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Vol XXIII, No. 5 MERCYHURST COLLEGE, ERIE, PA. February 20,1952
College Library
Suicide I sithe Answer Start Choosing Now
To Be Invaded
Retreat time at" Mercyhurst
"Our souls, in their rebel lion against God, have become might also be called! "library 1952 is presidential!election year. Although the year is
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truly the slaves of the world, the flesh, and the devil. time." Every year the college still young, it is. not too soon to begin to consider the^elections
library Is invaded by eager ^read- in November. Even if you are not of voting age, you should
We would like to be good. But somehow that's not enough. ers during these quiet days. Per- be aware of the proceedings that occur before balloting day.
haps a yfi»w suggestions of some
Habits holds us in slavery. It is neither easy to start doing good Catholic books would help The affairs of the nation ^concern not only the voters but all
good nor to stop being bad. In fact, we|often fail miserably to avoid tl?,e usual confusion in the citizens.
choosing reading material. i
when we try..;But not everyone fails. We know of people who Father E. J. Edwards, S.J., is The right to share;in a democratic government is accom-
have liberated themselves almost completely from the slavery a noted Catholic fiction author.
His books, Thy People My Peo- panied by a responsibility for all to participate in its political
of sin. How? They died. activities. Democracy makes the highest claims upon the
ple, This Night Called Day.
These Two Hands, and White moral maturity of the individual citizens. Citizens utilize this
That sounds easy, but you see, they diedlby committing Fire all make excellent reading moral? maturity by fulfilling their civic obligations; one of
suicide. Yes, they killed^themselves. or rather they killed their material. Father Keller's book these civic obligations is voting—that j-is, voting intelligently.
selves. They killed the man of sin. Theyldid this by attacking on Men of Mary knoll can also
be classified as a light type of
their overbalanced love for the world and physical life, and the reading jmatter. This is a selec- HI;? Names of prospective presidential candidates of both ma-
pride which makes man a prey to Satan. They used the weap- tion of stories about the] Mary, jor political parties have already appeared in the news. Poli-
ons of prayer andla spirit of prayer—of meditation on God's knoll priests in $China fandi is tical supporters of such men as Senator Estes Kefauver, Gen-
well worth reading. ^ B ^ H ^ ^ H I eral Dwight Eisenhower, Governor Adlai Stevenson, and Sena-
word—of fasting, abstinence, and mortification of the senses— Beeper Catholic Writing' H j
In the field of deeper Catho
tor Robert Taft have already begun their campaigns for each
of detachment from the pleasures and riches of the world. of these men, campaigns which will come to a climax attthe
lie writing, the books written jby
They used difficult, painful tools. And they gained infinite love. the Trappist monk, ThomasglMer- party nominations in July. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H ^ f l f f i ^ ^ H
ton must be f mentioned,J Seven
That is what Lent is for us—a dying to sin and an awak- Storey Mountain,! Seeds of Con- {SH Justlbecause you are at Mercyhurst does not mean that
ening to love. Wei attempt'to cut off our past heavy chains templation a n d ] Waters! of *'Si- you can become dormant in your civic obligationaJNowIis the
tae are his, most J famous J works.
which have seemed too much to resist. With the whole church Bishop Fulton J.[Sheen's Three time when you should learn the background of all the prospec-
we ask the grace to suffer and die, so that we may truly love to Get Marrfisd | and JLift Up tive candidates—whatjarelthe leadership! qualities of leach
your | Hearts, Eugene | Boylen's
the God we have crucified by our sins, and not merely appear This I Tremendous j Lover |Jj and man—and weigh your answers carefully and intelligently. In
to love Him. Lent is a time of love. It is a time of suffering Edward I Leen's The True Vine order to have a better nation, each of us must be willing to do
her part* in choosing capable,freliable men to reprepentfthe
for one reason—that we mayfbe free to Hove more intensely. and I Its Branches I are t all note people of our democracy. J^^SHSffMBIM^S^^^^i'-ii^^^lB
As Christ suffered for love's sake—we too suffer for love. Oh, worthy, I well-written | books that
treat Catholic subjects. JSKffiiifeiP
Lent is a glorious season! £ I Interesting Biographies j
I If I you [enjoy the biographical
type of book we {might mention,
Students iReactf Strongly I
the Autobiography Iof St. {There-
Get Your Moneys Worth sa of Llsieux which is one of the
best pieces ever written concern-
To I Ex-Commie j Lectureflfi
ing this great saint, i Then as^a
later work, Father Henry B. « A f t e r the visit of Miss Elizabeth Bentley, famousfpex-
It's common sense, plain dollars and cents, to look for the Shaw's Ini the Shadow! of Peter Communist spy, who spoke in the Mercyhurstfauditoriujn on
full value of your money. We Americans insist, in our materia- tells us how this author was led January 14i the Mefdad sent out a roving reporter to get an
listic culture, on getting our money's worth. That is, in every- into the Catholic faith and from idea of the students' reactions. From what this reporter has
there, up to the Ivery altar of observed, Miss Bentley left quite a variety of opinions and im-
thing but education. It would seem that we do our best to de- priesthood. ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ s H ^ ^ 8 p ^ ( ! i :
pressions behimU'her. ^) • • - . • > ;%
rive as little as possible from most of our courses. The attitude X Catholic Action y Pictured ?*
of the average collegianjis one of getting through? with the For those f interested* hi' the
field of Catholic Action, Cardinal When Ann Remaley was asked for her reaction, she made
least amount of effort and work, fWe| aren't|called "lazy Saliege's Who ^ Shall Bear the this statement: "Miss Bentley's talk will greatly benefit us
Americans" without due cause. But thisldoesn't necessitate Flame gives an excellent picture when we go in the world and are forced to meet, face to face,
of ythe Catholic Action work in Communism hidden in all walks of life." Helen Fogarty's views
our following the "conventional" pattern. | H H M ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ P I France V during , recent years.
Chautier's Tfcft Soul of the Apos- contrasted greatly to those of Ann's: "I thought her speech
Mercyhurst offers us morejthaiujust afgood education, tolate is also; very good in this was rather mediocre, but it would have been a greater success
consisting of thejjrequired subjects and credits. Here we find field. •/•S;^>-i.'£.' •/.,.;"•"-".. in a secular college, since we, here at Mercyhurst, already
V;^Naturally there are many other know, the basic principles of Communism and Miss Bentley
knowledge-based on Christian principlesiwith a proper sense fields of Interest and many other failed to give us any concrete details." Marge Cummisky simp-
of values. It might ev< n be advertised as a four-year bargain types of Catholic books in the li-
brary. The» Imitation of Christ, ly said! "The speech was very goo<l. Miss Bently was reserved
that will become more and more valuable as we make use of it. and True Devotion to The Bless- in her attitude, but nevertheless she was unusually friendly."
And the bargain-counter is well stocked, so make those dollari ed Virgin Mary are two of the
top of mo t f, reading ^listB. How- > •: Rita Panciera* offered another, viewpoint, "The woman
bring results. i>«^^Bi^^HHB^kl^^y&^M0^ ever, if you haven't found '• what
you want here, you can.be sure didn't to F peak wi1 h conviction as to her religious prin-
it's waiting for you in the library. ciples so recently acquired. In general, she seemed to be 'half-
v
T. '; i hearted' in - relation to Cathol§?-
I ism." Thinking in the same line,
THEiMERCIA &Wm
an W.Andwer uo Vadi 5 Margaret Broderick commented!!
"Miss Bentley didn't tell us miich
about Communism that we didn't
> Mercyhurst College, F,rip ; i Pa. KBawsB & QUO VADIS? Maybe we have us,,ha\(3 a place in God's plan. already know. She didn't appear
Member of ^ H f f i j H ^ seen the movie, but how much There is not one of us ^who has very sincere to me since most con-
t hought have^ we given, to4 the not some particular job to do. .;•> verts usually say moie about the
Associated Collegiate Press flHJgBnr question. Yet unlessIwe Know the ^Determining what?that?;job may actual; : factors influencing their
EDITOR! p$~-~~ ~ - i - Frances Bullivan answer, i our ygllf e | camfchiave f« no be is a serious matter. The silence conversion." ; Mickey O'Donnell
Associate Editor _ .&_4--&. »,~~# Mary Lou Dwyer meaning,! no purpose. * it will be of a retreat is often a good oppor- did not J agree as she remarked:
Assistant Editors _.gf' Florene Cherry, Jean Dnouihard but aim less a wandering. f^W^SSS tunity for God to speak to us ar-d • "Miss Ben|ley definitely Is a brill-
Business Editor . !..JCJ_~T 4*-- Claire Todd 8) A retreat, such as we shall have to help us reach * a decision. We iant! woman, but she never once
Editorial Staff ^iL.J^ Pauline SoiJiiida, Joan Harri- the first week-end in Lent, is*an are so busy about dp many things made her audience feel uncomfor-
son, Claire Agliata, Patricia !Moran,|Mary Jo
excellent opportunity ifor medita- thatfwe seldom keep quiet toilet table because of her Intellectual
RoyerJceci Wert, Helen Fogarty, Mary•* Jo
Babowlcz, Norma Jean Scoifct, Theda i Best., tion! onf this vital question. For God tell us what^Hefwould have | superiority, instead she was 'down
Doris Moore, Mary Ann Callahan, Jody Ryan, girls in college, a retreat is par- us do. W^^^^^^S^^^^^^^S Sto earth 1 and lued language5that
Donna Byers, Ann Kennedy, Julie Tech. *g- ticularly {Important I because (we SKWhen we are making! the ^re- all could understand." As the last
Business Staff | ™ . _ i | Corinne Prenaibt, Dorothy have 'reached Ithe age when jwe treat |this year, let u.3 make it a person! interviewed, fVija Odelko
Roth, Luereta Burger, yAniita^ Santomenna, must | decide 1 to S a large J extent particular point to doisomexBer- gave this as her compliment, "As
Bemadefcte Ben.tRttajShanahian, Mary Cath- what 1 we are I going to do with i<» us J i hi nking I about our special far as Miss Bentley knowing what
erine O'Donxiell. our lives. Ql 0 VADIS?BEJK|f place In God's plan..Let us be sure she was talking about, she^ cer-
|$ Each and every one of UB has
a \\ ocation, laical I ing from God. thatfwefhave thei answer to the tainly did. Her (material was pre-
I sen ted lni anJ Interesting manner
Howevei many or few of us may question:!QUOIVADIS? Whither
as was proved jby the discussion
have freligious 1 vocations, lallS of goest thou? i ^ H ^ H B H B n I t h a t evolved from it." ! i£
February 20, ltejj THE MERCS AD , Page Three
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Dnuor Raey (Lla Mercy hurst Girls
orircii lid [Across the world in the city of
Evol all the people were running
Are Talking About...
around wit hi signs on them avd
this is what they said.^'Keew
Doohrehtorb", which anyone can MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT . . . the warm wel-
see doesn't mean a thing. come given to Barbara Botsaris, thejnew freshman from Sharon. Pa.,
Three little girls seated on the by the upper classes as well as her own class . . . Donna Byers* "pen
bus could be heard very serious- pal" who must be from the deep south; he calls her "honey chile" . . ,f
ly engrossed in conversation. It lucky Pat Duffy and the arrival of a dozen roses from her guy for no
all came to a climax as they got particular reason, or sol Pat says . . . the sighs of relief from recent
up to leave. The shortest one, monitors! and the groans from the roommates of the newly-elected:
turning around, said this, "Well, monitors?following the quarterly elections!. . . the laments of Betsy
I don't care if Jenny wasn't born Meehan and Claire Todd over {the deplorable situation of beginning
here and doesn't go to our church. their last semester in college . . . the untimely death of King George
God lovesiher or He wouldn't and the coronation of Elizabeth as England's second youngest queen.
have gxnade her, so we havemto, Ww MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING?ABOUT . . J the un-
too." I Z I I \ i JB usual demonstration given in chem class by Vicky Argana on her
|A|little boy turned around and B birthday . . . the third in the tragic series of Elizabeth, New Jer-
stared, an old man sat up B sey, airplane crashes . . . the subversive activities carried on in
straight, an elderly lady fsighed B subterranean]regionsfbylthe Misses •>Bell, Fogarty, J and Pan-* I
and sat back happily—yes, the B ciera .1. .{the long-awaited termination of the ciippling ErieK
world's going to be all right.|Up B taxi strike . . .8the sparkling new addition to the third finger ? |
above, in the city of "Nevaeh", a B "right" hand of Barb Tonry . . . the appearance of a black and^m/
PRE-GAME HUDDLE, on friendly\ terms, with Clahe Agliata, great! voice IwasI heard, "These 8|j furry creaturegin the residence halls and Anne'Mohr's connec-^B
Terry Zebert, Dorothy Szawczik, and Jody Ryan. are all my children and love must B tion with the mysterious incident . . . students on the Dean's B B
be in* their hearts." H E S ^ ^ ^ ^ S | g List, particularly the freshmen who made such a fine showing. ^ ^ H
Ping-pong! Ping-pong! the "pinging" of a plastic ball hitting a p||"A red berry and a black berry |?& MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT!. :M> Roxanna
paddle and the sound of a "ponging" on the table is a familiar sound are different colors, gbut they're Downing's mad dashes through the college corridors to find someone
in the auditorium. Whenever anyonejhas a few spare minutes, where both good for eating and are the
who has a few free periods and the cynical laughs which greet her
do you find her if she is not in the lounge?—why, playing ping-pong. •same inside." That's what Mom-
queries . . . Mary Lou Scallse's impromptu lecture on the "Perils and
One would think thatlthey were giving away free "hot-dogs" by the mie told Mary Jane. And what did
Daddy tell Billy? "Just as you Pitfalls of Stag Dances" J. . . Molly Li's plane trip to New York City
continuous line at the table. At various times throughout the day for a formal dance and to spend the weekend . . . the wonderful dinner
among those enjoying themselves at this popular pastime are Dorothy love yourself, love j the boy next
Szawczik, Claire Agliata, Jody Ryan and Terry Zebert. ffi&B door, I the (lady down t he § street, given by Miss Re illy for the second and last group of seniors to live a t
and the girl across the rjfver." -0} the practice house this year . . . the birth of Robert David to Lucreta
Often seen playing ping pong Burger . .-j Dolly Olsavick's penchant for* bare feet "a la Liz j Tay-
times. Sundays or weekends she B Andtover in. the city of Evol lor" . . . Barb Klein and her dramatic aspirations, Macbeth, no less . . . .
during the lunch hour is one of the I people have * turned * their Mrs. Bryan's charitable work as a faithful Grey Lady at St. Vin-
our engaged seniors, Dorothy likes to do sketching or go hiking.
As far as sports are concerned, signs inside out and now they say cent's . . . senior cemprehensives. :'&&*.&:. ''^'•^••f^^f^^^M^^^^^
Szawczik, an Erieite. Besides "Brotherhood Week." And that's
being active in Science Seminar, skiing is her favorite, but the
rainy weather- and short snowfalls rightlnow! I February 17 ' t o 23. i f S MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT . . . the return M
Glee Club, and Precs Club, this It {should I b e ^ A I I •}the ; Year if- of Marge Sueta to the \junior class . • .jjthe kindness of Myron H
biology major: is helping to as- have discouraged Terry from
bringing her skis to school. Every- Round." H i m M *§•' Jones, Cliff Oliver and the staff of station WJET in Interviewing B
semble the yearbook. This starry- v
\'V Miss Kelly and the cast of "Nine Girfs" over the air . • . the daily Kg
eyed senior will receive the title one has a pet peeve and hers'j is
"hot-rod" drivers and conceited •;Hi reports on the "sinking"! condition of four beloved peninsula— B
of Mrs. early this summer, and
then she intends to teach in her
new residence—Vermont.
Playing ping-pong is just an-
fellows. In the future at the
'Hurst, we will probably see
Terry's artistic* talent in posters
for various affairs. ^ • ^ ^ B f ^ B
m USlC If loteA
SiSFor a night of music long to be
r g R.I.P. . . . the ;• huge success of our play and the wonderful per- B
,'
. •'
; formance given by our amateur thespians . • . the
^<news that Janet Brenuner will be with us as a resident for the re- iL
mainder of the semester . . . what -real fine" reports we have l p
wonderful »
other one of the sports that Claire remembered, Fritz ' Mahler' has been hearing about the Gannon Sunday night dances . • • grow-- ^J
Agliata, of Buffalo,JN. Y., enjoys. planned \a dynamic rendition ing excitement over dates and entertainment for the eagerly \i\
Much of Claire's spare time is of Strauss' "Death and Transfig- anticipated Winter Carnival . . . our hoped-for, planned-for free </,
spent writing articles for the uration" for March 5 The soloist day on March 17 . . . Theresa' Strobel's recent engagement. • .•
Press Club or Merciad, thus help- for this concert is Monique de la MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT . . . Marilyn
ing to publicize the) activities of Bruchollerle who made her Amer- Kelley and the thanks due to her from all sides for her efforts in be-
the school. This lone junior math "Where's that paint brush? It ican debut with the Boston Sym- half of the American Red Cross blood bank . . . the new and inter-
major is lalco very active f i n was J here just a minute ago. It phony in December. She is com- esting culture forums given by Sister Inez . . . the redecoration of
Science Seminar, Sociology | Sem certainly couldn't have gotten up pared by the press to Rubenstein, room 36 . . . Mary Mullaney's recent loss and gain: lost—one tooth
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inar, Glee Club, AjA., and C. A. and walked^away." ^^^3f^^^-: Rachmaninoff, and even Liszt,
BDolthesefwords sound familiar and she will - play both the and gained—two goldfish • •"Breakfast
• With the Staff" at WICU
Any spare time left, she likes to
spend reading, listening to classi-
to you? Th^y would, if you had Motzart's Concerto in D Minoi TV, featuring Miss Helen Kelly, Mary Jo Royer and Terry Gorny . . .
been a mdmber of the stage crew, and Franch's Symphonic Varia- the debt of thanks which we all owe to each and every nun who work-
cal music, and writing to Larry.I who for several weeks/before the tions for piano and orchestra. ed with us to make "Nine Girls" a howling success.
On the Other S i d e B M M big show enthusiastically worked
TabIe behind the {scenes to make pos-
Of the HBGB sible I the | production ; of "Nine
- Often seen with S a certain fel-
low' from Gannon is Jody Ryan, Girls/'HBI ^^^^^M. ^'.f:
a | sophomore| from Youngstown, K Flats had to be painted,;props
:
He had no wis
Ohio. An EnglishI major I with located,Juailafpounded, and sets
minors in French and social stud- erected.I Who|did it? The stage
to
ies, Jody is very active in the Eng- crew,|headed by Bonnie Bell and
lish! Club. She also claims mem- Judy Ellermeyer, * with 'the able
bership in the French, Janus and assistance of Betty;Rossum, Mary
K or want t
Glee Clubs, along with*the A. A. Ann|Scirto,!*VickijArgana, Donna wjien
and writing for the Merciad. Even Cutrona, | "Mickey" cO'Donnell,
The Jolly Beffijar
though she holds ?a j seat onj the Ann! Kennedy, and :*"Bet"' Brod-
Student Board of Discipline, Jody erick. Theyfwere £ responsible for
is well-liked. I n her spare! time the work which! had to be com- Each frosty bottle of Coke is the
she does the things Iwhlch she pleted I before s February 514 ^ a^id
answer ; to t h i r s t . . . each frosty
likes: sleeping,* playing ^bridge, 15,j the! nights of the * perform-
listening to p o p ! concerts! and ance s. g^^«(^^ffS^^)&* JiiiiM-} i yT bottle is a bargain, too. Robert
operettas, reading or playing ping- Burns would like that!
pong. (Oh yes, another one of her g One f of the main accomplish-
likes is her roommates). At pre- ments of the crew was th$ paint-
sent Jody is doing her pet p e e v e - ing of knotty pin*|p&neling.*The
getting blind dates for the 'Hurst task 1 was rather complicated, but
under the direction of Miss Kelly
girls. P ^ ^ ^ ^ H H and fcCece I Wert, I thejj crusaders
Anxiously awaiting the start of were successful in their mission.
the game as the was the start of B As opening [night fdrew jnear,
school last September, is Terry the stage crewi retreated lio the
Zebert, an art major from North- shadow.3 and into the limelight to
field, Mass. Even though she's an take! their places stepped the ac-
active member of the Glee Club, tresses, and their director. Miss
Art Club, and a honorary member Helen Kelly.IBut, as alresult of
of the A. A., Terry still has time these two groups working togeth- lOTTlfD UNDER AUTHORITY OP THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
to do the thingslflhe enjoys. On er, Mercy buret once again assur- ERIE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
Saturday evening one can find ed its audience of a {successful "Cokm" k a fgMwtl tradm-mark. 1952, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
Terry dancing at Cayarle, since and enjoyable 1 production, four
modern dancing If one of her past* "Nine Girls," 1 WBBtit § £ B
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