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Will Remain At The 'Hurst

While tension and animositiescontinue to build between theUnited States and the Khomeini-supported Iranian students, itappears as though the Iraniancontingent presently ..attendingMercyhurst College have secured

their residence in the U.S.In a phone conversation with"Percy", an Iranian studentwhose identity shall be withheld,The Merciad was able to find outsome information concerningtheir student status in the UnitedStates, and in particular atMercyhurst College.

"Percy" was one of fiveMercyhurst * students 1 who

traveled to J Pittsburgh onNovember 16 to have their paperschecked at ^the Office ofImmigration and Naturalization.This branch of the Department ofJustice served as meeting groundfor Iranian students .from thearea colleges. Its purpose was tomake sure that no students wereresiding in the country illegally.Those that! were would bedeported. V •; i I

Accompanied by SistersElisabeth and Peggy from theMercyhurst Campus Ministry,the students}travelled south < intransportation provided by thecollege. Arriving at the Office of

Immigration and Naturalization,each student's fpapers werechecked b y, the federal em-ployees.- Among those thingswhich would jeopardize studentstatus for the Iranians wereproblems with the law, less thanfull-time studentfstatus, andemployment toutside of jjthecollege. * £s ~

After all the records werechecked, there was good news forthe Mercyhurst contingent. Noneof the students were told to leavethe country. They could return toMercyhurst. ? 5 .asfc "Percy" claims that althoughnone of the Iranian students had

received physical threats fromthe college residents, there wereanxieties over the chance of sucha thing happening at the campusas well as the Erie community.Therefore, during the weekpreceding their trip to Pitt-sburgh, most of them did notattend class. At this time, theyare in attendance.

"I feel bad about it," was theonly response that could bedrawn from "Percy" when askedhow he felt about the currenthostilities between the twocountries. Wishing to maintain apublic neutrality about theIranian situation, "Percy" has

kept his opinions to himself."Percy commented that the

Mercyhurst campus has'beenpretty sedate in their response tothe international crisis. Outsideof a few joking remarks, he hasnot been confronted.

He claims that of the 22,000

students that have reported tothe Office of Immigration andNaturalization, almost 96 percentof them have denounced theKhomeini regime. "Percy"followed this by stating, "Justbecause people are Iranians doesnot mean that they are evil."

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VOLUME 50 NO. 10 MERCYHURST COLLEGE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1979

Theft Reported

MSG Meetingby Rebecca L. Martin

The ; Mercyhurst StudentGovernment was informed of atheft allegedly committed byMercyhurst students during theOctoberfest, and voted to allot$500.00 to Dr. Pizzat's ArtisticEvents * Committee; aty,;theDecember 3 meeting. '";.'

The Polish Falcons Club claimsthat two wall fixtures were takenduring Mercyhurst's Octoberfest."I know for sure one is missing, "

said Jan Gatti. "I saw it beforeand didn't see it afterwards."

The fixtures were two cast steelstatues. One was a gold lion headand the other a knight. Both areclaimed to be irreplaceable. fji

The Polish Falcons are asking$150.00 for each fixture, althoughthey'd rather have them retu r-ned. If the MSG does not pay foror return the statues, they run therisk of being blacklisted in thecity. This would prevent themfrom sponsoring future activitiesin area clubs \

Since the priority is to find hefixtures, no charges will be madeagainst any individuals involved.The MSG officers* encourageanyone with information tocontact them. E ^W

The Artistic Events Committee

was alloted $500.00 to bring dancecritic Walter Terry to lecture theMercyhurst community. Theevent will be co-sponsored by fiveother organizations in the Friearea. Other sponsors include theErie Civic Ballet, the DanceTheatre of Erie, Bayfront NATO,and Mercyhurst PreparatorySchool.

Any of the $500.00 not used willbe returned to the government.¥ Next on the agenda, Jan Gattiasked the government to allot

extra monies for two ActivityDay performers.

The performers, mime TimSetimi and juggler-comedianMicheal Martin, are asking$1200.00 and $1100.00 respectivelyfor two days of indoor and out-door presentations,!

SAC needs government ap-proval to ?spend more jthan$1000.00 for any activity. .'MSGtabled the funding decision.

In other action, the MSG tabledthe approval of the ParentsWeekend and October budgets.

It was announced that theStudent Services Bureau shouldbe functional on campus duringwinter term.,H» MSG T representatives areneeded in : Accounting* andHistory. Anyone interested Jinfilling these positions shouldcontact any MSG officer

An Activity Day meeting isscheduled for December 9 at 6:30in the Faculty *Lounge. Thismeeting is open to the mer-cyhurst community.

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Winter At The Hurst *Sesslerite Kevin Downing, dons his skis and attempts to navigate the college tundra.

'Hurst Students Named To Who's WhoMercyhurst faculty members

and seniors voted seven studentsof the 1980 graduating class to the1979-80 edition of Who's i WhoAmong American- Universitiesand Colleges. • »

Among the students named tothis | group f were Jo AnnAlexander, Steve Frisina, WaltGreen, Vicki Martinago, AmyMcNicholas, Mike MUligan IIIand Eileen Zinchiak. ^

The Who's Who?is an honorbestowed on senior students who

are noted for their leadership and

participation in extra-curricularand academic activities,citizenship, and service to theschool, and promise of£ futureusefulness to business.

Special privileges and benefitswill be given to the studentsnamed to the national program.Among these are lifetime use ofthe reference and placementservice and, also, the supplyingof letters of recommendation toprospective employers. "M

Students named will also

receive a personalized certificatestating that they have been of-ficially honored by the Who'sWho program. These certificateswill be presented at the 1980commencement ceremony inJune, f | '

Profiles on each of the studentsmay be seen on page three. *?

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JoAnn Alexander

Alexander has shown an activeinvolvement in the governance ofthe college during her years atMercyhurst. The current vicepresident of the MercyhurstStudent Government, she servedin thesame office during the 1977-78 academic year. \

Alexander has been a studentrepresenta tive," in ?• the - CollegeSenate for the pasts two years,serving on the Academic Policiesand Senate Agenda Committeesduring that time.-This year shewas named a member of thePresident's Retention Com-mittee. 2 |

An Egan scholar, Alexanderhelps at the Athletic Department,assisting both varsity baseballand basketball as a statistician.| Her future career objectivesinclude a private law practice.She hopes to acquire her degreein law at the University of NewYork at Buffalo. \ £

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MarathonSlatedOnce again the student union

will come alive as the C.E.C.holds their fifth .annual dancemarathon. This yearly fundraiser will be held the week-endof January 11,12, and 13.'. The dancers will be out askingfor sponsors. A sponsor pledgesmoney, to the dancer for? eachhour danced. A total of 48 hours isplanned for the marathon...' L

The funds raised will be usedfor other activities which includea possible speaker in?the up-coming year. :

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Happy BirthdayThe Merciad is 50 years old

today. J The descendant of aperiodical that focused on eventssuch as tea and fudge parties inits conception, the {colle genewspaper has distinguisheditself a s • the oldest studentorganization on the campus ofMercyhurst College. ^

In the first-ever editorial,Editor Barbara Wilbert spoke ofthe newspaper as a booster "foreducational and social ad-vancement." As one looks at thereproduction of the December,1929 issue of The Merciad, thesocial life of the students seemsto stand out over the rest of thecopy.,2 Overnight stays atroommates' homes, traditionalhazings of freshmen and socialpleasantries seem to reflect thecarefree times associated withcollege, jf. I 5 | | S

It seems somewhat odd that aJournalistic infant whose twinwas the great depression makesvirtually no reference to thefiscal crisis that made the rest ofthe country panic. Not until 1934did a Merciad writer concedethat, yes, thedepression had evencrept w ithin M ercyhurst College.Bertha.* McA llister stated thatcollege education was now ameans to a job and that its valuewas based on cost and return.Bertha may have been before hert ime . Jj

But even back in 1929 the all-girl staff had an idea of what cashflow was all about. Soliciting a

plethora of ads- The Bank of Italyand The Pussy Willow Tea Room•standing out- and offering sub-scriptions to those willing to payone dollar for three issues, the

girls got through the first year. Ifa Merciad was worth 33 cents acopy in 1929, think of what onewould have to pay to get onenow.$ Those of us that work for thenewspaper believe that whateverinflation had pushed the price upto, it would still be worth it Thetrue value of a creative work cannever be accurately determinedfrom Ia quantitative viewpoint.Neither punctuation nor verbosecarry numeric values. The onlynumeric4* values ' that ^can betacked to the paper are i thenumber of pages and the cost ofprinting.1, By the way, the issuethat you are holding cost a nickelless than the first issue everprinted. No inflation her e.

On page five one will see thatwe have transcribed the firstedition of The Merciad into ourpresent format.' Other than thenecessary changes in layout, thepaper is complete. \Outside ofchanging a couple of printingmistakes, the literature is un-changed. Every poem, societystory and punctuation error isthere as w e found it. "b While the nature and scope ofou r ; reporting has changed, itremains the same in the fact thatwe are attempting to meet theneeds of the Mercyhurst com-munity. While we do this we alsohope to introduce our readershipto new Ideas and understandingsabout the world outside of Mer-cyhurst College. In doing this weendeavor to maintain the

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that Barbara Wilbertbegan in December 1929. TheMerciad - a booster Fforeducational and social ad-vancement 1 t

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it's kind of a holiday rambling formy faithful readers. Both ofthem. *& T

Shoveling snow, scraping ice,

and watching folks as they bundleby can cause a lot of thoughts tobounce around in one's head. Yousee, when your ears are coveredby a knit hat, nothing gets thechance to leak out J

Everything changes J in thesnow. We all get faced with thiscold, white, wet adversary thatmakes us slow down and does it

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best to see we don't get throughit. In adapting, everyone shiftsinto their modes of locomotion.Co-eds seem to have a little semi-sure-footed scurry in their steps.Male students either plod along

sure and3 heavy-footed or elsethey semi-scurry.

Faculty Inhere at Mercyhursteither "concern" their way alongor curse the weather out witheach st ep. -Then the ad-ministrative heirarchy seems totake to group ventures to andfrom various spots of interest oncampus (possibly the "herding"instinct?). A

Cars like to give off strangehigh-pitched whining noisesduring the winter. These noisesalso seem to act as a mating calltot a small pack s of quicklyplodding "and semi-scurryingSaint Bernards dressed in downvests and hiking boots'. Thesefaithful, rescuers of help lessmotorists more often than notcarry the necessaries to ward off

the winter chill. Either that, orthey are on their way to buysome. K .

There is another phenomenonthat goes along with winter at the'Hurst. Everybody seems to bestomping their feet. I wishsomeone would explain this habitto me. It's as if the act of stom-ping along with the resultingnoise is a ritual performed toappease some ancient god of thedoorway. £ w%t

Some time listen to thecomingsand goings of a 'Hurst doorway.Invariably, a -well lined 'Hur-stling will come shivering alongand perform the stomping

depended on it. And when a groupof 'Hurstlings5come chatteringalong en m asse, the competitionfactor enters and each one triesto out-do the other by making theloudest and most thorough caked

snow sacrifice. $_However, M ercyhurst without

its white blanket just would notbe Mercyhurst. First of all, Iwouldn't have a job. But thewinter covering is just anotherreminder that we are all hereexper ienc ing Mercyhursttogether (cu e the choral singers).Seriously, it really doesn't makeit any harder on anyone else thanit already is. A 10 degree tem-perature is shared by all of us andthe wind chills you just as muchas it does me. «ig I would like to end my earlywinter ramblings with asuggestion for theLakermaniacs.What I propose is this; simply thecreation of a basketball traditionat the Campus Center. Thebeauty of this suggestion is that

the more -* maniacs that par-ticipate, the better chance of anew tradition being started. Theidea is as follows; the next timethe Lakers get "homed" at theCenter, many, many maniacstake up strategic positions nearthe doors. These maniacs wouldbe armed with- at least twosnowballs apiece. When thejudgement-impaired refs comerunning off the court,*the par-ticipating maniacs can fire asnowball barrage aimed at thestriped "sickos".

If this practice were to becometradition, odds are good that thenumber of home * "home-jobs"would drop sharply. '

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Billy Blanks

Profile: Billy Blanksby Dawn Day

"Karate is not blood andviolence, it's more like a scien-ce," states Billy Blanks, captainof the U.S: Olympic KarateTeam. $ *$ £J § %

Tuesday, December 4, in ademonstration sponsored byPace, Blanks displayed Karatenot only as a self defense, but as adance. "It's not the violent sport

everyone •• thinks it is, it's amartial art," explained Blanks.He continued,"It's all skill and

technique. You don't have to bebig and strong, you have to knownow to do it. It's not only a goodphysical exercise utilizing theupper and lower extremities, butit's also a developer of the mind."

Blanks, a resident of the Eriearea, grad uated , from Tech

Memorial HighfSchool in 1975.Married and the father of twochildren, he is now employed atme Martin Luther King Center,working with the youth of Erieand teaching Karate.

Involved in Karate for the past10 years, Blanks has studiedKarate in Erie, Edinboro, Pitt-sburgh, Harrisburg, Buffalo andOntario. Healso studied ballet for

three-and-a-half years and feels,"Ballet has helped me a lot inKarate. They are similar in someways. Ballet can help to showKarate as an art." •-

Blanks, as a member of theU.S. Karate Team; competedagainst 48 other countries in theWorld Championships in SouthAfrica. Being the only * U.S.member to win, Blanks won a

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The first snowfall is a profoundexperience. It affects everyoneon campus and even tends tobring out the more eccentricpersonalities. I thinkf it hassomething to do with all thatfriendly fluffiness . . . .lyingthere waiting.

Let me give you an example ofbizzare behavior (please notehere that this is a true-life tale).

Dr. David Palmer, a highlyrespectable and somewhatsedate faculty member, wasrecently}. under the influence of

those winter wiles. After the firstsnowfall, several frolickingfunsters decided to bombard thegood gen tleman's window.* Hegamely responded by opening hiswindow and inciting the alreadyfrenzied students to see if theycould "get one in." As theysnowballs cam e perilously closerto their target a devilish grinspread across Dr. Palmers face.He shouted a few more taunts ,gave a fiendish, chuckle, andslammed his window shut Thesnowball rioters were left utterlydeprived and dejected. "That'snot like him," they w ailed.

EPILOGUE: The instigators,attempting to attain some degreeof accomplishment, turned to

Mr. McAndrew's window. True toform, he responded by stickinghis tongue out at the ill-fatedtrouble-makers.

Such uncommon behavior fromtwo (relatively) venerable men!!

There is an innate instinct inman to create snowballs fromsnowflakes. Once the snowball isformed, a primal urge takesover, allowing the snowball to beheaved into space. However,there are*? a few things toremember when one is about toexperience the rewarding sen-,sation of a well-aimed snowball.

l) . Never bean a eacher whoseclass you are presently havingextreme difficulty with.

2). Never bean a eacher whoseclass you've recieved an in-complete in. I j

3). Never bean a teacher wholooks grumpy. W$£i f£•4). Always bean a teacherwhose smile sa ys, "You W ouldn'tDare!" £ * | I

5). Always bean the editor-in-chief of Hie Merciad on sight.This is the golden rule of snowballft

There are many ways to exhibitbizarre behavior in the the snow.The important thing is to get outand do Frosty proud1! » .

Merry Mistletoe!!!!!

gold medal and was recognizedas a superstar. "That's when Iwas chosen captain, because theyhad never seen some of the thingsI did," stated B lanks. * J|

He went on,"I like to try newtechniques, that's f whatAmericans are best at. Japan hasthe masters only because theydeveloped Karate, but they stickto basics, we're more advanced."

Right now Blanks thoughts areon the World Championships, inMoscow? next month. "I thinkwe're going to win it this time,"he commented and con-tinued,"Americans are the best.athletes, but don't have the timeto really put .them together.Everyone is out for themselves,not the team." 1 *3t§2i

The reason for this may stemfrom a lack of support from theU.S. government. Receiving nofinancial aid, the Karate teampays for their training andtripsout of their own pockets.This year for the first time,Blanks is receiving help from thecity of Erie. "Karate isn't asrecognized as basketball orfootball, so we don't get that kindof support. Most people don'teven know a U.S Karate teamexists,"retorted Blanks. ?

Blanks has many awardsfollowing him to Moscow. In 1975he was awarded the A.A.U.National Grand Champion inKarate, and was the first personto* receive |th e A.A.U. A ll-American Award. In 1978 Blankswon six gold medals on the U.S.Olympic Goodwill tour in SouthAfrica, and won seven other titlesin 1979. t£ "I'm only 23, that's young, andsome experts don't feel I shouldbe where I amrbecause of myage." He added, though, that heis still a beginner as a seconddegree black belt. J jg

In February, .Banks will beinstructing here at Mercyhurst.His long range goals are to be thefirst World Champion from the

Erie area and to make a moviedisplaying the martial arts. A fterthat he would like to teach. *>

Mercyhurst really does have aheart. I give thanks to God foreveryone here who contributed tothe Cambodian Relief Fund; forthose who gave pennies, for theHotel Restaurant ManagementAssociation and for the

anonymous donors who gave $50or $100. Your generous resp onsenetted over $1,100 for food andmedicine for a lot of starvingbrothers and sisters. Your givingwill be blessed.

Who's Who cent, from page l

Steve FrisinaThe present editor-in-chief of

The Merciad, Frisina has beenactive in college affairs duringthe past two years. A businessmanagement major, he held theoffice of treasurer in the Mer-cyhurst Student Governmentduring the 1978-79 academic year.In addition, Frisina served asProgram Director of theAdministrative Management

Society during the same year.During this past Summer

Frisina served MercyhurstCollege as a research assistant toThomas Billingsley, Director ofInstitutional Research andPlanning. He assisted Billingsleyin the publication of The Fact-book, a presentation of e mpiricaland organizational data per-taining to Mercyhurst College.

Frisina, an Egan scholar, wasnamed to the Dean's List duringthe 1978-79 academic year. Whilehe does plan to attend graduateschool, he does not have anyimmediate career goals.

Mike MilliadnMilligan is a double major at

Mercyhurstt College, seekingdegrees in both elementary and

special education. Branching offthe latter major, he has been anactive member of the Council forExceptional Children. Afterhaving served as vice presidentof the'organization in the 1978-79scholastic year, Milligan waselected president of the, C EC ,the position he currently holds.

Milligan has been a m ember ofLambda Epsilon Delta, theNational Honor Society forElementary Education, for thepast two. years. He is also amember of the PSEA., M

His present goals are to teachspecial education students in theNew Jersey-Pennsylvania areaand to make as many con-tributions to special education aspossible.

Vicki Martinago

A communications major witha concentration in journalism,Martinago recently took part inthe Co-operative Educationprogram as a student assistantat Dix and Eaton, Inc. Herresponsibi l i t ies includedmarketing research for in-dustrial clients as well as theduties of a production and ad-ministrative* assistant to theGeneral Electric account. ^

While at Mercyhurst, Mar-tinago has served the studentbody as a representative in theCollege Senate," and also as arepresentative in the MSG. She ispresently a & student represen-tative in the Career ServicesCommittee. | 6£

Martinago , an Egan Scholar,achieved Dean's List recognition

for the 1978-79 academic yearwith a 3.71 average. A recipientof a four-year honor scholarship

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from the college, she was namedrecipient of the Erie Ad Clubscholarship in M ay, 1979.

Am y McNicholasMcNicholas was particularly

busy during the fall term of thecurrent academic <: year.f First,she served as chairperson of theParents* Weekend celebration.During the past few -weeks

McNicholas became busy onceagain, this time serving as co-chairperson of the Senior D inner-Da nee. i v * i

A:Resident Assistant atjMer-cyhurst for the past three years,McNicholas served in the SAC asa committee chairperson. Shehas been an active participant inthe athletic program at the'Hurst earning varsity letters inboth basketball land crew.McNicholas has been involved inthe latter sport since arriving atthe college. She has also takenpart in intramural volleyball andSoftball. i ^r 4 i i ^ ^

The senior law enforcementmajor has been named to theDean's List twice. She would liketo spend7 the next; two yearsserving in the Peace Corps.

Wait GreenGreen, who hails from nearby

North East, has been an activemember of the Campus Ministrysince coming to Mercyhurst in1976 and has played an importantrole in many of the C.M.'s ac-tivities, j j

The senior history major is anEgan scholar and has made theDean's list for the'past threeyears. Carrying academia intoanother avenue of involvement,Green:has served as a con-tributing writer to The Merciad,presenting articles centeredaround the social and politicalsciences. ">

Resident Assistant at McAuleyHall, Green has served theAthletic Department of the

college in two capacities; asmanager and, more recently, a sstatistician. ?. j*s Green's career objectives areundecided at this time. He is,however ' considering thepossibility of attending lawschool. ?f

Eileen Zinchiak

Zincbiak a psychology major,has been serving Mercyhurst forthe past : two years as astudent representative in theCollege* Senate. While par-ticipating in the AdministrativePolicies and Operations Com-mittee, Eileen assumed theduties of the '< committeesecretary. £•£$&.

An Egan Scholar since arriving

at Mercyhurst" in 1976, Zinchiakwas voted the most outstandingEgan Scholar for the 1978-79academic year. She is currently amember of the-"Egan-ScholarCouncil. In addition, shehas beenon the Dean's List .for the pastthree years and was awarded theSt. Cather ine' Medal t as • asophomorev * ^g |

A member of the CampusMinistry, folk group for the pastthree years, Zinchiak currentlypresides ov er; the MercyhurstCollege Archives where she issupervisor.

Zinchiak plans to pursuegraduate studies in healthpsychology .upon; graduatingfrom Mercyhurst. v»» •

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A Christmas PoemI by Alda Walker

One day as I was rushing to and froI had things to do, places to go.My little brother, tugged at my shirt *he asked a question, my reply was rather curt,for it was Christmas and I was in a rushall I could think was I wish he would hushAll I needed was to have him in my wayin a mere week it would be Christmas day.I continued to work, ,til I heard a sigh

I looked behind me there was a tear in his eye.Unaware of why I began to yell *"What is the matter" I asked pray tell.Suddenly from inside him a small voice came"What was baby Jesus, mothers' name.. "I hung my head, I felt so badWhat a grea t injustice I was doing this lad.It was Christmas and thoughts of Jesus were with this smallboy, ,rt h ./£ Jbut I was too busy getting him a toy P?to tell him why we celebratethis holiday we all think is so great.I didn't have time to help him understandWhy we make so special the birthday of oneman.I guess I'd forgotten what Christmas really meantI'd begun to measure it by how much I spent

I couldn't remember the last time I'd played in the snowor stopped to watch a candle glow. iSomewhere in my mind I remember a timewhere Christ came first, Santa behind.I learned a lesson that day from a five year old

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my feelings for you resemble the snowwith each flake of times together, lightly fallen,deeply remembered.they collect themselvestogether - my feelings grow

cold crisp wetness, freshness, tingling happiness,til it hits the ground and melts from a touch of warmthi m e l t . . . from your warm, gleaming smile <

new excitement, new adventurenervous breaths of windbut when they inally do combine i >;a shimmering white blanket of serenity, content

magic, chills, beautythe result of wondering thoughtsfinally indingeach other—such lovely, sparkling snow.

Bonnie James

ChristmasContrapuntal

The silver carillons chiming joyously todayDescant upon a more sombre theme.The black anguish of GethsemeneClouds the brilliance of the Star.The stable's darkness presages the sepulchre.Little wonder no room at the inn:

Golgotha waits to receive its Victim.Demonic vengeance wreaked with thorn and nailMenaces the peaceof the innocent Child.Fragrant hay and swaddling clothesAwait exchange for scourges and shroud.The cradle stand in the shadowof theCross,Swaying to the rhythm of sacrifice.A tension belied by his calm slumberRocks the Child, now gently, later terribly.Inawe we offer Him gold, frankincense, myrrhWho stains our souls with the promise of Blood.

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The larval albino wormgrows corpulent onnourishment absorbedby the undulating body.

My romantic dreamsare the fetid swill,the putrid sustenance;-fedtipon. sj-IHoveI love you tI love you.you.

A play-doh form plolling gorged andmomentarily satiated,pudgy with conquest.You-You loveYou love me *You love me *?

A slithy skinned creaturewrithing and bloated, Fullof vile jellied fdeceits.

Rebecca Lindsay Martin

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Father Dolan Visit"by Grace Kane <£?

The students of Mercyhurstwere most fortunate in beingafforded the opportunity oflearning more of a most modernand powerful saint, St. Therese,from Reverend Albert H. Dolan,0. Carm ., the national director ofthe shrine of the Little Flower.

Father Dolan's recital of St.Therese's life was made moretouching and real because of thefact that he has talked with andreceived many favors from thefour living sisters of the LittleFlower. Most interesting were hisexperiences with these nuns intheir remote convent *in Nor-mandy. $ Pauline, he said,together with Celine and Marie,are at the cloistered convent of

Carmel, at Lisieux, Where St.Therese spent the the last nineyears of herjhfe;* The fourthsister, Leone, is, separated from

her other sisters and 'livescloistered as a visitation nun in aconvent not far from that of theCarmelites. J

In recognition of his work inspreading devotion to the LittleFlower in North Am erica, duringhis last visit at the Carmel ofLisieux, Father > Dolan wasconducted within the cloisteritself, which privilege was neverbefore granted anyone exceptcardinals. Father, Dolan alsoreceived the privilege J ofcelebrating [Mass in the in-firmary in which the LittleFlower died.

The national director of theSociety of the Little Flower isconsidered the foremostauthority on the life and virtuesof St. Therese. He has written anumber of books concerning her;books which have had" in -ternational sale^T^ /

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by Ethel S.Levick"The First Nowell the Angels

did say J i 'T£Was to certain poor shepherds

in field as they lay." Jt-"I n these lines there is the truesymbol of the perfect carol. Ifthere is any poetry that can becalled "inspired", i t Is th ebeautiful old English Christmascarols.; J i%m A carol was originally a songsung during a ring-dance, like our

"ring-around-the-roses." It wasmade by the people, like all true ,folk songs, and had nothing to dowith religion or Christmas. Theword is derived from c antare , tosing and rola, with joyJ^J* J

The oldest J known carol iswritten in Norman French, and isto be found in a s13th centurymanuscript. It is a song offestivity urging the lords of thecastle to drink in honor ofChristmas; and it ends with theold Saxon word "Wesesyl" whichwe recognize as the "Wassail" oflater times. w& W f-

The services of the ancientchurch were in Latin, whichunlettered common people couldnot understand.-To remedy*thisthe clergy composed and playedlittle dramas illustrating eventsin the life of the Lord. In these

plays songs were sung and it isfrom the verses in praise ofChrist that the most beautiful andcharacteristic carols have come.The simple folk sang to Jesu s notonly as a child; so they addressedHim as they would have done anordinary babe adding a fewsimple words of love and praise.

During the seventeenth centuryin England, Christmas carolswere introduced. From thatperiod comes the p resent customaccording to which shortly beforeChristmas Eve the church choirsgo forth to carol under the win-dows of the home, singing "WhileShepherds watched their flocksby the" night," or again,?"ComeaUye Faithful." I

The carol forms an importantpart of Christmas observance inevery country. In France young

and old accompany their laborswith carols, such as their an-cestors sang, the famous Noels ofthe country. In Italy at twilightonChristmas Eve candles arelighted, usually tricolored, whilethe little folks sing carols as inFrance.5 In Spain the music -ofguitars and other instrumentsfills the air until midnight mass.A merryi crowd sing the"Nochebuena", Good Night; forremember, "Tiiis is the eve ofChristmas, no sleep from now *tilmorn." Germany enioys themer riest of yuletides and the bestbeloved of all carols, "SilentNight, Holy Night'! .is sung there.,

In Poland, Christmas carols havea peculiar,, rhythm, to i whichChopin has accustomed us to hisworks-i?'The Rhythm of thePolonaise". From a;,dimly litchurch near the market may beheard the pure voices of boyssinging the "Polonaise" carol. InNorway, the Norwegians begintheir Christmas with divineservices, after which they meetfor a festand songs. Little boys inwhite mantles with star-shapedlanterns and dolls to representthe Virgin and Holy Babe, enterthe room and sing sweet carols.Even in the country* where atChristmas time the sun does notfise above the horizon for a week,carols are sung, for the childrenof Iceland cling to old songs andcustoms. In Sweden the carolsalways end the Christmasfestivities. In Denmark,

1 wherethe usual Christinas is, "MayGod Bless Your Christmas; mayit last till Easter," the littlechildren carol about Balder theSun God. In Russia th e singing ofthe ~ Kolyada, songs composedcenturies ago by writers who are

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Individual Differencesa

by Ethel S. Levick *• g | ftIn the elective system of the

high school and of the collegethere is a liberal recognition ofthe principle that instructionmust be adapted to individuals,both in content and method. Thedifferentiation of the course forindividual pupils w as at one timethought to be contrary to thedemocratic principle that • allpupils must be treated alike. Weare coming to t see that ademocracy has, needs of manykinds of people and tha t the truestexpression of 3 the- principle ofequal ttreatment is throughlib era l| provision for individualdifferences. f

The variation within a singleclass for which a single teacherhas to providers great. Evenwhen teaching is departmentaland promotion is by sub jects, andwhen the school is a large one andclassification within a grade is byability, there may be a widerange in student ability. Manymethods appropriate for the topquarter of the class will be almostuseless for the bottom quarter,and vice versa. * * ?£

The * question: fIs there e a"general" learning capacity orare learning capacities specific?has been • carefully studied bypsychologists. This investigationhas led to the conviction that theperson who learns one subjectreadily will learn other subjectsreadily and there is a "general"learning capacity. ^

While capacities for learning

are doubtless strongly influencedby heredity, and while it is truethat some persons are "bornlong" mentally and that othersare "born short" mentally, it isalso undeniable that the lim its setby heredity are for the greatmajority of people relatively

wide. Leaving out the extremecases, the very stupid and thevery bright, and considering onlythe large numbers that lie bet-ween the e xtremes , including theremedial cases, it is safe to say ofthe members of the group thatare capable of learning the thingsnecessary to a reasonably ef-fective social* life, •: that theirprogress in learning will dependchiefly upon the opportunitiesthat ar e provided for them in theway of good schools, goodteachers, the examples set byhome life, the care that isexercised in preventing un-dernour i shment , excess i veworry, and an overplus of ex-citing distractions.

The conclusion of coursesuggests that the work ofI theteacher is full of hope, but it alsosuggests no less strongly that theteacher's task is far from easy.Even if we leave out the extremecases, the variations amongthose that are left is so wide thatthe same methods cannot beapplied w ith equal success to all,nor can anything resembling anidentical rate of progress beinsured.J ffi 1 - )S In adapting the materials ofeducation to individuals who varyin their learning capacities, it isoften helpful to know how far anindividual deviates from I thenorm, that is, from the learningcapacity of the average in-dividual. Psychologists havedevised mental tests which theyassure us will measure general

intelligence, and by. applyingthese tests to f,thousands of in-dividuals they have establishednorms of standar ds for each yea rof age. # ; i -ggf

Then too, school progress willusually demonstrate now thepupil varies from the norm . Most

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Visitors Notesa

by Sally Edldn »There are many things which

make our life in school in-teresting and •: worthwhile, andoutstanding among these isschool spirit. In consulting thedictionary I find that school is aplace where instruction is givenby a selected faculty to a givennumber of students,-and thatspirit means power of mind ,moral or

? intellectual, togetherwith animation and vigor. Thecombination of these two wordsgives us an intangible? elementwhich cannot be.be seen'fromwithout, but" can be felt fromwithin. It is apparent only in theatmosphere of happiness or

discontentedness among ifhestudents. School spirit calls notonly, for the enthusiasticcooperation of the students, butalso the happy assistance of thefaculty in everything ^which weundertake. The ^growth ordecrease in the enrollment of theschool is in part the result of theschool spirit created; this ,of course, depends largely uponthe students themselves and thenumber of active leaders amongthem. Shall it not be interesting towatch the growth of so young aschool as Mercyhurst with theabundance of school spirit now

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Grace E McBride jvJ*The 'sunbeam' of the lastyear's sophomore t class, {MissHelen Hu ether,. from ShannonPenna., flitted in on us for a shortvisit last Sunday. For a little girl,she certainly recieved a lot ofattention from us. Must be... hercontagious laugh. |

You all remember Peg? Youknow, Peg O'Donnel from

Youngstown, Ohio? Well, HelenCulliton (you've heard of her too,probably) went down to see Pegtwo weeks ago and (hen Helencame back to school in Peg's carand brought Peg with her. All ofthis,happened in one weekend.* Sister Fielis was quite elatedover the fact that Mrs. DanKellecher (nee Mae Portman,Helen's sister) from Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania, spent a wholeweek at Mercyhurst. This gavethem ample opportunity to chatabout the "good ole days" at St.Josephs' in Titusville.We wonderif Mae was a T.P.? 3£||j

Agnes Falber cam e all the wayfrom Warren, Pennsylvania toour bridge-tea and she didn'teven win a prize. Oh Well, thereare some people who can't playbridge and there are others who

are simply unfortunate.One couldn't easily forget thosepleasant half-hours or af-terdinner dancing that MarieFlannagan from Corry,! Penn-sylvania, helped us all to enjoylast year. Marie's recent visithere was all toobrief, but such apleasure. We hope she will come'oftener and stay longer.'

Since the last-1. Fine Arts

meeting, Teresa has 'taken on anair.VThe first "A" in her name islong * and is accented. Well,anyway, MrT and!!Mrs.|F. M.A'Hearn drove over fromGreenville, Pennsylvania, to see

We wonder if they approve of thisaffection? • i

Helen's little 9-year old, JaneCulliton from Buffalo, New Y ork,cut capers for us college girls awhole week. We noted aresemblence in disposition of thetwo sisters, in that they both liketo say and do funny things. s'\\

"AlumnaeNotes" U

Evelyn J acobsonMarga ret Mary^ Reese,

president of the class of '29, wasamong those who welcomed theFreshmen. *In a recent visit,"Midge" hints that in the nearfuture she may have a surprisefor us. I £ ^

Latest reports from EleanorKrah tell us that she is teachingin -Chicora, Pe nnsyl vania .Possibly Elednor could give a fewof our prospective teachers so mevaluable suggestions along thisline. a

We were pleased to learn fromMary Ellen Wilbert when shevisited us a few weeks past, that

she finds the teaching professionmuch to her liking. Mary Ellenhas a position in Castle Shannon,Pennsylvania. > &

Mary Robas has also beensuccessful in securing a positionin one'of the public schools inToledo, Ohio. -.

M. Pierre: Name theBones of the Skull.

Solly E.: I've got themal l in my head butI can't think ofthem now.

children start school at the samechronological age- six yea rs, butthe mental ages differ so tha t thechild is either retarded orpromoted as the years go by.

The intelligence quotient is theratio of a child's mental age tochronological age; for example,if he is nine years old mentallybut twelve,! years oldchronologically, his intelligencequotient is 75. If he is twelveyears old ^ chronologically andtwelve years old mentally, hisintelligence is 100. J This "IQ"indicates >at once whether theperson is below or above thenorm in general learning, andalso how far he is below or aboveit. It also tells the teacher whattype of group she is teaching.

But ofj course this idea of"general intelligence" has notyet" become an . establishedprinciple, and danger lies iaputting too much emphasis upoaan intelligence test. The resultsmay be due not to differences innative ability, but to differencesin school opportunity.

If we assume that the in-telligence quotient may be basedon tests, then as an index of

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by Grace KaneMercyhurst had the pleasure of

a visit from Dr. James J. Walsh, |

M.D., Litt. D., Ph.D», onTuesday, November 5 * - » , * ! mDr . W alsh, "a New York

professor of physiology andpsychology at Cathedral Collegeand medical director at FordhamUniversity, is one of the leadingeducators and lecturers of thecountry. He is also recognized as na writer of note. * s * J

Dr. Walsh was accompanied to*$Mercyhurst by Bishop Gannon,Monsignor Peter * Cauley, Mon-signor Guilfoyle, and Father«aStephen Caluey. After an addressto tiie student body, in which hespoke of St. Therese as the mostintellectual woman the w orld hasknown, the Doctor and his partywere guests of Father WilliamSullivan at a luncheon served inthe Mercyhurst state diningroom. "pS

Dr.j Walsh's appearance atMercyhurst was a generouscondescension on his part, in-cidental to his coming to Erie toserve as the principal speaker atRight Reverend Monsignor Pet erM. Cauley's annual banquet for Elthe teachers of* the Catholicschools of the Erie Diocese at theJosephinum on Tuesday evening,November 5. fc^ <g

"Bishop'sLibrary Gift

Mercyhurst has been carryingon a quiet campaign since early.in November., to increase thenumber of volumes in the collegelibrary. Upon hearing of this,

Bishop Gannon handed to MotherM. Borgia, dean of the college,his perso nal check for $500.00, tobe used for the purchase of bookswithin th e d ean's discretion.

This gift by our Right ReverendBishop is another of the manyevidences: of'his practical-mindedness where education isconcerned. His habit of puttinghis ideas into practice in matterspertaining to education is one ofthe reasons why Bishop Gannonranks among the progressives inCatho lic^ school work. ?TheMerciad wishes to add its thanksto the Bishop for thi s, verysplendid practical gift .VjfiJ-

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We Make Our'Bow#

This, the first edition of the Merciad, marks our entrance into thefield of college journalism/You will receive us with diversedispositions. Perhaps you may regard us as an uncharted stream inwhich flow undiscovered channels, or whose bed may harbor hid-den recesses, yearning to forsake their haunt of reticence and tobubble forth in a gladsome debut. We know we shall makemistakes, but we hope you will bear with us in our infancy.

While our paper will follow the general tenor of other papers, stillwe hope to sound a note of distinction. We shall strive for a tonalityof quality with the accompaniment of sincerity.

The realization that the journalistic path offers a thorn withevery rose will not daunt us, but urge us on to greater things.~May

the Merciad always mean to you what it means to us- a booster foreduca tional a nd social advancement.

National Book WeekDoes it strike you as significant that an entire week has been se t

aside by the nation for a more intimate association with thewritings of the great minds of the past and present generations?One would or should naturally conclude that reading good books isan extraordinarily valuable aid to education. And so it is.

In these days of progress unlimited, one must read to keepabreast of.the times, to converse freely one's fellows. Besides thesevery practical reasons for reading, which of themselves are con-clusive evidence of its worth, it is a soothing andentertaining modeof spending one's leisure, and to advantage, at that.

"Good books are good friends" is the oft-quoted truism. How longit takes some of us to comprehend the real value inherent in thissimple sta tement! Frequently has a choice bit of philosophy from astray book nastily perused impressed us for years afterwards; oragain, how strangely has a pretty scene, picture-worded in some

almost-forgotten verse lingered in our mind's eye to cheer us indays of disquietude? <With Charles Lamb we should "love to lose ourselves in other

men's minds." Let books help us think. &;-

CourteseyWhat does curtesey mean to you? Is it a mere word, to be said

with a patronizing and shame-faced smile, or is it a sign-post to theCity of Greater Happiness and Content? Does your Idea of cour-tesey consist in the mechanical and spinal "Please" and "Thankyou," or again, in the opening of a door for someone is yoursuperior to pass, or in any of the other little thjngs that are truly notcourtesies but politenesses?

But forgive me; for no doubt you are the Seasoned Traveller ofthe Road of Hard Knocks who knows that courtesey is an act of theheart, notof the mind; that courtesey comes not from the surface,but from deep inside where beautiful thoughts are made. A mut-tered 'Please" or " Thank you never brought a smile of pleasure toa fellow companion on the Trail of Life; but a wee spontaneous actof kindness, a little wish anticipated, a bit of thoughtfulness, canwreathe the coldest of masks into the warmest of living sm iles, asmile that will live in the heart like a budding rose, not for secondsbut for days. To ride cruelly over the feelings of others, to forget inthe mad rush for life's pleasures that perhaps some lonesome soulhas been left by the side of the road, not only shows a lack of cour-tesey but indicates a selfish thoughtlessness. Those who ignore thelaw of courtesey will one day find that they too have been forgottenby those whom they once forgot. Courtesy is sharing with your com-panions the few crumbs of happiness that are yours; and in thesharing you gladden two hearts instead of one.

It is such a little thing, yet such a powerfulthing, this magic cour-tesey, that poor indeed is the sojourner without it

Investitureby Ma ry Ann Woods f

October twenty-second was amemorable day f for all Mer-cyhurst collegians, but especiallyfor our freshmen, for it was onthis day that they were formallyreceived into our college life andrecognized as college membersworthy of wearing college attire,namely the cap and gown.

The scene of investiture wasmost impressive as the un-pretentious freshmen placedthemselves before our dignifiedseniors to have the collegiate"mortar" placed upon theirheads. -

After the ceremony was over aformal.note of welcome IntoMercyhurst was extended ^ thefreshmen by Regina Keck,president of the senior clas s.

In reply Betty Danahy,president of the freshman class,expressed the gratitude andhonor which her sisterclassmates feel for this greatprivilege of membership inMercyhurst College, g \ » jgj

The ceremonies being con-cluded with the singing of Mer-cyhurst songs and the freshmanpledge of allegiance the studentbody made their way to the StateDining Room where they wereguests of the faculty at an at-

tractively appointed tea. I

"What I Expect CollegeTo Do For M e" v-T

by Betty Danahy it $I expect much from my college

life, namely, an education. Ihope, will broaden me in-tellectually as well as spiritually,and will fit me for somethingworth while in?after years. Itshould improve my mind a greatdeal and give me a broaderoutlook on life than I now have.

New friend, new contacts, newpleasures are all listed underwhat I expect from college. It willgive me, I fondly hope, lastingfriends and the power and abilityto judge them for what they areworth. But I expect, also, theability to be able to judge myself,that I may never take my eye offmy goal throughout my fouryears of life here.

I expect college to mould meinto a woman of twhom J herparents may by proud, a womanwho can use her education for the

greater glory of God. With this inview, I know, that work isnecessary; but with His help, Iexpect to reach my goal, i

Teachers And TheSlock Market 1The October issue of a leading

educational journal, the Nation'sSchools, devoted editorial spaceto an article^ about schoolteachers' investments. Forseveral reasons we wonder howthe editor-in-chief let that articleslip by him. • % f

It is common knowledge thatthousands of school teachers helpto swell the "sucker list" ofcrooked stock salesmen. Theeditorial referred to says that"school teachers can ill afford to

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lose money through poor in-vestments. Yet, how are they toknow which are good investmentsand which a re poor?" We thinkwe have a better answer to thatthan the writer of the editorialhad. In the first placet to make aninvestment one musthave moneyin some amount, be it great orsmall. If a teacher succeeds insaving' any money from thesalaries wrung from schoolboards nowadays, he ..ought tostart a bank account.'If at anytime his account permits of aninvestment, he ought to consulthis banker, who will advise himproperly. That's one of the an-

swers to "Why is a banker?" Thebanks of the country tell us thisevery day in?their newspaperadvertising; and if teachers donot read the newspapers, whyshould we waste sympathy overtheir poor investments? Theeditorial sugge sts that the schoolsuperintendents guide the per-sonnel of the school system inmaking their investments. Maywe not suggest to the editor: "Letthe shoemaker stick to his las t"Besides, the public employs thesuperintendent to giveeducatioanl not financial, adviceto the teachers. Even were thesuperintendents to 'follow itnesuggestion of the editor, whatassurance could there be that theteachers would not still be in-fluenc ed by the "glib salesman"who "tells them about 7, 8,9, and

io.' per cent return „ on themoney"? Only bitter experience,it seems to us, can effectivelycheck the cupidity of those whomthe salesman solicitously singlesout to "let in on the ground floor/'

With apologies to a song witerof other days, we suggest as asure cure for poor investmentsthat every teacher in the landmemorize and use against these"glib salesmen" the' teacher's

part in the following dialogue:G.S.:j "This, investment will

bring you a return of 10 per cent."jjT.: "I'm sorry to say I can'tbuy your stocks today.

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Home Economic News #

by Margaret BurkhardtMrs. Anna C. Green, tState

Supervisor of Home Economicswas a guest of the HomeEconomics department atMercyhurst on Tuesday,November 19. The training of ourfaculty, our equipment andcurriculum met with the ap-proval of Mrs. Green. We are mhopes that Mrs. Green will visitus again when we • are wellestablished In our PracticeHouse. g

The dreams of the Senior HomeEconomics girls are to berealized at last in the establish-ment of a Practice House. Thehouse which we will use is the one

FreshmenNotes

Jane KellyThe twenty-first day of Sep-

tember, nineteen twenty-nine,was a day of awe, bewilderment,and happiness for the Freshmenof Mercyhurst College. It was aday on which they registeredthemselves into an entirely newlife; it is true that it was a ife offurther study, but nevertheless a

happy one. \ 1-The first two weeks we weremore or less in a daze; especiallywhen one peaceful evening thesophomores gathered outside ourdoors and demanded that weimmediately get a sheet; put iton, get in a straight line andfollow them. What a night! We

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which was formerly occupied bythe caretaker of the Mercyhurstfarm. It is ideally situated, aboutfive minutes walk south of themain building. There are threebed rooms, a spacious livingroom, dining room, kitchen andbath on the ground floor.>-V J

The Home Planning andFurnishing class, MargaretBurkhardt and Cleophas Doyle,has as one ef its projects theredecorating of the house tomake it ready for occupancy bythe second semester. \

The Junior and Senior HomeEconomics will live in J thePractice House as a family groupfor a six to eight week period.This project wul be carried outunder the supervision of MissRuth Whalen, head of the HomeEconomics department. , §5?

Two Home Economis Juniors,Misses Ruth Wilbert and

Margaret ^Burns served theluncheon for Bishop John MarkGannon and Dr: J J. WalshofFordham I University onNovember 5, «following Dr .Walsh's address to the studentbody. &££>

Buss Margaret Burkhardt isdoing her practice teaching at theAcademy High school under thedirection of Miss Ethel GUtner,Foods instructor. *

The Freshman of the HomeEconomics department w ill havean exhibit during the early part ofJanuary of the articles completedin the Clothing I Class. Thethirteen girls in this class havebeen unusually interested in theirwork during this semester.

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On the second' Saturday ofOctober the Mercyhurst studentsand faculty were the guests of the

Fathers Cauley'-at Bella Vista,the charming summer home ofthe latter. The Fathers Cauley asin former years, again provedthemselves delightful hosts, andthe girls and Sisters returnedhome elated with the pleasureand outing which had been af-forded*: them by three of Mer-cyhurst's dearest friends. f£

Friday evening, Octobereighteenth.j. a fudge party wasgiven in the kitchenette by MissWhalen and Miss Brown to theboarders who were spending theweekend at school. The partylater adjourned to the Social

Room where | three tables ofbridge were in play. The girls allreported a wonderful time andappreciated greatly the expertculinary art of our two facultymembers. £

Saturday. October nineteenth,found eight fair .Mercyhurstdaughters attending a benefitbridge at Gannon Hall.

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present ability, the teacher maymeasure a pupil's progress withreference to his ability. She maysee whether the mediocre child ismaking good progress, or if .thebright child is just marking timeand not doing as much* as h isability' will permit. Hie ratiobetween the actual ac-complishment of a learner and

his learning capacity is called h isaccomplishment ratio.Segregated groups based upon

learning capacities have beenused to facilitate adaption toindividual differences ofchildren. Just as the subnormalgroup has been segregated forsome years past, so the super-normal child i s. now beingsegregated. These children needjust as much training as the dullones because the very brightchild may acquire habits oflaziness and attitudes ofsuperiority swhen grouped with

average children whom he canpass without effort. Aside fromthis reason, there is the con-sideration of social welfare in hisbeing segregated also, for fromthese groups of children come theinfluential leaders{of the nextgeneration. Special opportunitiesgiven to such a group are con-sequently, a social |investment

that will yield dividends far*greater than the social returnthat comes from similar op-portunities given to average ordull children. * - *8*

Improvements in the techniqueof the recitation have contributedgreatly to solve the problem ofindividual differences. Teachersare now no longer satisfied withparrot-like r repetition^ ofmemorized words, for the pupilmust recite in "his own words".The teacher asks searchingquestions to see if the child reallyunderstands what he is saying.

In conclusion, it may be saidthat in the best schools of todaythe class represents a companyof learners. More and more theteacher is losing bis traditionalcharacter as a "taskmaster" andis taking on the far more effectivequalities of a| companion, aleader, a guide. The attitude ofboth teacher and pupil has un-

dergone a fundamental change,and this change in attitude hasmeant a corresponding change inthe.spirit ana morale of theclassroom. Not all can do thesame amount of work; but eachcan do something that will be ofvalue to the group as a w hole. Itrecognizes individual differencesand capabilities. \Each pupilcontributes in proportion to hisability, and a most significanttask of the teacher is to find outjust what he can contribute, andhow through this contribution hisgrowth may be assured.

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atEvents Of Interest"

The second week of school awarning note was struck by theworthy "Sophs" that the fresh-men should prepare to beinitiated into this g reat and nobleinstitution of learnings; \g Immediately fear was plantedinto each Freshman heart and ahitherto 'unnoticed servilitybecame apparent in theirmanner. To the ' sophomores itwas, "Yes miss, no miss, andThank You, Miss" foreverything. But underlying thisspirit of perfect obedience anexpression disclosed a "wait tillthis is over" air.£ j **K The Wednesday evening of thesecond week of school saw thebeginning of initiation in earnest.Headed by ghostly leaders anddressed in ghostly attire, the"initiants" were conducted

through darkened passages

where horror awaited them onev ery side. After they hadbecome familiar with every nookand corner J-which suggestedwierdness thepoor "Fro sh" wereled to the social room on the thirdfloor where in Salon style theypledged fide It iy to their muchloved sister classmates and*totheir school. gj

Garbing themselves in cottondresses, whose only 3 trimmingwas tiny rubber bibs worn at theneck, and with their hairarranged in seventeenth centurystyle, the g Freshmen endureduntold sufferings?????

However it was not to be!- forthere was an intervention and the"Frosh" were liberated andprivileged to go and come as theypleased, for they were now a vital

and essential part of Mercy hurst.

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survived that night i and thefollowing week; coming out as westarted but for a few em-barrassing moments. v

Then, themost solemn andsignifigant day of every collegegirls life, Investiture Day, tookplace. I don't think any Fresh-men will ever forget this day, orthe delightful tea given by thefaculty afterward. v " ™

Another eventful night followedin turn, the Junior-FreshmenHallowe'en party. The fortuneteller made a great hit. Everyonepronounced the party a hugesuccess.

The following weekend everyfreshmen spent out, havingFriday, November first, added,making it longer and more en*joyable. Many of the Freshmen

have spent weekends in Erie.Dorothy Barker spent a weekend,from which she hasn't quiterecovered as yet, at the home olDorothy Jane Hastings. BettyDanahy and Jan e Kelley spent anenjoyable weekend with MildredMcCormick. * f

We had a most pleasantevening in E rie, November sixthat a theatre party given by theSophomores. "

On-.- November twentieth , ahappy and lively song contestwas held, following which weentertained the Juniors, at whatturned out to be a-consolation

party. Congratulations Seniorsand Sophomores. r-%;4

Thus ends the first quarter withgreat promise for the remainderof the year.

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Faculty NotesMiss Mae E.J Brown, our

dramatic art and physicalculture instructor visited aformer classmate, Mrs. G. H.Russell, of Carnegie Pa., theweekend of October SIS MissBrown returned with Miss RuthWhalen, the head of our homeeconomics department, who haddriven to Greensburg for a visit.

Mr. Relihan made two trips to

Harrisburg 2 in November; thefirst was on professional businesswith Dr. Henry Klonower,Director of the Teacher Bureau;on his second visit Mr. ^Relihanappeared beforei the StateCouncil of Education to discusslegislation bearing upon teachaercertification. * J•Sister; Mary Anna Clarke,

professor of history, is on a yearsleave of absence, during whichshe is devoting her- time toresearch work of an advancednature at theCatholic University.

Mother M. Borgia, dean of theCollege, and Sister M. Pierre,professor 5 of biology,attended the convention atAtlantic City, November 29 and30, of the Association of Schoolsand Colleges of the Middle States

Mother Borgia's

and Maryland. Returning <tfromAtlantic City,f they stopped inWashington on business.

The entire Mercyhurst facultyattended the annual dinner forthe teachers of. the Catholicschools of the Erie diocese, givenat the Josephinum and of whichMonsignor Pete r M. Cauley is thehost. The^nearly 500 guests in-cluded, besides the sisters andlay teachers, about 60 priests, Dr.James.Walsh, New York^City,and Mayor Joseph Williams andSheriff Thomas G. iSterret, ofErie. fa gS3T ^ i

Early in November Mother M.Borgia spent several days inPittsburgh. '",' Father Sullivan has beencomm uting, each week to St.Vincents College, Beatty Pa., todo research work in the depart-ment of philosophy. Thisschedule has lessened somewhathis opportunity to enjoy hisfavorite sport during huntingseason. *>

Sister M. Collette, professor ofhome ecnomics, spent theThanksgiving holidays in Buf-falo. > 1

Feast Day—October 10Tocommemorate the feast day

of* our dear Dean, Mother M.Borgia, the student body ofMercyhurst on October 10, gavean interpetation of "The Weddingof the Painted Doll" under thedirection of Miss M. Brown,Instructress in Dramatic Arts.

Nelle Guilfoyle and BarbaraWilbert played leading roles, theformer a s the blushing bride andthe latter as the perturbedbridegroom. If

Helen Portman, sedately at-tired in cap and gown acted thecapacity of Deacon and per-

formed the ceremony with muchfacility. The scene was enhanced

by the presence of Alice Dolan,Frances Hufnagel, Regina Keck,and Margaret Harris who playedthe parts of bridesmaids. HelenCulliton as maid-of-honor furtherpromoted the realism of thescene.

Between scenes,'-Helen Smithgarbed in gypsy attire dancedand sang to the pulsating tonesof "The Gypsy Charmer.

At the conclusion of the"wedding" a song of love andappreciationiwas sung by*theentire cast to the evenings guestof honor, Mother M. Borgia, whowe all hope will be priviledged toenjoy many .more such happyfeasts. r£ 2 .

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And now we come to our ownUnited States with itscosmopoli tan civil izat ion.According to the late LawerenceHutton, our carols seem to havecome from the Holy Land itself,our Christinas trees from Ger-many, our Santa ' Claus fromHolland, our; stockings hung inthe chimneys from France andBelgium, and our; Christmascards, yule-logs, plum puddingsand mince pies from England.Turkey and pumpkin pie seem tobe the chief American^ con-tributions. 1

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Bishop's VisitOur Right Reverend Bishop paid his annual visit to Mer-

cy hurst on Tuesday, November 26, and was honored at a$ reception and dinner. jK i I &§* ^

A pageant waspresented for the bishop by the students off the college group, after which he presided at Benediction ofithe Most Blessed Sacrament. The dinner wasattended bymembers of the senior class, the Very Reverend MonsignorR. T. Guilfoyle, chancellor, of the Erie Diocese, andReverend William L. Sullivan, professor of philosophy.

The following program was offered. 1*<!

Ecce Sacerdos Magn us.. A Student boydTHE SHEPHERD OF HIS FLOCK | I

1 A pageant, by Daniel J. Lord, S.J.^Prologue {..« J . . . ri.. Jane Kelly1 Tableau: Dance of the Sheperdess Moon #\ rR

Moon. Cleland DriscollStars 3 .* D. Barker, H. Smith

1 A. Bonini, M. HarrisD. Morard, H. Culliton

2ndTableau: Abel's Sacrifice ; ' . •Abel /I Rose Beckman

Angels ; \ . I J. Turgeoni { | V.Anderson

* 3rd Tableau: David the Shepherd King ,-,

David ....?..> f.. Nellie Kuilfoyle

Samuel X Mildred Bird

Shepherds M. Burns, H. Portman% '' £'-*: i m J.Elliott,H.Connell

' M. Burkhardt, F. Huufnagel4 th Tableau: The Shepherds of Bethle hem ^ f | ?Shepherds .£i M. Brewster, T. A'Hearn

I * vf ! B.Wilbert5th Tableau: The Good Shepherd

Mary Magdalene.*. RuthWilbert6th Tableau: The Choice ofHis Shepherds | $

Apostles «'•••* F- Ammon, R. Keckf E. Hamburger, G. McBride

•£• D. Hastings, E. JacobsonFinale .^ % Entire CastClass Songs StudentsAddress 1-. %&i I *. Rt. Rev. J.M. Gannon

Rose Beckman missed the Clevelandbus. I 1 ; * I g IMoral: Find your bus and stay in it.(encore!) L

Why I CameTo College

by Miriam K. ShalkhamMy object in entering college is

to secure the benefits and ad-vantages of a higher education. Iam preparing myself for thebusiness world. Modern businessmethods demand trained work-men, the unskilled receiving the

minimum of consideration andrenumeration. Knowledge ;ispower in this era of large andcomplex organizations. While asimple education backed byyears of practical experiencemay eventually produce goodresults, these practical benefitsare sooner achieved bye highereducation.

An employer recognizes thefact that it is a i tedious andsometimes a costly experiment tointroduce unskilled help into hisorganization and eliminates thisfactor Ias far as possible bysecuring the jservices of thealready trained,} or collegegraduate. J •

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Just a cootest doggieEver could a' hadMama luv um puppieIf him good or baa.

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Junior Class Notesi

The kindly portals of our Alma

Ma tor percieved a rollicking andjoyous number of -formerSohomores when it s new Juniorsre-entered in September. Ofcourse, our old classmates, nowabsent, were noticeably missingbut, with the hall echoing andreechoing ^ with J* friendlygreetings, everything but thepresent was forgotten. ~, 2- $'•

The first class meeting wa sheld for the purpose of electingofficers. Th e following werehonored with offices: President,Mary McCrady; k Vice President,Teresa Ahearn; Secretary,Jeanne Elliot; Treasurer,Margaret Burns.

The Juniors, due to reasonseconomical, postponed theirannual welcome party to theFreshmen, until Hallowe'enwhen : they decked the third

floor s&ia l room in undreamed ofautumn colors, silhouettes- ofghosts, cats, and witches. Bridgewas enjoyed, th e Summerssisters, Sharks" at the game,playing to an overwhelming firstand ' second place finish. AHallowe'en sort of lunch wa sserved in the dining room and themigration from top to bottomfloor wa s considered not at allconvenient, but merely novel.And betterit afforded greaterfacilities for dancing^

% The Freshmen were superb intheir thanks, making the Juniorsfeel like giving their sister-classanother party very, very soon.

> Our next social event was the

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tea after the Freshmen

Investiture with Miss Ahearn andMiss McCrady pouring.."To i the j great amusement of

fellow-students, th e Juniorsconstantly had their notices fo rmeetings posted in conspicousplaces on the bulletin board. Itmay be hinted that financialdifficulties were not the least oftheir troubles. However, the realbusiness of these gatherings isknown to no one outside thisfamed group and, futhermore, itwill not be—wait and seel

The challenge of the SeniorClass to a Song Contest to be heldNovember 20, was duly acceptedand strenuous practice w asbegun &under the, c apabledirection of Miss Guilfoyle. Ma nywere th e scolding and ad-monitions of the worthy direc-tress. One of Mercyhurst's poets

is responsible for the words to theJunior Class Song. Needless tosay it is Miss Hamburger who inco-operation with the pianist,Jeanne Elliot, successfullyarranged a very f peppy songwhich, it is hoped, may become aJunior Class Song in years tocome. \ Each Juniors heart,however, was saddened when thevictory was snatched from themby a minimum of points.

Minds were all put to a difficulttask when it came to decidingwhich would be more enjoyable-a possible victory over othercontestants or the delightfulparty given by the dear littleFreshmen after the * contest.

Sophomore Newsa

by Fran HuftaagelWhen the last year's freshmen

reassembled as sophomores thisvear, it was with a feeling ofregret due to the absence of six of>ts former members: P e gO'Donnell, Agnes Falber, KittyCostello, Betty Mayer, MadelineAsker and Florence Zaner.However, this year ha s broughtus two additions to our number-Helen ^Smith \ and HelenWaldinger.

Peg O'Donnell, Ag Falber andMadeline Asker must have foundthe attractions at home toowonderful to leave. We have afair idea what keeps Peg so close(o Youngs town; and of course Agdid need a rest after thosestrenuous hours of slaving overaccounting. As for Madeline -

well, we never were any good atthose guessing games. KittyCostello is attending businessschool in 'Pittsburgh. BettyMayer? has transferred to theUniversity of Richmond. Wonderhow Betty stands not being ableto spend every weekend at home?Flo Zaner is instructing inbead work, basket weaving, etc.,at the Zem Zem * Home fo rCrippled Children. f

Helen Waldinger came to us

from Notre Dame College inCleveland.! Some of the up-perclassmen had known Helenbefore this year, since she spenther senior year in the seminaryhere. Helen Smith comes from St.Joseph's college , in Maryland.

On October 17, we held our firstmeeting*and elected the classofficers for the ensuing year.Frances Huf nagel succee ds MaryAnn Woods as president: and theother officers are: Natalie Ford,vice president; Alice Dolan.secretary and treasurer; anaMary Ann Woods, social chair-man.

We entertained the freshmenon the evening of October 6 bytaking them to the Perry theatreto see Ted Lewis in "IsEverybody f Happy?" T hefollowing morning our sister

class, the Seniors were hostessesat a delightful breakfast for us.And did we ever put away thewaffles and sausages! L

Football season found many ofus interested. Grace Kane at -tended the Notre Dame-CarnegieTech game in Pittsburgh. EthelLevick wa s there for the Pitt-Ohio State' game . BarbaraHammond went to Ann Arbor forthe Harvard-Michigan game. \

A number of us have spent a

After congregating in the South

Parlor; for a few moments ofgayety, the excited Juniors wereled through the halls and down tothe dining room where a surap-tious dinner w as J served.Entertainment was in th e form ofsinging the "originals," a vocalsolo by Anne Bonnini. The everpopular dancing wa s then inorder and partaken of to heart'scontent Now, the Juniors ar esure that, as little sisters, theFreshmen are unexcelled. j-

The Juniors, as usual, havebeen indulging in their visits tofavorite places. Naturally, eachone has some particular magnet,drawing he r to her respectivespot of happiness. We havenoticed an ever-burning desir e onthe part of Miss Nellie Guilfoyleto v return ever so J often toPunxsutawney. Nellie ha s also

visited the home of her room-mate, Miss Culliton, in Buffalo.Teresa Ahearn wa s entertained

recently in the home of MissHelen Newton in Erie.

Helen Portman and CatherineEgan travel to Oil City forreasons *known to themselvesalone. •. a

Ruth Wilbert, with friends,motored to Rochester shortlyafter school opened.

Margaret Burns was en-tertained at Ruth Wilbert's homerecently. ?m Early in the fall, Jeanne Elliotspent a week-end at OaklandBeach during the Knights ofColumbus convention. SC 4&

few of the weekends at home or atthose of our .friends and room-mates. Geo Driscoll was theguest of her room-mate, TeresaA'Hearn, at he r home inGreenville. Mary 'Ann Woodsentertained Midge Hall at herhome in North East. Alice Dolanand Helen Cummings spent aweekend in Kane together. HelenCulliton visited he r formerclassmate, Peg O'Donnell at herhome in Youngs town. GraceRechiche visited at the home ofher room-mate Rose Galbo, inNorth East/Florence Ammonspent a weekend in Erie a whileago and has been dating an Erieboy ever since. * | T j E |

Verle McQuiston has discardedher boyish haircut of ast year fo ra becoming "dutch bob. Mary

Cronin looked forward with mucheagernes s ! * to *w?spendingThanksgiving % vacation v; inCleveland. Cleveland is a veryinteresting city, isn't it, Mary?

The sophomore class was theproud recipient of a large Mer-cyhurst pennant at the songcontest in which al l four cla ssestook part, Nov. 18. We wereawarded the prize because wesang our class songs with themost originality and spirit.

Model Roomiestricks. . .and r.MotheotPterreGod Times We

.Sally Edkin'salong with them. .

Biology class. . .TheHad Last Fall

M. Pierre: Name L* the bones of theskull 7 : I l ; |fSally EU,1've, got JtbemaU.iu j w ,head,but I ca n't think of them now. ,/*«»

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"Our Tainted Natures

Solitary Boast""The

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By Barbara WUbertOn this Diamond Jubilee of the

proclamation of the ImmaculateConception of the Blessed VirginMary, it is fitting that we shoulddevote some time and thought toher honor. It is in loving tributethat I dedicate these few words toMary the Immaculate Mother ofGod.

Among the descendants ofAdam, jMary was the only onewho was concieved without sin.Behold the Lily among thorns! Itwas Mary the spotless womanwho crushed the head of theserpent. Our jf divine Saviourdesired, by virtue, of His infinitepower, to make this all importantdifference in the case of His holyMother. In her all heavenrejoices. • H % tft

By the proclamation of thedogma r of the ImmaculateConception, the church combatshuman pride and sensuality, theforemost vices of the age. PopePius IX declared this dogma sothat all Christianity might rejoicein the Blessed Virgin Mary and

might pray for the strength torepair the havoc which the sin ofour first father had wrought.

The girl today should in aspecial way, commend herself tothe "Lily of Purity.'* What doesall this talk about the modern girlmean? To us who know- it m eans

just this - nothing. With theImmaculate Mother still inheaven, watching over herstriving daughters, they have asfirm a hold on the gifts of God ashad their co-sisters of any age. Inour hour of temptation, may wealways whisper, "Oh Mary,concieved without sin, pray for uswho have recourse to Thee." *3

0 Virgin pure, 0 mother dear,Thou gift of God most rare,May we and all thy childrenThy sweet protection share.

Beloved of heaven, beloved ofearth,. % 72

0 beauteous Queen above,Enfold us in the Mother *s heartAnd shield us by thy love.

I wandered in a garden fair,Surrounded by a wall;

I gazed upon the flowers there,And smiled upon them all.

The dainty violet so shy,The gay, bright poppy , red;

The lovely rose upon her stemNodded her queenly head.

The sweet tendriled arbutus,too, j i«I found among the grass, %

And the tiny blue forget-me-notsIn one great, lovely mass.

But came the cruel winter,With its silent snowy pall,

It robbed my pretty garden,Surrounded by a wall.

Cleland Driscoll

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The twelfth of October foundMercyhurst the setting of abenefit bridge which is classed asone of the greatest events in thescholastic year. | * it j§

Around five hundred gueststook advantage of Mercyhurst'sinvitation for an afternoon ofpleasure and leisure and helpedour college both in a social and ina financial manner.W A delightful tea followed at thecompletion of the card games. Itbeing Columbus Day thestudent's dining room was at*tractively decorated in nationalcolors with the " Santa Maria" ascenter of attraction. A gang plank

leading to the "ship" made thescene realistic and the presenceof the two shipmen, FlorenceAmmon and Jane Kelly, furtherenhanced the setting.U Each of the four classes wasrepresented in the pouring-Regina Keck from the jj Seniorclass; ^Jeanne Elliot from theJuniors; Barbara Hammond forthe Sophomore class, andDorothy Jane Barker for jj theFreshmen.

The whole setting- wastremely attractive, andguests departed feeling they hadparticip ated in a delightful af-ternoon.

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M. Brewster *When *there is perceptible

improvement in any one thing ,we can usually attribute it to onething. This case was no ex-ception. With the advent of MissBrown to our faculty ourdramatic activities increased notonly in number, but also inquality. j j

A dramatic treat which weshall not soon forget was thereading hour given us by MissBrown. Inspiration promptedmany to seek further into therealms of make-believe. If 'tistrue ithat {"imatation is thehighest form of flattery," then

surely a teacher of this great artrecieves her due.-?

"The Wedding Of The PaintedDon" a musical skit concieved byMiss Brown, revealed the talentwe have to work ^with. Thispresentation was offered in honorof our Dean. She, in appreciation,responded with an appreciationof the tribute and of the ine work

of the directress and of theparticipants."Our next venture in dramatics

was g the presentation of aChristmas tableau, "TheShepherd of the Flock," in honorof our Rt. Reverend Bishop.

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Goodridge Public Schools, Goodridge, MN 50725, ispresently seeking to" fill the following positions:Business Education Teacher (Business Law, BusinessTechnology, Typing, Basic Business, andBookkeeping). MathematicsTeacher, (Mathematics7,Consumer Mathematics, Algebra I,Math 8, andGeometry). Title I Teacher. Fifth Grade Teacher.E.M.R. Teacher. The salary at the Bachelors levelwithout experience starts at 10,500 going to 14,300. Atthe Masters level, it starts at 11,350 going to 15,150.Send resume and credentials to the above address tothe attention of: David M. Brown, Superintendent.

Wattsburg Area School District, Seneca High Schoolhas an opening in their Music Department for a MusicTeacher, would like to select a person to start byJanuary 17, 1980. The position calls for teachingchorus, band, and handling the marching band. In-terested parties may contact Mr. Harry J. Aldrich, Jr.,Principal, at Seneca High School, 9770 WattsburgRoad, Erie, Pa . 16509. jfe % i

The Canandaigua Schools are looking to fill thepositions of: Art EducationI- Grade 7-8, SpeechTherapist, Industrial Arts, (Drafting and Electricity)Grades 9-12. Contact Mr. Leonard Kane, A ssistant tothe Superintendent, Canandaigua City School District143 North P earl Street, Canandaigua, New York 14424.

The Diocesan Department of Education is seekingthe following qualifications to fill the position in thearea of Religious Education. B.A. or M.A. in ReligiousStudies or Religious Education. Willingness to workwithin a four year program which includes the four

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message, community, worshipand service. Creative Religious Educator interested indeveloping and creating a dynamic* SecondaryProgram. If interested qualified graduates* shouldplease con tact the Religious Education Coordinator ofthe Diocese, Mr. Louis E. Dalton, as soon as possible.197 E. Gay St., Columbus, Ohio 43215. t J g |

Copley - Fairlawn City Schools, is still in need of an8th Grade Science Teacher, by the end of December.The starting salary is $11,295, plus fringes. C andidates

must be certified in Science. For application pleasecontact Mr. John Halchin, Superintendent, P.O. Box4212, Copley, Ohio 44321, or call (216) 666-1178., gj*

Holland C entral School has an opening for a teacherof the Handicapped effective January 1st. Interestedcandidates should call or w rite Mr. Herbert Y. Arnold,Superintendent, Holland, New York 14080, (716) 537-2231. 1 J ft

The Department of the Army, Division of Surgery,Letterman Army Institute of Research, currently hasseveral openings for enlisted biological sciencesresearch assistants. These individuals engage invarious aspects of biomedical research, usually asaides to investigators on the M.D. or Ph.D. level. Aminimum of a B.A. in biology or biochemistry isrequired. Individuals with majors in other scienceswith a strong minor or specialization on biology will beconsidered. Interested applicants may forward theirresumes to Commander, Letterman Army Institute ofResearch, ATTN:fSGRD - ULS-SFC Surinchak,Presidio of San Francisco, CA 94129. Or call Mr. JohnS. Surinchak, M.A, at (415) 561-3385 for questionsregarding this program. This is an ongoing recruit-ment program and there is no termination date to thisannouncement. £ j

The Women's City Club of Boston is in need of a ClubManager, the qualifications are: professionalmanagement experience with a minimum of five yearsoperating responsibility for club operations, finances,and program development. Strong interpersonal andproblem-solving skills. Experience in managing a clubduring a period of significant organizational changes.Demonstrated ab ility in financial planning and control,personnel adminis t rat ion and r e s t au r an tmanagement. The salary is approximately $25,000,plus fringe benfits, which may include residential ac-commodations. Contact Ms. Victoria Denninger,President and Chairperson, Manager RecruitmentTask Force, Women's City Club of Boston, VFiftyBeacon Street, Boston, MA 02108. Tc

§1 Lyons Transportation Company at J 2611 French

Street is presently seeking a fill-in Billing Clerk, for on-call duty for vacationing persons and illnesses. Must beable to type and live in the Erie area. Salary is $3.50 perhour jfor more information please call Mary LouBurkhart or Mr. Bukel at 456-8551 ext. 261.

Jone's Chemicals at 1899 West 18th Street needs apart-time Clerk-Typist, hours are flexible and thesalary is $3.00 per hour. Contact John Ward or Irene.

Sarah Reed Home at 2214 Sassafras Street needs aTypist for 12-15 hours per week at $2.90. Apply in per-son, i' | f

Wexler Insurance Co. needs a Typist, that has ex-perience in shorthand, filing and general office work.Ten hours per week at $3.00 per hour. Located at 3404State Street contact Sidney Wexler.

The Erie Club at 524 Peach Street is looking for aCook's Helper. Call for an appointment at 455-1328 andask for Richard Ellis. The position requ ires working 26hours per week at a rate of pay of $3.50 - $4.00 per hour.

Mr. Wiard at 261 Norman Way needs the help of astudent to remove snow from his home and two otherfamilies. He owns a snow blower and is willing to pay$3.60 a hour and $2.00 just for showing up. Please callhim at 459-6498| t | s

Fine Art* Corporation of America is offering aprofitable money-making opportunity to faculty andstudents. No selling, just "showing and telling." Allthat is necessary is that you like ar t and have aknowledge and ap preciation of art. Apply to : Fine ArtCorporation of America, k37 Westj57th Street, NewYork, NY 10019, ATTN: Lee M. Travers National Sales

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Lakers|Runner-Up|ln|Conconl Tourneyby Reggie H olland 9 S

The Lakers opened theirbasketball (season by takingsecond place in- the ConcordCollege Basketball tournament atPrinceton West Virginia.

The Lakers concluded the firsthalf

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defeating th e host team 93-91 in asee-saw battle for championshipplay- • j £

The Hurst jumpedoff to a quick12-4 lead in the first few minutesof play with Shen-ad Bernardmaking six of those points onshort jumpers from the foul liinearea. j £

Then, the Mountain *Lionsrecovered from the Lakers burstof offense and tied it up at 16 withseven minutes gone in the firsthalf. From there on it was an upand down scoring struggle for thelead with Concord ending the firsthalf leading 47-44. i ** The Lakers came back strongin the second period by quicklyfilling in the gap that seperatedthe teams on the score board withthe excellent all around]ballplaying of Sherrad Bernard,Greg Powell, and Bill Link, eachscoring in double figures. J$fs

By the end of play, the Lakershad conquered Concord Collegeby two points, 93-91. * J * T

In the championship game, theLakers ran into foul territorywith, the eventual tournamentwinner, Bluefieid State Collegeshooting them down.

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fouling out of I the game,} theLakers never really had a goodopportunity to get their offense onthe right trail. ?$£

The Blue Boys of BluefieidState took an early lead in thegame with some good outsideshooting and hard-nosed defensewhich left the Green Boys playingsome difficult 1 catch-upbasketball. ' sJ^j t £

Without Danny I Brown andSherrad Bernard snapping thenets, the Lakers would nave beenin a deep hole early in the ballgame. f $ * f~5

By the end of the beginningperiod, Bluefieid lead by a 58-55score. ?5 £ Ti£ In the second half, the 'Hurstwas watching its winning hopesslowing and dwindling away withGreg s Powell fouling out of thegame with six minutes left; BillLink fouling out with 5:32 left,Bob Blackwell and Nate Morganleft the court with about threeminutes left. %

By the end of the regulationtime, the Blue Boys had made 32of 44 free throws and the 'Hurstmade 22 of 32. ^ •

The final score was 106-98,

Bluefieid State College. I „Sherrad Bernard was selectedto.the Concord all-tournamentteam by scoring 47jpoints andmaking 94 of his free throws. &

Slippery Rock State Collegetook third place by:. defeatingConcord ini the tournamen tconsolation game,.

Soccer Team Closes SeasonFrancis Wolk is a namemat the

Mercyhurst Soccer Team doesnot really want to hear. Wolk isthe Big Indian who scored thefirst two Indiana goals in IndianaUniversity of Pennsylvania's 5-0white-washing of Mercyhurst atthe George P. Miller stadium onFriday, November 9,1979

The victory gave IUP the NAIAdistrict 18 title and they went onto win the area 6 championshipbeating the district 28 winnerAldersonJBroaddas. The BigIndia ns, finished theirseason ranked in the top ten in thenation.

The iLakers finished theirfourth season with an 8-6 ledger.Laker coach Dave Shimpero hascompiled a 23-20-3 overall recordsince soccer .first * became ; avarsity sport in 1976.

In the Indiana game the half-time score was 2-0. In the secondhalf Englishman Trevor Gladdenput the Big Indians up 3-0, beforeMartin Leonard added a goal.

Rich BaxendalTs penalty kickatUhe 80:10 mark boosted thefinal tally to 5-0. - ; n

Indiana lifted it's slate to 9-6.The Big Indians had a shootingedge over the Lakers of 24-8.

Mercyhurst • gained selectionfor the championship gamebecause of an 8-5 record. Indianajust squeezed by the .500 requiredmark with a 7-6 count at the timeof selection.

IUP acquired the right to playon their home field due to asuperior rating on the Longosystem, which rates the team ontheir results and the strengths oftheir schedules./

This game was Mercyhurst'ssecond consecutive appearancein the NAIA district 18 cham-pionship game. Last year theLakers fell just short to Behrendin a 2-1 duel at the Station Roadschool's field. If the Lakers canmake it to the final game next

season they will be relying on the"third time lucky" premise."We will be losing five starters.

including our captain GaryWeber,' remarked' veteranfullback Chuck Farina. "If ourrecruiting can replace these menthen I definitely think that wewill make the playoff gameagain, whatever schedule wehave to play. And, as this wouldbe our third attempt perhaps

1980 will be our year." | UGary Weber inish ed he season

as the leader scorer, (for thesecond year in succession) with12 goals. Freshmen EddieMascharka, a Strong Vincentproduct of the Erie Youth SoccerAssociation netted 11 counters.Don Smith scored seven goalsand R.T| Bence six. SoheilPourmehr claimed three scoresand I Jeff Campbell fromHaver ford, Pa., scored two.Mark Richert and Chuck Farinascored one apiece. ^ ;.

The Lakers had a bonanza yearin front of goal scoring 45 andconceding 30. -g*

In the assists department, DonSmith led the field with eightfollowed by Weber who hadseven. s .tf£

In the Western PennsylvaniaIntercollegiate Soccer Con-ference, Gary Weber was namedto the first team, R.T. Bence tothe second team, and ChuckFarina, Jim Grimes and DonSmith were all honorable men-tions, g -- ^

Gary Weber leaves the soccerprogram after "an outstandingfour year career. I've had agood career at the 'Hurst," saidWeber, a lineman standout "Itwas good for me to arrive as afreshman and experience myfour years of college ball in adeveloping program. The moreexperience that I could gain onthe college level then the betterthe performer that 1 couldbecome. I've won a lot of honorsat the 'Hurst and I now hope to

obtain a trial with a professionalclub to see if Ican match up to theprogram." J

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Pictured on location the flagship "Niagara," at the foot of State Street, Erie, Pennsylvania. The"Niagara" is administered as an historic site by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Com-mission. Pictured left to right: Front row: Sherrad Bennard, Danny Brown. Middle row: PaulYoung (Ass't. Coach), Reggie Holland (Manager), Jeff Cornish (Manager), Brent Allen (Ass't.Coach); Dan O'Connor (Head Coach). Top row: Jamie Borowicz, Bill Hall, Greg Kurt, Doug Bir-chard, Nate Morgan, Jim McElrath, Thomas Frank, Greg Powell, Darrell Grafius, Walt Clark,Bill Link, Paul Quinn. Missing from picture: Bob Blackwell.

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Behrend Tops LakersIn 85-84 OTi Thrillerby R. HoUandf M I' | &*j

The Mercyhurst (La kersBasketball team recieved thesecond place trophy in the M etroof America jWinter ClassicTournament by losing to BehrendCollege 85-84, in the thrillingovertime period £ championshipgame played Saturday night.

Behrend advanced to thechampionship game by defeatingOyke College 77-60 in the first

preliminary game Friday nightrat the Campus Center. ^The Lakers entered Saturday

njghts "battle by - downingS.U.N.Y. at Brockport 94-77 inFridays nightcapper. 7 V

The Campus Center wasliterally trembling from the roarof the audience when the Lakersand the Cubs dribbled on to thecourt at the start of the MetroClassics final game.

Behrend took a quick 4-pointlead in the first two minutes but,the 'Hurst easily tabled back to

Women's Basketball

gain the lead and hold it until thelast minutes of regulation play.At the end of the first half; theLakers were ahead by the scoreof 43-38. ^

In the second half Behrend wasable to come back and tie thegame at 80 with the excellentscoring of Ron Williams r (23points Mike Powell (16 pts.), andthe team making 15 of 21 freethrow attempts.

In overtime Sherrad Bernardhit 1 of 2 clutch baskets to giveMercyhurst a 84-83 lead withseveral seconds to go in thegame. But, Kirk Failbacker hittwo free throws to pull it out forthe Cubs. Kirk Failbacker hit twofree throws to pull it out for theCubs. ^

Five players were named to theoverall tournament team.Sherrad Bernard and Bill Linkfrom Mercuhurst, Greg Vaughnand Ron Williams from Behrend,,and Ken Riceimond of S.U.NY.

Lakers Are Optimistic"We have more overall .talent

than we ever had," CoachRhonda Carlson spoke about thewomen's basketball team. "Weonly have ten players but theyare ten players we can use."

The Coach said this years teamis basically a new team, "we onlyhave two starters returning butthe freshmen show good poten-tial^

Junior Tina Tomczak andSophomore Debbie Chilcott, bothof Erie, return for the Lakers.Sophomore Kim Dodd fromBemus Pointy New York, andMary Reiber, a sophomore fromNewcastle, Pa.-have also seenaction in Laker uniforms.

Robin Walker lis a transferstudent from Gan non: College.Her hometown is Aliquippa, Pa.Linda Rockymore is a Freshmanfrom Pittsburgh and Kelyy

Mineweaser, also a Freshman isfrom Meadville. Tricia Mahoneyis from North East. Meg Slisz ofRochester, New York,* and Joan

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team. "Our strong points aredecent speed, good outsideshooting, and hustle. We still lacka bit of height and depth. I lookfor a good season especially inKeystone Conference action. Ifeel we will get stronger as theseason progresses," Carlsonconcluded. 7 |

The Lakers debut at VillaMaria College on December 10

and invade Gannon December 15.The first home game1is plated for

Janu ary 17 against NiagaraUniversity.

Brockport. £ 1 HB ^»J Sherrad Bernard was the highscorer for Mercyhurst with 19points, followed by Dan Brown's17 points and Greg Powell's 12points. g&l JBL

The Lakers dropped theirrecord to 2 wins ana 3 losses bylosing to Can is ius on-Mondaynight by a score of 113-84 atCa nisi us. * | /,

Mercyhurst's next basketball

game is at home against SlipperyRo ck St a o Col lege Decerne mber6 at the Campus Center.'

Keystone Conference

Women Third

In RankingsAs the tennis and volleyball

seasons have concluded, Mer-cyhurst is currently in third placein the Keystone Conference r acewith 12 points. Grove City is infirst with 14 points, whileAllegheny has 13. &

Westminster College is infourth place at 9 and Behrend has8.5 points after two sports. Thielgained 7.5 counters while Genevaand Villa picked up 5.5 pointsapiece. * |* -

Mercyhurst received eightpoints for winning the Conferencein tennis and added four mark ersvia volleyball. Allegheny won theKeystone Conference with a 7-0record in volleyball followed byGrove City at 6-1. Behrend andThiel ended the season at 4-3while Mercyhurst came in fifthplace one gam e below .500 at 3-4.Westminster volleyed to a 2-5showing,* while* Villa MariaCollege and Geneva managed onewin against six losses.

RECENT SCORES:

Canisus 113Slippery Rock 68

Mercyhurst 84Mercyhurst 67 (OT)

Skiing Anyone?The winter of 1979 has finally

hit and winter sports enthusiastsare overjoyed. The Mercyhurstathletic department instituted anew feature this year. Crosscountry skiers can rent equip-ment from the Campus Center.The service is available toeveryone in the MercyhurstCommunity. J£- s -.ir' The fees are: $4 for a 24 hourperiod and $7 for use during theweekend. > i

Anyone interested shouldcontact Janet Price at theCampus Center or MargaretWirtz of the Cross Country SkiClub at 214 Baldwin.*! w

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