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M E R C 1 A DVol. XXXIV, No. 7 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, ERIE, PENNA . •iday, May 17, 1963

Noted Speakers Will Address] Seniors

At June Comm encement CeremoniesOnj Sunday, June 2, activities

honoring eighty-one graduatingseniors will come to a closewith the tradit ional BaccalaureateMass and Commencement Exercises in Christ the King Chapel.

The Mercyhurst- College GleeClub will sing the 9:00 a.m. Mass,at which the Right ReverendMonsignor Paul E. Gooder will bethe guest speaker.

Monsignor Gooder, pastor of St.Catherine's Parish in DuBois, isa native of Reynoldsville, Penn-

T w o A s s u m e

N e w O f f i c e s

Miss Fry

The newly created posts of Director of Development and Admissions Counselor will be filledby Miss Arabella Fry and MissBetty Baillie. They will assumetheir duties in June.

As head of the new fDevelop

ment Office, Miss Fry will workdirectly with Sister Carolyn to organize and direct all p ublic! rela tions activities andiannual givingprograms of the college which involve the Board of Trustees, faculty, students, alumnae, andfriends of the school.

A native of Erie, Miss Fry received her B.A.^degree from ParkCollege, Parkville.fMissouri. Sinceher graduate study in CommunityOrganization at the University ofChicago, she has had extensive experience in public relations andfund raising.!

Since 1952, Miss Fry has beenthe manager of the Women's Division of the Community Fund ofChicago. She also assisted in developing and presenting a workshop on fund raising at the University of Chicago and is a member of the Board of Directors ofthe Family Service Association inIllinois and the Public RelationsForum.¥• Miss Baillie

Miss Betty Baillie of Cleveland,Ohio, will be the new AdmissionsCounselor. In addition to her administrative duties, Miss Bailliewill undertake a program of student recruitment, including traveling to high schools, arrangingfor "college nights," and!* p u b lishing admission procedures.

Miss Baillie attended ClevelandCollege &of Western Reserve andthe University of Chicago. Shehas previously been employed by

the Cleveland Press and ClevelandLife Underwriters Association, aswell as by the Welfare Federationof Cleveland, and now is an executive f secretary for United Charities of Chicago.

sylvania. After his ordination he

was made assistant pastor at St.Tobias I in Brockway, where ^helater became pastor before assuming his duties at St. Catherine's. Monsignor initiated theConfraternity of Christian Doctrine program in Brockway, ledth e Building Fund Drive for Central Catholic High School in DuBois, and was recently elevatedto the rank of Domestic Prelate.

Commencement ^ExercisesAt the 3:00 p.m. Commence

ment Exercises, diplomas will beawarded and recognition given foroutstanding scholarship. Re v.William Lynch, S. J., uncle ofgraduating senior Kathy Lynch,will give the Commencement Address this year. Father Lynch iscurrently lecturing on the relations between philosophy and theliterary im agination in the^ Honors Program at Georgetown University.

Before going to Georgetown,

Father Lynch served as editor ofThought and was the author ofa series of studies on theology andthe imagination. He had previously been the director of classical theatre productions at Ford-ham. Father Lynch has also participated in seminars on literarycriticism at Princeton.

Diplomas AwardedOf the eighty-one members of

the graduating class, thirty-threewill receive liberal arts diplomas.There are six art majors; fivebiology, four chemistry, sevenEnglish, five history, three sociology and three math. The schoolof elementary education willgraduate forty-one students, eighteen of whom are cadet teachers.There will |be three diplomas

awarded from the home economics department, while fourseniors will receive degrees incommercial education.

Crowning and Bishop's Visit

Scheduled As May EventsGraduating seniors will be honored at the annua l -May Day cere

monies and Bishop's Dinner held on May 19 and 20.

Sheila Himes, elected by thestudent [body as queen, will reignat the tradit ional May Day ceremony on Sunday afternoon, May19, at 3:00 p.m. Assisting Sheilain crowning the statue off Marywill}' be Carol Kreh and DodieSmi th .

The seniors have chosen a simple ceremony, which consists ofthe procession of the entire student body dressed in formal academic attire and. a short speechby Sheila. Two other members ofthe senior class will h address thestudents. The Sp ring Dancers havebeen eliminated from this year'sprogram.

A visit by Archbishop Gannonon May 20 will climax the month'sevents. At 5:00 p.m. he will address the student body in Christthe King Chapel. Following theaddress, the seniors will be honored as his guests at the annualBishop's Dinner in fthe students 'dining room at 6:30 p.m.

Philosophy |Dept.

Gains New ProfA former Fulbright and Wood-

ro w Wilson{scholar, Stanley LuisVodraska, will joinf the Mercyhurst faculty next September asan instructor in | the philosophydepartment.

Mr. Vodraska, originally fromIowa, received his B.A. in philosophy at St. John's University inMinnesota and studied at the Uni -versite Catholique de Louvain inBelgium on af Fulbright scholarship.

He has traveled extensively athome and abroad and is now on aWoodrow Wilson Scholarship atthe University of Chicago, wherehe will receive his M.A. in June.Mr. Vodraska will return to England this summer to be marriedbefore coming to Mercyhurst inthe fall. fff

GRANT SUPPLIES

G r a d u a t i n g S e n i o r s F e t e d

A t T rad i tiona l A ct iv it iesAfternoon reception, Honors Day, Sophomore Farewell—the t ra

ditional pre-graduation activities—will take place Saturday, June 1,for the seniors, their parents, and their "little sisters." f

First on the agenda is a new Mercyhurst event—-the Senior AwardsProgram.?. At this time pa rents will witness their daughters receivingacademic and extracurricular awards, some of which will be repeatedfrom Honors Convocation. | $

The traditional "Carpe^Diem" Award will also be \ presented atthis time. Dr. John Donate Hi will deliver the main address and ElaineGlembocki, elected by her classmates, will speak for the seniors.'The

progr am! will conclude out-of-doors with the blessing of theclass tree, a tradition formerlytaking place at Honors Convocation.

Senior Reception

FACULTY PLANS

SUMMER STUDY!Various colleges and universi

ties will host members of Mercy-hurst 's .faculty this summer.

Sr. M. Eymard will again participate in the Institutum DiviThomae in Cincinnati, Ohio,where she has studied for the pastseveral summers. Sister will usethis summer's grant to continuecancer research.

Miss Vivetta Petronio will return to Middlebury | College thissummer, where she will sturyFrench l i terature at the Middle-bury, Vermont, college.

In August, Sr. Angelica will betraveling to her "favorite spot forpaintin g" — Gloucester, Massachusetts , on Cape Ann. Here, Siste r willlstudy advanced paintingunder the internationally knownNew York artist, Maxwell Starr.

Sr . M.fde Mont fort will spendseven weeks at Notre Dame University in i South Bend, Indiana.Part of !her study will includework on her master's thesis, "Business and Its Contribution to Culture." Another Notre D a m escholar w ill be Sr.- Helen Jean ,whose summer studies will includeliturgical music and musicology.

Sr. Maria wil l | return to theUniversity of Ottawa in t Canada

where she will work on her doctorate in religion. Accompanyingher will be Sr. M. Janet, who isnow in residence at the Universityworking on her doctorate in psychology.

Mr. William Garvey|will studyGerman at Cornell University inIthaca, New York. He will attenda German reading course designedespecially for doctoral candidates.

Miss Gloria Sedney has received a scholarship from the ErieCounty Tuberculosis and HealthAssociation* to study communityand school health at a two-weekworkshop at the University ofPittsburgh. Sr. Immaculate willattend a similar workshop conducted at Indiana State College.

A reception for the seniors andtheir parents in the students 'dining room will follow the awardspresentation. This reception replaces the tradit ional Garden Pa rty, which has been discontinuedbecause of unpredictable weatherand increasingly large numbers ofguests.

The Sophomore Farewell totheir "big sisters" will concludethe day's activities. The entireprogram will be conducted on thefront campus, beginning at 9:00

a m .Sophs Entertain

|The sophs will present an exhibition of modern dance3(similarto that staged during the Festivalof Fine and Lively Arts). The program will reach its climax at theGrotto.

The "little sisters" will symbolically bid ftheir "big sisters"adieu in a simple ceremony. Individual paper boats will be floated in the pool at our Lady's feet,symbolizing the departure of theseniors from Mercyhurst into thestream of life, but always underthe care of our Lady.

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Ma y

18—'Mercyhurst Promg19—May Day20—Bishops Dinner22—Honors Convocation23—Ascension Thursday (Free)24—Senior exams^ begin27—Underclassmen exams begin30—Memorial Da y (Rree)31—Senior Day of Recollection

June

1—Senior AwardsReception for seniors and

parentsSophomore Farewell

2—Baccalaureate MassCommencement Exercises

LAB EQUIPMENTThe National Science Founda

tion has awarded the chemistrydepartment a $5200 grant whichthe college will match, thus givingthe department $10,400 for thepurchase of new equipment.

The Foundation, which aims tostrengthen preparation of scient ists and I science teachers, hasst ipulated that the money be spentto purchase scientific instructionalequipment. Mercyhurst will usethe award to buy an ultra-violetspectrometer, a refrigerated constant temperature bath, and several spectrometers.

This is the eighth grant the department' has received In recentyear for undergraduate researchand for equipment.

Seniors Rita Strobel, Mary Annmoment of reminiscing.

Caruso, and Reinette Doling pause by the library steps for a brief

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Pace Two T h e N E R C I A D Friday, May 17, 1963

To Bonnie J.. Father Lynch Explores Creative Art CrisisBecause this is the last issue of the Merciad for this

school year, it is time ffor a public acknowledgment. Anotheryear is ended and newly elected officers have already beguntoiwork. Yet it would be unfitting to end this year withoutpaying tribute to you as president of the Student Government, f

We can never repay you for the hours you spent inlplan-ning your "pet" projects and seeing that your plans wereeffected. Nor can anyone compensate for those lost hours ofsleep spent in rounding up a committee for the Snack Bar,in counting books of Green Stamps, or in arran ging a Student

Government Day. Your reward lay in the response of thestudent body, but sometimes even the "thanks" you receivedfell short of the "warm, friendly support" that you asked ofMercyhurst s tudents. I

|Mercyhurst will long be indebted to you for the SnackBar, the G reen Stamp bus (which we will get ), and the Tutoring Service. These are of permanent value. But they ar enothing v beside the valueless gift which fyou have given toMercyhurst—the willing' gift of your time, energy and talent.W IMay we then, on behalf of the student body,£ publiclyacknowledge our "thank you" to you for the service youfhavegiven Mercy hurst College. f

M 1 I ThelMerciad Staff!

By Kay Hebert

Mercyhurst has as one of jitsgoals! appreciation of the arts.As the Mercyhurst woman looksat the present world of creativity,she finds very little off artisticvalue to satisfy her aesthetictastes.

The dearth of real art f in today's society is the theme of afour part television script entitled

"Art and the People" written byReverend William F. Lynch, S.J.,who will be the Mercyhurst commencement speaker this year.

The films, which will be shownthis summer at Mercyhurst, present a dynamic plea to the movieand television industries |to recognize their obligation to humanityto produce real workslof art, in

A s W e

What is happiness? A moon

light walk to the Dairy Queen?Sleeping | t ll noon on weekdays?Sailing across the Mississippi ona yacht? Happiness is aU this andmore. I t is fno curfew, wearingBermudas to dinner on a Wednesday, and a diploma.!Happiness isa |visit with an old friend, a littlegir l writing to her parents thather camp counselor is "buedifuland nise," making a chocolatecake for a picnic. Its a lustoussun tan, a new lipstick, no schedule, and readings Gone with theWind again. Happiness is a burntmarshmallow, a redecorated bedroom, and singing at Forty-Hoursdevotions.

I t can be as f leeting as "the"look a lifeguard at the beach

gives you, or as lingering as a series of letters from the guy youthought had forgotton. Happinesscan be the accomplishment ofcleaning out your closet, or theknowledge that it can be put offuntil tomorrow. It's the anticipa

tion of your post-gradulate career,

the frivolity of a Garbo hat, andthe excitement of your first water skiing attempt.

Happiness is Jan imprompt bicycle hike, that first day check,and a pizza with pepperoni. Happiness is belonging to the? human race, to a chat 'n' chew pinochle club, to a young man'sdreams. Happiness can be seen in

a dozen red roses, heard in a Fran kSinat ra album , tasted! in cottoncandy, and felt in a ride in a convertible. It is as gay as a sing-along at a beach party, as romantic fas |finding your specialstarfin the sky, as peaceful asbeing alone with a [book on ahammock. Happiness is spreadingyour b it of {sunshine, finally un

derstanding someone youf carefor, cuddling a baby, realizing

that rain is soft. But more thanall, this happiness is summer.

|(P.S. Well, | anyway, summersare fun and we like them.)

To: Sister Maria, Pokey, Kay, andJudy:

Fran andfl looked forward—

Iwith anxiety—to publishing thisissue, our very own, using the

Ijournalism? training we've received from you thsi year. Wehope that next year 's! paperwill be as fine as this year'sand that we'll have as muchfun working on it.

We thank you most especially for your prudence, SisterMaria; your organization, Pokey; your imagination, Kay ;^ an dyour perseverance, Judy.

To: Bernice, Chaney, Emma, John,Mrs. Gallagher, and all theother members of the servicestaff our thanks for keeping usclean, well-fed, and all in|onepiece this year.

To: : "the solemn, solemn seniors,"goodf luck, in "going out fromtheir Alma Mater intof he wide,wide i world."

Last month's Ounce of Etcetera was given the wrongby-line. Our apologies toDottie 'Delaney, who didwrite the article.

Ourmeaders Comment...Dear Editors,

The GK GOLD MEDAL goes toDottie Delaney for "An Ounce ofEtcetera" (April 24). We warnyou however not to complainabout the Mercyhurst voting mentality; some of our fraternitieswould make Dottle's voting promises sound perfectly logical (nay,brill iant) .

Sincerely,Ab LoganDear Editor:

"Actually I'm not too enthused,but it's the ^cheapest form of entertainment around. If I could afford it, I'd do something else."The statement refers to Gannonlounge, and came from a; rathe r

disillusioned freshman.I, too, am disillusioned— or,

perhaps disappointed. I came toMercyhurst this year with highhopes and they have been realized—itjjrlsia wonderful school However, I'm apppalledlat the lack ofsocial life on this campus. Pleaseunderstand—this is not a plea fordates, but we shave so many re

sources at our disposal that Ican't fathom why we don'tutilize them.

First, we have a beautiful campus; we could| really use it to itsutmost by more picnics and moretoboggan parties. We also havelagym inf which we could havemonthly or semi-monthly mixers.

Aift Published Monthly

\ . T HE M E R C I A DTgEHNM Mercyhurst College, Brie, Pa. |

Editor -1-4 l l L - i - Marty FiedlerAssociate Editor 1-4- ^.^..Fran HermanAssistant Editors JB | Bonnie Brennan, Kathy Cook,

Sally Schmity Anna ean SmaUey, Carole StoiberModerator M I s i s t e r ****•Literary Contributor i - X - i Anne Marie McCarthy

Business Manager Nancy NonesEditorial Staff Pokey Lincoln, Evie McLean, Joan Warnock,Rosemary Reo, Judy Pigaski, Grace Gre ene | Charlotte Muntean,Mary Hammond, Mary Fisher, Mary Kay Naegle, Maureen Aleci,Donna Schleutermann, Carol Kern, Rita Cappello, Mary FernAndrews, Mary Lou MorganJcarol Brennan * 1 *

Typists U. Bonnie Brennan, Terry Donohue

I also don't think it's good forMercyhurst to confine herself onlyto Gannon with at least four malecolleges within the surroundingarea.

So, with these thoughts in mind,I proceeded to investigate the election of the social director. Theonly definite informationfl re ceived was that she was appointed,

not elected. Inlmost schools theoffice of social director is usually one of the highest in theschool—second only to studentbody president.

I think the social directorshould be either a junior or a senior, and I think that she shouldstate a program. ,

I think that more of the activities should be centered at Mercyhurst—we do entirely too muchrunning to Gannon for sociallife. Finally, I | think that weshould have a more diversifiedprogram, including activities withdifferent colleges.

The problem faces the studentbody as a whole, and the socialdirector more specificaUy. How

ever, with joint effort I'm positive that Mercyhurst could havea dynamic social life satisfying toeveryone.

Marilyn Sullivan

place of sentimental, assembly-line mechanisms. Only by learningfrom the common people — bygoing to their culture and to theirfolk-lore—can the image industries give back to them somethingworthwhile.

In the first two films, the roleof art in restoring man more fullyto the/human race is dealt £ with.Examples of great classical works

are shown and heard: Rodin'ssculpture, Michaelangelo's paintings, "Shakespeare's Henry IV, aSpanish folk dance, and Gregorian Chant. Contrasted to these aretwentieth-century sensationalisticmovies, il lustrating! th e imagemaker's failure to fulfill his roleas an artist.

The third part of the programdeals specifically with the danceas an expression of humanity andfreedom. Only by coming to thepeople can the image Industries

see the beauty of the dance—of"man's moving,J thinking, andfeeling together."

In the last of the series, thepower of words and song is exploited. Clips shown range fromth e folk-song "The Erie Canal"to the magnificant "Gloria inExcelsis," and from words of theOld Testament prophets to thoseof Winston Churchill. The image

makers, fan heir contempt for thepeople, have 4been unwilling torecognize the power of ̂ thesethings because, setting themselvesup as gods, they believe the people

"can't get it." fThis series of films is very weU

written and produced the filmcHps and] songs used are extremely convincing evidence thatthe people can "get it," and that,the best — in fact the}only realart—does indeed come'from theirtraditions.

L a y M is s i o n a r ie s N e e d e d

I n v e r y H o m e P a r i s h"Are you going to work as a lay missionary in Oklahomathis su mm er?" This is a t question th at will be answerednegatively by most Mercyhurst girls. Not because interest islacking (most would really like tofgo), but because circumstances make fit necessary for the students to stay at homeor find paying jobs in other cities. M I

These are legitimate excuses to forego active apostolatework in Oklahoma, but they do not relieve the obligation topromote Catholic Action at home. jDuring the year studentsseldom have ithe o pportuniy to contrib ute theirf services;however, with summer comes the opportunity for apostolicwork. f

Just as the first experience at work usually begins inth e neighborhood, jbabysitting andjfrfehe^like, so normally thefirst experience in Church work usually begins in the parish.Every parishlhas its own individual needs for help. It is ourduty to discover the places%where we would be most helpful.

Some parishes conduct C.C.D. courses where more teach

ers are always needed. Most parishes ra ise money to maintainthe school by a summer bazaar, where a few energetic collegegirls are a valuable asset. |And some parishes have smallchoirs where a replacement for vacationing choristers wouldbe welcomed. Scrapingvdishes after the ice-cream social, taking care of the nursery during Sunday Masses, or arrangingflowers for the a ltar would be appreciated in any parish.

H Make this summer a happier and holier onefby doinssomething for your parish. Although the glamour of beinga real lay missionary may beflacking, the merit gained definitely isn't.—A.S. I

From th e Garden of E v eBy Evie McLean

Year after year young girls arrive at the front gates not exactlysure of what lies!ahead in theiryears at ^Mercyhurst. Year afteryear graduates leave assured ofwhat they have learned! and whythey came.

With in! these four short yearsthe hazy notions about life andv a l u e s become defined an dstrengthened, for they are basedon an unshakable Christian philosophy.

Mercyhurst emphatically deniesthe non-sectarian coUege's argument that fin conforming to thisset Christian?philosophy, the student necessarily loses her individualism. The senior class, composedof so many singular personalities,exemplifies Mercyhursfs stand.

As the years passed, each of thepresent seniors realized more

fully the importance of developingher I own individual personaUtyand talents. Through the facilitiesand opportunities of the college,and more importantly because of

the encouragement and respectfrom the faculty and feUow students, distinct individuals matured. Mercyhurst has given eachof her students the opportunityto say, "I'm me," something fewpeople |( including non-sectariancollegiates) can or want to admitin today's world.

But when the person realizesthis findependent individualism,this self-ness, how Is .{Christianphilosophy—which demands conformity — reconcUed? By^ strivingto be what I we are in God's eye,that is by responding-to His planwith our own unique personalities,we conform to the Christian philosophy l a n d ^necessarily exhibitout individualism. ;,

In two weeks, the |seniors willbe leaving the front gates to makeroom for others who |will also

build {their own individual Christian personaUties. As one alumnaestated more succinctly, they wUlshare in the Mercyhurst traditionof "God-centered" individuals.

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Friday, May Ul, 1963T h e M E R C I A D

E l e c t i o n s D e c i d e C a m p u s L e a d e r s ;

S t u d e n t s W i l l T a k e O f f i c e i n F a l l

)Holding the letter of acceptance, their passport to foreign study,fSallie and April plan an excit ing junior year abroad.

Language Departments SendGirls to FranceAPuerto Rico

By Carole StoiberThe prospects of studying

abroad for -a year are especiallyglamorous—a n d Jbeneficial—forstudents majoring in a foreignlanguage. Two Mercyhurst sophomores, Sallie Cloyd aud AprilKendziora, both E rie residents, arelooking forward to spending their

junior year in Prance and PuertoRico, respectively.

Sall ie, a French major, eager toexperience first-hand the cultureshe studies,consulted Sister Gabriel for information and arrangements. She will leave from;NewYork August 30 with! eighty otherAmerican college students; heri t inerary includes visi ts to Parisan d ^Marseilles before finally arriving in Aix-en-Provence and theInsti tute for American Universities.

Sallie plan s to live with aFrench family in Aix-en-Provence.She welcomes the new experiencefor the chance it will give her toknow the French people as onecan do only by living among them

and for the chance to contributeto the French depar tment at Mercyhurst on |her re turn .

FRESHMAN "PROM"F r e s h m e n , d i s a p p o i n t e d

when they weref unable tobuyf t ickets to this year'snovel "cruising prom," willenjoy a day of | speciallyplanned class activit ies, tomorrow, May 18.

Bermuda shorts and sneakers wil l dominate the Peninsula scene at the afternoonpicnic. Evening will find theguys and gals in dressy summer-wear for the patio dancein McAuley Lounge.

San Juan and the College of theSacred Heart are [the cause ofApril's excitement. Posters in theSpanish room first at tracted herattention. Now she looks';forwardto having all her courses, including philosophy, theology, musicappreciat ion, and several Spanish

courses,! taugh t in her favoriteforeign tongue.

' I s land-hopping"April's inter est won't all be

scholastic, however. Talks withvisitors to the tropical island haveinformed her of typical recrea-t i o n: "island - hopping" a n dglass-bottomed boat rides. Othe rappealing feature s include theelaborate religious festivals. "Thefirst thing I'm going to do whenI get there is buy a mantil la,"announces April enthusiastically.

By Bonnie Brennan

Roar of cannon, roll of drums,shower of confetti: nothing asspectacular as this greeted theannouncement of the officers ofstudent organizations, but student support of the nominees, evidenced by the large percentage of

voters, indicated approval of thecandidates. "Behind-the-scenes"political hubbub resulted in a newslate of campus leaders.

Marilyn Schreiner, Ithe sparkbehind the Oreen Stamp project ,will? head* the Student Government Association in the comingyear. To assist her in launching asuccessful year for SGA, GinnyHammer, incumbent president ofthe sophomore class, will serve asvice-president. Mary Pat Carlowand Rosemary Patcher area th e

senior delegates of the day-hopsand J residents, respectively.

Junior representative and secretary of SGA is Janice Horvath.Betty DiGeorgio is custodian ofits checkbook as well as sopho-m o r e representative; N a n c ySchrum is the day-hop sophomorerepresentative. Cooperative efforts between the day studentsand the residents will be the responsibilities of Lois Mattis, president-elect of I the Day StudentsOrganization, and Marion Michaels, president-elect of DormCouncil.

Dorm order, dorm disorder —problems relating to these will bethe responsibilities of the students serving on Dorm Council.Elaine Wujick is the senior rep

resentative ; B a r b a r a Bairton,Mary Fisher* Ginny Gorsek, Mar-gle Heutsche, and Jean Stimmelare the junior representatives.Mary Carabetta and Kathy Leviswill represent the sophomores.

Pokey Linooln {will hang outher shingle again at the deck

house—this time as Praeteritaeditor-in-chief. Marty Fiedler andFran Herman are editors of theMerciad for the coming year.

If hair color was any criterionin choosing favorites, as DottyDelaney suggests (Ed., see April24 Merciad) then carrot-toppedDotty, newly electedfN.S.A. juniorrepresentative, will set the style.The present junior representative,Peggy Hock, will continue herwork by becoming senior representative.

Gretchen Faller will succeedJudy-Figaski as junior representativ e of fN.F.C.C.S.; Judy §willmove up to loftier things: seniordelegate. N.F.C.CS. Aboard members have elected Karen Williamsto the secretarial post of

itsR e

gional Council.Prefect of Sodality will be Terry

Donahue, who is presently itsMistress of Candidates. HelenBalzer will occupy Uhe positionvacated by Terry and will be responsible for Ithe instruction ofprobationers. Carolyn Ianotti willserve as vice-prefect with KarenWilson as secretary and MaryEllen:Kiltie as treasurer. Campuschairman of Y.C.S. will bejfDeniseMetier.

Vim, vigor, and vitality ear-

P i D e l t a P h i I n d u c t s C h a r t e r M e m b e r sGamma Upsilon Chapter of Pi

Delta Phi, National French HonorSociety, was formally installed at

Mercyhurst^ on May 141 with thenational vice-president presiding.Fourteen charter members, bothregular and honorary, were inducted into the Mercyhurst chapter.

Regular members include seniors Carol Kreh, president of LeCercle F ranc ais, Bo nnie §Mc-Gough, and JoAnn Rohan.

Junior init iates are C a r o lSchultz, Marilyn Smith, NancyVasil, Emily Lincoln, and SisterThere sa. S allies Cloyd represe ntsthe sophomore class.

These girls were selected fortheir knowledge of French culture and their fluency and interest in the French language. In

order to be eligible, the candidates must have taken at leastone semester of upper division

(junior) French and have a minimum 2.0 point (on a thr ee-po intsystem) average in their Frenchstudies and all.8 overall average.

The four honorary members areSister M. Gabriel, head of thecollege's French department, MissVivetta Petronio, French instructor and faculty moderator of

Gamma Upsilon, Sister M. Peter,Seminary instructor, and Genevieve Forray, French exchange

student.The official ceremony consisted

of the presentation of the charterto Carol Kreh, president of theMercyhurst chapter, the readingof the society's history, a description of its name and purpose andthe presentation of membershipcertificates.

marked the campaigns for classoffices, particularly that of incoming sophomore class president, Carole Stoiber. Janie Mat-jasko is president-elect of nextyear's seniors.  President of thejunior class will be Maggie Harrison.

Chosen vice-president of thesenior class was Mary Ellen De-Fonzo; the posts of secretary andtreasurer will be held by MarySilfies and Ilona Sato, respectively. Junior officers includevice-president, Mary Fisher; secretary, Marcia Neumont; andtreasurer, Kathy Mahaney. Anna-jean Smalley will serve as vice-president of the incoming sophomore class. Secretary will be PatO'Connor; Sandy Selva will be

treasurer.|

C o l le g e s ! S c h e d u l e

S u m m e r C o u r s e sSummer school is the destina

tion of many Mercyhurst studentswho will be taking advantage ofcourses offered at Erie's colleges.

In addit ion to the regularcourses offered! here during thesummer session, Mercyhurst hassome new additions in its summercurriculum. For those interestedin art , there Willibe i a SummerWorkshop consisting of painting,drawing, and graphics. For ^prospective teachers, a course ̂ inteaching junior high school mathwill be offered.

Fees are $16 per credit hour;laboratory and library fees are $5each. There!is a $2 registrationfee and room and board is $150.

Ga nno n College^ will hold tw osummer sessions: June 17 to tJuly26, and July 29 to August 30. Thefees are $20 per credit hour. VillaMaria College also conducts asummer session. Information concerning programs at Gannon orVilla can be obtained by callingtheir information offices.

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Plan Summer Miss ion WorkThisi summer Mercyhurst wil l

again be respresented in the mission field when seven girls ^par

t icipate in the home mission program and two others travel toKansas .

Girls in the program are JeanStimmel, Linda Lommock, Ri taMendil lo, and Kathy Fitzgeraldwho will serve in Tit ioute, Pa.;Joyce Augustine, at Blessed Sacrament , Pi t t sburgh; TTish Dubiel atSt . Walburga's , Titusvil le; andJeanne Genung, Meadvil le.

Carolyn Anderson and HelenBalzer have applied for admissionto the Kansas program of LayExtention Volunteers.

Father DeWalt , superintendent

of schools in the Erie diocese, isinit iat ing a summer volunteerprogram of catechetical work inthe Erie diocese.!Students are being trained to take census andteach catechism in rural parishes.

The girls l ive in apartmentsprovided by the pastor and workamong the parishioners for three -week periods. The first week thevolunteers take census to determine the approximate number ofstudents who will be at tendingclasses. In some ar eas classes willbe conducted for adults in the

evening.What!motivates the girls? The

desire to spread the faith, especially to children, as t he girlsthemselves will attest.

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fare T h e M E B O I A D Friday, May 17, 1963

Sodality S p e a k e r s ' C l u b

I n a u g u r a t e d T h i s Y e a rA new addition to Mercyhurst's activities this year has been the

Speaker's Bureau. This organization was begun by Sodality as a resultof a program last year with Gannon which posed the Question: "Whatcan you do now to fight Communism?" !

The Sodality's answer was the formation of a committee ofspeakers whose purpose was to strengthen the Christian tone of Eriepublic and private school students by leading discussion groups on any

topioi suggested. Kathy Lynch,

A lu m n a e R a teCo llege Years. ,j M o r e | student-faculty discus

sions, preparation for communitypart icipation, and practical religion courses are some of the suggestions received in the AlumnaeResearch project conducted bythe sociology department.

The project , s tarted in 1961,was* conducted to gathe r information about the alumae and togive them I the chance to evaluatetheir Mercyhurst education. Italso provided research experiencefor the sociology majors who didthe work of compiling the results

an d preparingjjthe report for publication.

Sister M. Daniel , headi of thesociology department, stated shewas pleased with the 48.4% return which is equally representative of all major d epartm ents andof all gradu ating classes from1929-1961. In her address given a tthe Alumnae luncheon April 20,she presented the comments thealumnae made concerning theirMercyhurst education.

Other! suggestions are J that thestudents be given an opportunityto develop self discipline independently and that they be given a(broader viewpoint by increasingthe number of*lay teachers (especially men teachers) on the faculty.

The report is now in the process of being published; the copieswill be mailed to alumnae members in mid-summer.

Reinette Boling, Kay Hebert,Evelyn McLean, Julia Tuttle, CarolKreh, Peggy Hock, and GinnyHammer outlined topics for acommittee file. They then contacted Sodality and C.C.D. centers and the neighboring parishes, f

Since December, thef girls havespoken on such topics as Christian Culture, God fin Business,Modern Y outh and Chastity,̂ Advantages of a Catholic College Education, The Family, The Sodali tyAs a Vocation, and Modern Womanhood and! Mary. They havespoken at communion breakfasts,and have reorganized several highschool sodalities. Next year theBureau hopes to recruit twice asmany speakers.

M e r c y h u r s t D r a m a {S o cie ty

C l i m a x e s S u c c e s s f u l Y e a r

BIKES, BOOKS, AND BUS TER S: Junior Joan Pletnik and sopho- £more^;Bonnie Gail Morris takefadvantage of § th e new; bikes to return their books  to the Gannon Library.

Girls Find Shiny! New Bikes

Great for Campus CavortingUntil the Green Stamp bus is obtained, ninejshiny, new bicycles

will remedy | the transportation problem realized byfmany girls. Thetemporary substitution, in fact nine temporary substitutions for thebus, have rece ntly been presented to Mercyhurst {students by th esophomore class.

These velocipedes have been discovered to possess many outstanding advantages. Where the bus could accommodate fifteen persons, thebicycles can accommodate eighteen, providing that an extra one hundred and fifteen pounds on the handlebars would not inhibit steering.It^has further been found that in heavy traffic, the cyclist can sim-

I ply lift the bike onto the side-

The Greensleeve Players underthe direction of Sister M. Brigidhave brought culture and entertainmen t to Mercyhurst and theentire community this year. TheErie Time s recognized* the Play ers' success in the reviews of theirlatest production saying, "J. . ifplain laughter is any 1 criterion,The Birds is a tremendous success, well-produced, and incidental ly well-at tended, and enjoyable, as Mercyhurst productionsmost often are."

This has been a goodjyear indrama at Mercyhurst . Almost assoon as f hey returned from summer vacation, Mercyhurst and

Scientists Initiat^ToursScience Seminar Club revamped its plans this year to include tour»

of the laboratories and industries in the Erie area, something unknownto it before.

At the club's first jmeeting, a lecture was presented through thejoint effort of Mercyhurst and Gannon's American Chemical Society.

| Mr. Burger, paper chemist atiHammermill Paper Co., lectured

on the chemical processing! involved in th at industry . |

Since the Science Club consistsof math, biology, and| chemistrymajors, tours were scheduled that

would interest each group. Thefirst tour was at St. Vincent'sHospital, where Sr. Marie Clare

I presented a lecture and tour j ofthe new medical technology laboratories.

At the Erie Brewing Co. Mr.May presented a movie and lec-

| ture on the chemical processes involved and conducted a tour of

j* the plant . Their final tour was atHammermi l l Paper Co. | I |.

Science Seminar has init iatedthese activities under Amy Skinner, i ts president.

Seniors EnterLab Research J

Two seniors have been offered

jobs enabling them to continuethei r research! work on the postgraduate level.

Kit Reese will do research workwith the Polaroid Corporation inCambridge, Massachusetts . Shewill be working!as a chemical labassistant starting the first ofJuly.

Mary Lou Cuddyre will be a research assistant atithe Universityof fPit tsburgh. She will do thechemistry and math calculationsfor Dr. John Erghart of the physiology department.

M a r f u c c i 's T a v e r n2641 Myrtle Street

Delicious Spagh etti!& Ravioli

Served from 4 to 10 p.m

Gannon College students began tospend long hours in the LittleTheatre rehearsing for their |pro-duction of T.S. Eliot's Murder inthe Cathedral . Their portrayal ofthe martyrdom of St.-Thomas aBecket, Archbishop of Canterbury, involved elements of themodern theatre of the ! medievalmorality play, and of the Greekdrama. J . Barry Turner's interpretat ion and re-enactment of theprofound internal struggle ofal Becket was provocative.

fLn March, the GreensleevePlayers, together with the Frenchdepartment, hosted the Frenchtroupe, Le Treteau de Paris . Thistroupe, brought to Mercyhurst aspart of a cultural exchange program, performed two modernFrench dramas, Jean Jcocteau'sOrphee and Jean Giradoux'sL'ApolIon du Bellac. In additionto enjoying their ^ine presentat ions, students had an opportunity to meet the players and learnmore about the th eatr e and>• aboutFrance.

The drama department finishedits productive year amid thelaughter accompanying their presentation of The Birds, a Greekcomedy written by Aristophanes

and adapted by Walter Kern. Thesuccess of this hilarious politicaland social satire was fitting climax for a very successful year.

Publication Dinner

Treats News Sta f fA? Little-Bit-of-Sweden "didn't

make all the difference in theworld" but it certainly proved tobe one of the more important innovations in this fyear's Publication^ Dinner held on |Mayj 15, at6:30 pan . 1

Instead of the usual "si t-down"dinner, a smorgasborg awaited the100 girls who attended the an

nual affair. Another "difference"was the .more informal atmosphere^ provided by the entertainment committee, headed by Marty

Fieldler and Fran Herman.

walk and proceed on herfc way.Care, of course, must be taken notto jeopardize theglife or limb ofan unsuspecting! pedestrian.

The bikes can be utilized bysocial butterflies to arrive in styleat the mixers, by the more seriousminded to makejtheir stately entran ce to Civic Ballets andf Philharmonic Jconcerts, and by* themore sturdy Ito attend out-of-town conventions. For those students with weight problems,* bicycling is excellent fori reducinghips and building leg muscles.

Since most of the girls oncampus have encountered one ormore of the problems mentioned,it may be necessary to double the

size of the fleet in following years.

Merciad Suggests

Off-Beat ReadingA suggested summer reading

list includes not just the weirdand off-beat, but also the different, unusual books to entertainyou during those relaxing summer days and balmy evenings.

Marchantia, Perelandra, That

Hideous Strength—C. S. Lewis'triology of life on Mars, Venus**)and the college campus, respectively—provides an unorthodoxtreatment of science fiction. Oncehe has assumed a willing suspension of disbelief,Ithe reader .>himself will | become inmeshed InLewis' probing of moral and social order in these and otherworlds.

VAjtrue, thought provoking storyis Black Like Me by John HowardGriffin. By having his skin darkened and his head shaved, theauthor took on the appearance ofa middle-aged Negro. His bookrelates the anguishing experiencesen co u nt er ed a s h e t r a v e l e dthrough the South in this guise,receiving! the everyday treatment

accorded to Negroes in that area.

Raold Dahl has writ ten a collection of weird but fascinatingshort stories andf entitled it K issKiss.; Combining his strange imagination with a unique sense ofhumor, the Brit ish author hasproduced an unforgettable "can'tpu t i tfdown" evening's entertainment .

Those with a flair for the inexplicab ly! mysterious, the intensely dramatic and the frightfully sinister ; will find their f̂illinjthe works of Edgar Allen Poe.Poe writes h is psychological novelswith a gloomy and macabre sensitivity. At once he has the touchof a charlatan and the faded ele

gance of an aristocratic dandy.

MERCYHURST .GIRLS "ARE LAUGHING ABOUT . . . Mixeddorms .. . Kelly's cocoanut . . . Father Zeus .. . 104 kicks . . . "a man'shome in his ca stle" . . . golf . . . who closed the gates . . . Farm er M ac-Ronald . . . May Day snow . . . calico's crew . . J open campaigning. . . flutophones . . . Zap's diet . . . Susan 's midnight birthday party. . . "spli t 4 ways equally" . . . "I hate my mother" . . . ki t ten-burgers.

I MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE COMMENTING ON . g$ Exams . . .summer jobs . J. The Birds . j , . Have you gone bike riding yet ?. . .Graduation . . . No more caps and gowns to daily Mass . . . Scrub yourlavatory floors, girls . . . Class elections . . . Cruising down Lake Erie. . . Are you goingito the beach party? . . . Mary Anne's wedding . . .

Where did the folk dancers get all that pep? . . . Bathing on the sun-deck . . . Gannon's Junior Prom . . . What ever happened to the fruitflies? . . J Naming the snack bar . . . Stamp Day . . . Have you foundyour unknowns yet?

MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT 44Poo" goes

Puff and Planes . . . Sun-deck, or what time did you put your blanketout? . . . Bikes anyone—or how far to the pool? . . . Did anyone seethe moon Saturday night?!. . . Congratulat ions to Janie and theDowney's .. . Colleen's roses . . . Wa nt to take anothe r bike ride Helen?J . . Form er classmates retur n . . . Alumnae face faculty b oard . . .Seniors' fabulous jobs . . . Congratulations, Alice and Jo Ann}. . . Excellent performance of The Birds . . . Mar-cin-nee, | telephone! . . .Thirteen stags at a semi-formal, or Alliance here!we come . J . Telegrams, telegrams . . .'New science equipment . . . Smorgasbord . . .Migration southf... English mass . . . TV elections—Monday to Thursday . . . Wonderful senior farewell party. . . Seniors win the battle of the Comps .and Pat .

. Genevieve's *.new haircutPins for Sally, Liz, Marge,

Y a p l e 's D a i ry 1and Ice Cream Bar4026 Pine!Avenue 1

Phone UN 6-2441

BURHENN'S PHARMACY

Comer 38th St . and Pine Ave.

Phone GL 6.7762

Erie, Penna.