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SCHOOL SPIRITIN ACTION! THE MERCIAD

Published at Mercyhurst CollegeJErie, PennsylvaniaTHE VOICE OF

MERCYHURST

VOL. VIII MARCH, 1987 NUMBER SIX

Mother Borgia AddressesCollege S od al i ty Grou p_ - - - - i- - Tl - . . - ^M ^M v m a r - * 1 - - f*

Speaks In Behalf Of M a t h C l u bTo PresentI r i s h P l a y

Summer School OfCatholic ActionS o d a l i s t s f P r e p a r e P l a n s F o rI n f o r m a l D a n c e T o B e H e l dA f t e r E a s t e r V a c a t i o n

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At the Sodal i ty meet ingFebrua ry 24 Mother Borgiacussed the Summer School oftholic Action which will bein Buffalo, N. Y. at Canisiuslege. Mother Borgia urgedSodal ist s to plan to at tendsession.

Plans were made for the SpringGaudea mus which ^will be in thenature of an informal dance to beheld somet ime af ter Easter . Thissuggest ion was enthusiast ical ly received and promise s to be a colorful affair.

S o d al is ts a n d { t he i r f r i e n d sare most cordially invited to attend*5 AI defin ite dat e will be announced very soon.| t Helen Gowans, '38:-o-:>FACULTY MEMBERSSPEAK ;|ATTENDCONVENTION

Sister M. Fidel i s of the D epart ment of Science atended the Memorial Exerc ises held in honor ofJulius Arthur Nieuwland, C. S. S.,at the Universi ty of Notre Dame,Jan uar y 10, 1937. Dr. Nieuwland,widely acclaimed in the fields ofChemist ry and Botany, numberedin his long list of achievements thefol lowing: Founder of the Nieuwland Botanical Library and theNieuwland Herbarium of the Universi ty of Notre Dame. He wasthe Nichols Medalist in 1935 andthe Mendel Medalist in 1936, andreceived simi lar honors the twoprevious years.

Reverend James Powers extended his pastoral dut ies to Ti tus-vi l le on March 1 when he at tendedthe funeral of Sister M, Neri Hopkins, ' beloved m embe r of the O rderof Mercy. Fa ther Powers alsofat -tended the funeral of Sister Ber-nadet ter O.S.B., which took placefrom Saint Mary 's Church, Erie,Pa.; and also the funeral5of Mr.William McGinley, father of Sister M. Pat r ice of the Order ofMercy.

The Pare nt T eachers ' Association of the Edison School, Erie,Pa., borrowed the talent of Mercyhurst recent ly when they heard,as thei r guest speaker , ReverendJam es M. Powers of the Depart ment offPhi losophy and Rel igion.Fath er Power 's next educat ionalenterpr ise wi l l be an address tothe students of East High School .The subject will be "Good Citizens h i p " ! % iMother M. Borgia, Sister M. Col-let te, and Sister M. Agath a we revisitors in Buffalo, N. Y., Febru

ary 13. I | ? ISister M. Fidelis, at the invita-tion of Dr. Muldoon of the Department of Chemistry of Duquesnej(Cont inued on Page 2)

" Y o u C a n ' t f B e a t T h e I r i s hI s T i t l e of P r o d u c t i o n T oB e P l a y e d ' M a r c h 1 7it

Under the direction of Miss Beatrice Mulcahey, the Math Club ispresent ing as thei r St . Pat r ick 'sDay p l ay , "You C an ' t p e a t Th eIrish ", a rollicking comedy inthree acts, by Wilbur Braun.The story centers around thefamily of Mrs. Mary Malone, atypical Irish mother, devoted toher brood of three. The play ispr imed wi th tea rs and ( laughter .Follow ing is the cast: j&Mrs. Mary Malone, a real I r i shmotherMarie O'Mal ley; PeggyMalone, her daughter , who longsfor cul tureBret ta Marie Sul l ivan;Tommy M alone, the bread-winnerof the familyPauline Urich; Danny Malone, who never can keep ajob -Ri ta Rectenwald; Steve 0 '-Hara, a manly Ir i sh youthNormaDi San t i s ; Arman d Ravel, his cousin f rom FranceMargaret O'Sul-jlivan; Ellen Murph y, who lives next doorMarian Sul l ivan; Captain Dennis Dooley, head of theplain clothes squadOlive Sch-royer; M rs. Nora M oriar i ty , whohai ls f rom ErinMary Es t h er Dai -ley; Sylvia Carston, a myster iousf igureAlice King; Anna Raval i ,her maidMary Mead.p fe Rita Rectenw ald, '37

: - o - :J. A. S. ENTERTAINSAdhering to the social customof returning a call, the boys ofHarborcreek, accompanied by Sister Mary Grace and Sister MaryLouis, cal led upon and enter tainedthe Mercyhurst Facul ty and student body.The fr iendly relat ions betweenthe two inst i tut ions were great lyfur thered when mem bers of theSociology Department , wi th Sister Victorine and Sister Phillipa,visited Harborcreek on one of their

f ield t r ips. The boys were eagerto demon st rate thei r wel l -establ i shed reputat ion as League-leaders in basketbal l . The gi r l s werewilling s"that theyg should do so.Thus, the Sociology Clubto behenceforth referred to as the J.A.S.(Jane Adams Society)knew norest until they had settled upon at ime and "manner how" they wouldenter tain the Harborcreek boys.Friday, February the 26th, foundall in readine ss. And so, with arousing basketbal l game, in whichthe "Greens" defeated the "Reds",25-20 and a luncheon spicedwith melodious group and solorendi t ions, a real ly "complete"evening was enjoyed.The first endeavor of the clubis to be congratulated as mani- |fest ing outstanding coperat ion onthe part of all. Basically, a subtlepiece of social work was p erformed. Britta Marie S ullivan, .'38

Ma rgar et Dean, '35, has receiveda cont ract as permanent teacher inthe commercial department of EastHigh School in Erie.

A story in cont rasts harmoniously integrated by the warmth ofhuman understanding Edi tor .As they entered the Stadiumfrom the lef t , Anna was remindedof the etching of "Anth ony inEgyp t". There ' , was no one herewho especially resemb led An thonybut then, Anthony hadn't been in

the etching ei therjust vaguel ines hazi ly forming many stepsleading upwards to a Greek-l ikes t ru c t u r e . Here it was t h e ' same .The Stadium was bui l t l ike anamphi theat re, rows of w h i t e l g r a -nite steps sloping- upw ards andbackward ?wi th a cent ral* spaceopen to the sky. Alread y most ofthe s pace *on the steps filled, butAnna could only make out an indistinct blur of vertical lines likean etching. The rhythm of thescene rather took her breath away;tha t and the colorscoral, turquoise, jacque , and sof t creams,everyone a summer pastel .Anna was enchanted wi th everything. In the f i rst p lace, thete x-pectation of an evening of musicunder the stone had keyed up her

emotional pitch, and then she hadnever expected 15,000 people toturn out for a musical affai r .(Continued on Page 4): - o - :

O. G. A. NEWSPlans are under way for a meet ing of the O. G. A. members in thenear future. The fol lowing com-mit tees have been appointed. Program commit tee: the Misses NancyRuth Blai r (Chai rman), Jean La-cey, El inor Bower. Refreshments:the Misses Jane Sawdey (Chai rma n), Bet ty Mil ler , Marion McLaughl in , Mary Lou McGrann.Slogan \and Song comit tee: theMisses Mary M argare t Murphy(Chairman), ; 'Anne Fox, Jane Mis-

simer, I rene Forque r .A prominent business man ofErie wi l l be the guest speaker forthe evening. Helen Gowans. '38

Merciad Editor Is SpeakerIn Conference SymposiumJanus ClubD i r e c t a n dPresent Play"Makeshifts" Wins AwardAs Best Dramatization! Of The Season

On Thursday evening, March 4.,the Janus Club of MercyhurstCollege presented three plays directed by the Senior members ofthe club. The first one, entitled"Makeshifts", was directed byMary Lou Burd and Majorie Alge.It featured Marie O'Malley andMary Agnes Zimmerman as twospinster ly si sters, and M argueri teO'Donnell and Adelaide Salisburywho admirably provided the malecomplications.Jane Hurley, Bet ty Taylor , andKatherine Lechner staged "TheBeau of B ath" , an artistic* and de-lightfully poetic sketch in whichMary Rita Oliver stepped downfrom he r gi lded frame | t o spendone beautiful, quiet hour with herdreaming lover . The par t of thelover was played by Eleanore Ries,a n d | t h a t of the man servant byFran ces Mal an ey .

"Fanc y Fre e" brought to thestage Marie Cal lan, as Fancy elopin g with Alfred, played by MarySchmidt; and Betty Miiler, as thehaughty Del ia opposi te DeloresKelley, who portrayed Ethelbertfjhusband of Fancy. I t was underthe di rect ion of Mary MargaretMurphy and Edie Lograsso.

Sister Mary Al ice, Mother Bene-dicta, and Sister Loret ta, act ingin the capaci ty of judges, af termuch balancing of dramat ic values,awarded the cake to the producersand cast of "Makeshi f t s" .There was much interest and enthusiasm among the students concerning this performance, anotherenter tainment episode in the var iedhistory of the Janus Club 's dramat ic presentat ions. The student bodylooks forward to the renewal ofthis dramat ic contest as an annual

event .Margaret Gould Thompson, '38: - o - :

SOPHOMORES ATTENDBIRTHDAY PARTYTo enter tain the ent i re Sophomore class, Miss Eugenia Andre-covich held a party at the Rooston Friday evening, February thetwenty-sixth . Thi r ty- two sophomores were present to enjoy thefun. *

picture ofes wereThe Roost was afestivity. The bridgebright in gay red and whitecovers. Multicolored hats of various shapesiwere provided for theguests whi le noisemakers added tothe general din .The novel feature of the evening was a gal lery of baby pictures in which al l the guests wererepresented. Martha McLaughl inwon the pr ize for guessing theidentity of most of the babies.j Virginia Dooley, '39

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Editor-in-Chief Eleanor O'SullivanBusiness Manager Anna Fox(Printed by the E. Agres t i Print ing Co.1710 Cherry St.)Spring at Mercyhurst

Each year, with the advent of spring, there seems to be anew comradeship, a fresh vigor, a more subtle contentmentamong the students at M ercyhurst. Nowhere, I believe, doesone welcome the coming of April and May days amid surroundin gs and beauty as right her e on Glenwood hills. Looking to the north, one may glimpse, beyond the numerous housetops, the calm .peaceful solemnity of Lake Erie, hushed oncemore after the severe lashings and disturbances of the wintermonths. To the south one may find new inspiration in thenewly-greened hills of Glenwood; injfact, all about one seesperfect examples of nature once more blooming forth asan incentive to man. There is no other time of the year whenone is closer to God and to His creatures as "In that soft season when descending show'rs call forth the greens, and wakethe rising flowers; when opening buds salute the welcomeday, and earth relenting feels the genial ray." fJ ? t Rita Rectenwald, '37:-o-:Concerning the "Imitation"

The age old controversy concerning the writing of one ofthe world's most famous literary classics, the Imitation ofChr ist, has been ended at last with the editing of originalNetherlandish texts by James Van Ginneken, S. J. of theCatholic Univ ersity of Nym egen. According to an article inthe America of March 6, not a Kempis nor Gerson but GeraldGroote, founder of the Congregation of the Brethren of theCommon Life, wrote the Imitation. At the direction of superiors, the authorship of the book was suppressed by Groote'sspiritual son, Thomas a Kempis, who edited Groote's spiritualdiary freely, rearranging it, amending it, adding thoughts ofhis own. Of additional interest to the fact of authorship, isth e announcement tha t the America Press is pr in t ing FatherMalaise's, S. J.,"English translation of Father TJirineken's edltxing of the original manu scripts. To this translation of theauthent ic manusc ripts, correct in arrangem ent and tru e incontent material, will be prefixed an interesting thumb-nailbiograph y of Groote's altern ately peaceful and storm y life.All lovers of the Imi tation will, we feel sure, be inte reste d finthis translation. )_The Editor

J UNIORTUMBLESMar. 2. Jumbles March winds 'n stuff wonder if said editor'd mind if__ said co lum nis t-jumbled a l i t t le more 'n ' usual .

Mar. 1. In a manner of jumblingguess I ' l l go backwards heardthis in the store "May I havesomething in two pa rts ?" (Wethink she meant candybut) thisfrom the rear "How about Eterni ty ?" Sprin g is came sort ofearly-ish__ "jacks" the lates t s ign.Feb. 2 8 . . Sister Mary Alice isstill looking for the cause of somuch laughter 'long the corridorth' o ther ni te__ It ' s the 28th on th ecalendar but the 29th to some people. - and then, when Sis ter MaryEsther asked i f the Mass bel l rang at 7:00 P. M.__ well-we giveup~. Nice work, SullyMercyhurs t can well be proud of i ts re-pres. to the symposium.H Feb. 27. Crash bang dodgewhat? Oh -i t ' s Anne "You goho me ' n ' g e t - " wel l, anyho w -Buffalo ha s it__ The tea drinkersare s t i ll a t it Did you k no w -that McKinley was shot at thefoot of his s tatue in Buffalo?Feb. 26. Helen Gowans cleverchide has a new use for rougeWouldn' t you know Thursdayclasses in session Mar. 13thnota break at this point we "missa little Missimer; get well soon,J a n e .Feb. 25. And then there 's theflee who saved his money to buy

a dog Sleigh ride rs in orderfurr quiet reigned on return'cause everybody was hoarse fromseranading Dr. Relihan | "inval ided" for the t ime The kangaroo coat put spring into i th eai r J somebody got out V walked'cause the horses were t i red.Feb. 24. Fun wri t ing s tuffwhat doesn't go in is bet ter 'n 'wha t does if you doubt it askToots' (Elizabeth, please) for afashion flash on veils for the coming season. fF eb. 28. Ade laide . , did her bes tto give 3rd floor-ites a pet dogbut Curly 'n ' Mark "foxxed" herWho walked in on us but ^Ruth-marie Kappel t and Mary Sutherland still the insepa rables address , Oberlin scraps Bun nyHaule and s is ter Pol ly are with usagain Junior congrats to Elbaand Carl best of luck V thensome Mr. Donatelli invested ina new pipe.Feb. 22. Jus t one more thist ime a Frenchman trying tolearn E n g l i s h pronunciat ion-thought , through, cough, hiccough but when he saw a s ign "Cavalcade, pronounced success"he wenthome to Franceso c'mon, Bis-mark-al lons! Jus t to make a bi tmore of a scramble.Mar. 8. As short s tory wri ters . .Juniors have decided they're gooddra ma tis ts , - Let ' s go now-MathClub entertaining us the 17thA sodality dance in the offing| whispers turn to shouts daysOh you March 19th!! HappyEaster Eggs*.,.M I Edith Regan, '88

OBITUARYSister Mary Neri HopkinsSister Mary Neri Hopkins, oneof the senior members of theOrder of Mercy in the Erie Diocese, died of pneumonia at St.Justin's ^Convent, Pit tsburgh, Pa. ,at 1:28 P. M Friday, Februarytwenty -sixth. The deceased w asthe daughter of Thomas and AnneHopkins. Born in Pittsbu rgh, Pa.,March 8, 1866, educated at St

Malachy's School, Pittsburgh, andat St. Joseph's Academy, Titus-ville, Pa., she, entered the MercyOrder September 17, 1883 andmade her holy profession May 4,1886. During the fif ty-three yearsof her religious life she served theCommunity and the schools in vari-our offices of responsibility, havin g servedias Mother Superior,procurator, ass is tant and mis tressof novices. Her Golden Jubilee ofProfession was celebrated a tMercy hurst in 1986. I fy* Solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated on Saturday for the repose of her soul in St. Just in'sChurch, Mt. Washington, Pi t ts burgh. Many of her friends in thevarious religious orders of Pittsburgh a ended the Mass, togetherwith the students of St. Justin'sand many of the parishioners. Thebody was I taken to Titusville Saturday afternon where it lay ins tate in the convent chapel at St .Joseph's Academy. At ten a.m.,Monday, March 1, Rev. Fath erVincent Burke, of St. Paul's Cathedral, Pittsburgh, a cousin of thedeceased, celebrated the SolemnRequiem Mass of Burial and delivered the sermon. Rev. Joh nBarry, Pas tor of St . Jus t in ' s , assisted as Deacon of the Mass, andRev. Martin O'Toole of St. Justin's as subdeacon of the Mass.Interment was made in the Sis ters 'plot in St. Catherine's cemetery,Titusvi l le , Pa. I

This good religious found herjoy in sharing her rare mentalgifts with members of her community, her pupils, and her friends.Truly, the Kingdom of God waswithin her, and the light of herconsecrated life shone constantlybefore the world. She has left toher community the record of alife lived completely, exactly andbeautifully, one that was pouredout for others with the zeal of anapost le .

:-o-iFaculty Notes

(Continued from Page 1)Univers i ty, P i t tsburgh, Pa. , a t tended a meeting of the teachersof Science of the Pittsburgh diocese held February 20.On Sunday, March 7, Mr. Jf A .Donatel li was gues t speaker atSaint Francis Xavier ' s Church inMcKean, Pa. The occasion was theMen's Communion Breakfas t . Mr.Donatelli, known to the group because of his previous visits toFather Duering 's parish, spoke onthe ills of the world of today andthe Catholic layman's responsibili ty in applying fundamental remedies to the present s i tuat ion.Dr. M. J. Relihan, Professor ofEducat ion, returned to his pos t ,Monday, March 8, after havingbeen confined to his home for thepas t two weeks with a s tubborncase of grippe. The student bodyextends to him a hearty wish forlong-continued good health.

Rita Maley, '38: - o - : There is no subtle spiritual evilin the fact that people alwaysbrag about their vices ; i t is whenthey begin to brag about theirvirtues that they become insufferable.

Chesterton

Lent * 1937A m o n g t h e spiritual b e n e f i t s o f t h e L e n t e n S e a s o n a t M e r c y -h u s t t h e S o d a l i t y m e m b e r s n u m b e r d a i l y a t t e n d a n c e o f t h eHo ly Sac r i f ice o f the Mass which , once a week, i s in the fo rmo f t h e M i s s a R e c i t a t a . T h e e n t i r e s t u d e n t b o d y ' s p e a k s t h erespon ses in th is Mass . Th e fo l lowing g i r ls hav e led in theser e s p o n s e s : t h e M i s s e s H u r l e y , Burd, A l g e , Dooley, and M.O'Sul l ivan . 1E a c h T u e s d a y e v e n i n g i n t h e C ol l e ge C h a p e l t h e s t u d e n t sh a v e h a d t h e p r i v i l e g e o f l i s t e n i n g t o a L e n t e n s e r m o n . T h ef o l l o w i n g h a v e b e e n t h e s p e a k e r s : R e v . J . J . M a h e r o f S t . A n n ' sC h u r c h , E r i e , w h o s p o k e o n " D e a t h " , R e v . F r a n c i s K a l t e n b a c ho f S a c r e d H e a r t C h u r c h , E r i e , w h o d i s c u s s e d " D a n g e r s t o t h eS o u l " ; R e v . L a w r e n c e T r e m b l y , C h a p l a i n o f S t . J o s e p h ' sH o m e , w h o d e l i v e r e d a s e r m o n o n " T h e V a l u e o f t h e S o u l " ;a n d R e v . W i l l i a m H a s t i n g s o f S t . P a t r i c k ' s C h u r c h , w h os p o k e o n " S t . J o s e p h " .F a t h e r J a m e s P o w e r s , o u r C h a p l a i n , h a s g i v e n a s e r i e s o fL e n t e n s e r m o n s o n t h e S e v e n L a s t W o r d s o f C h r i s t o n t h eCrossbeautiful i n t h e i r t e n d e r e x p r e s s i o n a n d i n s p i r a t i o n a li n t h e i r c o n t e n t . ) |S t a t i o n s o f t h e C r o s s h a v e b e e n m a d e d a i l y b y t h e s t u d e n tb o d y . P u b l i c S t a t i o n s on T h u r s d a y e v e n i n g s h a v e h a d a c a p a c i t y a t t e n d a n c e . A n d t h e n , of c o u r s e , t h e r e h a v e b ee n t h o s ei n n u m e r a b l e l i t t l e s p i r i t u a l o p p o r t u n i t i e s o f w h i c h t h e s t u d e n t s h a v e a v a i l e d t h e m s e l v e s w i t h g e n e r o s i t y a n d g r a t i t u d e .As t h e H o l y S e a s o n w a n e s w e l o o k b a c k u p o n t h e s e d a y s w i t hd e e p s p i r i t u a l r e f r e s h m e n t . L e n t al M e r c y h u r s t h a s b e e n ar e a l i n s p i r a t i o n . *! fI 1 Rita Maley, '38

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" T he r e ' s S o me t h i ng in t he A i r "and I t h i nk i t ' s Springso slipinto your boxy reefer , 'plop* yourB r e t o n , t h r ee q ua r t e r s o f t he w ayback o n yo ur head , t ug a t yo urt r i co l o ur s a s h , s mo o t h do w n yo urna r r o w s k i r t o f beng a l i ne and follow me down the Avenu e. Whi lejw e do dg e f l o w er ca r t s and s t r u tt o t he t une o f t he " O r g an G r i nde r ' s S w i ng , " w e ' l l s ee w ha t ' s be i ngdone in the clo thes l ine.They must have dug out the t intypes for inspiration for the brief,boxy reefers, double breasted andabruptly short , contras t ing with

your sui t ; but I have a sneakingsuspicion that this season will begayer than the "Gay Ninet ies".Mexican and Spanish influencesare being felt with wide brimedhats and the boleros ; and, talkingabout hats--if it 's a saucy brimthat rolls, you're off to a goodstart ; and then again the hats aresmaller than the t r imming theyhave on them; and pret ty soonwe'll be tripping over the veilsthey're the longest we've seen outs ide the harem.You'll be "So Easy To Love" ifyou pin a long stemmed rose or afreshly cut tulip on the lapel ofyour coat with an old fashionedbar-pin-and it will give you thatbadly needed lift,"You Can't Pull the Wool Over

my Eyes" because i t ' s out ; andbengaline twill, serge or convertclothall pre-war s tock and mellowed in the cedar chestis in. Bythe way, a tip on finger tipsgoeasy on the dark shades if youwant your hand to be lovely tolook at, inviting to hold and"All the King'sHorses and all theKing 's Men " are sett ing the pacein America as well as Englandwe're feeling the influence of theCornation too with its pinky violets and cornflower blues and dramatic red.

And now I'll take You HomeAgain Kathleen" but f i rs t rememberyou start with black or beigeand spice it. Go Surrealistic and assemble tones that would have outraged us a year agopale dustyyel low and wine; dark green andcoral; black, with beige; and deepred and navy blue with biege ororange. |And now we' re done with Februaryand good riddance! So "Un-

A L U M N A E - - . N EW S"Here we are again"with a fewmore facts and many rumourswhich later we hope you willhasten to correct if there be anyerrors. (This is one way of gettingyou Alumnae to write to us.)Several graduates have vis i tedat Mercyhurs t during the pas tmonth. Jane Uprichard spent aweek-end with us. She is keptfairly busy as a subst i tute teacherof H istory in ( leveland.Martha Meyer was vis i t ing Evelyn Donohue the week-end of February 22, and they came over "tocall". On the 16th we had Je an

Summers ; and we saw Susan Nei-ner one morning jus t as she wasleaving. They say that Sue hassigned her contract for the comingyea r .It is rumoured, also , that Marg.Mullaney and her sister are goingto open a dress shop in Lockport.The best of luck in this new business , Marg!Mary Jo Cleary is doing secretarial work for the Bradford Electric Company. She has been doinga bit of subbing, too, at BradfordSenior High Schooltaught seventyping classes in one day.We hear from Pauline Shanorthat Alice Mart in whom she visited is getting on very well as student dietitia n at Cook CountyHospital . Though the work is hard,i t is interes t ing; and "after hours"are by no means dul l .

R A few weeks ago, Marg Potterbrought her winning basketbal lteam to Mercyhurstand wonag a in!Did you know that Kay Forquerhad been quite ill? Well, she's better now and is back teaching. She 'sfinding her work much eas ier thissemester, and likes it better, too,since she is teaching more HomeEc Subjects .Marie Dillon spent the week-endof March 6 at Mercyhurs t , andtold us about her work at University of Buffalo.Well , that seems to be al l thatwe know about you for the mo

ment, so good luck to you all unt i l the next issue!Margaret O'Sul l ivan, '88til the Real Thing Comes Along,111 Spring Along With You."Toots Harrington, '38

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March . 1937 THE MER C IAD

ALG'S ANGLETo tel l , or not to tel l : that i s thequest ion:Whether ' t i s wiserfin the mind tosinkThe really only choice bits I doglean,Or to come cleanAnd by confessing, break the oneremaining l inkOf friendship, which now exists

Between theeAn d me.11 choose, I takethe lat terno, the former statemen t ,And by it I shall endThe hear t -ache and the thousandnatural shocksTha t* ordinar i ly would t ransp i re,'t is a decisionDevout ly to be appreciated . Towri te, to sleep;To sleep perchance to dream: ay,we know 'tis toughOur Mary Lou has now discoveredhow very meanis luf.

So, too with Elba Armst ron gShe f inds tha t l i fe i s just onegran d and I gloriousson gSince Carl has comealong1.Here are the congratulat ions thatprovide the frui t for your weddingf e a s t ;You'd make a lovely bride ifmar r i ed a thigh noon,With the sun and candle l ight vie-ing wi th each other for possessionof your eyes. %I 'm told that al l happy br idespick June- 1So , i f you 're wise ?Who would deemThat a group of Freshies couldundertake the brazen act of adoptin g "Curly"-top as a passwordTo "come" an d "go" by- ' sa f ac t ! !Mark y ou well!Discovery l u rk salong your t rack.(Cont inued On Page 4) 0

Varieties iBy Vee Dee ITh i s mon t h , s t r an gel y ( ? ) t h evariet ies r i se f rom the depths ofap at h y . Sp r i n g f ev er h as me i ni t s l e t h arg i c K c l u t c h e s a s s i g n ments, quizzes, even threats are ofno remedial avai l .* But st i l l thechronicles of the \ class loom before me expec tant ly . As the saprises in the t rees in the spr ing, somust I r i se to the occasion to laybefore you an account of wha thas gone on behind the scenes.Congrats to our far-from-lethar-

gic leader in this business of wordsSullywho co ntribute d such al a rge p ar t t o t h e Sy mp os i u m.More power to youSully!!! Yo udisplayed enviable pep, "wim", andwisdom at your ap pearan ce inE r i e .We were indeed sorry to par tcomp an y wi t h a n ew memb er o four class at the end of the f i rstsemesterArdene Life. But Ar-dene set out for mid-western

climesSt. Louiswhere t h e f ami ly has taken up thei r residence.Speaking of the West , Georgiehas st rong incl inat ions in that di rect ion. He r individual form ofspr ing fever inst i l l s the fever^ofthe romant ic west in to her veinsand she must go "pioneer". Anyday, now, she wi l l embark on amotorcyclewith an escort of statet roop er s ! !

And fever reminds be of something else ( this sudden sequencei s r a t h er a l a rm i n g) . Psy ch o logyclasses h av e ru n a t f ev er h ea t

PersonalitiesJEAN JACKSONPage Th ree

Sophomore, day-student , mediumheight , and at t ract ive. T h a tsmooth, creamy"white skin we allwould like to possess; soft but expressive h a z e l eyes, heavilyfringed with dark eyelashes; whenshe smiles, which is often, :merrydimples l ight her facesuch is ourword picture of Jean.Jean has a del ight ful disposi

tion. Seldom a victim of the"blues" she makes a good companion. She gets a great kick outof living, and is, in fact, not inclined to take life seriously enough.Though she ican real ly get angryif the :cause is sufficient, she cannever stay overheated for long.She keeps poor tab on her expenditures and consequent ly i s a goodperson from whom to borrow. Onevery typical habit of her is to purchase smal l gi f t s for her f r iends,not to celebrate any special occasion, but just because she knowsthe receiver will like the trink et.She i s usual ly a regular visi tor toSthe sick room of her friends andcomes laden wi th magazines andflowers, p lus a cheery smi le. Onthe days she cannot cal l , shekQ wri tes cheery let ters. She has avery unde rstanding natu re andgives good sound advice whenasked for i t . She can keep a sec ret .Jean bel ieves in democracy andputs i t in to pract ive by t reat ingeveryone wi th equal kindness andconsiderat ion. I have never heardher make one single mal iciousstatem ent about anyone. She i snot given to unfai r cr i t ici sm, commonly known? as "cat t iness". Although she i s clever at humorouscomebacks, she i s never sarcast ic: I

Though she i s non-athlet ic, sheenjoys tennis , riding and swimming. She took up golf to~findout why people spend so much t imeat i t . Now she i s studying cookingat Mercyhurst ; recent ly , sh eturned out some rather nice biscui t s . Informal enter taining inher ki tchen at home is her special ty because then the guests can si ton the f loor . This method of enter taining must be successful because I have been told tha t shemakes a charming hostess and al lenjoy themselves at her par t ies.Her pet bore i s people who laughtoo loudly. Her idea of a pleasantt ime is motoring alone over thecountryside for h o u r s ! and hoursand mi les and mi les. Her ambit ion* i s to be a fashion i l lust rator .

Her hobby is col lect ing poemswith pictures to i l lust rate them.She confesses that she wri tes poet ry hersel f on the sly , but refusesto show i t to anyone. A t rue En glish major, she also dashes off anessay or so every now and then,and once in a whi le a short story.She is stilll st ruggl ing through"Anthony Adverse" and i s now atbook four .Her technique must be adequatebecause i t has won her a place int h e h ear t o f Mercy h u r s t .I F r a n Riblet, '37.

lately . Helen Younie propoundsher masterful hypothesis on thewi l l to the ut ter consternat ion ofLwret ta Kel logg who has total lydi fferent ideas of her own. Underthe f i re of such Idisputa t ions,Father Powers i s l i teral ly st r ippedof his good Ir i sh name and becomes "power- le ss"! (That punypun just would out )!Powerless(this can 't go on forever!)an apt adject ive to de-jscr i b e F ran Hau ser ' s Isince this pas t Christmas. Diagnosis i s di ff icul t , but present state i svery probably resul t of l i terary

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B y E i l e e n Gillan K e y e sThe poems here pr inted are theoutpourings of a young writer who,having gazed upon the "deviouscoverts of dismay" has, wi th regenerate rapture , looked in herhear t and wri t ten. I t has seemedfitting to us that, these poems,private ly circulated, should find

the light of day in these columns.I \ -Th e Ed i t o r .\ A W I S HOne favor do I ask, beloved friend,When night approaches,^ and w eknow the endOf my glad days is trembling ineterni ty ,Then flood this room with musicjust for me.With music in this sunny room ofours,Amo ng our w ell-thumbed booksand garden flowers.Subl imely br ight the last*; sweetours will be .Compassion 's tears were ! nevermeant for me.Let happy laughter'iecho up thes t a i rThe children's voices gay, all un

awareNot even love*can stay this lastlong sleepAs I my renrezvous wi th deathmust keep.And so I ask ol you, belovedfriend,For these fami l iar th ings r ight tothe end.: - o - :

INTERLUDEI can be 3'ours for such a littlewhile,So make each moment count .Your eyes, your smileMust l ight the future down eachshadowed mi le.This star l i t in ter lude hasfslippedbetween the ordinary days.Love's si lver sheen has changedNovember f rost to Apri l green.I i :H I h\ X 'Ah! dearest love, you must noth es i t a t e .The velvet night drops down, thehour i s late.Give me your \hands, your l ips;Come laugh Sat fa te.

: - o - :A SILVER PRAYER

This t iny, si lver rosary 1 hold within my hand

Is real ly not to pray upon, butjust to understand

That somewhere very close to methere l ies a promised land.

The shinning, si lver beads inspi rea s i len t med i t a t i o n -

No cant , nor creed, nor formalp ray er ,nor myst ic incantat ion.

This haunt ing sense of lonel inessK gives way to adorat ion.Oh! silver Christ on a silver

Cross, to you, one plea I send.When!one by one thefbeards a re

told and I have reached the end.Tear Thou the vei l of myster ies

and be to me a Fr iend.: -o- : -

bCTOBER C AME TO MEI cannot go to Autumn, so Autumncame t o me.I t rests here by my bedside inbranches from a t ree;I t s slender , golden shadows wi tht racings red and brown,

VINCENTVAN GOGHThe paint ings and drawings ofthe Dutch Art i st , Vincent VanGogh, which were exhibited at theCleveland Art Museum during thipast summer, have created a considerable furor in artistic circles.The wide acclaim which thesepaint ings have drawn to themsel -ve s whereverithey have been presented seems bo put beyond doubt

the importance of Van Gogh's cont r ibut ion to paint ing.Von Gogh painted toward theend of the past century. He diedabout for ty-f ive years ago. Duringhis lifetime he received practicallyno recognition from the public.Only the most penet rat ing and forward looking critics of his timeshowed any in terest in his work.The story of his thwarte d andsomewhat sordid existence is nowat matter of common knowledge;yet , unt i l the present t ime, andexcept among a few devoted German admirers and several courageous American col lectors, h is greatar t and even his name were pract ical ly unknown. This ci rcumstance i s astonishing * when one

considers the fact that many fai thful biographies based upon genuinesources and that the three volumesof his let ters to his brother Theo,which have been faithfully editedand give n "to the world at larg eby his si ster- in- law, Johnanna VanGogh-Bonger , and which explainsthe evolut ion of his ext raordinarystyle step by step, have been avai l able during the greater par t of thep resen t cen t u ry .Van Gogh's father was a clergyman. Some members of his fami lywere successful in comm ercia l enterpr ise. Van Gogh, consequent ly ,might be said to have "inheriteda temperament keen for st r iving,unusual sensi t ivi ty , impression-ableness, and a st rong mental agi l ity, qualities which both at home

and among his kin in Hollandgwerenever ful ly understood or properlydi rected. The resul t was a maladjustm ent to his e nvi ronmentwhich impelled him to fluctuatefrom one type of act ivi ty toanother before he could find proper out let for his emot ional resources. Fi r st , ! under the protection of his uncle, Vincen t VanGogh, he tried work-in a dist inguished f i rm of ar t dealers. Thisoccupat ion was later supplanted byschool teaching in England. Then,because of his st rong desi re toserve, he was discontented wi ththe relat ion he had achieved wi thhis fel low men and he turned toevangel ism. The cl imax in his newcareer was reached when his unconvent ional zeal as a lay preacherto the Belgian miners in the Borin-age resul ted in his dismissal by theschool of Evangel izat ion at Brussels. Continuing to live in the dist r ict at h is own expense, confronted by the t ragic problemsaround him, he searched for anemot ional out let and turned ser i ously to d r a w i n g . ! The work ofthese f i rst years i s J admirably illust rated by "The Potato E a t e r s " ,f rom the V. W. Van GoghJCol lec-t ion, A msterdam , and by otherear ly pictures f rom the Krol ler-

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Cast lovel iness around me, I wearan Au t u mn crown ;It's scar let berr ies gl immer on

branches newly dead;The scent of June st il l l ingersacross i t s ageing head;Your tender hands have*broughtme October 's ecstasy.I cannot go to Autumn, so Autumncame to me.

Hel lo Again!!jg Are you affected by the goodold Spring Fever, too, oi is it justI a bi t previous in my react ions?One nice day, and I'm off-that isunt i l the next surpr ise storm.Speaking of the weather , I th ink i tis really the duty of the ^residentstudents to attempt to convince thenew boarders that we, in Erie, arenot alway s the victims of suchfreakish weather condi t ions. Yes,'t is said, dear "out-of-tow nera"that sometimes Erie has a nice, oldfashioned winter, with skatingp ar t i es an d ev ery t h i n g-gr r rh ~ i t ' sbeen so long th a t I real ly don 'tremember the par t iculars.

Wil l we ever forget last March17the snow storm of the year--an d Ina Raye Hut ton in town, too.Many of the cars couldn 't get awayfrom the dance hall until early thenext morning. At least! t h a t wasan excuse "what was an excuse."Something more ser ious thanSpring Fever , however , must havehappened to keep ROSEMARYMcG EE away so long. We all missher and hope she hurr ies back Congratulat ions Ho D O R O T H YAGRESTI who has just passedher 60 minute speed test in type.She also received an award for thebest Junior 0 . A. T. submit ted.AGNESfPALUCH got the pr izefor the Senior Division of O.A.T.Ask ELAIN E B OYD ab ou t t h elast Religion testbut I 'm warningyou, be ready to duck The hammering of those carpenters on theroof over the library is beginningto drown out the organ playing ofMAR Y LOUISE C AMELLA. Per sonally 111 stick to the music.You mu s t get JANET EIC HEN-LAUB to skip for you sometime.She has the distinction of beingthe best in our gym classpoise,grace, ease, and al l thatandELIZAB ETH MILLOY tel l s methat JANET is equal ly adept att ak i n g t emp era t u r es . . Ev ery t i meI hear that song " 'Fro st ' on theMoon", I never fail to pictureMAR Y p erched h i gh u p t h e r e -Say, GRACIA, I saw George theother day, and he's not a muchbet ter bowler than I a m --Ne wsof the month is "Bunny Duck"MADDEN, and, that chain shewears tel l s the whole story Prac tically everyone is going home forEas t er vacation J And did you hearthe novel manner in which MARGAR ET BATTA LIA is going tospend her hol iday? and everyn i gh t , Marga re t ? Does t h a tdaily letter still come in, MARYS C H M I T T . . E L E A N O R a n d T E R RY had an amusing r ide the otherp.m. in the rumble of Col let te 'scarthat is in the \ place wherethere would be a rumble i f the carhad one. Too compl icated? Wel l ,ask them Did you know tha tR UTH STAB LEIN an d B ETTYTY SC HR YVER are g o i n g t oWestminster for a weekend in thev ery^ n ear f u t u r e . . DOR OTHYDAVIES could be well qualifiedfor one of those tads on ; "How Ikeep my skin BO lovely". \What isthe secret Dot ty? Don't you justlove|MARY J A N E MAHONEY'Seyes and perfect ly arranged h ai r?. . And HELEN DOYLE'S laughis so contagioustoo much so, inf a c t - M A R Y E S T H E R D A I L E Yhas become qui te the singer (operaat that ) since seeing "Three SmartGirls" Speaking of singersthere's that Crosby man again, ,and he always receives my undivided atention.So until next timeHappy Easter , everybody.R u t h ! Web er , '40

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(Continued from Page 1)Anna had ^humanitarian impulsesalong aesthetic lines; she liked tosee people "uplifted," as she calledit. Afte rwar ds she laughed a little at her own credulity when sheread the not ices in the morningp ap er s commenting on the unusualsize of the crowd which had cometo hear Heifetz. But tonight shej was e cstat ic and the f lames of herimaginat ion were being fanned bythe balmy ai r and the crowds.Anna loved faces and she tookthis opportunity to study the interest ing ones. Some were standing as yet , gazing lazi ly aroundthe stadium, talking, laughing, orshout ing wi th that in tel lectual enthusiasm Anna knew so wel l . Sheabhorred i t . St r iking, bony women, well dressed but not too well-groomed, who contor ted thei rfaces wi th enthusiasm "for i t al l " ,whether i t was l i terature of thetheat re or music. She had seenthem in every town in^which sh ehad lived. For herself, she couldnever expose the intensi ty of herown feelings, and she doubted thesincerity of others who could.

At last the orchest ra membersfiled in and soon Iturbi came totake his place at the di rector 'sstand. The audience arose to applaud wi th vervetoo much verve,Anna thought . She looked at herbrother , Anthony, and they smi ledinto each other's eyes. They didnot stand up. Whi le wai t ing for| the applause to subside, Anna began to take notice of the girl infront of her . She had dist inct lySemit ic, but rather aat ract ive, features . On one side of the gi r l wasa middle aged man andAnna supposed-his wife. On the other wereseveral wel l -dressed women a fewyears older t h an jjjg the girT^wf io |seemed in her late twent ies. Annawatched wi th interest the animatedconversat ions which the gi r l wascarrying on wi th everyone. She

was easi ly the dominat ing personin the group wh o, visibly, adoredher . Anna wasn't su re wh et h erthis gi r l was vivacious or just nervous. She sat on the edge of herseat , s he gestured, she cr ied, |Heifetz, of coursebut don't youworship jhim.f I could not sta yaway." E veryone ag reed enthusiast ical ly . Receiving at tent ionshe became more voluble, and hereyes began to sparkle. Anna not iced *;the man beside the gi r l whopayed a great deal of at tent ion toher , and his wife who payed at ten-tion to both of them. This!worr ied Anna.Th e o r ch es t r a was p l ay i n g 'Mozar t . I t was charming; " l ike exquisite lace," said Anthony, andAnna agreed. She had alwayst r ied to put her f inger on 'Mozartand had never succeeded^ and therei t was. Exquisi te lace, perfect indetai l , dainty, charm ing. But laceis ski l l , not genius^ Mozart was agenius of course, but his workbothered her- i t lacked personal i tyand dash, i t was too perfect . Perhaps his technical ^perfection w a shis personality.-Ah wel l ! Anyhowthe number was f inished and a gaint h e ap p l au se r an g en t h u s i as t i ca l l y . ^Ann was surpr ised to see Anthonyjump to his feet wi th the rest , butwhen he applauded even af ter therest had f inished, she knew he was|dmocking them and she star ted t o | |laugh and to applaud again. "Ah!such ! tones," she cr ied, laug hing.Anthony sighed, "but the sensuous-ness, such f lexible forms-Ach! i t

i s incredible." They were del ightedwi th each other , and qui te smugin thei r mockery of | t h e p r e t en t i ou s p ed an t s . & |g| The pr int dress of the gi r l shehad not iced before caught Anna's

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