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Is our iface red? Is our headthree t imes i ts normal s ize and arewe rushing for a n ew | ha t ? Itshould be red and we should berushing. We are not blushing fromthat well-known embarrassmentoh my, no but from sheerpride and conceit, and for t hesethings too, should our head feeltoo large for our body and shouldthe mill iner have more business or, I beg your pardon, perhapsit should be the haberdasher.All th is is notjj a \m y s tery i tis simply very grand, and most important . Mercyhurst has changedlists; before we were a college approved by four s tates , now we area college approved by many . Andthough we are barely six years old,a mere infant , we came to the useof reason long ago, and can nowsit back and gloat on what the useof th is reason brought us . Forthere are many colleges old enoughto be our grand-mothers envyingus today and al l th is is a resultof our Faculty 's competence, tenacity , perserverance and fai th , andperhaps, a certain amount of plain,ordinary s tubbornness . You see,they did not know what the word"no" meant, and finally convincedthe Association of Colleges andSecondary Schools of the MiddleStates of th is fact . And we ar every grateful to them, for now itis guaranteed that our Me rcyhurstcredits wil l be accepted by everyapproved college and universityand every department of public instruction in this country . This iss imply another example of youth 'svictory over old age, for we shouldhave been at least ten years oldbefore even daring to apply forrecognition.

But youth is audacious, youth iscourageous, youth says "Try." SoMercyhurst did, and now we are onthe "white" l is t and no loving parent of a prospective B. A. can say "I'd like to have you go toMercyhurst , but well we? hadbetter choose a college on the accredited l is t ." For we ARE there,and there we are going to STAY.And so is our face re d? is ourhead three t imes i ts norm all s ize?Bet ty Dan ah y , '33 .

oW H A T ' S T H E U S E ?

What 's the use of s ighing?It ' s much too late for that .What 's the use of cryingNow that your world is flat?What 's the good of grievingSI For afbroken love affair?I've long since ceased believingThat you could ever care!Why waste hours in brooding?No good can ever comeOf losing self in moodingOn something that ' s been done!What 's the good of dreamingAbout the sorry pas t? jNot much good in scheming!

That was too good to las t!And what 's the use of g ivingThe best years of your life?O, what's the use of living Without you, what is Life? - r - _ . . . . 4.4. tl

Published at Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania

"THE OL D WOM AN"As a white candleIn a holy place,So is the beauty of anfaged face.As th e spent* radianceOf the winter sun, iSo is a womanWith her travail done.Her brood gonejfrom her,And her thoughts as s t i l lAs th e wate rs |Under a ru ined mill .

Joseph Campbell .Without easel , canvas, |brush orpaint , but with a mere pencil , ascrap of;; paper, and a few wordsused figuratively, the author of"The Old Woma n" h as {given tothe world a thought?, picture aslast ing and beautiful as a portrai ton canvas or one carved in thep u res t m arb le . %Who, but an art is t engulfed bygoodness and a love of beauty,could picture an aged face as aholy candle on God's altar, slowly,but happily fading, as the spentradiance of a winter sun? | fThe concluding tribute of th ispoem lifts us fromfthe reali ty ofthe joys, sorrows, and drudgeriesof this actual world of ours onlyto lose ourselves fin tho ught withan old woman in her dreamy past ,which m irrors fthe happiness andpeace of he r very soul on her agedface. Elizabeth Lippart , '33.o

H A N D SReal hands are those, which do andlove and themselves spend,They mend and wash and familiestend,They help s tumbling feet to s tand,Give aid to limbs, which seemmade of sand;They sweeten l ips oft hardened bythe day,They mold characters l ike sculptors with damp clay.These ^hands our mothe rs neverseem to close;Till finally God joins them in acalm repose.Frances McCarty , '34.oRESPOND J T Y

-Kay Barret t , '33

No matter how big or s trongyou may be physically , you aren ' ta man or a woman unti l you havelearned how to handle respons-ibli ty .I know people who bend over,and who actually s train themselvestrying to carry responsibil i ty . Iknow others who s tand s traightan d walk*; forward, unafraid andunworried, g lad of the chance tobear a b ig load.No one wants to set forth on animportant journey unless he takessomething with him to deliver atsome far off pointy which is goingto be of benefit to someone else.The happiest people I know, andthe health iest , are those who havelong borne large responsibilitiesand whist led along the way withthem on their backs.I am wondering if a man 's h ighest responsibility isn't just DOINGwhat he does do BETTER than i thas ever been done before. Elizabeth McDonald, '83.

DECEMBER, 1931SPIL L ING THE PEN

Hello Everybody!!!!!!Have you heard that Mercyhursthas been admitted to the MiddleStates Association ? Isn ' t thatgran d? Such a wonderful achievemen t J for such a jj y oung ^College!On Tuesday nite the A. F.'s defeated the B. O.'s in a very exciting Basketball game. We all enjoyed the game a lot and are looking forward to more like it.On the Feast of the ImmaculateConception, we enjoyed a free day.We all at tended the Sodali ty Reception and Communion breakfastand were so glad to have with usRev. Father Barret t , S.J . , andMr. Thomas Gavin of Canisius College.

Much credit is due to Ethel Lev-ick and Cleland Driscoll, membersof the Senior Class for the writingand producing of two very excellent p lays, "Teehee for Two" and"Sylvia". Both plays were very entertaining and we wish to congratulate both Ethel and Cle. And bythe way, Ethel is the MercyhurstProm Girl of 1932. Again we congratulate you, Ethel .Th e Fresh m en Ch r i s tm as Par tyis causing a lot of excitementaround the College. The Freshieshave proved to be marveloushostessess th is year. They ' re sureto arrange something "different"with the advice of Sister MaryEs th er .And now C hris tmas ^Vacation!!It doesn't seem possible. We hopeall the girls wil l arrange their"Prom Dates" during vacation. Ofcourse, we wil l lhav e a 100%. attendance. How about-i t , g irls?G'By Everybody and I hope youall have a very Merry Chris tmas.Elizabeth M cDona l d , ' ' 33 .

oB E N E A T H T H E C H A P E Lj |1 CRUCould [ but kneel beneath? th eCrossAnd gaze upon Thy form above,O Lord, my God, could I returnThine eyes ' appealing glance withlove !Thy Mother fair in l tears d id lookUpon Thy dying holy Face;Nor murmured protest for her Son,Reviled, derided, scorned, debased.

Thine arms outs tretched upon theCross,Thy gaze upturned with tori uredeyes,Thy side lance-pierced and cruellytornTeach me Thy Heart ' s great loveto prize.As Thou, dear Lord, didst die forme ,My soul through anguish to uplift,I, Lord, would die for love of Thee,Return in measure small Thy gift .M arg are t M . Han n a , '33 .o

J RECOVERING *Everybody at Mercyhurst ex-tends a welcome to Sister Genevieve, home again from the hospital, and wishe s her a qu ick, andcomplete return to las t ing health .

JUNIOR JOTS |You think the J u n i o r s ! aren ' tbusy lately you th ink they aren ' tdoing any thin g? Well, now, youare wrong 'cause something 's always brewing there We'repleased to see the ^results of ourCourtesy Week really , now andthen, a lower classman condescends to permit a Junior to passthrough a door before she doesIt ' s marvelous what they can dowhen they want to , really!! Betty Danahy and Ginny Duggan aretwo of those kids who never growup_Peter Pans, you call them, Igue ss! they never go to bed,Xmas eve without firs t hanging uptheir stockin gs a lovely prac ticean d t h e r e ! are a lot more uwhodo the same thing and are tooafraid to admit i t Alice Summers spent the fweek-end | withMary next week-end, (no$ i t ' l lbe "las t" by the t ime i t reachesyou) Mary and Terese and Aliceare going to Buffalo Teddy divides her t ime between Tacitusand Germ an don't you sort offavor Taci,- tho' Teddy ? Mim'sspending her spare t ime learningsomething or other from "Mignon"she certainly aims high, or isaimed high which? LuEUa'sterrib ly happy about somethingit's a secret but you may-;knowSomebody was going away, andSomebody didn't go s o DotMorard looks so well in a beretso Frenchy she knows how tomethinks with that deft l it t lewomanly touch Poor Jean had acold a few weeks ago she wa smiserable with i t but she talkedso funny her m's sounded likeb's and d's Mildred crashe d aparty at the Vil la recentlyLibbybe nice to Ed and incidenta l ly Harry too M ary I rw in .Thanks much for surrendering Un-termeyer to me tha t day Margyou look awfully well in thatfunny shade of blue (I forge tthe name for the moment) Veraand Jane are s t i l l the two bestfriends ever. Kay Barret t , '33.o

F L O W E R SAt first you brought me violets,dear,And then I knew that love wasnear.Later you brought forget-me-notsBlue as the sky above,It was then I knew the worth oflove.Long you brought me roses Sweet and soft and red,But yesterday I received a gardenia andI know that love is dead.b If Tft t PAM.TEL EPHONE OF YOUR M IND

Keep the telephone of your mindforever transmitt ing thoughts ofLOVE, PURITY, JOY and health .Then when Disease, Sorrow, Envyand Hate try to call you up theywill always get the busy signals.After a while they will forget yournumber.Fill your lungs with heaven'spure air, your mind with elevatingthoughts , your heart with love, andyou will have joy for your journeying, peace for your pathway;TIME for your tasks, wisdom foryour work, friends for your fireside, love to* the la st a nd hea venfor your home. C. Gleason, '35.

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NUM BER 3THE TRUE STORY OF FATHERCHRISTM AS

Chris tmas Eve is the greatestnight in the year. It is orfratherused * to b e | a n ig h t* o f Im y s te ry .When everybody was in bed, except the policemen, down the chimney came an old gentleman in redcloak, bordered with white wool,carrying over h is back an immensesack stuffed with toys, presents,and bonbons, which he emptiedinto the stockings of good littleboys and girls asleep in their beds.The policemen never saw the oldhouse breake r; the black soot didnot smirch his beautiful red andwhite Cloak; more wonderful still,the smallest chimney on the humblest of roof in all the world waswide enough for his descent, sackand all. The fact is, Santa Claus,Saint Nicholas , Father Chris tmas,Bonhomme Noel, Knecht Clobes orwhatever the old gentleman withthe sack is called, th e fact? is,he is a ghost.He is the ghost of that good St.Nicholas, who went about doinggenerous acts in secret ; who s l ipped money, silver and gold,through the keyholes or under poorpeople 's doors m aking homes happy without let t ing anyone knowhow it happened.This good rich young man by thename of Nicholas, tried, becausehe so much admired the kind andgentle character of Chris t , tomake his money give other peoplehappiness . He shared as d idChrist. He did good in secre t.When he died, people called himSaint Nicholas. Although he diedand was buried as any ordinaryman, h is spiri t has for hundredsof years inspired the whole civilized world to be kind and generous on Christmas Eve, doing asChris t would wish. He was not amighty warrior, but he had donemore for the happiness , k indness ,and good-humor of the world thanCaesar or Napoleon.Today, all over the world inEurope, America, Asia, Africa andAustralasia, the ghost of this goodman on Chris tmas Eve brings joyinto the homes of all. Yes, reallyand truly, it is the spirit of St.Nicholas who comes across thesnow on Chris tmas Eve.Margaret Clemens, ' 3 5 .P|This Month 's | \W H O ' S | W H OHas as her redeeming featurewit , spontaneous and natural .

A friend in every one at Mercyhurst .Sparkling black eyes and a comehither way about her.A child-like simplicity which att imes reminds us of Peter Pan.Evident talent in Art .With her room-mate one of themost popular "stopping off"rooms on the third floor.An antipathy for potatoes .A clever columnist.Is the Editor-in-Chief ofMerciad. th e

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THE MERCIADPublished monthly by the students of Mercyhurst College

Address all communications toI . I THE MERCIAD |Mercyhurst College o Erie, PennsylvaniaSubscription RatesONE DOLLAR THE YEAR

M E R C I A D S T A F FEDITOR-IN-CHIEFMadelyn Hall, '32

j ASSOCIATE EDITORSCleland Driscoll, '32 | n | | Verle McQuiston, '32I I NEWS EDITORS!Katherine Barrett, '83 1 M Ruth Ann Martin, '34Katherine Gleason, '35EXCHANGE EDITORMildred McCormick, '33 BUSINESS MANAGEREthel Levick, '32V * W W W W w >w W W v

GREETINGS!The Staff of the Merciadi takes this opportunity to extendto each and every one of its readers best wishes for A Very

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year. On Christmasmorning, may the Christ Child shower upon you abundantblessings and make this C hristmas t he happiest th at you haveever known. Let the Old Year take with it all the sorrows anddisappointments you have had' and ring in the New Year withthree hundred and sixty-six new days chuck-full of joy andhappiness and good luck for all.MERRY CHRISTMAS! i IHAPPY NEW YEAR!Madelyn Hall,&2.oHOLIDAYS

Oh what is so rare as Christmas holidays! For days, weekswe have looked forward to them-; planned everyjday, whatwe'll do, where we'll go, and wh at we would wear. Shoppingand wrapping of presents before, Christmas gifts, the dancethat night, and for the rest of the days and nights, dances,bridges and theat res. Our slogan is "Go, Go, Go!"But, just a minute, what about Mother and Dad who havelooked forward to this time just as eagerly as we do but whoseplans were for us ? What we would want for Christmas, whatwe will like to eat and all those little things we have at homewhich we have nowhere else, making'|home what it is. Whatabout them, those dear parents of ours who are always thinking of us? Are we going to let them see us only at dinner timeand the occasional few minutes "while waiting" for Johnnie?It isn't thai^we don't love them, it isn't that they bore us, butit is thoughtlessness. Let's go home and get acquainted iwithth e family again. Help Mother and enthuse with her householdplans. Sit down and ask Dad about!the latest political ques-tion. He'll love your inter est in what h e has to say. DiscussJanie's dolls with her and talk foot-ball with Junior.|"My daughter at school" is Mother and Dad's proud boast.Make them proud of you and let them see how much you appreciate what they're doing for you by giving$them a few ofyour afternoons and evenings. Merry Christmas.1 | Cleland Driscoll, '32.

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SUMMER SILHOUETTEA pretty silhouette you madeAgainst the; summer sky,Backed by the*water's deep blue-j a d e | | I IYou sat, just wonderingwhy.And I paused as I watched youthere,So motionless, serene;The sunlight, playing in your hair,Was casting purplish gleams. |lAs fresh and fair as summer night,Mysterious as skies above;Deep eyes that pierced the twilight;! | |And you, afraid of Love!Love win come trembling at yourdoorSome lovely day, as this;And, when it does, I now imploreTurn not away Love's kiss!Kay Barrett, '33.

CHARACTERCharacter Reputation Doyou realize the stupendous importance of those words ? Character isa revelation of yourself to theworld, a confession^ of faults, anacknowledgment of virtues. Everymove in life is a stone in that" grea tmonument we build for ourselves.Shall we make it a firm structureof carved stone a stronghold ofvirtue, or a toppling pile of raggedstones too weak to stand the sternpressure of life and temptations?You are in College every? advantage, every means of correctingthose degrading faults confrontsyou. Step up and grasp every opportunity. Don't be a weakling.The world is full of them J and nofinished product of Mercyhurstmust join those ranks.

Catherine Gleason, '35.

THE NEW YEARChristmas with its joyousMSs and its round of festivitiesbrings us again to another new year. It brings us again tothat day which gives cause for reflection on the past andthoughts for th e future New Year's Day. Looking back onthe dying year we see that our young college has indeed takenmay strides towards its goal. Another class has graduated.Another class has enrolled. T he sodality has been organ ized.A glee club has been formed. Within the last two mo nths evena greater thing ha s been attained. A wish we expected to attain sometime in the dim future was at last made possible.

The Christ the King Memorial Chapel is now almost a reality.Then, too, we have been recognized by the Association of Colleges and Schools of the Middle States which is quite a featfor such a young college. ^Indeed Mercyhurst has accomplishedmuch in the past year.Now for a thought of the New Year, and we have muchto look forward to . Ground will be broken for our new ch apeland a large amount of the work towards its completion will bedone. A nother class will grad uate . Ano ther class will enroll.The routine will continue, but with the routine may morepraise and new honors> come to Mercyhurst?. "Verle McQuiston, '32.

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THEY SAY

That the Freshman HockeySquad entertained the SophomoreHockey Squad, the score fkeeper,"Allie" and the time-keeper,"Kay", Miss Whalen and MissHeil at a ^gorgeous "feed" atHunter's Lodge, Monday nite, Nov.23. We had just loads of fun playing "Bunco" and Dibby was thewinner of the "cunning" little sewing box for being the best at rolling those "seven-elevens". TheFreshies surely |did themselvesproud at that party and we thankthemlfor the addition of anotherhappy memory of a delightfulevening.That interest has been recentlycentered on the Prom Girl Election. Many clever posters from theready pens of the Sophomores haveurged us at every step to considercarefully our candidate for thisimportant fpost. She should be aSenior, charming, capable, gracious, and loads of other ^superlatives.^That the election held Thursday,Dec. 3, revealed again ithe goodjudgment of the student body. Forwe chose Ethel Levick, the charmin g Senior|president,|From Girl of1932. H m J f|That Ithe Sophs have becomequite the "Socialites" lately thenightl. foUowing the FreshmanFeed, saw the Seniors entertainingtheir /lister Class at a BridgeDessert at the Indich and did wehave a lovely time ? | Ask any Sophand prepare to shave her actually"rave" on the subject, it wasdelightful.H That the long awaited andlooked-forward-to Thanksgiving vacation has come and gone and thecollegians have returned to collegeto rest up for the Christmas Holidays.

That D o t Cronauer s p e n tThanksgiving in Sharon with KayEgan. IThat Dec. 8 was a delightfulbreak in the unending 3 weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas*That of course the big event ofthe day was our reception into theSodality of the Blessed Virgin. Fr.Stephen Barrett, S. J., of CanisiusCollege, Moderator of the WesternNew York Conference, Mr. Thomas

Gavin, also of Canisius and President of the Conference, and ourown Father SuUivan were guestsof honor at the breakfast foUowingthe Mass and Reception. Fr. SuUivan spoke eloquently at the reception and Mr. Gavin and Fr. Barrett

gave brief, interesting talks at thebreakfast. iThat another big piece of goodnews was Mother Borgia 's announcement |that on 29 of Nov.,Mercyhurst College was acceptedinto the Middle States and Maryland Association. This is a bigstep forward and we're all glad ascan be.fto hear of it. M/That F r a nny McCartythas anentirely new idea on the subject Qffood hers is "reversible" AskCarmie.That Edinboro came, saw, andconquered 5 to 0.IThat, how ever, M e r c y h u r s t"scored" with a banquet in honorof the two teams and the Edin-boroites took home a very different idea of Mercyhurst. SH That Miss Heil took part of theHockey team to Painesville, |Ohio,Nov. 24 to see hockey as it isplayed by the All-Americans an dAll-Scottish teams.That we suggest as the secondfloor theme song "11:30 Satu rdayNite".|or?was it 1:30? I |k That Barb Wilbert, '30, of OilCity, and Paige Campbell of myown Franklin*} were jDibby' s gueston Dec. 5 and was the kitchene t te packed?That we really should Ihave a"Bright Sayings of Children Dept"in this paper. In it would go thissnappy bit of repartee:Nan : "I 've lost three pairs ofsneakers up here; I don't knowhow." fA lice R : " T h e y p r o b a b l y'sneaked* away." |That Pat Dean has decided thatit almost pays to be ill up here youlget so much attention. Butdon't be alarmed, she's back toclasses now glad it wasn 'tworse, Pat.

That speaking of invalids, wehear that Marg. Bacon is due to gohome to Franklin, Friday, Dec. H she started for there October30, and it 's taken her seven weeks guess I ' ll travel by train.That the basketball game Tues.nite between the Senior B. O.'sand the Junior A. F. 's evoked morecheering and enthusiasm than allthe big games together and it wasthe Juniors' 5-1.That it is certainly a pity DotMooney isn' t twins she made awonderful cheer-leader, when theSophs were yelling for their SisterClass. Too bad we can't have Doton the sidelines and on the floor atthe same time. &That, as this is the last issue before the holidays, we'll wish youall a very Happy Christmas andmay the good St. Nicholas be kindto you. A K sRuth Ann Martin, '34.

J December, 1931KAPPA CHI NOTES

Two meetings of the Sororityhave been held since the last report of its events were given inth e Merciad. Whether or not meetings should be according to Parliamen tary la w appe ars to be themost momentous question. Ethelis at her wit's end to know how toconduct the meetings. So far, thebest manner seems to be for herto place a foot-stool in the centerof the group and continually spinaround.*In that way, at least Ethelknows what each member is doingWhen Grace Kane was hostessthe new constitution was begun tobe read and criticized. MildredBird read and re-read it, memorizing it as she progressed. Now,should the constitution be lost, theSorority would have merely to callupon Mildred and out of her subconscious mind would come theconstitution, not part by part, butas a whole.

Grace served a most delectablebuffet luncheon, with yjKappa Chicolors of orchid and purple lendinga note of dignity to the \ room.Even the cakes looked dignified inrobes of purple.Mildred Bird was the hostess atthe last m eeting. Dreamer, Mildred's in telligent y oung dog, wasthe center of attraction. . Discussion ! of the cons titutio n was continued, but such difficulties presented them selves th at it was decided to continue the discussion atschool under the supervision ofMr. Relihan. %

$ Plans were instigated for aChrist mas Par ty which will besponsored at the next meeting.Mary Carlos will be hostesss enough said, the p arty will be asuccess. !Many? social! plans are beingpromulga ted for these ensuingwinter months, and if all plans arecarried out to the full by the various committees the winter will beone of delightful pleasure for theKappa Chi Sorority.Eileen Foster, *34.oEX C H A N G ES

% The Mercaid welcomes all exchanges, new and old. We wishyou the season's greetings and extend every good wish for the success of your school and your publications. The article entitled "One Pack aWeek," appearing in The Covisionwas- most appealing. We are sureyour plan will be successful andtha t your C hristmas will be extremely h appy. "The Villa Rambler" by Marty Fisher is newsyand very interesting. ^The editorials "Catholic Action,"and "Unemployment" in the Pacific Star, were well worth reading.They were convincing and to thepoint. W e congratulate you; yourpaper is certainly praise-worthy.We like the Victoria n. Your articles are entertain ing; especially"Victoriana." f >Mildred McCormick, '83.

oI MUSIC HATH CHARMSRubenstein, the composer, couldnever be persuaded to get up before noon. Finally an Americanstuden t hit on a way. He wouldgo downstairs to the piano in theboarding house drawing room andstrik e an unresolved chord. Therewould I bek a moment of silencefrom above .then a creaking andshuffling and 4 the old maestrowould pad into the room in hisslippers and dressing gown, sitdown at the piano and finish thechord. i&

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December, 1931KAY'S KOLUM |"And what do I want for Chris-mas? 1perfumes and jewels tow e a r ?such were th e gifts tha t k ings

Who thought a King was the re ,in the darkness, on the hay,Babe in need ofcomfort lay.what do I want for Christmas?To watch a Star with you

To hear songs fill the blue,a child's fa ith, sweet anddeep!" |

Well, well, Mr. Relihan, how'sa marginor r a the rI should say?andnotI did get a ne wable''to se e atfa few of th e lettersandbetobelievet seein's believin'they s a y Iwill try a lways to c arry outorders and letme repea tagood thing I was in adayWhen yo u'The Winged Horse"numbered.among the li te lite . did you know th at ?

Birdie picked up some Jasminea few weeks ago,al i t t le Japanese storeit'sI could described itI can say is t h a tI was dr inking it I t h o u g h tso many lovely, beautifu l thi ngsI wanted to write a p o e m if itweren' t for the fact thatto hur ry home (herI

bythe neck and produced"Masterpiece" over a cup oftea but I'm goingtoBirdie's again.^-one d aytea and who knowsItheelusive thing atgee Birdie you're liable tocompany! Little Ruthieis going ' round gettingJeanne le t ting he r ha i r g r ow I ask you can you picturea sophistiat thenape of herbut then you never reallyfinishedLet me tell you a fewon Elliott I don' t* getachance to te ll you thingst her this year but thesegood too good she calls| "ca rna t ions" ;remember Birdshe callsof th e time .Mary Ann you should be veryLife_

a word"M A. W." Cong ra ts ! ! ^I really meant totoyou last number forfirstof Merciad this year I'mly sorry, Marie , reall yI g o t t h a t w a y I hope for your forss? Thank s We likeny Duggan think she 's a gir lan d by the way (I h a t e wish ^someoneane w one!) Ginny has

The coldest day becomeshot, s o m e t i m e s , loves to giveRelihan saw you in

last Sun _you were thirofme.O, andI said someImeant it "ai" inof "ia" cause that 's theit but*how were

you toknow tha t? Next m* Twant to snpii 7" t u n e Iguess X , " i n e * * .Bet tv PLO 6 U y o u a b o u t i t -2 2 a T ^ Berr* is wFranMn P^ \ ? " * " S*eet,lin is i n * Place Frank-it * : C a n t 6 U y o u aboutt h ; 7 t h S p e n t t W 0 a n d a half daysUon ' t ? l T m e r - - C ^ r a t u l -uons toBarbara and Vic Conpapulations also toMary "iTw^sbrother and his br ide w h o a r e ^ whoneymooning | a l a n d ^Hnows no winter..Jucky bride andgroom! L_ .Hasn't Helen Walding-er the loveliest smile youeversaw?some people could sit forhours and watch Helen smile _Ad d toour list ofnames.__Nana~Ellen, Verier.And now I 'm gonnas ta r t anothe r I tot_thto t ime ofgood-looking hands, so, if I 've beengoing around asking^ to see yourhands within the last week, youknow whyHands are a grea tinsight into one 's character , andattractive ones a lso make goodL ux ads Here goes a few forth is monthMary Irwin Catherine GleasonFr. Sul l ivan . . . .Ubby LippartMr. Relihanj BlairMary Cronin LuElla HaafMargaret Clark Sr.M a r y AliceDot Morard BettyDanahy Sr. Mary EstherMary Ann Woods Midge HallIrene Strahl Dot Meyer GraceKaneSarah Brown is so cuteand petite and blonde Ellen Mc-Car ton has such lovely eyes"Give me the light, the sunshine inyour eyesI could not ask a fairerPa rad ise " tres appropos !Aside to"Sa l ly" : Not a bad ideaa t ; all, I must J say!! you alwayswere good at picking up fine pointsl ike tha t but then have youoverlooked thefact that W. W.never runs less than two ? I say,I say! and you know quite well,"Sa l ly" ofmy dreams, that ismyg r e a t ambish tobe like himone day!! Wish "Lisette" aMerry Christmas for me, will you?Thanks! ! ! !

Somebody said: "It isn ' t ourbeds that need blankets; i t ' s theclassrooms."Reading some fashion notes recently see that long hair is tobe distinctly OUT! and thefbobis coming *back not the shingleor the boyish bob, but that longbob, gracefully waved and mouldedto the head such as those so successfully worn by Birdie , MargHanna, Midge, Dot Morard andNell Morin and then "on theother fist" (I apologize to you-know-whom!) what about thosewho wear their long locks so wellR u t h Sterrett, Mim, MaryIrwin, Margaret Clark, ElsieEdelen, Ethel oh! wait a minu te ! I wanna add Jane Connersan d Cle to that first list, and MissWhalen to the secondand Grace,and Helen and Flossie,We gofor Alice Lyons' squirrel coat in abig, big way and Mary Irwin'snew fur coat, too(pretty swell-egant) see, I sneaked that swellnew word into a parenthesis so'smy English Prof, wouldn' t see itIn ans. to someone 's question-No, I 'm not really so silly-mindedas this stuff soundsOn the con-tr ' ry, I 'm quite aser ious p e r s o n have to get this way once amonth ,anyway , /know psychiatr iststeach us that an occasional changeis good for th e hsystemand Isimply must add that pluckedeyebrows are passe too in this dayof pla tinum blondes that demandsfreshness and unsophistication -Congra ts to Ethelour 1031-32Prom Gir l! Aside to Sr. MaryEsth er Mr. Davis told me Sat.nite to ask you what you think ofhi s new Corona typewriterdunno what the catch isormaybe isn't t h e r e o n e ? a n y -

THE MERCIAD Page 3Wa y> 1 bope Santa Claus isgoodto you this yearNellie Guilfoylecer ta inly must have< a good-natured mailmanall the le tters Imail to her from certain people atMercyhurstWho's the girl whoisn't allowed out after six o'clockfor amonth?Say, Frannie , how'sRoss?haven'tjheard about himlatelyWho's the gir l who, justbefore she was going to sing asoloat Glee Club,! asked tohave thewindow opened, and why ? ? ?\ Ihear something about Vera beingawfully luckyThose Home Bcsare having a grand time feedingtheir two-yr. old32-in. boy and24-in. girlthey can' t understandwhy you have to do so much figurin g inorder to feed a kid AliceKeefe is very much "that way"we've foundfout la te ly ('s he rbed)and she loves it somuchshe hates to get up for classesPeggy Blair has agrand collectionof poetry, too. Ask her to let youse e it sometime Sr . Philippawe really do love to hear you readpoetryVerle looks charming inearr ings Mary McCrady is sending something like sixty- threeXmas cards some list beatsall I 've heard of this year Janean d Carmie weren't you tickledto death the 8th came onTues.this yr . ? P as defrancais pournous!!!!!! and afew more Catherine Gleason always looks asthough she had just stepped outof a facial Alice Reeder: a Catastrophe in which I know I haveyour sincere sympathy The earrings, you know, that I 'm going towill to you, are lost I know notwhere, nor when, nor how Toobad? Iva and Naomi have something on their minds, again, and Ican't find out what it i s n o w isn' t that a calamity?it's adance or something anway, Ithink I 've got enough here tofillseveral! Merciads something'sgot to be done abou t it used tobe apleasant dutynowa happy pastime Liz Hamb urger 's going to continue her education somemore Bye now don' t eat toomuch turkey or c a n d y X m a s and be very good little girls (andboys Fr.Sul. &M r. Rel)soSanty will come tofyour h o u s e Merry Xmas .i Kay. '

oWHO SAID IT?

Answers for quotations appearin g in the November "Who Saidit? "1 Major-General Wolf Th enight before he was killed onthe Plains ofAbraham.^ 02 One of theprecepts of: So -cratesjAthenian philosopher.3 William the Conqueror, 1027-1087. Said on landing in Eng

land.4 Said of| For tuna ta , a RajputPrincess. |5 Cecil Rhodes. AtCouncil ofAfrican Chiefs.6 Reply of Priscilla to John' A l d e n .7 Robert Browning Letter to% Elizabeth Barrett . |8 Johann Kepher, distinguishedastronomer. His description ofcomets.9 Jeanne D'Arc. J10 Concerning Giottio Di Bouline,I ta lian painter .11 Said of Lord Byron. On thepublication of /.his poem,"Childe Harold." i |12 TomThumb's Remark toQueen Victoria.13 Anne Dai on , i14 V ision appear ing toConstantino I,Roman Emperor .15 Sir Philip Sidney. Said whenhe gave his cup of water to adying soldier. |

Frances McCarty, '84.

INVITATIONSJust when, to whom and in whatmanner should invitations be sent,delivered, or thrust upon one hereat Mercyhurst? Inability to solvethis question has caused {moretrouble, hurt feelings, pouty expressions than any other we knowof. Now is the time, during JuniorCourtesy Week, to decide for oncean d for all the answer to this puzzling question. We are settingforth a very simple formula, by

means of the question and answermethod, which we think will be ofgrea t ihelp toeach and every oneof you the next time you are confronted with the matter of invitations. (Note: Only the major functions of the College have been taken into consideration.)Question: When gand in wha tmanner should the class advisor beinvited to attend a class meeting?Answer: This invita tion may bedelivered by word of mouth by theclass president assisted by twoable body-guards, at least twoweeks prior to thet ime of themeeting so that the Class Advisormay arrange her schedule accordingly.Question: When should the classbe invited to a ttend the meeting?Answer: A written invita tionshould beposted onthe bulletinboard in a conspicuous spot (it isa goodaplan to have large red arrows pointing to it all along thecorridor so all will be sure to seeit ) at least three weeks beforesaid meeting so that the day-student* members will "grant" nodates on that night.Question: WhenS and! in whatmanner should an invita tion besent to the faculty members in regard to aCollege Formal?Answer: This is the most formal ofall invita tions. It should beprinted on finely t inted parchmentin old English script. This is sentthrough the mail and it must bein the hands of the receiver atleast one month before the affairtakes place. Two members of th eInvitation Committee should be onguard from the minute the invitation is posted until i t arr ives a t i tsdestination. If after two days, ithas not yet arrived, investigationof the mails should get under wayat once as it is very apt to get lostin the mail aswell asnot. It isan excellent policy to send six invita tions toeach professor so atleast one will reach him and everything will then go along as before.Question: When and in wha tmanner should one's escort be invited to a ttend a College Formal?Answer: This is t h e m o s t ' i n formal of all invita tions,! strangeas itmay seem. It may be delivered! by telephone, by note , bytelling "somebody" to ask "so andso " to tell "whooziz" to get a holdof "whathisnam e" or through "TheAgency". Any time atall will do.Some girls like to ask their escortsfor the first dance of the seasonduring the summer months whilestil l others prefer to wait until theevening of the dance. You can askas many asyou like, and J if youcan ' t manage to gowith all ofthem yourself, you can always findsome one who decides at the lastminute that maybe she ought togo , as long as everyone else isgoing. |Qeustion : W hen should invitations be issued to one's schoolmates asking them to spend aweek-end with you atyour home?Answer: Two'months before li snot one bit too soon. This type ofinvitation involves quite a bi t ofred tape and you will have all youcan do to stra ighten things out intwo months. For example, you decide today that you would like tohave Carmelita come home withyou the first week-end in February,

You write toyour Mother askinghe r if itwill be all right with herif| you bring Carmelita home andif so to please send a permissionfor you to come home that weekend, together with an invita tioninviting Carmelita. The permissionand invita tion arr ive and you present them to the office. Carm elitathen writes home asking her Mother tosend her permission statingtha t it will be quite all right forhe r to go home with you thatweek-end. Afteri much consideration as to whether or not itwouldbe safe to let Carmelita go toPeoria, she finally sends the permission. In the meantime, you receive a letter from cousin Joe whois driving down to bring you homethat week-end. Solanother le ttermust be sent home asking Motherto send a permission saying thatyou may be aUowed to ride homewith cousin Joe. Another le ttercomes from Mother saying that ifit weren' t a ll r ight with her , shewouldn't send him after you andno t to be so foolish. Carmelitadoes the same. Ah! you think everything isall set for you togo .No , wrong again, it begins to snow.The Dean doesn' t think itsafe foryo u todrive when the roads areso wet and besides she doesn't be lieve "Joe" isyour cousiniat all,and besides it is only four monthstill June and you ought I to stayand get caughtjup on your work.There areonly Vthree days f left,what can you do, there's not enough time to write. You call homeand ask Mother ifyou can comehome|for the week-end even if itis snowing and Mother in her desperation, tells you tocome homeand quit spending all Dad's hardearned, money ontelephone callson such nonsense.

We hope that this will be ofsome help to you. Now is the timeto brush up on these flittle pointsof etiquette. They will be a g r e a thelp toyou when you are out ofcollege though you may never suspect it.Madelyn HallCleland Driscoll* Mary Ann Woodso

M CENTENARY

This year commemorates an important event in the annals of theSisters of Mercy. On December 12,1831, just one hundred years ago,Mother Catherine McAuley withher loyal band ofco-workers permanently established the . greatOrder ofMercy atBaggot St r ee tin Dublin, Ireland. The first convent, which consisted ofbut threereligious, became the fertile;seed-cell from which have arisen,throughout the world, ten thou sandConvents of Mercy, which boast ofsome thir ty thousand religious,each one carrying out Mother Mc-Auley's effective solicitude for thewelfare of the poor, the sick, andthe ignorant, through the mediumof the House ofMercy orphanage,the hospital, and the school. |Until the year 1834, the work ofthe Sisters was confined to Dublin,but Mother McAuley was not sa tisfied with restricting the labors ofher Sisters tothis one Ir ish city.Three years af ter the Order re-ceived itsapprobation a conventand school were erected inKingstown,^ Ireland. This w as* the beginning ofthe missionary work ofthe Sisters ofMercy. The institutions which followed were all erected under the personal supervisionTurn to page four

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Page 4 THE MERCIAD December, 1931of Mother McAuiey. It was whileone of these missions of charity that Mother McAuiey developedthe disease which finally causedher death in 1841. Not, however,before she had the great joy andreward of seeing her order thoroughly established in England andIreland.On November 21, 1843, sevenSlaters of the institute from Car-low, Ireland, at the invitation ofRt. Rev. Michael O'Connor, established in the city of Pittsburgh,the first foundation of the;Sisterhood in the United States . MotherFrancis Xavier Warde was theleader of this first colony. Thisgroup of Sisters was the nucleusfor the Order of Mercy in theUnited States . fToday In thirty-fiveStates the Sis ters of Mercy areestablished. I t is importa nt tonote that wherever they go, sooneror later, they effectively carry ontheir three-fold work of charity.

In 1870 the Sisters of Mercycame to the Diocese of Brie, andopened St. Joseph's Academy, inTitusville, Penna. \ Because of thecharacter of their work, i t was notsurpris ing that there were manydemands for the Sisters to do diocesan educational work. Fromthat t ime on, the growth of theSis terhood has been remarkable.Today, schools in charge of theSisters of Mercy are to be foundin every city and town of thediocese.

It would be difficult to realize fully , what hardships these pioneerSisters endured In the undertakingof th is work. Records show thatbigotry was rampant at the t imeand conditions generally were notfavorable to any new Catholic project. Even7** though there weremany obstacles to overcome, theSisters persevered in their endeavors and the glorious success oftheir work amply repaid them.Ou r f own dear 1 Mercyhurst ,founded in 1926, is a splendid example of the v religious and educa

tional influence the Sisters ofMercy have wielded, not only inthis State, but also througout theUnited States . It is one of thefinest schools oft i ts k ind in thecountry and i t rates among* thehighest in scholarship in the stateof Pennsylva nia. We are proud ofour school, and we feel that theexcellent work it has accomplishedis due to the unti ri ng ij efforts ofthose noble women who have sacrificed themselves for the cause ofGod and Christian education.Our Lady of| Mercy, their patroness, has indeed -blessed th ework of the Sis ters . We congratulate them on the success that hasbeen theirs during this past century, and wish the Order of Mercylimitless years of love and serviceto God and to His children.Margaret M. Hanna, '33.o

SENIOR L UNCH GOSSIP

What a lunch! I don't like soup!Oh, I like this food and my favorite deser t! Qu'est-ce que c'estque cela? Ah! Sweet Mystery ofLife! Salad, didn't you ever seecold peas before?Are you teaching today? Sorryto say, Yes, and am I scared ? Herecomes Monsieur';Relihan underthe table, quick, you may be next!Giacie RechicheSis to be executedtoday - good luck, Gracie, we'veall been through the grind.! I tisn't so bad, oh no. $Wa-waJ please ? Pour i t yourself 1 have to get dressed. Areyou all busy tonight ? | No! Good,then we'll have a class meeting. Oh,

no, I have to do chemistry. I ha veto warble. I 've got a date and besides class meetings should be announced a month ahead so j ca narrange my dates accordingly .O.K. Class Meeting next weeklInvitations issued now.May I have that slice of breadplease? Are you going to use al lyour butter? How do you ratetwo desserts ? Oh, Sister Geraldinewasn't looking. Give me half,please, you can have my salad.No thanks, I ' ll keep the cake. Say did you hear this one? (Silence)Ha! Ha! Ha! f |How many are in your car to day ? Only ten so far. Good, thenI can go, too. B ut remem ber, we'releaving on the dot. I have to getm y "B e ll a do n na ." B e r e a d y .What 's doing after Practice Teaching? Let ' s go to North EastHeck! I have a class unti l three-thirty. Well, then, darling, countyourself out. What'lllwe tell theDean ? Tell her we're going to pickgrapes. W ho's going to ask ? No,not me, I asked last time. Go on,Lyons, i t ' s your turn you rate.

Stop laughing, Grace, Midge ischoking to death, you've been thecause of ten deaths now and wemust have at least s ix to graduate. It ' s The Survival of the Fittes t , g irls . %I Who has her English ? What didwe have? Oh, yes, Carl San burg.Oh! cute Carl . May I take yours ,I let you take mine las t t ime,'member ?

Aren ' t you eating your dessert?No , je ne l ike pas . Chorus Don-nez-moi!! (Mary Ann 's arm isfractured in grabbing.)Um ah! Cute car and tres

gorge man ! (Everybody dashes towindow.) Ugh it ' s only Halle 'st ru ck ! Carry outimy t r a y ? I N oton your life, babe. Carry yourown.Oh! I 'm gett ing nervous. W hatwill the Academicians th ink ? Ifyou come out today and your temperature is normal, we' l l take youright over to 26th Street and treatyou royally! O. K. is tha t a promise or a thre at? I ' l l go too, I 'dloveja delicious cup of kawfee an dsome wawffles. A lice, stop rollingyour eyes, I don't think it's safefor you to go to Buffalo.

(Bell Rings.) "Girls, there 's en-tirely too much noise in this diningroom every?noon now let th isbe a final warning!"A deadly Silence! Finallybrazenly , "Will the las t speakerkindly continue? I cant remem-ber, someone else take the floor.Say, before we all disperse, is the hook to be presented on i tss ide or s tanding up today? Heavens! Je ne sais pas!Say Wha t 's the big "I"? Didyou see th at ? Of all the crust. Oh!I guess tit's all right just acouple of Seniors caught unawarein the Freshmen Stampede.The Seniors depart shaking theirheads and uttering "Courtesy,courtesy! Were have you gone??By Three of Them.

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o-ALUMNAE NOTESIt was so nice to have Barb Wil-bert back with us again las t weekend. Barb is employed in Oil Citynow and is evidently very happy,and contented at .'being home andnear Buddy. >?We learned that Grace "Tete"McBride was i l l during Thanksgiving. We do hope you are well now,Tete r; come up soon. '9 |Nell Guilfoyle, good old Nell, is

now in India na. She is no lessthan secretary to the President atthe State Normal. Nell is roomingwith Helen Cummings and I hearthey actually fight over the Merc-iad. How about writ ing somethingfor it, and coming up as you promised?Evelyn Jacobson, I'm afraid, hasforgotten us . | w e hope we'll seeyou at the dance Jan. 29th .Ginney Buck writes to the affectthat they haven ' t fel t the depression yet, because they still haves teak on e! nite a week. LuckyGinney.Helen Portman almost accepteda position. Don 't do it, Helen; itwil l entai l gett ing up about sevenin the morning , you know. |Bertha McHale^ Elizabeth Hamburger and Mary McCrady wereup to see us las t week. We alwaysenjoy a visit from them.

Met Midge Reese in Buffalo ^recently. She is doing social servicework and looking well as always.Maureen Brewster and Mary Ellen Wilbert, you know, are teaching in Oil City. *Don' t forget , Alumnae, we areexpecting you the 29th of January.We are working now on plans forthe dance and we are 1 going to

make i t better than ever.- Cleland Driscoll, '32.o

CHRISTM AS

Many and varied are the holidays observed the world over byall kinds and classes of people. Inour own glorious country for ins tance, we are want to celebratethe ever memorable Fourth of Julycommemorative of the Declarat ionof our independence as a free people. However, th is part icular daydoes not appeal to the whole worldas does I the {holiday of holidays,commonly known over the globeas Chris tmas. Strange to say th isglorious I holiday, appeals withequal force to both Jew and Gentile, in a social sense. Thoughnineteen centuries have come andgone since its first observance,away back in the Judean hil ls ,when the angels announced thebirth of Christ, with the gloriousanthem, it is as fresh and vigrori-

-ous in the m inds of m en* as if itwere but a happening 2 of yesterday. In witness of it, we need butnote how eagerly all people lookfor ward Jto i ts advent, year in andyear out, and observe too how oldand young enter in to i ts celebrat ion with the utmost g lee and joyimaginable. It is a season of joyous revelry and happy greeting byway of card and gift, which is becoming more and more pronouncedas Yuletide succeeds Yuletide.What really could be more pleasing and more sat isfying than theseChris tmas remembrances on thep a r t of youngf and old ? Somethere are however who would takeall the joy out of life for the littleones, who pin their faith to dearold Santa Claus, as he makes hisannual ro unds | bringing them anyand everything which their dearl i t t le hearts desire. Would i t notbe cruel in the extreme to deprivethose unsuspecting children of theutter joy and pleasure they anticipate in the coming of dear old St.Nick, with his reindeers hitched tohis great big sled loaded down withtoys and trinkets that appeal sostrongly to their innocent immag-ination? May the day be far d istant when Santa and his fabledreindeers shall be pu$in the list ofth ings that were.

Lolita Lepper, '35.

WHEN WE DIAL 25-611Severa l I seconds of intens iveringing pass . J Then, " Weste rn Union." ff"I want to send a telegram.""Just a minute. Alright ." |And then you proceed to giveyour message s lowly and dis t inctly ,wait ing for "yes" after each pause,an d Anally you hear, "Shall I readit back?" Then your message isrepeated, you make corrections ifnecessary , and hang up the receiver. You have sent a telegram, yourpart is finished. You are very surethat your message wil l reach i tsdestination without delay, you dono t give i t another thought.But how can you be so sure ? Doyou know what really happenswhen you ring off? Not ma ny ofus do, I am afraid, but thos e whodo are in tensely in terested, forther e is mu ch involved in^ sendin gthe few words in aibusiness , abirthday, or any other type ofm essag e . * f!The Typing II class had theprivilege of going jthrough th eWestern Union s tat ion at 10th andState s treets . We saw everything,we let our curiosi ty run away withus , we simply bombared the assis tan t -m an ag er wi th qu es t ion s . Weenjoyed every minute of our visit,beginning with the moment westepped behind the counter, andlearned the many types of messages ' that one can send, unti l westepped out of the door followedby promises-- to send us mate rialsfor use in class.For the firs t t ime we realizedwhat sending a telegram means.As we give our message over thetelephone an experienced operatortakes i t on a typewriter and repeats i t for verification. It may interest the typing s tudents to knowth a t th ese op era to rs a re not! tomake mistakes, they have not thetime to s top and erase, and yet , this should be a secret , we sawa certain young lady s top twicefor erasures , and did that makeus feel gra nd? But mistakes a refew. '? ;When the message has beentyped by the operator, al l in capitals in order to save t ime, i t issent to the operating room, whereautomatic machines put the telegram on the wires in a few seconds. This is done by the use ofpaper s trips perforated by operat ion of the typewriter keyboardwhich pass through the automatictrans mitte r. These holes in thetap e correspond to^the dots whichare transmitted directly from thetape onto the wires . Almost ins tantly the s ignals are recordedon a tape at the dis tant end of thewire.

At | the dis tant end of the wire,the receiving end, a paper tapeperforated with the dots passes before the operator and is decipheredas readily as you or I would reada line of type. The message istyped on paper gummed on theunder s ide, the tape is moistened,i t is gummed to | the telegraphblank, cut at the proper point, andthe second line is done in the sameway . T h i s ! seems l ike a lengthyprocedure, but in reali ty i t takesbut a few seconds of swift, accurate work.Your telegram is now ready fordelivery. This is effected either bya speedy messenger, or by atrained operator who will telephone it; to your correspondent.*What you began by dial ing 25-611has been finished by no fewer thanthree others , miles have been traversed, J wires have been used,money has been saved, some dearone has been remembered, a transaction completed. Is i t not worththe few extra cents needed for thesending of a telegram?

- Bet ty Dan ah y , ' 3 3 .

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