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Page Two T H E MERGIAD Novem ber 20, 1951Live F o r Hisj C om ing

"Wake up, wake up, you sleepyfheads; oh, please hurry!He's coming and we must p repare /' they cried, and thenftheyhurried on telling others."He's coming . g . we must prepare." "Who's coming . . .why must we prepare?" "Is it important; do we need a newdress?" "Please, quickly tell us."It is Christ theftenderest of friends; as He first came inthe flesh, He now comes to the soul, full of love for those whoarefready to receive Him.During Advent, our Lord knocks at the doer of all men'shearts; He comes to ask if they have room for Him.

fAdvent is ow time to direct all our faculties to 1 lis praiseand honor, by offering* all our prayers, Masses, and sacrificesin a spiritual bouquet to be placed at the Infant's crib. Wemust live this season of Advent to the fullest; then truly we\>ill be able to sing as the angels sang, "Gloriatin excelsisDeo!" 1 I

PREFECT REFLECTS:D ear God, mm ^ i We Thank You Tithes Still Concern Us

How Grown-up Is Uncle Sam?^How grownup is UnelefSam? For years now we'velbeen

depicting him as an old man with a'white beard somewhat on the order of Father Time. But when you really thinkabout it, he's only|175 years old; next to the mother countriesof Europe, a^babe in arms, especially when it comes to internatio nal r elatio ns. For {most of his young life he politicallyignored the world, as best he could. Come 1914, he found thef ^ . -# ^-world sitting in his lap. For thirty-six years he's been trying?] S t j j l j n P f O t Sto find! out what to do with it howlto act;- with quite afew growing pains.

. . . for our lives, which we try tolive right ly for Your honor andglory; I *. . . for our minds, which we develop in order to know You andlove You to the utmost;, . , for our souls and the manyopportunities of receiving Yourgrace;. . . for cur wills, free to followthe pa.th leading directly to You;. . . for our parents, teachers, andclassmates, who help us grow tothat maturity we so desire;. . . for our classes, which prepareus to meet the problems of ourage; -. . . for our activities dances,sports, plays, and entertainments'Which round out the social sideof our natures;. . . for our country, which we areproud to call the "land off thefree;" f * '. jg jj. . . for our school, fountain ofspiritual, intellectual, and socialopportunities.Accept our thanks, O God, forthese and other numerous benefits which we, Your children, possess. May our love and devotionfor You increase each day untilat last weI are with You, OurFather, in Heaven.

Take this .business about American relations with theVatican. T he U nited States* has been mak ing up its m indabout this in fits and starts. Some can't see the value of communication with a friendly state which contains valuable,unique, international information.lPresidents usually can, butlack the power to convince othersfadequately. Recently themost important and most final attempt was made to settle theissue. How was the attempt, the appointment of anfambassa-dor to Vatican City, made? It was announced two full m onthsbefore it could possibly be ratified. The person appointed wasnot eligible to he appointed. It was announced at the timecampaigns for the presidential nominations|werejgetting un der way.

Now how was the attempt received? A storm of protest!There will no longer be separation of church and state in theUnited States (logical?). It is singling out one religion forrecognition and prestige. The fact that Vatican City is anautonomous state and that the Catholic Church has someinternational prestige was established quite a while ago. Thepoint is, will the United States recognize these two facts?

Well, this corner thinks that an ambassador to the Vatican would be beneficial to the United States,>especiallyfincombating Communism which is evil. Nothing has happenedof an enslaving nature to the forty-three nations now holding diplomatic relations with the Vatican |to make us feelotherwise. But how has Uncle Sam acted about this international step? Like Baby Sam.

Our Downfal lWhat's 'the nextfmove? So farmost of Stalin's plans have beencarried out. His aim is to scatterthe sheep by striking the shepherd.We've seen this at work. A primate ischarges) , until he "confesses."lower clergy have the

"coUaborate or suffer."instances, they havetheir loyalty to the

arrested (on falsegiven a trial (unjust),torturedBThen fthechoice ofIn manypledged

T H E M E R C I A DMercyhurst College, Erie, Pa .Member ofAssociated Collegiate PressEditor 1 Frances SullivanAssociate Editor _L| 2 r. 1 Mary Lou DwyerAssistant Editors - - - l - - Plorene Cherry, Jean DrouhardBusiness Editor . % Claire ToddEditorial Staff 1.__ Pauline Solida, Joan Harrison, Claire

Agliata, Patricia Moran, Mary Jo Royer, Ceci Wert, HelenFogarty, Mary Jo Babowicz, Norma Jean Scott, ThedaBest, Doris Moore. i 3. fBusiness Staff 1 1 Corinne Prenatt, Dorothy Roth,Lucreta Burger, Anita Santomenna, Bernadette Bell, RitaShanahan.

"people's democracy" in order toremain with their flock and givewhat help they can.Stalin wants 'the people leftwithout the gu idance of 'the clergy,so that his "people's priests" mayre-educate the confused people.To the Vatican are sent lettersfrom the|people asking how theyoan keep the faith; Radio Vaticantries 'to give the answers and somedegree of courage. But the Churchwill not, and cannot, make concessions on dogma or on moralprinciples. .Stalin vs. The Church The destruction of the CatholicChurch is to be broughit about intwo lsteps: (1) isolation of ftheclergy from Rome and the creation of a schismatic nationalchurch controlled by the Redregime; and (2) by liquidation.Breaking the^link with Rome andthe Pope is attempted by reducing the Church ts poverty by confiscation of its property, demanding an oath of allegiance to the"people's democracies," and by anintense program of conversion tocommunism by re-education.

The weapons of the Church arespiritual. In 1949 'those professingCommunism were denied thesacramen ts, an d, las enemies ofpod, were excommunicated. | Bu tthe Church Is prepared, if necessary, to go underground. Persecutions ,! worse than those of theRomans, are predicted.If you are interested in yourfaith, then read "What Stalin Hasin Mind for Catholics," by ErnestO. Ha user, In the September 22,1951 issue of "Saturday EveninPost." It's in our library.

Do you have a budget? If so, you can see easily how muchmoney you spend and for what. If not; why not keep track ofyour spendings for a week or two to help you figure out wherethe money goes so quickly.One place that it does Not go is into the collection basketon Thursday morning. You are probably saying to yourselfas you now stop reading this article, "You m ight know an-other appeal for money."This is more than just an appeal, however, it is a reminder of an obligation. It usedfto be that the obligation wasto contribute tithes of all that one possessed. Just think-ofwhat a tenth of the value of our ^ Qf ug can w or k ou fc a n t Uescheme to help our memories,something like putting the moneyin our caps Wednesday night.But however we do it, pleaselet us make the collection basketeach Thursday morning, indica-t-lng that we are mature Catholicwomen, cognizant of our duties toour Church, and filled with loveof God and a desire to help spreadHis Gospel.

clothes and shoes and Jewelryamounts | t o ! And how about atenth of the money we spendjonmovies? Or dinners? Or cigarettes?The idea of tithes may be gone,but we are still obliged by one ofthe commandments cf the Churchto contribute to the support of theChurch.

Women's Rights and DutiesWe do a lot of talking about being women now, aibout our r ights,and about being allowed to assume responsibility instead of being treated flike children. This isright, and it is good, but thosewho want th e rights of ad ultsmust accept the duties of adults.If we want to learn responsibility,let us begin with this one responsibility to Holy Mother Church.

Here at Mercyhurst we contribute especially to the missionarywork which Christ Himself commanded His Church to do. Itwould te possible to write pageson the wonderful work done by themissionaries and of the great needtha t ithey have for our money, butthe re! is not one of us who doesnot already know this.Scheme for Failing MemoriesMaybe o ur biggest trouble fis

simply that in our haste to be ontime for line-up, we forget, ou rmoney. Aside from being able tomake up one week for what weforgot the week before, fperhape

Woeful Woma nDown the bannisters of heaven

slide -the snowflakes!They reign in sparkling grandeurin her curls;They rest for but a moment onher shoulders, JThenI run to meet fthe wind insilvr'y swirls. * 9BYet she walks on and cannot seetheir beauty, | jflHHAnd harkens not % their pleai tostop and play. W^^m ^ ^ B |Silently, softly, fsadlyithenJ th esnowflakesf 1 K B K B ? 3With muted weeping,Imelt themselves away.Ik mm ^ 9 PAnd still she walks today, cold,unperceivlngOf* th e i magicfsplendor of each

dawning day, B^|HCMHer rwhole life bu t an echo of th eevening H nf^ E H IIKShe could notfstopm snowflakes play. to watch the

Around thetTurntableFrom the shrinkage guaranteeon our new cashmere sweater tothe color cf our toothpaste, we areusually influenced in our choosing among otherwise standardproducts by some quality | whichmakes our choice outstanding or"different." So it is in (the musicbusiness as any where else. Most ofus are fascinated by a& differenttreatment of a well-known tuneor by an unusu al use of a familiarInstrument. Some of the newestrecord releases illustrate theclever use of these novel effects

by popular recording stars.Versatile Patti Page became thefirst "multiple voice," with "Tennessee Waltz," recording whichwas the first commercially suc-

Clever handling of an Instrument is illustrated by Stan Freeman's effective harpsichord backing on "Come Ona My House," Inrecognition of Stan's newly-foundpopularity, Columbia has -recentlyreleased a new album appropriately titled "Come Ona Stan'sHouse." St an Is featured on suchitems as " B l ue Room, " "September Song," and "St. Louis Blues."The latest music mags have ittha t this!collection is a must foranyone looking for something unusual. 1

Lastly, and probably newest, isthe haunting effect produced bythe echo chamber. Most of ithecessfull disc-employing the "dub- L e s P a u l a n d M*r y Ford record-bed voice." This "dubbing-in" i n g s feature multiple electricsimply means -that Patti singsalong with herself in four or moresuccessive cuttings of the sametune, thereby producing the effectof fourlpersons singing together.Current releases featuring thisnovel voice treatment are Jo Stafford's "Hawaiian War Chantit(but who needs Stafford whenwe have Eisert!) and RosemaryClooney'sPennies." "If Teardrops Were

guitar backgrounds by Les andsong jl sty ings done in the echochamber by Mary. "How High theMoon" was the first outstandingsuccess employing these novel innovations. Currently enjoying:popularity is "The World is Waiting For the Su nrise" Sand one oftheir hits-to-be is the newest,"Just One More Chance," alreadyrising fast on the disc IJockeyshows and Juke-boxes.

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November 20,* 1951 T H E M E R G I A DY C S ObservesSchool Problems

The recent Catholic ActionStudy Day at Niagara Universityis the talk of all Catholic Action -ists these days. Mercyhurst delegates brought the spirit back totheir campus r.nd fired their companions with the ideas and resolutions gained there.Alarm clocks sounded off in thewee hours of the morning of the10th and lights f'ashed on, as thegirls shivered into their clothesand braved the chilly dark ofmorning to catch the 5:54 bus forBuffalo. Excitement ran high andexpectations rose as dawn beganto paint the eastern sky. Meetingtudents from five other colleges

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along the way, all headed in theame direction, all enthusiastic

Prom the opening of the Studyay with communal "Missa Reci-ata" to the close with Benedicion, the earnest work of studentatholic Action went on. How canas Catholic Actionists on ourst work {together to

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P age F ou l THE MERClAD Novem ber 20 , 1951AX * *

P O R TCOOPS

Hockey and tennis days at Mercyhurst dr i f ted away onthe last few red leaves of Fal l . Snowflakes on No vemb er f i rstprovided a very def in i te indicat ion that the basketbal l seasonhad arrived, |Without delay guards and forwards hust led to the indoorcour ts for the season iopener. The j un io r s HIK! f reshmenwaged a t ight contest most of the way, and when the dusllhadcleared, the juniors emerged on theltopside of a five pointmarg in . The juniors, led by Marg aret Broder ick, ta l l ied 21points as Mary Ann Scir to paced the frosh|for 16 points . Versat i le Rainie Reichel of the l i t t le s is ters ' team starred-in herdouble role as guard and forward. Ar lene Murphy handledthe referee 's dut ies.i . C h a l l e n g e T o W i n n e r sTh e f reshmen we re und aun ted by th is f i r s t 'upset"; andfollowing the after-game* cheers fthey challenged the winners to a

As The Gavel Falls...There is a hust le and a bust le . Every one seems to be ta lking at once. Suddenly the gavel s t r ikes i t s sol i tary , hol lowblow and there i s a dead si lence! "The meet ing wi l l now cometo order," a voice booms and thus , Cha pter Two in the 951-'52year volume of the Sociology Seminar commen ces. The members wi l l hear Angelo Cavel l , parole of f icer of the Pennsylvania Parole Board, who wi l l speak on "The Inunctions ofParole and Treatment of Prison

ers." Mr. Cavell, whose office islocated in Erie, is one of thegroup sponsoring the InserviceTraining Program which thesenior sociology students havebeen attending.Janus Club members were entertained last meeting by the ef-

best two-out-of-three series.The first of the regular basket-bal classes was convened on November 6 by Miss Joan Ferguson.Emphasized were such fundamentals as dribbling, catching thebaU, and the execution of lay-upshots.

Swimmers Take TestsEager would-be swimmers andlife-savers are now tackling theirrespective tests with high hopes.You can imagine the satisfactionafter struggling through fourlengths of the breast stroke, to saynothing of the exhaustion! Thisyear's pioneer graduate from aclass has proved to be frosh JoanWalsh, who is now a full-fledgedintermediate.There are those who are eagerlyanticipating the arrival of thevolleyball and ping-pong sessions,but at present all major attentionis focused on basketball. Claire Agliata and Marge WiMary Ann Scirto and Peggy lliams stretch for the ball whileCavanaugh say, "Gimme!"

Hurst Students a t W o r kEarn Title ''Mad Scientists'

"D o you smel l tha t odor? Look! Some of the gi r ls goingby the chem lab to the l ibrary are holding thei r noses," saidJ a n e . "Let ' s look in the lab and see what i s going on."As Jan e and I s tepped in to .the l ab , we saw Judy Eller-meyer* Bar b Haner , Te r r y Gor ny , Vi ja , and S oph ia takingpointed-bot tom test tubes wi th a solut ion in them to a smal lm ach ine . "Wha t a r e t hose?" I a sked ."These a r e cen t r i f uge t ubes and I am pu t t i ng t hem inthis machine cal led the centr i fuge to see i f I have a precipit a t e , " sa id Judy . "We a r e l ook ing f o r t he unknov n of Gr oupII by passing H2S in the solut ion." Some people wonder howone can l ook fo r som eth ing un know n bu t it's possible . "I t ' sthis H2S that i s causin g tha t odor in coillege ha l l , " con t i nued

J u d y . student, set up the equipment foran experiment, Jane and I thoughtthis was really going to be theexperiment. Then Ann spilledacetone on the table top. "Mygosh," said Ann, "Look, it is eating all the paint off."At this point Jane and I left.When you see odd equipment setup in the lab or smell those sickening odors, you will know thatthe 'Hurst's "mad scientists" areat work. By the way, I found outthat most of their experiments dowork, and they are never boreddoing them. One never knowswhat will happen or what will

come out of our chem lab.

There is never a dull momentin the chem lab. In the inorganiclab one day Frances Sanfratellospilled some sulfuric acid on hershoe and burned a hole In it.Chemistry is not only interesting,but expensive for f the 'Hurst*"scientists/'l If you see Anyonewalking';around school with holesin her blouse or skirt or even shoes(the top, that is), you will knowthat she must have been'in th eChem lab and spilled some acid.Chemical Eats Faint

At the rate our "scientists" aregoing, the lab will have to be repainted soon. While watching AnnCobbe, a home economics chem

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"Why we should have an ambassador to Vatican City" and "Woulda Marshall Plan work in theOrient?" IThe Jwelcome Saturday morning Coffee Hour is being sponsoredby Kappa Omlcron Phi and willbe a regular occurrence throughout the year. KappalOmicron Ph imembers a re looking! forward totheir "Founders Day Program,"which will be held in December.Co-chairmen| of I this affair areEetty Slater and Ruth Beck. Thereis to be a candle-lightingjeere-mony in conjunction with athisprogram.* s

f The Science Seminar Iwas ^fortunate to hear a lecture supplemented by slides giv en! by D r.Cooper, one of Erie's 1 foremostdermatologists. I MaJHiBreffiH

"Happy Birthday"! t o f G A -which will celebrate its eighteenthbirthday on |the |27th fof f thismonth. Evidently the last speakerwhich the O.G.A. had made fcuitean impression onjhis audience;all the seniors are planning totake the Civil Service Evamina-tlon on December 8. The examination will be that for Junior Management assistant! an d is i openonly to college I graduates. ^ M o

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Soci's Field TripNets Fingerprints

Has anyone noticed "Cuba"strolling the halls carrying a badlysmudged rectangle ?f white paperthis past week? It seems that thisis an example of the finger printing method used in our City Jail.All this began last Thursday, November first, when Marilyn Kelley,Marlene Demattia, Janet Brem-mer. M*rt-a Medina, Donna Cut-rona, Kathy Petrosky, and PaulaBrugger took a soci field trip tovisit the jail.

These girls returned bearingstories about the crime area mapswhich show the areas of the cityin which the most crimes are committed, the Accident Bureau mapswhich designate, by various colored pins, the spots where the mosttraffic accidents occurfeannually,and other tales of their experience.Erie Needs Social WorkersPerhaps uppermost in all theirthoughts was the great need Eriehas for social workers. Marlene re ported that the field of JuvenileDelinquency!is /especially an openone. Children cannot fce kept ina locked cell at any time and Eriehas no detention home. Consequently it is necessary to keepthem ti n fan open cell for thefcwenty-fourfhours thait a personcan be held there. This, las anysoci-majorf knows, has a veryharmful! psychological effect* onmanySjyoungsters. | f

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