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Archbishop Schulte Launches Marion Expansion Program

Oct. 14 marked the culmination of plans in progress since 1940 for a newer and larger Marian.

Ground - breaking ceremonies, formally beginning excavations for two new buildings, were held on the south field of the campus.

Archbishop Blesses Site

The Most Rev. Paul C. Schulte, D.D., archbishop of Indianapolis and chancellor of the college, in­voked a special blessing on the project and dug the first spadeful of earth. The Rt. Rev. Henry F. Dugan, chancellor of the arch­diocese, the Very Rev. John J. Doyle and the Rev. Francis J. Reine, of the faculty, Mother M. Clarissa, president, and Sister Mary Cephas, dean, participated in the excavating. Witnessing the ceremony were the Rev. John Casey, archdiocesan superinten­dent of schools, the Rev. Raymond Bosler, the Rev. Matthew Harold, Mr. A. C. Bohlen, architect, and Mr. F. A. Wilhelm, contractor.

In a short talk to the faculty and students the Archbishop said, "We have blessed the ground with the blessing of Holy Mother Church, asking a blessing on the building and more than that, on the students, all the people who will live and work there and, above all, all those who will pray there. This morning's ceremony, although simple, has a deep significance. We hope that you will remember it always and let that same thought permeate your life — that God must be first."

The ceremony opened with a Gregorian chant "Ave Maria", sung by the students, and closed with the college song. Academic, Residence Halls Begun

The buildings to be erected will be a liberal arts and sciences building and a students' residence hall with gymnasium.

Connected to the liberal arts building by an arcade will be a three-story science unit contain-

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Mrs. Charles Fleetwood, Mrs. John Schwert, and Sara Jo Mahan, Alumnae, Marian Guild, and SA presidents pledge support to Mother M. Clarissa and Sister Mary Cephas on the new building project.

Regional Constitution Proposed by NFCCS Waits Unit Ratification

by Mary Sunderhaus

The Cincinnati Region of the National Federation of Catholic College Students held its first council meeting of the year Oct. 6, at Xavier University, Cincinnati. Delegates from the nine member colleges, working from a draft pre­pared the preceding day by a spec­ial committee, drew up a regional constitution, the most important item of the meeting's agenda.

The constitution, m o d e l e d closely after that of the national federation, caused little debate ex­cept in sections concerning meth­ods of authorizing disbursements and location of the treasury. The constitution will go into effect af­ter ratification by the colleges.

Due to Jim Beckman's with­drawal from University of Dayton and Pat Burns's resigning, in view of her appointment as national Forum editor, two regional officers were elected. They were Frank Schmidt, University of Dayton, vice president, and Helena Hogan, Ursuline College, recording sec­retary.

Martha Yarber, regional trea­surer, submitted a budget of $180. Approval resulted in the fixing of annual dues at $20 for each of the member colleges.

Marian College representatives at the meetings were Mary Sun­derhaus, senior delegate, Anna Catherine Dean, junior delegate, and Mary Jane Porter, correspond­ing secretary.

SA Sponsors School Dance

Hallowe'en will find campus jack-o-lanterns lighting the way to Madonna Hall not only for the witches and goblins and all the weird folk, but for every Marian girl. This year's Hallowe'en dance, Friday, Oct. 31, will be different.

Students will unite in this first all-school social event with a two-way objective—to help swell the fund for the NFCCS student relief drive and to serve as a mixer for the students and their escorts.

Sara Jo Mahan, association pres­ident, is general chairman. The remaining members of the associa­tion board, comprising association officers, class presidents, sodality prefect, CSMC president, and Phoenix editor will assist her. By student decision the dance will be informal.

Decorations are being designed by Sarah Page and Lois Tenbieg.

The Rythmaires will play.

Chromosomes, Topic Of Faculty Research

A new faculty member of the division of natural sciences is Sister Marie Bernard, who re­ceived her doctorate of philosophy at Fordham University in June. Her thesis will be published in part in the December issue of the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, associated with the New York Botanical Garden. It is a comparative study of the chromo­some distribution in several plants of the family Chenopodiaceae.

Ground-breaking ceremony with Rt. Rev. Henry F. Dugan, the Most Rev. Paul C. Schulte, Mother M. Clarissa, and Very Rev. John J. Doyle, officiating.

Vol. XI

T H E PHOENIX Marian College, Indianapolis , Indiana, October 3 1 , 1 9 4 7 No. I

WisconsinConvention Clears Final Hurdles For USNSA Set-up

by Mary P. McCarthy The University of Wisconsin

was host last summer, from Aug. 30 through Sept. 8, to the con­stitutional convention of the Na­tional Student Association, an organization which has for its aim the unity of United States stu­dents and thus a solving of stu­dent problems and an advancing of student life. With over 1000 students present, including dele­gates and visitors, a cross-section of campuses, views, and problems was evident. Representing Marian College, by Student Council de­cision, were Mary Jane Porter and Mary P. McCarthy.

Smoothness of the meeting was largely due to the National Ex­ecutive Committee, which set up a well organized agenda, and the Constitutional Committee com­posed of regional representatives whose function it was to draft a workable constitution to be adopt-

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Red Cross Rallies; Meets Butler Unit

Four guest speakers from the Indianapolis chapter of the Am­erican Red Cross addressed the students at the Marian College unit's first semi-annual meeting, Friday, Oct. 3.

Miss Betty Gere and Miss Fran­ces Leffler, field directors, re­spectively, of the Cold Springs and of Billings Veterans Hospitals, spoke of the work done by Marian students and of further service op­portunities.

Mrs. Bert McCammon, vice-pres­ident of the Indianapolis Parent-Teachers Association, emphasized the value of service to others and its place in everyone's daily life.

Information about two new courses, Motor Corps and Home Nursing, was given by Mrs. Ger-

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Catholic College Students9 Projects Center on Student Relief Campaign

Under the chairmanship of Martha Bosler a student com­mittee has launched activities on campus in conjunction with the nation-wide Student Relief Campaign now being con­ducted by the NFCCS. Catholic colleges throughout the country, both Federation members and those who are unaf­filiated, are cooperating on the project.

Students comprising the com­mittee represent each class. They are Patricia Ward, senior, Norma Schaefer, junior, Ann Kuebler, sophomore, a n d Alice Raben, freshman.

Projects Planned Fund raising this first semester

will be initiated with an all-stu­dent dance in Madonna Hall Oct. 31. The entire proceeds from the dance will be donated to the Stu­dent Relief Campaign to purchase food, clothing and medicines for students abroad. The committee plans all-school projects for No­vember and December. The entire second semester will be devoted to collections of goods-in-kind.

All campus club presidents plan to direct the activities of their or­ganizations toward Student Relief.

Adult Groups Aid War Relief Services—National

Catholic Welfare Conference is (Continued on Page Four)

Harpists Play Gaelic Airs

"The Haydn Irish Harp Duo," coupling interesting commentary with skillful performance on the harp, marked the first artists' per­formance of the year. Gladys Crockford Custance and Kenneth Custance of Boston, Massachu­setts, delighted the faculty and students with their concert-lecture, Oct. 10.

"Eccentric Dance," the first duo-selection, was of unusual charm. Irish minstrel songs and other early Gaelic airs were prominent on the program. Especially appre­ciated were a three-hundred year old Gaelic Carol and a humorous interpretation, "Caricature of a Donkey."

In his lecture Mr. Custance stressed the fact that the harp is one of the oldest musical instru­ments known to man. Numerous varieties of it have appeared in the history of every race. The Irish harp is smaller than the more fam­iliar golden concert harp. Though having a range of only four and a half octaves, it is capable of pro­ducing rich harmonies.

Mrs. Custance, who now con­ducts a school for harpists in Bos­ton, studied under Theo Cella, harpist with the Boston symphony orchestra and under Professor Van Veachton Rogers of Providence, R. I., founder of the National As­sociation of Harpists. Mr. Cu­stance is on the faculty of Boston University and is Supervisor of Music in the public schools of Bos­ton.

Survey of Philosophy Heads New Courses

New in the curriculum is the Survey of Philosophy, a two-semes­ter course for juniors. It is de­signed to introduce the student to the problems of philosophy, the methods of philosophical study, and the doctrines of philosophy.

The textbook for the course, now in mimeographed form, was written by Monsignor Doyle.

Another curricular development is the replacement of the regular religion course in the junior year by theology. Introductory theol­ogy courses were given for fresh­men and sophomores last fall.

Portuguese has been added to the romance language offerings.

Page 2 THE PHOENIX October 3 1 , 1 9 4 7

College Students Abroad Today's college students are tomorrow's

leaders and upon the students rests the responsibility of creating a sane brother­hood of nations out of the chaos of the world.

For us students in the United States the task does not appear too great. We have been indoctrinated with the democratic way of life since birth and realize its sig­nificance for an ideal union of men. But what of the thousands upon thousands of students at colleges in war-riddled Europe and Asia?

These students abroad are being edu­cated under the worst possible circum­stances imaginable. University of Wurz-berg students live on one serving of soup and bread a day, while two-thirds of the students at a French university have no shoes. Used paper towels are being smoothed out and used for taking notes.

Undeniably, a soup and bread diet, in­adequate clothing, and the resulting rampant disease are not conducive to logical thinking or study. There lies the problem.

Our fine theory of universal brotherhood will sound like empty prattle unless we act as brothers toward them. Their tired, hunger-befuddled minds will never grasp the truth of the essential oneness of all

NFCCS CALENDAR Nov. 23—Council meeting, "How to

Establish an NFCCS Unit," Nazareth College.

Feb. 15 —Council meeting, "The Oper­ation of the NFCCS on the Individual Campus," Marian College.

Apr. —Regional congress, Mount St. Joseph College. (Exact date undecided.)

Apr. 15-18—National c o n g r e s s , Phila­delphia.

May 16—Council meeting, University of Dayton.

Best Wishes . . . Congratulations Weddings

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scheibelhut (Patricia Duffin) June 21, '47.

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Gilpin (Marian Sorg) July 3, '47.

Mr. and Mrs. Justin Weber (Rita Krekeler, '45) Aug. 2, '47.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Wood, Jr. (Shiela McAndrews) Aug. 2, '47.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Curtis (Naomi Raney, '44) Aug. 2, '44.

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Mezger (Frieda Meiners) Aug. 16, '47.

Mr. and Mrs. James V. Pappas (Mary Ann Gearin, '47) Aug. 23, '47.

Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Thompson (Eleanor Cardis) Sept 1, '47.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry N. Kreuzman (Joan Marie Dippel) Sept. 6, '47.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank McGrath (Marjorie Guide) Sept. 13, '47.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spallina (Josephine Venezia, '44) Sept. 14, '47.

Births Mr. and Mrs. Francis McCurdy (Ruth

Bechtol) girl, Jo Ellen. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Casper (Mary Louise

Eckerle) twins, Ann Louise and Jane Marie.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fleetwood (Margaret Ann McCarthy, '43) girl, Eileen.

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hartz (Elsa Muen­ster) boy, Thomas.

Captain and Mrs. Raymond Moffitt (Mary Ellen Gingrich, '44) boy, John David.

— In Dire Need men in the Mystical Body of Christ, if we who preach that truth close our eyes and ears and hearts to their suffering.

The Student Relief Campaign has been organized in an effort to offer immediate relief to these unfortunate students whose need, at present, is for the barest necessi­ties of life.

It is the duty and privilege of every Catholic college student to contribute in every possible way to this cause.

The all-school dance, Oct. 31 , is one opportunity made just for you.

THE CATHOLIC FORUM Season 1947-1948

World War Memorial Auditorium 3:00 p. m.

Oct. 19 —"What Congress Is Up Against" —Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Nov. 16—"Threa ts to American Civil Rights"—Jerome G. Kerwin, Ph.D.

Dec. 21—"Education for Social Living" —Mary Synon, L.L.D.

Feb. 8 — " T h e Future Of American Stage and Screen" —: Walter Kerr.

Mar. 14—"The Truth About Spain"— Richard Pattee.

(Hotel Claypool, Riley Room)

S^ometnina \Jldy S^omelhinq IU i 9

Something old, something new. some­thing borrowed—a bride, that's you. We have all been watching the wedding prepa­rations of England's future queen, Princess Elizabeth, with delight and anticipation. Nothing is more romantic, nothing is more solemn, than a wedding. The fashion world sympathetically has nominated the Princess as the "poor little rich girl" of the year, for, despite her income, prominence and prestige, the heiress to the British crown is to have no new wedding trousseau. She has voluntarily offered to limit her ward­robe, since her fellow countrywomen are forced to limit theirs. This is indeed noble and endearing of her.

Her wedding dress, however, is another matter. Its creators are guarding its de-

A "Book and Toy Circus," the fifteenth annual project of its kind, is being spon­sored by the American Association of Uni­versity Women in the L. S. Ayres and Co. Auditorium, Nov. 11 through Nov. 15. The public is invited to take in this free-of-charge amusement-plus-information during shopping hours.

The Phoenix, in the name of the faculty and students, extends sympathy to Mary Jo Sweeney on the death of her mother.

RAP Study Rates Risque Comedies »

"A method for one of the greatest Cath­olic Action projects ever undertaken" is the definition NFCCS gives to the Radio Acceptance Poll sponsored by St. Joseph's College NFCCS unit, Collegeville, Ind.

"RAP," as it is popularly known, is an attempt to eliminate bad taste in radio through ratings by college students on a nation wide scale. The originators of the project point out that RAP is not a censor­ship body, but is intended to offer public opinion as a reason for discontinuance or change in standards of certain programs, presenting a low or obscene type of humor.

The poll, backed by the National Associa­tion of Broadcasters, will be taken on every cooperating campus by means of a score card. Ten students per week will rate the seventeen listed programs on the premise: Would a stranger be welcome in your home by all members of your family if he or she said the same things as the radio performer is saying? Ratings are highly acceptable, acceptable, barely ac­ceptable, unacceptable, and offensive. The poll will last the thirty-nine weeks of the radio season. Monthly releases will show the general trend of student opinions and the final results will receive national publicity.

Anna Catherine Dean, junior NFCCS delegate, will have charge of the poll on Marian's campus.

ew sign more carefully than a totalitarian state secret. The dress in which the Princess is to meet her bridegroom must be distinctive, and must bring "oh's" and "ah's" from all the realm. Simplicity and quality will be its outstanding features. There must be no limitation there.

In a like manner, our wedding garment when we meet our bridegroom, Christ the King, although not intended to solicit ex­clamations from our fellow men, nor from heaven's court, must be a garment of dis­tinction. It must also include the some­thing old and new, borrowed and blue . . . that is, the graces of God cooperated with. The ideal way to obtain these graces is through Mary, Mediatrix of all graces. She will gladly supply the' traditional requisites, especially the something blue.

As the month of Mary's most Holy Rosary draws to an end, we would do well to remember that devotion to her and through her must never end if we are to prepare satisfactorily our wedding garment which will be worn, not merely for a day, but for all eternity.

Above all, if Mary presides at our visits and communions with our Eucharistic King, she will enrich and adorn our gar­ment of grace and will make it as beauti­fully simple and of as exquisite quality as possible. There must be no limitation there.

The Phoenix and Fioretti took a jaunt to Quito, Ecuador, to meet school publica­tions from everywhere at the First Inter­national Exposition of School Journalism Oct. 9-18. The exposition was arranged by the civil and educational leaders of Ecuador.

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by Lorraine Sinz

Summer fades into oblivion as once more familiar sights and sounds reappear on the campus . . .

Biology students laboriously collecting grasshoppers for dissection—Anna Marie Snider in her eagerness cleared a suburban cemetery of katydids.

Quizzical looks on students' faces after first classes—Bea Loos was seen tearing her hair trying to get a two word definition of the "natural law."

Bulletin board slips: "Weiner roast"— most popular spelling of this delicacy on a bun! Joan Wolff alone mastered the rule, " i " before "e ."

Future opera stars and pianists struggl­ing in the music room—Amy Snapp be­lieves no concentration is possible with shoes on.

Monsignor Doyle making a fatal mistake by bringing to anthropology class An­toinette Pangallo's gift—a bag of paw-paws —he knows now how hungry students can get by 11 o'clock.

Students vainly trying to dispose of books . . . Alice Redmond succeeded by "dumping" hers behind a downtown grate. A trash collector, a policeman, and the owner of the shop had to come to the rescue.

Books for Leisure The new silhouette has affected every

girl and woman in America, for fashion is news. "This Is Fashion" by Elizabeth Burris is pleasurable and informative read­ing.

Illustrations of historic styles literally constitute a fashion parade. An entire section devoted to color analyzes the mystery of proper color combination.

How to improve your figure and increase your grace and poise are the theme of another new book, "Your Carriage, Ma­dam" by Janet Lane. Defects in carriage and posture commonly unnoticed, are singled out and correctives indicated. Cap­tions like "Taking It Off the Chin" and "Grace Without Groans" express the tone of the book.

For a happy blend of fact and fiction, Patrick Purcell's novel The Quiet Man is commendable. Ireland in the days of the Black and Tan is its setting.

Dust on the King's Highway by Helen C. White, also an historical novel, portrays the heroism of early Spanish missionaries in Mexico and California.

To the Freshman Class: You are new to Marian, its traditions, ideals, and customs—new, and very

welcome. We can think of no better way to advise you on your "college way" than by

urging you to hurry and "belong" to Marian. By "belong" we mean being a very essential and needed part of every school activity, whether in class, or in the good times outside class. We welcome you, but it's up to you to "belong."

Sincerely, The Upperclassmen.

THE PHOENIX Member

Associated Collegiate Press Catholic School Press Association

Vol. XI Subscription $ 1 . 2 5 No. 1

Editor-in-Chief Jeanne Gallagher, '48 Associate Editor Mary Jane Porter, '49 Assistant Editors Joan Baumer, '48 , Mary Catherine Cangany, 'SO,

Barbara Hipp, ' 50 , Lorraine Sinz, ' 50 . Iltisiness Marjorie Davey, '48 , manager,

Mary Patricia Sullivan, ' 49 , Virginia Nordmeyer, '50 , Mary Waddlck, ' 5 1 . Circulation Dolores Mayer, '49 , manager,

Bernadette Mullen, '49 , Jane Peters, '49 , Mary Haugh, '50 , Patricia Brezigar, ' 5 1 , Claudine Lents, ' 5 1 , Joan Matkovich, ' 5 1 , Josephine Powell , *51.

Reporters Joan Wolff, '48 , Mary P. McCarthy, ' 49 , Mary Helen Wells, ' 49 , Jane Lanahan, '50 , Beatrice Loos, '50 , Joyce Abrams, ' 5 1 , Rosemary Bumen, ' 5 1 , Billy Jean Eilers, ' 5 1 , Mary Louise Eilers, ' 5 1 , Anna Mae Lepley, ' 5 1 , Alice Redmond, ' 5 1 , Rita Small, ' 5 1 , Amy Snapp, ' 5 1 .

Art Sarah Page, '49

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Marianettes . . . Industrious, friendly, possessed of gentle

humor—that is the junior class president Martha Bosler. Singing second soprano in the Bel Canto Ensemble and the A Capella Choir bear witness to her musical talents despite her voting Harry James her favorite orches­tra. Although majoring in history, she intends to devote herself to homemaking following graduation.

The S.A. Board has recently named Martha chairman of the Student Relief Campaign. Martha Bosler The board recognizes in Martha the true qualities of leadership, for in spite of her strong convictions, she is quick to change her mind when a better angle is pointed out.

From a large family, Martha is ever boosting the family spirit at Marian.

Secretary of the Red Cross, vice-president of the Junior Curia of the Legion of Mary, and president of the sophomore class, Mary Haugh would rank tops by any standard of leadership.

Friendly, quiet, and ever efficient she is "a friend indeed" according to the traditional standard.

Reading ranks first among Mary's hobbies, Mrs. Mike being her favorite recent novel. She is an avid reader of the funnies, with

Dick Tracy and Brenda Starr rating her first choice. Sociology and mathematics are Mary's chief academic interests. Fol­

lowing in the footsteps of her father, who is engaged in personnel work, Mary intends to make this her career too.

Marian Models Hold From the Hudson to the Rockies Style show for Vets Class of '47 Find Hoped-for Niches

Mary Haugh

Music Major Achieves City-Wide Recognition; A Capella Performs

Double recognition was received by Rosina Menonna, Marian jun­ior and voice major, as a result of her winning first place this sum­mer among Indianapolis girl vocal­ists in the city-wide Music Festival contest.

Awarded a gold cup as trophy, she was further selected as soloist for a concert presented, Oct. 5, by the Indianapolis Teen Music Canteen, under the direction of Fabien Sevitsky. Her accompanist was Wanda Toffolo.

Rosina, a lyric soprano, accom­panied by Joan Baumer, also in­augurated Marian students' par­ticipation in Matinee Musicale pro­grams this fall. Matinee Musicale members attended an artists' con­cert Oct. 10, presenting duo-pianists Appleton and Field.

Joan Baltz, mezzo soprano, con­tributed two solos to the Butler Newman Club program Oct. 21.

A Capella Choir, first of campus music organizations to perform this semester, will contribute to the local Red Cross Chapter pro­gram at its annual meeting, World War Memorial, Oct. 30.

Annual Parents' Day Nov. 2

Marian Mothers Plan Card Party

Forty-five members of Marian Guild were present Tuesday, Oct. 7, for the re-opening of guild activities.

The main subject of this first meeting was the card party to be held Nov. 7, in Blocks' auditorium. Mrs. John Schwert, president, urged both old and new members to support this event as the pro­ceeds are to be donated to the new building fund.

A tea and social hour followed adjournment of the meeting.

Classes Feature Roast and Rides

Falling leaves, Indian Summer, and wiener roasts are in the air. Less than a week after the seniors entertained the freshmen so de­lightfully with a wiener roast on the lake shore, the sophomores gathered around their own camp-fire to sing every song in their broad repertoire between cokes, hot-dogs, and potato chips.

Saturday night, Oct. 18, found the members of the junior class on hay wagons enjoying that har­vest moon shining over the Acton Dude Ranch. Following the hay-ride the girls and their escorts held an outdoor pot-luck picnic supper.

The campus grill was the fresh­man rendezvous Oct. 22—this time without any big sisters.

NSA Convention (Continued from Page One)

order to outline a plan of action for the NSA, the group was di­vided into three panels—Panel I, Student Government, Panel II, Educational Opportunity, Panel III, International Affairs. The major outcome of all three panels was a realization that the initial activity would be one of survey and compilation of facts concern­ing prevailing c o n d i t i o n s on campuses.

The decision as to which sug­gestions of the panels to carry out in the forthcoming year must be made by the executive officers, who have the delegated power to proceed as they see fit. Present offi­cers are : president, James Welsh of Berea College, Kentucky; vice president of domestic affairs, Ralph Dungan of St. Joseph College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; vice president of foreign affairs, Rob­ert Smith of Yale; secretary, Janice Tremper of Rockford Col­lege, Illinois; treasurer, Leiland Jones of Buffalo University, New York.

Against a stage background of blue and gold, Marianites, under the direction of the Red Cross, sponsored a fashion show at Bill­ings Veterans' Hospital, Sunday night, Oct. 12.

Twenty girls participated in modeling the new long styles typi­cal of the 1947 college girl's at­tire. Dresses, suits, skirts, sweat­ers, coats, formals, and the in­evitable blue jeans were in the costume train. A musical setting was provided by such mood-creat­ing selections as "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody" and "Notre Dame's Victory March." Kathleen Holtel was pianist.

On the arrangements commit­tee were: Barbara Zerr, chairman; Jane Peters, Lois Tenbieg, Lor­raine Sinz, Mary Jane Porter, and Beatrice Loos. The commentator, Miss Marian Armstrong, an em­ployee at Ayres and a Red Cross gray lady, used a script written by Mary Jane Porter and Bar­bara Zerr.

Drama Trio Presents

'Road to Connaught' Dramatics students, under the

direction of Sister Mary Jane, will present Father Lord's "The Road To Connaught," a one-act play, Friday, Oct. 31.

The play, set in Ireland during the Cromwellian persecution, is the story of the effect of the mas­sacre on the lives of three indi­viduals—Nell, a captive; Mark her brother, a hunted priest; and John, one of Cromwell's soldiers who frees Nell upon her promise of marriage to him.

Preceding the play, the audience will participate in singing an Irish ballad and the program will be concluded w i t h another well-known air.

Members of the cast are Ger­aldine Schloeman (Mark), Mary Sunderhaus (John), a n d Rita Small (Nell).

Red Cross Rallies (Continued from Page One)

trude Dill, director of Junior Red Cross.

Outlining the unit's semester plans, the respective chairmen, Barbara Zerr, Margaret Yirga and Sue Orth, Lorraine Sinz, Sarah Page, and Colleen Morin, were spokesmen for the recreation, pro­duction, blood donor, art, and publicity corps.

Dorothy Fox and Gray Ladies, Patricia Wessel and Mary Pieczko, described Marianites' s u m m e r work.

Off-campus, unit leaders met with Butler University unit leaders as guests of the Indianapolis chap­ter, Oct. 10. Miss Helen Picking, director of eastern area college units, presided.

Vocations and careers have taken the 1947 graduates as far as New York and New Mexico.

Doris Aiken has entered the Novitiate of the Sisters of St. Francis at Oldenburg. Home-mak­ing is the absorbing interest of Rachel Matthews Booker and Mary Ann Gearin Pappas.

Five of the class are now teach­ing. Jeanne Stiens and Diana Magnus a r e at Annunciation School in Cincinnati, while Eileen Busam is a kindergarten teacher in Winton Place grade school, Cincinnati. In New Mexico Re­becca Martinez is teaching the 7th and 8th grades at El Rito and Helen Gomez is at Monero as an elementary-school teacher.

Mary McNulty, Dorothy Gill­man, and Esther Frey are continu­ing their studies. Mary is attend­ing Law School at the Indiana University Extension here in In­dianapolis while Dorothy is work­ing for a master's degree in occu­pational therapy at Washington University, St. Louis. Esther is in nurses' training at the Good

CSMC, Sodality

Underscore Relief CSMC and Sodality units are

giving full support to the World Student Relief Campaign.

The Society for the Propagation of the Faith, however, is first among mission unit interests this month. Memberships are being solicited. Funds from a fudge sale, Oct. 22, were also for this purpose. Cancelled stamp collect­ing is planned for November.

Cooperating with the National Mariology Commission, NFCCS, the Sodality unit is compiling a treasury of prayer for World Stu­dent Relief. Masses, Holy Com­munions, spiritual communions, rosaries, ejaculations, sacrifices, and stations of the cross are being urged. The national goal for Masses is 500,000 by Apr. 1, 1948.

Campus plans revolve around fostering visits to the Blessed Sacrament and reciting the rosary and the Office of the Immaculate Conception in common.

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Combining work with study is Patricia Hagan. Indianapolis Ju­venile Court claims her working day-time hours; Indiana University Extension, her evenings.

Science majors, Mary Louise Alter and Mary Jo Falvey, are now employed in laboratory work. Mary Louise is a technician in the Serology Laboratory of the In­dianapolis H e a l t h Department. Mary Jo has been working in the Bacteriology Laboratory at Mos-ley's Dairy.

At the Indianapolis Power and Light Company, Mary Frances Wendling acts as adviser in the Home Service Division. She dem­onstrates electrical appliances and plans kitchens, wiring, and light­ing.

Employed in the foreign office of the Eli Lily Company of In­dianapolis is Mary Ellen Fox. Joan Kervan is proof-reading and translating in the printing de­partment of the same company.

Far from the local scene is Julianne Jackson, hostess on the American Airlines. Her scheduled flights are from New York to Chicago. Mildred Daniels, also working away from home, is an accountant in New Orleans. Mar­gie Mellen plans to fill a secre­tarial position in New York City, pending the beginning of a hoped-for teaching career.

Sophomores Entertain At 'Big Sister' Tea

The annual sophomore tea for the freshman class was held Sept. 24 in Madonna Hall and in the central reception hall. Entertain­ment highlights were Lucy Ray-gada's Spanish songs and dances and the piano selections by Sara Perera. Impromptu freshman per­formers demonstrated the versatil­ity of the incoming class. Rita Small delivered an amusing mono­logue, "The Dress Rehearsal," and Carol Mortlock, accompanied by Anna Marie Snider, sang "Lover."

Nov. 5 has been announced by the National Poetry Association as the final date for submission of manuscripts for the Annual An­thology of College Poetry.

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P a g e 4 T H E PHOENIX October 3 1 , 1 9 4 7

J . KENNETH O'CONNOR General Chairman

Student Relief Campaign

Relief Campaign . . . (Continued from Page One)

ed at the plenary sessions. In acting as purchasing and shipping agent for the Campaign while ad­ministration of the program is under the campus, regional and national student committees.

The entire project has been planned with our Holy Father's admonitions to personal Catholic Action in mind. The student-to-student organization will strength­en the bonds of spiritual, in­tellectual and cultural interests between the students of America and their colleagues abroad while the relief shipments will alleviate the widespread suffering among European and Asiatic youth.

Curia Names Officers; Praesidium Begins Teaching at St. Rita's

The Legion of Mary Praesidium of Mary Immaculate announces the appointment of two new offi­cers by the local Curia. Ethel James succeeds Mary Louise Alter, '47, as president, and Mary C. McCarthy is the new vice presi­dent.

The present Legion program in­cludes work with Catholic patients of thc Veterans' Hospital and the Negro children at St. Rita's school. At the invitation of Father Strange, pastor of St. Rita's, the "Saturday Hour" was introduced Sept. 27, by Mary McCarthy, Bar­bara Hipp, Lucy Raygada, Martha Dousdebes, and Joyce Abrams. Approximately thirty girls, rang­ing in age from 5 to 14, are taught dancing, sewing, drawing, and a variety of handicrafts.

In addition to a program of recreation, Marian Legionaires are continuing their catechetical instruction courses at the St. Vin­cent de Paul centers under the direction of the Sisters of Charity.

A series of seven broadcasts about our Blessed Mother was the major summer activity of the praesidium.

Class Leaders for 1947 -1948 Seniors

Mary Stieff, president Jane Costello, Joan Casler, Lil­

lian Lieland, social committee Joan Baumer, secretary Kathleen Holtel, treasurer Rita Taske, CSMC Adeline Valdez, Sodality

Juniors Martha Bosler, president Jane Monaghan, social chairman Anna Catherine Dean, secre­

tary-treasurer Patricia Wessel, CSMC Joan Coyle, sodality

Sophomores Mary Haugh, president Colleen Jones, social chairman Jane Lanahan, secretary Lucy Raygada, treasurer Virginia Van Benten, CSMC Mary C. Cangany, sodality

Freshmen Mary Morin, president LaVerne Tragesser, social chair­

man Rosemary Bumen, secretary Helen Gonzalez, treasurer Betty Smith, CSMC Miriam Schopp, sodality

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Clubs Call Organization Meetings Get New Activities Under Way Aquinas Literary Guild

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The Aquinas Literary Guild re­sumed its bimonthly meetings Thursday, Oct. 9. Lois Tenbieg, n e w president, reviewed The Royal Road to Romance, Richard Halliburton's first book. These tales of adventure pass over the terrain of four continents and in­clude storms at sea and mountain climbing in winter's icy snows.

With humor, satire, and vivacity, Halliburton has related the results of following his motto "To do everything I ever dreamed of doing."

A criticism of Samuel Shella-barger's Prince of Foxes will be given Nov. 6 by Sarah Page.

World Affairs Club World Affairs Club members

met Tuesday, Oct. 14, and elected officers for the coming year. Presi­dent is Sarah Page; vice president, Anna C. Dean; secretary-treas­urer, Mary Helen Wells.

Mary P. McCarthy, appointed chairman for the following meet­ing, Oct. 23, led a discussion on the Marshall Plan.

Members interested in leading discussions will meet with the offi­cers to draw up the club schedule. Suggestions for topics of a con­troversial n a t u r e are being solicited. Eta Delta

Eight new sophomores have been oriented in Eta Delta, the organic chemistry club. Appro­priate mascot names selected by these girls were: Cm (chromium) Clem, Mary Carson; II (illinium) Ike, Betty Burk; Hg (mercury) Mike, Corinne Martin; Ne (neon) Nellie, Beatrice Loos; Sr (stron­tium) Steve, Jean Mortlock; U

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The first contest on Alkane Hydrocarbons will be held be­tween the Alpha and Beta Rays on Tuesday, Oct. 14.

inter-American Club Inter-American Club officers,

elected in May, made their debut at the club meeting Oct. 13. The officers are : president, Catherine Gardner; vice president, Lucy Raygada; secretary, Patricia Wes­sel; treasurer, Sara Perera, and keeper of the archives, Joan Baumer.

It was agreed upon that the second and fourth Mondays of each month would be the regular meeting times.

After several rounds of Cielito Lindo and El Rancho Grande, in which the whole club participated, a phonograph recording of Jesuita en Chiuahua was played.

Science Club The Science Club reorganized,

Oct. 7, under the leadership of Rita Taske, president. Gladys Gonzalez presented as first discus­sion topic, "The Fight Against Polio." Jean and Carol Mortlock spoke, Oct. 13, on volcanoes— their structure, history, and loca­tion.

"What Price Blood!", the paper given by Lorraine Sinz, Oct. 24, dealt with the precedent set by New York State in establishing a non-profit blood-bank which makes possible a decrease in cost from $40 to $15 for a pint of blood in civilian transfusions.

r By a vote of the Student Asso­

ciation Board, blonde and vivacious Virginia Nordmeyer was elected athletic chairman at Marian.

A sophomore and economics major, "Ginny" hopes to interest every student in all-year-'round sports activities. According to our new athletic chairman, ambition and a lot of vitality are the only factors necessary to succeed at sports.

A 1946 graduate of Immaculate Conception Academy, Oldenburg, Virginia claims baseball as the sport, but we've noticed that swimming, archery, ice skating, bowling, and riding all receive appreciable amounts of her time.

Newest feature of the athletic department is the riding class at Peter Pan Stables. Under the di­rection of Messrs. William and Gary Long, Marianites have al­ready mastered the rubrics of mounting and dismounting and completed the fundamentals of posting. The two first-semester classes meet on Mondays and Tuesdays from four to six.

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