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"Just like home", Barbara Cavanaugh, sophomore home economicsmajor, seems to be saying as she demonstrates new equipment to freshmen Mary Ann Schmidt and JoanneRinaldo on their tour throughthe revamped home economics department. $

HomeEc Dept. Facilities

Expanded at MercyhurstMercyhurst 's building program, completed last spring, haspaved the way for expansion within the school as? welly as without.All library facilities arenowihoused in the new library building, andspace made available ]by this removal has been utilized to provide anextra assembly hall and to expand the homeeconomics depar tment .

f In addition ito being enlarged, the home economics departmenthas been modernized. The third floor roomswhich were originallyS'tack an d preference rooms have been converted intoa clothing f lab-oratory, complete with fitting, reference, and storage rooms. A lecture room has take n over the quarters previously occupied by theclothing laboratory.

Students in the Home Nursingclass have been provided with aspecial nursing room in whichtheir lecture\ andr lab work will

stainless steel equipment and appliances carry out the. moderntheme of-:!the twin work areas.

be cari-ieu on .

The foods laboratoryi has been

rejmodeled to include two unitkitchens in addition to the individual work areas. These unitsclosely| simulate home kitchens,and extra touches such as knick-knac k shelves add to the, authenticity. Overhead! cabinets andformica-topped c o u n t e r s * areamong the functional features ofthe new arrangement. T he department! has also added an uprigh t freeze.r t o the labor atory.Students will work with it intheir units on modern methodsof food preservation. A cheerfulyellow and white with greenmakes$up the color scheme, and

Faculty IncludesFew'53Changes

The 1953-54 school year hasmea nt few faculty chan ges atMercyhurst.

Sister Mary Charles, formerlyassociate professor of chemistryand physics, has been given aleave of absence to study for herdoctorate at Carnegie Te.ch. SisterMary Inez, instructorlin music, isat p resent teaching^ in Franklin,Pa .

New mem bers of the Mercyhu rst College, faculty in clude Si st e r ! Mary Suzanne and Roxana

Downing. Sister Suzanne, whowill join the education department, has specialized in eleme.n-tary education. Miss Do w n-ing, a Mercyhurst graduate ofthe class of '53, will be an instructor in the art department.

enfs StartMedical TechYear {Course

First students to enroll in themedical technology course recently arranged |by St. Vincent 'sHospital and M ercyhurst have be- .gun work at the hospital laboratory. Doing theirJlnternship ar eMary Ann Cutri, Judy Ellermey-er, Sophia Mazionyte, and VijaOdeiko.

The girls, having completedover three, years of pr eparat ory^study, are on duty eight hours aday, five days a week, working

three hours on Saturday. In Dec-ember, they must be prepared forweekend duty when emergenciesmay arise. June will mark thebeginning of night callsfoi th egirls.

The course includes workingin the seven departments of thelaboratory: blood bank, bacteriology, histology, hemotology, urinalysis, biochemistry, and waitingroom, which takes pre-natal,premarital, andfpre-admission cases.Time must also be spent ti in thesterilizing room. Additional courses will be taken inthe. evening atthe college.

A probation period of two weeksi s | spent by each girl in each departm ent* during which time shereceives the general outlook ofthe department. After this periodof three months, she will spend janother five weeks in each de-..partment participating in itsact-;'ual jwork. A total of twelvemon ths is require d for each girlto complete fte r internship.

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Student Body Mass Opens

School Year On Sept 24Student Body Mass, celebrated by Rev. Daniel Martin in theChap-el of Christ the King, marked the official opening of the 1953-4school!year on Thursda y, Septem ber 24. After a brief addressimwhich Father invoked God's blessingonlthem individually and on theschool year, the student body gathered in the Little Theatre for aconvocation with Mother M. Borgia, dean of the college.

ALL-AMERICANNotification was received yes

terday that the M E R C I A D I h as

been awarded the * All- Americanrating by the Associated CollegiatePress. This rating, the highestaward given by the association, isbeing received by theMERCIADfor the first time in its 24-yearhistory. Mary Lou Dwyer, editorof last year's MERCIAD, headedthe staff which was responsiblefor the superior paper.

Frosh ReceiveSeniors, Sophs Cap and GownInvite C olleges Q n October 21To Open House

For the {benefit of PRAETER-ITA, the seniors and their {sisterclass, the sophomores, will sponsor an Open House Friday evening, October 2, from nine totwelve .

Invitations have been sent bychairman M arlene, De-Mattia andco-chairman Patricia Murphy tos tudents a t Gannon, BehretndCenter, Allegheny, Niagara, Alliance, and Edinboro. Pat Nearbyhas engaged Bob Conner's Combo to furnish music for dancing.

Hostesses for the eveningwillbe the mem bers of the senior andsophomore classes! Kay Canadaand her committeeare busy withposters to publicize, the first social event of the college year.Incharge of decorations is CarolKelly, while Rosea nn 'Andio ischairman* of the ticket committee.

Four Tests Begin'53 Orientation

September 21 marked the arrival of the Class of '57. Greetedby their "big sisters," freshmenwere seen embarking on|a ne wcareer as college students. To helpin theirladjustment, a well! planned orientation program immedi-ately went into effect.

The first three days were spentin conferences with members of

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the faculty and in the administration of tests. Among thetests given were an English Placement test,^Personality test, Psycholo gical! test, and a tests ofS tu d en t' s i n t e r e s t s . F re sh m enwere given advi ce in selectin gtheir, courses and schedules werearranged. Under thej direction ofSister Mary Esther, directress ofStudent Personnel, an assemblywith a student^ panel on "YourAdjustmen t to College" concluded the. three-day program.

Highlighting the entertainmentwas the faculty-freshmen reception in the foyer. At this timethe. freshmen were formally intro-duced to the faculty and a luncheon followed in thestate diningroom.Other social / 'get-togethers"were enjoyed between the bigand little sister classes.1(- $

The academic cap and gown,symbolizin g acceptance into th eacademic community known to usas Mercy hurst, wil l be officiallyawarded to sixty-one membersof the freshman classonfOctober21 . The Investiture will takeplace in the Little Theater withthe entire student body andfaculty in attendance.

This significant e.vent, at whichthe freshmen are formally welcomed by Dr. Michael J. Relihan,head of the Education department, marks their initial participation in fan official ceremonyof the college.A senior, representing her class and the stude ntbody, will address the freshmen,and their class' president will reply in an acceptance of there -sponsibilities imposed by the investiture. She",will also lead herclass in a pledge of allegiance toMercyhurst and her ideals.

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The ceremony will be concludedby a student body procession into the, chapel for Bened iction,Following t h e ! service, the tradi-tional form al tea will be held inthe sta te| dining room i n theirhonor.

. . .abut only until October 21when the freshmen will officiallyreceive the academic cap andgown at the impressive Investitureceremony. Previewing the happyday in the life of a freshman are,above, left Ho right, Mary Ste-phany and Carol Eigabroadt,

Injjher conference with the s tudents, Mother Borgia admittedthat there is no "royal? road tolearning." However, she wentonto say that none of the worthwhile aims in life are attainedwithout hard work and sacrifice.She mainta ined that one 's education is never complete andthatno one should allow a day to pass

in which she does not learn some-thi n g of value.

Mother Borgia compared f t hephilosophy of the pagan Aristotlewi th that of St . Thomas Aquinaswhen they admonished their students Ito strive for the good life.She pointed out the two-fold purpose in living thegood Ilife, thatof being a good citizen, the onlyend toward which AristotleK wasstriving, and tha t* of service toGod and others, the end to whichhis Christianity caused St. Thomasto aspire.

Sister RachelElected Pres.Of N C C H E

At th e seventh annual meetingof the National Catholic Councilon Home Economics, held thisyear at Kansas City, Missouri, onJun e 22, Sister Mary Rachel ofMercyhu rst assumed the officeof president of the organization.

Sister Mary Rachel received..-her Bachelor of Science degree at

Mercyhurst and her Master 's degree from New York University.She has also studied at the Uni

versity of Minnesota, ColumbiaUniversity, and Iowa S tate University. At present, she is associated professor ofihome economicsat Mercyhurst.

The association has as its objective the promotion and development of standards of Christian family living. Most outstanding work of the NCCHE to dateis the^inauguration of the degreeof Master of Education in HomeEconomics at St. Louis University, the only Catholic college oruniversity to offer this degree.

Sister Mary Rachel 's past workin behalf of the association hasincluded a two-year term aschairman of the Constitution and

By-laws Committee which, underher leadership, recently complet-ed the important work of revisingthe Constitution. Chief among therevisions effected by thecommittee was the defining of membership in theIorganization to include active, associate, and honorary members.

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Welcome, FroshTo all our bright and bouncy new Freshmen, M ercyhurst

extends a warm welcome!Already |we can see that the"Little Sisters" are having no troubleatfall falling into stepwith the "regulars". The sportsmanship and the cooperativeattitude displayed thus far are indicative of the kind of aclass Mercyhust is proud tocallfher own. And in spite of thefact that the Frosh are about to "show up" the Sophs and

upperclassmen in the ta lent line, we'lljust swallow our prideand anticipate lots offine entertainment on future occasions.So, just as we are looking forward to a wonder-full year withthis latest addition to our ranks, we're hoping that we, too,can meet and pass their expectations. Again, to every freshman, one by one, Mercyhurst says, WELCOME!

Happy New YearSeptember and January should merge! They should go

together andform one month (Septary)Jwhich would haveits first day as the beginning of the social, political, economic andeducationali'calendar.

This is, of course, the fanciful solution that would breakthe transparen t bubble tha t surrounds campus life on Septembe r I. The school year would open with co nfetti and laughter,and that additional something that is so much the part of theJanuary NewlYear, but which seems to have no place in theSeptember "New Year" . . resolutions.

Too often the interim between September and Januaryis regarded as the end of the old instead of the beginning ofthe new. Too often student responsibility is given a figurative.shrug by the student body. And, too often the academiclife is replaced, instead of supplemented, by the social. Butthis is confetti, the confetti of the January New Year whichflies high intolthe air only to come down to be trampledon by other merrymak ers. It is not like the resolutions of theNew Year which are|planted and which finally grow andpermeate a person, a group, or a community.

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"Septary" would! be one solution. But? a more worthysolution would be an enlightened, co operative Student Body,a Student Body that arrives on its campus ready to throw alittle confetti but resolved and willing to have a happy newyear working and sharing with its fellow students, its faculty, its administration, and its government.

'Windy City' Press ConferenceA ttracts Paper J Yearbook Editors

Editor Mary Anne Hayes andAssistant Editor Marge jj Williamswith yearbook editors PaulineSo -lida and Mary Lou Scalise aremaking plane to attend the annualPress ij Conference of the Associated Collegiate Press on October

15, 16, 17. They wiU travel westto the Windy City of Chicago andwill stay at | the Morrison Hotelwhere the meetings curej beingheld. I

Of special interest at the Convention will be a"Report on Russia" to be given at the banquetFriday evening. Speaking on thesubject will be Eddy Gilmore, thefamous correspondent of the As

sociated Press who has just returned from eleven years of covering the Kremlin for the AP.

Host school for the conventionis Northwestern University whichhas secured excellent faculty andprofessional! journalists in theChicago area to speak to the delegates.

During the three days there willbe some sixty sectional meetingscovering all phases of newspaper,yearbook, and magazineeditingand mangement.H The main address at the opening convocation will be given byAl Orton, Chief of the ChicagoBureau of AP .

T H E M E R C I A DMercyhurst C ollege, E rie, Pa.

Member of |

Associate Collegiate PressEditor Mary Anna HayesAssociate Editor Jean DrouhardAssistant Editors f Marge Williams, Martha McNultyBusiness Editor 1 1 Roseann;AndioContributors: DonnaByers, JoAnn Ryan, PaulineSolida. Anne Kennedy, Lorraine Reichel, Carol Kelly. 1

G ruel W orld KindT o Class of '5 3

"Where, oh where, are thebrave ole Seniors?" goes the refrain from one of the Hurst'smore popular lounge songs. Justwhere are those Seniors . .|the'53 Seniors, that is? Has thecrue,l,f cruel world devou red them. . . or are they making a valiantstand against the elements?

Those who received their MRS.(married right soon) degree thissummer are Doris Moore* ClaireAgliaia, Mary Jachimczyk. -Jo-Ann Weaver, and Cammie Di-Campli. M

Peggy Cavanaugh, Julie Tech,and Florene Cherry are all making valuable* contributions toteience. Pe,g has become the"Miss Sunshine" of ther ErieOsteopathic Hospital. Julia isspending her spare time workingdiligently on herMaster's and, ofcourse* Florene is to becomePresident soon .thought!

"Group Work,of. . . . ? whichlong land profitably byMary LouDwyer is now her chosen occupation at the St. Charles Settlement House, in Rochester. Alsoin her favorite field is MarilynKelly, working at CatholicCharities in Youngstown.

Fran Sullivan has decided towork on hex ilMaster's at Ford-'ham. Also at Fordh am in theafternoons is JoanHarrison wh oteaches a second grade parochialclass in the morning. Joa n spendsrecess telling her class about hertravels in Europe. Another'53graduate teaching in the parochial school is Fran Miller . shesays she is getting used to beingcalled "Sister Miller."

For Mary's Socialists...

. just as we

the psychologywas studied so

TnreeTmemDefs ot the Class of'53 have crossed the Mason-Dixon Line and headed towardthe tall-cotton country. Margaret Broderick and Mary KayDyke$are inj competition for * th e"Our Miss Brooks" of their highsc/iool in Savannah, Georgia.Norma ] Jean Scott is enjoyingbeautiful weather, home economics, and physical education atPalm Springs, Florida.|j Roxana Downing "just couldn'tleave" - -she likes us . . is nowan instructor in our own art department. Mary Ann Cole is also teaching art . . inLake wood.Carrying out the principles they

learned at this timel last yearare Judy Car ow doing element-ery work in Erie . ..Ann Cobbeteaching home ec. courses in fourschools in her home,;town of

Dunkirk . . . .Lou Kamenjarwith Latin and English classes . .Rita Shanahan with business ed.classes at Niagara Falls . . PatDuffy, 1also teaching^business inDubois, Pa . . and in their hometowns, teaching, are Peggy Green*Marilyn Harking, Pat Cosgrove,and Mary Ann Raws.

Rita Panciera, now Sister RitaAnn, has the sophomore class atSt. Joseph's Academy in Titus-ville while Sister Marilyn, MaryAnn" Callahan, teaches fifth andsixth grades at St. Walburga'sschool in the same town.

Erie, has benefited by the business majors infthe class A General Electric has the Davis twinson its payroll, one in the officeof the research department, theother in the engineering department . . . Pat Liebel takes dictation from a prominent attorneyin the city while Anne Sennetttakes down the notes at the CourtHouse . . and down in St. Mary's,Norma Sehaberl is also doing office workt '

The score was six to nothing,three minutes left in the secondquarter, and it was \pouring rain.Then in those last three minutes,Tech's quarterback made a twenty-five yard dash and everyoneheard the announcer say, "Touch

downthe score six-six."The!game continued and amidpenalties, incomplete passes, andinjuries, Tech won over Vincenteighteen.to twelve. Tech had played a good game-tough but cleannever omitting the huddle beforea play so they would act as one.Here was spirit, fair play, enthusiasm and unfailing ^cooperation, all wrapped up in a slightlydrenched stadium.

|Freshman, sophomores, juniorsand seniors of the MercyhurstCol-lege team, let's play a good gamethis yearhard but fair. Mass ca nbe our huddle, before the play,

every playi being a day. As theStudent Board of Discipline throwsthe penalites just as the refereethrew them in the game, let 's takeit on the chin.

In order to play the game well,we'll need a coach who once learn

ed to play the game with integrity.Mary played our game better thananyone else ever will. Let's adopther as our coach.

Cheers, paper flying, band musicall*are visible signs of showingour team that we're with them.We, too, can visibly show Marythat we're with her by slipping toouriknees every night during Oc-tober, th e month -j of the HolyjJRo-sary. It will take star players onMary's team to turn out forpractice every night 'at thero *sary, but with Mary as our coachwe should make ev ery day atouchdown. Working with Marylet's WIN this year.

Summer Convention DelegatesReport On Student MeetingsIn* keeping with her* policyoft progress with the times, Mercyhurst

annually sends delegates -to several nationalconvocations of collegestudents. Four of these meetings were held during this past summerin various cities and universities. They included the NFCCS, theNational Stu dents Association, The Summ er School of Catho licAction and the Young Catholic Student conventions.

MARGARET HIRSCH, delegate to NFCCS congress held a t theSheraton-Gibson Hotel iniCin cinn ati. "N early! every Catholic collegeand university wasrepresented;there.The theme of the congress wasthe Responsibility of the ChristianStudent, It is the sincerewish ofthe NFCCS delegates at M ercyhurst to >make' the federation evenmore of a success at our school during thecoming year; first, by explaining whavthe NFCCSIs and how each student is a member and,secondly, by helping each student"to fulfill her role in the lay aposto-late." I "Wk

BARBARA KLEIN, Sodality prefect anddelegate -to the'SS CA atthe Hotel Cleveland, Cleve., O. "The Sum mer School of Catholic Actionwas held August 3 through 8. Mercyhurst's other delegate was Beverly Buerkle, and eachof us attended meetings held in the divisionsfor advanced and beginning sodalities. Father Rooney, editor ofACTION NOW, gave us a new sodality handbook printed by* theQueen's Work (Press. Some ofthe important speakers were FatherPaulaussen, a Dutch priest who was the-special representative fromthe Vatican, and Father Freeman, S. J. whogaveithe socialists a well-rounded outlook jj on sodality life. Father especially stressed teachingof dogma in relation to the Blessed Virgin."

PAULINE TURNER, head of Mercyhurst Y.C.S. Groupand s delegate to the Eastern YCS Study Week. "Mercyhurst students amongthe fifty-three^participants in the study week at CampSt. Helen,Palenville, N.Y., were Joan Harrison, Barbara Klein. Anne Remaley,

Maureen Hammond, Barbara Barnes and Pauline Turner. Studentneeds were inquired into and some of the means suggested to includemore studentsIn the life of the campus were better modes of communication between the student government and the stud ent body, limitationof the number of|offices^which a student ean hold, and direction ofclubs and other campus groups toward service to the entire school.Father Charles Marhoefferof \ Catholic^University set the tone forthe week in his*address in which he indicated the relationship between vitality on the campus and the presence ofJ Divine Life in oarsouls."

GERALDINE KINGSTON, NSA delegate. "This year's nine-dayconvention of the National JStudentsf Association was held August 24through September 2 at OhioState \University. The Student BodyPresidents' convocationand the College Editors'j Conference, held inconjunction with the NSA at Columbus, were attended by Donna Byers and Mary Anne Hayes respectively. At the NSA plenary sessionsan d regional meetings which Donna Cutrona, alternate delegate, andI attended there were across-section of student problems raised anda cross-fire of stude nt opinions and solutions offered. Stimu latingdiscussion groups and panels wereheld.? and !the keynote speaker ofthe convention gave an inspiring address entitled "KnowThyself". Areport on the meeting will be given to.the student body at a laterdate ," k i

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P u e r to R ic o , F o u r S t a te sS e c t i o n E d i t o r s ,M e r c y h u r s t G i r lS e n d F r e s h m e nto ' H u r s t A d v i s o r , N a m e dAre Talking About ...Students from four states and

Puerto Rico began their collegecareers with the opening of classes at Mercyhurst on Thursday,September 24. Twenty-eightof theclass of sixty-one are residents;the remaining -thirty-three areday s tudents . !

Pour students represent{threePittsburgh academies. MaryAnnBittner, co-editorof her yearbook.and Joan Kammermeier, presidentof her class and of Student Council, ar e graduates of the DivineProvidence Academy. MaryElizabeth Stephany, of St. Benedict 's,plans to major in sociology. Hom eeconomics is the chosen field ofS t. Basil's Mary Ann I Schmidt.

Also from^Pennsylvania arePriscilla Prenatt, Titusville, andJulia Kelly, Bradford, who planto study home economics.Art ma-jors Lois Youngand Barbara Stonecome from New Kensington andGreenville respectively. AudreyHuggler and Martha Strahsmeier,editorsof their high school papers,represent Marienvilleand JacksonCenter. Nancy Valenti,a graduateof Meadville High, has chosenmedical technology,and Ina Louise Smith, Johnsonburg, Elementary Education. Marjorie Karaffacomes to Mercyhurst from Brock-way, Pa., and plans to major incommercial education.

Rochester, New York, and nearby Geneva, have four representatives in the freshman class.They include Elizabeth Schwind,of St. Agnes' High,and Rose Spil-lane. a medical technology majorfrom Geneva. FromOur Lady-*ofMercy High!corns Marcia Meagher and Sheila Flynn, a singerwell known on Rochester radioand TV.T J*f f

Pour Niagara Palls,New York,high schools have each sentonegraduate to Mercyhurst this year.Mary Frances Bacon,of the Seminary of Our Lady of the SacredHeart , and Joan Coyle,of NiagaraPalls High, were aotve in theirhigh school athletic ^programs .Joanne Binaldo, a graduate ofLoretto Academy, will study liberalarts, and Donna Nashwinter, ofSt. Mary's High,has chosen Elementary Education.

Also from New York state arePatricia Klein,of Warsaw, whoseinterest Is dramatics, and Lock-port 's Mary Ann McGinn is, editorof her high school*paper. Rosemary Zinni,of Batavia, will studycommercial education.

Representing Ohio, and morespecifically Lakewood and Youngs-town, ar e freshmen Rita Walter,a science major fromSt. Augustine's, and Mary Ann McHugh,anUrsuline High business major.

Margaret Mary Mack, a business major, comesto Mercyhurstfrom Our Lady of Mercy in Detroit, ^Michigan, and from PuertoRico comes Carmen Carmonawhoplans to study sociology.

Freshman day students f includeMercyhurst Seminary graduates.They are medical technologymajors Mary Lou Hintenach andMary Ann Skeily; also, JosephineUnger and Nola Weigand who will

study art, Evelyn Tyburski, whosechoice is business, Barbara S tory,a home economics major, andDiane Vendetti, who will studyliberal arts and voice.

East High Schoolof Erie is represented by five freshman daystudents. They are art students

Jean Milksand Barbara Beveridge,Wilma Leak and Sylvia Podbiel-ski, who are medical technologymajors, and Joan Ropelewski,whose field is liberal arts.

Mercyhurst freshman ^who aregraduates of Strong Vincent Highinclude ar t major Ruth Goodrich,Sociology is the course of studychosen by Edith Greggs,and MaryNowalk and Rebecca Hovis willstudy liberal artsand educationrespectively.

Girard, Pennsylvania,has sentPatricia Kuharski, medical technology, an d Joyce Baker, elementary education. Sylvia ChristieofLawrence Park will studyart, andmedical technologyis the choiceof Dolores McGaughey of St.Gregory's High in North East.Constance Renner, presidentofher senior classa t Harborcreek,is enrolled in^the liberal artsdepartment .

Representing Academy High

are social studies major J eanRoc-co, Janet Sawickiwho will studycommercial education,and EstherKissell, an art major.

Five Villa Maria Academy graduates among th e freshman classmembers ar e Mary Louise Theobald and Marguerite McLaughlin,wh o are business majors, NoelJaeger, a history major,and CarolEigabroadt and J Joan Csernyicky,who will study home economics.

T o PraeteritaEach year robsus of something.

This y ear 1954 willrob Mercyhurstof about forty girls.But theseseniors are out to stop Old Fa the r

Time by bequeathing to us theirmemories in the 1954 edition ofPRAETERITA. | .-$

Sister Mary Regina, past super-visor of the "Business Leaf," willac t as advisor to a capable andwell-chosen staff.

Th e staff is working under theable hands of editor PaulineSo-lida, newspaper womanand authorin her own right. Office appointments also includeJ Dorothy Zu-zula, advertising manager; MaryLou Scalise, ar t editor; and JeanBroscoe, photographic editor.

Pauline ha s announced thatDonna Byers and Donna Albrychtwill have charge of the seniorsection; Mickey O'Donnell, EdleLauler and Josephine Ciancaglini.the underclassmen section; Pauline Turner and Kathleen iMain-zer, th e administrativej section;and Jean Drouhard and PatriciaUlrich, the school activities section.

T h e | staff, already working intheir new Incuse,the deck house,is preparing to equal the accomplishments of previous yea rs.

I . . . "Lois Young of New Kensington,Pa." Dr. Relihan introducesthe freshmen individuallyto Mothe r Borgia who jin turn will presentthem to Mother de Sales. Loishas already met Mrs. Dolce, and nextto be introduced are Patricia Klein, Marguerite McLaughlin,andJosephine Unger. 1 g| i &j | 1 |

Professor W ins jCarnegie TechChem Grant

Mercyhurst girls badea temporar y farewell fthis fall fto SisterMary Charles, assistant professorof chemistry and physics. Sisteris on a leave of absence to attendthe Carnegie Instituteof Technology in Pittsburgh. On the basisof her past performance in graduate work, Sisterwas awarded ascholarship by the Institute and isstudying for her doctorate.

Sister Charlesis living at MountMercy College while attendingtheInstitute. Majoring in physical

chemistry, she hopes to work withthe well-known chemistDr. Frederick Rossini, headof the department .

Sister Charles received he rBachelor of Science degree fromMercyhurstand her Master's fromthe Universityof Notre Dame.

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MERCYHURST GIRLSARE TALKING ABOUT. . . t h e senior-sophomore open house. . . our talented freshmen, especially SHEILAFLYNN . . . MICKEY O'DONNELL'S balcony scene . . . new daytimecoffee hours . . . 12 o'clock permissions. . ^PAT MALEY'S welcome -don' t cry, Carol, we love you . . . no h a ts a fte r 6 P M . . . . R OX ANADOWNING,our newest faculty member. . . the freshmen's ideasofth e seniorsand the seniors idea of that certain freshman . . . theunregisteredbut campused sophomores. . . the re turn of Eefie, in realityMARY STEPHANY. . . the juniors trip to Ashtabula . . . who gave ourlounge cat the "Blues" . . . the seniors' Florida plans. . . .

MERCYHURST GIRLSARE TALKING ABOUT. . . VirginiaKelly, who can't decide whichone of her darling nicknamestouse in the year book . . . how "lightly" Bet Broderick travels. .{chocolate wedding cake. . . Barb Botsaris' interior decoratingprowess *w room 34|. . . Italian-boy haircutson Ann Downing,Mary Lou Scalise and Pauline Solida . . . summer and faU conventions . . . NFCCS comingup . . .

MERCYHURST GIRLSARE TALKING ABOUT. . . th e welcomearrangedI for RAINEE REICHELand MARGE CUMMISKEY . . .GERRY KINGSTON'S (recent engagement.. . Mrs. Bryan's TV set. . . AUDREY HANNAH'S|newt;"shortcut" J . . golf in room? . . .BARBARA KLEIN'S takingup smoking . ?. MARKEY FOLEY, MARYKTENZLE and their twin outfits designedfor Erie weather**. . . socialprestige and unrivaled opportunities . . . long hair on DONNA BYERS,TERRY GORNEYand^JEAN BROSCOE . . . th e sparkler on itihe thi rdfinger, left hand of CAROLINE O'CONNOR. . . senior proctors inthe dining room . . . Mercyhurst's answer to Julius LaRosa"VTCKI

ARGANA .f. . "Dragnet" itakeoffs . > .* >. | | | jIf MERCYHURST GIRLSARE TALKING ABOUT. . 1 redheadsin the freshman class . . . Mary Ann McGinnis' tribute to thesenior class . . . Pauline Turner's Washington visitor. . Indian .summer weather . . . The "fierce one", Bobbie Imboden . . .eighteen weeksof practice teachingfor the elementary ed seniors. . . Edie Lauleris she spelling her name with a "w" these days. . . NOREEN PREEDIT, now a senior . . . sophomores,in a turnabout initiation, "wasting likea basket", . . . "Ringleader Rosario".

MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING J A B O U T . . . JEANDROUHARD'S engagement. . . Ann Kennedy's concern for SisterGabriel's office rugs. . . Benediction on Mercy Day and MARY ANNSCIRTO'S, "I t couldn'.t be over!" . . . Sister Regime's classic-receptionto tardy dates . . .lYaple's latest attraction . A the first issue Of theGannon K N I G H T. . . '. jfii *

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Students Summ er In Quebec Clubs SuggestedLive, Study French At Laval To Supplement

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four Mercy hurst girls spent six weeks studying at Laval University I. |5 )CC l P l l P f l l l l Pih Quebec this summer.Annfkennedy has w ritten ! a report of the ir V > I U O J k J V l I V / U U I V /study for the MERCIA D. | | I | |

Laval proved to be a wonderful school,>both academically and-Isocially. Classes were conducted completely in Fren ch andeach, s tudentsigned a pledge to speak only French during his stayin Quebec. Thelatter provided many an amusing moment for the American students.

In fact,;? the first morning? we were -there we greeted a woman with a |"Bonjour" and received.the answer, "I 'm English." There was nothingto do bu t try again, and a t the end of our sojourn we found ourselves; ijable to keep up an ordinary conservation.

Laval offers every type ofFrench class, from the very elements of the French language tothe j advanced study of Frenchliterary wiorks. Phonetics anddiction classesprovetto be rathera stumbling block for most A-mericans since-the French soundsan d rhythm are so alien to ourown speech. However, after sixweeks of practice, one findsmuch -improvement.

I Perhaps the most advantageouscourse offered is'the one in conversation. These classesa ret helddaily for an hour sbef ore and anhour after lunch. The groupsar e small-six to eight persons-and discussion arises about 'anything from catching a train toanalyzing the possibility a n dprobability of "love at first sight."

dents by the U niversity. We wereide.ally taken care] of in a Frenchfamily. Madame Gourdeau spokeonly French, so we always beganour day with what might be considered an eight o'clock Frenchclass at the breakfast tab le. I twas all a marvelous experienceand most profitable . . six weeksof study and fun!

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Excursions*, parties, and movies(in French, naturally) took upour free time. We visited| St .Anne de Beaupre several times,assisting at a Pontifical Mass onthe feast and taking part in theevening candlelight procession.ThereI were lake resorts, too, . .. . . to be enjoyed. As for themovies, we discovered one placewhere, the manager deciHPH that.we couldn't possibly understandenough French to know whatwas going on, so he alwayslet^usin tree. Perhap s it was n't goodfor our ego, but for ourdwind 1-Ung resourses, it was fine.

Quebec itself is a marveloussetting f o r anyone studyingFrench and the people are allvery friendly and helpful. Eventhe Provincial Governor entertained all the La vaiy> studentsfrom outside the Province at areception in the Chateau ^Fron-tenac.

Accommodations for living finQuebec are found for the stu-

Five transfer students, includ-two residents, enrolled re

cently in three of the college depar tments . Among these was Mrs.Rosella Harpst who began herwork in home economics severalyears ago and who has returnedthis year as a junior to completethe requirements for her B. S.degree.

Darcie Deckard, alsojja juniorhome economics major, transferred this year fromPerm Sta t e .Sh e 'IS" an^i#3President "and agraduate of Academy High School.An Ohio State Univers i ty ' t rans

fer student, CarolLoff i, is enrolledas a junior in the elementary educat ion depar tment and is a lsoan Erie day student.

Sister Regis Marie of the Sisters of Divine Providence in Pittsburgh has joined -the senior classas an ar t major. Sister was formerly a s tudent a t the CarnegieInstitute of Technology.

Dolores La Barbera of Brock-port, New York, is *a sophomoreelementary education student. Sheis a resident and previously studied at Jamestown State TeachersCollege.

Now that you have managed tofill in your class schedule, whynot \ give a little thought to fillingin some of your leisure hours witha variety of activities. These areto be found in Mercyhurst 's manyand varied clubs.

Each of you is required to belong to the club of your majorsubject, bu t you will na turallywant to supplement these with atleast one other club. If you havea love for fine literature, musicand the arts, you might choosethe English Club or the Art Club.You can arrange for an eveningof movies of France and Frenchconversation if you join theFrench Club. You can debate social pro blems at the Sociology

jr., ask th e opin ion of guestspeakers on suchitopics as plasticsurgery or polio at the ScienceSeminar, or discuss current eventsat the Internat ional Relat ions

Club. If you are a business student you will want to joins theO. G. A. Sorority, or your interests in the home and the J childmay lead you to join the HomeEconomics Club or the Elementary Education Seminar.

The spiritual life of the students a t Mercy hurst is renewedand maintained through the Sodality of Our Lady and the YoungCatholic Students organizationwhich seek to develop both personal sanctification and interest ingroup Catholic Action.

More on the social side of Mercy hurs t l i fe are the spor ts andsocial artiv.it.ipc sponsored by theAthletic Association, and the Dramatics Association. TheGlee Club

offers an opportunity for qualified students to raise their voicesin song and to participatein th eann ual joi nt Canisius con certs finthe spr ing.

With aching headsand weary feet, the M ercyhurst College practiceteachers are realizing this fact more and more each day.

Bu t through|it all, everyone has remaned perfectly sane. Justtake a look in the senior dormitory to verify this.

There sits Barbara Kleinin room 50 weaving a cardboard loom."I have to learn it first to teach it to my eighth graders," was herstatement as she prepared for another rugged day ofart*classes at*

Strong Vincent.Betty Seymour can be found lounging in any roomexcept herown. Guess thatdiaily seven-block sprint is too much for her.

Jean Drouhard is obsessed by one wordwindow. This strangephobia springs from the dayshe*tried to conduct a Spanish class atAcademy High School while carpenters were repairing windows inthep*oom.

Does anyone havea pair of eight-inch heels? Clare Schamingneeds a pair to be taller thanher?. sixth graders at Lincoln School.But if Clare needs \heels, Deloras&Fratus, with her six-foot art enthusiasts at Vincent, needs^stilts.

Another Lincoln!te is Mickey O'Donnell who, after rooming withJody for two years, is quite at home sitting on the floor entertainingher kindergarten youngsters. Speaking of Jody,MissfRyan seldomblushes in class anymore since it embarrasses her students so much."To re ta in her insani ty" she s ings bal lads with her tenth gradeEnglish students.

Terry Gorny has her problems too. She was findingherSall-boymath classes difficult to manage until she discovered Donna's glasses.The only tragic note inthfcs situation was that with glasses Terrycouldn't sea.the boys. Those glasses just had to go!

Peggy Grace and Dorothy Zuzula are both dreading the day thatRoseann Andio must teach that "cer ta in le t ter" in Shorthand classwith*, wh ich Fra nMillerfhad so much trouble last year at Academy.

Mary Lou Scalise,while beating down the noise in a study hallat Strong Vincent, was interrupted by a young mandn search of abook. Giving him "that" glance, our irrepressible Mary Lou cameout with: "What are you lookingfora plush seat in the balcony?"

Virgina KeUy, an A-l gu m ohewer from way back, pounced onher Harborcreek homeeconomilos pupi ls wi th the indignant s ta tem ent :"If there's anything I can't tolerate in class, it 's gum-chewing!"

Donna Byers and her "ensusiasm" for English were taken backthe other day when an intent pupil asked her quite seriously why shehad changed her class ring from the left to right hand. Mention"naval inspector" to Donna and watch her go into gales of laughter.

Ann Kennedy, teaching in Mercyhurst Seminary, seems tobe _h

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