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VOLUME I
"THE MORNING AFTER 99
Ah-hh-h a long yawn and
amid much[ stretching, ^ blinking
and what-not, I managed to
raise myself from the pillow to
glance at my watch. No! it
couldn't possibly be ten-thirty
how could I have slept so
long? And then f I really
awakened and memory flowed in
a steady stream, bringing with
it the events of the night be-
fore. You see, it was the morn-
ing after the Prom.
And what a Prom! Never
before? had Mercyhurst in her
whole four years looked upon a
more resplendent affair than
that which graced her halls on
Valentine's Day. The gym was
a huge valentine, in red an4
white, (thanks to the decora-
tion committee) whose verse
was charmingly told in music
by Sam Campagna's Night-
hawks.
A valentine, however, is not
complete without its frills! and
furbelows, its pretty little rib-
bons, rose-buds, and hearts.
Mercyhurst * girls were this
valentine's ornaments — m o r e
beautifully gowned, more viva-
cious, more sparkling than ever
before. Of course, wel must
admit they had reason |to
sparkle and beam, for each
graced the arm of herr'gallant"
who tho' not all "tall,!dark and
handsome"—each served las an
attractive background for femi-
nine beauty, J So much for t he
menlfS; H i 3 jSJ
BThe:climax of all the gayety
was reached when Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Cupidj in J the ^persons !of
"Billy" Reeves! and! Patricia
Haughney, brought forth from
their bright f green I mailboxes,
beautiful silver [compacts for
the girls!and Jclever little ^ash-
trays for the men. Then fol-
lowed the Promenade, led by
Miss Barbara Wilbert and Mr.
-John McCormick, and more fit-
tingly described^as a paradelof
beauty. | women lawyers, woman chem-
Music and agreeable partners
serve very well*when a party is
at its height, but later on in the
evening, old man Hunger usually
asserts himself, but at our Prom
(Continued on page 11)
MERCIAD
Published at Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pa.
FEBRUARY,ll930
RETREAT
The Retreat at Mercyhurst
from Januaryi 17th ?to 20, was
one of great pleasure to us all.
The Retreat Master, Father
Murray, did everything to make
the Retreat a spiritual! success,
and from alksigns he more than
succeeded.: The girls entered
into Retreat with great good-
will and fine resolutions and for
the most part, these were kept
faithfully. During these two
days the ,'halls - of Mercyhurst
seemed very quiet, but there
was an air of peace and calm
about everyone that seemed to
make it almost^a|sacred silence.
Father Murray's conferences
were very interesting, but their
principal value did not arise
from their interest! alone, but
r a t h e r from it h e i r -great
spiritual importance to each
girl who made the Retreat. I
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NUMBER 2
WOMEN AS PRO- I M
FESSIONAL WORKERS
Undoubtedly the last t e n
years have done much to ad-
vance and define the profes-
sional status of women. New
doors have been set ajar and
old doors set wider open. This
has been due, considerably, to
the reaction from the profes-
sional hospitalities extended dur-
ing the war; and women who
worked shoulder to shoulder
with men are discovering that
the masculine shoulder may be
coldly turned in a selfish, jeal-
ous manner.
Although women have ad-
vanced into professional work
by leaps and bounds, those who
are frank must admit that in
many fields they are still profes-
sional beginners; and that the
prospect of marriage m a k e s
them a shifting and undepen-
dable-fkcbor supply* ~*li
Perhaps one of the greatest
advantages of women entering
the business world is psycholo-
gical. Women confront the dif-
ficulties of a situation with a
freshness and disinterestedness
they are unhampered by old
professional, political, and busi-
ness entanglements, by catch-
words and conventions that clog
think the conferences were the thinking and impede action.
best part of the Retreat, and I In 1910 the percentage group-
am sure that I am not alone ings! of women in the various
when?! say this. The secret of occupations classified under pro-
the success of his conferences fessional service, showed that
lay in!the fact that they were eighty percent of the teachers
so personal, and so applicable and ninety two percent of the
toI each one of us, both as in- nurses in the United States were
dividuals and as a group. The women; in the social service line
advice < we received lean be women were likewise in the
applied? in specific {instances in majority. In art, music, dancing,
our lives not only here at school, a
library—workr^and s founders
but in|the future when we may
not A have the I opportunity, to of charitable and penal institu-
tions the percentage was 3 to
seek expert counsel.
1 in favor of women. Prom
That the Retreat accomplished 1910 until the present day wo-
the purpose for which it was
men have enteredf almost every
given is shownjby the fact that kind of profession; there are
the students speak of their Re-
treat resolutions as being un- ists, women bankers, etc., all
breakable and sacred. We still having responsible positions and
argue some points mentionediin meeting to full extent, the nu-
the conferences, but some one merous qualifications required
can always quote F a t h e r
Murray to settle the argument. by various positions. And how
•Virginia Duggan, '33. (Continued on page; 5)
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THE FRESHMEN IN I p
I "SAY IT WITH SONGS"
When the high school gradu-
ates of'June, 1929, stood at the
<<
Cross Roads" "Wondering,"
it
Perhaps," "All Alone," we are
glad they heard of "Mercyhurst,
Fair Mercyhurst." "For Old
Time's Sake" a school mate
said, "I wanna go where you
go," and they § started down
"The >long, long road" ^To-
gether."
The first few weeks they may
have been "Pretending" they
were "Satisfied," but*"Sposin' "
they were '"Melancholy" it
would be "No Wonder." Show
me the Freshmen "Who would-
n't be blue" whenlshe's "Reach-
ing for someone and not finding
anyone there."
In "Sleep" the Freshmen
wandered through "Memory
Lane" and "Then came the
dawn" "Painting the clouds
withlsunshine." "School Days"
"Once Again" and "Little by
little" they grew into "Happy
days." "Singin' in the rain"
became passe the day it snowed
and the Freshmen being "Really
and truly" "Collegiate" began
"Doing the Raccoon." Then it
was "The Mechanical Man" waa.
told to "Turn on the Heat" and
the girls discovered that "Sing-
in' in the?Bath Tub" was much
more satisfactory than "Singm'
in the Rain." 4 |
In the "Wedding of the
Painted Doll," the Freshmen
were "Sweeter thanfSweet" and
we'll f never forget "Piccolo
Pete." I hopef "Some Sweet
Day" we'll have I a j "Talking
Picture" of them to Icherish
"In the Garden of?To-morrow."
*Each Freshman at the Prom
looked "Just like a j Breath of
Spring" and with her "Beloved"
seemed t o | sing "When My
Dreams Come True."||Some of
them, so I've heard, are "Still
Caring" and cherishing their
"Withered I Roses" in t h e i r
"Bouquetfof Memories."
Now, as we leave them, they
"Aiirt ! Misbehavin'|" | "In a
Kitchenette" so I'lll quit this
"Whispering," f join them • and
"Cut myself a piece of cake, and
make myself at-home."
"Isle of View."
A LITERARY |FACT
The only difference between
the dime novel|of yesterday and
the novel of today is about one
dollar and ninety cents.
Jeanne Elliott, '31.
THE MERCIAD
SHORTHAND
Shorthand is regarded by
most people as a modern art
and something new in the edu-
cational world. It will surprise
some feto learn that shorthand
was used before the Christian
era; that it was used by Tyro
the secretary of Cicero, to re-
cord the debates in the Roman
Senate, 63 B. C. Shorthand
came into wide usage among
the Romans and it was particu-
larly practiced by the emperors,
statesman and philosophers of
that time. During the? early
ages of the Christian church
shorthand proved an important
factor, Saint Paul dictating some
of his Epistles to those skilled
in the use of this art. It was
during Hhe "Dark Ages" that
the art ceased to be practiced.
Shorthand reappeared in 1588
when Dr. Timothy fBright intro-
duced the first modern systems
of shorthand.
Shorthand has proved a ne-
cessity not only in halls of legis-
lation, courts of justices, and
solemn meetings, but also in
the office»| which it has invaded
within the last fifty years. It
•4s shorthand that carries on the
greater part of the world's pro-
fessional and commercial cor-
respondence. There is an un-
limited In umber of stenograph-
ers, as a matter of fact, in 1900
statistics show that there were
in the United] States | 112,000
stenographers and according to
the census of 1920* this number
had increased to 615,154. Those
who Shave I selected shorthand
as a means of earning their
livelihood are extremely anxious
to be experts in this particular
line of work, fit is they who
fully realize that big business
of the present day is demand-
ing experts and is willing to
pay | any cost for accuracy and
speed,f Therefore, the ':• goal of
those pursuing this^c 0 u r s e
should be excellence. T h i s
stage cannot be attainedlin a day
or a week^but it requires hoiirs
and hours of daily practice. It
r e q u i r e s concentration of
thorough, persistent drilling and
diligent application. Shorthand
is not a subject that one can
put aside for a yearfor two and
then return to it and expect
still to retain his speed and
accuracy. It cannot be done,
because after learning the fun-
damental principles of shorthand
there is nothing to do except
practice what one has learned.
The true lover of shorthand
knows that there is no excel-
lency fwithout great labor and
he realizes that a lifetime of
study, thinking and endeavor
is none too long to raise! short-
hand to the level of a fine art.
There are two aspects of the
educational^value of shorthand;
the first concerns itself with
the familiar problem of trans-
fer of training or formal dis-
cipline; the second has to do
with the principles of learning
and mastery. In the first sta-
ges the study of fshorthand
gives a beginner j$ very good
basis for the composition of
English, perhaps better than
he could have obtained through
any other source. In|the later
stages the student has an op-
portunity to acquire good form,
taking dictation and then tran-
scribing; and this will greatly
improve his! English usage.
The student who memorizes
shorthand is not learning it; he
learns'only when he applies to
certain situations the principles
already acquired and when he
changes knowledge into skill.
This is thorouglwunderstandijig>
and thorough understanding un-
questionably leads to mastery
not only in shorthand but in any
subject. I I «ff
1 ^—Natalie Ford, '32.
WHY READ?
Have you everfheard a person
say, "I don't see; how you can
sit down and read hour after
hour. It bores me so!"
Don't you feel sorry for him
or are you that kind of person
yourself? If you are, you have
my deepest sympathy. You are
the person who must discuss
cabbages, ffor you could not
carry on a conversation about
kings. You are giving up your
opportunityI of owning some of
the world's greatest master-
pieces.! To own a real Ruben
you must have the work of the
master's hand or else it is not
as perfect as it could Sbe, but
you may own all the great mas-
terpieces of the world in litera-
ture just as the author wrote
it himself in books.
You are losing the chance to
be an interesting conversation-
alist. If someone says to you,
"I agree with the critics who
say Shakespeare put women in
February, 1930
his plays only when it was
necesary," do you merely say,
"Oh do you?" or some other
such uninteresting thing? Or
can you, being acquainted with
Shakespeare's works, say, "Oh,
I don't?" Why what would "Mac-
beth" be without the determined
and clever Lady Macbeth who
called Tier husband a coward
and did what he refused to do?
Or imagine "Hamlet" without
his lovely Ophelia who replies,
'Indeed, my lord, you made me
think so' in answer to Hamlet's
cruel statement 1 loved you
once.' I think the women in
Shakespeare's plays are some of
the most real and vivid women
we have in literature." Can you
carry on a conversation like
that, or are you at a loss for
words simply because you have
not read any of these works?
If you are £ not wellfread you
lose the meaning of so many
phrases commonly used, phras-
es that were first used by men
of I genius and now commonly
used by the people who have
read them.
Last of all, you f who do not
read lose thegsense of .apprecia-
tion and pleasure one has at
hearing a quotation, an author,
a book, or a poem mentioned.
You are not able to place the
name or to recall with pleasure
the thoughts it brings to your
memory—Kipling, |Kim, Lahore
City, the old Lama, Hypnotism,
Soldiers Three, The Light that
Failed, Dickens, David Copper-
field, | Tiny Tim, Tales of Two
Cities, Poe, "Quoth the Raven,
'nevermore' " — Mystery, weird
tales.! 'i
To you who have not read,
these names are meaningless,
but to the reader they are
like bringing up memories of old
friends and personal experien-
ces.
Don't be dull and uninterest-
ing. Don't wonder how to spend
your spare time.||Read and you
will be amply rewarded in the
personal pleasure good reading
affords one. &i
Clelandl Driscoll, '32.
Mr. Relihan: 'Some of my
students are more clever than
I. Do you know what I mean,
Helen ?"
H. Smith (Tearing herself
away from! an engaging con-
versation) : "Yes, we can talk
and write at the same time, and
you can't."
February, 1930
FACULTY NOTES
Sister M. Mercedes and Sister
M. Collette spent the Christmas
holidays! in New Orleans and
other southern cities ill the in-
terest of the school. | footwear. No matter if Mrs.
I —o—
Sister M. Pierre was in Pitts-
burgh recently.
I —o—
Sister Mary Esther and
Sister M. Leona were in Phila-
delphia for the week-end fof
December 27. While there, they
attended the convention held by
the Catholic Education f Asso-
ciation of Pennsylvania. Sister
Mary Esther had the honor of
reading the paper, "The Import-
ance of the Teacher in the
Primary Grades.
o—
Sister Mary Anna, head of
the fhistory department ; of
Mercyhurst, is attending the
Catholic University in Wash-
ington. She returned to Mercy-
hurst for the Christmas holi-
days.
—o—
Mr. Relihamwas a speaker at
several of the Catholic high
sChools^hrougiTouf the tri-state
section recently. During the
weeTc of January ^Tth, he ad*
dressed the classes at Ursuline
High School, Youngstown, Ohio;
Altoona Catholic* High School;
Johnstown High School; and
M o u n t Aloysius Academy,
Cresson, Pa. On^ Monday, Feb-
ruary 10th, he spoke at Nardin
Academy, ^Buffalo, N. Y., and
Mount Mercy Academy in the
same city. |
ft M—o—
Miss Brown, of f I n d i a n
Orchard, Mass., and Miss
Whalen, of Peoria, Illinois, spent
the ChristmaSiholidays at their
homes. n H f t r X W ^1 n 9 I ^ K m J
o p At the end of two weeks, I
Father {Sullivan was in New
York City for the holidays. I K
o forth my request to be shown
Rev. Thomas G. McMann, C.
S.|R., was a guest at Mercy-
hurst the latter part of Decem-
ber. % # J li
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ o—
Sister M. Fidelis and Sister
M. Clotilda were in Punxsu-
tawney for Christmas and New
Year's. ;; |
—Grace Kane, '31.
R. Beckman: ["What time
does the two-thirty class start ?"
,E. Jacobson: ji "I don't even
know what time the one-thirty
class begins."
THE MERCIAD
MY BLACK PUMPS
How ] hate them! I will
never again, even if I am given
the opportunity, choose black
pumps as the latest thing in
Nash, the best dressed woman
in America, passes her approval
on *them; no matter if one is
completely "out of it" if her
feet are not encased in black
pumps, I, for one, will never
again own a pair. *
Have you ever in your life
become obsessed with the idea
that you must have some one
thing ? I have, and my greatest
obsession was the?black pumps.
It is the unwritten law of our
family, dating baclqto our an-
cestors, that no one should have
a* new pair of shoes juntil the
pair! last | purchased, soled and
re~soled many times* is com-
pletely worn out. •: Thus when
the last pair of shoes Downed
was quite worn, I decided that
my next purchase should be
black * pumps—black! p a t e n t
leather pumps.
At last the day dawned when
I could procure my heart's de-
sire. Eagerly, if somewhat
stealthily (for I did not want
stfjne one taggmg with me wh
would most likely prefer French
kid, or who would emphatically
argue that a black pump did not
suit my type of foot), I set out
on my shoe-shopping tour, soon
arriving at an exclusive, if
rather inexpensive, fbootery. I
examined the glass showcase in
front of the store, and was a
trifle disappointed at not seeing
black pumps on display. How-
ever, I am of the opinion that
displaying an article too lavishly
somewhat detracts from its
beauty. With these thoughts I
consoled myself and stepped in-
to the store. Wt I
A smiling young 1 clerk ap-
proached me and inquired my
pleasure. I excitedly stammered
a pair of black patent-leather
pumps. It discomfited me a
little that he did not seem one
whit impressed with my dis-
cretion in selection. In fact, he
merely motioned me to a seat
and proceeded to! take several
pairs of shoes from the boxes
which lined the walls of the
room, from end to end.
After trying on at least seven
of these, we came to a pair
which suited the clerk. I really
thought they should have been
a size smaller, but did not say
so. Some kind ^person once told
Page 3
me that one should choose one's
hats, shoes and gloves to suit
one's own personal taste and
comfort, but the clerk assured
me that this especial pair of Established 1897
pumps was exactly the thing
for my long, slender, Grecian
I think he called it Grecian
foot. I took him at his word; RELIABLE
and why should I not? Did he
not try hundreds of shoes on
hundreds of feet daily? And
did not every one seem satis-
fied ? Unless,1 of course, they
were troubled with those most
awful trials of man, corns.
Then too, ^ ^ ^l i considered, that
while mine were black pumps, 1326 Turnpike
and just a trifle more stylish,
they were no different from any DEPENDABLE
others as far as the fitting was
concerned.
I paid the clerk and hastened "What We Say
from the store, eager to get
home and put on the new shoes. It Is, It Is"
The first day I walked down
Main Street, painfully conscious
of fthe black, flashing leather
encasing my feet, thrill after
thrill of pride surged within me.
Out of the corners of my eyes But worst of all, I'm begin-
I could see that special crowd ning to think that the girls are
of girls who live on Park Ave- getting a secret enjoyment out
nue eyeing my feet as I daintily of my pumps, fjust the other
click-clacked down the cement. day, when coming down the
They were probably -envyingune corridor, -I Jieard ^pne. of them
and thinking to themselves that make a remark to a friend
for all tkeir wealth, they had standing near, and then point
not my taste in selecting foot- in my direction, whether at my
wear. I wasjj certain that feet or at all of me, I am not
they^ were vowing in their sure. Whereupon they both
hearts that the next pair of laughed, which leads me to be-
shoes to be put on their feet (Continued on page 5)
should be black, patent-leather
pumps.
t After a week of constant
wear and admiration, however,
my pumps began to takepon a
jaded look. I noticed that the
rightlheell was slightly run over
and would have to be attended
to immediately. Campbell & Parker
was wholly accustomed to them Music Shop
and no longer eyeing them as I
walked to and from school, or 28 West Ninth Street
across the street to Nancy's.
^And now, after two months'
constant usage, I have come to
hate those * black pumps. It's
sad* but true. They have begun PIANOS
to bag and! flap* dreadfully at
the sides, and it takes all the RADIOS
energy with which J can double
up my toes to keep them from and
falling off. The glossy finish is
gone, and that hard section be- RECORDS
tween the heel and the sole has
lost its stiffening, causing them
to sag in the center and give
the impression that I am guilty
of having flat feet. Flat feet
ofSall things 1
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T H E MERCIAD Valentine ?" After this Mid-Victorian (as| I've since ^learned)
avowal of onef of my inmost secrets, I demurely cast a sidewise
glance at him, then| quickly! dropped my eyes. Great shouts of
laughter gave answer to my question; so long and!so loud were
Published quarterly by the students of Mercyhurst College
they, that I finally realized that the others were poking funfat me.
Address all communications to Heartsick I dropped the subject, made my excuses soonfafter and
THE MERCIAD came home to think it over.
Mercyhurst College Erie, Pa. Did they laughjbecause Iliad done that or because I had
done that? My superiority complex came to the rescue and I
decided it was that which! was the cause of so much merriment.
Subscription Rates
And I wondered why? This brought recollections of yesteryears
ONE DOLLAR THE YEAR when early on|the morning of St. Valentine's Day,{little crimson
and lacy hearts with pretty gold arrows thro' them, were tucked
MERCIAD STAFF under the front door of the| house where HE or SHE lived.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Nothing subtle or evasive? about the * message it carried—it was
right there, all written out—in red and white.
Barbara tWilbert, '30 Then when we grew older and went to school, there was a
ASSOCIATE EDITORS big?box in the front of the room where Knights Gallant, when no
Margaret Harris, '30 Grace McBride, '30 one else was looking, deposited their Hearts' Messages to their
Ladies Fair.! As the teacher who represented Cupid called jthe
NEWS EDITOR names out, each pupil stepped forward, blushed furiously, and
returned smilingly to her place. There was no signature to the
Nelle Guilfoyle, '31 missive, only a "Guess Who" written in very familiar handwriting,
I EXCHANGEfEDITOR told the tale, and SHE knew who it was. Besides as she looked
across the aisle by the window, HE was very, very ill at ease, as
Elizabeth Hamburger, '31 evidenced|by his florid countenance. •
ART EDITOR Then later there was candy—and flowers—and books—and
then all of a sudden it seemed so ridiculous— -sort of,•_•;
"back-num-
Madelyn Hall, '32 berish" or simply "odd/' I guess.
BUSINESS MANAGER ADVERTISING MANAGER Do you know what I think about it, though? It's all a
bluff. You like it in spite of yourself and your blase' attitude.
Mildred Bird, '30 Bianca Surgo. '30 Maybe n o t t i e lafi&Jace.*0rTfthe "crimsony" red, but the thought
behind it. Itf flatters you; and no one's immune to that! If you
really do not—then there is something wrong with you. Better
THIS THING CALLED EDUCATION write your "symptoms" to Someone.
I —Grace McBride, '30.
Education is a word that is defined in a different way by
each person you meet. Every teacher has an individual method MAGIC WORD
of imparting and presenting educational matter. The more I sit
in the classroom in the capacity of a pupil as welllas in that of Perhaps you have in your power the "Magic Word," and if
an observer, the more I am convinced that education may be the you do, I beg you to whisper it in the ear of those who are eagerly
hearkening
biggest and broadest or the smallestfand narrowest word in the tinue on Life's Way. for that one needed bit of magic before they can con-
English language. There is too much faultfinding Iwith our^ younger gene-
it seems to me that the pupil's attitudefhas as much to do ration; too much unkind criticism of them. Today ten times as
with the meaning of the word educations as does that of the much is demanded of us as was demanded of the preceding older
teacher. Some people accept their education as a prisoner accepts generation at the same age. We meet their increasing require-
ments and what is more, we
his sentence. Others receive it as a light-spoken phrase, soon to lastingly criticized—upbraided andpiscouraged. surpass them, |yet we are ever-
I m M
be lost in complete oblivion, while still others seek it as they They who have gone before and have learned by experience,
would a desired treasure. To which class do we belong? Let us are impatientvwith usjwho should be given the same right. Those
hope we are among the treasure hunters, remembering, of course, who have reached their pinnacle forget the mistakes they made
that we seek as much if not more of it outside of the*class room in? their own stumbling youth. They demand of us, on sight, in
as in it. All of us are social beings and as such we associate with brains, and efficiency what they have achieved only through long,
hard years of work and strife. Gradually the world is turning
each other. Through these associations we learn much; we teach into a home for chronic knockers, a camping grounH for cynics
much. ^7T and professional faultfinders. By their discouraging "Oh, you
I repeat, education has many different meanings. Let us, can't do that's," they strip from the sensitive youth all ideals, and
therefore, resolve to make it be to us what it shouldfbe—one of shatter his dreams in the dust. They who criticize seem to do so
the meaningful words in the vocabulary of our lives. in very terror lest their zealously guardedlfort should be assailed.
- am. —Barbara Wiilbert, '30. Yet to each of us is given the power to speakfthat Magic
Word—it'mayfbe one of comfort—or of encouragement—or again
ONCElUPON A TIME it may be the very suggestion thatwill find for some eager youth
his "niche"—his stride of life. l| plead then with ye would-be
faultfinders thai? you forget your art and seek
With the|spirit of the day tugging at my heart-strings and little "Magic Word" that may start some faltering youth bravehr until you find a
not without much trepidation, I coyly inquired of a youth whose on Life's Road.
various attentions to me permitted this liberty "Will you^be my Margaret Harris, '30.
February, 1930 THE MERCIAD Page 5
'•i (Continued from*pageil) THE INFLUENCE OF M_ and thought to displace it by
have the masculine element ac- GREEK PHILOSOPHY! 1 giving the impressions that the
cepted this advancement? The ON LATER THOUGHT ancient religion was just as
majority of them consider it an good. |But to thinking minds
open challenge and have resolv- the whole movements brought
ed to combine their efforts in The first Greek philosophers home very forcibly the complete
the hope of winning b#ck their were students of mature. They bankruptcy of the old super-
former prestige. But are wo- were actuated by a kind of sci- stitious and, | in the long run,
men*going to permit this ? They entific curiosity to know the could only assist in making con-
are not, instead they arej root- origin of things. Thus Greek verts to Christianity among
ing themselves deeper and*deep- philosophy become | centred in the educated. I
er in the professions. Ip problems of human destiny and The great influence of Soc-
Competition, rivalry, and in human conduct, f rates, one of the greatest of
the end socialf betterment have The Greek mind went out to- Greek philosophers, is the re-
resulted in the industrials and wards the truth with directness, sult of his original conception
professional realms. Men* are and formulated conclusions with of knowledge. From this con-
beipg made to realize that wo- boldness. The philosophy of ception Plato and Aristotle elab-
man's opinion, her education, Greece is remarkable for its orated! new philosophical syn- C
manifold completeness. It con-
and her activities are every bit
as important as theirs. Wo- tained! in germ all the systems
theses. Socrates taught his
pupils by a seriesi of logical
o
M
men delve into the bottom of that were to appear in subse- questions w h i c h stimulated P
affairs and many abuses in prac- quent times. thought, cleared perception, and
tise before women placed them- Much of the knowledge that created in the learner a real L
selves on|an equal footing with was originally included in the hunger for knowledge. | I
mep, have since been cleared up. scope of philosophy is now cov- The influences of the philoso- M
Many men have as their ob- ered by special sciences, like phy of Aristotle, perhaps the E
jection that women; c o n c e r n physics, psychology, metaphy- greatest of the Greek philoso- N
sics, ethics, logic, and so on,
themselves with trivialities and moving away from the mytho- phers, extended and stillf ex- T
let the more important things logical explanation of the uni- tends beyond the realms of 5
escape their view.'i Then if this verse. | science and philosophy. Our OF
were true could not women jus- thoughts, even on subjects far
tify this asserted tendency by Greek philosophy was a pre- removed from science and philo-
the quotation, "Trifles make paration for the G o s p e l of sophy, fall naturally into the
perfection, and perfection is no Christ, i The church w h i c h categories and formulas of Aris-
trifle T 7 J T ™ . * * * * ' Christ founded was not, i t is totelianism, #nd often findiexr.
!£ Although we must admit that true, a school of philosophy. pression in terms which Aris-
when home life isf sacrificed by By virtue of its divine com- totle invented, *so that "the half
woman's desire to be a pro- mission, it rose above all schools understood words of Aristotle
fessional there isla great disad- and all systems; but in the sys- have become laws of thought
vantage, we must likewise be tematic development of dog- to other ages." |
DR. CONDREN
loyal enough to recognize? and matic truth the Church avails The influence of Greek phil-
to cooperate)with women who itself of the doctrines of phil- osophy may be seen throughout
have the courage of their own osophers a n d formulates its medieval philosophy, in which
convictions and enter the pro- dogmas in the language of the it showed itself in three princi-
fessions I seriously and earnest- schools of philosophy. pals directions—in the Byzan-
Greek philosophy had pene- tine philosophy, in the Asiatic
•Mary Ann Woods, '32. trated into the circles of the and in the Western fCivilization
educated of all civilization. It Accordingly we find iti in the
ELEVENTH
had to some extent prepared philosophy of the Fathers of the
^ ^ B (Continued from page 3) fft. minds for greater seriousness of Church which marks the tran- —and—
lieve that my feet were the real thought and had spread ideafr sitionalj p e r i o d between the
objects I of ridicule; for really which itacilitated [assimilation Greek i philosophy and the phil-
there is nothing about jthe rest of the Christian truths. j; This osophy of the Middle Ages. PEACH
of me which would cause such was true of the |Stoics in par- » I —Rose! M.' Galbo, '31.
mirth, unless it might*be the ticular. They taught the ne-
absurd cow-lick I have over my cessity of virtue in general and falB. Hammond :M "I come from
right! eyejwhich was inherited inculcated endurance in suffer- a good family." B B ||
from! my grandfather ion ?my ings and hardships, \ death \ in- •< M. jHungiville: §| "I I n e v e r
mother's side. » X&« cluded. I heard about it."Jft
B At J any rate, the pumps are After the beginning of the B. Hammond: "That's why
almost j worn out, but what Christian era, the * conviction it's a good family."
hurts me? most is that they g r e w V among serious - minded
have been repaired but twice. men, that the ridiculous medley Sr. Philippa: "Name the
^ O — N e l l i e Guilfoyle, '31 of their gods and j goddesses, classes of college men."
all of whom were subject to the Students: "Freshmen."
College body at basket-ball cravings and vices of ordinary
game:! "We want a basket, we mortals, could not possibly be- Fresh: "Why do jthey call
wantSa basket." | |* j | nefit a decaying race. The Neo- Helen Smith 'Pearl'?"
M. Hall (in a tiny |voice): Platonists and others were in Soph: "Because she's easy
"Mary Ann, I want a peanut." fierce opposition to the Church, to string."
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o elder and many other trees are
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o friends." This act of courtesy
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THE BIOLOGY CLASS
One of the most active groups
at Mercyhurst is the Biology
class. Perhaps the variety of
material at hand makes it this;
but most certainly the privilege
of collecting trips classes it fas
such. | | | I
Mercyhurst^ was most fortu-
nate in gaining permission I to
collect: specimens on Presque
MERCYHURST
Summer School
JUNE 30th to AUGUST 2nd
Courses for Teachers
Address HHK&i§iij
M. J. Relihan, M. A., Director
Mercyhurst College ^ B
•
THE MERCIAD
Isle. This historical peninsula
is one of the most ^beautiful
spots of real nature for|miles
around. Nearly fifty differ-
ent kinds of shrubs, flowers,
trees, fete, were recorded there
by the botany class this year.
The peninsula abounds in^ponds
and swamps where hundreds of
different varieties of insect and
water life may be gathered,!!!
It is notf necessary for the
class to go far, however,, to find
variety in trees, for this is
found in the wooded land not
far from the campus itself. Ma-
ples, ash, elm, cherry, asj.en,
found there and afford excel-
lent study and research, for the
progressive class.
Then there is the physiology
department. This class seems
to bear the brunt of much cruel
criticism as to its hard-hearted-
ness and cruelty to animals. It
is true poor little white mice
and homeless cats are often
sacrificed (and, let it be said,
much to the despair of each
individual in the.class)-—but
what isn't sacrificed for • the
§ake of science ?1 If it weren't
for our courageous teacher, Sr.
M. j Pierre, Iwel would be lost
many! times, I however, for it
is she who comes tolthe rescue
when she fears our sympathy is
getting the best of us. j son.
Grace iKane 0£.
Editors generally have some
kind! of I howl. Most of the
time the objection is a serious
wail that "Art for Art's Sake"
doesn't put' new shirts on -the
editorial backs. I 1 | the United| States. i
# Here is our idea of getting
out a magazine:
:
^ It's not a picnic.
If we print jokes, <folks say
we are silly, if we dont, they say
we are too serious. | everywhere except heaven, and
If we publish original matter
they say we lack variety. I
If we publish things from
other papers, we are too lazy to
write. $| 1 SOCIAL EFFICIENCY
If we don't print contribu-
tions we don't show proper ap-
preciation, i |
If we do print them, they say
the magazine ought not tolbe
used for that purpose.
Like as not someone will say
we swiped this from some maga-
zine.
IWe did.
DID YOU KNOW?
That there is truly a river
of genuine ink? Well, believe
it or not—there does exist this
wonder of nature and it may
be found?* in Algeria. It is
formed by the junction of two
streams, one of w h i c h is
strongly impregnated with iron,
the other with gallic acid. On
meeting, the iron of the first
combines ?with the acid of the
second to formia true^ink.
That the custom of lifting
the hat had its origin during
the age of chivalry, when it
was customary for knights
never to appear in public except
in full armor? However, it was
also customary for a knight to
remove his helmet in the
assembly of friends, signifying
"I am safe in the presence of
comes down to us from the age
of chivalry as an act by which
we acknowledge the presence of
a friend. | individual must be able to earn
That the favorite pseudonym
for the American Government
arose during the War of 1812?
—It seems Samuel Wilson was
Inspector of provisions for the
American Army at Troy. The
abbreviation U. S. (United'
States) marked oh the casks
was unfamiliar to the people,
and one of the workmen in a
joking manner suggested it
must mean, "Uncle Sam" Wil-
Inspector \ Wilson was
good-natured and the joke about
his increasing possessions
spread rapidly from camp to
camp—until "all government
supplies; marked U. S. came to
stand for Uncle Samk
and then
Uncle Sam came to stand for
I quirements but who lends his
That Henry E. Beggs won the
prize offered by London! Tid
Bits for the best definition of
money? He claims money is
"An article which may be Usedl
as a universal passport to
as a universal provider of
everything except happiness."
Margaret Harris, '30.
The term |social efficiency is
used instead of I the term moral
because it is more definite and
because it emphasizes the so-
cial factor. I m
*The conquest of our brute
tendencies is universally agreed
to be a process of moral develop-
ment; while from its nature it
February, 1930
is also a process of social devel-
opment. The keynote of moral-
ity is "selff denial"; which im-
plies denial of self to others-
the true essence of the social
spirit.
Social efficiency is the stand-
ard Jby which the forces of
education must select-; the ex-
periences that are to be im-
pressed upon fthe individual.
EVery act of the individual must
be measured by this yardstick.
We must never say, "W h a t
pleasure will this bring me?"
nor "What effect will this have
upon my earning capacity?"
But, "Will these actions or hab-
its function so as fto benefit
society as a whole ?"
The socially efficient person
is one who f is not a drag upon
society; but one who lean pull
his own weight, either directly
as a productive agent? or indi-
rectly by guiding or educating
others. This means that the
his own livelihood. Every indi-
vidual who sets out to secure
employment realizes the signi-
ficance of this process before
helhas applied at a half dozen
places. He finds that it^is the
one who fits into one or other
of these places that is in de-
mand, because he adds some-
thing to the world's prosperity.
He is socially efficient who in-
terferes as little as possible with
the efforts of others; this means
that he respects the rights of
others, sacrificing his ^own
pleasure if it interferes with
the feffortsf of others.
He is socially efficient who
not only fulfills the above fre-
energy toward progress.^ He
must be positively moral; he
must repay to the world not
only the cost of his existence but
as much more as! his strength
(
and his life span; will permit.
g True education will develop
social consciousness and pro-
mote social culture. This is the
standard by which it must select
the experiences that are to modi-
fy future adjustment. It in-
cludes the "bread and butter"
aim; the knowledge aim, too,
for it recognizes the value of
every item of knowledge to
social welfare. It also includes
the moral aim. because generally
speaking the moral standard is
the social standard.
Bertha McHale, '31.
 February, 1930 THE MERCIAD
with their original and clever
two-act play. Everybody seemed
to enjoy the sketch and *the
FOR Sophomores I were pleased and
happy! to offer it. f
THE FINEST
Not only does Mercyhurst
ON EARTH have dramatic ability but she is
also gifted |with musical jtalent
TRY as we all agreed after listening
to the recital given in honor of
Mother De Sales on Tuesday
TROST and evening, January twenty-first.
We were charmingly enter-
STEINFURTH tained by the Dramatic Art
students at their recital. of
Florists January| twenty-seventh.
At the end of this recital, we
44
We Give the Earth
were pleasantly surprised by
WithlEvery Plant" several selections, bothlnumor-
ous and touching, from the
2401 PARADE STREET d r a m a t i c instructor, Miss
Brown.
I —Cleland Driscoll, '32.
COMMUNICATION
DRAMATICS I I
There have been message car-
All the world is 9,1 stage and riers in all ages. One of the
many students are actors. This first means of communication
is^not exactJy^whaiJVEr. Shake- was the runner. Evenjin the
speare said, but I am sure that present day in some parts *of
had he seen some of Mercy- the world-districts of India—
hurst's dramatics, those would
have been his words. | runners are still employed to
A week after we returned carry the mails from village to
from our Christmas vacation, village, many carrying bells
the Sophomores entertained us around their necks to frighten
away the tigers.
Homing pigeons are one of the
oldest means of carrying mes-
sages. The first message ever
carried by the dove was when
the dove returned to the Ark
with the olive leaf carrying the
word that the "waters were
abated from off the earth."
VAGNARELL1 ^ From this eventually evolved
a postal system. The first men-
8 Photo grapher % tion of? this is in |the* Assyrian
and Persian nations.| They es-
tablished posts, a day's journey
ENLARGEMENTS
apart, at which horses were
A SPECIALTY r kept ready-saddled, with waiting
couriers for the transmission of
public orders and edicts.
126 West 18th Street The Romans established a
similar system. At first dis-
patches were conveyed by young
men running on foot and deli-
vering them to fothers at the
next route, as a relay|race, so
to speak. | *
L<ater, the mounted courier
system was inaugurated.
I
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In colonial times in |America
the mail coaches carried on the
evolution of the message car- RYBAK'S
rier. But as soon as "the iron
horse", the first mail train, ac- Ready-to-Wear-Shop
quired sufficient speed to out-
strip the stage coach it was cal- 830 STATE STREET
led upon to carry thef mails.
The Pacific mail was estab-
lished to unite the Atlantic and Featuring:
Pacific, a forerunner of our
trans-continental railroad and Smart New
coast-to-coast air mail of today.
Closely following "The Over-
SPRING COATS
land Mail" by only a few years
was "The f Pony Express." This FROCKS
telegraphed line of man and
horse maintained for sixteen PARTY DRESSES
months a ten day service across
the unknown lands of the* West. and
Today |ours, the postal sys-
tem of the United States, is the THE NEW SUITS
largest inUhe world. The mod-
ern railway, coupled fwith the FOR SPRING, 1930
still newer and faster system of
transportation, the air mail, is Misses* and Women's Sizes
merely a proof|of the continua-
tion of the pioneer spirit of the
American people.
—Mary G. Cronin, '32. Whatever a "snake dance"
| %m: is, we are satisfied that it is
SUCCESS IS ALWAYS NOW not for us. To the freshman,
§f !— $ || the seniors say, "Do as we say
—not las we do."
Success is inot something to
be achieved at the end of life
and at the end of one's job, nor g H . Heuther: "I call mylbird
at the end of the year. Success "Barb." §
is something to be gained every C. Doyle: "Why?" *
day. Many of us become dis- H. Heuther: "Because he's
couraged when we think of always singing, but n e v e r
toiling on and on at some dreary whistles."
task, our spirits held up only
by the hope of some distant
reward. This is no way to live.
Our lives have been arranged
in daily compartments. It is
each twenty-four hours that we
have to make satisfactory. STRAHL'S SHOES
If we have done our work well
during the day, if we have
reasonable carried out our pro- SATISFY
gram, if we have put forth our
best efforts, we fought to cul- Corner of
tivate the habit fof "calling it 26th and! PARADE
a day" and going to bed with a
free andlhappy mind. I
A clock would get discouraged Authorized Agent for
if it thought of all the millions
of tfcks it hadfto make during MODERN MISS?
its existence; but, for every
tick it is required to give, it and
has a second to give it in and
so goes merrily on. ENNA JETTICK
The habit of living a day at
a time, doing the best we can SHOES
in that day and not trying to do
a| whole year's work in twenty-
four hours, will promote health,
give a*sound mind, and increase
efficiency. —Marion Biebel, '33.
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SENIOR- NOTES
Mid-year was the last oppor-
tunity for the entire student
body to take a vacation |bef ore
Easter. All the seniors spent
the few daysffrom January 28
until* February 3 at their re-
spective homes.
Cleophas Doyje visited in
Corry the week-end of February
7. She was the guest of Mar-
garet Burkhardt, her room-
mate.
Once again Jeanne Elliott
visited Oil City. Needless to
say, Ma urine was the attraction
and hostess.
January 20 was the occasion
for celebrating Evelyn's birth-
! '
day. Much food and fun wefre
enjoyed by the following weM-
wishers: Tete McBride, Mar-
garet Hungiville, Margaret Can-
telupe, Helen Portman, Casey
Egan, Rose Beckman* Mildred
Bird and Regina Keck. | turbed lately because of Mar-
Mildred Bird spent a few
days fin |Dunkirk ^during the
mid-year vacation. Her only
regret is that it wasn't Wash-
ington, D. C.
Margaret Burkhardt attended
the funeral of Mrs. Henry Volk-
stadt Tuesday, February 4th.
Margaret returned to h e r
studies February 5.
The Seniors are making
arrangements to entertain their
practice teachers. To date,
final plans have not been com-
pleted.
Mildred Bird, of Erie, had as
her house-guest for the week-
THE MERCIAD
end of February 7, Regina
Keck.
Rose Beckman is in a quan-
dary, now that the Prom draws
nigh. Four admirers are quite
a problem when it comes to an
elimination, aren't they, Rose?
"Ou est Pierre ?" is the
is cry
from one of oi our dear little
seniors. Our consolations, Tete.
Poor Margie Harris' domestic
troubles seem to have begun.
During -^mid-year vacation, she
learned t h a t pancake flour
didn't make the most satisfac-
tory cookies for "Gussie."
Barbara Wilbert has begun
anf early spring house cleaning.
Mary Ellen is coming for the
Prom and an impression must
be made.
The Seniors are greatly per-
garet Cantelupe's numerous and
mysterious telephone calls. Who
is he? % \ \ Two additions were made to
The Seniors were quite proud
of their contributions to Sister
Jane Frances' Recital. fBianco
Surgo and Evelyn Jacobson
gave I their renditions in their
usual charming and gracious
manner.
Cecelia Rybinski, one of our
ablest classmates, is doing prac-
tice teaching this semester at
St. Stanislaus High School,
where J she will be one of the
facultyfnext year. * Helen Portman spent the mid-
Regina Keck, '30.
I THE JUNIORS^ NOTES
Since events are always more
enjoyable when they are memo-
ries, to make our Christmas
meeting a perfectly gorgeous
affair, I'm I advancing the time
forty years and the place a
bridge party—if people will
play bridge then. The char-
acters are Jeanne Elliot and
Mary McCrady. \
Mary, (shaking lavender
scented hanky): "Dear me,
Jeanne, I must be getting old.
These parties don't interest me
very much/'
^Jeanne, (arranging | a | long
gray! hair under her^ violet
crowned h a t ) : "No, dearie,
parties are not what they used
to be. Remember that bridge
we had at Mercy hurst when we
were JUNIORS?" f \ \ \
I Mary: "Oh, yes—the Christ-
mas party. Don't you remem-
ber the day students gave it
that is, they brought the food
and put up the decorations to
show school spirit?"
Jeanne: "Of course; and
clever the gifts were. You re-
call how Helen Portman seemed
so mysterious about hers, and
could youfblame her, either?"
Mary: "Such excitement,
too, when we found we had no
prize—Helen Culliton came to
the* rescue, and poor girl, how
long she had to wait before we
collected enough money to pay
her for it."
Jeanne: "Yes, yes! Nellie
won it, didn't she?"
Mary: "Yes, what a hard
time we had in getting the
pickle jar opened." | Helen Culliton has been at
Jeanne: "It was so sort of
sweet or maybe it helps the
Christmas memory linger, but
I always carry Sister Fidelis'
1 ittle Sholy card in my prayer
book." I '
Mary: "The Juniors surely
had a delightful! time, then. | I
wonder if they knew they were
storing up memories for old
age?"
our class since {the last edition
of the Merciad. |Helen Huether
has returned to Ithe fold and
Grace Kane, by especially large
steps, has attained^ the Junior
goal. I I
Jeanne Elliott spent a most
e n j o y a b l e week-end with
Maurine Brewster in Oil City.
Miss Mildred Malloy, of Phila-
delphia, visited Nellie Guilfoyle
at Mercyhurst. I from Cleo any butj a lop-sided
year vacation at the home
February, 1930
of Catharine Egan at Oil City.
Miss Ruth Wilbert recently
entertained! M i s s | Margaret
Burns at her homeJ
I—Elizabeth Hamburger, '31.
SOPHOMORE NOTES |
The Sophomores presented,
on the evening of* January 20,
the second? of the series of en-
tertainments to be given by|the
several classes. The first part
of the program showed the
changes in women's costume
from the Colonial period! to the
present day. The second part
was in the form of a prophecy
as to what each member of the
class will |be doing ten years
from now.
Helen Smith and Fran Huf-
nagel have moved their head-
quarters from room No. 70 to
No. 52. The girls on the!floor
below suggest that Helen take
up soft-shoe instead of tap
dancing.
Helen Cummings spent the
holidays in Detroit.^ |
Midge Hall spent a week-end
in North East with Mary Ann
Woods. Would you like to have
your boy-friend so much "that
way" about you that he forgets
to get off the train before it
leaves? Ask Mary Ann and
Midge how it's done.
Helen Smith visited Pitts-
burgh during t h e | mid-year
vacation.
Ag Falber has a new position
as accountant. Little did we
think Ag would ever depend
upon the bane of her existence
to earn her {bread and butter.
home because of illness for over
a month. We are looking for-
ward to her return to school in
a week or so.
Barbara Hammond s p e n t
Christmas in California and
while there attended the Stan-
ford-Army game. |
Our computations show that
so far this year Allie Dolan has
used ten pounds of sugar in un-
successful attempts at candy-
making. However, her labors
were for a worthy cause.
Alice Dolan, Ethel Levick,
and Grace Rechiche represented
the Sophomore Class in a de-
lightful piano r e c i t a l on
January 26th. I |
A certain friend of Cleo'sfhas
left Pittsburgh to go to Chicago.
Could therejjbe any other reason
for the difficulty in "extracting"
smile ?
-^-Frances Hufnagel, '32.
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THE FRESHMAN DIARY
DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY
December 12—Our worthy pres-
| ident, Betty Danahy, leaves
I us in the cold for the sunny
11 skies of Florida. Was she
ever envied or not?
December 13—Mr. and Mrs.
j | j BaederI receive*into their al-
.
Bways I welcome |home, four
B lonely! freshmen. The deso-
B late ones are Dorothy Barker,
fi Dorothy fejMorard, Virginia
Duggan and Jane Kelley.
December 14—Final frehearsal
B a n d we have no lines. "Make
B t h e m up," cries somebody in
B the rear., so, being the obe-
B dient freshmen that we are,
B wet try to i make them up.
What lines? § 1
December ] 16—"Our fate is in
B your hands." Have mercy on
mthe poorPfreshmen! Sally
II Edkin, the freshman clown,
||j goes over with albang; while
Kay Barrett makes up her
lines very well, $ saving us
from being a complete failure.
I Thanks a lot, Kay.
December 17—We attend our
first Christmas dinner party
at Mercy hurst. 1 Let ^me as-
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"ERIE'S? OLDEST AND NEWEST MEN'S STORE'
UfYou young women who know and appreciate
Style and Tailoring will be sure, to say
"He used good judgment" in buying his
clothes from
Isaac Baker alnd Son
State Street at Seventh
*- *
V
ft
sure youi we fweren't dis- class presented a very enjoy- show and exhibit Thursday,
appointed. | The freshman able program, in which our January 24, 1930, in the audi-
class | takes this opportunity never failing "Dede" f showed torium. The affair, which was
as a fbody to thank the us how very dramatic she
Faculty for this wonderful can be and is in other ways. well attended, was very interest-
ing. Included?in the exhibit
party. I "Whatsa mattaw, |honey?"
December 20—We depart ffor J a n u a r y 28 — Examinations were various styles of under-
our Christmas Dinner at our ended and we£againr went our wear and pajamas, with the
own homes. | respective ways. | "Dede" g i r l s I modeling their . own
January 5—Back to school with spent the vacation in Cleve- smocks, dresses and coats.
examinations staring us in pand; we are waiting to see
the | results, Mary Kelley The! Home Econom icsi library
the face. Wonder what the
trouble was? Betty Danahy, spent it at I her I old Alma
-****#
profited by the money donated
even after her long vacation Mater, Penn HafllT j | by our Bishop recently, with
and rest, wasn't able to be a February 2—Back to school the addition of many worth-
half-second early. ^Evidently, again. Sally Edkin is furious, while books on the history f of
Betty doesn't believe in being to think jshe came back to the Home Economics movement
early when there is a possi- school! before she had to.
bility of the train's being > Tough break, Sarah! I am and other valuable texts on the
many branches in our course.
late. |g sure lit • will never happen
January 17—Retreat begins— again. I I ^^Br P The remodeling of our Prac-
first experience for some, not February 3—We graciously wel- tice House is well under way
for others. We are all look- come into our class the much and we qan now realize!that it
ing forward to it with great praised "Honey" Daly; also
expectations. | Eleanor Haas, who is a day is no longer a dream,Ibut|a re-
student, much to our dis- ality* In the very near future,
January!20—Retreat ends after
a silent, but very profitable appointment, i "Dede" is back there will be a shower for the
week-end. We shall always much the same way she left. Practice House, at which time
remember it, also our retreat Jane! Kelley, '33. I we hope tofreceive many useful
master, Father Murray. J gifts ifrom our| school-mates to
January 21—We were very HOME ECONOMICS NEWS help make our home manage-
highly entertained iby the ment house a "homey" place in
Sophomores | in the form |of The Clothing and Tailoring which to spend six weeks of
two very clever original plays. students of the Home Econom- family life.)
January 27—The Dramatic Art ics department staged a style I Margaret Burkhardt, '30
Page 10 THE MERCIAD February, 1930

Piccolo: "Wonder why we have The chap whofgives thanks for

HURST
-Father Sullivan was examin-
ing one of the younger classes
and asked:
§1 "What are the sins of ommis-
sion?" | | f I
HUMOR cuckoo coffee every morning?" everything always makes friends
if Pete: "Cuckoo, wadda ya and comes out on top. | f
D. Barker: "I Ifear an ap- mean?" §§ t f "If lone considers the dignity
proaching battle." *' i | Piccolo: "Weak in thelbean." of the giver, no gift will seem
S. E d k i n : "Battle? Of little or too mean for you." So
what?" I Our Freshman Registers be grateful for every little act
D. Barker: "Hastings. » >

Born ? i Oh, yes. When ? I of kindness shown you by your

One young lady offered: can't remember. W h e r e ? friends and teachers. Some-
"They're sins I we ought to Dean: "Didn't I tell you not United States. What?part? All times? there is a great deal of
have committed and haven't." to study in the residential sec- of me.l High schood? Yes, sacrifice behind these tiny deeds.
tion ?" three stories high. Want! a Don't be an ingrate! Thank
Sr. Phillipa: Is this theme jjM. Biebel: "Yes, Mother, but bachelor's degree? Oh no, I every body for everything and
original? f I didn't think you meant in the wouldn't Itake anything from just watch the amazing results.
girls' rooms." any man. I —Florence Ammon, '32.
i Birdie: No, I wrote it my-
self. I Freshman: "Do you have a
Some| girls wear their hearts college sorority ?"f THE CAMPUS CUT-UP
K. Barrett: Why do they on their coat sleeves, I've heard. H Senior: "No, but we have a
throw bombs in Chicago? % Not our girls; they have a new sorority house." When day is dawning,
M. Shalkham: Why so they way. If you don't believe me, We hear you yawning
won't go off in their hands, I ask Tete and Evelyn. Now that exams are over, the You gasp and; struggle all day.
guess. normal students are back at We see you working
In a lazy mood, Barbara normal school—and the college And never shirking,
All that titters is not bold. handed in an exam paper in students are back to normal. A godly monarch! of clay.
which she* said the following:
"Please see Maurine's paper a Who can type? Oh! man-made monster,
Barb: Did Sr. Philippa assign (Many voices): "I can." You never falter,
that? f I If for my answers."
"Well, I have this three Not even hills block your way;
Regina: I never told a story thousand words term paper" And while you're groaning
before in my life. J. Summers (walking into a
barber shop): "Is this a beauty and the soliloquizing continues. We know you're owning
parlor ?" | The land o'er which you hold
My daughter went to college Barber: "No, this is a bar- H. Cummings: "The College sway.
for four years and was never ber shop." girls are so athletic."
kissed. J. Summers (after flourishing T. A'Hearn: "What sport?" 0 steaming vulture,
That was no college.* That exit): "You know, I thought %H. 7 C u m m i n g s : "Sport? 'Midst school fand culture,
was a convent. . it was a barber shop." Surely you I don't think I'm Your noisy gasping r a s p s
jesting." hoarse;
Won't somej o n e a d o p t * 1st Harriet: "One day I was Tho' just a tractor
Maurine's mouse—or even give walking along the beach, I saw GRATITUDE You are the factor
him a foster home? She finds a life saver." The mother's voice whispers To bring our college golf
it most inconvenient to do all 2nd H a r r i e t : "Did you to the growing child: "Be care- course. §
her work at least three | feet charge it?" * 1 ful for the least, and you shall —Barbara Wilbert, '30.
from the floor. Suggestions will 1st Harriet: "Sure, but now be worthy to receive greater (Dedicated to Messrs. J. and
be appreciated. I feel like a nice', cold dish of things." If the child has this M. Doyle, general ^contractors,
ice cream. How about you?" advice whispered to him, grown- whose generous donation of the
Portman: "While abroad I 2nd Harriet: "I dunno— ups should have it shouted at use of grading e q u i p m e n t
saw Pitti Palace." | What's cold lice-cream f e e l them. Being grateful is a key brought to reality our plans for
M. Harris: 5"Oh—did—urns ?" like?" I II f % to both happiness and success. a golf course.)

COMPLIMENTS OF COMPLIMENTS OF
F. J. WALDINGER JOHN J. GALBO
February, 1930
A HURRICANE IN FLORIDA
Crash! B a n g ! Lightning!
Weird noises! Rain, steadily
falling, the sound of its down-
fall drowned out by furious
wind! What a night!
My cousin and I had driven
to Tampa for the week-end. We
noticed during the late after-
noon that the ocean drive was
exceedingly windy, and? waves
were leaping high over the
beach. } |£
The wind seemed to be in-
creasing steadily, and the rain
began to ^saturate us in our
open roadster. Suddenly my
cousin screamed in J my ear,
"Look! J The Hurricane f l a g
is out!" I looked up at the
building and there it was flap-
ping a grim warning to us all,
the flag that sends panic strick-
enj people scurrying in all di-
rections.
After that, we lost no time at
all in getting back to the home
of our hostess. Before we were
in the house, it had begun to
get dark. f to find f the breath so I started
A worried family met us {at
the door, frhef first thfrig I
noticed was candle light. Ex-
citement ? I had always wanted
to be in a hurricane, anyway!
I didn't have to wait long.
All the street lights went out.
Glancing out |of a |window I
saw I that everything j was hid-
den from view by the blackest
night 5possible.i|Trees were fall-
ing, and the crash was deafen-
ing. I The! windows j rattled in-
cessantly. n m m ^ |
• AH night long the storm kept
on.I We expected the roof to go
any minute, but we were lucky.
It was the end!of the.storm
that had hit Tampa, felt caused
much idevastation, however, in
other placesjnear to us. * It even
took several lives. It was a ter-
rible, and! yet a l wonderful ex-
perience. J Never* again do 11
want to hear the wind scream
and whistle. For it means one
thing,! the {Hurricane is at its
full height. I I \ All too soon did the evening
D. J. Hastings, '33.
Magician (To M. Cantelupe at
P e r r y Theatre): "Madame,
willf you kindly hold this bird
cage until the bird disappears?"
M. Cantelupe: "Not on your
life, do I look cuckoo?" ft
THE MERCIAD Page 11
TO A MUD PUDDLE
1
Is your life such a muddle?
Must you weep around,
Funny little mud puddle
Crying in the ground?
Don't youilove to feel
Raindrops falling into you,
Or a wee tot's I heel
Splashing through the heart of
you? * m I
Sometimes the sunbeams
Fleck your muddy face with
gold \
So, in you, it seems I
The earth, the heavens enfold.
Elizabeth Hamburger. '31.
AND THE NEXT DAY
—IT REIGNED
COMPLIMENTS OF
The fbell pealed and yk I
hastened to gather up the peal- BOSTON STORE
ing, ] dropped a step. I hadn't
thought about dropping a step
so I >hadn't wasted any time;
but when I went to pick up the
step, I lost my breath—lost it
completely. Of course, I wanted
to fish around, and all I caught
was a cold. A girl rushing pasfc
me said that the second beli
would ring before I could bat
an eyelash. Not fearing for
baseball, batting was a little
bit out of my line. B'lieve it
or not, when I got to classy the
professor was just about to
take up the new lesson when lo
and behold! there, right on top
of it, was the breath I had lost.
T snatched it away from hifti.
He lost his temper, but finally
found it, after which I begged
his pardon. He finally gave it COMPLIMENTS* OF
to me—inlexchange for a great
deal of my gratitude. S "A fair
exchange is no robbery." It's
a good thing I didn't lose I my
head before the night fell.
•Barbara! WilbertJ '30
FASHION SHOPPE
(Continued from page 1) | •pss
FURS, COATS AND SUITS
he was soon out in his place by
the food committee, who had PEACH AT SEVENTH
provided ample dainties—cake,
coffee, mints and punch.li*
come to a close and even the
orchestra seemed loathe to stop
at the appointed hour. Every-
one left the hall with a| wish
for more good times and a for-
ward look to the Dinner Dance
in June. Let's make it another
"dream come true."
•Helen Huether, '31.
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