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VOLUME VI
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Bishop Of ne V]i s]i ts|M e|rcy|h|u!rst
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The Celebration
Of Christmas
I We have come a long way since
the first celebration of His glor-
ious birthday. I say "glorious" be-
cause, no matter how » beautiful
other celebrations may be,I they
never seem to compare with the
one we are heralding for another
time. | The birthday of Jesus
brought joy, wonder, and awe to
those who journeyed from afar to
see the Child who was later to ef-
fect the redemption of mankind.
After that first birthday, there
was no great celebration for many
years. How, then, did the joyous
Christmas-tide come to play such
an important part in each year of
our Christian lives?
Christmas is of Catholic origin.
It received its. name from Christ-
mass, I the mass celebrated in hon-
or of the Nativity. Its adoption as
a festival of Christianity is attri-
buted to Pope Telesphorous in the
second century. For many years,
it was a movable feast and was
celebrated variously in April, in
May, in December, and in January.
In the fourth century, St. Cyril of
Jerusalem was bordered by Pope
Julius I to investigate and learn
the true^birthday of Jesus Christ.
The result of Cyril's exhaustive re-
searches was the fixing of the date
as December twenty-fifth. The
principal authority for this was
the "census documents jfbrought
from Titus to Rome" and placed
in the Roman archives. By the
Pope's decree, this date was estab-
lished in the Roman Church. And
before the close of the fourth cen-
tury, the date seems to have been
universally accepted.
Christmas is a festive season
everywhere in Christianity!and is
made a joyous occasion in many
different ways. In our country the
crowded streets, the gayly trimmed
stores and markets, the sparkling
Christmas tree, the chimney Santa
Claus, the interchange bf gifts and
greetings, and the services in the
churches are all suggestive of
Christmas.
In Great Britain, Christmas is
the season when scattered families
are reunited; when tender mem-
ories and old| associations are re-
vived | and renewed; whenl friend
greets friend in cheery friendli-
ness. The Royal Family attends
the church services as a customary
part of the day's festivities. In
Australia, we are reminded of Old
England|by J the! roast beef and
plum puddinglon the table and the
decorations of holly and mistletoe.
To Germany we owe the Christ-
mas tree, Santa Claus, and the
preservation of some of the finest
of the old Christmas customs.
Christmas in Germany fas a home
festival in the fullest sense of the
name. The tree is the central ob-
ject of the German home celebra-
tion of Christmas. It stands as an
emblem of the season. "Die Mut-
ter" trims the Christmas room.
On Christmas eve, at six o'clock,
| the ringing of a bell is the signal
to open the door, and the tree is
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IN ACTION
Published at Mercyhurst College,) Erie, Pennsylvania
DEC EMBER 1934 NUMBER 13
The Rt. Rev.Mar
(EJjrahttagi j 1934 annonl Is Guest
+«8SH
O OPHISTICATED Christmas Spirit, Sophisticated Christmas Spirit 9 H 6 9
On] Bishop's ay
m Glittering in your blasfc way,
All done up in cellophane,! H 9 J J H H
With modernistic trees land such, § | • There are -moments,! there are
You really can't disguise yourself, B times, there are foccasions Hn the
How cleverly you deck the day! I l l Though you try with might and main. lives oft all of us when we are
keenly aware .of a sensible joy, of
Good plum pudding sold in cans, All dressed up in grown folks' clothes.^ a real happiness, of a deep grati-
Telephoned greetings and printed cards, fication which! appeals integrally
Travelling under an assumed name, to our-Jwhole being. Such? a mo-
Santa Claus in an aeroplane, | Any one would surely know ment, such a time, & such an occa-
Christmas cheer jboughtlby the yards. You're Merry Christmas just the same! sion was present to all of us
when, on the afternoon of Wednes-
Martha Myer, '35. day,^ December 12, 1934, His Ex-
cellency, the Most Reverend John
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Mark Gannon Bishop of the Dio-
cese of Erie and Chancellor of Mer-
cyhurst College, paid us the honor
CHRISTMAS LIFE FACULTY NEWS CHRISTMAS FANTASY of a visit. His Excellency t was re-
A Letter That Has Its ceived in the College foyer where
J Compensations fMother IVf.T Borgia, Dean, and The sky is a blanket of the he was introduced by the Rever-
Sister Mary Alice, Registrar, at- blackest velvet upon which are ar- end James M. Powers and where
tended the Convention of the ranged the various groupings of the student bodyjthe n paidits re-
Dear Mary, spects to him. After the reception,
Middle States Association of {Col- stars whose* twinklingJbrilliance
When I was six years old, Santa Miss Martha Myer, 35, welcomed
leges held at the Chalfont-Haddon bathes the surrounding country-
Claus was one of the most real the Most {Reverend ^Bishop in the
Hall Hotel at Atlantic! City from side in a glow soft and mysterious.
persons I knew. He f lived; he name of Mercyhurst. In words
November 30 to December 2. Reflected from the stars, and like
laughed; he brushed snow from which held both sincerity and hon-
his red shoulders; he stamped his The Reverend James M. Powers, bits of light, are the crystals seen
esty, she expressed, in lovely fash-
shining black boots; he|beamed— Professor of Philosophy, spent the in the broad white blanket dropt
ion, what eachspne of us had it in
and laughed stall .more. I.. loved Thanksgiving holidays with his down by Nature upon her world
and upon • the objects - "nrade^ by her heart to say! Folio whig is a
him: lus whiskers-; his soft; roily parents in Oil City, Penna.; Miss
Ruth Whalen, in Cleveland, Ohio man — bridges, buildings, road- part of Miss Myer's welcome
body; his almost finvisible belt—
ways, cities and towns. One has, which found an echo in all of us:
the only indication of his waist- as the guest of Miss Mary Timon;
Miss Gertrude Forness, at her indeed, grown up with the idea of "Bishop's Day at Mercyhurst has
line. But though I did not realize
Christmas. Even so, there seems become a part of a growing tradi-
it then, I loved mostly that for home in Edinboro, Penna.; Profes-
sor John A. Donatelli, with his to be at this time an atmosphere tion. It is the first real gala day
which he stood. The happiest days
of the supernatural that cannot of the year, a day when eyes are
of my childhood were the Christ- parents in Scottdale, Penna.
Sister M. Pierre spent Thanks- be, and is not, desecrated, an at- bright and hearts are uplifted
mases between my fifth and ninth
mosphere that is holy and peace- with the joy of festivity. When
years. Everything about the sea- giving vacation in Pittsburgh in
ful with more than just earthly last you visited us, we were watch-
son thrilled me. I loved to see the the interests of the biology de-
reasons. The footsteps of travelers ing the leaves outgrow their curly
carloads of fir trees driven into partment.
fall quietly as the crystal studded babyhood, and Spring was abroad
the city; I iloved to be convoyed Sister Mary Esther and Sister
snowfall deadens the sound. From setting|her house inMorder. Now
through toyland in one of the large M. Francesca, both off the secre-
snow-drenched dwellings, mansions you come again, when we have
, department stores; to drop pen- tarial department, were in Toron-
and cottages (now that HE is long since looked our last on the
nies in the tinkling tambourines of to, Canada, during the Thanks-
about to come to us, there is little flowers of a year ago. Though the
Salvation Army solicitors; to work giving vacation!) attending various
difference between wealth and seas have been between us since
—now and then sneaking a taste meetings of commercial teachers
poverty), there shine »friendly graduation|time and this visit, we
of the paste—with red and green in the Gregg College there.
lights to mark the way for*those like to think that you return with
paper in „school, making a calen- Sister M.i Agatha, head of the
who, like the, wise men years ago, the feeling that, simply and sure-
dar for mother. Latin department, was in Cleve-
are following the star. Wreathes ly, this is home; we like to feel,
land, Ohio during Thanksgiving too, that you would {rather spend
I need not : tell you that the vacation. and trees and yuletide decorations
story of Bethelem fascinated me. give the touch of gayety which your days undei these than any
—Mary Gerard Trageser, '38 seems to be everywhere needed, other skies." The program of en-
I never tired of hearing it. My
happiness took root in the happi- ;-o-:- which satisfies our pagan J selves, tertainment was as follows:
ness of the Blessed Virgin: She Address— Martha Myer.
A CHRISTMAS GREETING which surrounds our child-like
had Christ and Joseph — and so, hearts with festal signs: the out- (Continued on Page 3)
too, now that Christmas had come, FROM MERCYHURST
ward expressions of an inward joy.
had I. The account of the poor Children are excited as, with the Three Kings, he presents his
shepherds, so cold and alone on a sparkling eyes and little nerve- humblest — and greatest — offer-
|In
hill above the city, was to me the tensed bodies they await the com- ing, prayer. Yes, it is Christmas
the
most pitiful part of the story, the ing of Santa and his gifts, the Eve: hallowedf in the memory of
name
onlyfpart that held a tear.^And gifts that Bobby and Johnny and all of us, returning yearly to us
of Mercy-
then, night of nights, Christmas Mary and Sue want. Suddenly, the with a more vernal freshness. Out
hurst College,
Eve! My restlessness! Of course stillnesses broken by the sound of of love and ,respect for Christ,
the faculty and
I realized that if I went'gto sleep musical bells';— sleigh bells. The the tiny Being from Whom we^re-
the administration
immediately, Santa would like it automobile has not yet done away ceive so many graces and bless-
extend to the alum-
better, —land come sooner. Yet with the old, old love of the sleigh, ings, foes find friendship, and
nae, to the student
how could onefpossibly sleep when particularly as a part of Christ-
body, to our friends, to friends know friendship better.
one's imagination was working" mas Eve. Then, as the ^watcher
all our benefactors, | t o all Homes throw out a welcome to
overtime and when one's eyes re- looks at the scene around him, he
mankind in Christ's universe, strangers, hearts are filled with
fused to close! hears faintly in the distance "Deo
without exception of|race, creed fraternal companionship, and
But, Mary! You cry: "Enough! or »private conviction, unreser- in excelsis"|and, more perhaps to merry-making is heightened for
Such reminiscing is painful — oh, vedly and with the deepest his understanding and apprecia- man has again found Christ who
so painful." And I ask you "Why ? sincerity, heartiest best tion, "Peace on earth and good will was born to encourage a discour-
Because it can never be again?" wishes for a Merry towards all men." Reverently, the aged world. Gently falls the snow
And you answer: "Because I .jjbe- pilgrim bows his head. As the as he who £ has adored at the Crib
Christmas
lieved unreservedly in something bells ring out their invitation to walks light-heartedly into the
and a
non-existent. He lived for me, the midnight service that does night, and snow-capped homes and
Happy
Santa Claus did. And then he snow-laden trees bid him "Merry
N e|w honour to Christ, the Infant King,
died. Like so many of my happi- 1
Christmas ' and "God speed you
Y e a rJ he passes through |the doors
nesses, he was steeped in the tar well." K
Mercyhurst College, whence issues a holy and
(Continued from Page 2) ** Mother Borgia, Dean moving music and, together with —B. Banner, '85
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untiring ministry of lives steadfastly true and truly steadfast?
(Continued from Page 1)
THE MERCIAD i I It must not be so. Here at His Crib we pledge Himflove en of truth — or fact — and died!
during. Within His little hands we place our own, promising And so I ask you: why can't
Mercyhurat College | | 1 Erie, ;Pennaylvania with living faith, ever to stand fast in His law, ever to render things be what they appear to be?
'/ Subscription Rates' « K i & ^ ^ ^SB WTn Him the service of pure, devoted, upright lives which will win Why,; every day, must I discover
ONE DOLLAR THEIYEAR^t «1B11S for us (and, oh, for countless others that we cannot know!) things for what they are? Why
inevitably, must they appear so
• I I MERCIAD STAFF H | ^ ^ p ' ? ^ ttX an eternal Christmas of ever-unfolding joy. stark and be presented in such a
?* Editor-in-Chief Beatrice Banner B. Banner, '35 take-it-or-leave-it fashion ? Is there
Assistant Editor-in-Chief Kathryn Harrington
Business Manager! Katharine Reiser anything in^life as lovely as one's
Exchange Editor 1 . Anna McGrath THE CELEBRATION OP imagination paints *it? As one
SODALITY NEWS
I ASSOCIATE EDITORS ^ ^ ^ ^ CHRISTMAS \ yearns for it to be? People speak
of the age of disillusion in a per-
Jane Conner — Catherine Egan — Martha Myers j—^Winnie O'Dell fljjf One of the most impressive cere-
Ruth Eichenlaub — Inez Bellotti — Iva Kreider — Ruth Headley son's life. This period cannot be
monies conducted by the Sodality (Continued from Page 1)
Mary L. Burd — Ruth Gordon — Margery St. Lawrence! vj limited to the few years of adoles-
revealed in all the glory of its
Marie Dillon — Leona McAllister r S f e i f l § this year ? was held ^Saturday, De- candles, sweetmeats, and gifts.
ence. It § seems to go on unrelent-
cember 8. New members areffor- ingly, killing young buds of hap-
STAFF REPORTERS | f l | m ^nially received into the organiza- There is then set, for leach one in piness which burst forth only long
Edith Regan — Mary M. Lynch — BerthalMcAllister | | S t i o n * every year on the Feast of the home, a special table. On the | enough to give the black, bare
the Immaculate Conception. The last night of the year, the tree is
FIELD CORRESPONDENTS generally flighted- for the last
j tree | of life a promise of beauty.
Susan Neiner | — Mary t L. O'Donnel ^solemnity of the occasion was felt These buds frizzle and drop and
most of all when the new members time and, after that, the children gare trampled into the hard ground
are permitted to plunder it.
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marched down the aisle to place of reality. What has one left? Only
proses on the j Blessed Virgin's ^al- Christmas in Holland is of par- >a skeleton, a leafless, sap-less tree
This Day Is BornlA Savior tar, and when Father James Pow-
ers, assisted by Father Flick,
ticular interest. At midnight on
Christmas eve, in all the towns and
on which, I assume, onefr is ex-
Ipected to pin artificial buds and
We hail the coming of Christmas, sweetest of all great pinned on their robes > the official villages, the men, in varied cos- | leaves, made by one's self. I'm
tumes, meet in the principal
festivals. And, surelyuit is with loving hearts, and souls sodality medal. The services in the squares,} chanting* the "Gloria in
expected to do that. Some seem to
chapel were followed by Commu- have succeeded. Others appear
newfired with faith, and energies revitalized that we turn to nion breakfast in the students' Excelsis." A large star, in which never to have been troubled. Per-
the Crib which enshrines the highest, holiest hopes and long- dining room. In addition to Mercy- there are several candles lighted haps they are the real epicureans
ings of the uman spirit. Here is God Himself made Man to hurst sodalists, there were present and shining as though one, is of life. They scoff at disillusion
save us.i Here is Infinity—of Itself all overpowering—clad representatives from five parish mounted on a pole. As the long and revel in reality. And I wonder:
procession, chanting the "Gloria,"
infthe tenderness of Infancy to still our fears and banish sodalities of Erie. The tables were marchesSslowly along, the star
are they born with this genius or
attractively decorated with fall do they acquire it"?
the paralyzing awe of majesty; to throw an aura of peace flowers, and at each cover there casts its radiance in the dark and
over our aimless bickerings; to woo and win our world-torn was an appropriate place card. winding street. My dear Mary! Your words are
hearts to the Love that means the achievement of all for so unlike yourself, the self I know
Christmas |in Italy centers
Miss Egan, prefect of the Sodali- and see. Perhaps I can help you
which life to us is given. It lis no passing sentiment that ty, extended a welcome to the
around the church. There are gen-
recover your wonted, good-hu-
turns our thoughts and our hearts to the Child of Bethlem. erally no gifts; and there is no
breakfast and made an appeal for mored self. If Santa has dwindled
Santa Claus in Italy. In all the Ro-
It is no mere fashion of this world, which passeth away, that the organization of a sodality man Catholic churches there is fa
for you, think, Mary, of how the
brings us to our knees with kings and shepherds where conference. Miss Mildred Dotter- infant Christ has grown. If the
reproduction of the stable of Beth-
wich, prefect of the seminary So- world!has brought its disillusions,
heaven's glory shines on heaven's God and reflects a pure lehem. Before the "presepio," as think of how much more Heaven
dality, gave a short?talk on the
radiance from the faces of the spotless Mother and her gra- opportunities of -seminarians for
this crib lis {called, the mothers is freighted down with promise.
cious Guardian. No, it is something far more solid than emo- gather and urge their little ones to And perhaps, Mary, the fault is
furthering Catholic action. Miss
tion, and far more enduring than fashion or caprice, which recite their hymns of praise to the not altogether the world's or life's;
Catherine Durkin, '36, spoke inter-
Madonna and Child. perhaps the fault is yours, also,
calls to ourlhearts and souls, summoning them, with more estingly of the work of the Cath-
France has felt the influence of
olic. Evidence Guilds of^ London. that*your outlook is focussed on
pressing authority than tft&t of imperial Augustus, to be^cnr the -customs of a foreign country r
vam shea"iiiusions an3?*takes not
Besides giving a detailed account
rolled in Bethlehem for the Lasting City of our allegiance. of [.some of the activities of these
in the development of her Yule- from them its proper lesson. Was
tide. In 1870, the famous old Cathe- not fthe poet's outlook more sane
Guilds, she also made mention of
Nor is it a matter of wonder that our response to the call the fact that there is a movement
dral of Notre Dame was made the when he wrote that "we know not
l
of Christmas should fill us with love and kindness and on foot to introduce these Guilds scene of the German celebrations with what scope God builds the
thoughtfulness and generosity. Christmas brings out the best| into the United States. of Christmas, — and theyfleft a worm"; when he said that "thou
in us. And this is so, because, if we take the mean- permanent impression on France's canst not stir a flower without
Lastly, Father John M. Flick, of celebration of the Christmas sea- troubling of a star"; when he saw,
ing of Christmas deeply into our being, we are actually living the faculty oi St. Mary's College, with piercing insight, that "One
at our best. Before the Christmas Cr^ib we stand face to face son. In the southern ^provinces of
North East, Pennsylvania, ad- France, there is the custom of grass blade in its veins Wisdom's
with Reality. Here we see, as nowhere else, the meaning of dressed the sodalists. He spokelof blessing the Christmas ilog which whole flood contains"; when he
human life. Here we realize, as in no other place, the end and how Christ had come to this is then placed upon the fireplace called pain "Queen of Calvary,
aim of our existence. To look upon the Face of the Child who earth — among other reasons — in front of the table where the holy and terrible, ANOINTED
to remedy the lot of i woman; of Pain"? And if the scientist can
isvalso the Creator and the Redeemer lis to lose all sight of how the Church has ever sought,
family is to dine. After dinner,
draw lovely colors out of the
non-essentials. In this blessed Presence, we count no more there is a hearty chanting of
from the day of her institution, to blackness of coal dust, will you not
"Noel's" until midnight when every
the darkness of the night through which we come to Him; elevate woman to the place befit-
one goes to Church. In France, the
be somewhat ashamed of your
nor the coldness of a sleeping world; nor the hesitancy of the ting the mother and companion of own art which can draw only
man d of how, next to the Church, Christmas feasting lasts for three
years that are to be; nor the hardships of a sometimes too bleakness out of the lovely hues of
the 3 greatest single influence for days. life? Surely, $by reacting as you
bitterly indifferent world. Forgetful of mere comfort, we good in the world is woman; of Christmas Eve in Belgium is are to the experiences of life, you
find delight in the poverty of a barren cave; forgetting pride, how, in order that we might have quite unusual. Children of all ages are being borne along the tribu-
we take abounding joy in the company of uncultured work- an ideal after which to I model gather at a certain place. They tary stream of gloom which will
ourselves, Jesus gave us His Im- are then separated into divisions. one | day J meet theigulf of I empti-
men kneeling with us to adore; forgetting envy, we share Each division, dressed in its dis-
maculate Mother. The following ness. If you find things in life
our exultation with all mankind :| and remembering why excerpt from his address is so tinctive garb, forms part of a "stark", you may be assured that
Christ! was born, we know ail once the ^helplessness and the good that one cannot let it gofun- lovely pageant which moves you are not discovering them for
hopefulness which is the hidden fear and courage of every printed: "Continuing the work of through the streets to the music what they are; if the things of
human breast. Which of us, coming so to our Savior, can her Founder, the Church holds up of orchestral harmony and the life are not as lovely as you yearn
Mary to be the INSPIRATION of chanting of the carols. for them to be, you may be cer-
longer find a place in mind or heart for selfishness and sen- In Roumania, the blessing of the
man and the | IDEAL of woman. tain that youi have fallen short
suality; for overpowering dreams of worldly greatness and The modern woman has not been Danube is the Christmas cere- of their secret; and if the age of
a notablejpublic career; for plans and ambitions that allure content with j the freedom given mony. At the close of the religious disillusion is much with you, then
the spirit only^o starve and shrivel it in mortal futilities? her but has usurped liberties not service by the riverside, a small you need to be disillusioned of your
Ahj nothing worldly, nothing unworthy can steal! away$the intended for her. It is up to you, wooden cross is thrown into the disillusion for this (if you will
heart that has known the embrace of the Infant Savior,|the the women of to-morrow, to bring water. pardon the j play on words) is the
woman back again to her rightful In Serbia, the burning of the only illusion of life: disillusion.
heart that cannot but realize, in that|ecstasy,|the glorious place. In order to bring this about, Yule log is an ancient custom. A
truthlthat eternal life is to know the one true God and Jesus it is necessary to be true to God, small log is burned for each mem- As I began with the Christmas
to be true to ourselves, and to be ber of the family. A roasted pig season, so shall I end with it. It
ChristfWhom Helhas sent. true to our neighbors. God, look-
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then furnishes the feast. is an anniversary offcsuch univer-
Those of us who understand the meaning of th^Crib, who ing down on the world, sees you Each race, each /nation that V is sal delight to all of us, so full of
in training, as it were, for to- a part of Christianity has devel- such glad! tidings as meet our
hold the Truth, made fervent in souls by the thought of morrow when the circle of your oped its own customs in regard to need, that I know you will* drop
Christmas, must not allow the feast to pass without a strong influence will be enlarged. He the celebration of Christmas day. your mood of melancholy, that I
renewal of ^essential loyalties. As|we sing the J advent* of|the watches you who, like the prudent And through all this variety there know you will join hand and heart
Redeemer, as swelling hearts and surging voices greet Hia virgins of| the gospel, are laying runs the spirit of Christ ^bringing and j voice in a fellowship which
up stores of oil so that the lamp of
coming to our earth, we must|be mindful of thosehvho sleep your lives will ever burn with the
us together and in sympathy?with sings "Te Deum" until the sound
uncaring* for |His Birth and of those who, even now, have one another a s ' n o other event in of it reverberates against the
trim tapers of sanctity and science,
closed fast against? Him^the inhospitable doors of the world's this world has ever done. The little raftered skies.
Christ Child brought with Him, so A Merry Christmas to you,
caravanserai. Shall it be said that, because of us, He came leading all to Him Who is the many centuries ago, joy temporal Mary: a Christmas full of Christ
unto His own and they receive^ Him not? Shall it be said that Way, the Truth and the Light." as well as joy eternal. —and Santa Claus.
our* lack of devotion, of prayer, of the sacramental life has _ -—Catherine Egan,* '35 —IvaiKreider, '35 —Mary Lou Burd, %
 DECEMBER, 1934
CACK LINGS FROM THE
ROOST W.
December . . . winds, ice, snow ALUMNAE / LETTER
. . . and still the "Roosters" cut
through the elements to seek the W$$KBm Mercyhurst College
pleasures of the Roost. It may be B K B H & Decern ber, 1934
of interest to those who enjoy the Dear A1 umnae, WNtifSSmB
company of mice that several of It's the Christmas season, again.
these pets make sallies into the You can imagine, if you will delve
"joint," scamper hither, thither, |back into your days at Mercyhurst,
and yon, and throw the Roosters how avidly we are | taking advan-
into confusion. After all, mice have tage of every minute that offers
no business in a chicken-coop. |itself for shopping. One has whole
lists of names to be remembered;
Charter members still occupy
one has-such short purse-strings!
choice chairs. Non-regulars usually
arrive too late. and must share a That's a handicap that we feel
sure was yours also. One thanks
straight and hard bench with
friends until some oneldecides she God, therefore, for the Wool-
will face the winds again. I hear worth's of the fbusiness section —-
that a certain Freshman had for them, and the next best shop-
ping districts. Those of us who are
"big fun" and was "tickled happy"
over Thanksgiving vacation. In seniors are |glad, of I course, that
fact, I think "big fun" was had by Christmas is soon to be with us
all. Some of the | Roosters, while again. But the thought comes to
down town Saturday, observed us that with the going of Thanks-
that it's "Spat" weather in Erie giving vacation and the coming of
the Christmas holidays, there will
, , . get it? I can't remember the
name of the girl who broke into be left just one more vacation in
our college years: Easter. And af-
a doughnut and almost deafened
her neighbor withjthe noise. Since ter that, only a few£weeks later,
our college days will have been
the exit of the cats, hot-dogs have
been added to the menu — and ended: and £ then, we come among
you. College years do indeed!have
that's a warning for Pal. Fish
their hardships and their petty
sandwiches have been served twice
difficulties; but, after all, they are
at the Roost on Friday nights:
some seemed to prefer them to —at Mercyhurst, at least — shel-
tered years. One .hears so many
fried eggs and Lake fish. And
others anticipate dinner for all at gloomy, depressing rumors of the
outer world that, even though
the Roost one day. Diets are pop-
ular among the boarders — theo- Mercyhurst were not such a loving
mother, we | should be hesitant, be
retically; will-power simply breaks
down when the aroma*of ham- even reluctant, to greet our gradu-
ation day. |But the thought, the
burgs and hot-dogs greet the ol-
factory organs: Miss Whalen's daily news, of yourselves, carrying
on so courageously, doing so well,
culinary art*is too much for mere
so splendidly in your various fields
humans. Speaking of food, it is ru-k
makes the future that much
mored that Miss Whalen will serve
waffles and pancakes after Christ-^ brighter and gives us 'hope that
we, who are mothered by the same
mas. And there's another placed
school, will not be overwhelmed,
that we will accomplish something
for pennies!! . & 4
r On^Tuesday^vernng, November^ a l s o ^ , i *v j J " ?. j. Zj
27, the Merciad sponsored a com- fBaek in December 1929, the first
bined business meeting? and party
at the Roost for members of the
staff: twenty-two were present. KAY'S KOLUM
The food disappeared on the intake,
and with great glee. It is hoped The spirit of this season of the
that Merciad parlies will become a year should bel "peace on earth,
tradition, that t h e y will make for
good-will to men" but the dove
even Ibetter cooperation among
staff members, and that they will peace seems to {have been pigeon-
be an incentive toward^Merciad en- holed . . . it would really profit
deavor for those who have not yet Laura La Cavera to take genealogy
contributed! toward tmaking our —she gets into deep \ water when
paper a success. As for future fes- she tries to explain that her step-
tivities, we might say that we are grandmother is JKher J aunt . . .
anticipating a delightful party — Ruth Eichenlaub has | been
mously elected the college
a miscellaneous party — spon-
sored by the 0 . | G . A. sorority at Wart . . . it 2 tis| just as well that
woodshed discipline |is/ no
thelRoost, Friday, December 14.
in vogue . . . they're making
W —Ruth Eichenlaub, '36
gles out of concrete now . .*.
:-o-: Marion Summers is now asserting
SOPHOMORE THOUGHTS authority and people out of rooms
Thanksgiving vacation over, . . . "orjids" to Marie Dillon
followed by a period of recovery, she won the bridge tournament
class-mate greetings, the class- . . . many of the students
room,%nd, at last, an earnest ef- taking a preparatory course in old-
fort to delye into deep study.gAnd maidishness—knitting is their
then we are disconcerted by the jor, and affection for kittens
blithe intruder^ who llooks into the tea their minor . . . and one
room and says: "How can you ever accounting students states
waitifor the Christmas Party?" "depletion takes place |in
And that puts an end to "think- minds" . . . who was the
ing"! and puts | a beginning to man Tarzanessl who yanked
thoughts of Christmasjred and one of the second-floor doors
green colors, gifts, and vacation. Kay Forquer has a*]new position—
congratulations, Kay . . . Jane
Predominantly, one is con- Hurley was in the grip of the
cerned,^ of course, v/iih Santa grippe but has recovered now,
Clans. But, looking a little farther thank you . . . we are glad that
into the distance, one aees exami- there is a duty on noodles from
nations looming most unpleas- abroad — we have enough in this
antly. Beyond that,;* there is the country without importing any
Prom, a n d ^ h a t ^ t a k e s the sting
outfof looking intofthe future/ It Jj. . Kay Gill would appreciate a
is going to the "bestest prom": we picture for Christmas entitled
are planning to make it so. We "Home, Sweet, Home!" . .|. Lee
are planning right now; and we Rozan has nice hands . . . the ex-
are so busy that we can stop for perts have listed no less than 786
just a moment only, and in that different causes of war g— the
moment jWe wish|you all a Merry chief of A ^hich is the£belief that
you can lick the other fellow . | .
Christmas! •:•;•-' | §
I —InealBellottf. W Mary Person is the proud aunt of
THE MERCIAD
Merciad was published. Done up in
glazed paper, twelve pages! thick,
glittering with cuts and advertise-
ments, which I must I have{gone a
long way toward makin it a finan-
cial I success,'.ill was a pretentious
issue. Barbara Wilbert, '30, • who,
judging from the Icartoon, must
have felt* the weight of I the Mer-
ciad as though of the whole world,
was the editor, j Her I associates
were Margaret Harris, 1 '30, Grace
McBride, '30, Nelle Guilfoyle, '31,
Elizabeth Hamburger, '31, Madelyn
Hall, '32, {Mildred Bird, '30. and
Bianca Surgo, '80.'{None of these
is with usf any {longer. And] the
pleasant thought strikes the pres-
ent Merciad staff that it would be
afreal privilege to Jentertain the
members i of the first |Merciad
Staff, if they will one day convene
at Mercyhurst. f# JSfa I
Some of^you have written to us
in November, others of you have
written to us since then. This
month we havefheard^from Sister
Mary Andrew, '34, of Fort Smith,
Arkansas, jMargaret Cantelupe,
'30, of Parrell, Pa., Helen Huether,
'31, of Sharon, Pe., Helen Walding-
er, '32, of Erie, Pa., Madelyn Hall,
'32, of Cleveland, ofiio, Elizabeth
Hamburger, '31, of Erie, Pa., Doro-
thy Cronauer, '34, Jane Turgeon,
'32. It has been goodfto hear from
you, and you can't imagine how
good. It is our purpose here to re-
call for you the days and faces
and places and happenings of your
own college years. And when you
write, you do the same thing for
us. You can hardly know how
quickly the news that Mary or
Frances or Anne has written races
down the bhalls; you can ^hardly
imagine the glow or the 1>rlght£
talk of the faculty at mention of
a niece . . . Alice Halloran is some
people's ideal of a good shopping
companion — no bickering . . .
just buy and get?. . . Catherine
Durkin wouldn't make such a bad
of Guild speaker, herself . . . Nancy
Stackhouse shouId \ patent her rub-
bing alcohol.
INCIDENTALS WITH A DEBT
OF GRATITUDE: hurrying girls
do not wear their hats down over
BOTH eyes. . . Monday, Tuesday,
unani-
Worry Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday,
and Sunday dinners . . . Mercy-
longer hurst; isn't a Music Conservatory
. . . Glee Club isn't every day in
shin-
the fiweek . . . Crooners occasion-
ally jj contract laryngitis . . J that
there are only two mice atj the
Roost. . .
—
Marty Kettering, Peg Reichert
are and Winnie Carey are to J be com-
plimented on the suits they
ma- knitted . . . the great fmisf ortune
and of mankind is that only those who
of the are not in office know how to
that solve the great problems of run-
coal ning the country .#, . who was the
Fresh- Freshman who wentjto a dance
off with a boy named Lowen — she
? . . . pulled some of her puns, and did
Lowen grinf . . f Fa vorite Sayings:
Here goes nothing — Pat Dean
. . . Let's blow this place off —
Betty Davis . . . My! that's pre-
carious — Marie Dillon.^. . Every
dog has his day — Jane Conner
. . . You know — Mary Gerard
Trageser . . . Don't know from
zero —• Mary Person . . . O. K.
toots! — Betty Harrington . . ,||
Keep it down to at bellow — Elea-
nor O'Sullivan . J . ta-da — Marg
Alge I . . Quick like electric —
Jane Uprichard . . . I got a quiz
at 8:10 — Eleanor DeVeaux . . .
Oh! chatter — Mary Lou Burd
... . Oh my funnies — Bobby
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MERCYHURST CELEBRATES
• M B I S H
(Continued from Page j )
O P ' S D A Y - 1
your names; you Scan hardly sus- tM ffffeffiSkW Group I i
pect the tenderness or, the J long g Hovering 1 Butterflies, Gaynor,
train £ of I the reminiscences called 1 Patsy iToomey — Tiptoe I Dance,
up by j the letters you | write. We * Brown, Grace Moore — Lullaby,
are I.sincerely glad] to hear from Hasselman, Helen! Young j — The
you; we are most curiously glad to I House WithjNobody In It, Kilmer,
read the things you have to say— Jane Sullivan — Christmas Carol,
we even take the liberty of pass- •Grace Moore and Patsy Toomey.
ing your j letters I on 5 to former
ClRu^Bffl«i Group n p £ |
friends of yours; and, because we
are human, no less, we are pleased 4M Au Matin, Godard, Mary Alice
to read of your interest in and ap- • Klinger —|-a. ^Impromptu in C
proval, of this letter. It may be Sharp Minor, Reinhold. Mary Rita
that in some colleges it mould be Moore; b. The Little White Mule,
mere pretense, mere pose < to |, ex- Ibert, Mary Rita Moore. JJR
press affection * for the M alumnae.| 8 P | t I Group III ffl&
S i a. Noche Triste, Guitar Accom-
We are thankfulsthatfit^is not so paniment; feab. £Lonjazos,j[ Lillian
at Mercyhurst. And^our love for Alemar — Harp Selections, Mary
you takes on a £ redoubled glow Ruth I McCarthy — |4» Valse,
when you write to us and^tell us Chopin, Marjorie Alge; b. Rush
of yourselves. Mercyhurst's eyes Hour in Hong Kong, Chasins,
and ears and heart are always open Marjorie Alge.
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to your letters, to all the joys and
sorrows fthat go to make up their Christmas Carol of j the Seven-
content. Once again, we ask you to teenth Century, Montani, Glee
write often, to write, not|just to- Club. p y
day, but many times throughout Address, The Most Reverend
the year. John Mark Gannon, D. D., Chan-
The Christmas Party is to be cellor. Benediction in the Chapel of
held Tuesday, the eighteenth. In ftChrist, the King.
accordance with a tradition which Before Benediction, His Excell-
you yourselves established, no ex- ency favored us with a most inter-
cuses will be accepted from ab- esting account of his last trip
sentees — as a matter of fact, we abroad. The real significance of
look for none, so interested does the Passion Play in Oberammer-
every one seem to be in the af- gau was brought home to usf by
fair; and the Merciad will be dis- one who had had the unf or get-
tributed that night. So you will able experience of seeing it. In
pardon us, this once, if we hurry addition, he gave us an insight in-
to the characteristics of the peo-
away to press.
pies of European {lands, an insight
Our wish for you is that Christ-
flavored with many highly inter-
mas and the New Year will fill esting philosophical viewpoints.
your hearts <with never-ending Finally, he declared himself
happiness.
pleased to be in our midst again.
Very sincerely yours,
in the spirit of £Alma Mater, After three years of patient
, waiting, an<Lof envious regard for
Class ~of^35 their Senior predecessors, the pres-
Anne McGrath pent Senior Class had the honor of
dining with Bishop Gannon. A
holiday motif was carried out in
McEvoy . . . Honest kids I'm so- the dining room decorations, the
0-0-0- tired — Kay Gill . . . Play table was arranged formally; or-
Star Dust — Grace Marie Sou- namentations were in silver.
As Miss Myer said: it was a gala
ders . . . Hi-ya* toots — IMarg
day in truth. And Mercyhurst
Mullaney . . . Oh, now stop it—
looks forward expectantly to next
Helen Gowans . . .
year's Bishop's Day.
Natalie Frye lis the school's —Jane Conner, '35
"Chief" Punster . . . the } third-
floor social room is now located in
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the Institute . . . the biggest ATHLETICS
heart for a little girl is possessed
by Nina LaCavera . . . after a Mfss Forness, instructor of
two-year leave of absence, Evelyn physical education, has organized
Donahue has again hung out her the Mercyhurst Athletic Associa-
dressmaking shingle . . . we still tion in the college. As a result,
say "Blessed are the peacemakers" weekly gym periods have been are-
even though most of them are placed by afternoon classes in
1
dead . . . Virginia Kaufman is a basketball, archery, and ? outdoor
very clever artist . . . Is Jane hiking. Participation in these
Conner "keeping company?" . . . sports is open to all college stu-
the law of supply and demand dents. For Freshmen and Sopho-
doesn't hold good — think of jj all mores, it is compulsory.
the reformers there are, and how Catherine Egan, '35, was elected
little reform . . . Rita Ressler president of the Association. A
sure canj tickle the ivories . . . member was elected from each
Kay Reiser has a stunning new class, fas follows, to be her assis-
coat . . . a Yugoslavian proverb tants: Anne McGrath, Senior re-
has it that "Living is like licking presentative; Marjorie Potter,
honey off a thorn" . . . Bretta Junior representative; Jane Hur-
Marie Sullivan is a cracker-jack ley, Sophomore representative;
•—one crack right" after the other Betty Harrington, Freshman ^re-
. . . the seniors had to take a day presentative, is
off after the Bishop's dinner . . .
27 members of the Mercyhurst Basketball, archery, and hiking
Buffalo Club fwere present at the activities are in progress on Tues-
luncheon f given | a t the Buffalo day and Thursday afternoons
Athletic Club during the Thanks- from three to five-thirty o'clock.
giving I holidays . . . Jane |Upri- Assisting •• Miss Forness are Mar-
chard doesn't "play" second jorie Potter, assisting in basket-
"violin" to anyone . . .^Detective ball practices; Anne McGrath,
DeVeaux is now investigating the assisting in archery classes; Anna
students' \ chirography . . . Holly Fox and Betty Taylor, in charge
wreaths .£. . multi-colored wrap- of the hiking groups.
pings . . . scurring late shoppers Tobagganing, skating, and ski-
I odor of balsom ing are to be a part of the winter
• • a • • £ sports program. Here's success to
CHRISTMAS. the M. A. A.
•Kay Harrington, '35 —Maryi Lou Burd, '37
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JUNIOR JOTTINGS
With apologies {for improving on
Will Rogers, "I know even less
than what I read in the news-
papers . . . Catherine Durkin,
the winsome miss from England,
granted an interview to the Times
. . . And did you see the smiling
face of class president, Marie; Dil-
lon, in the same paper? . . .
Wonder why there were so many
smudgy eyes Wednesday before
Thanksgiving? . . . It wouldn't be
bridge, would it? . . . Illness
caught up with Burnette Ricken-
baugh and Muriel Lehman last
week, and Nancy Stackhouse spent
Thanksgiving in bed . . . We wish
some one would discover a new
way of arranging the coats in
Camelot . . . Juniors! ! ! collect
your old phonograph records if you
want a radio in the Day-Hops'
room . . . Bye* the bye, does any-
body! know of the whereabouts of
the missing Snickers? . . . Gray-
ce Marie Souders is always absent
on Sunday afternoons. She would
notibe attending Vespers? . . .
We wonder why all eyes on the bus
were turned toward Eleanor De-
Veaux on a certain Thursday . . .
Is Harry, Bobby McEvoy's man?
. . . Natalie Frye is a sure guide
for the institute . . . What is the
striking resemblance that Jane
Uprichard bears to Eve? . . .
Things we like: Lib Montgomery's
red, corduroy jacket . . . Susan's
fried egg salad . . . Ginnie Meh-
ler in burnt orange . . . Our
school rings when we get them
. . . And now that the holidays
are on our heels, Merry Christmas
to our class, and from our class
to all other classes.
f $fo. —Winifred|0'Dell, '36
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PEN PORTRAITS
Perhaps they don't seem to be
that to you: if they don't, then you
will never guess about whom I am
writing. If you like these, I can
give you more. If you guess these,
I'll make them harder next time.
For obvious reasons, the writer's
name is withheld.
*
Do you recognize this one? . . .
tall and slender . . . blondish . . .
carries, herself well . . . hair al-
ways waved just so . . . rather
stand-offish to look at but fun to
know . . . is quite the college girl
. . . has a boy friend at N. D. (it
might be North Dakota!) . . .
my^idea of the word "svelte."
Or this? . . . a J small, slender
brownette . . .quiet . . .inclined to
streaks of giggles < . . has a
double- barrelled name . . . does-
not go fn for sports — not even
Roosting . . . self-sufficient . . .
friendly as they makeJthem.
And who do you think this
might be ? . . . studious . . . dark,
curly hair . . . wears glasses . . .
flashes | a ^friendly smile at you
everytime she gets a chance . . .
beautiful brown eyes . . . regular
features t and a nose fwhich makes
me envy her furiously . . . rarely
seen in the upper halls . . . often
found in the library.
You'll never guess this one!
.&;. She's of medium height, well
built . . . one of our dark brown-
ettes . . .likes Roosting and bridge
. . . has most expressive hands
. . . the divinely ordained gift of
gab . . i a I smile that's more a
beam than a smile.
I l l give you one hint. I have
drawn four portraits for you:
each one is of a member of a dif-
ferent class . . . Can i. you tell
which is freshman and which is
senior. Loads of luck!
By the way — I'm in a generous
mood, or I wouldn't tell you this—
three of the girls described this
time have the same first names.
ALUMNAE NEWS
Once more the time has come to
gossip about you, our beloved
Alumnae. Even though you have
left Alma Mater to fill other sta-
tions in life, you are not forgot-
ten. AI beautiful memory that will
never fade is rooted in the heart
of Mercyhurst. This column is en-
deavoring to prove to you that we
don't forget you. Here goes if or a
few more interesting jottings.
Kay Barrett, '33, has joined the
staff of the Emergency Relief
workers in Erie. We know that
Kay will be an efficient and re-
liable;'member of the organization.
We are aa little late in announc-
ing the wedding of Rose Beckman,
'30. Our wishes, late also, but
never I ceasing, are that you will
always have happiness, Rose!
"Dibbie" Wilbert, '33, is secre-
tary for the G. I. Corporation in
Erie. She also pays weekly visits
to Mercyhurst where she is taking
some post graduate work.
"Peggy" Blair, '33, seems to be
enjoying her teaching in Corry
High School. Iff
Kay Ryan, popular senior of
'30, is now teaching commercial
work in Dubois High School.
Helen Cummings, '30, is secre-
tary to a law firm in Indiana, Pa.
She recently spent a week-end in
Erie and paid Mercyhurst a visit.
Alice Dolan, '30, was with her.
Alice Summers, '33, President
of the Alumnae, is all worked .up
over the idea of an Alumnae week-
end at Mercyhurst. It is to take
place some time after Christmas.
The exact date will be decided
later. Come one; come all; and
help make it a real event.,1
Mary Ellen^ Wilbert, '29, and
Maureen Brewster, '30, are still
teachers in the Oil City\High
School.
Jean Shannon, a Freshmanfof
the Class?of '31, was married?; to
John Green, April 26, 1934. She
is living in DuBois, Penna., across
the street from Sarah Brown, '35.
The j»Erie Alumnae^ give a vote
of thanks to Theresa A'Hearn re
her school spirit in getting them
together and off to an early start
at a bridge held at Mercy-
hurst, Saturday, November 17,
1934. If, lj
Ruth Wilbert Roland, '31, who,
this last June, was the first girl to
be made a bride in the Chapel?of
Christ the King, jghas moved in
from her summer home. She is
now residing on Beverly Avenue.
She extends an invitation to you
all. M business. As regards dues, a lowing committee: Kathryn Har-
"Ginny" Dugan, '33, has a secre-
tarial position in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Rose Mary DeibelJ McLaughlin,
who was married December 28,
1933, is, according I to all reports,
very happy in her home in Long
Island.
The week of Thanksgiving va-
vation, I Theresa £ A'Hearn, '31, What won't they think of next,
Helen Huether, ' 3 1 , | "Cle" Dris-
coll, '32, and Helen Waldinger, tests. . . attempting to write some ciology Clipping! Club) has been I culties of the Beginning Teacher,"
'32, attended the Pitt-Notre Dame unheard of language . . . funny "hard at it" since last we heard was most interestingly delivered.
game in Pittsburgh.
"Tete" McBride, '30, has a splen-
did position as secretary for the
Pennzoil Refining Company,^in
Oil City,iPa. ft
Margaret Burkhard, '30, is wear- Shakespeare: the Freshmen go
ing a diamond on the proper hand. high-hat . . . also " super numerar-
MargaretICantelupe, '30, has an ies" (you guess) . . Lady Mac-
excellent position as a secretary
in Cleveland, Ohio.
i "Casey" Egan, '31, has followed nightmares caused by the sleep-
matrimonial inclinations and mar- walking scene.
ried Dr. Clarence C. McMarin. She
lives in a model home in Cochran- overheard giving thanks, — and
ton, Penna.
1 We join|with "Santa," in wish- of Thanksgiving| . . . Reason?
ing you all a very Merry Christ- Freshmen autobiographies com-
mas, jg pleted, finished, ended, or what
—-Susan Neiner, '80 have you . . . Freshman party at
THE MERCIAD
A BLANKET FOR HIS CRIB
I suppose that you — as well as
I;-— have, ever since you can re-
member, made, with loving care
and tender devotion a crib for the
Christ Child. If you made yours
as I made mine, you built a sturdy
frame or perhaps a more delicate,
more elaborate one of prayers,
Masses, or Communions. Then you
added carefully chosen pillows and
mattresses and finished with a
covering for the Babe. My new
discovery is the covering. Not that
I haven't always had some robe
for the Child, but this year I have
made it differently.
My idea for a new kind of blan-
ket came from $ the newest fad
among the ladies, this fad which
has touched a few of us as well.
It's the suddenly rediscovered de-
votion to the knitting needle and
the crochet hook. Because I am a
little more familiar with the cro-
chet hook, I decided that this
Christmas I would crochet a blan-
ket for the little Jesus. Just as
all handwork is fascinating so I
found my new project interesting
me more and more as it grew [be-
neath my fingers.
Hundreds of tiny stitches would
be needed for my blanket. What,
I wondered, shall I use? Such
threads and yarns as the Hail
Mary and the Pater Noster will
be too heavy, too cucumbersome
for the work I have in mind. I
fear that using such thick thread
I shall tire too quickly and fail to
reach my objective. And then the
inspiration came to me! Gossamer
threads, delicate, light, yet warm,
easily handled, strong and true as
steel when banded together: verily,
perfection for my use!
Aspirations! Ejaculations! These
must be woven with infinite care
for the materialization of my ideal.
And so it is that, with December
half gone, I have nearly completed
my blanket for Jesus. I have wov-
en it with no consideration of de-
sign, following only where my
fancy led. Yet as I look at the
nearly finished piece I see that
what it lacks in symmetry of de-
sign it gains in color.
I have not confined myself to
one color but Shave chosen every
color of the rainbow. Shall I tell
you where I found my colors?
Naturally my predominant color is
the snowy whiteness of the Babe
of Bethlehem; mingled with this
are the gentle blue of the Madon-
na, the brown of Joseph, the purple
of kings, the red of martyrs, the
green of the workers in the vine-
yards of the Lord.
Does the idea please you? Why
not surprise the Babe with a truly
modern gift upon His birthday?
I —Anna McGrath, '35
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AlFRESHMAN'S DIARY
November 15. My goodness!
these educators? . . . Intelligence
li'l figures to match up . . . guess
we all passed . . . anyhow, the
Rubicon is gone, and we're still and
here.
November 14. Scenes from
beths and Juliets ran rampant for
a few days . . . rumors 5 of a few
November 23. Upper-classmen
not only because of the approach
DECEMBER, 1934
the Roost: by way of aftermath, EXCHANGES
one might! say . . . to the accom-
paniment of chocolate cake and Holy Cross students {have their
coffee. trials of a Saturday!morning, it's
December 3. Mercyhurst9again a very consoling thought to those
. .., gay greetings!. . . snatches of as who have tried so hard so
of talk . . . marvelous vacation,— many, many Saturday mornings to
and all that . . . and now, back catch those elusive "40 winks" to
to work, with three cheers for— find that others have difficulties
I mean, weeks till Xmas. greater than ours. Would you like
December 4. Our first glimpse to be awakened at some ghostly
of the campus really snow-covered hour by the sour notes of a bugl©
**. . . trees in stark outline against in the hands of a tremulous ama-
the lowering sky . . . snow scenes teur? If anyone takes me up on
. . . a dignified upper classman this idea, I'm sunk! :
losing her balance, — as well as It has been suggested that a fi-
her dignity . . . and another red- nancial report of all dances be in-
skin J bit the snow! . . . several cluded in the columns of the Notre
yearnings for sleds and snowmen. Dame Scholastic. Does that idea
December! 8. i Feast of the Im- appeal to you as a system to be
maculate Conception . . . beauti- employed here?
ful day for Sodality reception . . . In St. Mary's Collegian we have
solemn ceremony . . . roses to Our discovered a column called "The
Lady . . . Mass . . . candidates Inquirer." Each week one question
receive medals. . ."Brunch" served is formulated, is stated, and an-
later . . . delightful talks . . . swers are then set forth by sev-
Father Flick of Northeast on eral members of the student body.
"Imitation of Mary." { £ The questions are not confined to
December 11. Heard injthe cor- student activities alone but range
ridors: Timetf. . . any day before through a variety of subjects and
the Christmas Party . . . Place choose for I discussion whatever
. . . any hall':. . . Players . . . seems most opportune and most
any Senior, Junior, and Sophomore perplexing. It is an entertaining
. . . Dialogue: Senior — "Say, column; and instructive as well. It
what are these Freshmen so elated is edifying to know that there are
about. They walk around the halls schools where the students are
willing "to think aloud for the
with a "cat that ate the canary"
benefit of their fellow-members.
expression; and whenever we come
around, they might as well be
If every student at Mercyhurst
clams, for all the information!we
would read and profit by the edi-
get" . . . Junior — "Yes, that's
torial in "The McAuleyan,"|the
true. When you ask them, all you
monthly magazine of Mount Mercy
get is J 'Can't tell' and off they
College t | Pittsburgh, a great deal
dash" . . . Sophomore: "Why I'll
of work might be lifted from the
bet I know what it is. Now, think, already too heavily burdened
you two! Don't know? Why, of
shoulders of school officers and
course! The Christmas Party. club leaders. The article, which*is
Now, get set, i girls . . . We titled "Irresponsibility," is one sin-
Freshmen are going to give, posi- gularly applicable to you andlme.
tively, a honey of a Christmas Here's a definition we garnered
Party, and we^H ^begin vacation
J from the La Salle» Collegian.
with a bang . . . So-0-0-0-0, get
Child:—a |stomach entirely sur-
set! I 'M I £
rounded by curiosity.
I —Edith Regan, 3'38
It seems that one of the faculty
• :-o-: members at La Salle College gave
CLUB NEWS himself away when he mentioned
his "six-months term in the State
The Philomeletic Club Penn." He tried to cover it up by
Mother Pierre's Philomeletic Club saying he was giving a course in
does this month say "How do you study there.
do" to this column for the first &§*£ -—Anna McGrath, '35
time. Its first meeting of the year
was held Thursday, November 22 The O. G. A. Sorority had its
in Room 9. The election of officers regular monthly meeting on Tues-
was as follows: President, Marga- day, November 20, in the third
ret" Mullaney; Secretary, Natalie floor social room. At this meeting
Frye; Treasurer, Sister M. Cecilia, \ plans were made fori a miscella-
C. P. P. S. neous party to be given at the
The meeting was brief and all Roost, Friday night, December 14.
The President appointed the fol-
discussions were limited strictly to
rington,; decorations; Marion Sum-
monthly tax of ten cents per
mers, refreshments; Margaret
member was decided upon. Miss
Dean, entertainment. Admission
Mullaney explained that all those
will be by ticket. It is anticipated
members who attended every meet-
that the committe will make the
ing would be exempt from one
question on any of Mother Pierre's evening a pleasant and successful
examinations — which is some- one. After the business meeting
thing, no matter how you look at Miss Jane Conner presented the
guest speaker of the evening, Mrs.
it. § J
The M. S. C. C. (Mercyhurst So- F. Gruber of Academy High
School. Her subject, "Some Diffi-
from them. At the last meeting,
many clippings were turned in; After her address, Mrs. Gruber
answered! questions asked by the
an entire period was devoted
to a discussion of the sociological members of the Sorority. At the
conclusion of a delightful evening
problem of feeblemindedness.
of business, refreshments were
served in the kitchenette.
B |U Y The Merciad Staff held an in-
CHRISTMAS
formal business meeting and party
SEALS
at the Roost Wednesday evening*
[^November 27. Mr^. John A. Dona-
telli, faculty adviser, was present
and
and discussed the Merciad
some of its problems. Refresh-
ments were served, and the mem-
bers played bridge — a very pleas-
ant evening, indeed. This column
wishes you a most happily tiring
E LP vacation.
FIGHT
TUBERCULOSIS i £ i—Ruth Mae Headley, '86