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F R E S H M A N A D V I S O R A P P O I N T E D *administration of M ercyhu rst announces the appointment of Sister M. Fran

Us the Fre shm an Class Advisor. As Instru ctor of Commercial education,and jactivities.

a letter submitted to th e E ditor, Sister Francesca sends the following m essageFreshmen" : t

COLLEGE YEAR IS FORMALLY OPENED-NEW STUDENT COUNCIL PLAN IN EFFECT.

The activities at Mercyhurst began with the functioning of the Student Council which was re-organized last Jun e. The group has been? enlarged soas to be more respresentative of every phase ofstudent activity.

The Student Council opened the year with -threeprojects of great significance to the entire studentbody. The new seating * arrangement which wasconceived by Student Council in June -was approved

by the new Council, and has Already been put intoeffect with very satisfactory results. The Faculty-

Student Reception held Wednesday, October 6 introduced the 'student body to

Jthe four new {members of our facultyand welcomed them officially to Mercy-hurs t. Plans for the third project havejus t begun to get under way. It is anattempt to foster the reading of currentevents among the studen ts. Groups offour or five girls are asked to subscribeto a daily paper. It is hoped thatthrough circulation off the newspapers,every I girl will have the opportunity to

read at leastjjthe vital news of the day.

have heard the expression, "Eve ryth ing comes to him who fwaits." Perha psve often said it your selves glibly. Bu t have you ever stopped to think th at

many of you the very recen t pas t migh t seem to have been the fulfillment ofwords: you have launc hed upon you r college care er. You have eagerly an tici-this day; you have expended your energies towards it; and now, after manyces on you r pa rt and v ery m any m ore on the p ar t of your par en ts, it has be-^ rea l i t y . A

were^just beginning. In

that has been the burden of all her messages to you since you registered asSo these familiar w ords once more dangle before your eyes. "Every-

^conies to him who waits,"—EVERYTHING—even your bachelor's degree.young hearts, with high courage you have set yourselves to the task; yourre steadfastly fixed uponfthe goal. Bu t wh at of the waiting? Will it be

away of the time as when one waits for a bus or a tram? You know itnot be, if success is to crown your efforts. There is no secret or easy way to sucSuccess'in any walk of life is the ——of hard labor. One thing is in

favor: you have made a good oe-That is very important! Now,

must be consistent effort; therebe perseverance and patience'* toand to overcome the difficulties

P R O C E S S I O N A L

Come, ye to Him and be enlightened..."

• ahead. Ev eryth ing really goodworthwhile in life is purchasedy

**b°v and sacrifice. Put system

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Enter now this hallowed door,

Where thirsting spirits kneel beforeThe fountrof Tilth's untainted stream*Where Heaven's Light eternal burns,An d eagerly the heart upturns -'To thrive and flourish in Its beam.

H A V E YOU MET NEW

F A C U L T Y ?This inquiring reporter decided to pro

cure a little information on the threenew faculty members at Mercyhurst. .

Of course, I eagerly asked for thehighlights of their past, and this is what

I found:

Miss Mary Clare Lamb was born inPittsburgh, Penna. She graduated fromCarneigie Tech. College and earned herM asters at Penn State . Clothing is herfavorite course in Home Economics.Prior to her position at Mercyhurst, sh etaught six years at Freedom High School,Freedom, : Pen na. Her outside interestsinclude knitting, football games (aNotre Dame fan!), and swimming.

Miss Eleanor Gallegher was born inBoston, Mass. She is a 1943 graduateof Sarg ent College. Her summers havealways been spent at camps where she

could take up her favorite hobby—riding.She is especially interestedJ in horses,loves to read books, and anticipates$24

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Published semi-monthly by the s tudents of Mercyhurs t College

Editor

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Assis tan t Ed i to rs

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BU S I N E S S S T A F F : ^Anne IKane , Catharine |O fRourke , Gre tchen Erwin , Mafian

Darsie, D. A. Harr ing ton , Marieg Wolman , fEileen Reagle, Anne Cleary , Vi rg in ia

Walsh. Mary vO 'H ara. j j ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ m H ^ M ^ n ' - ^ "•' / gL*M.

CLASSESIPLUSClasses with their lectures and ass ignments form a definite necessary par t of col

lege life. Most of us have come to Mercyhurs t to obtain a degree and to prepare our selves for securing a position.] For th is formal education asgained through classes

is necessary. rJwfifo MA,' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B B B E ^ t l ^ ^ ' ^ ' : - • -e'- ti^H^HBSB"!^^''- '

But there is another side of Icollegetlife t h a t is also important . It is jail thoselittle things we learn in a less formal way, things like jhostess night , hockey gamesand teas. It is doing things like joining clubs, attending all thecollege functions,or even putting up chairs in the aud i to r ium, i College life is more than classes ,dances, and F r i d a y night movies. I A l a rge par t of it is l earn ing to live in h a r mo n ywith others , to forget ourselves and to thinkjof something greater—Mercyhursta s awhole, S T mmsF&^maMlm* *W^KBB^BBHSSSB^S^^A. .. ... „.< »J

HfColIege education-is formal education, but with it goes a vas t amount of i n fo rmallearn ing . l We$find the f i rs t in classes andl lectures , the l a t t e r in a wil l ingness to

cooperate, a desire tomake college life a p a r t ofl each of u s . | It [is up to ushow

much of each we sha l l -ga in . I*. .'.*• • H S p ' ' » ' M l H W a w . ' ^ N r • «i*»nu? *;<•*.

I W ERE* YOU5

P A T R I O T I C ? ! ^Dur ing the summer, hundreds of posters' shouted *at you :f "Serve your^country

in the armed forcesV F'Replace men in indust ry !"^ And here*you are in college.Now that you are settled at Mercyhurst , youfmay look wistfully after a tr im youngWoman in uniform and wonder, "Was I being patriotic in preferring college to a

war career?" '• -* ^ 9 ^ E H H H B ' JRK«&'.' n W& flHfH I *$

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We think the answer is "Yes". Women are playing |valuable roles infthe armedforces and in i ndus t ry , but^not allwomen are needed there. Hum an l i fe is not all

mechanism; it has a soul , . . a livingisoul of Chris t ian cul ture. Yes, you are

pat r io t i c ,^ For yoursjis thejduty topreserve this soul through the disrupt ive forcesof modern* chao s, to|master, those principles fo r

1 which alone we mayf ight thiswar , to sjand guard agay$t social and moral sabotage and the evil philosophies thate a t their- way in to the w;ar-weakenedyfibers of nat ions . '&W, g§ ^ f

All this'^requires1 s t reng th of character: combat ing "war j i t t e r s " , s t eadfas t ap-

plication towork and pliljf l iving cheerfullyjwitli less sugar, fewer out ings in the

car, and long waits'between " h i s " furloughs. [Little th ings , indeed; but they buildtha t s t reng th of soul by which we shal l strengtnen the world. You 'have beenpatriot ic in coming* to cojlege'; But will college be your tower or only your bar-

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THEHSTtfOENT

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BOB*WELCOMES LI ST ER ' M*FIDEjLIS Ott; HEItn*x* *<..<** SiTO ME RCY H U RS T S i .

R E T U R N

October 121 9 4 1

C A P AND G O W N V J

A BONDOFUNITYThe in i t i a t ion of the Freshmen by tb

Sophomores is a traditional phase ocollege life. Th is form of introduceis accompanied bymuc h bra vado on on*side, and considerable anxiety of th»o ther . When thehazing period is over Ia bond is forged between Freshmen and

Sophomores , toward the integration oschool spirit . All are ready to servein advanced capacities because of new-born unders tand ing and cooperation.F r e s h me n are now "on the inside." The!have the same r igh t s and privileges atother college girls.. This official introduction tocollegiate

life is not, however, thesolemn, formalacceptance of the Freshman student into the educat ional realm of her college.The f i r s t deep awareness of union withan organism greater than herself comeion Inves t i tu re Day, Thursday, October2 1, when theFreshman receives her cap!and gown. As a college student, she hasat tained dis t inct ion, and it is just thath er new order should bepublicly bestowed. W i t h the i nves t ing ofcap and gown,each Freshman s ignifies her intentionto join with those who are preparingfor a r icher l i fe. The cap and gowna r e not i d le garments for the occasionsthey are the . ins ignia of the order to

which each Freshman has attached hewself. T h e y are worn with honor through-'

out college days.1

Inves t i tu re Day at Mercyhurst re-

minds the new F r e s h ma n t h a t she '

no longer an individual who pursuesh e r * objectives without considerationShe is now pledged to give herself tfljthe development of her student world.Union is established between herself andthe upper classes by the bond ofcap awgown; between herself and thefacingby her in tent ion to co -o pe ra te with theiiins t ruct ion; between herself and societyby he r a g r e e me n t to perfect her abilityfor occupat ional and social impwi*

ment. -On Inves t i tu re Day, each FreslHman abandons her isolated position *wbecomes a valuable addition tothe struc]u r e of college life and social responsebility. if "•n -.ft. «-•*.•,• ' ' 'm

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i?"«r<iV'lN EXPLANATION\* This "is a special issue of TheMerciad; published especially t°welcome the Fr esh m en . The M^

dad*staff reserves the' right tochange the ' Size and set-up of w*

paper for? ran y" speci al occasion, i

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Praeterita is going to be one^'of Mercyhurst's best year books, and whywith al l; the photogenic talent shown by the Frosh?

Connie Lynch, a devoted admirer of the Naval Air Corps , s tanding betweentwo insepar able day-ho ps from No rth Ea st, Ruth Marsh and Janet Former,

Aileen Maley, pu ttin g on the new Don Ju an lipstick. Comingon the deck-porch a re t he fav orite s of dog, cowboy, and Sh ay (Bob)—we mean

Parkinson, Mary Mohr, and Mary Doyle respect ively. Those three musis are convers ing ne ar the grotto-hedge—Ruthie Rumsey, pianis t , Donna Calla

accordianist, and Margie Ackerman, another Ginny Simms . Along the classical"Lib" Fitzgerald with her "metzo" voice, Sally Brighami, our Eleanor Powell,

Mademoiselle look, Betty Schweitzer. Some more freshmen

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Lee Riley, MaCwmmiskey, and Mary Irene Kin- ^*£_ \

Inside the post office door,uOtt" to come out

Freshman—Gloria—as her fel "Cum/mings" out* on the

Suzzanne. ( catc h ?)

Ellen Duby who has t r i edhe courses Me rcy hu rst h as to offer.

Gustafson i s p lann ing onfbe-

a nurse and Marilyn Avrilns a

Mary Lion and Marion Shatto

ose two girls coming fro m the GrotLucille Di Fusco and Lucille .|

er—typists of great renown and f;

Clementina jand Catherine Brenot^-arm in j

McQuillen, and Dolores Ernst a r eying to look "at th e Bi rdie ". And j

Helen Fabion, Oliva Pizzo andSwanson, jus t in t ime for the |

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F R E S H M U N

"Good morning, Sister" in the hall.

UP the chairs for assembly, too.ts in the P ost Office ar e tab oo.

fore and aft .two -Senior tables ne ar the "caf".

9:40 for your mail. •second" without fail* "j

out for thing s;; you'll find it 's-furi.making friends with everyone .^ '

to write? • (Forg ive the*ad.)not try out for The Merciact?.

uPperclassmen go flVs^-m-l ine;ke eP up tha t spirit! ' You're doing

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DO Y O U LIKE SPORTS?

The Athletic Association of 1943 isopen to new members.

We all had the pleasure of meetingMiss Gallagher, our new advisor, at ourfi rs t "Fun Night", and we are certainlylooking forward to many more enjoyableget-togethers soon.

To join the A. A., a girl must earn20 points. These may be acquired by

part icipat ing in the following spor t s :hockey and varsity basketball, 10 pointsfor at tending pract ice regularly , and 20points for makin g the firs t team . Classbasketball, swimming, badminton, andping-pong each net 5 points.

Last week the hockey season began.This is a wonderful opportunity forthe Freshmen, so we'll expect to see agreat tu rn -ou t .

The* equipment for badminton, ping-pong, and shuffle board is all at yourdisposal in the press i under the gym

nasiu m sta irs . The key will be availablefor all in the Inform ation Office.

W e' l l have more news next t ime, whenthe A. A. really gets underw ay. Seeyou at hockey practice! '"•* J ' **

W H E N A L L W A S N E W

With many a laugh we recall the haze,•The adventures of our Freshma n daze.As mem ories, our minds beset,Here are a few we'll ne'er forget:

We all remember the time that we: . j. . . Jumped a foot every time a bellrang . . . took tests ti l l we thought welooked like a question . . . wondered ifwe would ever know everybody in thedining room . . . got lost regularly evenafter we had drawn a map of the schoolfor Sister Philipp a's E nglish class . . .paraded all over Erie looking for bedspreads . . . went to 26th Street for fooduntil our money gave out . . . listenedto Jane Mault's tale of the Wise, WeeMouse and Betsy's song of the alligator. . . wandered over all three floors looking for the store only to find it closed. . . first thrilled to Eva's version of

"Night and Day" and D. A.'s "DarkTown Strut ters Bal l" . . . Burs t in to thewrong room — remember Moosie's . . .had chaperoned parties after lights . . .doubted Fitzie when she said, "Tall?Just wait until I unfold." . . . helpedGretchen search for the Math Studio. . . told the Sophomores our fondestdreams only to have them used againstus d uring initiation . . . wen t on a dietthe second week of school to lose theweight we gained the first . . . wonderedif it was Dotty Lynch or Woody Hermanplaying the trumpet . . . found it con

venient not to be expected to know anything about anything.

So was it thus—that every yearThe Freshmen tremble with greenish

fear *'An d upper class men, over the worst.

DAY - H O P D A T AOn the Boulevard we encountered a

day-hop delegation beginning that dailyrace with time and the bus driver . . .Mary Ellen Knaner with her luscioussun tan . . . Joan Gibbons an d Mary LoivSitterle . . . pert little blondes . . . GerryMeahl . . . honor student from St. Benedict's . . . 'Ruth Durbin, the technologistwho is following in the medical footstepsof her dad . . . Mary Jean Hersperger,one of Erie's most active sodalists, we'retold . . . Hedy Klan an d Mary AgnesCulhane following the "beaten path" atMercyhurst in more ways than one . . .Rushing along behind Grace Tarno and'

Patricia Knapp .'. . What? ' More twins I. . . An d very-pretty ones, too ¥. . Annaan d Emma Klemn . . . vivacity personified . 1-." Why, this Freshman -class"has

everything-. . . Makes you awfully proudto know- - that these are the newest ad-'

dition to • Mercyhurs t 's • family circle,,doesn't i t? ; "• :'

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1 Cooperation and a willingness to workare the requirements* for becoming acu b reporter^ on the MercitriL Thosewho would like to contribute to the college paper have only to submit an editorial or feature article to the editorin room 64 by Ootober 21. The best ofthese will be published in theW eroiadand their authors will become membersof the staff. You will enjoys*workingfor the Merciad, so meet the4deadlineand become a reporter. * w * ' ^ | | J * " ' '

NUFF SAIDLittle | Crowley I presented herself one mo rning to the recru iting office of the

W aves, The officer looked her? over coldly. jfriai 6u tw\h -.;.."You wa nt to be a [W ave?" she inquired 8n a wit herin g voice. "W hy baby, you

couldn't even be a r ip pl e. " ^ j f e ^ L ^ i ^ ' ^^MfgriV 9*-mi v-r:•*

Did-you hear about the moron who ate five pennies and then asked people if theysaw any change in him? j^^BBgRggl^.-o" ':•-< * ^fj**—-*

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A father received a letter from his soldier boy abroad.J am in Jerusalem where the Lord w a s | b o m . : L wish to th eBrooklyn where I was born!I Your lovi ng i o n . . . ^ H

Did you hear about the moron who ran around the top of the cracker box becauseit said "tear around the top." MfBJBP' * *? * ^*^^***\''--5',''-"K*/"K//jr V V

How about a taste of Army slang? M B J V ^ I J * ^PV'-'•*';^'• ^ v fJJ^»ll_l Jl«

Armored cow—canned milk.SjFWffBl^fty^^ ' \ * A $ ' W ^ J ^ ' 4 J 3 F 3 -- • • A Kr '£ Army s t r a w b e r r i e s - — y r u n e 8 . ^ S S ^ ^ S ^ ^ W ^ ' ^ ' % y - ' f ' ^ 4 ^ \3 Bugs—any solids found in soup. *<JBESffir%{>#£'•Î^Wf^li

" H i ! " . , • \^p' lêd' tW friendly tone pi K Barbara Brown's greeting and smiledgaily in an effort to match her happy gr in , t h e day brightened as we turned ourjsteps toward the "Litt le Store." 1

We weren ' t surprised to f ind fr iends w aiting for us at the store . . . and all ofthem so pleasant! Mary Ellen Johnson an d Dorothea Smith were there . . . Syra.

cdsans with a flair "for short hair . .". pretty , peppy Sally Hanrahait debating overcandy bar s . . Dot Donatelli and her roommate Pdg Dengate enjoying their cokes

and gett ing a k|ck out of the antics o% Mary.Maley and Joan Lutz . . . H |

flashing us her br |pant smile v.-. and we di dn 't need a tr an sl at or to read thefriendly message in those Spanish brown eyes . . . Mary Lou Farrell in her be-

•— " coming brow n Che sterfield . . . Thatla te a r r iva l Susan Kintzing . . . A/ary

Ann upon whom the Powers that be havebestowed such a lovely singing voice.JLillian M. Writer whose surname aptlydescribes her liter ary ambitions . ..Mary Jane Masterson . . . ta ll , slim andvery poised . . . Two more Mary LowI . . Blwmle an d Costanzo respectively. . . Twins we met too . . . Murphy byname . . . alike in features, different inheart interests . . . Cousin Lois P. stillfai thfu l to her M arin e pfc. in the SouthPacif ic . . . and ano ther Jer sey i te DeliNash . . . Marion Lyman inspectingchocolate and gum . . . Eunice Gaucha

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Lord I" Dea r Dad ;

was back in

Embalmed meat—canned meat.ffl^^BZSfcx&gîv. ''-•'{"5•:•. £

Sugar report—a le t te r f rom g i r l . ^^5 B| I^S fe ' " ' ' ' •"-••*:v!« y

Behavior report—a letter to a girl. B ^ ^ S I B ^ S v « * ^ M ^ ^ ^Poster in a barber's window : ¥ "Arm y ha ircuts repai red."

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tell ing Janice Wirges of her horse"Weeps" . . . Patricia Kakouros, EthelSnyder an d Jean Becker discussing theNavy, their favorite branch of service. . . those small "packages," BarbarFleming an d Theresa Sick impatien t to

be off . . . Peggy Ferry munching Iginger cookie . . . dark-eyed Marion Da*do y purch asing a typing eraser . 1

1 HAIL/ HAIL! THE GANG'S 'ALL, HERECome another "leaf-falling" September and we find treking toward Mercyhurst

a group of hometown girls—"day-hops", we call them . Pe rha ps the u nusu al nam ewas acquired because they always seem to be hopping buses during the day, toand from the Alma Mater. Anyway they are the gals who try to get as muchcollege atmosphere as possible and still live under the wing of their parents.4 Butldon't think tha t they haven 't, at i _ _ .one time or another, compared their liveswith those of their resident classmates.

Setting down thefadvantages and disadvantages side by#side, we still don'tknow who comes out ahead; but, at any$ate, we do know that the day-hops arethe ones who do most trudging around,

loaded down w ith books. I We hope th atsometime they will at least be rewardedwithj neat, slim figures. H E ?

On the 'i stormiest, sub-zero day, it isthe day students only, who are boldenough to take their chances of arrivingat their destination. It ' s a miracle tha tthey do, as they wander about in that8:00 daze. J4A&, ™^§§3i I

Once insidej, the door, however, theday-hops are greetedlby the warm welcome that,only Mercyhurst can give.The day-hops are happyI tof be backagain . -, ' V ! S K ? $ W- \

HAVEjYOU MET NE W FACULTY

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Mercyhurst dancing vclub. Already shehas i ntroduced n ew d ances and

l gamesa t our* weekend "fun nights." I

Mademoiselle Helena Marguerite ' deThier ry lis of* French descent, but wasborn on her * grandmotherf estate inCentral | Europe. * Sh e ' studied at theSorbonne in Paris as well as in BuenosAires, specializing in lang uage s. Before she was ten years old, she spokefive languages. She traveled! throughout Europe, the Near East, Egypt, andalmost all j of Ithe ft South Am erican

countries, to enjoy further, her favoritehobby: learning the!background of thepeople whose languages she has studied.

In teaching, her aim is to bring aboutbetter understanding among peoples.

FRESHMAN ADVISOR APPOINTED

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you rse lve s an d follow it . And aboveall,i be grateful to God for the wonderful.f opportunity He has given you oilreceiving a Christian college education. IThe development of your faculties wjin line with His plan that you live 1"fu ll" life. Yo ur college life will be

crowned with success if you "work **•though everything depended upon y°uiand pray as though everything dependedupon God.

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