Hallowe'en
Number
THE MERCIAD
VOLUME in
THEY SAY % INITIATION!
That the sounding brass sand
tinkling symbols, heard in the cor-
ridors a few weeks ago, was pro-
duced by the Freshman and their
silverware. >•
And, incidentally that our little
sisters have shown themselves to
be thoroughly good sports.
That Alice Reeder is a true pupil
of Sister Mary Esther. She deals
almost exclusively in "discounts",
now-a-days. Even the "5 and 10's"
have learned to know her "Now
look here, Mister."
That Student Government has
gone into effect in the form of
proctors — just ask anyone on the
second floor.
That the Practice House "house-
warming;19 was a huge success, de-
spite the fact that the Sophomore
Contribution was late in arriving,
as a result of which Mother Pierre
came very near to having heart
failure.
That the Sophomore Class wel-
comes two new members: Miss
Mary Yriberry from far-off South
America, and Miss Julia Belle Gal-
lup of Smethport, Penna. Marg.
Bacon who "day-hopped" last year
is now boarding, — And are we
glad to have them?
That we all miss Pat O'Hare —
even though some thinkfthat she
has a double in Tyrella Toomey.
That Corry, Dubois, Oil City and
Lockport, N.Y. are exceptionally
well represented this year.
That the Sophs climaxed the in-
itiation period with a theatre party
at the:, Strand in honor of the
Freshmen.
That several of last year's lead-
ing student organizations have
been re-organized; among which
are the Science Club, World
Events Club and Sodality. A sponsored by the sodality.
Glee Club is also being formed.
That a very popular&feature of
a few weeks ago was the Corn
Roast held at the Mercyhurst Pic-
nic Grounds. After a picnic Sup-
per the campfires were the main
attractions at which two different
groups of singers (?) vied with
each other to provide entertain-
ment. %|
That Mercyhurst celebrated Co-
lumbus Day with a picnic at Bella
Vista. In the afternoon^ various
games and races were held^ at
which Dot Cronauer and Costello
again demonstrated their athletic
ability g by carrying off three-
fourths of the prizes.
That 26th Streets is still as pop-
ular as ever.
—Ruth Anne Martin, '34.
SIMILES
As delightful as people who step
into lunch line ahead of you.
As dignified as some of our Sen-
iors.
As studious as a student in a
three-twenty class.
As unconcerned as a Freshman
summoned to the Dean's Office.
As serious as Mickey McDonald
when she gets the giggles.
As happy as a homesick Fresh-
man.
As nonchalant as a student go-
ing to the parlor to meet the boy-
friend.
As sociable as Betty and Ginny.
As quiet as the second floor cor-
ridor during the noon hour.
As fond of jokes as Franny Mc-
Carthy.
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Published at Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania
Hallowe'en
Number
5R, 1931 NUMBER 1
SPILLING THE PEN PRACTICE HOUSE NEWS ALUMNAE NOTES
This initation does bring the peo-
The first week of the Practice
ple who have real sportmanship in House and I am already the proud
them forward to the foot lights to
possessor of a pair of burnt fing-
take their bow. Did you notice how ers and a blister on the end of my
nobly; the Freshmen made their little finger. Our first night in the
debut ? f house fairly reeked with queer as-
It's terrible when the "ole" heart sorted noises. Perhaps it was the
beats so fast that one feels as if ghosts of former Practice House- Quite a number of our alumnae
her dress is jumping over her heart keepers furnishing amusement. have been up to see usjfthis year
in such | a manner as to be seen Isn't it grand to be back at
Alice Summers found three baby and we have certainly enjoyed hav-
from|the very back seat of the Mercyhurst? to see all our old ing them — in fact, we are quite
mice only a ".week old in the attic.
auditorium. Leap! Leap! chest to friends and to make so many new We could tell their age by examin- lost without our last year's Seni-
shoulder to throat and back again. ones? Here's to the Freshies!!!! ing their teeth. Alice is going to ors. Come up often, won't you?
The blow falls at last and the Were they good sports during init- gather these mice and present %' Nell Guilfoyle was here for the
Freshman comes to the front. iation? You bet they were.
them to Sr. Colette with the com- first week whichtseemed perfectly
The wardrobes chosen for the Ellen McCartin is darling and so pliments of the Nutrition class. in order — even to being asked if
Freshman for initiation were amus- is Catherine Egan. We are all cur- Then, the mice will be placed on a she were a Freshman. By the way,
ing if not too comfortable. Imag- ious over Ellen's most frequent let- starvation diet. If they don't devel- did you hear our Nell sing over
ine yourself garbed in shin guards, ters post-marked "Loretto." Jane op anaemia we will have some-
Conners and Margaret Dean are the radio? It sounded wonderful
woolen socks, ajgreen paper hat thing new and different in the way and we hope you will continue,
which is six sizes too large, your so cute. So are Sara Brown and of mice.
Martha Myers. Catherine Gleason Nell. Good luck. | f
purple bathrobe on over a short, Mildred McCormick has a way
it tres chic. And; you should see Teresa A'Hearn is now attend-
green skirt that you never did like, with cats. She loves them. Our
Tyrella Toomey dance. Oh! we ing Grove City College. We ven-
a bib and a knife, fork and spoon paper napkins have been diminish-
like them all. You'll hear about ture to say our sweet Terry offers
hanging on a string that almost the rest next time. ing greatly since she discovered some keen competition for those
cuts your neck in two, not to men- that a napkin wrapped around a sophisticated Co-eds. How about
tion carrying a few nice, large bed We are "tres heuraux" to see cat makes a good handle. it, Teres? I *
pillows. There is just a possibility Sister Mercedes again. We have Our house-warming went over
that you might have to hold these learned a lot about f "Gay Paree" Casey Egan is busily engaged in
big. Everybody came and met ev- preparing for Rita's Twedding.
and grasp your left ankle with from her interesting conversations. erybody else and seemed to enjoy
your right hand while talking to Under Miss Heirs direction, Casey is bridesmaid, you know.
themselves as much as we enjoyed Yes, the trips to Syracuse continue
your Sophomore; that is, if she is Hockey practice is going strong, having them. We received loads of
mean enough to 5 make you do it. and we expect to have a real team and visitors from there are still
lovely presents and hope you will most important on the list.
All this forced upon the poor, this year. Yeah! Team! C'mon all come back.
green, homesick Freshman. Oh! I Edinboro! Helen Portman dropped in to
Alice has a new system of dust-
almost forgot to tell you that you The Sophs entertained the see us on her way home from
ing floors. She just wraps the rag
have just learned how to go to 26th Freshmen to a Theatre Party on Bradford accompanied} by Marg
around her foot and walks around. Hungeville who, like Helen, is a
in less than a half hour without October 7th. We all had a grand Flossy's week as K.M. is over and lady of leisure.
getting lost, when the Sophomores time. we are all resting well, thank you.
inform you that you are not to go We are all so interested in the Now Vera will get her turn at us. Helen!Huether is keeping Marg-
any more. There is a terrible men- Glee Club. With so much real tal- Vera and Flossy should stock up aret Cantelupe company teaching
tal strain too, no foolin'. Every ent, Mercyhurst Glee Club should on some new excuses for arriving: in Farrell High. Good luck, Helen;
Freshman believes she will be next be one of the best. home late. Mildred scrubbed the give Lupe our regards.
to have some horrible punishment We have organized a Sodality bath room floor so hard Saturday, Ginny Buck is brother Eugene's
inflicted upon her. There is the this year. Margaret Hanna is Pre- she knocked the leg off I the bath right hand bower and Bobbie's
desire to fade into nothing at a fect. Apart from the spiritual ben- tub. Picture us rocking around only consolation. New York is a
mere glance from a Sophomore. efits we are looking forward to in a three-legged tub. long way from home, isn't it, Gin?
many good times in social events
Three days of this and she is I won't tell. |5j
—Mary Carlos, '33.
ordered to dress and wait for the o Margaret Burns Farrel and Joe
!" . Life at Mercyhurst has been one are evidently in Utopia unmindful
bus. Sophomores begin to act grand surprise after another. STUDENTS SPIRITUAL
congenial; there must be a catch of wondering friends. Write us
We were treated to a Corn Roast COUNCIL
in that. The rumor goes around, Marg, won't you?
early in October. On Columbus The Students Spiritual Council
as if by magic, that this is the Jean, Ruth, Bertha, and Mary
Day we enoyed an outing at Bella held its first meeting for the year have been J up once or twice; but
last. She is whisked off to see the Vista and had grapes galore. 1931-32 on Friday morning, Octo-
inevitable slap-jack comedy where since we are so near we think you
Everybody is planning for the ber 9th. The prefect of the socie- should give us more of your time.
the comedian becomes an aviator, ty, Margaret Hanna, '33, presided.
"Hallowe'en Dance" to be held Make your next visit soon.
using a heavy dining-room table as At this meeting the secretary,
.'October 29. I'm sure we will all Had a glimpse of Grace Kane
a plane. The usual hats are Florence Amnion, '32, read the con-
have a grand time. at a Kappa Chi meeting. Don't be
smashed to vent anger, etc. How- stitution and announced the follow-
So long EVERYBODY, 'iWill see in such a hurry next time. Birdie
ever, Jthe feature satisfies her de- ing appointments to carry on the
you next issue. has been up, but just for shore
sire for entertainment. As she sits work of the S.S.C. for the current
^•—Elizabeth McDonald, '33. visits; come and stay awhile next
in Weaver's eating the last spoon- year: time, won't you?
ful of a chocolate sundae she sighs, o
Our'Lady's Committee — Florence Rose Galbo is teaching at Acad-
"Mm! Ah! peace and content- FRESHMEN INVESTITURE Ammon, Chairman; Jane Tur- emy Night School. Why not visit
ment at last." \ The annual solemne Investiture geon, Dorothy Cronauer. during the day, Rose?
T —Margaret Clark, '34. of the Freshman Class took place Eucharist ic .Committee — G r a c e Mrs. Lew Friant is the proud
— o •& in the Auditorium, Thursday, Oc- Rechiche, Chairman ;i d e l and mother of a young son. Congrat-
5E THE OPPORTUNITY tober 15, at 3:80 o'clock. Driscoii, Jean Summers, Regis ulations, Agnes. Come and see us
Join the Mercyhurst Glee Club The program was as follows: O'Leary. soon; would love to see the baby.
and cultivate your voice under the "Mercyhurst, Pair Mercyhurst" Mission Committee — D o r o t h y Let us hear from you, Alumnae;
experienced supervision of Mrs. —Student Body. M o o n e y, Chairman; ^Dorothy we are anxious to know what you
Hart. Practice is held in the aud- Address—Father Sullivan. Morard, Alice Reeder. are doing.
itorium every Thursday night at "Here | in This Land"- Student Publicity is Committee—Betty Dan- —Cleland Driscoii, '32.
seven thirty o'clock. ji Body. ahy, Chairman; Madelyn Hall,
o
Tap, Classical, Acrobatic and Welcome—Ethel Levick. Virginia Duggan, Julia Belle
Ballroom dancing under the direc- Response—Catherine Reiser. Gallup. CAN YOU IMAGINE
"Mercyhurst, Fair Mercyhurst"
tion of Miss Tyrella Toomey ev- Catholic Literature—Elizabeth Mc- Nell without Mary?
ery Wednesday and Friday nights. —Student Body. Donald, Mary Ann Woods, Luel- Marg Clark not thinking of
Become familiar with the art of Director of Choruses—Kay Ryan. la Haaf, Frances McCarthy. Bob? i. |pn
dancing and at the same time ex- After the ceremony a formal tea Freshman Appointments will be Just § five Mercyhurst girls in a
ercise and reduce. was given to the student body by made in December. taxi ? I
o
Hockey practice four nights a the faculty in the state dining Marg Bacon passing cake? •9WV.
week at four thirty o'clock on the room, the Freshmen class being ON MAKING A DRESSER Dibble Wilbert not in pursuit of
SCARF
hockey field. Come out and learn the guests of honor. The Juniors food ? . %
how to play a real game. took complete charge of all ar- Each Stitch a jab in the finger- The second floor ^without Marg
Each jab a wo d not a prayer—
Attend the Political Science rangements. Miss Jean Summers, Hanna ?
meetings and discuss the current and Miss Peggy Blair presided at But I'm willing to suffer A dull crowd with Al and Dot
Most any old thing,
topics of the day. Meetings are the tea table. around ?
held in the student dining room The Student Body thanks: the As long as my dresser's Three-thirty and no one, signed
Not bare.
every Wednesday at eleven o'clock. Faculty for the delightful tea! out? I i J&
—Costello Ressler, '34. —Florence Amnion, '32. —Virginia Duggan, '83. Kay and Dibbie on the outs ?
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^EDUCATION THE REASON WHY

THE MERCIAD « Are you a marathon dauber* •

The following paragraph taken from a speech by Pro-
Are you a flag-pole sitter? p 0 v
fessor Jordan of Stanford is a wonderful summary of th
tenter all the marathon swimmta
contests, and do you torture J ?
va ue of education. He says, "The whole of your life must
Published monthly by* the students of Meroyhurst College ^mind and body by walking / J ?
be spent in your own company and only the educated man
Alabama to North Dakota or from
Address all comjmunications to is good company for himself. What a college education is
Oregon to North Carolina? 0
|| I I THE MERCIAD worth depends entirely upon the man who has it.
maybe it is that you are afflicted
Mercyhurst College f —o— Erie, Pennsylvania To the student who comes to college with the idea of
gby that strange malady that forces
you to drive a car around a citv
learning enough of business or teaching to fitfhim for mak-
Subscription Rates for days and days with your hands
ing money when he has completed his four years, college is
ONE DOLLAR THE YEAR tied and your eyes blindfolded- or
a means to the end - money. Perhaps that is what- college
that causes your to fly m c j^ c l
and an education is for — if so, well and good — may the
Ifhigh above the heads of. the crowd
* MERCIAD STAFF f f money appear in plenty and what it will purchase abound.
annoying the helpless birds by
IEDITOR-IN-CHIEF pyour strange actions and noises
But, justlwhat does money buy? Friends? Apprecia-
I Madelyn Hall,| 82 , ^And if none of these appeals you
tion? Contentment? Tolerance? Kindness? Generosity?
will probably go on a hunger
I ASSOCIATE EDITORS 5 No, money will buy only material objects, most of which,
strike. It really makes no differ-
Cleland Drisooll, '32 f?, F*f } Verle Mc Quia ton, '32 barring the necessities of life, attempt to take the place of
ence — for no matter which form
of amusement you choose, you are
what we miss by lack of an appreciative education.
NEWS EDITORS |insane. Oh yes, it is true, and no
Katherine Barrett, '33 Ruth Ann Martin, '34 I say appreciative education to distinguish it from the
amount of talking or protesting
Katherine Gleason, '35 material education of which I have just spoken. "What a
will help you. You have a disease
EXCHANGE EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER college education is worth depends entirely upon the man
J which is closely allied with both
who has it. And**™ to hysterical insanity and epileptic
— have the-»complete worth of an educa-
Mildred McCormick, '33 Ethel Levick, '32 : t
insanity — you are mentally dis-
V • V V V *r~w v • v v • T V • T V • T v • T ^ r • T
tion we must have received from it those things money will
ordered.!
not buy — friendship and appreciation of the really worth
But be consoled — at least you
COLLEGE |DAYS while things in life. are not alone in^ your madness.
? September nearly gone on its way — young J girls on I Education is not entirely or even mostly book learning;
The dancing mania seems to be
about the most' prevalent type of
it is being able to live happilyfand contentedly with your-
last minute shopping tours for berets, leather jackets, com- mental epidemic; it was and it is.
mon sense oxfords — Packing of trunks — Hurried good- self. To be able to sit in solitary wonderment at the unfold-
It was about the year 1212 that
byes — Promises to write, soon — Trains, automobiles, bus- ing of a rose is education; to be content for hours reading
this mania first appeared. Thous-
ses, all over the country, speeding o'er space, carrying our great masters is education; to be awedlby the sunrise
ands of young people danced until
they sank to the ground, ex-
is education; to be able to give gladly|and receive humbly
young women from their homes to largelbrick buildings hausted. Many died, and the sur-
Girls alighting from taxis, loaded down with suit cases, hat is education — all of which means that to be truly educated
vivors were afflicted with nervous
bags, polo coats —Happy greetings — Old friends — New we must recognize the every-day happenings of flife. Edu-
tremors which they had as long as
faces, bewildered and strange — Roommates — Hanging cation is the priceless gift which we can give ourselves and
as they lived. Not a pleasant re-
pennants and? pictures, — Books — Bells in the wee small whicteno one can take from us. sult — and fools still dance — boys
and girls not out of their 'teens —
•Cleland Driscoll, '32.
hours of the morning — Mixed-up schedules — Exasperated wearing down their*minds and
teachers — What does it all mean ? Oh yes, it is the begin- V • V * * V their bodies simply to have their
ning of a new school year — and we are wondering, "What names in the headlines and for the
does this year hold in store for us?" For some of us, it is FOOT-BALL DAYS ^^m STUDENT COUNCIL ^ ^ B few dollars they might win.
the last, our tassels have been turned for the final time. For • Officers for the Student Council • j I don't suppose that you have
others, it is the beginning, the start of their college career. were elected recently for the 1931- e v e r considered o u r so-called
32 term.gThe Council met for the "orazes" as epidemics.! But they
But be it our first or last year — let's make it a truly worth- first time on October 14. Import- are — just as influenza, measles,
while one — nine months made up of perfectly good days, ant questions were fully discussed. mumps and diphtheria are often
twenty-four long useful hours each, of new unused mfnutes. *.7^The Council consists of: P ^ g p l epidemics. |They are psychopathic
Are we going to let these precious seconds slip by unused President—Florence Amnion. 0 f epidemics, j u s t ! as contagious as
wasted reminders of what we should have done? No! this It's even in the air! This feeling , Vice-President—Ethel- Leirick. ij?. those contoonlordinary epidemics
Secretary—Lu Ella Haaf. V of whic|t| we ourselves,? perhaps,
year, we are going to make every minute count. of all being right with the world.
have been victims. *;If some poor
There is a tang and zest that is Treasurer—Dorothy Morard.
Our loved ones at home are expecting "big things" of present at no other time. It's real Class Representatives — M a r y mentally disordered individual de-
us who have this splendid opportunity for a college educa- foot-ball weather. It reminds us Ann Woods, Cleland Driscoll, Alice cides to sit upon a flag pole and
tion. Let's not disappoint them. We want to be true and all of gay and exciting things. Big Summers, Virginia Duggan, Julia happens to enjoy it, several others
loyal students of a worthy institution, young women who crowds. Gay spirits. Laughter. Gallup, Margaret Clark. immediately join him in his mental
Noise. Pennants waving. Beauti- —Mary Ann Woods, '32. derangement, find themselves the
can be depended upon to do tlie tasks that are entrusted to most; comfortable flag poles, and
ful girls in 'coon coats with yellow
us, on whom our classmates can count at all times. •mums.. Color. Excitment. Foot- sit — for days and days. Can any-
— • o — Y \ P •

ball days. I FACULTY uc body doubt their insanity?

vBMs0"H* Ufe that's testing you today
People lose that haunted look so Mercyhurst has two new faculty The whole idea is away beyond
3 g | | | T o find the courage you possess members this yeai. Dr. Leroy B. the scope of my intellect, and 1 am
Hftp W from this task you run away often seen in these days. Cares are
tossed aside and fun comes to the Campbell, director of the Warren firmly convinced that those poor,
-mm You turn your back upon success. front. Old grads come back to Conservatory of Music, has been misguided, I hysteric individuals
cheer for Alma Mater. Crazy bet- added to the music %culty to in- who dance and dance and dance, or
I Let us be loyal to our Alma Mater fight for it ting and school spirit are rampant. truct advanced piano pupils. Dr. who swim and swim and swim, or
work for it — give our best to it It is doing just that for Those funny friendships of a day Campbe|l Is a graduate of Oberlln who^bother the*poor little birds in
•us. College is a place of work and fun and the most precious are formed. Everyone is on the Conservatory of Music and of the their sky for days upon days are
memories we will have in after years. Let us make those most friendly terms with the world Royal ^ Conservatory, at Leipsig. insane. Please, dear Lord, deliver
and his neighbor. How I love it! For several seasons he studied un- us firom any more of these psy-
memories worth while with our present enthusiasm and joy Just to be a part of /that gay, der the renowned 5 piano teacher chopathic epidemics.
of living. f ^ B i i ^ v ' ' ' scintillating crowd. To know that Tobias Mafthay, of London. Dr! • I « § —Betty Danahy, *33.
•Madelyn Hall, '32. I too may belong, if only for a day. Campbell is thef author of 'The o
-o To |mow that * am j one spot of True Function of Relaxation in
color*ln the shifting swirling mass Piano Playing" and "Sidelights on "CRY OF THE AGE"
• | l l | | | C O O P E R A T I O N
^of humanity. jg&jr&' H§f
- - ^ ^ P ^ M
I Modern Piano Playing", and is a
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regular icontributor j to America's

H a V e y U e V e r 8t ed to I And after the game. To see t h e l leading musical 1 journals, j
\M ° °PP j iconsider a grain of Isand? looks of plain gloating on t h e l 1 The other new faculty member
What an insignificant thing we estimate it — almost below faces of those same victorious old! is Mrs. George Hart, of Erie, in
our consideration. Yet what great things are made from the grads. They treally |thlnk t h e y !
union of these minute particles. IThe very earth on which have won the game themselves!! charge of the Mercyhurst Glee
And that hang-dog look on the less Club.
you stand is composed of grains of sand, j J
fortunate I ones. I They look as if Sister M. Mercedes, professor of In every town, in every dime
ini n d r o p of w a t e r is they really blamed themselves that I romance languages, returned from
n i ^-T ? ° 4 without importance. O'er mountain, land and sea,
But think of the ocean, the mighty union of these small their team didn't win. i 6 abroad* in September, after six This is the age, the proper time,
drops What havoc it can cause and, on the other hand, how And so, for another two months months spent in study at the Sor- ;; To moan adversity. f
useful it can be. we have those glorious, spicy days bonne. 5
with us again/ I intend to make -o The smile of Sol on Mother Earth,
So it is with the Merciad. Each article combined with use of every one of them. Do you? Epitaph of Martha SneU In her prosperity, ^
other articles makes one complete issue. Don't make the —Virginia gDuggan, »38. Poor Martha Snell; her's gone Has changed,* alas, and lost its
pubhshing of the Merciad a burden instead of a pleasure to away, worth, I 0-
the staff We want the Merciad to be representative. It is Her would If her could, but her Ain't that pernersity ?
In, and around Ohinemutu, New
only with your co-operation that we can expect this year's Zealand, the crust of the earth is couldn't stay;
y Now aU that's left for us poor folk
issues to be successful. so thin that a jet of steam will Her'd two sore legs and baddish
burst forth If afwalking stick is cough, % E'er since the market crash,
•Verle McQuiston, '82. thrust through it. j But her legs It was as carried her Is struggle on beaneath our yoke,
on!. And trust to luck for cash.
—Elizabeth Wilbert, '33.
October, 1931
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KAY'S KOLUM again till they all come back 1 When they all grow sleepy one by
great ? " "m MICKEY'S NATURE A LINE KILMER
O, but it's good to be back again,
and who can say it isn't? and, At the age of ten, my one desire That Aline Kilmer was the wife one $SE$? I
Has
everyone seen Birdie's new was to have a dog. Being the one of Joyce, is the only biographical
incidentally, it's good to be back at F o r d ? — o n e of the latest, cutest, I shall sit alone by the fire and
the old Kolum, again, too—really best equipped of the Victorias niece of three young uncles, my note we have of this talented wo- I
[_ very wish was granted. So one man. The rest of her biography we see . f
We'd like to say a word o* wel- sure is k e e n — M a r y Ellen Wilbert Ghosts of you both come close to
come to the new girls. To our lit- and Maurine have teaching posi- evening at dinner time, I was pre- find in her poems. Therefore from • *me
tle sisters, the Frosh, so young and tions in their own hometown, now sented with a dog — a real dog the first poem we read we begin For the dead and the absent al-
eager and full of ambition we're _~.Dibby Wilbert, Kay Ryan, and with black spots on his white body, to have suggestions of the woman
ways stay
mighty glad to have you! You're Micky attended} Summer School eyes like a doe and ears and tail herself. With the one they love on|Christ-§
just little peaches—everyone of classes at Mercyhurst like those of any pointer. I was There is a delicacy and a beauty
Connie filled with ecstacy and immediate- found in Mrs. Kilmer's works so mas Day."
you and then, our new Seniors Galbo's a Day Hop, now Evelyn ly named him Mickey. A 3 § | f
the four who came to swell our Donahue is one of the prettiest simple, so rare and so sweet that Whether there was any reason
small group of dignitaries—Alice girls who ever came here to school But Mickey had a fault of which we wonder how one who has so for reading Aline Kilmer's works
Keefe, from Meadville. Sure _you — I v a ' s and J Naomi's skit sure , I soon became aware. Because I much sorrow could be so light and but that of the beauty found there,
was a little girl and Mickey would free. But that too, is answered in that would be sufficient. Her ex-
all know her by now—Helen Wal- went over b i g — i t ' s still being
be a big dog, he was judged for her poems revealing her trust in pressions are exquisite. To de-
dinger, who has come back from talked about__The Glee Club work
I his docility, rather than for his God and her wonderful love and scribe her three year old daughter}
her wanderings—and has found is not only going to be interesting
pedigree. The truth was — Mickey belief in Him, she says, "She walks {the way
at last that there is "no place like and a lot of fun but it's going was a coward! This was brought There is the simplicity of a child primroses go." He dead daughter
home" then there's Alice Lyons, to benefit everyone immensely
to my notice in several ways. First in her words, but the under-current she calls "little white moon of my
who is just as sweet a girl as any- A little late to be wishing "Happy
of all, he was afraid of Kitty — of thought is that of a woman who heart" and says of her:
one would want to know and Days", but here and now, we want
token of a previously gratified has suffered and trusted. Like a "She always was the gladdest thing
Helen Cielinski, who's very brilli- to wish Mother Borgia a happy
wish — and Kitty was only about child, she asks the dying candles on^earth < jl
ant a s everyone who has been in feast day, and a happy year one-fifth the size of Mickey. But to carry her prayer to God. Now she is; gayer still, for she is
her Ethics class the past few Everyone had! a grand time at when Kitty expressed by a "psst"
weeks has f o u n d — ' S a i l — s o r r y the Columbus Day picnic a t Bella and a scratch of her paw that she "Tell Him she is so small and so taken x
we have no more Seniors to wel- V i s t a — I n spite of the cold rebellious Into celestial mirth."
it's desired to eat alone, Mickey hur-
come into the fold—. a day long to be remembered riedly retired to the other end of Tell Him her words are music on Her poems f have an appeal for
The poor Juniors would have al- Congratulations to Irene Dolan, the kitchen. her lips children, mothers and lovers. Sad
most hit|lO, (in fact, to be very who was married October 5 and Tell Him I love her in her way- or gay as your spirit is, there is
Mickey's weak ancestry was also ward beauty \- always a poem to soothe one. Be-
truthful, would have been 13, and the Kolum would also like to con-
evidenced in the fact|that J anyone Down to her finger-tips." cause her appeal is so human; so
that wouldn't have been at all well gratulate Marg Burns, now too,
walking in the house with a heavy simple and so sweet she can be ap-
for some of these superstitious being as all late wishes seem to be What a message is in that pray-
tread would immediately send
people), had not Libby Lippert and springing up now Dorothy Mey- Mickey under the first object that er! All the love of a mother's p r e c i a t e d by all — the intellectual
Teddy Yochim come in to save the er ^looks like Rose Weber—Mary would provide shelter. When a lar- heart for her beloved child. The appreciate her power of words;ithe
day for them. Teddy's been a t O'Dea is stillt working hard not ger dog entered the neighborhood, intenseness of her request is sug- uneducated, her simplicity; and
Seton Hill for two years, and Lob- losing any minutes Sr. Mary Mickey walkedg home; it just gested by that lovely thought — "I children love the story element.
by's been a t Gannon?Hall—case Alice plays a mean game of golf seemed that Mickey lacked that lover her down tofher finger tips."
In one poem more than any oth-
of Loss and Gain!—. ask Betty Danahy and isn't pugnacious quality which makes There is no record of her ability er she reveals herself, her spirit,
Sophs nave only two new mem- Betty's tan lovely? We miss an owner proud of his pet canine. as a mother, but how unconscious- and her "High Heart".
bers, too, but most of their old Jane Kelley.. but some one of Even the ^traits that should have ly she reveals her wonderful ma-
"Yet I am not despairing
crowd is back. Julia Belle Gallup the Freshmen has Jane's eyes come natural to him as a pointer, ternal love in her poems to her Though we must part,
is a most charming addition to the Anyone looking for a good Secre- had to be taught him by patient children. Nothing can be too bitter
College. The Sophs should be con- t a r y ? and Mary Carlos is local drilling in the woods; that is, he
"Kenton is tropical, Rose is pure For my high heart.
gratulated on their good l u c k — representative for t h e G i g o l o had to be taught that a pointer white, • AU in the dreary midnight,
that's half of it. They've another Agency See Mary for men for merely designates the nest, not
Deborah shines ilke a star in the Watching the flying foam,
very distinguished member—from the Hallowe'en Dance Lu Ella's announces the arrival of the hun-
night; I I wait for the golden morning
Peru, Mary Yriberry and I ven- teaching Biology in the Seminary ter by loud barkings. Michael's round eyes are as blue as When you come home."
ture to say that she's seen more J u s t been wondering what we're
Even my firm faith in the ability the sea, —Cleland Driscoll, *32.
of our own U.S.A. than most of us. going g to do when J Mary Ann and of Mickey was beginning to waver, And nothing on earth could be
Midge graduate 'twill be most »o-
Nan is just as snappy and pep- when one day, that nature, which dearer to me."
py as ever and Carmie is just as awfully dead to be sure I knew was true to him, revealed A GOLFER'S PSALM
cute and they're still together as Anyone who missed the House- Her continual prayer to God to
itself. Mickey had been absent for
much as ever I like Iva Kreider's warming a t the Practice House hours. My anxiety was great, for keep them safe for her —
eyes we hear Alice Reeder sure missed something and be-
Mickey was always seen at dinner "They are wilful and happy and
makes a good treasurer they're lieve it or not there are trees
time. When I had just persuaded dear beyond measure,
much in demand these d a y s — A n d planted up there Don't you think by uncles that we should I begin} a ptq riches could equal the worth
I'd like to make an announcement Mim is thin? and don't you search, Mickey staggered in. I say of my treasure
don't know whether Snookie think the summer has added some- staggered because, from the loss But in spite of my love and my
thought I'd take her up on it or I thing to her to make her only more of blood brought about by combat pride and my pleasure,
not, but she says, since the name, attractive and fascinating—(guess with some wild animal, that Cwas St. Bridget please keep
folks don't usually talk about their My caddy runs on, I shall but
Alice, is getting to be so popular all any dog could do. Mickey had My babies asleep." walk,
around the College, what with so friends like that b u t — t h e n — come through — no longer a cow-
some usually do!)—speaking of •Her understanding of children is He leadeth me through deep grass,
many of them, she wishes here- ard but a fighter — and a victor- I sweareth — down in deep traps,
after to be known as "Mary Alice p e o p l e getting thin—doesn't ious one at that. All that he so charmingly expressed in her
Midge look lovely since she post a needed was a chance to prove him- "Justice." | J. | My face is sunburnt, my hands are
Summers" Has everyone seen j all sore.
few pounds?—Those old pals, self, which he did to the surprise
Ethel's new outfit?—knockout, |
Kay Reiser, Marian Carlin, Mary of the family and the pride of his "Michael, my sympathies are all Yea, though I wade through deep
isn't it? Elsie is a darling girl— | Stout and Sarah Reed Whitley are for you streams I will fear no deceit,
so delightfully feminine — soft enrolled in the Freshman C l a s s — mistress. Your cherub mouth, your miserable For my caddy is with me, my part-
voice quiet manner everything Some people are gluttons for pun- —CI el and Driscol, '33. I E eyes, ner cheereth and comforteth
to portray the Lady . ishment, they say—seems j as o Your grey-blue smock tear-spat- me,
I know last year's Seniors— though a few of the girls were in tered and your cries Surely eagles and birdies will fol-
Doesn't it seem funny without for a specific kind of punishment MOTHER BORGIA'S FEAST Shatter my heart, but what am I low me all the days of my life
Jeanne Elliott forgetting to go to and Mr. Relihan was chosen to do DAY ? to do? i M ?§• And I will dwell in the house of
classes ? i The following program was giv- He was her baby and the fear of liars forever. ±
the dirt and they take it and
Ruth Wilbert not being harassed en Sunday night, October 12th, to bears —Betty Danahy, '32.
like it (do you blame them ?) —
by Jeanne? honor our beloved Dean, Mother Lay heavy on him so he could not o————
Mary McCrady reading a book for Time to stop—s'long sleep £. DUST ON? YOUR PICTURE
Borgia, on her feast day.
Novel Class ? —Kay. But in the crook of her dear arm, A whirl of Dust blew in by chance,
Welcome—Florence Ammon.
Grace Kane having a "good idea" ? : >—j ;—-o— she swears. Through my open window.
Poem Gothique — Cleland Dris-
Liz Hamburger writing something coll, Margaret Clark, Costella So, Michael, she was right and you It flew around and 'gan to dance
PRACTICE TEACHING
new and stirring ? Resslei must weep. And flutter thus and so.
Nellie singing so happily wherever Mercyhurst has 13 practice
teachers at Academy High School Skit — N a o m i Alloway, Iva • Although the words are sweet
she went? Krieder. and tender and her thoughts sim- So, charmed, I watched the path it
Marg. Burns always looking so this year. The teachers to whom took |
Who Am I?—Margaret Dean, ple and childlike, there is nothing
mysteriously happy a b o u t the girls are assigned are: Miss Jane Connor. weak in her spirit. She is brave Around my sunlit room.
something ? Hunt, in French; Miss Mong, Miss It visited each little nook
Walter, Miss Weller, and Miss Han- Cadets Cotillion—Mary Stout, and unafraid, although her sorrow
Terese always looking so charm- Marian Carlin, Laura La Cavera. has been great. She is fully con- And corner of the room.
non, in English; Miss Heberlein
ing? I land Mr. Mattis, in secretarial sub- Song—Alice Lyons. scious of her bravery, too, but it
Helen Huether being the happiest jects; Miss Kllngel and Miss Nick- Reading—Catherine Gleason. is not flaunted at us but suggested Ah! Oh! — bad Dust! must not
person around ? i Variations—Mary Skene. with a heart full of love and trust. do that, J T4
el, in biology; Miss Rider, in Lat-
Gin Buck's cute wisecracks ? Moon Maid—Tyrella Toomey, Can't you see her when asked by For she is very dear! *
in; Miss Giltner, in Home Eco-
Bertha McHale, who always look- nomics; and Mr. Kelly, in chem- S Presentation of Gift — Florence friends if she will have a Christ- (Guess what! — the Dust just up
ed like an orchid ? Ammon and Catherine Egan. mas tree since one is dead and one and sat
istry. At the new Jefferson grade
Casey Egan getting into some- school, one Mercyhurst student is away? Proudly she raises her Right down upon your picture!)
% Characters:
thing ? h i assigned to Miss Butler , kinder- head, stiffens her trembling lip
Portie's inevitable wad of gun? Mrs. Vanderbilt Ellington III— The dear brown hand, the lovely
garten instructor. and replies:
Mary Nowak talking over our Lolita Lepper. face,
heads in mathematical lang- —I o Mitzi Lee Elligton— Peggy Blair. "O, I shall have a Christmas tree I cannot see through Dust;
uage? Lovely Lady—Ethel Levick. Brighter than ever it shall be The eyes, the mouth, I cannot
Jazz Singer Al Jolson, son of a
Those were the good old days, cantor, received his early training Other Passengers—Sara Brown, trace;
and we want our grads of all prev- in rhythmic, highly colored Chas- Ellen McCartan, Evelyn Donahue. And when Christmas Day is al- Away! — thou Dust, thou must!
ious years to know we miss 'em sidic chants. —Madelyn Hall, '32. most done —Kay Barrett, '33.
and school will never be right

Page 4
DESPAIR 4:
Perhaps it is a great sin to de-
spair; but what if it registers it-
self in a human being regardless
of its undesirable tenantry. When
one seems to make endless, unin-
tentional mistakes and there is lit-
tle or no hope of recalling or rec-
tifying them, what can be done?
Perhaps one should not make these
mistakes; but it seems to be in
the human make-up to err. Tears
are spent? in 4 materializing some
particular desire and when almost
completed an accident ruins it
completely. What it results in, is
despair. Some say, "Don't give up;
one obstacle does not ruin a life's
work; commence anew." Yet it is
a cause of despair to realize the
loss of years of arduous, labor.
In merely mentioning the word
despair it seems to have so many
affiliations; mistakes, laughter,
tears, hopes, ambitions, loves, op-
pressions. There is never laughter
without the resultant melancholy.
For a day mirth prevails, but the
next day melancholy completely
envelopes all former fun. Then
there is love to consider; when love
is unrequited or feigned there is
nothing to take its place but mel-
ancholy or despair.
After many such errors a re-
solve is made to start;a new year
and cover the past. Without?any
premonition an uncomprehensive
mistake is made at the very be-
ginning of the new year with its
brand|new resolutions. This error
not only is of the momentibut is
continually interrupting peaceful
moments. The mind is filled with
it, shackled by it and there seems
to be little or no freedom from its
grimy tentacles — despair.
Always there looms in the future
some particular ambition. Just
thinking of it without delving into
se'riousness and intricacy, makes
I it seem possible. But in fully real-
izing its size, it again seems impos-
sible. What is there but despair
when actions point toward that
particular goal because it is so de-
sirable ? ^j|
Despair's fundamental cause?is
the realization of one's real insig-
nificance and inability. Human be-
ings are merely specks in a vast
universe. One loses all sense in its
greatness. It Hakes magnaminity
of soul and mind to overcome de-
sair and destiny. ^ H H R &$&&*
Despair means the ruination of
nation, universe, and soul. I There-
fore, do not despair; 5 for words
like those just spoken are words of
of a weakling. All obstacles are
made to be 1 overcome l a n d I to
strengthen • mind j and] soul, j The
truly great never despair. fl^^K
1 —Jane Mulheirn, '84. E l
o BEraP
JUNIOR SONG CONTEST | |
The annual song contest will be
r
held on October 28. ] It is - being
sponsored by the Juniors. All the
classes are invited to participate,!
and it is hoped that they will alii
join in on that night. j M B y B P S l
All of the school songs will be I
sung as well as Ian original songS
composed by each one of the
classes. The classes will be Judged
not only by their original song, but
also by the manner in which they
sing the school songs. A prize will
be given to the class that is picked
by the judges as the best.
Get your voices tuned and let's
see which class it will be. Seniors,
Sophomores, Freshmen, Juniors,
who will it be? The judges will
tell us on October 28, 1981 — Come
one, come all.
—Jean Summers, '33. >
The Saying of Omar Ibn All Hallf
Four things come not back:
The spoken word;
The sped arrow;
Time past;
The neglected opportunity.
THE WORLD
What is the world even to those
who love it, who are intoxicated
with its pleasures, and who cannot
live without it? It is a perpetual
servitude where no one lives for
himself alone. It is a daily revolu-
tion of events, which create in us
the I most violent ^passions, bitter
hatred and devouring jealousy. The
World!! (In the worlds there is
nothing lasting — the most afflu-
ent fortunes, the most sincere
friendships and the most exalted
characters. Men pass their lives in
projects and schemes; always ready
to deceive; always discontented
with the present and anxious about
the future, doing everything for re-
pose. These are the virtues which
the world knows and esteems.
*If we could look into two differ-
ent parts of the world, if we could
enter into the secret detail of an-
xieties, ii we could pierce the out-
ward! appearance which offers to
our : eyes only joy, pleasure and
magnificience, how different should
we find it from what it appears.
We should see it destitute of hap-
piness. We should see friendships
broken by suspicions; relations
the most tender destroyed by hat-
red; the most honorable places not
giving satisfaction, each one com-
plaining of his lot, and the • most
elevated not the most happy. Oh!
yes, it's a grand old world if you
don't weaken, but when you weak-
en ? to pat him on the back. The second
It-Elizabeth McDonald, '83.*
! HOCKEY
Back once again to the grind of
regular hours, classes, and {rules.
But with this grind comes another
phase of work which is a pleasure
to all who participate, as it is not
compulsory. This work for pleas-
ure is | "Athletics". Wi
E The main spring, at the present,
onfthe athletic field is hockey —
the cause for this is revenge — no,
not the freshmen trying to get re-
venge for initiation,., not a partial
revenge but one held by the whole
college,: whether players of not.
This is "Edinboro^. Our motto
this year is "Down with Edlnboro".
Our first attempt at an "honest-
to-goodness" hockey game was last
year at Edinboro. The •• result as
everyone knows, was not in favor
of Mercyhurst ; so, to even things
up j a bit, Mercyhurst plans to go
"over the top" this time. . •'>•
j | The players of last year have all
reported, in addition to a fine show-
ing fromfthe freshman class. "The
number of candidates should com-
pensate our coach, Miss Geraldine
Heil, for all her time, J effort and
work given to the hockey team. £*
I The sportsmanship and enthus-
iasm which are being shown at the
practices, presage a victory for
Mercyhurst. B H | B M B ] B ^ ^ ^ B M
All ready I for Edinboro!!! Let's
go!!!!!! JKjEffiK Hk ~i
—Dorothy Cronauer, '84. ?'
HOW WE CALL K
Alice Summers is usually called
"Pic". Florence Ammon answers
to the name of "Flossie". Alice
Reeder is called "Discount Al",
and Madeline Hall likes "Midge"
best. Carmelita Gill is commonly
known as "Wax", and Lollita Lep-
per never fails to come when you
call "Zasu." Last but not least we
have Dorothy Mooney who always
pops up when "Diplomatic Dot" is
sounded.
THE MERCIAD
LAUGHTER
Who can estimate the value of a
hearty, happy laugh ? It is manna
in life's wilderness. Some persons
are more richly endowed than oth-
ers with this happy gift and the
method of manifestation in them-
selves and its effect upon others
are among the most wonderful
mysteries oi our being. It is marv-
elous to think What an atmosphere
of fun seems to surround some
people, what an air of festivity
they throw around the dullest
things and what a radiance of ex-
pression they impart to the most
commonplace emotions.
Comedy gives us a new and sur-
prising pattern of life. People do
not laugh when a dog barks but I
heard the crowd laugh uproarious-
ly when a man in the audience im-
itated a dog barking — he was
breaking the patten of human be-
haviour.
Murderers and thieves are for the
most part serious-minded men who
might have remained law-abiding
citizens if only they had had a
greater capacity for laughing. It
would be going too far to say that
all "laughers" are virtuous men
and all "non-laughters'' are crim-
inals. Laughter gives a holiday
both to the virtues and to the
vices. I remember once when I
told a joke. Most of those present
laughed; but the person who was
seated next to me sat unmoved and
sunk in thought. At least, a quar-
ter of an hour after we had fin
ished laughing, he nudged me and
said, "I see what you mean, a
joke." "Er—Yes, I said — I be-
lieve I did." Upon which he began
laughing so heartily that I though
he would choke, and I was obliged
joke surpassed the first.
The worst thing that can be said
against laughter is, that by putting
us in a good humor, it enables us
to {tolerate I ourselves. I The best
thing that can be said for it is that
for the same reason it enables us
to tolerate each other. 18§S5Si|§P
"A little nonsese, now and then, i
Is relished by the best of men."
l$$® —Elizabeth McDonald, '88.
T?r
'c'>"•'-.• o Has long, dark brown hair, blue pointed seats in Chapel?
v
THEME SONGS
1. Carmelita Gill — "Just a song
at Twilight."
2. Margaret Dean — "When you
and I were young, Maggie."
3. Alice Reeder (Personality Kid)
— "I've got it."
4. Evelyn Donahue — "I must
have that man." ;
- „;
5. Marian Summers — "I'm the
lonesomest girl in town."
6. Nejl Morin — "Down by the
Winegar Woifcs." ' leopard jacket.
7. Louise Pasqualicchio—"Sleepy
time Girl."
8. Margaret Hanna — "Stumb-
lin' all around." , . - *'
9. Ruth'Aine Martin — "In old
<3£ing Tut's Day." j f c
10. Iva Krister — "My little Bim-
bo." W}SIJHM$%
11. Frannie McCarty — "I'm thru
with Love." m WImmgglJBm
12. Margaret Bacon — "Cut your-
self a piece of cake and make
yourself at home." WHE
13. Tyrella Toom -— "Sweethearts
on parade."«
CT^JK
14. Margaret Clark — " C h e e r ,
cheer for old Notre Dame."
15. Maryl Ann* Woods — "Thanks
for the Buggy ride."
—Diane.
THINGS NEVER SEEN IN OUR
SCHOOL
Dot Mooney without a smile on
her face.
Mickey McDonald staying out of
an argument.
Mary Ann Woods being serious.
Allie Reeder and Dot Mooney sit-
ting around doing nothing.
Food lasting more than one hour.
SKNIOH HALLOWE'EN HOP
What is Hallowe'en w i t h o u t
gayety, fun and frolic ? We're sup-
posed to be pretty well grown up
by now so we can't very well go
out and ring door-bells or paint
windows with soap but we're going
to celebrate anyhow with some-
thing you'll like much better. We
are goin to dance, dance, dance to
the rythmic strains of the music
of er — ah, well, to be perfectly
frank with you, we haven't decided
on the orchestra as yet but we do
know that it won't be Guy Lom-
bardo or Vincent Lopaz.
The date? Thursday, October
29, not quite two weeks away.
Hurry girls and call the boy
friends or place your order at "The
Gigolo Agency" right away, — •
first come, first served.
The scene £ oi action is Mercy-
hurst Dining Room. Don't get lost
among the corn stocks or fall into
the cider.
The following Seniors are ass is t-
ing in the arrangements for the
Dance:
General Chairman—Ethel Levick.
Finance— Mary Ann Woods.
Orchestra—Mary Cronin, Chair-
man; Helen Waldinger.
Refreshments — Flossy Amman,
Chairman; Verle McQuiston,
d Grace Reciche, Alice Keefe. •:'
Decorations—Midge -Hall, Chair-
man; Cleland Driscoll, Alice
Lyons.
—Madelyn Hall, '32.
This Month's f %
WHO'S W H O : ^•RpSf |
• Is President of the Senior Class,
• President of Kappa Chi Soroity,
SB and Business Manager of the bob?
?B Merciad. SflMMiE£%% BBB|g[g|f §§Ginniej Duggan I was tall and
/ S Is a day student but never fails prim? K B
J to Vat tend any school activity. I Betty I Danahy V hated menj—
Her enthusiam and ambition are a-hem and (vice-versa) ? 9 H B
her outstanding characteristics.
eyes and a deeply sun tanned
complexion, walks to school ev- floor ? ;?$SS3ra;fel i %
I ery day to keep her perfect fig- tv
ure.
When not walking, she drives an
Auburn Sport Coupe or a Green
Buick. •
Is considered one of the best
dressed girls at school and looks
especially attractive in a woolen
sport suit of Spanish Tile and a
Is a real go-getter and what's
more she gets what she wants.
Is a one-man woman, Charlie be-
ing the lucky boy.^JUso is ex-
treme^ fond of her pet purp
,.v Hooper Dooper.:^Sp $£ W, Sjfc
^ Likes football games and Journ-
al eys to Pittsjnirghltwo or three
H times during It he season to see
E Is majoring|ln EnglishlLit. and
S Music. l i s an excellent student
B and loves to argue. jj£| '"""'H^H^H
g Can always be depended on to
do the many tasks that are en-
trusted to her as one of .Mercy-
hurst's mostjactive Collegians.
This month's Who's Who is none
other than Ethel Levick. Who will
be next month's choice? Watch
for this column! It may be YOU.
jst\ Marriage
Two volumes bound in one com-
plete,
With thrilling story old but sweet;
No title needs the cover fair
Two golden hearts are blended
there.
—Mildred Merle.
October, 1931
WOMAN'S INHUMANITY TO
1 1 ^ MAN £§ |
M y constitution! My p o o r
wrecked constitution! Unexpected
shocks — brutal knocks from aud-
den sights and sounds! Friends
breaking my back, auto horns that
"peep" when one is sound asleep,
fire bells, police sirens, barking
dogs — and alas! — feminine fash-
ions. I can stand a lot of female
fashion tommyrot — yes — but
not the Empress Eugenie hat.
It has taken them by storm, this
style masterpiece, and now what
is mere man as compared with
Eugenie ? I thought the scene was
complete when women wore the
flaming, flamboyant, . checkered
beach pajama, but now they must
have white feathers stuck above
their ears, or curling low around
their necks. It's all the rage —
and with every vestige of true
pride, women tip their hats way
up on one side, and not seeming to
care, show to all the world the void
that should be hidden.
This makes one think, and
makes one guess blindly, seeking
the light. Why do they make them-
selves look dumb? — it's almost
confessing. Why should they, as if
intent on looking for self destruc-
tion, so plainly show their sad and
distressing mental state ? Consid-
er the question. The only answer
man has found Is that perhaps our
country's female youth loves truth.
If this is so — do they not deserve
much commendation ?
— Betty Danahy, '82.
-v o — —
WOULDN'T l IT BE'FUNNY I P -
Margaret Bacon acted silly and
got the giggles?
Regis O'Leary couldn't play a
piano?
Dot Cronauer never fell! asleep
in Church History Class?
psDibble Wilbert Sever came to
class unprepared ? \ T .
» M a r g a r e t Clark had a boyish
H B HHf i
BK* JB
Jj5The 5 Freshmen J took {their \ ap-
I
Cle Driscoll stayed off the first
ATTENTION ALUMNAE!
Dear Alumnae: S ^ ^ 3 | 3 B
' Merciad time is here again
with *all" its gaccompanying
trials, and tribulations, joys
and —"yee — hallucinations.
The [class of j 1931 made
such a notable success of our
Alma Mater \ paper that the
present \ Senior class are
makings a special effort to
emulate this fine precedent.
g Wont you help us? |
Your loyalty and love for
Mercyhurst and all It stands
for will bo aotively demon
strated b y l the spirit you
show when you are actually
out of college.
We are sending you; our
first copy. Do you like it?
If so, mail one dollar to the
business manager of the
Merciad NOW!
We are depending on YOU!
Sincerely yours,
The Merciad Staff,
Business Mgr. Ethel Levick.
Will Rogers in his Depression
Campaign speech said: "We're the
first nation in the world to go to
the poorhouse in an automobile."
Out of every 100 licensed air-
plane pilots in the United States
today, 4 are women. ;