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tinkling symbols, heard in the corridors a few weeks ago, was produced by the Freshma n and theirsilverware. >And, incidental ly that our l i t t les is ters have shown themselves tobe thoroughly good spo rts .That Alice Reeder is a true pupilof Sis ter Mary Esther. She dealsalmost exclusively in "discounts",now-a-days. Even the "5 and 10 's"have learned to know he r " No wlook here, Mister."That Student Government hasgone into effect in the form ofproctors just ask anyone on thesecond floor.That the Practice House "house-was a huge success , despite the fact that the SophomoreContribution was late in arriv ing,as a result of which Mother Pierrecame very near to having heartfailure.That the Sophomore Class welcomes two new mem bers: MissMary Yriberry from far-off S outhAmerica, and Miss Julia Belle Gallup of Smethport , Penna. Mar g.Bacon who "day-hopped" las t yearis now boarding, And are weglad to have them?That we al l miss Pat O'Hare even though some thinkfthat sh ehas a double in Tyrella Toomey.That Corry, Dubois, Oil City andLockport, N.Y. are exceptionallywell represented th is year.That the Sophs cl imaxed the ini t iat ion period with a theatre partya t the:, Strand in honor of theFreshmen.

That several of las t year 's leading s tudent organizations havebeen re-organized; among whichare the Science Club, WorldEvent s Club and Sodali ty. AGlee Club is also being formed.That a very popular&feature ofa few weeks ago was the CornRoast held at the Mercyhurst Picnic Grounds. After a picnic Sup per the campfires were the mainattractions at which two differentgroups of s ingers (? ) v ied w itheach other to provide entertainment. %|That Mercyhurst celebrated Columbus Day with a picnic at BellaVista. In th e afternoon^ variou sgames and races were held^ a twhich Dot Cronauer and Costelloagain demonstrated their ath let icability g by carrying off three-fourths of the prizes.That 26th Streets is still as popular as ever.Ruth Anne Martin , '34 .

S IMILESAs delightful as people who stepinto lunch line ahead of you.As dignified as some of our Seniors.As studious as a student in athree-twenty class .As unconcerned as a Freshmansummoned to the Dean's Office.As serious as Mickey McDonaldwhen she gets the giggles .As happy as a homesick Fresh man.As nonchalant as a s tudent going to the parlor to meet the boyfriend.As sociable as Betty and Ginny.As quiet as the second floor corridor during the noon hour.As fond of jokes as Franny McCarthy.

Published at Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania

I N I T I A T I O N !This in itat ion does bring the peo

ple who have real sportmanship inthem forward to the foot lights totake their bow. Did you notice hownobly; the Freshm en ma de the irdebut ? fIt ' s terrib le when the "ole" h e a r tbeats so fast that one feels as ifher dress is jumping over her heartin such | a manner as to be seenfrom|the very back seat of theauditorium. Le ap! Leap! chest toshoulder to throat and back again .The blow falls at last and theFreshman comes to the front .The wardrobes chosen for theFresh m an for in i t iat ion were amusing if not too comfortable. Imagine yourself garbed in shin guards,woolen socks, ajgreen paper hatwhich is six sizes too large, yourpurple bathrobe on over a short ,

green skirt that you never d id l ike,a bib and a knife, fork and spoonhanging on a s tring that almostcuts your neck in two, not to mention carrying a few nice, large bedpillows. There is just a possibilitythat you might have to hold theseand grasp your left ankle withyour right hand while talk ing toyour Sophom ore; tha t is, if she ismean enough to 5make you do it.All this forced upon the poor,green, homesick Freshm an. O h! Ialmost forgot to tel l you that youhave jus t learned how to go to 26thin less than a half hour withoutgett ing lost , when the Sophomoresinform you that you are not to goany more. There is a terrib le mental strain too, no foolin'. Eve ryFreshman believes she wil l be nextto have some horrib le punishmentinflicted upon her. There is thedesire to fade into nothing at amere glance from a Sophomore.Three days of this and she isordered to dress and wait for thebus . Sophomores begin to actcongenial; there must be a catchin that . The rumor goes around,as if by magic, that th is is thelast. She is whisked off to see theinevitable s lap-jack comedy wherethe comedian becomes an aviator,using a heavy dining-room table asa plane. The usual hats aresmashed to vent anger, etc. However,Jthe feature satisfies her des ire for entertainment. As she s i tsin Weaver's eat ing the las t spoonful of a chocolate sundae she sighs,"Mm! Ah! peace and contentment at las t ." \T Marg are t C la rk, '34. o &5 E THE OPPORTUNITY

Join the Mercyhurst Glee Cluband cult ivate your voice under theexperienced supervision of Mrs.Ha rt . Practice is held in the auditorium every Thursday night atseven thirty o'clock. jiT a p , Classical, Acrobatic andBallroom dancing under the direction of Miss Tyrella Toomey every Wednesday and Friday nights .Become familiar with the art ofdancing and at the same time exercise and reduce.Hockey practice four nights aweek at four thirty o'clock on thehockey field. Come out and learnhow to play a real game.Attend the Political Sciencemeetings and discuss the currenttopics of the day. Meetings areheld in the student dining roomevery Wednesday at eleven o'clock.Costello Ressler, '34.

5R, 1931 NUMBER 1SPILLING THE PEN

Isn ' t i t grand to be back atMercyhurst? to see al l our o ldfriends and to make so many newones? Here's to the Freshies!!!!Were they good sports during in itiat ion? You bet they were.Ellen McCartin is darling and sois Catherine Egan. We are al l curious over Ellen's most frequent letters post-marked "Loretto ." JaneConners and Margaret Dean areso cute. So are Sara Brown andMartha Myers . Catherine Gleasonit tres chic. And; you should seeTyrella Toomey dance. Oh! welike them all. You'll hear aboutthe rest next t ime.

We are " tres heuraux" to seeSis ter Mercedes again . We havelearned a lo t about f"Gay Paree"from her in terest ing conversations.Under Miss Heirs direction,Hockey practice is going s trong,and we expect to have a real teamthis year. Yeah! Team! C'monEdinboro!The Sophs entertained theFreshmen to a Theatre Party onOctober 7th. We all had a grandt ime.We are all so interested in theGlee Club. With so much real talent, Mercyhurst Glee Club shouldbe one of the best.We have organized a Sodalitythis year. M argare t Hanna is Prefect . Apart from the spiritual benefits we are looking forward tomany good times in social eventssponsored by the sodality.!" . Life a t Mercyhurst has been onegrand surprise after another.We were treated to a Corn Roastearly in October. On ColumbusDay we enoyed an outing at BellaVista and had grapes galore.Everybody is planning for the"Hallowe'en Dance" to be held.'October 29. I'm sure we will allhave a grand t ime.So long EVERYBODY, 'iWill se eyou next issue.^Elizabeth McDonald, '33.

oFRESHMEN INVESTITUREThe annual solemne Investi tureof the Freshman Class took placein the Auditorium, Thursday, Octobe r 15, at 3:80 o'clock.The program was as fo llows:"Mercyhurst , Pair Mercyhurst"Student Body.AddressFather Sullivan."Here | in This Land"- StudentBody.WelcomeEthel Levick.ResponseCatherine Reiser."Mercyhurst , Fair Mercyhurst"Student Body.Director of ChorusesKay Ryan.After the ceremony a formal teawas given to the student body bythe faculty in the state diningroom, the Freshmen class beingthe guests of honor. The Juniorstook complete charge of all ar

rangements . Miss Jean Summers,and Miss Peggy Blair presided atthe tea table.The Student Body thanks : theFaculty for the delightful tea!Florence Amnion, '32.

PRACTICE HOUSE NEWSThe first week of the PracticeHouse and I am already the proudpossessor of a pair of burnt fingers and a blister on the end of mylittle finger. Our first night in thehouse fairly reeked with queer assorted noises . Perhaps i t was theghosts of former Practice Housekeepers furnishing amusement.Alice Summers found three babymice only a ".week old in the attic.We could tell their age by examining their tee th. Alice is going togather these mice and presentthem to Sr. Colette with the compliments of the Nutri t ion class .Then, the mice will be placed on astarvation diet. If they don't develop anaemia we will have something new and different in the wayof mice.Mildred McCormick has a waywith cats . She loves them. Ourpaper napkins have been diminishing greatly since she discoveredthat a napkin wrapped around acat makes a good handle.Our house-warming went overbig. Everybody came and met everybody else and seemed to enjoythemselves as much as we enjoyedhaving them. We received loads oflovely presents and hope you willall come back.Alice has a new system of dusting floors. She just wraps the ragaround her foot and walks around.Flossy's week as K.M. is over andwe are all resting well, thank you.Now Vera wil l get her turn at us .Vera and Flossy should stock upon some new excuses for arriving:home late. Mildred scrubbed the

bath room floor so hard Saturday,she knocked the leg off I the bathtub. Picture us rocking aroundin a three-legged tub.Mary Carlos, '33.oSTUDENTS SPIRITUALCOUNCILThe Students Spiri tual Councilheld its first meeting for the year1931-32 on Friday morning, October 9th. The prefect of the society , Margaret Hanna, '33, presided.At th is meeting the secretary ,Florence Amnion, '32, read the constitution and announced the following appointments to carry on thework of the S.S.C. for the currenty ear :Our'La dy's Committee FlorenceAmmon, Chairman; Jane Tur-geon, Dorothy Cronauer.Eucharis t ic .Committee G r a c eRechiche, Chairman ;i de l an dDriscoii, Jean Summers, RegisO'Leary.M i ss io n C o m m it te e D o r o t h yM o o n e y, Chairman; ^DorothyMorard, Alice Reeder.Publicity is Committee Betty Dan -ahy, Chairman; Madelyn Hall,Virginia Duggan, Julia BelleGallup.Catholic LiteratureElizabeth M cDonald, Mary Ann Woods, Luel-la Haaf, Frances McCarthy.Freshman Appointments wil l bemade in December.oON MAKING A DRESSERSCARFEach Stitch a jab in the finger-

Each jab a wo d not a prayerBut I'm willing to sufferMost any old thing,As long as my dresser'sNot bare.Virginia Duggan, '83.

ALUMNAE NOTES

Quite a number of our alumnaehave been up to see usjfthis y earand we have certainly enjoyed having them in fact , we are quitelost without our last year's Seniors. Come up often, won ' t you?%' Nell Guilfoyle was here for thefirst week whichtseemed perfectlyin order even to being asked ifshe were a Freshman. By the way,did you hear our Nell sing overthe radio? It sounded wonderfuland we hope you will continue,Nell. Good luck. | f

Teresa A'Hearn is now attending Grove City College. We venture to say our sweet Terry offerssome keen competition for thosesophis t icated Co-eds. How abouti t , Teres? I *Casey Egan is busily engaged inpreparing for Rita 's Twe dding.Casey is bridesmaid, you know.Yes, the trips to Syracuse continueand visitors from there are stillmost important on the l is t .Helen Portman dropped in tosee us on her way home fromBradfor d accompanied} by MargHungeville who, like Helen, is alady of leisure.Helen!Huether is keeping Margaret Cantelupe company teachingin Farrell High. Good luck, Helen;give Lupe our regards.Ginny Buck is brother Eugene'sright hand bower and Bobbie 'sonly consolation. New York is along way from home, isn't it, Gin?I won't tell. |5jMargaret Burns Farrel and Joeare evidently in Utopia unmindfulof wondering friends. Wr ite usMarg, won ' t you?Jean, Ruth , Bertha, and Maryhave been J up once or twic e; buts ince we are so near we th ink youshould give us more of your time.Make your next visit soon.Had a glimpse of Grace Kaneat a Kappa Chi meeting. D on ' t bein such a hurr y next t ime. Birdiehas been up, but just for shorevisi ts; come and s tay awhile nextt ime, won' t you?Rose Galbo is teaching at Academy Night School. Why not visitduring the day, Rose?Mrs. Lew Friant is the proudmother of a young son. Congratulations, Agnes. Come and see ussoon; would love to see the baby.Let us hear from you, Alumnae;we are anxious to know what youare doing.Cleland Driscoii, '32.

oCAN YOU IMAGINENell without Mary?Marg Clark not th inking ofBob? i. |pnJust five Mer cyhurst girls in ataxi ? IMarg Bacon passing cake?Dibble Wilbert not in pursuit offood ? . %The second floor ^without Marg

Han n a ?A dull crowd with Al and Dotaround ?Three-thirty and no one, s ignedout? I i J&Kay and Dibbie on the outs ?

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Page 2 THE MERCIADTH E MERCIADPublished monthly by* the students of Meroyhurst College

Address all comjmunications to| | I I THE MERCIADMercyh urst College f o Erie, PennsylvaniaSubscription RatesONE DOLLAR THE YEAR

* M E R C I A D S T A F F f fIEDITOR-IN-CHIEFI Madelyn Hall,|,82I ASSOCIATE EDITORS 5Cleland Drisooll, '32 f?, F*f } Verle Mc Quiaton, '32NEWS EDITORSKatherine Barrett, '33 Ruth Ann Martin, '34Katherine Gleason, '35

BUSINESS MANAGEREthel Levick, '32EXCHANGE EDITORMildred McCormick, '33V V V V *r~w v v v T V v T ^ r T T V T

COLLEGE DAYS? September nearly gone on its way young J girls onlast minute shopping tours for berets, leather jackets, common sense oxfords Packing of trunks Hurried goodbyes Promises to write, soon Trains, automobiles, busses, all over the country, speeding o'er space, carryin gyoung women from their homes to largelbrick buildingsGirls alighting from taxis, loaded down with suit cases, hatbags, polo coats Happy greetings Old friends Newfaces, bewildered and strang e Roommates Hangingpennants and?pictures, Books Bells in the wee smallhours of the morning Mixed-up schedules Exasperatedteachers What does it all mean ? Oh yes, it is the beginning of a new school year and we are wondering, "Wh atdoes this year hold in store for us?" For some of us, it isthe last, our tassels have been turned for the final time. Forothers, it is the beginning, the start of their college career.But be it our first or last year let's make it a truly worthwhile one nine months made up of perfectly good days,twenty-four long useful hours each, of new unused mfnutes.Are we going to let these precious seconds slip by unused

wasted reminders of what we should have done? No! thisyear, we are going to make every minute count.Our loved ones at home are expecting "big things" ofus who have this splendid opportunity for a college education. Let's not disappoint them. We want to be true andloyal students of a worthy institution, young women whocan be depended upon to do tlie tasks that are entrusted tous, on whom our classmates can count at all times.vBMs0"H* Ufe that's testing you today3 g | | | T o find the courage you possessHftp W from this task you run away-mm You turn your back upon success.

I Let us be loyal to our Alma Materwork for it give our best to it fight for itIt is doing just that forus. College is a place of work and fun and the most preciousmemories we will have in after y ears. Let us make thosememories worth while with our present enthusiasm and joyof living. f ^ B i i ^ v ' ' '

^EDUCATIONThe following paragraph taken from a speech by Professor Jordan of Stanford is a wonderful summary of thva ue of education. He says, "Th e whole of your life mustbe spent in your own company and only the educated m anis good company for himself. What a college education isworth depends entirely upon the man who has it.To the student who comes to college with the idea oflearning enough of business or teaching to fitfhim for making money when he has completed his four years, college isa means to the end - money. P erhaps th at is what- college

and an education is for if so, well and good may themoney appear in plenty and what it will purchase ab ound.But, justlwhat does money buy? Friend s? Appreciation? Contentment? Tolerance? Kindness? Generosity?No, money will buy only material objects, most of which,barring the necessities of life, attempt to take the place ofwhat we miss by lack of an appreciative education.I say appreciative education to distinguish it from thematerial education of which I have just spoken. "W hat acollege education is worth depends entirely upon the manAnd to have the complete worth of an educa-

Madelyn H all, '32.-o

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\M H a V e y U eVer 8 tPPed jto iconsider a grain of Isand?What an insignificant thing we estimate it almost belowour consideration. Yet what great thing s are made from theunion of these minute particles. IThe very earth on whichyou stand is composed of grains of sand, j Jn i ^ - T ? i n i n 4 d r o p o f w a t e r i s without importance.But think of the ocean, the mighty union of these smalldrops What havoc it can cause and, on the othe r hand, howuseful it can be.

So it is with the Merciad. Each article combined withother articles makes one complete issue. Don't make thepubhshing of the Merciad a burden instead of a pleasure toth e staff We want the Merciad to be representative. It isonly with your co-operation that we can expect this year'sissues to be successful. y

Verle McQuiston, '82.

who has it. ** - : ttion we must have received from it those things money willnot buy friendship and appreciation of the really worthwhile things in life.I Education is not entirely or even mostly book learning;it is being able to live happilyfand contentedly with yourself. To be able to sit in solitary wonderment at the unfolding of a rose is education; to be content for hours readingour great masters is education; to be awedlby the sunriseis education; to be able to give gladly|and receive humblyis education all of which m eans tha t to be truly educatedwe must recognize the every-day happenings of flife. Education is the priceless gift which we can give ourselves andwhicteno one can take from us . Cleland Driscoll, '32.

FOOT-BALL DAYSV V * * V

It's even in the air! This feelingof all being right with the world.There is a tang and zest that ispresent at no other time. I t's realfoot-ball weather. It reminds usall of gay and exciting things. Bigcrowds. Gay spirits. L aughte r.Noise. Pennan ts waving. Beautiful girls in 'coon coats with yellowmums.. Color. E xcitmen t. Football days.People lose that haunted look sooften seen in these days. Cares aretossed aside and fun comes to thefront. Old grads come back tocheer for Alma Mater. Crazy betting and school spirit are rampant.Those funny friendships of a dayare formed. Everyone is on themost friendly terms with the worldand his neighbor. How I love it!Just to be a part of /that gay,scintillating crowd. To know thatI too may belong, if only for a day.To |mow that * am j one spot ofcolor*ln the shifting swirling mass^of hu ma nit y. jg&jr&' Hf I

I And after the game. To see th ellooks of plain gloating on t h e lfaces of those same victorious old!grads. They treally | t h l n k t h ey !have won the game themselves!!And that hang-dog look on the lessfortun ate I ones. I They look as ifthey really blamed themselves that Itheir team didn't win. i 6And so, for another two monthswe have those glorious, spicy dayswith us aga in/ I intend to makeuse of every one of them. Do you?VirginiagDuggan, 38.In, and around Ohinemutu, NewZealand, the crust of the earth isso thin that a jet of steam willburst forth If afwalking stick isthrust through i t . j

^^m STUDENT COUNCIL ^ ^ B Officers for the Stud ent Councilwere elected recently for the 1931-32 term.gThe Council met for thefirst time on October 14. Important questions were fully discussed.*.7 The Council consists of: P ^ g p l

PresidentFlorence Amnion. f0, Vice-PresidentEthel- Leirick. ij?.SecretaryLu Ella Haaf. VTreasurerDorothy Morard.Class Repre sentatives M a r yAnn Woods, Cleland Driscoll, AliceSummers, Virginia Duggan, JuliaGallup, Margaret Clark.Mary Ann Woods, '32. o Y \ P

I FACULTY ucMercyhurst has two new facultymembers this yeai . Dr. Leroy B.Campbell, director of the WarrenConservatory of Music, has beenadded to the music %culty to in-truc t advanced piano pupils. D r.Campbe|l Is a graduate of OberllnConservatory of Music and of theRoyal ^ Conservatory, at Leipsig.For several seasons he studied under the renowned5 piano teacherTobias Mafthay, of London. Dr!Campbell is thef author of 'TheTrue Function of Relaxation inPiano Playing" and "Sidelights onModern Piano Playing", and is aregular icontributor j to America'sleading musical 1 journals, j1 The other new faculty memberis Mrs. George Hart, of Erie, incharge of the Mercyhurst GleeClub.

Sister M. Mercedes, professor ofromance languages, returned fromabroad* in September, after sixmonths spent in study at the Sor-bonne. 5

- oEpitaph of Martha SneU

Poor Martha Snell ; her's goneaway,Her would If her could, but hercouldn't s tay;Her'd two sore legs and baddishcough, %But her legs It was as carried heron!.

O r t o b e r ^THE REASON WHY

Are you a marathon dauber* Are you a flag-pole sitter? p 0 vtenter all the marathon swimmtacontests, and do you torture J ?^mind and body by walking / J ?Alabama to North Dakota or fromOregon to North Carolina? 0maybe it is that you are afflictedgb y that strange malady that forcesyou to d rive a car around a citvfor days and days with your handstied and your eyes blindfolded- orthat causes your to fly m c j ^ c lIfhigh above the heads of. the crowdanno ying the helpless birds bypyour strange actions and noises^And if non e of the se appeals youwill probably go on a hungerstrike . I t really makes no difference for no matter which formof amusement you choose, you are|in sa ne . Oh yes, i t is t rue, and noamount of talking or protestingwill he lp you. You have a diseaseJ which is closely allied w ith bothhysterical insanity and epilepticinsanity you are mentally disordered.!Bu t be consoled a t least youar e not alone in^ your madness.The dancing man ia seems to beabout the most' prev alent type ofmen tal epidem ic; it was and it is.It was about the year 1212 thatthis mania first appeared. Thousands of young people danced untilthey sank to the ground, exhauste d. Many died, and the survivors were afflicted with nervoustremors which they had as long asas th ey lived. Not a pleasant result and fools still dance boysand girls not out of their 'teens wearing down their*minds andtheir bodies simply to have theirnames in the headlines and for thefew dollars they might win. j I don't suppose that you havee v e r considered o u r so-called"oraze s" as epidemics.! But theyare just as influenza, measles,mumps and diphtheria are oftenepidemics. |They are psychopathicepidemics, just!as contagious as

those contoonlordinary epidemicsof whic|t| we ourselves,? perhaps,have been victims. *;If some poormentally disordered individual decides to sit upon a flag pole andhappens to enjoy it, several othersimmediately join him in his mentalderangement, find themselves themost; comfortable flag poles, andsit for days and days. Can anybody doubt their insanity?The whole idea is away beyondthe scope of my intellect, an d 1 amfirmly convinced tha t those poor,misguided, I hysteric individualswho dance and dance and dance, orwho swim and swim and swim, orwho^bother the*poor little birds intheir sky for days upon days areinsane. Please, dear Lord, deliverus firom any more of these psychopathic epidemics. I Betty Danahy, *33.

o"CRY OF THE AGE"

In every town, in every dimeO'er mountain, land and sea,This is the age, the proper t ime,;; To moan adversity. fThe smile of Sol on Mother Earth,In her prosperity, ^H as changed,* alas, and lost itsworth, I 0-Ain't th at pernersi ty ?Now aU that 's left for us poor folkE'er since the market crash,Is struggle on beaneath our yoke,And trust to luck for cash.Elizabeth Wilbert, '33.

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October, 1931 TH E MERCIAD Page 3KA Y 'S KOLUMO, but it's good to be back again,and who can say it i sn ' t ? and,incidentally , i t 's good to be back atthe o ld Kolum, again , tooreallyWe'd like to say a word o* w elcome to the new gi r ls . To our li ttle s i s ters , the Frosh , so young andeager and fu ll of ambi tion we'remighty glad to have you! You 'rejust l i t t le peacheseveryone ofyou and then, our new Seniorsthe four who came to swell oursmall group of dignitariesAliceKeefe, f rom Meadvi lle. Sure _youall know her by nowHelen W a l -

dinger, who has come back f romhe r wanderingsand h as f o u n dat last that there i s "no p lace likehome" then there 's Alice Lyons,who i s just as sweet a g i r l as anyone would want to know an dHelen Cielinski , who 's very br i ll i ant as eve ryone who has been inher Ethics class the past fewweeks has found'Sailsorrywe have no more Seniors to welcome into the fold.The poor Juniors would hav e almo s t h i t | l O , ( in fact, to be verytru thful, would have been 13, andthat wouldn 't have been at all wellfor some of these s upersti t iouspeople), had not Libby Lipper t andTeddy Yochim come in to save the

day for them. Teddy 's been a tSeton Hi ll for two years , and Lobby's been at Gannon?Hallcaseof Loss and Gain!.Sophs nave only two new members , too , but mo st of thei r o ldcrowd is back. Julia Belle Gallupis a most charming addi tion to theCollege. The Sophs should be congratu lated on thei r good l uc kthat ' s half of i t . T hey 've an othervery distinguished memberfromPeru , Mary Yriberry and I venture to say that she's seen moreof our own U.S.A. than most of us .Nan i s just as snappy and peppy as ever and Carmie i s just ascute and they 're s ti l l togeth er asmuch as ever I l ike Iva Kreider'seyes we hear Alice Reedermakes a good trea surer they ' re

much in demand these daysAndI 'd like to mak e an a nnounc emen tdon 't know whether Snookiethought I 'd take her up on i t ornot, but she says, s ince the name,Alice, i s getting to be so populararound the College, what wi th somany of them, she wishes hereaf ter to be known as "Mary AliceSumm ers" Has ev eryone seen jEthel 's new outfit?knockout, |i sn ' t i t? Elsie i s a dar ling gi r l |so delightfully feminine softvoice quiet man ner everyt h ingto por tray the Lady .I know last year 's S e n i o r s Doesn 't i t seem funny wi thoutJeanne Ellio tt forgetting to go toclasses ? iRuth Wilber t not being harassedb y Jean n e?Mary McCrady reading a book forNovel Class ?Grace Kane having a "good idea" ?Liz Ham burger wri ting some thingnew and sti r r ing ?Nellie s inging so happi ly whereversh e w en t?Marg. Burns alw ays looking somyster iously happy a b o u tsomething ?Terese always looking so charmi n g ? IHelen Huether being the happiestperson around ? iGin Buck 's cute wisecracks ?Ber tha McHale, who always looked like an orchid ?Casey Ega n gett ing in to someth i n g ? h i %Portie's inevi table wad of gun?Mary Nowak talk ing over ourh ead s i n math emat i ca l lan g u a g e ?Those were the good old days,and we want our grads of all previous years to know we miss 'ema nd school will never be r ight

again ti l l they all come back 1g r e a t ? " "mH a s everyone seen Birdie 's newFord?one of the latest, cu test,best equipped of the Victor ias [_sure i s keenMary Ellen Wilber tand Maurine have teaching posi tions in thei r own hometown, now_~.Dibby Wilber t, Kay Ryan, andM i ck y a t ten d ed } Su mmer Sch oo lclasses at Merc yhurst ConnieGalbo's a Day Hop, now EvelynDonahue i s one of the prettiest

g i r ls who ever came here to school I v a ' s an d J N ao mi ' s sk i t su r e ,went over bigit ' s sti l l beingta lk ed about__The Glee Club workis not only going to be in terestingand a lo t of fun but i t 's goingto benef i t everyone immenselyA li tt le late to be wishing "HappyD a y s " , but here and now, we w antto wish Mother Borgia a happyfeast day, and a happy yearEv er y o n e had! a grand time atthe Columbus Day picnic at BellaVis taIn spite of the cold it'sa day long to be rememberedCongr atu lat ions to I rene Dolan,who was ma rr ied October 5 andthe Kolum would also like to cong r a tu la te M ar g B u r n s , n o w too,being as all late wishes seem to bespr inging up now Dorothy Meyer ^looks l ike Rose WeberMaryO'Dea i s s t i l l t w o r k i n g h ar d n o tlosing any minute s Sr . MaryAlice p lays a mean game of golfask B e t ty D an ah y an d i sn ' tBetty's tan lovely? We missJan e Kelley . . but some one ofth e F r esh men h as J an e ' s ey esAnyone looking for a good Secreta r y ? an d M ar y C ar lo s i s lo ca lr ep r esen ta t i v e for t h e G i g o l oAgency See Ma ry for men forthe Hallowe'en Dance Lu El la ' steaching Biology in the SeminaryJu s t b een w o n d er i n g w h at w e ' r egoing g to do when J M ar y A n n an dM i d g e g r ad u a te ' tw i l l b e mo s tawfully dead to be sureAnyone who missed the House-w ar mi n g a t th e P r ac t i ce H o u sesure missed something and believe i t or not there are treesplante d up there Don 't you th inkMim i s th in? and don 't youthink the summer has added s ome -I th ing to her to make her only morea t t r ac t i v e an d fascinating(guessfo lks don 't usually talk about thei rf r iends like that bu t t h e n so me u su a l ly do!)speaking ofp e o p l e g e t t i n g thindoesn' tMidge look lovely since she p o s t afe w pounds?Those old pals ,Kay Reiser , Marian Car lin , MaryStout and Sarah Reed Whi tley areen r o l led i n th e F r esh man C l a s s Some people are g lu ttons for punishment, they sayseems j a sthough a few of the gi r ls were infor a specific kind of punishmentand Mr. Relihan was chosen to dothe d i r t and they take i t andlike i t (do you blame them ?)

Ti me to stops'long K a y .:>j ; - o

PR A C TI C E TEA C H I N GM er cy h u r s t h as 13 p r ac t i ceteachers at Academy High Schoolth is year . The teachers to whomthe gi r ls are assigned are: MissHunt, in F r e n c h ; Miss Mong, MissWal te r , M i s s Weller, and Miss Han-non, in Engli sh ; Miss Heber leinland Mr. Matti s , in secretar ial subj e c t s ; Miss Kllngel and Miss Nickel, in biology; Miss Rider, in Lat in ; Miss Gi ltner , in Home Economic s; and Mr. Kelly, in chemistry . At the new Jefferson gra deschool, one Mercyhurst s tudent i sassigned to Miss Butler , kinderg ar ten i n s t r u c to r .

I oJazz Singer Al Jolson, son of acantor , received h is ear ly train ingin rhythmic, highly colored Chas-sid ic chants .

M I C KEY 'S N A TUR EAt the age of ten , my one desi rewas to have a dog. Being the oneniece of three young uncles , m yvery wish was granted . So oneevening at d inner time, I was presented wi th a dog a real dogwi th b lack spots on h is whi te body,eyes like a doe and ears and tai ll ike those of any pointer . I wasf i lled wi th ecstacy and immediately named him Mickey. A3| fBut Mickey had a fault of which

I soon became aware. Because Iwas a li t t le g i r l and Mickey wouldbe a b ig dog, he was judged forI his doci li ty , rather t han for h ispedigree. The tru th was Mickeyw as a coward! This was broughtto my notice in several ways . Fi rs tof all, he was afraid of Kitty token of a previously gratifiedwish and Ki tty was only aboutone-fifth th e size of Mickey. Butwhen Ki tty expressed by a "psst"and a scratch of her paw that shedesi red to eat alone, Mickey hurr iedly reti red to the o ther end ofthe k i tchen.Mickey 's weak ancestry was alsoevidenced in the fact| that J anyonewalking in the house wi th a heavytread would immediately sendMickey under the f i rs t object that

would provide shelter . When a lar ger dog entered the neighborhood,Mickey walkedg home; i t justseemed that Mickey lacked th atpugnacious quali ty which makesan owner proud of h is pet canine.Ev en th e ^traits that should havecome natural to h im as a pointer,had to be taught h im by patientdrilling in the woods; that i s , hehad to be taught that a pointermerely designates the nest, notannounces the arr ival of the hunter by loud barkings.Even my firm faith in the abilityof Mickey was beginning to waver ,when one day, that nature, whichI knew was true to h im, revealed

itself. Mickey had been absent forhours . My anxiety was great, forMickey was always seen at d innert ime . When I had just persuadedby uncles that we should I begin } asearch , Mickey staggered in . I saystaggered because, f rom the lossof blood brought about by combatwi th some wi ld animal, that Cwasall any dog could do. Mickey hadcome through no longer a coward but a fighter and a victorious one at tha t. All tha t heneeded was a chance to prove h imself, which he d id to the surpr i seof the family and the pride of hismi s t r es s .CI el and Driscol, '33.

oMO THE R BORGIA'S FEAST

DAYThe fo llowing program was given Sunday night, October 12th , tohonor our beloved Dean, Mother

Borgia, on her feast day.WelcomeFlorence A mmo n .Poem Gothique Cleland Dris-coll, Margaret Clark , CostellaRessleiS k it N a o m i A l lo w ay , I v aKrieder .Wh o A m I?Margaret Dean,Jane Connor .Cadets CotillionMary Stout,Marian Car lin , Laura La Cavera.SongAlice Lyons.ReadingCatherine Gleason.VariationsMary Skene.Moon MaidTyrella Toomey,S Presentation of Gif t FlorenceAmmon and Cather ine Egan.C h ar ac te r s :

Mrs . Vanderbi lt Ellington I I ILoli ta Lepper .Mitzi Lee Elligton Peggy Blair.Lovely LadyEthel Levick .O th er PassengersSara Brown,Ellen McCartan , Evelyn Donahue.

Madelyn Hall, '32.

A LI N E KI LM ERThat Aline Ki lmer was the wifeof Joyce, is the only biographicalnote we have of th is talented wo- Iman. The rest of her b iography wefind in her poems. Therefore fromthe first poem we read we beginto have suggestions of the woman

herself.There i s a delicacy and a beautyfound in Mrs. Ki lmer 's works sosimple, so rare and so sweet thatwe wonder how one who has somuch sorrow could be so light andfree . But that too , i s answered inher poems revealing her trust inGod and her wonderful love andbelief in Him,There is the simplicity of a childin her words, but the under-currentof thought i s that of a woman whohas suffered and trusted . Like achi ld , she asks the dying candlesto car ry her pray er to God."Tell Him she i s so small and sorebelliousTell Him her words are music onher lipsTell Him I love her in her wayw ar d b eau ty \-Down to her finger-tips."

Wh at a messag e i s i n th a t p r ay er! All the love of a mother 'sheart for her beloved child. Theintenseness of her request i s suggested by that lovely thought "Ilover her down tofher finger tips."There is no record of her abilityas a mother , but how unconsciously she reveals her wonderful maternal love in her poems to herchi ldren ."Kenton i s tropical, Rose i s purewhi te, Deborah shines ilke a s tar in thenight; IMichael 's round eyes are as b lue asthe sea,And nothing on ear th could bed ear e r to me ."

Her continual prayer to God tokeep them safe for her "They are wi lfu l and happy anddear beyond measure,ptq r iches could equal the worthof my treasureBut in sp i te of my love and mypride and my pleasure,St. Br idget p lease keepMy babies asleep ."

Her understanding of chi ldren i sso charmingly expressed in her"Justice." | J. |"Michael, my sympathies are allfor youYour cherub mouth , your miserableI E eyes,Your grey-blue smock tear-spat-tered and your cr iesShatter my hear t, but what am I? to do? i M ?He was her baby and the fear ofb ear sLay heavy on him so he could not

sleep .But in the crook of her dear arm,sh e sw ear s .So , Michael, she was r ight and youmu s t w eep . Although the words are sweetand tender and her thoughts s imple and chi ld like, there i s nothingwea k in her spirit. She is braveand unafraid , although her sorrowhas been great. She is fully conscious of her bravery, too, but iti s not f launted at us but suggestedwith a heart full of love and trust.Can 't you see her when asked byfriends if she will have a Christmas tree since one is dead and oneawa y? Proudly she rai ses herhead, s ti f fens her trembling lipan d replies :

"O , I shall have a Chris tmas treeBrighter than ever i t shall beAnd when Chris tmas Day i s almost done

When they all grow sleepy one byone $SE$? I

I shall sit alone by the fire andsee . fGhosts of you both come close to *meFor the dead and the absent alw ay s s tayWith the one they love on|Christ-mas D ay ."Wh eth er th e r e w as an y r easo nfor reading Aline Ki lmer 's works

but that of the beauty found there,th at would be sufficient. H er expressions are exquisi te. To descr ibe her three year o ld daughter}she says, "She walks {the w ayprimroses go ." He dead daughte rshe calls " li t t le whi te moon of myhear t" and says of her :"She always was the gladdest th ingon^earth < jlNow sh e is ; gayer still, for she istak en xIn to celestial mir th ."

H e r poems f have an appeal forchi ldren , mothers and lovers . Sador gay as your sp i r i t i s , there i salways a poem to soothe one. Because her appeal i s so human; sosimple and so sweet she can be apprecia ted by all the in tellectualappreciate her power of words;i theuneducated , her s implici ty ; andchi ldren love the s tory element.

In one poem more than any o ther she reveals herself, her sp i r i t ,and her "High Hear t" ."Yet I am not despai r ingThough we must par t,Nothing can be too b i tterFor my high hear t.AU in the dreary midnight,Watching the f ly ing foam,I wai t for the golden morningWhen you come home."Cleland Driscoll, *32.

o-A G OLFER 'S PSA LM

My caddy runs on , I shall butwalk ,He leadeth me through deep grass ,I sweareth down in deep traps,My face i s sunburnt, my hands areall sore.Yea, though I wade through deepstreams I wi ll fear no decei t ,For my caddy i s wi th me, my par tner cheereth and comfor tethm e,Surely eagles and birdies will follow me all th e days of my lifeAnd I will dwell in the house ofliars forever . Betty Danahy, '32 .o

D UST ON? Y OUR PI C TUR EA whirl of Dust blew in by chance,Through my open window.It flew around and 'gan to danceAnd flutter thus and so.So , charmed, I watched the path i ttook |Around my sunli t room.I t v i s i ted each li t t le nookAnd corner of the room.A h! Oh! bad Dust! m ust notdo that, JFor she i s very dear! *(Guess what! the Dust just upand satRight down upon your p icture!)The dear brown hand, the lovelyface,I cannot see through Dust;The eyes, the mouth , I cannott r a c e ;Away! thou Dust, thou must!Kay B ar r e t t , ' 3 3 .

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DESPAIR 4:Perhaps it is a great sin to despair; but what if it registers itself in a human being regardlessof its undesirable tenantry. Whenone seems to make endless, unintentional mistakes and there is little or no hope of recalling or rectifying them, what can be done?Perhaps one should not make thesemistak es; but it seems to be inthe human make-up to err . Tearsar e spent? in 4 materializing someparticular desire and when almostcompleted an accident ruins itcompletely. What it results in, isdespair. Some say, "Don't give up;one obstacle does not ruin a life'swork ; commence anew." Yet it isa cause of despair to realize theloss of years of arduous, labor.In merely mentioning the worddespair it seems to have so manyaffiliations; m istakes, laughter,tears, hopes, ambitions, loves, oppressions. There is never laughterwithout the resultant melancholy.For a day mirth prevai ls, but thenext day melancholy completelyenvelopes all former fun. Thenthere is love to consider; when loveis unrequited or feigned there isnothing to take i ts place but melancholy or despair.After many such errors a resolve is made to start;a new yearand cover the past. Without?anypremonition an uncomprehensivemistake is made at the very be-the new year with i tsresolutions. This errorof the momentibut isinterrupting peacefulmoments. The mind is filled withit, shackled by it and there seemsto be little or no freedom from itsgrimy tentacles despair .Always there looms in the futuresome particular ambition. Justthinking of it without delving intose'riousness and intricacy, makesI it seem possible. B ut in fully real izing its size, it again seems impossible. What is there but despairwhen actions point toward thatparticular goal because it is so de

sirable ? ^ j |Despair 's fundamental cause?isthe realization of one's real insignificance and inability. Human beings are merely specks in a vastuniverse. One loses all sense in it sgreatness. I t Hak es m agnamini tyof soul and mind to overcome de-sair and destiny. ^ H H R &$&&*Despair means the ruination ofnation, universe, and soul. I Therefore, do not despair; 5 for wordslike those just spok en are words ofof a weakling. All obstacles aremade to be 1 overcome land I tostrengthen mind j and] soul, j Thetruly great never despair . fl^^K1 Jane Mulheirn, '84. Elo BEraPJUNIOR SONG CONTEST | |The annual song contest will beheld on October 28. ] It isr- beingsponsored by the Juniors. All theclasses are invi ted to participate,!and it is hoped that they will aliijoin in on that night. jMByBPSlAll of the school songs will be Isung as well as Ian original songScomposed by each one of theclasses. The classes will be Judgednot only by their original song, butalso by the manner in which theysing the school songs. A prize willbe given to the class that is pickedby the judges as the best.Get your voices tuned and let'ssee which class it will be. Seniors,Sophomores, Freshmen, Juniors,who will it be? The judges willtell us on October 28, 1981 Comeone, come all.Jean Summers, '33. >

THE WORLD

The Saying of Omar Ibn Al l HallfFour things come not back:The spoken word;The sped arrow;Time past;The neglected op portuni ty.

What is the world even to thosewho love it, who are intoxicatedwith its pleasures, and who cannotlive without it? It is a perpetualservitude where no one lives forhimself alone. It is a daily revolution of events, which create in usth e I most violent ^passions, bit terhatred and devouring jealousy. TheWorld!! (In the worlds there isnothing lastin g the most affluent fortunes, the most sincerefriendships and the most exaltedchara cters. Men pass their lives inprojects and schemes; always readyto deceive; always discontentedwith the present and anxious aboutthe future, doing everything for repose. These are the virtues whichthe world knows and esteems.*If we could look into two different parts of the world, if we couldenter into the secret detail of anxieties, ii we could pierce the outward! appearance which offers toou r : eyes only joy, pleasure andmagnificience, how different shouldwe find it from what it appears.We should see it desti tute of happiness. We should see friendshipsbroken by suspicions; relationsthe most tender destroyed by hatred; the most honorable places notgiving satisfaction, each one complaining of his lot, and the mostelevated not the most happy. Oh!yes, it's a grand old world if youdon't weaken, but when you weaken ?It-Elizabeth McDonald, '83.*

! HOCKEYBack once again to the grind ofregular hours, classes, and {rules.But with this grind comes another

phase of work which is a pleasureto all who participate, as i t i s notcompulsory. This work for pleasur e is "Athletics". WiE The main spring, at the present,onfthe athletic field is hockey the cause for this is revenge no,not the freshmen trying to get revenge for initiation,., not a par tialrevenge but one held by the wholecollege,: whether players of not.This is "Edinboro^. Our mottothis year is "Down with Edlnboro".Our first attempt at an "honest-to-goodness" hockey game was lastyear at Edinboro. The result aseveryone knows, was not in favorof Mercyhurst ; so, to even thingsup ja bi t, Mercyhurst plans to go"over the top" this time. . '>j | The players of last year have allreported, in addition to a fine showing fromfthe freshman class. "Thenumber of candidates should compensate our coach, Miss GeraldineHeil, for all her time, J effort andwork given to the hockey team. *I The sportsmanship and enthusiasm which are being shown at thepractices, presage a victory forMercyhurst. B H | B M B ] B ^ ^ ^ B MAll ready I for Edinboro!!! Let'sgo!!!!!! JKjEffiK Hk ~iDorothy Cronauer, '84. ?'

HOW WE CALL KAlice Summers is usually called"Pic". Florence Ammon answersto the name of "Flossie". AliceReeder is called "Discount Al",and Madeline Hall likes "Midge"

best. Carmelita Gill is commonlyknown as "Wax", and Lollita Lep-per never fails to come when youcall "Zasu." Last but not least wehave Dorothy Mooney who alwayspops up when "Diplomatic Dot" issounded.

LAUGHTERWho can estimate the value of ahearty, happy laugh ? It is mannain life's wilderness. Some personsare more richly endowed than others with this happy gift and themethod of manifestation in themselves and its effect upon othersare among the most wonderfulmysteries oi our being. It is marvelous to think What an atmosphereof fun seems to surround somepeople, what an air of festivity

they throw around the dullestthings and what a radiance of expression they impart to the mostcommonplace emotions.Comedy gives us a new and surprising pattern of life. People donot laugh when a dog barks but Iheard the crowd laugh uproariously when a man in the audience imi tated a dog barking he wasbreaking the patten of human behaviour.Murderers and thieves are for themost part serious-minded men whomight have remained law-abidingcitizens if only they had had agreater capaci ty for laughing. I twould be going too far to say thatall "laughers" are virtuous menand all "non-laughters' ' are criminals. L augh ter gives a holidayboth to the virtues and to thevices. I remember once when Itold a joke. Most of those presentlaughed; but the person who wasseated next to me sat unmoved andsunk in thought. At least, a quarter of an hour after we had finished laughing, he nudged me andsaid, "I see what you mean, ajoke." "ErY es, I said I believe I did." Upon which he beganlaughing so hearti ly that I thoughhe would choke, and I was obligedto pat him on the back. Th e secondjoke surpassed the first.

The worst thing that can be saidagainst laughter is, that by puttingus in a good humor, it enables usto {tolerate I ourselves. I The bestthing that can be said for i t is t ha tfor the same reason it enables usto tolerate each other. 18S5Si|P"A little nonsese, now and then, iIs relished by the best of men."l$$ Elizabeth McDonald, '88.T?r'c'>"'-. ov THEME SONGSCarmelita Gill "Just a songat Twilight."Margaret Dean "When youand I were young, Maggie."Alice Reeder (Personality Kid) "I've got it."Evelyn Donahue "I musthave that man." ; - Marian Summers "I 'm thelonesomest girl in town."Nejl Morin "Down by theWinegar Woifcs." 'Louise Pasqualicchio"Sleepytime Girl."Margare t Hanna "Stumb-

lin' all around." , . - *'Ruth'Aine Martin "In old