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Richard Pattee, renownedd a ppearance at Mercy hurst

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Pattee/s first apperance atfin Dece mber,when he spoke on Spain.

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. . . of college students rated in "Who's Who". Corner picture,Donna Byers; reading across, Barbara Klein, Pauline Solida; reading down, Geraldine Kingston, Julia EUermeyer, Maryann Cutri ,Paul ine Turner.! I

College To Hold DanceFor NFCCS Charitied j

G an n o n Commons will be decorated in the finest of?autumn fashions on Saturday, November 7, in accordance with the theme of theHarvest Moon Charity Ball . The annual dance is sponsored by theMercyhurst chapter of the NFCCS.Highlight of the dance will be the crowning of the queen. Following her coronation, she and her court wil l dance with their escorts tothe strains of "Shine on Harvest Moon," played by Joe Comi's orches tra. Dancing will be from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m.Candidates for the royal throne have been nominated by eachclass. Representing the senior class is Ann Downing; the junior class,Marjorie Cummiskey. Betty Jean

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Who' s CandidatesChosen B y Faculty Votej

j $ | | Representing Mercyhurst College in the 1953-1954 edit ion of Who'sWho Among Students mJ American Colleges andlUnivers i t i es" will beseven seniors: Do nna Byers, Youngs town, Ohio; Ma ryann Cutri ,! Erie;Ju l i a Ellermeyer, Kit tanning, Pa.; Geraldine Kingston, Erie; BarbaraKlein, Warsaw, NjY.; Pauline Solida, Leech burg,! IPa.; an d >PaulineTurner, Centervil le, Pa. These students were selected for this nationalhonor by the faculty onlthe basis off leadership in ]college activities,scholast ic achievement, service to the school, contribution to extra-curricularf activit ies, and potential usefulc**s to society.Donna Byers is the curren tPresident of the Student Council .She served as president of her

Bisgrove and Rosa Spil lane represent the sophomore and! freshman classes ^respectively. Th eamount of money donated by theindividual classes will determinewhich nominee will! become theHarvest Moon Queen.Overseas ProgramProceeds of the dance J will begiven to fine Overseas Program ofthe NFCCS whichSj aids foreignstudents both abroad and in? college here. Funds are distributedbylthe central agency of Pax Ro-mana.

General chairman Edith Lauler,wil l! be assistedf by the followingcommittee chairmen: Mary Kien-zle, t ickets; Mary Ann Scirto, decorations; Catherine McCarthy,blind dates; Joanne Harlovicfh,posters; Kathleen Braeger, pub

l ici ty; Margaret Hirsch, orchestra;and Marilyn Abahazi , refreshments. Helen Kennedy is in chargeof contacting!the alumnae, whileAlyce Weber has made arrangements for the sale of corsages atthe dance!

rutcvta,ma * fOctober 30 Senior Hallowe'enDance at Gannon.November 5Dr. Richard Pattee.November 7NFCCS Dance.November 12, 13, 14 . "HastyHear t " a t Gannon. |November 16-20Quarterly E x ams.November 18George L. Lehrer.November 24 Gannon JuniorProm.

class in her fresh man and sophomore years and was Glee Clubpresident and associate editor ofthe Merciad as a junior. An activemem ber of AA, the Dram aticSociety, and Great Books, Donnafinds time for her major, English,and her minor subjects, historyan d psychology.*Maryann Cut r i , a class officerin her sophomore and junior yearsand at present vice-president ofher major club,|Science S eminar,isja member of the first group ofmedical technology stud ents ! totake, part in the interning program at St . Vincent 's Hospital .Mary ann is also a memb er ofGreat Books and the Glee Club.She is supplementing her technician course with an English minorJulia Ellermeyer, also interningthis year at S t . Vincent 's for herdegree in medical technology, isa zealous member of the AA, theDramatic Society, and the Student Board of Discipline, in eachof whichfshe has held offices. Majoring in biology an d minoring inchemistry, Judy is active in theScience Seminar.Geraldine Kingston has represented Mercyhurst for the pasttwo years at the National StudentAssociation! conventions. ' Thispast summer! Gerry% was electedState Treasurer of% the Pennsyl vania c hapter of NSA. A studentin the home economics depa rtment, she has chosen educationas he.r minor. A member of GleeClub and Student Council , Gerryhas also served her class as vice-president inSher junior year! an dis now secretary of the class.

Barbara Klein is this year'sPrefect of Sodali ty. An art major,she is leaving a last ing contribut ion Mercyhurs t injthe mural swhich ado rn the Lit t le Theatrewalls and ceil ing. A member ofthe Dramatic Society and a minorin that field, Barbara has appeared on the stage at Mercyhurstmany t imes, most recently in"Brigadoon."

Pauline Solida is editor of Mer-cyhurst's highly rated yearbook,Praeteri ta. Last year, Pauline presided over the Press Club. Alsovery active in dramatics, she hasbeen vice-president of both theDramatic Society and Alpha

^m M E R C I A DVol. XXV, No. 2 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, ERIE, PA. October 28, 1953

Fall Conventions]Freshmen, SophomoresAttract Students Select! C lass LeadersRecent conventions at tended byMercyhurst students were held inPit tsburgh, Pa., and Buffalo, N. Y.'A leg Western Pennsylvania Sociology Convention was held at theUniversi ty of Pit tsburgh on October 2 7. Just prioi to that date, onOctober 22, 23, and 24, BuffaloState Te.acher's College was thesite of the Provincial Home Economics Workshop.Delegates to the sociology convention were: Marlene DeMattia,Pauline Turner, Mary Mullaney,Pat Royer, and Janet Bremmer.Accompanying the girls was Sister M. Victorine, head of tlhe so ciology department.Representatives Margaret Foley and Vicky? Argana resided atthe Buffalo college while attending the home ec. workshop.Yet to be held is the Pre-Medi-cal Convention in Philadelphia,Pa., on October 31 . Sponsored| bythe Pennsylvania Delta Chapterof Alpha Epsilon Delta, the convention will at tract delegatesMarge Will iams, Roberta Bartko-wiak, Bunny Walters, and JoanKa m mermeierl

Recent classg elections! revealsophomore officers to be: JeanHeavey, president, and {KathleenCooper, vice-president. The freshmen filled their top positions withSheila Flynn, president; Marguerite* McLaughlin, vice-president,Evelyn Tyburski , secretary; andMarcia Meagher, Itreasurer.Sophomore president Jean Heavey is an English major, and amember of the English Clubjt th eI. R. CM and the Great BooksClub. Vice-president Kay Cooper,an elementary education major, isa member of tine Glee Club. 5Sheila Flynn is a graduate ofOur Lady of Mercy JHigh School

in Rochester, N. Y., where she hadthe lead in her senior class play.Sheila was also a Glee Club soloist.Margueri te McLaughlin, agraduate of Villa Maria Academyin Erie, is a business major and amember of Uhe National HonorSociety.Business major, Evelyn Tyburski, l is a graduate of MercyhurstSeminary where she was Saluta-torian and editor of the school paper. *}Also a graduate of Our Lady ofMercy High S chool "in Roc hester,N. Y., is Marcia .^leagher^who w asassistant editor ^of the year book.

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Omega, dramatic honor fraternity. Majoring in English and minor-ing in history, Pauline plans tobecome la ^newspaper repor terafter graduation.Paulme Turner is the leader ofthe Young Christ ian Students onthe Mercyhurst campus. She hasattended numerous YCS studentweeks held in various parts of thecountry . Vice -president of he rmajor club, Sociology Seminar,Pauline is also a member of theSodality Central Council and theGreat Books Club,. . J of the class of '57 helping to provide smooth sail ing for the1953-54 school year are, left to right: Marguerite McLaughlin,Sheila Flynn, Marcia Meagher, and Evelyn Tyburski ,

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TU, BRUTE!"And Brutus was an honorable man" . . . Shakespeare.In all l i terature there are no more stinging words of sarcasm than these voiced by Mark Antony aboutfthe murdererof Caesar. Antony shows his contempt for Brutus in one ironicword"honorable". Brutus coulcflnot be "honorable" because

he ^hadjharmed Shis state, his community, his fellowman.Mercyhurst College is our stateour community. It lisa state with a Student Government which works with its administration and faculty for harmonious living. Rules andregulations are necessary for guidance along the paths ofcompatibility, consistency, and ^harmony. And those who areat variance with these guides, as set up by the'government,are doing an injustice to their community . . . as did Brutus .

The honor of the Mercyhurst Studentjhas become part ofher own integrity. It has become her own responsibility. It isshe, a chosen representative, who serves on the Student Council, the Student Board of Discipline, or as a student governingofficer (a monitor). It is she who makes community rules and |sees that they are obeyed. It has all become part of her responsibility. Her government is no longer a concept, but aworking reality.Now, is the Mercyhurst student ready to go a step further? Is she ready to accept the realization that better scholarship must be promoted by the insurance that each student doesher own work and only her own work on examinations andother academic assignments? She must feel that both the unwritten and written law binds her to do her own work. Shemust take the Seventh Commandment, accept it, and make itsa working part of her role as student. She must hold herselfresponsible to her classmates, her I instructor, and her God.It is up to every student to be convinced that any violationof academic honor must be handled by the personal integrityof the student, or those in proper authority, in order to protect the welfare of the community and the errant individual.We, the Istudents of Mercyhurst, must develop a k e e n !academic honor or else do irreparable harm to the fellow members of our stateas did Brutus.

You Are The] NfCCSYou, by the very fact that you are attending a CatholicCollege, are a member of the NFCCS, that is, The NationalFederation of Catholic College Studen ts. |Students need each other. The more you work with otherstudents and share each other's ideas, the richer person youwill be and the better will be your own self-development. Thisidea forms the backbone of the Federation. Therefore, sinceJ it is the group effort which chiefly concerns us, it natura llywould follow that the NFCCS would be chiefly concerned withL co-curricular activities.With your student sport^and party life, and mere passive recreation, NFCCS does not concern itself. These are apart of your student life, but they can be handled adequate^on a local basis and do not call for concerted effort. Their onlylikely connection with Federation objectives would be as experiments in the modes of recreation proper to you as Christian Students or as fund-raising devices.You will find that the NFCCS is divided into elevengroups or commissions that are co-ordinated with the variousextra-curricular activities of the college. The job of Jthesecommissions is to help you in your clubs in any way they can,whether it be in furnishing you with suggestions, printedmaterial, panel discussions, or getting other students to speakto you on different matters. Some off he active commissionshere at Mercyhurst areCatholic Action, Missiology, Mario-logy, Family Life, and International Relations. Ideas are gathered from all the Catholic Colleges in thelU. S. and thengiven to you through these particular channels. So you cansee the great misconception here at Mercyhurstthe IRC is|*itNFCCS and NFCCS is not IRC. The IRC U merely a smallcog in a big wheel. I > ? !The NFCCS Overseas Programs help our foreign stu dentssome

Iderto carry out this program. Your NFCCS Charity Ball is Mer-cyhurst's own particular way of contributing to this greatprogram. j?So, you see, you as a member of the NFCCS cant do awealth of good. The U. S. Congress will listen to us at anytime, for they realize our great significance But, then, howcan we fail with our Federation being dedicated to God throug hthe Immaculate Heart of MaryJ * i y f

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Should 'HurstEliminate D ance?

A topic arousing much interestand discussion is that of the el imination of one of the dances fromthe school 's social calendar. Because of the close sequence of theSophonade. and the Winter Carn ival, i t has been suggested that oneof these dances be cancelled,thereby making the remain ingone, a l arger , more e laborateevent. Another suggestion wasthat the Junio r prom would besponsored by the th ree classesrather than by the Junior classalone as has been done in thepast . With these thoughts in mind,our inquiring reporter asked thestudents for their opinions on thismat ter .

Sis McCabe, senior, said, " 'Eliminate the Sophonade. All ourdances are on the order of theSophonade but we have only one"Winter Carnival". Claire Scha-ming had this to say: "I feel thatas long as quanti ty is sacrificed forquali ty, the[Sophonade should beeliminated. If, however, the quality could be raised lwithout el iminating eitheu danoe, then thesocial calendar should remain thesame.itUnderclassmen Opinions

Responding from the Juni orclass were Edith Lauler andMarkie Foley.t Thei r opinion w asthis: "If we el iminate the Sophonade, let 's al l join forces to makethe Junior prom Ja strict ly formalaffair that means? the girls informals and the fel lows in tuxedos. We could call i t the SeniorBall with the freshmen, {sophomores, and juniors sponsoring it."'Dayhop sophomore Phyll isNarby had a new idea: "Let 'skeep the Sophonade and el iminatethe dance Saturday knight duringthe Winter Carnival ." Judy Glea-son replied with: *Td ra therhave one dance sacrificed if theothe.r ones could be made moreworthwhilesomething we couldbe proud of!" Lorraine Enrightsaid, "No matter what dance weeliminate, and thereby e laborateon the other one, I don't thinkwe should make it compulsory forthe fellows to wear tuxedos ordinner jackets."

"Although we've never at tended any dances at Mrcyhurst ," saidfreshmen Ina Smith and Mary AnnMcHugh, "we would rather seethe Sophonade el iminated thanthe. Winte r Carniva l." >So you can see there are manylively opinions on this matter thatreflect interest and school spirit.What will^be done? That remainsto be seen. ':

MERCEDES MERCIAD* 5 3 Is su e Enters Archives

( Apologies To Webster)Late at night , after 10:30 l ightshave been flashed and al l is quieta t the "Hurs t " , unbeknown to you*activ ity | is just beginning J in the

archives. For i t is then tlhat th epast issues of the Merciad c r aw lout of their bindings and hasftiover old t imes.Miss Mercedes Merciad of 1953,dangling a "participle (swinging akeychain) , cased her new hangout .After wiping her suede print onthe crazy, oriental rug, she gaveou t wifi a cool, "Feature this!"She was strict ly from shock dueto al l the strang e, new sightswhen *her "Big sister,".? Vol. 22,No. 1, Oct., '50, came to greet her."Come in; we've been wait ing foryou. We were afraid you'd missedyour deadl ine." Wi th tha*t sh ewas whisked througti the s t acksand into the smoker where al l the

lounge l i t erature hung out .As soon as she was sett led comfortably, with a bott le of printer 'sink, the old fogies of the news-rack began to re la te thei r exper i ences. Vol. 1. No. 1, De c, ' 2 9 ,started, as usual , to bra g abo utbeing the pioneer of t ine Mercaidfamily. "Of course," he gloated," I was a twelve page quar ter ly ."With that , he began to polish uphis already sh iny print . "A realgone blockhead," th ough t l i t t leMercedes . But hav ing great respect for iher elders, she re frainedfrom commenting.By this t ime, the conversationhad gotten out of hand. June '43

was arguing with Dec. '44 t h a tgreen pr in t was much more s t r i king than her old blue print .'46 was balanced on top of a news-rack trying to show everyone whyit ;was more comfortable to haveyour banner in the middle. Andsome l i t t le magazine was walkingaround with her headline in theair. Mercedes approachd Jan.,'48|and quipped, "Check Queenie, |she thinks she's the most, to saythe least!" "fcie was the first^attempt at a straight l i terary magazine," replied Jan., '48 "and i t 'sobliviously gone to her headline."March , '47, being a friendlypaper, strolled over and congratulated Mercedes on the pressaward . "You know Lwas the firstMerciad to be in the AssociatedCollocate Press so I feel justlyproud ."Checking an issue without fapublishing date, Mercedes sleezedover and asked, "What 's your major malad jus tment? '^"It happ ened in about '43. Iwas left around the staff roomtooJlongSand, as often happens atMercyhurst , I got left without adate!"

W.JliatlBeauty . . .in Mary's ImmaculateConception. . . in the brilliant au - in tine fire red ofi . in the perfectedin the aspiration of pray-in Beauty itself Christ .

tumn colors.]a fall sunset,soul. .erf. .T r u t h . . . . i n M ar y 's D i vi neMotherhood. . . in our onenesswith the Word-Made-Flesh. . .inthe wisdom of eternity. . .in ou rintellectual heritage. . .in embracing the Divine Will . . in Truth it-Self Christ .

Goodness . . . in Mary 's lov ingintercession. . . in the Seven Sacraments in the purity of thespotless soul;* . in manifestat ionsof Divine LoVe. .An His prudenceof all existing things. . . in Goodness itself Christ.

1 t h a n k Thee, Lord, who artBeauty, Truth and Goodness, andwho dwells here with us. You areour inspirat ion. Give us strengthto follow YOUR way to perfection

Ju st then Mercedes noticed aweird looking semi-monthly andwe nt to inv estigate . It turned outto be. a monstrosity of headlines,with the. caption, "experiment","Som eon e mu st have goofed onth i s one," she figured.Sh e t ur ne d to look at anotherby- line wh en a noise startled her.Eve ry-on e; immediately ran forcover and "our little newspaper"jumped next to Vol. 11, Jan., 31,who seemed to be a fairly largepap er. "W hat 's w ith this place?"she inq uir ed in a quivering voice."It 's tha t Mortician's .Examineragain," she mumbled.

In a mat ter of minutes, foelights we re blazing again and thepa rty stay ed in full swing untildawn'broke on th e hill. Mercedesthe n st ash ed herself in her drapedbinding . :Fe elin g pr oud and satisfied tobe one of thes e cool copies, shethought to iherself, "Man theseare. re al nerv ous . That is to saythe greatest!" (We think so, too*.

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Ex pla na tio n of Bop Languagefor t he benef it of the Faculty,cased : g ave it the once oversuede: cat mater ia lcrazy orie ntal rug : found in everyBopper's Jhomecool: l i t t le warm er than cold, j jfea ture : ty pe of a rticle found inth e Merciad.strictly from shock: way out of itgoofed: flubbed.stashed: stowed.draped: real circulation stopper.

Erie OffersMusic, DramaThe sev enth season of the EnePh ilha rmo nic Society opened onOctober 20 with a concert featurin g i this year's conductor. Mr.Jam es Sam ple^ formerly with thePortland Symphony orchestra.| Th e ne xt presentation^ will{given on November 17 andfeaturing Mrs. Charles Henderson'organist at the Church of the Co -enant.f On December 8 and 9, tnPhi lharm onic Chorus will be spo-lighted . T he highlight of the program will , be H andel 's "MesaaJ-The January 19 a n d p presenttion will feature the famous J

seph Limon Dance Companys tar r ing Mrs . Fritz Mahler, wof the former Philharmonicducor. pcialT he ^Society offers a spestudent price; $5.00 for a seat icket , $.85 for a single P1*mance. wriedOne of the widely p u b l i c^outlets of local talent is tnCivic Playhouse. The scheduieNovember offers to all an oppj^tunity for learning and enter"ment ^through its well-se*cPlays. lay, IThe hilarious Broadway P"You Can't Take It With | ^has been scheduled tentativelyNovember 17. It is a family *the main plot of which is a ygirl's problems with an eoce ^famiay. The play promises t o ^ford real entertainment for yand old alike. wa y| " S t a l a g 1 7 " h as made itsin to t h e h e a r t s of those wno ^th e m o v ie in wh ich th e cti"a^f fl ief tends to cover up the rheser io u s n a tu re of our war Pscheduledof & *em s . T h e play is scb eg in o n t h e twenty-third

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. . vie for the honor of Queen of the "Harvest Moon Ball ." PicMarjorie Cummiskey, Ann Downing, Rosa\

ses Pled ge T o SupportTo paraphrase an old maxim, "Queenly is as queenly does." "

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Hursf Sportster RevealsW eek from Her Dairy

Monday, the beginning of another week. Oh. there certainlywas a lot of splashing down atAcademy today. No, this time itwasn't the practice teachers bidding farewell; it was t|he Mercy-hurs t mermaids in the swim.Straight hair was the fashion atdinner tonight for the beginners,intermediates, and life savers."Oh, the pa in!" was the quotable quote today, for it is Tuesdayand the educated feet have beenkicking everything in reach out atthe soccer field. It surely wouldbe great if more girls would comeout. I t 's so hard to fill twe nty -two positions with only six people."Wednesday fencing and hiking were the sports of the day.After stabbing my partner fourteen times in the heart, I was almost too Aweary to hike line threeflights of stairs to the Studen tBoard of Discipline. But then, Inever miss any sports."Spares and Strikes Forever"was chorused from the Blue Rib

bon bowling alleys today as thesportsters were rolling up thoseprecious A. A. points.Here it is Fridaytand as classesdraw to a close this afternoon,many avid basketeers will gatherin the gym. Who knows, some of, |iem may dribble their way tofame when the dream of a varsityteam comes true. Rumor has it,this may be the year!Saturday and Sunday are setaside for just plain rest here atthe Hurst. However, it is suggested that one should dive into thebooks, get some kick into thestudying, and strike 100 pointson all those tests.And so, as this is Sunday night,this tired reporter will close nowand try to get a little rest withher philosophy book under herhead so she' ll be ready for classtomorrow.P. S.Incidentally, her life-saving manual is clutchedHightlyin her hand.

Pre-Hallowe'en Frisking The Files"M" Day Held

"M" day arrived. We knew itwas "M" day because it cameright after "L" day, and "M" always follows "L".

"M" is for masquerade or simply, "Make the most outfof yourroommate's bedspread and comeen masse to our masked menage riev." I*"M" day was being held a weekin advance of Hallowe'en as anexperiment to see how resourceful the Mercyhurst Misses couldbe before the real party . 'No -costumes were to be bou ght for the jmasquerade .

Preparations were being madeon the various floors during theday; only a few students were reported on the ceiling. All were ingay, yet pensive, moods for themost original costume was to wina prize. Every now and then astrain of '"Tiptoe on the Tow-[ path" would reach the front campus. Strange things just kept happening all day at the 'Hurst.The time for the m asquerade

was upon us. We rounded up allthe stray black cats from theneighborhood and all the blackbats from the tower. We had themexchange costumes and the blackcats came as black ba ts ; the blackbats came as black cats. . . .no onerecognized any of them.Such gaiety the lounge has never seen. The sophomores camein their gym suits as a box ofclorets. The freshmen came withthe food. The juniors came downthe back steps and were sneakingaway from the school when theyheard there were refreshments. . .they retraced their steps. Theseniors came, as seniors will, late.Someone came through | on abroomstick but never stoppedlong enough for us to find ou t

who it was.What about the fabulous costumes? Oh, they aren't too import a n t . I won anyway for I came as"The Plaid Rabbit" and receivedthe prize, the writing of this report.

25 YEARS AGO-Well, 24 . . .1 December 29, 1929. Vol. 1, No. Iissue of th e M ere i ad lis publis hed.And twelve pages at that.June 30, 1930. Graduation issuehits the newsstands. I t containsphotographs of 1/he graduatesallten of them! !15 "YEARS AGOOctober 1938. Sophs in itiateFreshmen Freshmen fashion:beltless dresses, green dinks, andplacards, sans make-up. I t wasreported that their attire bore noresemblance to the creation of anAdr ianor a Dior.September 26. Math Club holdsfirst meeting of New Year. Threehonorary members were acceptedinto the club.October 29. Muriel Lehman '39w e d s ! John Fleck enl (you knowJohn) at St. Catherines, Dubois.10 YEARS AGOI O ctober 29, 1943. Gatew ay atfoot of driveway is erected forconvenience of day students.Christened "T hat L ittle ,Bi t ofMercyhurst on 38th Street."October 12. The ad minis trationof Mercyhurst announces the appointment of Sr. M. Francesca asthe Freshman class advisor. Sister Francesca reminds her freshmen to "work as though everything depended onlyou, and prayas thouglh everthing depended onGod."5 YEARS AGOOctober 28, 1948. Bishop M c-Manaman is consecrated auxiliary Bishop of the 1prie Diocese inSt. Peter 's Cathedral.October 15. Sophomore Classholds first Open House of theyear"Merry j MeJody Mix" "Gannonites dance divinely!"

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y.ie Sodality of Mercyhurst, bya unanimous decision, has adoptedits tow n personal missionary thisyear. This particular missionaryis of special interest to us here atMercyhurst because he is the brother of our own Doctor MarthaHaley, 'Fa ther John Haley.Father Haley's parish is locatednear Las Rocado Santo Domingo(The Rocks of Saint Dominic), asmall town in the province ofChile. The parish is | thi rty- fivemiles in? width and consists! ofeight ^missions. Previously all histraveling iha s been chiefly byhorseback but a recently acquiredjeep has shortened the distancebetween his missions a great deal.Mercyhurst was very p r oud l to beable to contribute the first hundred dollars toward this ieep. Infact, Mother M. Borgia was one ofl i e first passengers in this samejeep.Itlisfnotr h ard to imagine a? fewof the many difficulties FatherHaley must face daily in his chosen work.];We might stop to consider men like. Fath er w hen w eare complaining about our ownfew hardsh ips. Let's all do t ourpart to help Fatfier Haley thisyear, Iboth materially and spiritually. I think you will agree thathe deserves as muchjhe lp as wecan possibly give him.

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As Th e Gavel FallsAt the October m eeting of the Art Club, Mary Lou Scalise reportedon the convention^ She recen t ly \attended in Chicago. The sophomoremembers told of the subject matter of their term papers which includedsuch topics as Impressionism and Modern Art. The possibility of havingspeakers for future meetings Is being considered.The Education Seminar is planning a discussion entitled "StudyingYour Pup il." I t will include suc h topics as the basic principles of development, ind ividual differences, m ethod s and techniques, personalexperiences, and criticism based on authority. The Seminar is carryingout such projects as teaching crippled children to swim, conductingstory hours at the Booker T. Washington Settlement, and entertainingat underprivileged children's homes in the Erie district.At the first I . R. C. meeting two yj :%very per t .nent questions were discussed: l ine Br icker Amendment ,by Donna Cutrona and Edi thLauler ; land the pro blem of RedChina's admission to the U. N. , byMary McCar thy and Barbara

Barnes .Pa tr ica Moran, former S tudentCouncil President, will speak att h e next Sociology . Seminarmeeting. She will tell the club ofher experiences as a psychiatricsocial work er} at War ren StateHospital.At the first meeting of the Dramatics Society the freshmen wereentertained by Alpha Psi Omegamembers. They presented a program consisting of excerpts fromthree, major Dramatic Society productions, "Dear Octopus," "NineGirls", and "Brigadoon". A pan-tomine, in addition to scenes fromthe plays, "I Remember Mama"and "Suds In Your Eye," was re-enacted.Members of the Athletic Association discussed the possibilities of starting a varsity basket- |ball te.am this year. Bids will besent to Villa Maria and othernearby colleges inviting them toplay against our team. It was alsodecided that t/he members of theclub make posters in order to

build up a greater interest insports.The new members of the FrenchClub provided the entertainmentfor the first club meeting. A talkon Laval University, Quebec,Canada, and its method of teaching Frendh, wa s! also featured.The English-Club was entertained at tTieir first meeting bythe. freshmen who, for their initiation into the club, chose impersonations of famous chara cters

from c lassical litera ture. As themee ting proceed ed, the oldermem bers discussed the life andworks of Hilaire Belloc. Dr. Haleyguest sp eaker, gave-a talk on thedifferent f ields open in the worldtoday for the grad uate Englishmajor .As an introd uction into theScience? Sem ina r, the freshmenwer e tak en on a complete tourof the different College Hall labswith an explanation of the functions of each one. An open discussion fo llow ed wh ich enabled tftiene.w members to gain additionalinformation.Th e fea tur e of the programpres ente d by the O. G. A. was"Alum nae Night", Several members of th e c lass of '53 were invited as guest speakers: Mrs.George Johnson, Miss Pat Liebel,Misses Janet and - Joan Davis andMiss A nn Senn ett. In addition, abrief history of the club was given and t hr ee scrap books werepresented to slhow the membersthe work of the club throughoutits existence. I

The freshmen were initiatedint o the Home. Ec Club on October 20. Pr actice -teach ing seniorsrepo rted to the c lub on their experien ces. Plan s for the OpenHouse on November 20 were dis- jcussed. 1Coming Soonl

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