mercyhurst dads honored

ft
as men tor all seasons
if

On Saturday and Sunday, April arrangements for the weekend:

15 and 16, Mercyhurst students will Mary Sipple—invitations; Gene
honor their fathers during the col- McManus and Betty Barczak—pub-
lege's Father-Daughter Weekend. licity; Kathy Airo—tickets; Cindy
vol. xxxviU—no. 7 mercyhurst college erie, pa. april 14, 1967 Kathy Icardi, general chairman of
Herbst and Peggy Edwards—pro-
the Weekend, has t announced that grams; -Bonnie DeLuca—flowers;
the theme for fthe two days rese- Mary Ann Park, Trudy B a y e r -
rved for Mercyhurct dads will be Registration; Jeanne Baker—clas-
"A Man for All Seasons."
ses; MaryAnn Bosco—talent show;
Following; registration^ on Sat- and Sue Geltch—speaker.
urday morning, a series of half-
hour classes will give^the fathers
an idea of how their daughters f U f f f O f * W i l l 5
spend a typical school day. During '
one of the three sessions, mine in-
structors—Mr. Kubiak, Sister M.
Matthew^Mother M. Eustace, Sis-
essay contest
Recently the National Catholic
ter M. deMontfort, (Sister M. Ra-
chael, -Mr. Bryan,. Mr. Lincourt Education Association instituted a
Miss Wieczorer, Sister M. Charles search for <a precise profile of an
—will lecture on subjects of their "Impact Teacher." The Association
own choise. described an "Impact Teacher" as
spring production scheduled at 'hurst | A buffet luncheon in the cafe- one "capable of stimulating stu-
teria will be followed by a talent dents to more enthusiastic involve-
On April 28, 29, and 30, the ent roles. show in t h e ; Little Theatre. Both ment; of stimulating fellow staff
Mr. Cady, portrayed by Richard
students and fathers will be given members to new creativity by in-
Mercyhurst College Greensleeve] " The young composer, Neil McR- Connolly, an art student at Mercy-
a chance to participate in the show. troducing new teaching techniques;
Players will present Beggar on hurst, typifies the successful Amer-
Rae, is portrayed by Mr. Michael ican businessman. He is a loud, and of contributing both thought
Horseback, a farciall satire by On Saturday evening dinner will
Bacon, a member of the faculty of blustering man who seems to have and effort to the constant challenge
be held at St. Joseph's Community
George S. Kaufman and Marc Con- Gannon College. Although Neil stumbled quite accidentally into of keeping pace in education."
Center. The main ^speaker at the
nelly. Produced on * Broadway in aspires to write classical music, he success in the business world. Un- dinner will be Mr. Charles Tra- To enter the contest, each teach-
1924, Beggar on Horseback is writ- also suffers from an extreme ar- like his}-wife, Mr. Cady does care bold, father of Pat, a sophomore er portrayed, either in writing,
ten in the tradition of the Expres- for music, but only when it can be home economics major. Following drawing, or both,? his idea of an
tistic temperament.
sionist theatre of JStrindberg's transformed into a successful busi- the dinner, there will be dancing to "Impact Teacher."
Dream Play. Neil's two friends are Cynthia ness enterprise. Gib Porsch 's Band. •T Kathryn Goetz of North East, a
Mason and > Doctor Albert Rice. The final member of the Cady Sunday morning, Mass in junior cadet who is now teaching
Impressions formed during a Cynthia, played by Linda Brooks, a family is Gladys* younger sister, Christ the King Chapel will be sung seventh grade at Saint Gregory's
realistic scene in the first act are Mercyhurst freshman, is an ex- Dorothy. Valerie Mangin, a fresh- by the Sisters of Mercy. The Mass School, was lone of the forty win-
transformed, amplified, and distort, tremely practical girl who appears man, portrays this thoroughly dis- will be followed by a brunch and >a ners who will receive an all-ex-
ed in a young composer's night- to love Neil only for his promising agreeable and typically disrespect- free afternoon during which fath- pense-paid, three-day trip to
mare. This dreamfc sequence is the career as a composer. Doctor Rice ful pre-teenager. ers and daughters will plan their Georgetown University. The days
vehicle through which almost every regards the young composer not as All performances of Beggar on own activities. will be filled with discussions and
aspect of modern life sis satirized. a friend but as an obstacle tosh is Horseback are scheduled for 8:15 Throughout the weekend, Sister workshop sessions on further de-
Staging, costuming, and dialogue own winning of Synthia's affec- p. m. in the Mercyhurst Little M. Angelica will hold an exhibit veloping the concept oflthe "Im-
are other tools of satire in the tions. % Theatre. Mercyhurst students may of her art work in McAuley Main pact Teacher." There will be time
play. The staging and costuming purchase tickets for fifty cents Lounge. A selection of student art between sessions for tours of the
eas . i .38 . . . T" . ti The members of the wealthy from individual ticket agents or at work will also be exhibited. University, the city of Washing-
are instrumental in satirizing mod- Cady family are equally important the box office on performance The following committee' chair- ton, Mount Vernon, and other
ern music, dance, and dress. While to the development of satire in the ni ght sJa man have been appointed to handle points of interest.
repititious dialogue * serves « as #a "ptfcyf^Iatfys Cady, portrayei"*by
II
demonstration of conformity of ex- freshman Vickie Malinowski, is a
pression in the modern world, the frivolous girl with a passionate love
simultaneous dialogue in the play for dancing and an affection for
spring is highlighted with "!'attende du jour
creates a Tower, of Babel effect Neil based only on his art. She is Spring has sprung and has The weekend will begin on;Fri- with Mass in Christ the King Cha-
to emphasize the lack of communi- eager to become engaged only be- brought with it many exciting day with a formal dinner-dance pel followed by a Communion
cation in our society. cause this is "the thing to do." events for Mercyhurst College. at the Sportsman's Athletic* Club. Breakfast at Holiday Inn South.
The portrayal of the major char- Sherry Huff, another freshman, Among these events is Mercy-
hurst's Spring Weekend. Sponsored An evening of dancing i to Gene The price for the entire week-
acters is greatly exaggerated plays Mrs. Cady. This woman has Parlette's Band will include a end is $15.00. The following prices
throughout the entire play. An ex- no interest in music and is the by the sophomore class, the week-
typical wife and mother concerned end will be held on April 21, 22, served dinner at 7:30 p. m. The have been assigned?for individual
ample of this exaggeration is the
fact that each one of the characters only with finding a husband for her and 23. The chairman of this year's crowning of a senior girl who best events: $8.50 for the Friday even-
is continually appearing in differ- daughter. spring event, Diane De Carolis, typifies the ideal "Big Sister" will ing dinner-dance, $3.50 for the Sat-
has announced "L^Attende du
Jour", "Wait for Dawn" as the
folk singer, alan lomax theme of the weekend.

hosted by cultural series seniors launch

Alan Lomax, the foremost col- phonograph records, Alan Lomax
lector of folk songs in the?world has moved progressively forward alumnae drive
says, "Collecting folk songs is more in his chosen work. When taken
than a vocation or avocation to me as a whole, these records survey Prom April 24 to 28, the Senior
—its a way of life." His life has the folk music styles of half the Pledge Program will be launched as
been spent in the pursuit of this world. His service also extends a new part of Mercyhurst's
goal: "to put modern sound tech- into the twelve fbooks which he ;
Alumnae , Program. The campaign
has compiled on folk songs. will have a two-fold purpose: to
nology at the service of the little
people and the voiceless cultures From 1933 to 1942, Mr. Lomax encourage participation in the
of the world." Our own little world
worked with his father in building Alumnaej Annual Fund Drive—the
was brightened! by Mr. Lomax the Congress Archive of American fact that each girl contributes, not
when he appeared at the Gannon Folk Song. While they were -in the amount given, is most impor-
College Theater on April;8. Hischarge of $ this enterprise, 10,000 tant—and to emphasize the in-
recorded folk songs* were added, dividual responsibility of each stu-
discussion of his activities and his
making the collection the largest of dent.
performance of some of his favor-
its kind in the world. In addition
ite folk songs enriched our appre- In preparation for the campaign,
to his numerous other activities,
ciation for the folk song revival a question-answer sheet explain-
Mr. Lomax was responsible! for ing the program will be placed in
which he began in this country. each senior's mailbox on April 18.
introducing Burl Ives among
Through each of his 100-odd others, to the American public. During the week of the actual
campaign, ten seniors will person-
Following his departure from ally contact their classmates to ask
government service in 1942, J Alan them to make a pledge which can
Lomax worked in documentary be paid over the next two years.
radio and films for a time. Later,
he produced two ballad operas and The money that each girl contri-
a folk musical in England. In 1946 butes will be credited to her name
his "Folk iSong '59" was presented in the Alumnae Annual Fund. The highlight this event. The name of urday night hayride and dance,
in the New York Town Hall amid seniors can choose to have their the queen will be announced at and $3.00 for the Sunday morning
high praise. contributions applied to one of the climax of the formal dance. brunch.
four categories: Science and Fine The sophomore class invites the
f A former Director of Folk Music Arts Building, Learning Resource On Saturday night there will be
for Decca Records, Lomax is now Center, Kelihan Lecture Series, or entire student body to attend the
a hayride at Camp Notre Dame
Trustee and Director of ^Artistic general college developmnt. 1967 Spring Weekend. For addi-
Events for the Sterling Forest Folk with an informal dance featuring
tional! information on the indivi-
Song Festival Foundation in New No senior is obligated to make the Arkay IV. The dance will start dual activities consult the displays
York, and he is working on l a a pledge, but it is hoped that each at 8:00 p. m., and the hayride will and posters that will appear
project for the Rockefeller Founda- future alumna will want to add her continue throughout the evening. throughout the school. And, until
tion mapping the folk song fami- share to the success of the first
lies of the world. s Senior Pledge Program. Sunday will close the weekend April 21 . . . "I/Attende du Jour."
Alan Lomax
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A.A.U.P.: New Bottles For Old Wine campus-styled mysticism

by John M. Lincourt | I College campuses, our*s among them, have been stirred
for years by their own collegiate brand of mysticism. like
As the new Science and Arts Building nears completion, a sense of expectation and a most pseudo-Intellectual fads, it is touched upon superficially
spirit of renewal permeate our college community. For some, this new edifice will represent and then embraced whole-heartedly. This happens most often
a positive change in the academic posture of Mercyhurst College; while for others, it will because obscure passages of Oriental wisdom,,however mis-
exhibit dramatically a means by which her hallowed traditions and practices; will be perpet- understood are, nevertheless, "stimulating" arid "beautiful"
uated, A meaningfuls balance of both attitudes will be required in order to justify the (despite the fact that only truth is beauty and the truth is sel-
existence of this new structure. Alfred North Whitehead in his essay, Universities and Their dom questioned much!less ascertained), j
Function, makes this statement: g | J | M , '* §I Kahlil Gibran is espoused immediately by most collegiate
£ W "The justification for a university is that is preserves the connection between undersouls because he is the most "in," hardly the most gen-
LASTING KNOWLEDGE and the ZEST of LIFE, by uniting the OLD and the uine. The less emotional readers begin to dabble in ancient
YOUNG in the imaginative consideration of learning. At least this is|the function Eastern writings directly or in Western adaptions of which
which it f should serve in society. A university which fails in this respect has no j
some are as excellent literarily as they are authentic spirit-
reason for existence. *f- W ? f ||§" •*|| £g: 5 $| ' ually, e. g. those of the Swiss Herman Hesse. Seldom, however,
"By uniting the old and the young in the imaginative consideration of learning" is the reason does the stimulation and the beauty lead to more than avid, re-
for being of higher education, Mercyhurst College and the new Science and Arts Building. bellion-fraught exclamations and lofty, | personal interpreta-
When completed, the Science and Arts Building will occupy 46,214 square feet of as- tions of some of the most earth-contained wisdom of all
signed area; it will cost approximately $1,800,000; and it will contain nearly 20 instructional ages—which can be obsorbed only as it was created: by dis-
laboratories, 13 classrooms, 7 researchl facilities, 5 library sections and one student-study cipline and total experience. W \
area. An observatory, greenhouse and gas kiln will be at the disposal of students and faculty This wisdom, however, manages to be acquired with ease
members. Professors will be explaining theory and practice on a section of the 1700 square and is applied on the authority of unfounded exhilaration.
feet of blackboard space, * while • students respond in air-conditioned lecture halls. Thencfe come the absurd, satisfying misconceptions: that Nir-
vana, for example, is a state of perfection
Does the reality of this new structure, with its electric heating and wallsjof glass, ed automatically by all aware persons, an exhaultation achiev- and union experienc-
equal its reason for being? The answer must be a resounding NO. The Science and Arts Build- ed by accident (an analogous presumption drawn, perhaps,
ing finds its £"raison d'etre" I solely in the evaluation of old concepts, traditions and cus- from the! occasional I Christian burst of emotional religious
toms with an equally intense stress on the development of new ideas, theories and perspectives. enthusiasm); whereas, taking the Eastener's own premises, it
In short, the Science and Arts^Building will serve; it will noMmpart truth. could hardly be known through anything except a lifelong
and grueling struggle. In this way also, union comes to mean
lettersletterslettersletterslettersletlerslette a dispersal of the self through the universe,- a discovery of the
self|throughHhe universe, whereas, ofjeourse, the strongest
enough to withstand the effects of Lounge Condition of previously discovered self concepts would seem to be a neces-
Health Service an illness, cwithout the added* sar- sary prerequisit. Mysticism is, after all, not a form of identity
Dear Editor: castic remarks | of -the nurse. A Dear Editor: crisis. £ %
Incidents here on campus have smile goes a long way when you're You are my last resort. For the I In other words, it would seem wise for the self-appointed
led me to doubt the effectiveness of sick and we have yet to see her entire school year the DSO offi- mystics to live and read further before expounding their joyful
the school's health program. It is sick and jj.I i have yet to see her cers, DSO advisor, Miss Weigert, fairy-tale style of mysticism.
not the students' right to doubt the smile. Her unsympathetic attitude and the Dean of Students, Sr. M.
qualifications of the health staff, and her suspicion that all illnesses Matthew, have tried in vain to im- husbands and children. Egan nounce that 5 achievement awards
but we feel we can question their are phony has led me to avoid the prove the conditions in the Egan's Lounge isn't the most beautiful; will be presented at Honors Con-
availability. _ £' health "program." What if one of Smoker's Lounge. The DSO bought •but for the time being, it's all we've vocation this year. Thei awards,
The nurse lives and has her us becomes seriously ill? I'M more waste baskets and more ash- got, and its time that students be- amounting to $200 each applied to
office in McAuley Hall, but all too SCARED! I Ip trays, the college bought new furni- gan treating it properly. next years tuition, will be present-
often she' cannot be found. She Concerned Students ture and painted the walls, plead- Is it too much to ask students ed to freshmen, Sophomores, or
holds office hours three times a ing and warning posters were put to use the waste baskets, replace Junior of hgh] academic achieve-
day for a total of 105 minutes. This up, and finally the lounge was clos- pop bottles, empty ashtrays, and ment who have taken an active
hardly seems adequate to take care Intercession ed for a day. It was all in vain. The generally;' clean up after them- part in student affairs. To be
of the more than 200 dorm stu- filth continues. selves? If it is too much to ask, eligible for an award, a student
dents. Quite a few times we have Suggestion The poster that reads "This is then I give up, because its a futile must not be receiving a scholastic
gone to?the nurse's office to find Dear Editor: situation, f Let the pigs wallow in scholarship from Mercyhurst at
your home away from home. Keep present; must have a cumulative in-
that she is not there. And all too In the March 17th issue of the it clean" has had no impact. A their own filth, if that's what they
want. dex of 2.0 higher; must be actively
often girls get sick at times when merciad" there appeared an article stroll through| the lounge at any
concerning student suggestions tor if!-••«•! Marikae Sorvelli $ ^ involved^ in student affairs; and
she is not available. Is it necessary hour will reveal empty potato chip
to limit our illnesses to correspond intersession. courses? The "article bags, empty lunch bag:, gaibage, W DSO President must apply before May 1, 1967.
to the nurse's hours? mentioned the desire of an Elemen- empty pop bottles, and overflowing Forms are available in the Office
tary Education major to do some 1 of the Dean and the Registrar.
The infirmary is staffed by one,
independent J study in ancient his-
ashtrays. Students . can be seen Achievement Awards Iff If 81111 Koss
*
the nurse. Usually there are girls simply pushing the debris aside for
confined to the infirmary, and tory. Undoubtedly the opportunely The scholarship committee of Secretary of the
writing or card-playing space, but
many times they are left unsuper- will be available under | the new Mrcyhurst College is pleased to an- > Student Government
only a few bother to clean up.
vised. This can be proved by an in- program in the near future; how- Some students sit six inches from
cident that happened this year. One ever, if this student (or any other) an ashtray or a waste basket, but Published Every Three Weeks
seriously ill girl while under medi- would care for some informal sug- insist on flicking ashes and cigar- Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pa.
cation was left alone in the infirm- gestions, in this or other areas of ettes on the floor. The same can be i the merciad
aryjand consequently feU in the history, I would be more than hap- said of potato chip bags, apple $.35 jper issue J< $3.00 per year
bathroom. This injury warranted a py to oblige. I would greatly ap- cores, and orange rinds, ti And, un-
trip to the hospital and stitches. It Editor in j? Chief Jane Carney
preciate such people contacting me fortunately, the students who clean Executive Editor Peggy Meagher
is a shame that this had to occur to via the faculty bulletin board at up are seldom those who mess up, Associate Editor ^ Rosemary Barnum
publicize the lack of supervision in their earliest convenience, j § and those who mess up seldom Page Editors Elaine Marsh, Chriss Strong
our infirmary. Yours truly, clean up. Anne Canali, Rosalie Hodas
Photography Editor Kathy Kelley
The nurse is apathetic. It is hard R. J. Kubiak These are young Christian Headline Editor Emily Fatica
WOMEN. Perhaps f this situation Typing and Copy Editor Cathy Varca
spectrum would at least be tolerable in an
all-male college, but I would never
Exchange Editor
Business Editor
Club News Co-Editor
Paula Semrau
Jeanne Kiem
Bonnie DeLuca
Dear Spectrum :<', you, expect it in a woman's college, Moderators Mr. Barry McAndrew
especially a Catholic women's col- Editorial Staff Gene McManus, Paula Rosetto, Linda Ed-
Borne months ago you opened it
monds, Teri Sneeringer, Maureen Walsh, Kathy Hum-
From argentine f vapour ?- lege. If the treatment of the lounge
your column to your readers. I am phries, Kathy Icardi Diane DeCarolis, Chris Bogdanslri,
sending ^ this to you before the THE SNOWFLAKE: is any indication j of the homes of Margaret Fox, Charlene Kienhol«l-jDelene Thomas, Rose
hounds of spring who will: soon be "God was my shaper. these students when! they become Ann Berkon, Mary Ann D'Urso, Lorraine Weiner.
on winter's traces leap into sight* Passing surmisal, wives and mothers, I pity their
If, for some reader, it throws a He hammered, He wrought me,
ray of brightness on winter's
gloom, it will have served its pur-
From curled silver vapor,
To lust of His mind:—-
sga: student political parties \
pose. This was written by the same Thou could'st not have thought by Judy Pitney
poet who could f say to a blade of - r me!
grass: So purely, so palely, Today one of the mostjfrequent criticisms ofjstudent government is|that its student
Tinily, surely, members are unsophisticated politically. As we will soon be beginning the Spring elections at
"Epitomized in Thee Mightily, fragilly, Mercyhurst, now seems an appropriate time to consider a way to overcome political naivete
Was the mystery Insculped and embossed, A on the part ofiundergraduates—by the introduction of political parties on our campus.
Which shakes the spheres With His hammer of wind, | | * 'This is not a blanket condemnation of our present political set-up. But in light of our
conjoint:*— And His graver of frost." growing size, it seems feasible to suggest that the present system may soon fail to satisfy
God focuses to a point." —Francis Thompson our needs. |
(Early twentieth century) || Student political parties are necessary to mobilize and win the support of the student
TO A SNOWFLAKE for the values of the college and for its rules and regulations, which otherwise could be lost
(Being a-Canticle to be Recited or be unenforceable. They are necessary to win support for democratic procedures and citi-
Daily During the Octaves of Win- Eyes to see zenship in society at large. This is the oldest role ever attributed to student government: a
ter To Awaken the Spirit of Won- Ears to hear trainer of citizens. Yet it is one we are curiously neglecting, for it implies the imperative
der Which is the* Beginning of Blind to beauty that student government must keep pace with the | political and social world outside the
Wisdom) Deaf to song campus. 0" I
I J THE POET. Student politics can play a vital role in the reestablishment of our civic life but only
"What heart could have thought 'Mind to think if it transcends the traditional limits of the "sandbox." Student political life, based around
-you ?— j Heart to love^; student political parties responsive to current student conditions, may play a vital role in
Past our devisal Wrong to igive developing new ideas. The student political party can be instrumental in creating support of
(O filigree petal!) Right to take the "rank and file" for the policies of the college. Likewise, it can lobby for the students
Fashioned so purely, with the administration. One political party serves as a check on the party in power so that
Fragilely, surely, g # Slow to laugh the government does not become tyrannical. It keeps a minority report in evidence through-
From what Paradisal Quick to cry out the year.-Student political parties on this campus might? well serve as the impetus to
Imagineless metal, Afraid to live overcome a prevailing lackadaisical attitude toward student government in general. Not only
Too costly for cost? | All die would this add color and interest to the elections themselves, but it would help maintain
Who hammered you, wrought this spirit during the rest of the year, a

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Friday, April. 14 1967 the merciad
Page 3

f other i s . . .
by Judy Pitney
a father is
A father is a willing (playmate . . . the best hide and seek
player on the block . . . great at storytelling . . . not so great
at playing house. I |
| * * * *
bewildered
A father is a fellow explorer . . . eager to bring the world
into focus for his child . X ready for a trip to the zoo, a ride
in the country, a walk in the park with his fast-paced offspring.
by the rapid growth
A father is sympathetic . . . to the worrisome woes of his
daughter's first few days at school | . . concerned over her
present scratched knee . . . assuring her that nightmare's of his unsteady toddler
aren't really real. % W -• '*
A father is involved . . . in PTA meetings . . . in chauf-
fering the Brownie troop to and from their Saturday outings to an energetic teenager . . .
. . . in giving his child the jvalues that she needs for a worthy
andlmeaningful life. £ *

a gallant knight

W-7^>~-
a fatheriis proud when his daughter achieves
academic success . • .

a father I'SH|
impressed as
his daughter

acquires g«KK|»
the serenity B K
of womanhood • • •

affather is anxious that he be able to offer

fg§A father is patient . . . waiting for the telephone to be
help when his child needs it • • . H H 9 H | | H free of its feminine usurper . . . abdicating the bathroom even
though he's sure to get it just as the hot water runs out . .
giving freely of his Old Spice so his daughter will be alluring.

g A father is anxious .. . that he be able to offer help when

his child needs i t . . . he's apprehensive lest harm come to her
. . . he's often aggravated when he meets withlheristrong-
willed resistance. BEfiBflH^BB-Z^^BB'WMt'WmE-m

I 5 A father is bewildered . . . by the rapid growth of his un-

steady toddler to an energetic teenager . . . by her unlimited
capacity for basketball games, rock and roll, and boys . . . by
the ceaseless chatter with which she fills his home, m

A father is proud . . .fwhen his daughter achieves aca-

demic^ success . . . when she gracefully exits for the Senior
Prom . . . when she passes his side in her graduation robes.
Page 4 the merciad Friday, April, 14 1967

a father

is often

aggravated

when he meets
a father is a poor letter-writer but a good
listener... with her

strong-willed resistance

A father is a poor letter-writer but a good listener . . . his

daughter's advisor . . . her source of counsel when the prob-
lems she faces loom too large to handle . . . her counselor
when *she is met; with rthemnhappy "realities of life. & I
A father is critical . . . in examining his daughter's ap-
pearance . . .ain testing her ability to maneuver the family car
. . . in inspecting the young man who occupies her every wak-
ing, moment with a special kind of glow. £$? i a father is valiant
A fatherfis impressed . ..as his daughter acquires the
serenity of womanhood . . . as she makes her own judgments
and justifies ill the faith he had in her . . . as he begins to re-
flect the wisdom of her years. } 1 \ 1 W i i
A father is valiant. . . when he receives the news of his
daughter's engagement . . . when he accepts her impending
departure from his home . . . when he realizes she is ready to
make her own* place inEthe world and that she wants to do it
allsbylherself. | MfH I f I
A father is emotional. . ^though his tenderness lies well-
hidden under his masculinity . . . he's gentle despite-his once
in afwhlle moments ofianger . . Jhe?s humorous in a wonderful
and unique kind of way. I *^!pli| |
A father is all things to his daughter he's her model
h e r protector . . . her gaUant^kniffht—
A father is loving and loved in return . . . wanting |and
A father needing the relationship of a daughter . . . cherished by her for
making it a good and true thing. 1 >
is involved . I

wmmm
^ X v S W

mem

1
F-V-V

Kv.-y

a father is

a willing
Wffi $X

1?j£S®&
playmate . .

a father islloving and loved in j return

my heart belongs jto daddy •—-*•

 Friday, April, 14 1967
the merciad Page 5

fine arts
II
anton ion i/"blow-up
|by Mr. Thomas Dolan not exist. value outside of itself and chooses
Michelangelo Antonioni, director Antonioni is Italian, and? Italy, to deviate from it.
of "Blow Up," is a film-maker in for centuries traditionally Catholic, Amorality, on the other hand, is
the tradition of Prederico Fellini, is now itself beset by the same ma- the denial of objective norms and
who directed 8%, Juliet of the terialism and amorality that is the values, and is thus in itself in-
Spirits, and, (perhaps most signif- condition of modern life, for which, capable of regeneration since it can
cantly, La Dolce Vita. in "Blow Up", London's mod sub- never know it self as deviant.
This tradition is essentially mor- culture is a symbol. The photographer in "Blow Up"
al and audience-oriented, despite its Thus the tension between the is slightly better off than his peers
concern with amoral conduct and Catholic tradition of the past and due to the physical shock of the
its structural obscurities. the amoral, pluralist culture of discovery of the corpse on film,
The contemporary society Anton- the present is the basis for the but even he is incapable of respond-
ioni dissects is what the German film's implied moral judgements. ing to the truth of the situation
theologian Romano Guardini calls Let us turn from the cultural —murder—-except through his role
"post-modem," that is, the indi- matrix to the art produced from as photographer.
vidual member of society has no it. "Blow Up" is not ordinary film As a moral agent, he functions
dignity other than what his talent* fare. •? . I not at all.
money, or role earns for him. Hu- m At leasts since the time of Aris-
H
man dignity or value per se does totle, Western man has seen the
Secondly, if "Blow Up" is without
logical organization and climax, it
new saga director at 'hurst
world as intelligible, orderly, and is not without symbolic organiza- The personnel of Mercyhurst's Replacing Mr. Repack as Mer-
easure valuable, and his art has always tion and climax.
reflected this. That is to say, our
The film is, for instance, bal-
Saga Food Service has recently un- cyhurst's Foods Manager is Mr.
dergone a change. From September Alan Dwyer. Receiving hfe degree
art has had plot and climax which 1965 until several!weeks ago, Mr. in Business Administration from
Ed. Note: Two of the senior Eng- are necessary corollaries ofgorder anced and antithetical. The tawdry,
5 unnaturally brilliant Soho section William Repack was the Saga Food Nichols College injMassachussets,
lish majors, Rosalie Barsoti and and value. v Manager at Mercy hurst. His I role Mr. Dwyer has been well-prepared
Carol |Sabella agreed to share of London is contrasted with the
has recently been changed, how- for his work here. He "has been
some of their thoughts on their ^| But "Blow Up" is in a real sense cool, natural green of the park.
ever, as he has been appointed with Saga Foods for five years—
thesis subject with us. >'• plotless and aclimatic, and one who The cacophonous mod concert Saga Food Service '$ Director for at Wheaton College and at the Uni-
expects logical or plot coherence (attended with deadly seriousness
Walter Kerr's book The Decline will^be disappointed in the film. Erie. versity of Vermont.
of Pleasure, is the primary source by the Iyoung) contrasts with the
The killer is never seen, his quiet antique shop. In his new capacity, Mr. Repack Mr. Dwyer says he will have a
for the theme of pleasure chosen works with the managers of Villa,
pretty accomplice is never found, few innovations for us when he
for the Senior ^English majors co- The doss house at the beginning Gannon and Mercyhurst to find becomes acquainted with the sys-
ordinating seminar. and the corpse itself vanishes*in- of the film contrasts with the ma-
explicably. I better purchasing methods and to tem here.
Although he treats several con- terial luxury of the photographer's improve the purchasing power of
Two inferences can be drawn house. the colleges. Not a stranger to the Lake Erie
cepts of pleasure, contemplation area, Mr. Dwyer was born in Olcan,
has been selected for this article from this lack of climax. £ • The zany costumes of the troupe Work will also continue to train New York, and has played base-
because it is considered by him to First, by suiting form to func- of mimes contrast with the only young men in 5 the food managing ball against the* Erie Sailors as a
be the highest pleasurable Tact. % \tionjby presenting the plotless life slightly less zany clothes of the program; and to assist in tri-col- member of the Detroit Tigers.
of his characters in a plotless film, mods. I lege events such as picnics or for-
Contemplation for Aristotle was Antonioni gams artistic unity and Being a sports enthusiast, Mr.
the clue to "perfect happiness," but strengthens the total effect of the The most compelling symbol in mal banquets. Dwyer showedjthis enthusiasm in
for twentieth-century iman, this film. the film is certainly the conclud- Although Mr. Repack has a new his first week here when he joined
I •
term has become empty. ing one of the tennis match. position, his office will remain at Mr. Repack on the Mercyhurst Fac-
To have discovered the killer
Although it is not excluded from and to have brought him to justice The amoral life is here judged Mercyhurst. ulty Basketball Team
our vocabulary, its initial connota- would have indicated the observed and typified: it is playing tennis
it
tion of passivity has been changed world is after all orderly, coherent without a ball, a manifest! absur-
to activity. # £ UtaltiRtatfi and' valuable, fr e., possessed*of dity. igHisAtfHlMtftfMttfeMiUh^iiMi
Contemplation must be a "play- moral standards. The eloquent ambigious look on
art loafing
ful" wondering of the imagination, the photographer's face as he by % Enjoy the happiness of little chil-
But these beliefs are not gen- throws the "ball" back into play
but the process is not really ac- erally held in the modern world. Elaine Wilson (Y. C. S.) dren who forever create, yet never
tivity, f is surely one of the high points
Perhaps one should here recall of the cinema. <<
destroy.
Rather, the mind is idle, and the the distinction between immorality I loaf and invite my soul/' sang
The film is one of the most vis- the poet Walt Whitman.* How confusing this world can be
senses \ and emotions, in^ contact and amorality. wl
ually beautifull ever made. in our constant search for answers.
with reality, telegraph the code of "The art of loafing is following How pressed we are in our ef-
Immorality knows itself as wick- The color of green whichtdom-
externals to the intellect-receiver. the philosophy of the vagabond who forts to succeed. ti
The process is a surrender of the ed since it recognizes a norm or (Continued on Page 6) said, 'I turn my back to the wind/
human will. * It is drifting and dreaming and We unknowingly bury our spirits
with the burdens of life.
Kerri explains that "we have
given | in to the impulse to stay,
book review ! opening
peace and
yourself to
tranquility.
the inflow of
Are we going to let time win
to do nothing, to let happiness hap-
pen if such be our good fortune."
As ant example, a poet does not by Kathy Icardi j§
18 "It is easing the pounding of the race? Will it be too late when
your heart by the quieting of your we finally awaken to the beauty of
mind. It is relaxing the tension
One who is ignorant of the cul- of your body with the music of the the goodness of love? . \f
nature ji in all jits simplicity and to
begin with a determination to make tral milieu of the Polish Jews is singing streams that live in your
a poem. He cannot create until he "Broader in*scope and?perhaps made familiar with the ceremonies, In all ways let us pray as did
his idled, and in the act of idling, less penetrating in individual char- customs and inter-religious con- memory. Matthew Arnold! "Calm, calm me
he overhears something/' g acterization that Hersey's The flicts of the people. "Itjis reminding yourself of the more, nor let me die before I have
Wall but&nonetheless moving and fable of the Hare and the Tortoise begun to live."
The poet discovers * this some- Each character is a personifica- that you may know that the race is
grimly compelling." (Booklist 57: Loafing is not wasted time if it
thing, and follows it in a hither tion of tragedy, emotion and dedi- not always to the swift, that there adds dimension to your life. It is
636. June 15 '61) I
and yon fashion, ridding himself of cation of the era. Realizing with is more to life than increasing its an art—it is a challenge!
this excitement, through his crea- Leon Uris* wartime novel Mi la 18 each day that an* unknown doom
tion. about the drama of the Jewish speed.
approaches, they characters are
ghetto undergoes much criticism. alive, active and believable. "It is slowing down to look at a
Then he offers to the reader,
The novel is said to be repetative, flower, to chat with a- friend, to
himself, originally finds what de- wearisome, too long and superficial. It appears Uris was not as con- pat a dog, to read a few lines from Barbato's Italian Restaurant
lighted the poet. •;* cerned with developing scope of the a book." and Pizzeria
IfI the reader experiences and ^Mila 18 was an actual command Jewish delemma as he was with 1707 (State Street Erie, Pa.
perceives \ a harmonious pattern in post of the resistence movement or- concentrating on the individual mo- Wilfred A. Peterson in his book Phone 521-2158
the poem he has a playful and an ganized by Warsawf Jews during tivation and reaction that consti- "The Art of Living" views loafing
intellectual outing. <| World War II. tutes the climax of the novel. as an art. I have never looked upon
The modern mind is always act- vUris, himself, a Jew, became in- it as such. Is there, then, such a
The horror of the Warsaw ghetto
ing rather than being acted upon, terested in writing a < screen play was overshadowed by the intimate thing as wasted time? Largest Selection
and, therefore, contemplation has about the Warsaw ghetto fighters. drama of the Polish Jew. Webster's dictionary defines Of Pierced Earrings in Town
lost its original notion of passivity. Becoming so engrossed in the loafing as "loitering; doing Starting at $1.00 per pair
subject he interviewed survivors of Leon Uris is a master storytel- nothing; idle." How then can we
Furthermore, the mechanistic ler. His personal involvement in- master this art of loafing?
trend of society has caused the the Warsaw uprising and re-
searched the Yad Washer (Memor- tensifies his perspective of the Open Mon., Thurs. and Fri.
modern mind to change the idle- Warsaw situation. We can master it by loafing with I p 9:30 till 9
ness necessary \tor contemplation, ial Archives) to find! information
one eye open for the flashes of Other Days Till 5:30 P. M.
and has made analysisj a substi- for a novel. Even though the narrative tends light that may illumine our minds
tute. The result was a fictional, yet to become melodramatic at times, with the answers we seek.
historical novel concerning a hand- Uris never seems to reveal that he BRE AKIRON JEWELERS
In contemporary education, a • #
We can master if by watching —
person is trained to dissect a sub- ful of men and women who defied is a Jew, rather than merely en- by being constantly aware of the "The Pierced Earring: Store of Erie"
ject, causing! a loss of pleasure in German depression with homemade grossed in the ideological struggle world around us.
weapons. 8702 Pine Avenue—Erie, Pa.
recognizing the order and harmony of the Jews.
of Hie whole. Intense characterization of men, Mila 18 is a novel that once you Pause and still your mind!
With this habit of subdivision, women, boys and girls living in the have begun it becomes impossible Experience a change of pace.
real contemplation is becoming threat of German occupation pro- to put down until the last sentence
Slow down in your great j race Make Reservations Now At
ceeds the narrative of the actual is read.
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Uris uses the technique of tel- Cry, Exodus and Armageddon. For
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 Page 6 the merciad Friday, April 14,1967

imaginations explore mysteries of the english language

The English language is not only ment of death"—a gleaming silver original grintches and nurds mobile) of the cronk is oval and
mysterious for. a foreigner but also letter opener engraved with a fa- composed entirely of 'metal, while
for a native of this country. Its miliar H. He screamed inwardly as I |by Charlene Kienholz the Grintches had completed their the hando (The Plutonian word for
vast vocabulary bombards individ- he thought of his wife lying twist- task. The Nurds, though, had be- automobile which shows the sim-
We now know that a person can
uals dailymj. When one is unsure of ed on the floor, her trusting cf come desperate, because they al- ilarity of the Martian and Pluton-
be either a grintch or a nurd; but
a word, one may choose to learn ish face contorted in a half-finished from where does this idea origi- ways postponed their work until ian languages.! It is from these
the exact meaning, or may choose scream . . . the next day, accomplishing words that the J American word
nate? I was told that years ago,
to assume a likely definition. When Everything was \ against him — deep in the nomadic lands of nothing. The Grintches took quick "honda" is derived.) used by the
completely^ ignorant of a term, an timing, motive, and evidence. He Arabia, there existed two neighbor- action, replacing the .Nurd's un- yapoons is more tapered and con-
alternative would be to givelfree had no witnesses, no one to veri- ly tribes known as the Grintches sturdy, half-built wall with the sists of glass to give an over-all
reign to the imagination. Freshmen fy his alibi. He knew he was a con- and Kurds. They inhabited the same hardy mixture they used in view of the scenery. It is by these
in the Composition classes of Mrs. demned man; he'd given up hope Weagle Oasis, named after their building their half. Not sparing a vehicles that the two foreigners
Cirks employed their creative facul- after his second appeal. There was prudent ruler, King Wegle. Their minute, the Grintches cemented and have made their journey and now
ties in such an assignment. They no comfort for him enywhere ex- life together was always serene, smoothed, : and cemented and find themselves staring at a vast
used their imagination in develop- cept in his memories, and some- until one day their Weather Coun- smoothed, until an entire wall en- expanse of land that someone once
ing narrative themes y on |novel times even they seem distant and cil predicted a dreadful sandstorm circled the oasis. That night, sure named Earth. The schedule of their
"words." The following themes are hidden $ by the veil of time. But that would be strong enough to de- enough, a husky, sand-filled wind trip around the universe permits
1
the results of their efforts* today—today he remembered. He stroy their entire settlement, unless began to chisel at the wall, but it only a few hours on Earth, and
remembered that day two long never succeeded to shape a hole or during that?time they must gain
protective measures were taken.
years ago. He remembered that a break in it. By sunrise the next an accurate picture of Earthan
grintch vs. the people he'd quarreled with his wife, that Immediately, the king sent bids out
morning, the worst of the storm life. Their report is anxiously
he'd slammed the apartment door to the two tribes, requesting esti-
had passed, and soon people had be- awaited on their respective planets
by Paige Proser as he left. He remembered that his mates for the building of a massive
gun to assemble around King and is to be compiled in an* im-
l wall that would encircle the entire
All was still in the wide corri- neighbors had heard . . . f j
oasis. Since both the Grintches and
Weagle's royal tent, f portant document; the accuracy of
dor just beyond the courtroom. The His best friends testified against Nurds returned^ estimates of the The king emerged from the en- their report is of the utmost im-
only noise that disturbed the tomb- him. His best friends who'd played same rvalue, (30,000 Weaglands), trance of his tent, and gave a stim- portance, r
like quiet was the rhythmic tick- bridge with Helen and him on Sat- the king had no choice, but to hire ulating apeech,! honoring the The landing of the spaceships
ing of an ancient grandfather clock. urday % nights. His best friends them both. The Grintches were to Grintch tribe. Prom that day on, took place in an amusement park
Suddenly, asVif on cue, fifty re- who'd gone skiing with them two build the right side of the wall, King Weagle greatly respected the on the shore of a small lake in
porters swarmed into the , hall weeks before. «M Grintches, while he hardly trusted western ^ New York. As had been
and the Nurds, the left side. their custom on other plantes dur-
armed with ?t^$ck notebooks and He remembered that he'd walked the Nurds. In fact, this story
large | cameras. Flashbulbs popped for an hour, all the time wanting The efficient Grintches gathered spread throughout the| country, ing the trip, they went into the
as two determined-looking police- to go back to her and tell her how durable materials, and carefully where a legend soon developed ac- first building they saw to prevent
men escorted af haggard-looking sorry he was, how he needed her, planned the construction of \ their counting the good deeds of the making any false judgments based
man to the courtroom door.^*The how he loved her. He rememberd portion of the wall. On the other Grintches, and the inferior deeds simply on the terrain of the area.
man's bloodshot eyes searched the that he finally did swallow all that hand, the less energetic | Nurds of the Nurds. It has even been The sight that met their eyes as
crowd for a sympathetic face, but manful pride of his. He remem- grabbed handy materials, and with- passed on to our generation, be- they entered the bulding was some-
found none. He wearily lowered bered how they'd laughed about the out much contemplation, began cause some of us today still refer what ' startling at first, but they,
his eyes and allowed himself to be whole incident, how they'd forgot- piling up their mixture in the form to a desirable person as a grintch, gradually adjusted to it and soon
led into:the courtroom. A hushed ten it in such a short time. He re- of a wall. When the day before the while to a less desirable person as became t very excited about their
silence fell over the crowd as he membered how delighted she'd predicted sandstorm had arrived, a nurd. new discovery. Earth was the only
planet they had visited where
painfully lowered himself into the been with|the little present he'd people had wheels on their feet and
defendant's chair. He rose dutifully bought her because she'd cut her help, help. I loved her so much." An Adventure of o glided across the floor rather than
as the Judge came in and routine finger opening the telephone bill His frail body racked with sobs, he cronk and a yapoon walked. (The cronk and the yapoon
courtroom preliminaries took place. just the day before . . . gathered all the strength that was
left in him and! grabbed for the by|Mary Grace Cross never realized that they were ob-
After two almost unbearable min- The clerk in the silver shop tes- serving an Earthan sport called
utes, he sank limply to his seat. He tified that Grintch had bought the letter opener. With one last pitiful A cronk and a yapoon have many
roller skating.) The cronk and the
vaguely heard someone announce letter opener the day before the cry of "Helen,"* he plunged the similarities, a surprising fact when yapoon, at this point, became so
that the case of Grintch vs. the murder. letter Jopener into his heaving you consider the vast differences in
anxious to report their monumental
People had begun. chest. their backgrounds. Both are chub-
He remembered \ that he'd gone discovery that they postponed the
Once more the flashbulbs popped by, about four feet tall, and closely
His eyes slowly circled the out that night to get something for remainder of their trip and, with an
as Grintch's body was removed resemble an Irish leprechaun. Their 'accurate" description of life on
courtroom and came to rest on the Helen's cold. He remembered com-
from the courtroom. Astihestretch- languages are closely related and Earth, departed to their respective
jury. He was struck by the realiza- ing back to find her . m jm i mn mi
er disappeared down the corridor, consist of short, staccato syllables, planets where theyjwere acclaimd
tion that they'd already judged Suddenly the courtroom was fill-
the reporters scurried off in all di- which when spoken sound very as national heroes. To this day the
him. He shifted his gaze to the ed with anguished cries of "Helen,
rections. much like a record album? being Martians and the Plutonians think
table at his right and shuddered Helen darling, I can't stand it
The clock ticked on. played at the 78 speed. that the human beings on the plan-
visibly. There it was, the "instru- without you. Oh help me, somebody
Of course, since the cronk and et Earth move with wheels on their
the yapoon come from entirely dif- feet.
local ham operator has internatioal hobby ferent planets there fare bound to
be a few differences between them.
f £

Mr. Leo Weiner, father of Lor-

raine, a freshman, is quite a
The cronk/ born and raised on
Mars, has found?the principles of
the game
"bam" W t % his Martian ancestors to be quite
rewarding, while the yapoon, a
of the year j
This might seem like a rather On April 19, ^sports-minded
insulting remark, but to Mr. Wein- native of Pluto, is equally satis-
representatives of the Mercy-
er it is not. Over the past years, he fied with the more liberal ideas of
hurst student body will once
has grown accustomed to this nick- the Plutonians. The means of trans-
again meet the Mercy hurst fac-
name'for "amateur radio operat- portation employed by each is an-
ulty in a spirited game of vol-
ors," since he is among those men other obvious difference. The han-
leyball. The two factions will
and women who operate private, doo (the Martian word for auto-
challenge each pother in an at-
short-wave radio stations as a tempt to discover the champions
hobby. fine arts of the volleyball court.
By means of Morse code or di- (Continued from Page 5) The annual activity, which
rect"; conversation, hams communi- inates the j huge expanse of park often proves to be one of {the
cate with each other in all parts is so vivid, and the sound of the highlights of the school year,
of the world. Since he received his wind through the trees iis so fine- will be held in the Mercyhurst
license at the age of eighteen, Mr. ly heard that | one is tempted to gymnasium.
Weiner has talked with stations as see the color itself as the protag-
faraway as Australia and Japan. onist, at least'as symbolic of the It goes without saying that the
Once he even contacted a man on a redemptive powers of nature, and film is tremendously sad as well as
floating iceberg in the arctic. But possibly,' by extension, as symbolic honest.
in the last four years, his interest of natural law. |
has turned to | American stations telephone. samples include birthday and get Antonionil gives much less, or
well wishes, and Easter greetings. gives as much but more cryptically. $' Burhenn's Pharmacy
through the National Traffic Sys- Sending such radiograms is easy Comer 38th St. and Pine Ave.
tem. Once the ham has the ^message It goes without saying that both
for the public. One need only con- Phone 456-7762
and other necessary information, films are tremendously sad as well
According to Mr, Weiner, j this tact a ham and tell him {the mes-
he will start it on its way through as honest. ^ Erie, Penna.
national organization of hams sage he wishes to send, along with
the organized! maze of relays that Could the innocence of the young
sends short messages for people his name and address, those of the
will lead to its destination. | girl in the last frame of La Dolce
across the j country by radio. By recipient, and his phone number if
means of an organized relay sys- known. Hams will radio j simple Mr. Weiner is ready and willing Vita ever possibly redeem the
weary and depraved culture of the Good Books in All Fields
tem, hams radio these messages greetings of twenty-five^words or to send radiograms for the Mercy-
from station to station until they less anywhere in the United States hurst community. As his family Italian upper class? ERIE BOOK STORE
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ever, should not be so important welcomes all the 'business" he can seekers ?
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