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Vol. XXV, No. 1
"Just like home", Barbara Cavanaugh, sophomore home economics
major, seems to be saying as she demonstrates new equipment to fresh-
men Mary Ann Schmidt and Joanne Rinaldo on their tour through
the revamped home economics department.
Home Ec Dept. Facilities To Open House symbolizing
Expanded at Mercyhurst
Mercyhurst's building program, completed last spring, has
paved the way for expansion within the school as ? welly as without.
All library facilities are nowihoused in the new library building, and
space made available ]by this removal has been utilized to provide an
extra assembly hall and to expand the home economics department.
f In addition ito being enlarged, the home economics department
has been modernized. The third floor rooms which were originally
S'tack and preference rooms have been converted into a clothing flab-
oratory, complete with fitting, reference, and storage rooms. A lect-
ure room has taken over the quarters previously occupied by the
clothing laboratory.
Students in the Home Nursing
class have been provided with a
special nursing room in which
their lecture\ andr lab work will
be cari-ieu on.
The foods laboratory i has been
rejmodeled to include two unit
kitchens in addition to the indivi-
dual work areas. These units
closely| simulate home kitchens,
and extra touches such as knick-
knack shelves add to the, au-
thenticity. Overhead! cabinets and
formica-topped c o u n t e r s * are
among the functional features of
the new arrangement. The de-
partment! has also added an up-
right freeze.r to the laboratory.
Students will work with it in
their units on modern methods
of food preservation. A cheerful
yellow and white with green
makes $up the color scheme, and
Faculty Includes
Few'53 Changes
The 1953-54 school year has
meant few faculty changes at
Mercyhurst.
Sister Mary Charles, formerly
associate professor of chemistry
and physics, has been given a
leave of absence to study for her
doctorate at Carnegie Te.ch. Sister
Mary Inez, instructorlin music, is
at present teaching^ in Franklin,
Pa.
New members of the Mercy-
hurst College, faculty include Sis-
t e r ! Mary Suzanne and Roxana
Downing. Sister Suzanne, who
will join the education depart-
ment, has specialized in eleme.n-
tary education. Miss D o w n-
ing, a Mercyhurst graduate of
the class of '53, will be an in-
structor in the art department.
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Seniors, Sophs Cap
Invite Colleges Qn October21
stainless steel equipment and ap-
pliances carry out the. modern
theme of-:!the twin work areas.
enfs Start
Medical Tech
Year {Course
First students to enroll in the
medical technology course re-
cently arranged |by St. Vincent's
Hospital and Mercyhurst have be- .
gun work at the hospital labor-
atory. Doing their Jlnternship are
Mary Ann Cutri, Judy Ellermey-
er, Sophia Mazionyte, and Vija
Odeiko.
The girls, having completed
over three, years of preparatory^
study, are on duty eight hours a
day, five days a week, working
three hours on Saturday. In Dec-
ember, they must be prepared for
weekend duty when emergencies
may arise. June will mark the
beginning of night calls foi the
girls.
The course includes working
in the seven departments of the
laboratory: blood bank, bacteri-
ology, histology, hemotology, ur-
inalysis, biochemistry, and waiting
room, which takes pre-natal, pre-
marital, andfpre-admission cases.
Time must also be spent ti in the
sterilizing room. Additional cours-
es will be taken in the. evening at
the college.
A probation period of two weeks
i s | spent by each girl in each de-
partment* during which time she
receives the general outlook of
the department. After this period
of three months, she will spend j
another five weeks in each de-..
partment participating in its act-;'
ual jwork. A total of twelve
months is required for each girl
to complete fter internship. £ and little sister classes.
MERC1AD MERCYHURST COLLEGE, ERIE, PA.
ALL-AMERICAN
Notification was received yes-
terday that the M E R C I A D I has
been awarded the * All- American
rating by the Associated Collegiate
Press. This rating, the highest
award given by the association, is
being received by the MERCIAD
for the first time in its 24-year
history. Mary Lou Dwyer, editor
of last year's MERCIAD, headed
the staff which was responsible
for the superior paper.
Frosh Receive
and Gown
The academic cap and gown,
acceptance into the
For the {benefit of PRAETER-
ITA, the seniors and their {sister
class, the sophomores, will spon-
sor an Open House Friday even-
ing, October 2, from nine to
twelve.
Invitations have been sent by
chairman Marlene, De-Mattia and
co-chairman Patricia Murphy to
students at Gannon, Behretnd
Center, Allegheny, Niagara, Alli-
ance, and Edinboro. Pat Nearby
has engaged Bob Conner's Com-
bo to furnish music for dancing.
§ Hostesses for the evening will
be the members of the senior and
sophomore classes! Kay Canada
and her committee are busy with
posters to publicize, the first so-
cial event of the college year. In
charge of decorations is Carol
Kelly, while Rosea nn 'Andio is
chairman* of the ticket commit-
tee.
Four Tests Begin
'53 Orientation
September 21 marked the ar-
rival of the Class of '57. Greeted
by their "big sisters," freshmen
were seen embarking on |a new
career as college students. To help
in their ladjustment, a well! plan-
ned orientation program immedi-
ately went into effect.
The first three days were spent
in conferences with members of
_*
the faculty and in the admin-
istration of tests. Among the
tests given were an English Place-
ment test, ^Personality test, Psy-
chological! test, and a tests of
Student's i n t e r e s t s . Freshmen
were given advice in selecting
their, courses and schedules were
arranged. Under thej direction of
Sister Mary Esther, directress of
Student Personnel, an assembly
with a student^ panel on "Your
Adjustment to College" conclud-
ed the. three-day program.
Highlighting the entertainment
was the faculty-freshmen re-
ception in the foyer. At this time
the. freshmen were formally intro-
duced to the faculty and a lun-
cheon followed in the state dining
room.Other social /'get-togethers"
were enjoyed „ between the big
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October 2, 1953
Student Body Mass Opens
School Year On Sept 24
Student Body Mass, celebrated by Rev. Daniel Martin in the
Chap-el of Christ the King, marked the official opening of the 1953-4
school!year on Thursday, September 24. After a brief address im
which Father invoked God's blessing onlthem individually and on the
school year, the student body gathered in the Little Theatre for a
convocation with Mother M. Borgia, dean of the college.
Injjher conference with the stu-
dents, Mother Borgia admitted
that there is no "royal? road to
learning." However, she went on
to say that none of the worth-
while aims in life are attained
without hard work and sacrifice.
She maintained that one's edu-
cation is never complete and that
academic community known to us
as Mercyhurst, will be officially
awarded to sixty-one members
no one should allow a day to pass
in which she does not learn some-
thin g of value.
of the freshman class onfOctober
21. The Investiture will take Mother Borgia compared f the
place in the Little Theater with philosophy of the pagan Aristotle
the entire student body and with t h a t of St. Thomas Aquinas
faculty in attendance. when they admonished their stu-
dents Ito strive for the good life.
This significant e.vent, at which She pointed out the two-fold pur-
the freshmen are formally wel-
comed by Dr. Michael J. Relihan, pose in living the good Ilife, that
head of the Education depart- of being a good citizen, the only
K
ment, marks their initial parti- end toward which Aristotle was
cipation in fan official ceremony striving, and that* of service to
of the college.A senior, represent-
God and others, the end to which
ing her class and the student
his Christianity caused St. Thomas
body, will address the freshmen,
and their class' president will re- to aspire.
ply in an acceptance of the re-
sponsibilities imposed by the in-
vestiture. She",will also lead her Sister Rachel
class in a pledge of allegiance to
Mercyhurst and her ideals.
Elected Pres.
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The ceremony will be concluded
by a student body procession in-
to the, chapel for Benediction,
Of NCCHE
Following the! service, the tradi- At the seventh annual meeting
tional formal tea will be held in
the state| dining room in their
honor.
of the National Catholic Council
on Home Economics, held this
year at Kansas City, Missouri, on
June 22, Sister Mary Rachel of
Mercyhurst assumed the office
of president of the organization.
Sister Mary Rachel received
..••'-her Bachelor of Science degree at
Mercyhurst and her Master's de-
gree from New York University.
She has also studied at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota, Columbia
University, and Iowa State Uni-
versity. At present, she is associ-
ated professor ofihome economics
at Mercyhurst.
The association has as its ob-
jective the promotion and de-
velopment of standards of Christ-
ian family living. Most outstand-
ing work of the NCCHE to date
is the ^inauguration of the degree
of Master of Education in Home
Economics at St. Louis Univer-
sity, the only Catholic college or
university to offer this degree.
Sister Mary Rachel's past work
in behalf of the association has
included a two-year term as
chairman of the Constitution and
By-laws Committee which, under
. . .abut only until October 21 her leadership, recently complet-
when the freshmen will officially ed the important work of revising
receive the academic cap and the Constitution. Chief among the
gown at the impressive Investiture revisions effected by the commit-
ceremony. Previewing the happy tee was the defining of member-
day in the life of a freshman are, ship in the I organization to in-
above, left Ho right, Mary Ste- clude active, associate, and hon-
phany and Carol Eigabroadt, orary members.
 Pafcfe Twd THE It fc A c t Aft
Gruel World Kind
Welcome, Frosh To Class of '53
"Where, oh where, are
To all our bright and bouncy new Freshmen, Mercyhurst brave ole Seniors?" goes the re-
extends a warm welcome! Already |we can see that the frain from one of the Hurst's
"Little Sisters" are having no trouble atfall falling into step more popular lounge songs. Just
with the "regulars". The sportsmanship and the cooperative where are those Seniors . .|the
attitude displayed thus far are indicative of the kind of a '53 Seniors, that is? Has the
class Mercyhust is proud to callfher own. And in spite of the crue,l,f cruel world devoured them
. . . or are they making a valiant
fact that the Frosh are about to "show up" the Sophs and stand against the elements?
upperclassmen in the talent line, we'll just swallow our pride Those who received their MRS.
and anticipate lots of fine entertainment on future occasions. (married right soon) degree this
So, just as we are looking forward to a wonder-full year with summer are Doris Moore* Claire
this latest addition to our ranks, we're hoping that we, too, Agliaia, Mary Jachimczyk. -Jo-
can meet and pass their expectations. Again, to every fresh- Campli. Ann Weaver, and Cammie
M
man, one by one, Mercyhurst says, WELCOME! Peggy Cavanaugh, Julie Tech,
and Florene Cherry are all mak-
ing valuable* contributions to
Happy New Year teience. Pe,g has become the
"Miss Sunshine" of ther Erie
Osteopathic Hospital. Julia is
September and January should merge! They should go spending her spare time working
together and form one month (Septary) Jwhich would have diligently on her Master's and, of
its first day as the beginning of the social, political, eco- course* Florene | is to become
President soon . . just as
nomic and educationali'calendar.
thought!
"Group Work, the psychology
This is, of course, the fanciful solution that would break of. . . . •? which was studied so
the transparent bubble that surrounds campus life on Septem- long land profitably by Mary Lou
ber I. The school year would open with confetti and laughter, Dwyer is now her chosen occu-
and that additional something that is so much the part of the pation at the St. Charles Settle-
January NewlYear, but which seems to have no place in the ment House, in Rochester. Also
September "New Year" • . . resolutions. in her favorite field is Marilyn
Kelly, working at Catholic Char-
ities in Youngstown.
Too often the interim between September and January Fran Sullivan has decided to
is regarded as the end of the old instead of the beginning of work on hex ilMaster's at Ford-'
the new. Too often student responsibility is given a figura- ham. Also at Fordham in the
afternoons is Joan Harrison £
tive.shrug by the student body. And, too often the academic
teaches a second grade parochial
life is replaced, instead of supplemented, by the social. But class in the morning. Joan spends
this is confetti, the confetti of the January New Year which recess telling her class about her
flies high intolthe air only to come down to be trampled travels in Europe. Another '53
on by other merrymakers. It is not like the resolutions of the graduate teaching in the parochi-
al school is Fran Miller • . she
New Year which are|planted and which finally grow and says she is getting used to being
permeate a person, a group, or a community. called "Sister Miller."
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TnreeTmemDefs ot the Class
"Septary" would! be one solution. But? a more worthy '53 have crossed | the Mason-
solution would be an enlightened, cooperative Student Body, Dixon Line and headed toward
a Student Body that arrives on its campus ready to throw a the tall-cotton country. Marga-
little confetti but resolved and willing to have a happy new ret Broderick and Mary Kay
year working and sharing with its fellow students, its fac- Dyke $ are in j competition for * the
"Our Miss Brooks" of their
ulty, its administration, and its government. sc/iool in Savannah, Georgia.
Norma ] Jean Scott is enjoying
beautiful weather, home econ-
'Windy City' Press Conference omics, and physical education at
Palm Springs, Florida.
| j Roxana Downing "just couldn't
Attracts PaperJYearbook Editors leave" - -she likes us . . is now
an instructor in our own art de-
partment. Mary Ann Cole is al-
Editor Mary Anne Hayes and sociated Press who has just re- so teaching art . . in Lake wood.
Assistant Editor Marge jj Williams turned from eleven years of cover- Carrying out the principles they
with yearbook editors Pauline So- ing the Kremlin for the AP. learned at this time l last year
lida and Mary Lou Scalise are Host school for the convention are Judy Car low doing element-
making plane to attend the annual
is Northwestern University which ery work in Erie . . .Ann Cobbe
Press ij Conference of the Associ- teaching home ec. courses in
ated Collegiate Press on October has secured excellent faculty and
schools in her home ,;town of
15, 16, 17. They wiU travel west professional! journalists in the Dunkirk . . . .Lou Kamenjar
to the Windy City of Chicago and Chicago area to speak to the del- with Latin and English classes . .
will stay | at | the Morrison Hotel egates.
Rita Shanahan with business ed.
where the meetings cure j being During the three days there will classes at Niagara Falls . . Pat
held. I be some sixty sectional meetings Duffy, 1 also teaching ^business in
covering all phases of newspaper, Dubois, Pa . . and in their home-
Of special interest at the Con- yearbook, and magazine editing towns, teaching, are Peggy Green*
vention will be a "Report on Rus- and mangement.
Marilyn Harking, Pat Cosgrove,
sia" to be given at the £ banquet H The main address at the open- and Mary Ann Raws.
Friday evening. Speaking on the ing convocation will be given by
Rita Panciera, now Sister Rita
subject will be Eddy Gilmore, the Al Orton, Chief of the Chicago Ann, has the sophomore class at
famous correspondent of the As- Bureau of AP. St. Joseph's Academy in Titus-
ville while Sister Marilyn, Mary
Ann" Callahan, teaches fifth and
sixth grades at St. Walburga's
school in the same town.
THE MERCIAD Erie, has benefited by the bus-
Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pa. iness majors infthe class A Gen-
eral Electric has the Davis twins
Member of | on its payroll, one in the office
of the research department,
Associate Collegiate Press
other in the engineering depart-
Editor Mary Anna Hayes ment . . . Pat Liebel takes dic-
Associate Editor Jean Drouhard tation from a prominent attorney
Assistant Editors f Marge Williams, Martha McNulty in the city while Anne Sennett
Business Editor 1 1 Roseann; Andio takes down the notes at the Court
Contributors: Donna Byers, JoAnn Ryan, Pauline Solida. Anne Ken- House . . and down in St. Mary's,
nedy, Lorraine Reichel, Carol Kelly. 1 Norma Sehaberl is also doing of-
fice workt ' date,"
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October 2,195$
the
For Mary's Socialists...
The score was six to nothing, every play i being a day. As the
three minutes left in the second Student Board of Discipline throws
quarter, and it was \pouring •• rain. the penalites just as the referee
Then in those last three minutes, threw them in the game, let's take
Tech's quarterback made a twen- it on the chin.
ty-five yard dash and everyone In order to play the game well,
heard the announcer say, "Touch- we'll need a coach who once learn-
down—the score six-six." ed to play the game with integrity.
The!game continued and amid Mary played our game better than
penalties, incomplete passes, and anyone else ever will. Let's adopt
her as our coach.
injuries, Tech won over Vincent
eighteen .to twelve. Tech had play- Cheers, paper flying, band music
Di-
ed a good game—-tough but clean —all*are visible signs of showing
—never omitting the huddle before our team that we're with them.
a play so they would act as one. We, too, can visibly show Mary
Here was spirit, fair play, en- that we're with her by slipping to
thusiasm and unfailing ^coopera-
tion, all wrapped up in a slightly
drenched stadium.
ouriknees every night during Oc-
tober, the month-j of the HolyjJRo-
sary. It will take star players on
|Freshman, sophomores, juniors
Mary's team t o turn out for
practice every night 'at the ro*
and seniors of the MercyhurstCol- sary, but with Mary as our coach
we should make every day a
we lege team, let's play a good game
touchdown. Working with Mary
this year—hard but fair. Mass can
be our huddle, before the play, let's WIN this year.
Summer Convention Delegates
Report On Student Meetings
In* keeping with her* policy oft progress with the times, Mercyhurst
annually sends delegates -to several national convocations • of college
students. Four of these meetings were held during this past summer
in various cities and universities. They included the NFCCS, the
who National Students Association, The Summer School of Catholic
Action and the Young Catholic Student conventions.
MARGARET HIRSCH, delegate to NFCCS congress held at the
Sheraton-Gibson Hotel iniCincinnati. "Nearly! every Catholic college
and university was represented;there. The theme of the congress was
the Responsibility of the Christian Student, It is the sincere wish of
the NFCCS delegates at Mercyhurst to >make' the federation even
more of a success at our school during the coming year; first, by ex-
of plaining whavthe NFCCS Is 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 and delegate -to the'SSCA at
•the Hotel Cleveland, Cleve., O. "The Summer School of Catholic Action
high was held August 3 through 8. Mercyhurst's other delegate was Bev-
erly Buerkle, and each of us attended meetings held in the divisions
for advanced and beginning sodalities. Father Rooney, editor of
ACTION NOW, gave us a new sodality handbook printed by* the
Queen's Work (Press. Some of the important speakers were Father
Paulaussen, a Dutch priest who was the -special representative from
the Vatican, and Father Freeman, S. J. who gaveithe socialists a well-
rounded outlook jj on sodality life. Father especially stressed teaching
of dogma in relation to the Blessed Virgin."
PAULINE TURNER, head of Mercyhurst Y.C.S. Group and s dele-
gate to the Eastern YCS Study Week. "Mercyhurst students among
four the fifty-three ^participants in the study week at Camp St. Helen,
Palenville, N.Y., were Joan Harrison, Barbara Klein. Anne Remaley,
Maureen Hammond, Barbara Barnes and Pauline Turner. Student
needs were inquired into and some of the means suggested to include
more students In the life of the campus were better modes of communi-
cation between the student government and the student body, limitation
of the number of|offices^which a student ean hold, and direction of
clubs and other campus groups toward service to the entire school.
Father Charles Marhoeffer of \ Catholic ^University set the tone for
the week in his*address in which he indicated the relationship be-
tween vitality on the campus and the presence of J Divine Life in oar
souls."
GERALDINE KINGSTON, NSA delegate. "This year's nine-day
convention of the National J Studentsf Association was held August 24
through September 2 at Ohio State \University. The Student Body
Presidents' convocation and the College Editors'j Conference, held in
conjunction with the NSA at Columbus, were attended by Donna By-
the ers and Mary Anne Hayes respectively. At the NSA plenary sessions
and regional meetings which Donna Cutrona, alternate delegate, and
I attended there were a cross-section of student problems raised and
a cross-fire of student opinions and solutions offered. Stimulating
discussion groups and panels were held.? and !«the keynote speaker of
the convention gave an inspiring address entitled "Know Thyself". A
report on the meeting will be given to .the student body at a later
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 October 2, 1953
Puerto Rico, Four States
Send Freshmen to 'Hurst
Students from four states and
Puerto Rico began their college
careers with the opening of class-
es | at Mercyhurst on Thursday,
September 24. Twenty-eight of the
class of sixty-one are residents;
the remaining -thirty-three are
day students.!
Pour students represent {three
Pittsburgh academies. Mary Ann
Bittner, co-editor of her yearbook.
and Joan Kammermeier, president
of her class and of Student Coun-
cil, are graduates of the Divine
Providence Academy. Mary Eliza-
beth Stephany, of St. Benedict's,
plans to major in sociology. Home
economics is the chosen field of
St. Basil's Mary Ann I Schmidt.
Also from ^Pennsylvania are
Priscilla Prenatt, Titusville, and
Julia Kelly, Bradford, who plan
to study home economics. Art ma-
jors Lois Young and Barbara Stone
come from New Kensington and
Greenville respectively. Audrey
Huggler and Martha Strahsmeier,
editors of their high school papers,
represent Marienville and Jackson
Center. Nancy Valenti, a graduate
of Meadville High, has chosen
medical technology, and Ina Lou-
ise Smith, Johnsonburg, Elemen-
tary Education. Marjorie Karaffa
comes to Mercyhurst from Brock-
way, Pa., and plans to major in
commercial education.
Rochester, New York, and near-
by Geneva, have four represen-
tatives in the freshman class.
They include Elizabeth Schwind,
of St. Agnes' High, and Rose Spil-
lane. a medical technology major
from Geneva. From Our Lady-*of
Mercy High! corns Marcia Mea-
gher and Sheila Flynn, a singer
well known on Rochester radio
and TV.T J*f f
Pour Niagara Palls, New York,
high schools have each sent one
graduate to Mercyhurst this year.
Mary Frances Bacon, of the Sem-
inary of Our Lady of the Sacred
Heart, and Joan Coyle, of Niagara
Palls High, were aotve in their
high school athletic ^programs.
Joanne Binaldo, a graduate of
Loretto Academy, will study liberal
arts, and Donna Nash winter, of
St. Mary's High, has chosen El-
ementary Education.
Also from New York state are
Patricia Klein, of Warsaw, whose
interest Is dramatics, and Lock-
port's Mary Ann McGinn is, editor
of her high school* paper. Rose-
mary Zinni, of Batavia, will study
commercial education.
Representing Ohio, and more
specifically Lakewood and Youngs-
town, are freshmen Rita Walter,
a science major from St. Augus-
tine's, and Mary Ann McHugh, an
Ursuline High business major.
Margaret Mary Mack, a busi-
ness major, comes to Mercyhurst
from Our Lady of Mercy in De-
troit, ^Michigan, and from Puerto
Rico comes Carmen Carmona who
plans to study sociology.
Freshman day students f include
Mercyhurst Seminary graduates.
They are medical technology ma-
jors Mary Lou Hintenach and
Mary Ann Skeily; also, Josephine
Unger and Nola Weigand who will
study art, Evelyn Tyburski, whose
choice is business, Barbara Story,
a home economics major, and
Diane Vendetti, who will study
liberal arts and voice.
East High School of Erie is re-
presented by five freshman day
students. They are art students
Jean Milks and Barbara Beveridge,
Wilma Leak and Sylvia Podbiel-
ski, who are medical technology
majors, and Joan Ropelewski,
whose field is liberal arts.
Mercyhurst freshman ^who are
graduates of Strong Vincent High
include art major Ruth Goodrich,
Sociology is the course of study
chosen by Edith Greggs, and Mary
Nowalk and Rebecca Hovis will
study liberal arts and education
respectively.
Girard, Pennsylvania, has sent
Patricia Kuharski, medical tech-
nology, and Joyce Baker, elemen-
tary education. Sylvia Christie of
Lawrence Park will study art, and
medical technology is £ the choice
of Dolores McGaughey of St.
Gregory's High in North East.
Constance Renner, president of
her senior class a t Harborcreek,
is enrolled in^the liberal arts de-
partment.
Representing Academy High
are social studies major Jean Roc-
co, Janet Sawicki who will study
commercial education, and Esther
Kissell, an art major.
Five Villa Maria Academy grad-
uates among the freshman class
members are Mary Louise Theo-
bald and Marguerite McLaughlin,
who are business majors, Noel
Jaeger, a history major, and Carol
Eigabroadt and J Joan Csernyicky,
who will study home economics.
I . . . "Lois Young of New Kensington, Pa." Dr. Relihan introduces
the freshmen individually to Mother Borgia who jin turn will present
them to Mother de Sales. Lois has already met Mrs. Dolce, and next
to be introduced are Patricia Klein, Marguerite McLaughlin, and
Josephine Unger. 1 g|
Professor Wins j
Carnegie Tech
Chem Grant
Mercyhurst girls bade a tempor-
ary farewell fthis fall fto Sister
Mary Charles, assistant professor
of chemistry and physics. Sister
is on a leave of absence to attend
the Carnegie Institute of Techno-
logy in Pittsburgh. On the basis
of her past performance in grad-
uate work, Sister was awarded a
scholarship by the Institute and is
studying for her doctorate.
Sister Charles is living at Mount
Mercy College while attending the
Institute. Majoring in physical
chemistry, she hopes to work with
the well-known chemist Dr. Fred-
erick Rossini, head of the depart-
ment.
Sister Charles received her
Bachelor of Science degree from
Mercyhurst and her Master's from
the University of Notre Dame.
THE E ft C I A D
Section Editors, Mercyhurst Girls
Advisor, Named Are Talking About...
To Praeterita
Each year robs us of something.
This year 1954 will rob Mercyhurst
of about forty girls. But these
seniors are out to stop Old Father
Time by bequeathing to us their
memories in the 1954 edition of
PRAETERITA. | .-$
Sister Mary Regina, past super-
visor of the "Business Leaf," will
act as advisor to a capable and
well-chosen staff.
The staff is working under the
able hands of editor Pauline So-
lida, newspaper woman and author
in her own right. Office appoint-
ments also include J Dorothy Zu-
zula, advertising manager; Mary
Lou Scalise, art editor; and Jean
Broscoe, photographic editor.
Pauline has announced that
Donna Byers and Donna Albrycht
will have charge of the senior
section; Mickey O'Donnell, Edle
Lauler and Josephine Ciancaglini.
the underclassmen section; Pau-
line Turner and Kathleen iMain-
zer, the administrativej section;
and Jean Drouhard and Patricia
Ulrich, «the school activities sec-
tion.
The| staff, already working in
their new Incuse, the deck house,
is preparing to equal the accom-
plishments of previous years.
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MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT . . . t h e senior-
sophomore open house . . . our talented freshmen, especially SHEILA
FLYNN . . . MICKEY O'DONNELL'S balcony scene . . . new daytime
coffee hours . . . 12 o'clock permissions . . ^PAT MALEY'S welcome -
don't cry, Carol, we love you . . . no hats after 6 P M . . . . ROXANA
DOWNING, our newest faculty member . . . the freshmen's ideas of
the seniors—and the seniors idea of that certain freshman . . . the
unregistered but campused sophomores . . . the return of Eefie, in reality
MARY STEPHANY . . . the juniors trip to Ashtabula . . . who gave our
lounge cat the "Blues" . . . the seniors' Florida plans . . . .
MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT . . . Virginia
Kelly, who can't decide which one of her darling nicknames to
use in the year book . . . how "lightly" Bet Broderick travels . .{•
chocolate wedding cake . . . Barb Botsaris' interior decorating
prowess *w • room 34|. . . Italian-boy haircuts on Ann Downing,
Mary Lou Scalise and Pauline Solida . . . summer and faU con-
ventions . . . NFCCS coming up . . .
MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT . . . the welcome
arranged I for RAINEE REICHEL and MARGE CUMMISKEY . . .
GERRY KINGSTON'S (recent engagement .§. . Mrs. Bryan's TV set
. . . AUDREY HANNAH'S|newt;"shortcut" J . . golf in room? . . .
BARBARA KLEIN'S taking up smoking . ?. MARKEY FOLEY, MARY
KTENZLE and their twin outfits designed for Erie weather**. . . social
prestige and unrivaled opportunities . . . long hair on DONNA BYERS,
TERRY GORNEY and^JEAN BROSCOE . . . the sparkler on itihe third
finger, left hand of CAROLINE O'CONNOR . . . senior proctors in
the dining room . . . Mercyhurst's answer to Julius LaRosa—"VTCKI
ARGANA .f. . "Dragnet" itakeoffs . > .* >. ||| j
If MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING ABOUT . . 1 redheads
in the freshman class . . . Mary Ann McGinnis' tribute to the
senior class . . . Pauline Turner's Washington visitor . . Indian .
summer weather . . . The "fierce one", Bobbie Imboden . . .
eighteen weeks of practice teaching for the elementary ed seniors
. . . Edie Lauler—is she spelling her name with a "w" these days
. . . NOREEN PREEDIT, now a senior . . . sophomores, in a turn-
about initiation, "wasting like a basket", . . . "Ringleader Rosario".
MERCYHURST GIRLS ARE TALKING J A B O U T . . . JEAN
DROUHARD'S engagement . . . Ann Kennedy's concern for Sister
Gabriel's office rugs . . . Benediction on Mercy Day and MARY ANN
SCIRTO'S, "It couldn'.t be over!" . . . Sister Regime's classic-reception
to tardy dates . . .lYaple's latest attraction . A the first issue Of the
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Students Summer In Quebec Clubs Suggested +^eniori d ^Jieacntn 9 un

Live, Study French At Laval To Supplement This is real!
With aching heads and weary feet, the Mercyhurst College practice
four Mercy hurst girls spent six weeks studying at Laval University I . | 5 ) C C lPllPfllllP teachers are realizing this fact more and more each day.
V > I U O J
ih Quebec this summer. Annfkennedy has written! a report of their kJVlIV/UUIV/ But through|it all, everyone has remaned perfectly sane. Just
study for the MERCIAD.| | I | | Now that you have managed to
take a look in the senior dormitory to verify this.
Laval proved to be a wonderful school, >both academically and-I fill in your class schedule, why
socially. Classes were conducted completely in French and each, student not\ give a little thought to filling There sits Barbara Klein in room 50 weaving a cardboard loom.
signed a pledge to speak only French during his stay in Quebec. The in some of your leisure hours with "I have to learn it first to teach it to my eighth graders," was her
latter provided many an amusing moment for the American students. a variety of activities. These are statement as she prepared for another rugged day of art*classes at*
In fact,;? the first morning? we were -there we ^greeted a woman with a | to be found in Mercyhurst's many Strong Vincent.
"Bonjour" and received .the answer, "I'm English." There was nothing and varied clubs. Betty Seymour can be found lounging in any room except her
to do but try again, and at the end of our sojourn we found ourselves; ij own. Guess that diaily seven-block sprint is too much for her.
Each of you is required to be-
able to keep up an ordinary conservation. Jean Drouhard is obsessed by one word—window. This strange
long «to the club of your major
Laval offers every type of subject, but you will naturally phobia springs from the day she*tried to conduct a Spanish class at
French class, from the very ele- dents by the University. We were want to supplement these with at Academy High School while carpenters were repairing windows in
ments of the French language to ide.ally taken care] of in a French least one other club. If you have thep*oom.
the j advanced study of French family. Madame Gourdeau spoke a love for fine literature, music Does anyone have a pair of eight-inch heels? Clare Schaming
literary wiorks. Phonetics and only French, so we always began and the arts, you might choose needs a pair to be taller than her?.sixth graders at Lincoln School.
diction classes provetto be rather our day with what might be con- the English Club or the Art Club. But if Clare needs \heels, Deloras&Fratus, with her six-foot art en-
a stumbling block for most A- sidered an eight o'clock French You can arrange for an evening thusiasts at Vincent, needs^stilts.
mericans since-the French sounds class at the breakfast table. It of movies of France and French Another Lincoln!te is Mickey O'Donnell who, after rooming with
and rhythm are so alien to our was all a marvelous experience conversation if you join the Jody for two years, is quite at home sitting on the floor entertaining
own speech. However, after six and most profitable . . six weeks French Club. You can debate so- her kindergarten youngsters. Speaking of Jody, MissfRyan seldom
weeks of practice, one finds of study and fun! cial problems at the Sociology blushes in class anymore since it embarrasses her students so much.
much -improvement. jr., ask the opinion of guest "To retain her insanity" she sings ballads with her tenth grade
speakers on suchitopics as plastic English students.
I Perhaps the most advantageous
course offered is •'the one in con-
New Students surgery or polio at the Science Terry Gorny has her problems too. She was finding herSall-boy
Seminar, or discuss current events
versation. These classes a ret held math classes difficult to manage until she discovered Donna's glasses.
daily for an hour sbefore and an
hour after lunch. The groups
Add Five To at the International Relations
Club. If you are a business stu-
The only tragic note in thfcs situation was that with glasses Terry
couldn't sea .the boys. Those glasses just had to go!
dent you will want to joins the
are small-six to eight persons- Peggy Grace and Dorothy Zuzula are both dreading the day that
and discussion arises about 'any-
thing from catching a train to
Three Classes O. G. A. Sorority, or your inter-
ests in the home and the J child Roseann Andio must teach that "certain letter" in Shorthand class
may lead you to join the Home with*, which Fran Millerfhad so much trouble last year at Academy.
analyzing the possibility a n d Five transfer students, includ-
Economics Club or the Elemen- Mary Lou Scalise, while beating down the noise in a study hall
probability of "love at first sight." ing •two residents, enrolled re- tary Education Seminar. at Strong Vincent, was interrupted by a young man dn search of a
tt cently in three of the college de-
Excursions*, parties, and movies partments. Among these was Mrs. The spiritual life of the stu- book. Giving him "that" glance, our irrepressible Mary Lou came
(in French, naturally) took up Rosella Harpst who began her dents at Mercy hurst is renewed out with: "What are you looking for—a plush seat in the balcony?"
our free time. We visited| St. work in home economics several and maintained through the So- Virgina KeUy, an A-l gum ohewer from way back, pounced on
Anne de Beaupre several times, years ago and who has returned dality of Our Lady and the Young her Harborcreek home economilos pupils with the indignant statement:
assisting at a Pontifical Mass on this year as a junior to complete Catholic Students organization "If there's anything I can't tolerate in class, it's gum-chewing!"
the feast and taking part in the the requirements for her B. S. which seek to develop both per- Donna Byers and her "ensusiasm" for English were taken back
evening candlelight procession. degree. sonal sanctification and interest in the other day when an intent pupil asked her quite seriously why she
There I were lake resorts, too, . . group Catholic Action. had changed her class ring from the left to right hand. Mention
Darcie Deckard, also jj a junior
. . . to be enjoyed. As for the More on the social side of Mer- "naval inspector" to Donna and watch her go into gales of laughter.
home economics major, trans-
movies, we discovered one place cy hurst life are the sports and
ferred this year from Perm State. Ann Kennedy, teaching in Mercyhurst Seminary, seems to be _
where, the manager deciHPH that. social artiv.it.ipc sponsored by the •h
She 'IS" an^i#3£President "and a havIhgftfbuDieTn explaining singulars and plurals of certain French
we couldn't possibly understand Athletic Association, and the Dra-
graduate of Academy High School. words.
enough French to know what
An Ohio State University'trans- matics Association. The Glee Club Phyllis Klenner, who would have been a qualified track star had
was going on, so he always let^us offers an opportunity for quali-
fer student, Carol Loff i, is enrolled she remained in the kindergarten a t Jefferson School, is now per-
in tree. Perhaps it wasn't good fied students to raise their voices
1 as a junior in the elementary ed- jfectly happy teaching second grade there.
for our ego, but for our dwind - in song and to participate in | the
ucation department and is also Noreen Preedit, besides conducting art classes for Technical High
Ung resourses, it was fine. annual joint Canisius concerts fin
an Erie day student. at the Docks in the J afternoon, is able to do some painting herself.
the spring.
Quebec itself is a marvelous Sister Regis Marie of the Sis- But don't the\last ten minutes of a period move slowly? "Oh, just
setting f o r anyone studying ters of Divine Providence in Pitts- give them straight lines to draw", is her formula.
French and the people are all burgh has joined -the senior class
very friendly and helpful. Even as an art major. Sister was for-
YAPLE'S DAIRY In the evenings Noreen J and Ann Downing compare notes on
AND ICE CREAM BAR perspective. Ann, who is teaching at Strong Vincent, is getting beau-
the Provincial Governor enter- merly a student at the Carnegie tiful work in Interior Decoration from her students. But, every once
tained all the Lavaiy> students Institute of Technology. in a while,, her ninth graders wander from the subject just to watch
from outside the Province at a Dolores La Barbera of Brock- We Make Our Own their lovely teacher.
reception in the Chateau ^Fron- port, New York, is* a sophomore Ice Cream
tenac. Polly Solid a, teaching eleventh grade English at Academy, will
elementary education student. She long remember her "detective work" in the Lombardo case, "careless"
is a resident and previously stud- 4026 Pine Avenue spelling, and her seventh grade math class—just for the day.
Accommodations for living fin ied at Jamestown State Teachers
Quebec are found for the stu- College. PHONE 01349 Other practice teachers not seen often around Mercyhurst these
days include Jean Broscoe, the quiet one, who isfteaching at home
in Parrell, -Pa., Gerry Kingston who is a t Bast High, Donna Albrycht,
&<M<Mt to t6e Sea tot, &MtAentdtte& . Pat Ulrich and Rosemary McCabe who are happily rotating the grades
at Burton School, and "Aunt" Gerry DeFaiio who is spending her
"internship" in Wesleyville High.
Barbara Haner, now Sister Barbara, is teaching in the elementary |
grades aC Titusville. One day, while teaching her class the story of ;,;
Adam and Eve, she asked them if they knew what the snake was in j
disguise. One of her small pupils raised his hand and corrected:
"Oh, no, Sister, not in the skies—in the tree."
Yes, kids, it's real—real nice to go to bed at nght!

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