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i i n i&I K S . P L A N P A R T Y A T B E L L E V A L L E YThe Junior clgss is planning an u n u su a l en t e r t a in men t for the

Freshmen this fall. Instead of the t r ad i t i o n a l "B r u n ch , " a barndance and costum e p ar ty will be given in the Bel le Valley GrangeHall, the l a t t e r p r o v id in g "lo-j ;cal color." The fo l lowing co m-

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niittees are in ch a r g e : I n v i t a tion CommitteeStephanie M e-lisz and Natal ie Cooper , co-^airmen, assisted by RoseMarie Buehler, Helen Je an Wa lters and Rober ta Hi tchcock;refreshments and S er v e r s ,headed by Mar y Pau la Calu-*nci| ; and Doris Wr igh t, assisted by Ruth Kudlock , Gerryarrell Mar g ar e t R ig a r d , C o n -IJ* Schneider, Sandy Bers ani,l^wna. Garl ick , and Mildred

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c/ke JnerclaoEditorMary I r en e Kinnerney

Ass i s t an t Ed i to r s '

B a r b a r a FlemingB et ty Ah lg r en

Ar t Edi t o r Connie SchneiderBusiness Edi to r - Helen Fab ianEdi tor ial S taf f Sal ly Br igha m , Peg g y Fe r r y , Jo an n

Morissey , Mary E. Pugh, Maryj*Mohr, Mari lyn Cummiskey,M a r g a r e t De nga t e , J a n e t Fournier, Cather ine Brenot , Jan iceWirg es, Li l l ian Wri ter , Bet t y Nor ton , Gerr i Hydock, Ei leenJacobus, Alice Murphy, Ann Mohr and$Hazel Lau r i e .

Ar t S taf f p i Ruth Morey , Rober ta Hi tchcockBusiness S taf f Peg gy Fer r y , Doro thy Donatel l i ,

Mary Doyle , Mary Jane Masterson , Jeanne Lawler , AnnNickum, Mar g ar e t R ig a r d , Mary ^MargaretfMcLaughlin , MaryH ar v ey an d Rosemarie Ratajczak,

The Playhouse is the appropr iate t i t le o f the bui ld ing oft h e Ejrie Civic Theater Associat ion $t 128 We st 7 th S tre et .

S tephanie Melisz The Associat ion g ives Er ie ap e r man en t l eg i t ima te th ea t e rwith an expert \and exper iencedact ing company. Night ly , except Sunday, per formances ofthe best and latest p lays aregiven . The Playhouse enjoys anunsurpassed local and nat ionalreputat ion for f ine per form-I ances, continuing)! a sp ir i t andtradi t ion begun over 30 years

Accent On ameWhen you pick up the evening paper and turn-totyourfavorite columnist are you prompted to think orf toemote? In the case of the most popular columns it is agood bet that you do the latter.Why, you ask? ^ \The answer is the tendency among columnists to appeal to sentiment rather than to the mind. The logiciancalls this appeal an irrelevancy or the fallacy of addressing the emotions in-order to persuade rather than themind in order to instruct.You may say, . "Ju st |more textbook knowledge. I t 's

all well and good; but what practical application can itpossibly have?"One of the irrelevancies**frequently resorted to in anattempt to settle an argumentative question is knownas namecalling of the argumentum ad hominem. Thisirrelevancy isi really an appeal | to prejudiceculturalor personal. I t is not an appeal to reason; it does notuse argument that demonstrates; it does not settle theissue|by weighing the merits of the case. I t proves bycalling names that appeal to our emotionally establishedprejudices. I t suppresses reason and invokes the emotions to guide us to our conclusion. If name-calling is effective, the process whereby we arrive at our conclusionwill, of course, |be J irrat ional; and, only too frequently,so is the conclusion also.Too many of our opinions are colored by name-calling.Too often they are the result, not of thought, but ofemotional inclination. Do you think or do you emote?$n illustration of what I have written, I am reprintingstatements from the columns of|two of the most widelyread writers of the day: Walter W inchell and W estbrookPegler. All excerpts are direct quotations fromfthe dailyIcolumns which appear in newspapers throughout! th ecountry. 7

M r. Winchell,.^ writing of two colleogues in conversation, said, onlSept. 16:* "They were discussing a Mutualcommentator noted for his pro-Franco frothings."What is a "pro-Franco frothing"? Perhaps you dislikeFranco and think that all for which he stands is wrong.

Upon hearing his name linked with that of Mr. X, theimmediate feeling is one of dislike for Mr. X. this|is anexample of name-callng. Do you settle arguments logically or do you arrive at illogical conclusions in this way?(Continued on Page 4)

IN MEMORIAMSTEVE ADAM S

ago.When in 1942 The Playhousewas forced to close because ofthe war , the Associat ion hadwell over 7,000 members more than any o ther communitytheater . I t had g iven over 300plays and over 300 per forman ces .This season's f i r s t p lay wasPatr ick Hamil ton ' s "AngelS treet . " In the p lay , filmed; a s

"Qasli^ht," Mr . Man n in g h amhas commit ted one sadist icmurder, and is in the processof methodical ly dr iv ing h is unsuspect ing wife insane. Thefocus of interest is upon theanalysis o f h is cr iminal mindand the process of bringing himto just ice .

The p layers are very competent. Dorothea Carlson, whoplayed Mrs. Manningham,1 di rected entertainments for convalescent serv icemen fat GreatLakes dur ing the war . Mr .Ma nningha m ! was p layed byJo h n O'Hare, a favorite of Erie-i tes f rom before the war . Af terserv ing three years in the ai rcorps, he returned 1 to Er ie lastApril.

Rober t Clahorne (Sgt .Rough) comes to Er ie d i rectf rom the USO tour o f "KindLady." He former ly belongedto the Pasadena Playhouse andhas worked with many starsbo th in New York and Hollywood.sOther members o f the castare Anna Hawkes Coon, Henderson Porsythe and AudreyH o war . F r an k BrownlowMs in

charge of scene constructionand Bill Smillie is stage: man-C. A. B.

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W h o Wil l Cooperate If W e Don't) Now that in i t ia t ion is over and we Sophomores hav had

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chance to get real ly acquain ted with our Freshmen trie dmust admit that they are a grand class. We were a littl ' Weabo ut "thes e n ew -ome rs to our school. We thought our 1r a th e r imp o r t an t . W e claimedfthe distinction of being the 1 ^Freshmen class in the h isto ry of Mercyhurstand now jf*1was a new class, a lmost equal ly as ! large, challenging our titTWe soon real ized w hat wonderfu l spor ts these g ir ls were *Bu t then, ha ven ' t all of the gi rls been good sports thisWe m ean th ose g irls w ho doubled and triple d up to makef o r mo r e n ew s tu d en t s .Spea king of more stud ents , do we al l fully realize to whitextent Mercyhurst has grown, no t only sin population, but in faas well?|When Mercyhurst Iwas founded some twenty-one yeaago, she was a smalls school and in he r e arly stages , not verywell known. Now, however , we find thejj story quite differentYear by year bo th her populat ion and famejjhave spread, and atthe present t ime she boasts o f s tudents from; si x different statesand f rom as great a distance las Puer to Rico . -< |Th e f ac t t h a t ourjjschoolr is enlarging should surely give us acert ain sens e of p ride in h er appe aranc e. W e could begin withou r J rooms. Our living f qua r ters are an accurate mir ror of our-selves, of our -personality. Why*; not !ha ve an all -ou t effort forcleaner ; and nea ter rooms a t Mercyhurstrooms of which we canbe truly proud when visitors unexpectedly stop by? This may

seem l ike a very quest ionable way to!promote the popularity ofJ our | school, but let's stop|to: con sid er how ou r opinion of ahome I or{school rises when weno tic e I it s ne at and orderlyroom s. W e a ll admit that werepro ud of ou r sc hool; well letsdo I something about it*lthen!This year we should!redoubleou r eff ort s, even if only in thissmall j way, I and make Mercyh u r s t Ia 1 co lle ge everyone canbe proud of. i 9 H iI This lis lour jj school! If *edo n't st riv e for its improvemen t , who!will? Let'sIbe ableto say , j in ye ars to come, thatwe had Ia hand in making Me-*

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By J* W ir g es IWell , Freshmen, now at Hast% Iyou know, IWhat college life is like.I t ' s more than studying Sup onth in g sLike English , Math and Psych .You th ink you know the ropesq u i t e we l l, | p |You 've real ly just begun,You'll be amazed at J wh at Iyou 've learned 3 |yWhen your four years are done. cyhurst what? i t I S -f n eland lasting tradition.The knowledge that comes jWn a tu r a l ly fsmWith help ing hands, of ecourse .But al l the 4 fun and "racey"t imes, j J iCome from another source. 9

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StpHJfatfyRight now you don' t appreciateThe th ings you do together KPar t ies , h ikes, ! and t r ips downtown 1In any kind of weather.But when you're seniors, farfrom now,In memory you' ll go through

I t h e m ; mAnd you' ll be wishing that youha dA lo t more time to do them.

^The Merciadj Sta ff joins thefaculty an d * student body M erc yhu rst in expressing deepes t sym path y to Mile.Th ier ry on the death of v*mother in fFrance at the closeof lastlsemester's school ye*Mile, de Thierry is a memberof the college faculty. toth e| o u r Ideepest sympathyMary Elizabeth Pugh, upon **

death j of jher brother, andHedwig Klan, upon the #of her mother. Both gin8me mb ers of t he senior class.

MADONNA OF THE HARPIESYou who walk the halls ofMercyhurst each day and passthe f ramed hangings thatbrighten and decorate the walls,do you know that you live within a gallery of valuable reproductions of paintings bymasters , p ic tures which areinaccessible to the general public? U \ ,rHave you taken any more

than a passing glance at thebeautiful "Madonna of theHarpies" which hangs in thefoyer opposite the main entrance? Do you know that'thiscanvas is a genuine copy doneby Beanchini and was presented to Mercyhurst by BishopGannon in 1933? &The original ^picture waspainted by Andrea del Sarto,a Florentine,* known as the"faultless painter."! The Madonna, which takes its namefrom the reliefs of harpies carved on the pedestal of the Virgin's throne, was originally executed for a Francescan con

vent and is now found in j th eTribune of Uffizi, I taly. It waspainted in 1517 and! the features of the artist 's wife can berecognized in the Virgin's face.She is seen in all the women hepainted, for she was Andrea delSarto 's favorite model.Let us take a look at thepainting. A striped cloth restson the Virgin's brownlhair, an da yellow shawl is folded roundher shoulders. The laughingchild clings lovingly to H'sMother 's neck, and two fairangels play with the skirts of;her blue robe. At the foot of"the throne stands St. Frances

4 ywith a crucifix in his hand. A jyouthful St. John is seen in theact of writing his Gospel. DelSarto never excelled this composition which int; simple graceand majesty is unique amonghis works.The tendency of the artistsduring the early sixteenth century was to surrender feelingto effect. In the paintings of

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spontaneity ofJ the * ^ jcentury were surplanted y^striving for effect, ^ jthrough the cemturi* ^Aapart the work 0 ^period and say that ^ Idecline -in art took P c^ fropihowever, does not detr ^ ,the value of such work, ^ jthat j followed, l e a r n e l c e S s o ^mistakes of*jtheir pr a tMWhat is said J j J ^ l i j"Madonna of the ** \:ng o*that it holds little f e ^ 0rjsincere religious con ^ nthe tenderness of gtatel'mother and child, >> esS *ness and queenly n8 evident. This is ^ g r a nd i^gre at splendor, *>urather than grand- So tfWhat do you f g V * jday stop and study *n

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October 31, 1946 C & ^ / rcui9RUMOR HASTwo lucky g ir ls whom w e k n o w came b ack wi th r i n g s . Te r e sa

Sabella and Mar y Jan e Ph i l l i p s , ( b e t t e r k n o wn a s " S p i k e " ) a r ethe proud wearers of d iamo n d s . W e l l , wh i l e t h e r e ' s l i f e , t h e r e?hope for the r e s t o f u s . A n d s p e a k i n g 0 f luck , Gerry Smith a n dAn Hamilton know wh at t h e w o r d m e a n s , p e o p l e f r o m B r a d f o r dcan be v e r y n i ce , can ' t t h ey g i r l s? \

A weekend a t J a m e s t o w n p r o v e d v e r y p r o f i t a b l e f o r M a r y L o ueresa,po lores, L i b , a n d K i n n e r n . A n d a f u tu r e week en d a t S t 'onaventure's i s c e r t a i n l y s o m e t h i n g t o l o o k f o r war d t o . H av e y o unoticed something glittering i n J o a n L u t i ' s h a i r ? B o y d , o h B o y d '

That's some cl ip . Th ere goes th at phon e aga in . W h y sh o u ld Inswer i t ? I t ' s p r o b a b l y f o r S a l l y B r i g h a m a n y w a yI Wish i t would s top rain ing. Oh! for the good o ld summer

again , r ight "Murph"? T h e Canisius-Alliance g am e w as ce r well rep re sen t ed . I t i s w o r t h w h i l e b e i n g Barb F l em i n g ' s

end, is n t itjjCis J o a n n e , Blumie and Ellie?College Inn c er tai nly ispular place with t he Fr es h

Sophs, a n d J u n i o r s ; b u t Another! Autumnrather em barra ssing for a Autu mn wi th al l i t s beauty

nior practic e te ac he r to wa lk has leaped uponf us. Shockedmorning, we d iscoveredn a t u re h ad fthat n i g h t

and meet all ihe r pup ils. o n ehose games at Aca dem y w ere **t _,ell attended by Mer cyh urs t cha nged Iher j g arm en t s . L i k e arls, and cries of "W ell, slim, grac eful gi rl , she had

here's my Ron nie," et cet era slipped from her gown ofilled the air . gr ee n, and now stoo d in th eWe'd like to welcome back ra dia nt colors of brow n tinted

Tamo who left Mercy- with red and gold^ beauty suchin '44. It 's good see i n gtoo. You would sur ely

nk that ther e wa s an epiemic of app end ecto mi es tu pWe'd like to exte nd a he ar ty

to the new Sophores, and an e xtr a he art y wel

ome to another rep res ent ativ ePuerto Rico. I

Do yo u k n o w th a t o n e F r e s h -t h e co u r ag e t o r e m o v e

"B eware Fr e s h me n " s ig n th e bulle t in board a n d p u tP i n h e r r o o m ?

Bv Pa t r i ck , Mar g W alch l i ,a t Cooper, a n d Betty Rock a r e helping o u t a t S t . V i n -ent'8- w e hear th at Wildwood8 the Perfect p lace to . sp en d aummer vacat ion . F o r m o r ese e E u g e n i a M a t t e r s .D U w a n t a n y soap, lookor Rosemar ie Ratajc zyk. H ave

s een Mary Paul a Cala-a D d N e t t ! e Mar in o ' s n e w, e s ? Ar en ' t t h ey becom-A u d r ey C lau ss , wh a t a r eu Soing to do wi th th a t b i gy o u r r o o m?e miss Jeanne Ledoux a n d*J K l P P a n d wish th em aspeedy recovery . Danusia* very lonesome with outTlate ,and the Gleelooking forward to see-" K " 0 u t l n Californiau t I e a t h e r , S w o n d e r f t i l , i sn ' t i tep wrfter? Hav e yon: seenwonderful tan? It 's theor/ * e v e r y **rl* H o wev er ,thei p e o p l e Prefer sp en d in g

r j i d r V a c a t i o n i n At lan t i c C i ty ,(v* } ? u l ^ v e f u n , C o r r in e a n dip * r u mo r h a s i t t h a t m y*>*!* , U8 t a b o u f c n e ' * willS0 , *** no w , f'tfl next t ime.Ion

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as on God can I produce.I walked aimlessly arounddrinking the pung ent a i r . I tb ro u g h t so m an y t h o u g h t s o fhome. The rushing brook hurrying to escape winter ' s co ldwinds. A l i t t le bluebird lookedat me and seemed to say ,"D o n ' t feel sorry for me. Iknow the leaves have I left the

t ree s and? wil l no t shel ter 'me.Soon I shall be gone. Pity yourself,? for you won ' t hear mysong nor wi l l 1 i n t e r ru p t y o u rprayers in chapel ; no , and nomore wi l l I dart about you asyou walk ."11 walked to the top of theh ills and before me stood at ree , crooked and bent wi th age,i t s bare l imbs reaching for theheavens. The rows, which ashort t ime before had beeng reen through man 's | to i l andnature ' s goodness, now werebrown and scorched; havingyielded[ thei r fru i t , they laysleeping unt i l spring . Al laround me* was the hand ofGod.I sat there th inking off th eold horsechestnut t ree by theschool back home and how we'dspend most of our lunch hourlooking for chestnuts and thethrill we'd get when one woulddrop. A mad dash was made toopen its green shell and outwould pop a beautiful brown,w ax y chestnut. The smell ofchili sauce and grape jellymink led with the smoke ofburning leaves. How hard we 'dwork raking the leaves, oh notfor the nickel, but the biggestpile. And Hallowe'en with i tstic-tacks and pumpkins andthe sheet we'd borrow frommother just to scare the "kids"down the s t reet . jAs I walked back to scI thanked God tor giving m eanother autumn.* ^ 1A. M.

KAMPUSKUTIES| 0 . K., Kids, sprain your brains{t ry ing to f igure out the fo l lowin g "Kampus Kuties ." In caseyou ' re a " lame brain ," the answers are on pag e 4 , but nopeeking t i l l you 've real ly worked! I

1. Curly d ark hai r land acheery smi le are two not iceablecharacteri s t ics of th is peppy"Fresh i e" w h o h as q u i t e aproblem on her mind. Willsomeone please te l l her thatbunk beds fare quite safe andwon't ifall through in the middle of the night. - ^ ^ K | ^ ^ ^ P I^ 2. Among the IF r e s h m e n ] w efind a tall , lovable ? girl whohails from f|Rochester,B Ne wY o rk . Lat e l y , she I has receivedquite a bit of mail from Georgeand all he talks .-about a r e hisca r and|his dog. You mean t o /say y o u ' re ! n o t I in terested I i n Ithese subjects , M. J . B. ? ? n B3. Have I yo u I seen E "Happy"If t yet ? He i s in room six and w a s !a g i ft from "that certain some- fone." H is Imistress i s l a ipint-I

sized! red j head [who has an in-ftfectious I grinand || hav e | yo u *noticed! her curly eye-lashes?Bet sh e read "Th a t Maybellene ^ad,"I too. Surely I youf k now her ^by now. BBJgBj aBKJBfcffi '$*4. You should have seen this gl i t t le | " F r e s h i e " | d o | a n jimper- &so nation of Black B eauty at theEnglishg Club jgmeeting B l a s t *Tuesd ay.! She a ppears a J quiet gi rl , I b u t rem em b er , "A p p ea r - ^ances are oft t imes deceiving." v$.I 'm ! sure one j o f I h e r ro o m i es^will agree!to th is after finding |whi te furry mi t tens in here bed | j |one rrrnfrr WifjSn^^F^N^^i PI* & *" -A. M.

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BHl t is not unlikely; th at our own ag e, intent upon its own object i v es , has fo rg ot t en in j great measure the achievements of o therI ages. Advances in medicine, engineering, and the sciences in gen.I eral are undeniably important, even essential. But are we not lessI aware than we ought to be of the spiritual progress of our-fore*a fa t h e rs ; I of I their j understanding off the importance of; a liberalIeducationjto the individual and society? i | I | 8 SM W$ ^MKlt isl spiritual insight which gives (significance to all th ings.|And, of all the subjects in the liberal]arts curriculum, it is philosophy which {furnishes I the j final; ratio nal, explanation of allth ings; I which5 clarifies human r ela tion shi ps; | which establishespriori ty among the great varie ty offhuman ends. Yet, philosophytoday is '^practically non-existenttin the current curricula of ourgreatest colleges and universities. f P W K B H H H i i ^ B ^ ^ g l ^ H^' It is the absence!of (philosophy Jin our ins titutio ns Jof higherlearning thatjl am especially concerned withlin this column. J To *me, this situation is extremely regrettable because to philosophize!is such a normaMtcndencyjin man. All.nion, really, begin to phi-1losophize-.shortly afterIthey have begunIto learn and as soon a i lthey; are capable of abstract thinking, J however I rudimentary it Imay'be. Beginning with four ivery earliest ^years, Iwo areleagar!to I know not only "what" but! also "why/1 as anyone! who has Iassociated \with l i t t le children knows. To ask ::why" is to ask 1the ^philosophic^ ques tion. To know?"what"j loads almost Jm m ed l - ^ately to|the desire tolknow "why." And not to know the "why"leaves us ~ wit h th e uncom fortable J thought that our knowledge isincomplete, is less humanized than it should be.****** " wsB*>fc*iii Since the urge to obtain theLIC Of M E

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J a r y Jane Burns a * g ar e t Den g a tea ther ine Do n ah e rp t i r een Fa l lo n^ a Garlick^ G t t t m a n

Birthday Greetings!Mary I rene KinnerneyJeanne LawsonAnto inet te Mar inoEugenia MatteraMar ion McLeanCather ine Munn

NEW FACULTY MEMBERSThe school year *46-'47 opened officially on t h e 26th of Sep

tember with n e w mem bers on ft he faculty.Sister Mary Reg-ina, -B.S.C., a n alumna of o u r school, i s t h e.. i n s t r u c to r i n t h e Commercial Education Department.S ister Mary Char les, B.S., also a g r ad u a te of Mercyhurst , is

now teaching account ing a n d chemistry c lasses. I t w a s recent lyannounced that sh e will also assume t h e responsibility o f A d -

to t h e Pr ae te r i t a Staff .MMOO Pau la C . Hillery, w h o h as h e r M.A . degree from Emerson

College in Boston, Massa chuset ts , is t h e n ew head of the DramaticDep ar tmen t . Ju d g in g b y t h e sk i t p resented a t Mother M . Borgia ' sfeast d a y p r o g r am, t h e Janus Club is in very able hands.

Also o n t h e facul ty w e find alumnae of 1946. Mary Deboshriczis ass isting Sist er Leon a in the " l a b / ' a n d Gloria Middleton i sback a t t h e a r t studio a s S. M . Angelica's a ide .

With great p leasure t h e faculty a n d students of Meicyhnrst

v isor

I philosophic answe r a bout* things1 is fso universal in men, i t ba-I comes evid ent at; once h ow sa r i .I "u s i s our age's indifference to p h i lo so p h y ; ho w u r g en t is theEneed for a renewal of in terestH in philosophy. T h e greater goodlit of evcry^ individual, t h e g r ea t e r'^good o f society require a ro turnwto t h e insight an d t h e direc-tives furnished b y philosophy.Le i u s listen t o Kpicurus w hosums u p o u r position neatly:"Le t n o o n e delay t o studyphilosophy while he is young,and when h e in old , le t h im notbecome weary of t h e tudy$ torno m an can ever find th e t imeunsuitable or too late t o studythe health of h is souL"And h e w h o ansertM eitherth a t ft Is n o t y e t t ime t o philo-I Hophlse, o r that t h e hour Ispassed, is like a m an w h oshould Hay that t h e t ime is no ty e t l co me to b e happy, or t h a tit i s too la te ."So that both young a n d oldshould study philosophy, t h eon e in order that, when he fsold, h e m ay b e young in goodth ings through t h e pleasingrecollection of the past* an d t h eo ther in order that he may bea t t h e same t ime young and o ldin consequence of his absenceof f ea r fo r the f u tu r e / '

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Nothing can kil l you motaeffectively than your emot ions*An emotional conflict can breakdown your healthshortenyour l i fe ! This isfa proven fac t .Doctors es t imate tha t ha l fthe ir cases a re caused or influenced *by nervous or menta ltens ions . Pew organic disordersare immune to the e roding e ffect of misquided emotions.These des t ruc t ive emot ions appe a r in * such if orms as ha te ,envy, fear , anxie ty, worry, lanugo? , f rus t ra t ion s , resentm ent .We all experience these emot ions^ in a mild or t rans i to ryform. But when any one ofthem tends to pers is t and influence our at t itude toward l ife,i t mav sooner or

Vealed thatcent had

m ayexpress ion inlater find_ n b * {heart t rouble ,stomach ulcers, or high bloodpre s s u re . " ^There is probably no ailmentm ore frequently caused by emot iona l dis turbance th an - s to-mach ulcers .. Worry, ha te , or

fear is usually found at | th eroot of stomach disorders.J Astudy of 15,000 stomach pat ients at the Mayo Clinic re-

only twenty peran | actual physicalbasis for. their co mplaints. D urin g t h e ; Germ an blitz in' 1940,perforated ulcers fincreasedf fifty per cent in England. Stomach disorders were t en t imesmore numerous in Hawaii afterPearl Harbor than before .Hate is one of the chiefemot ional causes for |graucoma,an eye disease which is characterized by a hardening of theeyeball . This disease blinds 20,-000 people a year and causes100,000 others to losefthe s ightof a n eye. Doc tors Shave foundthat ocular pressure arises during a siege of intense hatredor high degree of resentment.One chief cause of high bloodpressure is repressed emotions.Heart disease and rheumatismare closely connected with emotional conflicts. fe'f" ^ f: t'What a re we going Jto "dowith these tyrannical emotions? It is t rue that a doctor

can diagnose the disease, treatit , operate, prescribe. But backof these disorders the emotionscontinue to play havoc. The

Emotion vs. Healthaverage doctor is trained togive only organic .treatment;an d emotionaji therapy r i s \ mostgenerally omitted. Yeti*we knowt h a t iif th e | emotional conflictis abolished, organic 'Ltroublesvery often miraculously disappear. When the emotional causeis not removed, the organiccondit ion may continue to develop jfrom one disorder fintoanother .The only answer to the problem is this: It 's up to you. You,as an emotional*victim, are theone who can do most about it .Even with psychiatric andlmed-icinal aid you must do most ofthe condit ioning.! ? itV'A firm self-control can pre-,vent a mult itude lof body ailments. An obvious remedy is^oforget yourself and become interested in ! other people landthe ir problems.The J disciplinereligious practices give is l th ebest medicine on earth for sickemotions, a Your health, as wellas your|happiness,|depends onwhether you control your emotions Ior | your * emotions controlyou. i ll^fi IP i9 i^^H9

October 31, 194$THINGS WE'VE DONE

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A LA MODE" * |"The fros t is on the pum pkin" and you 're knee-deep in chemis- Is

t ry fe xpe r im e n t s , coke* dates, and bang-up plans for each minuteof the weekend. You scuffle fallen leaves as you stroll about the

-, . f t . *campus, and med itate on last night 's math assignmen t, because Q nyou've found that math is your Waterloo this year. New facesas school are old friends, and so is that back-to-school wardrobe,so lately spanking new.lln fact, you find you have the whafc-to-wear worr ies when Fr iday night ' s da te rol l s a round. -I You've come to love yo ur cloth es. with the soft, pretty l ines

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that this season brought. You're beguil ingly feminine iagain andslightly echo the past with the Bertha collars, Elizabethan sleeves,Dandy ruffles and wee bit wicked decolletages.You appreciatemost of allithose beautifully basic things that change character

with the fl ick of |a scarf or a bright , shining pin.And now there 's a new dressy jumper that takes to all kinds ofdress-down shenanegan s, that 's! the perfect pick-up for yourwardrobe. One of the loveliest versions of this ever-so-versatilejumper is McCall Pattern No. 6711*It has a flat tering roundedcollar to frame its p retty pro trait neckline, t iny cap sleeves, landaisoftly draped skirt with an inverted pleat and a bit of fulnesson each side. For special occasion glamour, you just add a favoritechoker and b angle b racelets. Tie a shimmering sad)* tot cinch-inyour wais t . r-You'l l l ike the way this jumper looks in creamy-soft wooljersey. Try it in a glowing tangerine shade, and match it in a

Th e .night is music and itsBJhaunting theme I ftgBfclmoonlight in the jforest, Iblack and gold;lj& fMBBlyrics spring from feathered throa t s 'that dream w. frosty^ttboughs, I unmindfulof th&fiald.$kv /M -iWk] ..iMIThe wind is dancing on B.KJ'L'IOctober-sandals, ^ K S S : 9Leaving its burnished f o o t - M |-^prints where it ,goes ; fc^HThe sky is vigilant with a ^H |astral-candles, |- ^ K $$jiAnd silence yields to \Khisperedt remolos. V / 3Th e night is fmus icBS j mmusic we have known f l^SA lifetime, neve r 1! questioningfits source, 1 U r;|H IRooted in gepesis," primev al-\i* fblown, y' ? r jj I And shadows understands it srhythmic forde. g|. |K g)BMThe n igh t is {music, autum n-wise and deep, | pK j^flELulling the universe and jm anto sleep. .k^< I W"'i K Cosette MWiddleton

"Standing room only- seems to be the be st description ofMercyhurst th 18 fall. And with the extra-large enrollment" |tivities have already started buzzing. rr . ,.Musical and dramatic slections highlighted the program honing Mother Borgia on the feast of Saint Brands*Borgia OctcT

10. The program featured 'Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Barbara 'FUM "Sally Hanrahan, Carol Reynolds, Connie Schneider, Peggy p er r_and Joan Lutz..Following the performance, a luncheon was J 2to the faculty,- guests, and seniors in the College Lounge.

The first in - this year 's! series -of concerts and lectures was amonologue by jMiss Mary Louise Hickey, well-known actress

Her performance of scenes from "The Barrets of WimpoleStreet" was an unusually fine interpretat ion.Many familiar as well as strange faces'4 made their*appearanceat Mercyhurst for-'the recen t alum nae weekend. The banquetSaturd ay evening and the brunch Sunday m orning climaxed theoccasion. ' ' 4 . | \

| | T h e work of S tudent Counc i l is fnow well under way. Writingand re -wr i t ing rul es , se t t l ing s tudents ' problems, and taffig Ic ha r ge ofjseveral school activities are items on the schedule forth e c l ass and c lub representa t ives headed by Peggy Fer ry.

I Dur ing the f i r s t month of the School year most of the^ajorjc l ub8 | he ld the i r organiza t ion meet ings . P l ans for the programsof fututre ge t- toge thers were discussed, and for fall reports'theclubs wil l be more active this term than ever before. ft :H

. _ _ # Th e IScience Sem inar mee ting was highlig hted by accounts ofthe members' summer experiences and a talk on the sugar-makingprocess in Puer$$:. Rico by Zoe Ramirez.H A t 1 the I O. IG . 1 A. jprogram aPauline I Brown and Betty Ahl-? tinted on I the .

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gren Sorority o e r a Coke * * !andV'itsl motto . l Ann Hadlock " H i, eve ryon e!^' Grab yourself

I a coke and gather 'round. Hereresented f an I amusing mono-logu^. The program ended withthe presen ta t ion] of | awards tos tudents | in! the E s tenographicdepartment. WtiftaBtii^HkvVmI A I party | for I the! Freshmenwas i the Imain\ activity I of $ th eS. O. S. forfthis month. Theclub held its "weinie roast" atthe cottage of Margorie Jewell.The atmosphere of burning logsjp the fire [place, the smell ofhot dogs, and the view^oifthelake was ideal for the initiationof the new members, p . | | 1ftThe first English PCwblpro-gram 1 consisted lof \ a talk onfairy tales by President Elizabeth Fitzgerald, fthe reading ofprose I and poetry written byformer members of the organization, and talks by the freshmen about their home towns. HiI HSBLWi

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In h i s c o l um n o f Oct. 19 , in | w h i c h h e s p e a k s ! of I t h ea color in thejplaid and have a blouse made of tha t very shade . W ag ne r A ct of 11936, W e s t b rook Pe g l e r i s gu i l t y o f t hefallacy of^name-calling in several instances. SWp i

we are back afe'tfin; *fcnd wellinto the swing of college lifealready. Gee, so much has beengoing on during our first month at school. From that first daywhen everyone walked in wmthose luscious tans andj ex-jciting tales of the summer ad-jventu res, until now when wevesettled down f to another busyschool yea r, our time has beenfilled with the many activitiesthat have sent the year 1946-47]off to ' a grand start. |Mercyhurst is"rea'lly. crowdedthis year^^nd ma^pi%; J^ lway through the bustling *ndteeming halls between classesjis a major Operation! Severalof our students, I. notice, seemto be quite ...ardent footbaBfans, but of course, any resemjblance between Play No. 56 ajthe way they charge down thehall is purely coincidental,

Find a wide, wide belt of?;soft leather for your waist . ;%i,The blouse and skirt idea is wonderful, too, for new pep mfany i < < F e w Q u g w h Q w e r e a d u l t s a t t he t im e pe rc e ive d t ha twardrobe. If you've glimpsed the luscious elegant fabrics this ^ w & g ft r e v ( ^ u t i o n a r y sU ck t r i c k by ^which the u n i o nfall you'll soon realize that | i t would take only a bit to make fa gem of a blouse. Add your gala blouse to any plain-coloredSkirt, and you'll 'have an "'eye-catching date dress. McCall hasskirts to suit your every ' mood. There 's a skirt dressed up witha mffle cascading down its side,!and there are sport skirts de- - -,- - - I , T flL ^ d w S t ha t e i l t ^o c k dash in mind. To be r ight in the t e rm s ar e obvi ous ly capable of sway mg f the rea^r e m -

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m a s t e r s , g r e a t pompus t y r a n t s , s o m e w i t h t r u l y b a r o n i a lp r iv i l e ge s , a nd ya c h t s , r a c ing s t a b l e s a nd w in t e r pa l a c e s ,w e r e g r a n t e d t h e p o w e r t o fi x t h e w a g e s o f the . pe op l e . "U n i o n m a s t e r s , t y r a n t s , Ibaronial privilegesall t h e s e

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