a ll p o s e d f o r t h e occa

s i o n .

A s I w a t c h t h e d e e p e n i n g

s u n s e t , I c a n ' t h e l p b u t w i s h

t h a t E a s t e r w o u l d ! c o m e m o r e

o f t e n : ' c a u s e i t ' s s u c h a

Since t h e college W ^cial endowment,

tnlib*]

are underwrit ing ^ fi\bui ld ing t o b e know 4 J

nae Hall . T h ^ , $ 2 < £

amount needed is jjgicpjto be presented « its Ko n t h e occasion ^

at the 9gJl t

J u n e ? * • N

to

s p e -

i n t h e i r v e r y b e s t c l o t h e s .e c i a l " d a y .

• J . Wi r ges .

a n n i v e r s a r ym ent exe r c i s e iA

E a c h of th e ^ ^pledged he r s e l f tlllS'75 cents a m onth* ^ ^

fund; tat**Ji*jT$26,000 w i U * » > i ^by 1951. This C «gjincreased bj > J ^gradua te s of * « , ^3

pledged *«f%Pt° \(Continued

8/6/2019 The Merciad, April 10, 1946

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/the-merciad-april-10-1946 3/4

April 10, 1946

CAe Merclad

OVER A COKE^ ^ Lil >

J U S t a b°

U t a b l G t 0 b e W F POmt, butkhis

is o ne " o ve r a c o k e " c o n v e r s a t io n t h a t wi l l h av e t o p r o c e e d with

0Ut the coke Know why ? Yes that 's r i g h t ; i t ' s L e n t . 1 5 ^ 1 "about Lent , i t l oo ks as tho ug h m os t o f you g al s wil l be able candidates for M r . P o w e r s c o m e E a s t e r t i m e , w h a t w i t h a l l t h i s"giving u p o f d e s s e r t s , c an d y , ic e c r e a m , o r m o v ie s . I ad m i r ey ou r f o r t i t u d e , g i r l s . Ke e p u p t h e g o o d wo r k !

Now that s p r i n g i s h e r e , h a v e n ' t y o u c a u g h t y o u r s e l f gazingsoulfully o u t o v e r t h e c am p u s wh e n y o u s h o u l d b e d o in g equations

o r an e s s ay ab o u t y o u r g r e a t , g r e a t g r a n d f a t h e r ? ' C o u r s e I c an ' tblam e y o u . Gr an d f a t h e r s a r e n ' t e x ac t l y o u r id e a o f o b j e c t s fnrs pr in g f e v e r , a r e t h e y ? Ye t s p r i n g i s n ' t a l l I s m e l l in t h e a i r !Those cats have appeared ag a in in t h e b io l o g y l ab . I t ' s t im e s l ik ethese Ir a g l ad I m n o t a s c i e n c e m aj o r . B u t l e t ' s g e t b ac k t ospring . I saw a couple o f bicyc les spe edin g dow n the boule vardth e o t h e r d ay . W h a t c o u l d b e a b e t t e r s i g n ?? W h e n m o r e o f v o uhave yours he re a t sch ool , there'll b e b ik e h ik e s g a l o r e t o t h ezoo, t h e p e n in s u l a , o r W in t e r g r e e n Go r g e ; t h a t m e an s we in ieroasts, t o a st e d m a r s h m a l l o w s , a n d w h a t h a v e y o u . B u t t h e r eI 'm back to food again, an d i t ' s s t i l l L e n t . " ' \

By t h e way , h av e y o u r e adth e n e ws p ap e r c l i p p in g t h a t ' sbeen on the ma in bu l l e t i nboard? That co l l ege g ir l certainly "hit at " t h o s e w h o n a m e

f av o r i t e p e r f u m e s . Nour idoubt, you-all a g r e e d w i t h h e rone fhundred pe r cen t . Whowantsfto b e " e x o t i c , " o r " d an g erous," o r a " fatal ap p le " anyway?

However, food and m enaren't a l l t ha t M erc yh urs t " s too -dents" t h in k ab o u t during'theirf ree t ime. St . Vincent ' s hosp i talis o n t h e wi t n e s s s t an d t o t e s t i fy . At in terval s f rom ear ly Sat urday mo rning u nt i l Sundayevening , the Seniors and Jun io rsare seen walking down th e dr ivewith l ively s t ep s . They sacr i f i cesome of thei r f ree t im e dur ingtheir week-ends to dre ss up intheir I b e s t " S u n d ay - g o - t o - m e e t -

in '" in o rder to ac t as ho s tes sesat the hosp i tal . They enjoy i t ,though, f rom* al l r ep or t s . The irexper iences makef interes t ingand amus ing af t e r-dinne r conversation, t o s ay t h e l e as t .

And speaking a bou t co nversat ions, it 's abou t t i m e this I o ne*as ended, so "0 River" as onethird floor| r e s id e n t wo u l d s ay ,t f | you 'l l pardon he r Fre nch .Unti l the next is sue, the n, y ou rsfo r more lusc ious cokes togetherln t he near , near fu tu re !

•B. F l e m i n g .

CAMPUS CUT-UPS1. T h is c am p u s c u t i e h as b e e n

e n j o y in g ( ? ) an e n fo r c e d v ac at io n for; t h e p a s t f e w w e e k s .

S h e was an ac t iv e M is s o n t h ehockey f ie ld and fbasketballf l o o r , an d o n e m ig h t a l s o f in dh e r p o u r i n g o v e r h e r t e s t t u b ein t h e * " Qu an t " L ab . W e h e a rwedding bel l s wil l soon I b e r in g in g f o r h e r an d h e r e x - f l i e r .

2. A n d wh o i s t h e s e n io r f r o mt h e C o m m e r c i a l D e p a r t m e n twh o h as b e e n g o in g a r o u n dwr e a t h e d in s m i l e s a s o f l a t e ?C o u l d t h e fact-that c o m e s M a y .s h e wi l l ap p e a r u n d e r a g o l d e n ,c r o wn , h av e an y t h in g t o d o wi t hi t ? j*

3 . T h i s p e r k y b r u n e t t e f r e s h m an h as b e e n r e c e iv in g h e r q u o t aof jt e l e p h o n e c a l l s l a t e l y . W h e n

n o t in i t h e p h o n e b o o t h , s h em ay b e l o c a t e d b y t h e s o u n d o fc l i c k in g in t h e t y p in g r o o m , o rdown on the f i r s t f loor , pen andr u l e r in h an d an d ac c o u n t in gb o o k b y h e r s id e .

4. N o t soflong ag o , t h i s j au n t yjunior , who is ef f ic iency p lusin the dining room, seemed toh av e b e e n h av in g h e r / m e n -t r o u b l e s . No , i t ' s n o t Jwhat* yo ut h in k ! S h e was ac t u a l l y t r y in gto dispose o f an ext ra date , bu tn o o n e s e e m e d t o b e in t e r e s t e dW o n d e r w h y ?

Know Thyself ,

Control Thyself ,

Deny Thyself

R e c e n t l y , d u r in g a l e c t u r e inone o f our c lasses , the p r o f e s s o r e x p o u n d e d wh a t h e c o n s id e r e d , the j g r e a t e s t t h o u g h t s o fh u m an wis d o m e v e r u t t e r e d .

Th e first | id e a m e n t io n e d wast h a t o f S o c r a t e s , a Greek p h i l o s o p h e r , n am e l y , " Kn o w (j t h y self "IMarc u s A u r e l iu s , a R o m anEm p e r o r , d e c l a r e d , " C o n t r o l t h y self." B u t , t h e g r e a t e s t o f t h e s ewas m ad e b y Ou r L o r d wh e nhe said, "Deny thyself."

Did we ever s top to real izeth at in a c lass we ar e {supposedt o c o n s id e r t h e r i g h t s o f o t h e r sas wel l as our own individualr ig h t s ? M ay b e we wo u l d r a t h er l is t en to o r jo in in the conv e r s a t io n o f the?person n e ar u s ,b u t b y d o in g s o we c au s e ag r e a t d e a l o f d i s t r ac t io n wh ic h

r e s u l t s in a n e r v e - r ac k in g u n d e r - c u r r e n t o f s o u n d s in t h ec l a s s r o o m . I t i s t h e d u t y o f our^

s t a t e fin l i fe , as s tudents in col- al ege, to pay closer attentiont t o go u r in s t r u c t o r s . A c t u a l l y , | i t tii sn ' t poss ible to dot tw o things 3at once, that u s , to talk! an d t o | ^l i s te n , t o o . O u r p r i m a r y p u r p o s e !in t h e c l a s s r o o m i s t o l i s t e n and It o l earn. We should |deny * our -1se lves the|pleasure|of g o s s ip in g 1about the boyfr iend, j a ^letter If r o m h o m e , t h e p r o m , an d wh a t |have you , unt i l af t er c lass . ^ ^ H

A c c e p t in g o u r r e s p o n s ib i l i t i e s 1as s t u d e n t s an d f p r ac t i c in g t h e Ip r in c ip l e s im p l i e d in the I "bits I

o f ph i losophy," "Know thyself;"" C o n t r o l thyself" andj "Deny*thyself," we s h a l l ; a l s o p r e p a r eo u r s e l v e s f o r acceptingsthe r e - $spons ibi l i t ies^ o f | s h ap in g j o u r l lworld 's?; fu tu r e as i t s c i t ize ns . !

M. I . Kinnerneyl

Page 8

neebout Tempera

eafute Sayd,,,

The good and end of the cardinal vir tue t emperance has become g reat ly debased in our modern socie ty : i t s nature is erroneous ly unders tood. A t emperate man is that so r t o f personwho l ives by what r igh t ru le p rescr ibes , that is , he act s wiselynot only in regard direct ly to the two senses o f tas te and touchbut in regard to any of the o ther senses when they f a r e b r o u g h t

into re lat ionsh ip with ! them . The vir tue o f t empe rance does no tImerely involve res t r ic t ion in the use o f these senses , which isa negat ive mot ive, bu t i t fu r ther creates in us a t rue o r a r igh t -minded appreciat ion and use off things—things?which God createdfor His honor and g lo ry , a positive mo tive. And in this love, wes e e o u r ap p e t i t e s trained! fo r a s t i l l h igher imotive—the love ofGod and His infinite ^jus t ice . The f inal resu l t is the command ofthe mind over the f l esh ; i t means the overru le by the mind ofour dominat ing pass ions to which man is so suscep t ible .

Intemperance in Writ ing

Since the lack of the vir tue o f t emperance unfor tunate lyweakens the inte l l ec t , i t necessar i ly fo l lows that th is wil l manifes t i t se l f in such a person 's wri t ing . I t wil l l ack res t raint , fo ras I said before , h is pass ions dominate; jhis fee l ings and emot io n s are "not cont ro l l ed: they usurp dominion over the mind. Theinf luence o f wri t ing o f th is k ind over men is cons iderable . We

$ see i t in our pamphlet s , newspapers , and magaz ine ar t ic l es .

I Specif ical ly , they show up , ;for instance, in radicalism in gov-H ernment and in se l f ishness in economic ins t i tu t ions . Such at t i-I tudes inf luence socie ty wrong ly? in ge neral ; and somet imes even

• go so far as to draw the s tate in to a chao t ic condition.

KM Emotions Iuneontrol 1 ed—dom ineering—demanding—stubborn! A ll

& are Icharacteristic of the intemperate man. He general ly ins is t sthat he is r igh t when obvious ly he is wrong . His lower pass ions

• are s t reng thened; and by these he is s t eered ins tead of by reason,I t he h ighes t o f al l ipowers . Thus , the fo rce and the l igh t o f the in-Itellect i s u l t imately weakened. Andfthisg weakening o f the mind,Sit isleasylto conclude, mu s t resu l t in l i t eratu re/ ' which is bo th!

disordered and inferior.H^^^^^Bf

HBf l |^H| ^f l f lHH B Need of the Vir tue

H T h e v i r t u e o f t e m p e r an c e c a r r i e s wit hi i t t he minor vir tues o fh u m i l i t y , • s o b r i e t y , a n d H m o d e s t y . Without these man fai l smiserably in develop ing the vir tue which is so necessary fo r sal vat ion; he weakens ̂ his character by the inabili ty! to discipl ine

himself. In general , he is a danger to himself, his soul, and thesocie ty in which he l ives .

Fur ther , man owes the p ract ice o f t emperance to h is neighbor, who is influenced by him: to himself, whose salvation caneasily be lost without it ; and most of al l to God, who in Hisjus t ice l is g u iding ^man on | the way to h is f inal end—the p o s sess ion o f God and e ternal happ iness .

SaltH rianam s

PSYC H O - L ABO N SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS

Ext reme se l f -consciousness ,j yness, or over-sensitivenessls not rare . About one adul t m

Tky t h r e e i s d e f i n i t e l y d i s t u r b -

j because h e o r s h e i s marked-y se l f -conscious .

Women, however, are bother-more by se l f -consciousness

^ ar e m e n . F o r e v e r y t e nCl1

E who are se l f -conscious ,p

e r e a r e twelve women whos»ess t h e s am e a t t r ib u t e . T h e

the f r e a s°

n f o r t h i s i s

e ' ac t that|g i r l s a r e r e p r e s s

esm

?r e t h a n

boys in t h e i r u p -p a g i n g . F

Per8he a v e r a Se se l f -conscious

[that°n *^e a n n o y i n g fee l ing[pert ° t h e r s a r e watching h i m ,and ?

S m a k i n £ fun o f h im ,his r

1 g a b o u t h i m b e h i n d

| awv, ack* H e feels e x t r e m e l y: ^ a r d a n d " o u t of p l ac e . "and in d e f i n i t e l y ap p r e h e n s iv e

; vU1 at ease. He is usual ly

thi s dself

-ce

«tered. However ,I th*t h°

eS- n 0 t n e c e s s ar i ly m e a n

t h a t ^e l s °n ego is t . I t means

and ^ractically a l l h i s t h o u g h t shi s J r

0 1*

a r e concerned withr <»*n well being .i "" «eu oeing .&hvay

8el*conscious person isis

r e a l o r im ag in a r y d an g e r s , in s u l t s , and s lu rs . One type o fp e r s o n m ay r e ac t t o t h e s e p r o v o c a t io n s wi t h n o m o r e t h an a"hurt" express ion and a rap idr e g r e s s io n t o h i s introvertiven a t u r e . A n o t h e r t y p e i s t h etouchy individual who alwayshas a "ch ip on h is shoulder"and is aroused to anger at thes l i g h t e s t p r o v o c a t io n .

T h e n , t h e r e i s t h a t t y p e o fover-sens i t ive person who .hast u rned h is dif f icu l ty into some

th ing usefu l . He is a personwho th rough h is se l f -consciousn e s s h as developed^ an abi l i ty tofeel j h i s way in t o t h e t h o u g h t s ,moods , and emot ions o f o therpeop le . He doesn ' t necessar i lyh av e t o b e a s y m p a t h e t i c p e r s o n . He i s r a t h e r a m o r e u n d e r s tanding person and has a g reatadvantage in deal ing with o t h e r

p e o p l e .His is an excel l ent type o f

rat ional izat ion. In p ro ject ingh i s t h o u g h t s t o war d other 5 people, h e h as t u r n e d a way fromhis se l f -centeredness . In th isway he real ly sh ie lds h is ownsens i t ive feel ings and helps

VIRGINIA W ALSH W ILL

REIGN AS QUEEN(Cont inued f rom Page 1)

joy which is no worse. We want

i t to be t ru ly s incere and t ru ly

gay . We want i t t o ref l ec t typ i

cal Mercyhurs t per fect ion.

M ay Day i s p e r h ap s t h e m o s t

memorable and mos t e laborate

of al l our t radi t ions ; i t has al

ways been the out s tanding

event o f the year . With f lowers ,

songs , and dances we honor

the Blessed Mother , the Heav

enly! Queen of M ay.

S. M.

3£a pu $M lf

HOMEWARD BOUNDTh e Easter'Bunny's on his way,And we shall^leave within a day,Homeward-bound for frol ic and fun,Lessons fo r the t ime are done.

For two whole weeks we'l l laugh and play,And thoughts of school wil l drift away;While al l shou t ou t with much e lat ionTheir th ree cheers fo r Eastei Vacat ion.

Dressed in fashions of the day,Chr is t wil l see ustmend our way,When on Eas ter we kneel to say ,Thank you, God, for having risen this day.

, —M. I. Kinnerney

Mary E. Hendr icksonSusanne CummingsMary Louise Farre l lEl izabeth Fi tzgeraldM ar y J an e M as t e r s o n

Florence E. RiznerLill ian WriterSandra BersaniM ar y A n n B o h r e rSally Anne GunnJeanne LedouxAlice June OlsonMary Therese Schot tDanusia TelerskiKaihryn Ann YoungMildred Corre l lSheila Marie DoyleAl ice Feeh leyDolores Fi tzgeraldGeraldine HydockEileen JacobusAl ice MurphyIrene Sano

8/6/2019 The Merciad, April 10, 1946

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/the-merciad-april-10-1946 4/4

P age!4oAe JneYclxid

Zk FASHION <PUW h a t is it t h a t c a t c h e s e v e r y

o n e ' s eye when you're w a l k i n gi n t h a t E a s t e r p a r a d e ? Y e s —

T h e w o n d e r s of a hat! A hat

i s a t h i n g of w i t c h c r a f t , a c l e v e r t r i c k an d r e a l l y th e l a s tt h i n g in f a s h i o n s . A hat s h o u l dm a t c h or c o m p l e m e n t a c o s t u m e , but its r e a l g e n i u s l i e s

in it s a b i l i t y to act as a m o r a l eb u i l d e r , win a lo ve or f o r g e ta w r o n g . All t h i s w i t h v e i l i n g ,p l u m e s , r i b b o n s and f l o w e r s !

T h e h i s t o r y of h a t s t r a c e sb a c k to 1917 B. C. w h e n th e

M e s o po ta m ia ns c o n s t r u c te dh e a d g e a r w i t h a s u r p r i s i n g l ym o d e r n look: t u r b a n s , b o n n e t s ,and c lo ch es . Indeed , all the b e s ts t y l e s of t o d a y w e r e represent

e d t h e n , w i t h th e p o s s i b l e ^ ex

c e p t i o n of the b e r e t and the

s a i l o r . Th e h a t s of e a c h h i s t o r i c a l p e r i o d h a v e b e e n i n f l u e n c e db y p a s s i n g e v e n t s . In I P u r i t a nE n g l a n d , h e a d g e a r wa s s o m b e r ,I n th e h i s t o r i c a l l y ga y p e r i o d

o f L o u i s XV, h a t s w e r e ornatet h e y s o a r e d i s k y w a r d w i t hphimesiof b r i g h t c o l o r s .

T o d a y is our l o v e l i e s t age of

all . B e a u t y g o e s to y o u r h e a di n a co l l ec t io n of h a t s . But use

g o o d s e n s e w h e n s h o p p i n g for

that m a t . R e m e m b e r th e impor-

e

t a n c e of p r o p o r t i o n . Is it c o r

r e c t l y p r o p o r t i o n e d to y o u r face

t o y o u r b o d y , to the c o a t or s u i t

w i t h w h i c h y o u ' l l w e a r i t?

If you are s m a l l and h a v eb e e n t o l d th e b e a n i e is the

r i g h t - s i z e hat for you, f o r g e ti t . H i g h crowns] or s l a n t e dheightslin b r i m g i v e th e i l l u s -

t h a t y o u ' r e inches $ t a l l e ra r e . If

FLOWERY ROMANCE Ap ril Sh

ion tnat y o u ' r et h a n you a c t u a l l y are. rt you

h a v e b r o a d e r - t h a n - a v e r a g ec h e e k b o n e s , th e s i l h o u e t t e of

y o u r ha t s h o u l d be w i d e r t h a ny o u r c h e e k s ' w i d t h so Ithat it

w i l l not l o o k l i k e t o o l s m a l l a

h a t on too l a r g e a j f a c e .

W h e n b u y i n g a hat, d o n ' t si t

a t the mirror" and f o c u s on the

h a t as s6 m a n y do. S t a n d up ,

w a l k a r o u n d , l o o k in the f u l l -l e n g t h m i r r o r . S o m e h a t s m a k ey o u l o o k r e a l l y d r e s s e d w h e nt h e y ' r e s e e n f r o m th e f r o n t ,b u t w h a t a b o u t a s i d e v i e w .W i t h the aid of a t h r e e - w a y

t h a t you are as

a r e

1. Th e h e r o i n e ' s n a m e and the

c o l o r of her h a i r .

2. Th e h e r o ' s n a m e an d w h a t

hejwrote it w i t h ,

3 . T h e i r f a vo r i t e p a s t i m e in

w i n t e r .

4 . W h a t he did do w h e n he

p r o p o s e d .

5. Th e g h a s t l y t r o p h y w h i c h

h e offered her.

6 . W h a t sh e s a i d w h e n he

k n e l t before 3her.

7. The p e r s o n ! to w h o m she

r e f e r r e d him.

8. Th e h o u r for the w e d d i n g .

9 .

c o l o r

11 .

12 .

1° .

T h e maid-of-honor and the

o f he r e y e s .

10. Th e d i s p o s i t i o n of the b e s t

m a n .T h e f o u r b r i d e s m a i d s .T h e c o l o r of t h e i r d r e s s e s .W h a t th e b r i d e w o r e in

h e r h a i r .

14 . W h a t sh e w o r ef e e t .

15 . Th e c l e r g y m a n .

16. Th e n u m b e r of g u e s t s

t h a t a t t e n d e d th e w e d d i n g .

17 . Th e m i n i s t e r ' s fee.

18 . Th e l e n g t h of t h e i r h a p p i n e s s .

o w e r s

A p r i lco m

is here and

e r s .

e J * e traditional A p r i l i *The s torehouse of

t e a r s are opened. The

c o p i o u s l y yield

angei,.

heav^

for th fc

o n her

y o u

a s you

m i r r o r , see

l ive ly in p r o f i l eh e a d on. vj

C l e v e r t h i n g s , h a t s ! Le t y o u rn e w E a s t e r b o n n e t be one t h a ty o u l o v e to w e a r , t h a t g i v e s you

a l i f t , t h a t m a k e s you lookfliket h e " g r a n d e s t l a d y in the E a s t e r p a r a d e . " — H . M a r t i n .

SALLY BRIGHAM . . .

on Self-Consciousness(Continued''from P a g e 3)

o t h e r s to o v e r c o m e their | self-

c o n s c i o u s n e s s .S e l f - c o n s c i o u s n e s s may be

cured. One r e m e d y is to a n a l y z e y o u r s e l f to d i s c o v e r w h a t" g h o s t " f r o m the p a s t c a u s e sy o u r q u a l m s of c o n s c i e n c e . S u c h

a n a n a l y s i s is r a t h e r d i f f i c u l ta n d c a n n o t s u c c e e d :if any self-

p i t y is i n v o l v e d . A n o t h e r r e m e d y , one we can all e m p l o y , l i e sin an e x t r e m e e f f o r t to b e c o m ei n t e r e s t e d in o t h e r s and to c o m p l e t e l y f o r g e t o n e ' s own d e f e n s i v e a t t i t u d e .

THROUGH THE &mfide*aatty $ .

PLAYER'S EYEB y J o a n »Lutz

Sports|fans,|how did you l ike

t h o s e l as t ' tw o b a s k e t b a l l

g a m e s ? T h u r s d a y , M a r c h 28,

f o u n d th e V a r s i t y c h a l l e n g i n gt h e S e m s . T a l k a b o u t e x c i t e

m e n t and s p i r i t . In c a s e you are

w o n d e r i n g or *have f o r g o t t e n ,

t h e s c o r e of the g a m e was 26-

25 . The S e m s r e a l l y gave pis a

run for our m o n e y , but we

c a m e out on top.

T h e n e x t n i g h t b r o u g h t m o r e

e x c i t e m e n t as we c h a l l e n g e d the

V i l l a in the |final g a m e of the

s e a s o n . W h a t a g a m e ! At the

e nd of the f i r s t h a l f th e s c o r e

read 12-12 . Wh e n we l e f t the

l o c k e r r o o m to b e g i n th e seco nd

h al f we were , rea l ly wo u nd up

a n d r a r i n g to win. But the f ina ls c o r e wa s 32-26 in f a v o r of]

V i l l a . The s c h o o l s p i r i t at the

g a m e wa s p e r f e c t and the V a r

s i t y r e a l l y f e l t as if the w h o l e

s c h o o l w e r e b e h i n d t h e m . T h i s

w as th e f i n a l g a m e of the s e a

so n bu t we' l l be b a c k n e x t y e a r

t o b r i n g you m o r e v i c t o r i e s .

DO YOU KNOW?h i g h fo r a

few co nf i -W i t h a b e a u t i f u l s p r i n g w e l l u n d e r way, and h o p e s

p e r f e c t E a s t e r v a c a t i o n , l e t ' s t a k e t i m e out! t o h e a r a

d e n t i a l n o t e s on w h a t ' s b u z z i n ' on the c a m p u s . \We're w o n d e r i n g mow she d o e s it ! J e a n Brauch ha s k e p t up

h e r d a i l y w a l k s 'for q u i t e s o m e t i m e . M a n y of us h a v e t r i e d it,a n d h a v e g i v e n up- a f t e r a few d a y s . W h a t ' s th e secret, J e a n ?V i t a m i n p i l l s or W h e a t i e s ? An n Mohr, our m a s t e r r a d i o m e c h a n i c ,i s ^really c o m i n g in h a n d y w h e n th e " n o i s e - b o x " g o e s on the

bl inks . I :Here 1 a r e a few n o t e s we t o o k d o w n w h i l e s t r o l l i n g a l o n g th e

c a m p u s b o u l e v a r d . H a v e you noticed—Mary A g n e s C u l h a n e ' s" c r i n k l y " s m i l e . . . J o a n * G i b b o n s ' s u p e r wardrobe {She s e w sherjown) . . . H e d y Klan's m a t h a b i l i t y . . . C l a r a B i e n k o w s k a ' sb lo nde h a i r . . . R u t h Morey's f a v o r i t e s a y i n g , "I ca-a-a-n'tsta-a-a-and it!" S

B e t t y Rizner's g l o w i n g happiness—the w e d d i n g ' s set for J u l y !. J . Marg'^Rigard's t i n y w a i s t l i n e . • . Jilda B e r s a n i ' s kelly g r e e noutfit* (Her own -handiwork) . . . J o a n Cavanaugh's c o m p l e x i o n

. . . . T es si e rLennon's m u s i c a l f i n g e r s . . . Susanne Cummin g 'sjo v ia l lau gh . . . Alice^Feehley's p h o t o in the windo w of a do wnt o w n p h o t o g r a p h e r s t u d i o . . . J a n e E c k e n r o d e ' s l u c k ; he's on his

w ay for a d i s c h a r g e . . . 'Nettie M a r i n o ' s naturally c u r l y h a i r .

Horseback/riding can be p r o f i t a b l e as wel l as a lot|of fun. So

s a y s " M i k e " K u r t z who has b e e n k e p t b u s y a n s w e r i n g p h o n e c a l l s ,J m e e t i n g " g u e s t s , " etc. Th ink I'll t a k e up h o r s e b a c k r i d i n g , M i k e .P The v o l u n t e e r n u r s e s ' a i d s at I S t . V i n c e n t ' s H o s p i t a l h a v e

h a d m a n y worth-talking-about e x p e r i e n c e s . M a r y I r e n e K i n -n e r n e y s e e m s to be t h e r e j u s t w h e n a l l * the e x c i t e m e n t be

g i n s . And she lo ves it, too. S h e ' s c o m e to the p o i n t w h e r es h e ' s c o l l e c t i n g g e r m s for our B a c t e r i o l o g y c l a s s e s .

Back to a few m o r e s h o r t n o t e s . T a k e n o t e of G e r r yMeah l ' s sweet d i sp o s i t i o n .Ci s sy Pu gh ' s d im p led sm i le as she

t a lks abo u t B i l l (He's a w r i g h t , C i s s y ! ) , | . . Zoe R a m i r e z ' s and

M e r c e d e s B a u m b e c k ' s ^displayo f d e n t i s t s a r t i s t r y . . , L a u r i eE r n s t ' s new E a s t e r c o a t . She

m a d e it—and sh e ' s not a " H o m eE c

T h a t ' s all t h e r e is for t h i st i m e . H a p p y E a s t e r !

L .I W r i t e r

(

RESPECTFULLY ISUBMITTEDI Ar t C l u b *

M o n d a y , A p r i l 1, the Art Clu b h e ld it s l a s t r e g u l a r m e e t i n g of

t h e s c h o o l y e a r . G u e s t s p e a k e r for the even ing was Mr. Rich ardW h i t e h i l l , l o c a l c o m m e r c i a l a d v e r t i s e r and h u s b a n d of P r i s c i l l aJ e n k i n s , M e r c y h u r s t g r a d u a t e . He di scu ssed and exp la ined " Get

t i n g S t a r t e d in the C o m m e r c i a l F i e l d . " He a l s o g a v e p o i n t e r sand c r i t i c i sm s of wo rk be ing do ne by art s t u d e n t s . | *

Science Sem inar § -&VA s e m i n a r on nu cleo n ics and the a t o m i c b o m b h i g h l i g h t e d the

f ina l Sc ience Sem inar m ee t ing h e ld Wednesday , Ap r i l 3, in the

l o u n g e . B e f o r e m e m b e r s of the c lu b and g u e s t s , D o l o r e s E r n s t ,S a l l y B r i g h a m , M a r g a r e t D e n g a t e and B e t t y N o r t o n p r e s e n t e di n t e r e s t i n g t a l k s on the p r inc ip les beh ind th e p o w e r f u l a t o m i cb o m b . & ') ' >.|r

So cio lo gy Sem inarM i s s Ann Jo h nso n and M i s s Ann Klan, a lu m nae of M e r c y h u r s t ,

w e r e g u e s t s p e a k e r s at the A p r i l 2 m e e t i n g of the J Sociology Se

m i n a r . T h e y s p o k e of th e i r exp er i ences in various social services*M a r y Lou Co s tanzo gave a talk on the p r e s e n t h o u s i n g s i t u a t i o n .Final p lans for the c o m i n g Testimonial D i n n e r w e r e m a d e .

er!"

F l

Answers] to

owery Romancel .

4.

5.

M a r i g o l d2. J o n q u i l l3 . S n o w b a l l

A s t e rB l e e d i n g H e a r t

6 . J o h n n y J u m p - u p7 . P o p p y

4 O'cl o ck |B r o w n - e y e d S u s a n

10. Swee t Wi l l i am ; |11. Ros e , Li ly , Da i s y ,

g u e r i t e .

8.9.

M a r -

feat'a'TflututeT h e f e m i n i n e of b a c h e l o r is

l a d y - i n - w a i t i n g .

M a b e l : "Isn't ^that a t e r r i b l ep i c t u r e of me? I lo o k just ' l ikea m o n k e y . "

S u e : "You s h o u l d h a v e

t h o u g h t of t h a t b e f o r e y o u ! hadi t t a k e n . " -

w a t e r s . The clouds break, Jin* f ro m h eaven to earth GJgift of s p r i n g . \

T h e r e are many types <

A p r i l r a m s . F i r s t of all Jh a v e th e shower that 8 Lt h e e a r t h l i k e a shivering p %

sh edd ing water f ro m h i s wooCh a i r a f t e r his bath. It com*l ike a blessing from above, fii]

ing us with nostalgia for thjs u m m e r to come. One couw a l k for h o u r s in it. It helpst o s e n d f o r t h the sweet odorso f s p r i n g : t h o s e of flowers, og r a s s , of clover. Then we have Ith e p i e rc ing ra ins . Th ey do noa l w a y s c o m e in g re at quantities,bu t m o s t ce r ta in ly in greaf o r c e . C a r r i e d by a strong wnd

th es e si lv er dar ts beat againstth e windo w p anes in unendng

s t a c c a t o . T h e y p e c k at the varico lo re d u m br el la s like determin-

T h e o b j e c t i v e of "he" is " s h e . "

A t a f o o t b a l l I g a m e :H e : See t h a t bi g s u b s t i t u t e

d o w n t h e r e on th e^ b e n c h ? I

t h i n k he is g o i n g to be our b e s tm a n n e x t y e a r .

S h e : Oh, darling—this is so

s u d d e n !

C h a t t e r f %

T h e g i r l who m a r r i e s a man

w i t h m o n e y to burn u s u a l l ym a k e s a g o o d m a t c h .

A s t r a n d e d.

E n g l i s h a c t o rw e n t i n t o a sordid:'eating h o u s ei n New Y o r k for a cheap*mealan d was h o r r i f i e d to r e c o g n i z et h e w a i t e r as a c o l l e a g u e who

h a d p l a y e d w i t h him in L o n d o n ." G r e a t S c o t t ! " \ he g a s p e d ,

" Y o u a w a i t e r in t h i s p l a c e ?"

"Yes , but I do n ' t ea t h e r e , "r e p l i e d th e o t h e r w i t h d i g n i t y .

ed woo dpec kers. Last, but cer

t a i n l y not l e a s t . We have the^violent s t o r m s . W i t h these, the

f u r y ofjthe h eavens is let loose.No t o n ly do the drops come iig r e a t f o r c e , ' b u t a l s o in super

abu ndance . Th ey p lo p in buck-

e t s f u l l . C u r b s are flooded. Theg r o u n d is saturated. Sidewalka n d s t r e e t s ar e more like swmm in g po ol s t ha n walking spaces.T h e s e s t o r m s are fury-bent,

a n d w h a t an immense love forw a t e r do they demand of us.

Th e p ro v idence of God *m a n i f e s t in our A pr il showers.Without them, there would beno May f lo wers we love so weWi th ou t the m , there would *

no dr ink for the far m er s' crops.and th ey and our beloved flowe r s w o u l d die of thirsts e n t us r a i n for a

wel l as for beauty. Truly, «*

His g» *

Go d

p u r p o s e a s

A p r i l s h o w e r s are

s p r i n g . .p Fleming

B r e d d e r n and Si ern—shoutedt h e c o l o r e d evangelist—standu p if you w a n t to go to h e b b e n !

E v e r y b o d y s t o o d up but one

ol d man. " D o n ' t you w a n t to go

to h ebben and why?"—askedt h e p r e a c h e r .

" A h s u r e d o e s " s a i d the old

m a n , "but ah ain't go in ' wi thno excu rs io n .n

SENIORS ENJOYCLASS PAR*"*

( C o n t i n u e d f r o m Pa ge l' j« Oof-

Kinner ney; en te r ta inm ent , 1

b a r a F l e m i n g ; and menu, ^

r e s a S i c k . All the m en**8

w o r k i n g

this P ^

W HAT IS THEM.A.S.AJ\?i

t h e c o m m i t t e e s ar e

d u s t r i o u s l y to m a k ea bi g s u c c e s s .

10*

2)s m a l l

( C o n t i nu e d f r o m P a g eA p a r t f r o m h a l f a do zens c h o l a r s h i p s , M e r c y h u r s t ' ?c h i e f s o u r c e of i n c o m e is its

s t u d e n t s . It is o nly by exce l l e n t m a n a g e m e n t and c o m p l e t ef a i t h t h a t the S i s t e r s of M e r c yh ave been ab le to c a r r y on and

c a r r y f o r w a r d o v e r t h e s e 20

y ears th a t inc lu ded the w o r s teco no m ic dep res s io n in A m e r i c a ' s h i s t o r y .

B e c a u s e of t h i s , M A S

A F sh o u ld be s t r o n g l y sup-

p o r t e d by all of us in thep resen t s tu den t bo dy wh en wea r e m e m b e r s of the A l u m n a e .We wi l l be h e lp ing to e r e c t abu i ld ing th a t wi l l benef i t the

t h o u s a n d s of gi r l s th a t fo l lo win our f o o t s t e p s .

12 . Viole t , P ink, Li lac , He l i -t r o p e

13. B r i d a l W r e a t h14 . Lady S l ipp e r15. J a c k - i n - t h e - P u l p i t16. P h l o x :; |17 . S h e p h e r d ' s - P u r s e18. E v e r l a s t i n g

M a r c h 17, * • *p

J w r .

e n t e r t a i n e d t h e i r "Big p8ya t a f o r m a l St. Patrick s •dinner . The dining room ̂ ^t h e d i n n e r was held, va ,§orated in t r u e St. *• #

Day fash io na n d g r e e n pip es

pat*

sham*i t h *"- ti,e

adorniny

t a b l e s , and with l i t t lef ^

h a t s and t iny bo t t l e s ° ^p e r f u m e as f a v o r s . * ^ c Hi n c l u d e d c h i c k e n salad. ^f r i e d p o t a t o e s , ho t roU *i c e c r e a m , an d coffee* ^

T h e e n t e r t a i n m e n t P j,yc o n s i s t e d of I r i s h

s^anCy

C o n n i e S c h n e i d e r a** j&S m i t h , an d Ir ish W? '^0N i c k u m and M e r c e r s ^

h i s to r y ° tf

n a r r t U* \

Janet ^

a n d G l o r i a Ott. J , ?

beck , and a _Senio r c las s astwo I r i sh wo m en,

CAA N S W E R S T O

C U T - U P S1. Ger r i Baker2. G i n n y W a l s h

3 . J a n e J * * * *0

*4 . M a r y | P ° y

l e'

npfl»