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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals, Publications, Conferences, and Proceedings at Exhibit. It has been accepted for inclusion in Edgecliff oC llege Newspaper by an authorized administrator of Exhibit. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Edgecliff Volume XXVI Our Lady of Cincinnati College, Cincinnati Ohio, November 13, 1960 No. 3 Edgecliff Departments Prepare For Secondary Students, Parents High school juniors and seniors Fossils collected from various verte­ working on various projects, includ­ and their parents will be guests of brates also may be viewed. ing senior theses. The students will Edgecliff this afternoon at the an· Natural science students will ex­ answer any questions as well as nual Open House. Sister M . Vir­ hibit projects completed on inverte­ demonstrate materials. ginia, president, extended invita­ brates, algae, f u n g i, flowering In the Home Economics Build­ tions to all Catholi c high schools plants and vertebrates. The chem­ ing, clothing construction items in the Cincinnati and Northern istry classes directed by Miss Jane will be featured. Kentucky area. Glenn and Sister M . Harold will be McAuley, the Speech Building Representatives to the Student on hand to demonstrate certain and Brennan Memorial also will Council will be hostesses for the chemical reactions. Under the guid­ be visited. Final stop on the tour afternoon. ance of Dr. Louisa Belai, mechan­ will be Emery Hall. There, mem· "Sign Here," say c arol Trauth and Kathleen Hughes to Diane Bard is chairman of the ical experiments will be carried on hers of the home economics depart· visiting seniors Marie Magnoni, Nancy Cluxton and Susan Planning Committee. Working with in the physics laboratory. ment will serve refreshments to Schmitt. her are the following members of All Advent and pre-Christmas the visitors. Student Council: Kathleen Byrne, articles made at Edgecliff are be· Marilyn Mauer, Jrnn Dennemann, ing displayed today for the high Grace Moss, Lucy Russell, George­ school seniors who are guests of Variety Show Federation Sponsors anne Frank, Patricia Merrill, Gayle the open house. Visitors will dis­ Brew, Carol Trauth and Kathleen cover a dozen different designs for Hughes. Christmas cards as well as 20 indi­ Hospitality Chairman is Mariann vidual student designs. Gift items Needs Ta lent " A Variety Show calls for a va· Study Of Pluralism Kuebler; she will be assisted by in enameling, ceramics, sculpture riety of talent," says Edgecliff's Betty Wilton, Rose Ann Stadt­ and printing will be shown. Re· By Joyce Hugenberg '62 stand on these matters? Or is it miller, Nancy Spicer, Joyce Hugen­ peated this year are the "O Anti· talent-scout, Theresa Froehle who Did you ever talk to a Jew or that we are victims of what has berg, Judith Lynch, Mary-Clarke phon" designs created last year by is directing the campus production Protestant? been termed a "ghetto complex?" Schulte and Judy Woeste. Elaine Huninghake. All art majors Jan. 6. "Sure," you'll say. Whatever the reason, the Na­ Freshman biologists, under the will be present in the department Ideas for sketches, or fully· Did you ever discuss religion tional Federation of Catholic Col­ direction of Sister Mary Wini· written sketches are needed for the with them? lege Students (NFCCS) has pro­ fred, w i 11 display experiments show, setting of which will be a "Wait a minute," you'll probably posed a remedy by inaugurating a which they have been setting up in Readings, Hymns girls' boarding school. Broadway answer, "everyone knows you just national program to study the na­ class. Methods of testing alkaloids, hit tunes will be used as back­ don't talk about religion." ture of the pluralistic society in a test for amino acids using paper To Compose Hour ground. All acts must be in The­ Well, did you ever talk to them which we live. This program should chromatography and the history Our Lady of Cincinnati College resa's hands by Nov. 16 so that about separation of church and enable the participants to talk in­ and function of coal tar dyes will Alumnae will sponsor "An Advent they may be worked into the theme state? or censorship? or religious telligently with members of other be included in their exhibition. Hour" Wednesday, Nov. 30. Pur· of the show. education? religious groups about sources of Dr. Mary Jane Showers will pose of the Advent Hour will be to Acting and singing talent also are "Why should I? We'd just get conflict and misunderstanding be­ supervise the dissection of several strengthen the relation of alumnae needed, according to The resa, who into an argument," might be your tween Catholics and adherents of specimens by her anatomy class. with the college and to extend the insists, "Even if you don't think answer. other faiths. spiritual and the cultural life of the you have any theatrical specialty, Why don't we talk about these Each of the 175 Catholic colleges college into their lives. there will be openings for chorus things with people of other beliefs? and universities which belong to The program, to be held in ';he work." Is it because we know they won't NF will conduct a special study on Council Backs college auditorium, will include agree with us? Or is it that we campus to prepare students for this scripture readings, Advent hymns. don't know enough about our own exchange of ideas whose ultimate Citizens Group explanations of Advent customs and Archbishop Speaks purpose is inter-faith cooperation. a display and sale of materials for Archbishop Karl J. Alter will Sixteen students of Our Lady of Students of Our Lady of Cincin­ seasonal observances. Christmas s p e a k on the "Ecumenical ALUMNAE SOLICITORS Cincinnati will participate in the nati College will formulate a policy cards and gifts prepared by the Council" on campus at a meet­ pluralism study. The girls will read concerning the problem of indecent college liturgy committee and the ing of the Notre Dame Club, KICK OFF FUND DRIVE a designated book and then meet literature to supplement the work art department also will be avail­ Dec. 11 at 6:00 p.m. Kick·off dinner at the college monthly on Sunday afternoons for of Citizens for Decent Literature. able. this evening will mark the begin­ a discussion session. The Rev. Mar­ A report on this policy will be ning of the sixth annual Edgecliff tin Garry, O.P ., chairman of Edge· made at the Student Council meet­ Alumnae Fund Drive. Present at cliff's philosophy department, wi ll ing, Nov. 29. the event will be all the solicitors serve as adviser for the group. Sis­ Marilyn Mauer heads the policy Edgecliff Colleen's Plan and district chairmen, officers of ter Mary Ge rtrude, NFCCS mod­ committee. She and her committee the Alumnae Association and the erator, also will take part in the will draw up a resolution giving Edgecliff Advisory Council. Mem· meetings. the Council's stand and proposed hers of the Edgecliff Husbands At the first meeting, Nov. 20, the action on indecent literature. If To Create Irish Mood Committee, a group organized in book for discussion will be John approved by the Council, it will be " Mood Music" has been added of the production, are being as­ the past year whereby the hus­ Courtney Murray's We Hold These submitted to the Ohio-Kentucky to Edgecliff's production of Far Off sisted by a crew headed by Theresa bands of the alumnae have joined Truths: Catholic Reflections on the region of the National Federation Hills Nov. 18 and 20. Froehle, stage manager and Ann together to help with the expansion American Proposition. Father Mur­ of Catholic College Students; if ac· Since the locale of Lennox Rob­ Klobe rg, assistant stage manager. of the college, have also been ray, a J esuit, is widely respected cepted by the region, it will be pre· inson's Abbey play is old Ireland, Joyce Deane is in charge of make· invited. as one of the most vigorous and sented at the National NF Con­ characteristic songs will be sung up. She is being aided by Elizabeth Mary Burns Bohlen, Alumnae perceptive Catholic apologists of gress in Pittsburgh next August. before the opening curtain and be­ Dammarell, Carolyn Brink, Mary president, will act as mistress of our day. Two future dances will be dis­ tween acts by a group of "colleens" Ellen Kremer and Mary Hanley. ceremonies for the evening. The Students who will participate in cussed at the next Student Coun­ under the direction of Sister Mary Other committees include: stage­ program will include a report from this study are: Diane Bard, Mar­ cil meeting. The Yuletide Ball will Joeline. crew: Judy R einbolt, Sharon AI­ J ean Luttmer Freeman, chairman lene Henkel, Judith Lynch and be held Dec. 26 in the Marie An· The singers include: Maureen bonetti, Eilene Westerback, Dianne of the Special Gifts committee. A Betty Wilton, seniors; Maureen toinette Ballroom of the Alms Ho­ O'Connor, Janice Hoetker, Ann Bien, Rita Posinski, Mary Ann film of the ground breaking cere· Bonfield, Mary-Clarke S c·h u It e, tel , and the Junior Prom, May 5, Hirschberg, Theres a Froehle, Eckes and Lynn Luke; props, monies also will be shown. The Nancy Spicer and Joyce Hugen· 1961, in the Roof Garden of the Elaine Ludwig, Betty Punghorst, Theresa Froehle, Therese Rom­ guest speaker for the evening will berg, juniors; Rosina Brienza, Sheraton-Gibson Hotel. Classes in Barbara Otto, Susan Feist, Bar· weber; lights, Lois Koch; publicity, be Mr. Charles Eisenhardt. Mary Imm, Bonnie Laugle, C harl­ charge of the Yuletide committees bara Miller, Lois Koch, Freida Norah Edelmann; costumes, Ann Mr. Eisenhardt is a partner of delle Sanders and Judith Woeste, are: seniors, orchestra (Buddy Mader, Marilyn Matthews and Kloberg, Carolyn Brink, Mary Bax­ the Hess and Eisenhardt law firm, sophomores; B a r b a r a Beesten, Rogers) ; juniors, chaperones and Alice Brode rick. ter, Karen Meyers, Marylou Pfis­ and a past president of the Xavier Susan Greenup and Carol Trauth, programs; sophomores, re fr esh­ Sister Mary Hildegarde and Mrs. ter. Mary Sue Brueneman will be U niversity Alumnae Association. freshmen. ments; freshmen, decorations. Mary Louise Merryman, directors captain of ushers.

" unhappily married to you, Harold?" " 'tis the far-off hills are green." "Did you see the queer case in today's paper?" 2 THE EDGE CL IF F November 13. 1960 Catholic Atmosphere Is Unique; Edgecliff Reiterates Invitation Tiie Arts We of The E dgecliff, in t he name of the administration, faculty and student body, extend a sincere welcome to the visiting high school seniors and juniors. We are happy that By Norah Edelmann '61 so many of you took the t ime t o visit our campus. We are The Playhouse in the P ark is a n proud of our college and we welcome the opport unity to "show example of what can be do ne with it off." !' a little ingenuity a nd a tre m e nd o u ~ Many of you are now having difficulty deciding which amount of imagination. "Impres­ college you want to attend. May we point out a few factors sionistic," " abstract" a nd eve n which we believe would be helpful to you and which we believe "weird" can all be used to describe it would be wise for you to consider before making your the Playhouse, and yet as I type decision? these words they seem unsatisfac­ Remember that a "college" is not just a group of buildings tory and inadequate to give a n ex­ in which students attend classes and attempt to pass ex­ act d efinition of this hollowed-ou t aminations. It has these things, but it has much more. It is shell of a building which Mr. J erry surrounded by an atmosphere of its own - one which has an Covell, the producer, now calls a influence upon the the entire lives of those who attend it. It theate r. is this atmosphere which distinguishes the Catholic college or The "old stone edifice a top E den university from the secular institution. This atmosphere iG Park" has been completely reno­ immaterial, yet it is represented by physical actions and objects. vated. It has a seating capacity of It is reflected in the daily activities of the college and in the about 180, although this varies with lives of the students. each pe rforma nce. It is what is known as a "three-quarter theate r," By the time that you are graduated from high school you not quite "theater in the round." will have reached a certain point in your intellectual develop­ The plays, which have been well ment . If you have been attending a Catholic high school, your chosen by Director David M . J ones, religious knowledge should be at about the same level. Now le nd themselves admirably to a lay· you are faced with a problem. You may attend a secular out of this kind. E ven though he institution and continue your intellectual development in vari­ has to conte nd with an e xtremely ous fields with one important exception. That, of course, is unde rsized acting area , he has cre­ theology. Or you may attend a Catholic college or university ated limitless deviations from the and advance your knowledge of your religion at the same rate originally accepted styles and in­ that you advance your knowledge in other fields. terpretations of the productions se­ The choice must be your own. We obviously advocate lected . that you choose a Catholic college or university for your own So far this season, Playhouse has benefit in this world and in the next. Above all, we reiterate our done Compulsion, The Cave Dwel­ welcome. We trust that your visit today is both enjoyable lers and is presenting from now and informative, and we hope to see many of you next fall until Nov. 20, Arthur Milter·s as members of the class of 1965 of Our Lady of Cincinnati Death of a Salesman. Androcles College. and the Lion, Orpheus Descending, CURA Gives Aid Our Town and Caligula will be While giving thanks for our college education, let us ponder staged during the remaining eight the plight of countless numbers of gifted young people who week period. crave such an education but can not possibly afford it. Devil's Workshop Unknown If you want to expe rience some­ Many of these people live in South Korea, an overpopulated thing completely n ew in the the­ "Idleness is the devil's workshop" is an axiom unknown to ate r, go to the Playhouse in the nation with poor soil and very little industry. When North Korea Edgecliff girls. Not only do they carry a full schedule at school, fell under Communist control, two-thirds of its population mi­ Park for an unparalleled evening including campus extracurricular activities, but they keep busy of entertainment. grated to South Korea in order to keep the country united. off campus as well. There, the University of Seoul is available to provide the truth * * and knowledge that can save South Korea from Communist Whoever said that girls go to college only to spend their A year ago the re seemed to be rule and from complete undevelopment and poverty. father's money for four years never visited this campus. A high no relief in sight from the static which was being played by most of As long as the already poverty-stricken Koreans have no percentage have part-time jobs, which enable some to cover their college expenses completely. Many volunteer their services the daytime radio sta tions. This financial means for education at the university, the country will noise was heard in every medium continue to decline. It is estimated that the cost for one student - from recreational supervisor at an orphanage to catechism teachers at the various community centers. of sound. You couldn't escape it. for one year at the University of Seoul is $200, but this cost Good news came this year in the will have to be met by help from other nations. Perhaps ushering is the easiest form of "work,'' but it re­ form of WSAI's new F M statio n The Ohio-Kentucky region of the NFCCS, through the turns dividends in enjoyment. Their tasks over, the students and its H eritage Music program. CURA movement, has accepted the challenge to provide some of have the opportunity to hear the Cincinnati Symphony Orches­ It's not as though this is a n a ll ­ this help. You, as a part of the organization, can be of particular tra, or perhaps a jazz concert or a touring play. new thing because FM has been aid. You can best express your gratitude this Thanksgiving for Thus while working for their degrees, Edgecliff girls gain at giving the public top-notch ente r· your college education by helping less fortunate people, young least part-time experience in the social service and fine arts tainment for a long time, but the re people like yourself, to have a similar education. How? Simply fields. are so few stations on the F'M fre­ by supporting all the CURA activities on campus. The first such quency. The addition of a new sta­ activity, a dance on Oct. 9, was quite successful and there will tion is more than appreciated. The be more to come. by Virginia Powers '61 prog ram is aired eighteen hours a Have a profitable Thanksgiving by resolving to support CHALLENGE and Barbara Wiethe '61 day with a format designed for CURA wholeheartedly. popular appeal. It includes classical By Jan. 1, 1961 the re will be 27 t hese deficiences. Africa's search mus ic, jazz, ope re ttas, Broadway independent countries in Africa. for success may fo llow a fluctua t­ show tunes and folk music. Devil by the Sea More than h alf gained thei r free­ ing a nd empirical pattern. Its deal­ dom in 1960. These young nations ings with communist a nd western own inte rest, relinquish the efforts face gigantic tasks in t he years blocs is certain to be exasperating to develop Africa. BOOK BEAT a head. They must educate t hem­ a nd, at times, disillusioning. H e re is the great problem a nd selves; they must develop their re­ challenge fo r the W est. W e have by Mary Sue Kampe '61 " New Africa" sources a nd learn the processes of Ghana's guided democracy a nd to m ake possible a clear sense of T he old story of the child who wife who squabbles with her step­ democratic self-government - or t he enactment of laws that would purpose. W e need to be flexible in cried "wolf" once too often is the daughter; a nd the husband who is risk falling to home-g rown dicta­ be unacceptable in the U.S. may recogni zing that methods adapted theme of Devil by the Sea. An caught up in a business. Only Hil­ tors. a ppear as the earl y pe rve rsion of to African conditions must be em ­ E nglish sea resort at the end of lary and her younger brother Pere­ The United States is exposed to parlia me ntary government a nd law. ployed to advance the pace of mod ­ summer is the setting for Nina grine stand clear a nd new. great uncertainties in Africa. With· But in the wide context of the ernization, even t hough t his may Bawden's novel. out t rusted habits of freedom, or " New Africa" this is what the gov­ be somewhat alien to our own prac­ Amateur Psychology Nine·year-old Hill ary, possessed accwnulation of diverse skills or e rnments feel t hey must adopt to tice. T his will be a severe test of Although well used, the psychol­ of a precocious imagination, wit­ without the capital wealth requ ired give coherence, discipline a nd di­ our liberalism a nd discernment. ogy motivating the story is th at of nesses a m urder. In her mind she by modern industry, they wi ll re­ rection to their people. T his is why Need Alternative an amateur. Miss B awden uses it identi fies the murderer as the q uire unusual means to correct Western societies cannot, in their W e must provide a n attractive to explore the relationship of Hil· Devil. She is terrified by her sec­ alternative to the aggressive radi­ lary with her family, particularly ret, but cannot refrain from telling calism of Russian fo reign poli cy. the relationsh ip between H iJJary the adults around her; they are We have reason to be concerned and the priggish Peregrine. The too caught up in their own affair abou t t he weak and unconvincing psychology is not always under­ THE EDGECLIFF to realize the danger she is in, image projected by all of the West· stood by the reader and this causes The Edgeclllf Is the oilicial publication of S • PRESS • P and they also know she loves to be Our Lady of Cincinnati College, Edgecliff, em wo rld. T he existence of a suc­ the characters to seem jerked like Cincinnati, Ohio. conducted by the Religious the center of attention. Sisters of Mercy. It appears monthly throughout cessful a nd impressive democratic puppets in and out of situations. D A Childhood Terrors the year. liberalism could be of the greatest The style is efficient and detached, ~~~E D The te nsion of Hill ary's child­ N I value in generating an atmosphere but the underlying idea of a child Member hood terrors are played out against T N of understanding and sympathy to­ on the border of an adult world ·AWARD · the real te rrors of every day Jiving Ohio College Newsp aper Association 1959 . 1960 ward peoples engaged in a difficult falls short of the goal. in the adult world. General anxiety Associated Collegiate P ress Catholic S chool Press struggle toward a new destiny. about Hillary's fate is maintained The e nding is particularly bad. Already the internal struggle in The mothe r, realizing the results •EDITOR ...... Betty W ilton '61 through the g rowing preoccupation ASSOCIATE EDITOR . . . . L ucy Ruaaell '6Z Africa ha begun betwee n integra­ of the adults with petty details of of her neglect, is allowed to gush MAKE-UP EDITOR ...... Marilyn Rubin ' 62 ASSISTANT EDITORS .. Margie Frabell '63, Patricia K immell '63 tion and separation, between old prestige and social success. over it for too many paragraphs. CIR CULATION E DITOR . Lola K ock '63 tribalism and new nationalism. Un­ And Hillary. rescued deus ex FEATURE AND SPORTS EDITO RS Joyce Hugenberg ' 62. Mary Clark Schulle •sz Each membe r of the family is ART ED ITOR ...... Donna K e n nedy '62 derstaffing of government and the presented as a contemporary type. machina Crom the "devil," is too COLUMNISTS ...... Norah Edelmann '61, Marlene Henkel '61. M ary Sue lack of industrial skill will take a Kampe '61, Virginia Powera '61, B arbara Wietha ·51 They are eccentric, maladjusted bored to even care about telling the REPORTERS: Diane Bard, Kay Bartlett, Elizabeth Dammarell, DolorH Donnel­ generation to rectify. Comp tent police. lon. Mary Dreuman. Peggy Gerding. Mary Lee HowH, Mariann Kuebler, Shirley people. M ost of the characters are JoHp h, Sllaron Albonatti. Mary Baxter, Sandee Behringer, Kathy Boeac:h, Carolyn officials develop slowly. type characters set in type situa­ Anyone interested in English B r ink, Mary Sue Bruenaman. Juliana Gehling. Carol HHter. Ann Klobarg. M ary Africa is isolated and in danger. C. Kreimer, P et Merrill, Jeanne RolfH. Chardelle Sanden, Joanne Schackmann, tions - the aged aunt who i a mystery stories will find the novel Marianne Schoemaker, Martha Schuetz, Betty Jane Selbert, Karan Rae Smith. Destiny is marching to its borders. Jayna Woods. beach-comber; the young second worth reading. FACULTY MODERATOR MIH Halen Detzel Th time for complacency is gone. November 13, 1960 THE EDGECLIFF 3

the Liturgy Commission of the Ohio-Kentucky Region. Eleven Seniors Named To Who's Who Marilyn Maue r is president of IRC and representative of he r class Eleven seniors were selected re­ on Council. For her service as class cently to represent Edgecliff in the president in the freshman and 1960-61 edition of Who's Who in sophomore years Marilyn was American Colleges and Universi­ awarded a medal from Kappa ties. A stude nt-faculty committee Gamma Pi, national women's hon­ voted membership on the basis of orary sorority, as the outstanding se rvice to the school, leadership, sophomore. Marilyn's major is his­ academic standing and participa­ tory. tion in extra curricular activities. Prefect The following merited inclusion: A member of Student Council, Diane Bard, Student Council Rose Ann Stadtmiller is prefect of president, served on Council for the Sodality. A history major, three years. She was NF junior Rose Ann had been active in CSMC and senior delegate in her sopho­ and IRC. For the last three years, more and junior years. Diane, an she has served as representative to English major, is a four year staff the Catholic International Students member of The Edgecliff and mem­ Committee. Last year, she was an ber of Pi Delta Epsilon, national official delegate to LUNA. journalism fraternity. She is a History major Barbara Wiethe member of the Literary Annual is a columnist for The Edgecliff. editorial board and Literary Guild. She also attended LUNA last year Kathleen Byrne, senior class as a delegate. Barbara belongs to president, is vice-president of Stu­ IRC and is active as executive for dent Council. Majoring in biology, a Democratic precinct. Barbara was Kathleen is a member of the Sci­ E d g e c I i ff' s representative for ence Club. She has been active in "Youth for Kennedy." parish sodality work, and helped Betty Wilton, editor of The organize the Council of Catholic Edgecliff, belongs to Pi Delta Ep­ Youth at her parish, St. Cath­ silon. She is currently parliamen­ arine's. tarian of Student Council and Representative served on Council in her junior Majoring in speech is Joan year as Regional Social Service Dennemann, senior class repre­ Commission Chairman for NF. An Seniors Elected to Who's Who are, clockwise, Kathleen Byrne, Diane Bard Rose Ann Stadt­ sentative to Council. Joan, an ac­ English major, Betty is a member miller, Judith Lynch, Barbara Wiethe, Betty Wilton, Marilyn Mauer, Joan Dennemann, Mari­ of the editorial board of the Liter­ ann Kuebler, Norah Edelmann and Pat DiPuccio. tive member of Edgecliff Players for her fourth year, was elected re­ ary Annual, Literary Guild, IRC cording secretary of Edgecliff's and Edgecliff Players. ATTIC chapter of Alpha Gamma Omega, SALT Pi Delta Award national drama sorority, this year. by Marlene Henkel '61 National honors came last In her junior year, she served as Concert Held "Gobble-sob, gobble-sob" - is the feverish activity. one places pan­ week to Our Lady of Cincin· treasurer of her class. cry of the fear-stricken turkey, as orama of Thanksgiving on the din­ nati's newspaper, The Edgecliff. Elected secretary of the senior In McAuley all over the nation the populace ing room buffet. Yes, there it is - Taking honorable mention in class, Patricia Di Puccio is major­ A musical tradition at Edgecliff prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving one peg-legged turkey and seven the Pi Delta Epsilon national ing in art. Pat was president of the -its St. Cecilia concert in Mc­ Day by staging everything from no-neck pilgrims in a fi eld of journalism contest's news story junior class and served as secre­ Auley Hall - will be continued turkey dinners to turkey trots. Or, orange maize interspersed with lop­ division was a story by Marilyn tary of Student Council. Monday, Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. if one is anti-turkey, one can al­ sided pumpkins. Happy Thanks­ Carroll. Miss Carroll, now Mrs. Norah Edelmann heads Edge­ The November program will in­ ways do the goose step or the giving. John W. Connolly of West La· cliff Players and is treasurer of clude: chicken chug. Ah! It is a fowl sit­ Yet, this whole situation brings fayette, Indiana, was editor of Alpha Gamma Omega. An English Fur Elise ...... Beethoven uation. to mind a poem that was popular the paper last year. Her win· major, Norah writes "The Arts" for Rita Posinski ning news story was entitled: Another phase of Thanksgiving in Plymouth ground, the year 1620. ThP. Edger.Ziff, belongs to the edi­ I Would That M y Love It went something like this: "College Experiments in Inde­ torial board of the Literary Annual ...... Mendelssohn Day festivities is decorations. pendent Study Method." Handy do-it-yourself turkey and "The turkey leads a tumultuous and is a member of Literary Guild. Scarlett Krusling Meriting first place in the Barbara Raabe pilgrim kits are available for nom­ life, . Dormitory President competition was Pitt News of Ritual Fire Dance ...... DeFalla inal fees. These are the kits that Filled with fear, anxiety and strife. English major, Mariann Kuebler the University of Pittsburgh Caroline Howard erroneously state that even a child For the poor turkey, be he saint is president of the Dormitory Coun­ and second place, Newsletter of Impromptu ...... Reinhold can assemble them; the directions or sinner cil. A four-year staff member of John Hopkins University. should state that only a child can Always ends up as Thanksgiving The Edgecliff, Mariann was circ­ Carol Ann Schwable assemble them. The first item in Dinner." ulation co-editor in her junior year. Caro Mio Ben ...... Giordani this handy turkey kit is the dis­ This year, she belongs to Literary Vedrai, Carino ...... Mozart membered turkey. Next one comes Guild, Edgecliff Players, Student Donzelle Fuggite ...... Cavalli upon several press-out pilgrims. WAA Sponsors Bowling; Council and the Home Economics Peggy Joan Gerding And last, and certainly least of all, Club. Accompanist-Lucy Russell there are various pumpkin cut-outs Claire de Lune ...... De Bussy A transfer student from Mount Etude ...... Chopin and all the early Ame rican phe­ Woodpeckers Head League Aloysius Junior College, Judith nomena provided to add realism to Carolyn Pope Edgecliff's three bowling leagues ages for four games are held by Lynch is president of CSMC. Jud­ one's buffet decorations_ Cantate Domino ...... Hasler have been formed and the strikes Kathy Brady, 135; Anne Baxter, ith, an art major, is a member of Orchestra Song ...... Schuman The initial problem one e ncoun­ and spares are mounting. Afte r 132; Judith Schuckman, 126. Student Council and chairman of Edgecliff Choral Club ters is the assembling of the tur­ three meetings the "Woodpeckers" J eanne Rolfes was elected sec­ key. First of all one is supposed are leading the league with an retary of the Monday league; Anne representing the freshman, sopho­ to fan out what can only be de­ average of 437. In second place a re Baxte r, treasurer. Marilyn Orms­ more, junior and senior classes will Topics Planned scribed as a crepe-paper balloon­ the "Hits and Misses" with 407 bee is secretary of the Thursday participate in a round-robin tour­ For Table Talks like turkey body; this is to be se­ and in third place a re the "Alley­ league; Robe rta Buse, treasurer. nament at Williams "Y" on Tues­ curely fasten ed with ten or twelve clusters" with 392. Each team has With bowling under way, WAA day and Thursday afternoons. "I think Castro will be out by the end of the year." "Do you think clips. After that the head is stuck won three games and los t one. is now sponsoring intra-mural com­ Membership in W AA is not neces­ in place by sliding tab A into the The three top individual aver- petition in volleyball. The teams, sary for participation. the U .S. embargo against Cuba will neck slot conveniently labeled slot do any good?" "Why don't we send A 1 - this is found near the north­ military aid to the Cubans who ern e nd of the turkey's body. The oppose Castro?" head affixed , the next m embers to This is a sample of s tude nt be added are the feet. They belong lunch-time conve rsation. Such ta­ in the southe rn area of the bird. ble-talk sessions, sponsored by the and are faste n ed in slots B and B'. International R elations Club, are This completed, one places the held each Wednesday in the dining other essential parts of the turkey hall throughout the entire lunch - bill, comb, toenails - in their period. respective slots - c, d 4 and x". A topic is chosen for each week, Having completed the turkey, one and is posted in advance on the next p resses out the pilgrims and NFCCS bulletin board, third fl oor the tab-slot p uzzle begins a new. of the Adminis tration Building. Fina ll y, after several hours of Each subject for discussion is one of current international importan ce which has been featured in the Mrs. Walter J . Arling, in news. gratitude for a favor. provided "The purpose of these discus­ pictures and materials for the sions," said Marilyn M a ue r. IRC Enthronement of the Sacred p resident, " is to create interest a nd Heart ceremony, held recently a wareness of current events among at Our Lady of Cincinnati Col­ the entire student body_" She em­ lege. She is the mother of phasized that th e discussions are Claire Arling, sophomore. and designed to include all stude nts, not of Beatrice Arling Brinkman merely IRC members. '46. "If just one girl at each table The Rev. Alfred G. Stritch. would turn the conversation to the college chaplain. officiated at week's topic," said Maril yn, '"our the ceremony. Round Robin discussions are carried out at an IRC luncheon meeting by Nancy McKenzie, Wednesday 'table talk' would be­ Janet Moore, Marie Welsch and Rita Reichling. come campus-wide." 4 THE EDGECLIFF November 13, 1960 CI u b Circuit Common Sense An evening with the Alumnae to promote a deepe r observance of Advent will highlight the Nov. 30 meeting of the Liturgy Club. The Is An Asset, club's newly organized s tudy groups are holding weekly meetings to discuss various a pects of the liturgy. An Epiphany program is planned Chemists Find for Jan. 5. by Betty Punghorst '62 The CSMC project this month calls for members to invite inter­ E dgecliff scientists have proved national students to their homes for Thanksgiving dinner. that the best " catalyst" for a chem­ A rep resentative from Children 's Conv alescent Home was guest ical reaction is common sense. sp eake r at the Nov. 10 meeting of Home Economics Club. Saundra Lady, Physical che mistry s tudents have president of the club, attended the Home Economics assembly Nov. 5 been confronted each year with a at the University of Cincinnati. major problem in the ir firs t e x­ Edgecliff Players will join the Music Club and the Red Cross Club periment - the Victor Meyer Mol­ to present a Christmas Variety Show at Vete rans Hospital, Ft. Thomas. ecular W eight Determination. The "Joyous Season," a short play, will be given at the Edgecliff Players principle of the experiment is on m eeting, D ec. 13, along with a Varie ty Show, reports Norah Edelmann. the Universal Gas Law which en­ club president. ables one to calculate the molecular M embers of the Red Cross spend their Saturdays at the St. Joseph weight of a volatile s ubstance by Infant Home. They h elp care for and entertain the children. finding the volume a given weight Miss F . Winifred Dore, headmistress of King's Lynn High School of the s ubstance will occupy whe n for girls, England, will be guest s peaker at the next meeting of the volatilized. Literary Guild, Nov. 17. Miss Dore, who is touring the U.S. under Experimental Process sponsorship of British-American associates, will address the club unde r The substance, such as carbon the general heading of " England: Yesterday and Tomorrow." tetrachloride, is placed in a small capillary bulb which will break when it is dropped in the long Vic­ Vatican Appeals to Laymen: tor Meyer tube. However, within this tube a constant temperature mus t be maintained by steam in Latin Americans Need Help order to expand the air to a con­ Opportunities and responsibilities CSMC, the speaker emphasized , is stant pressure. of the lay missionary in Latin ready to serve as an information How can this he done when the America were outlined at a com­ center for collegiate groups in pro· stoppe r must be taken off the tube bined meeting of the NFCCS, IRC rooting this new and im1>ortant d e­ to introduce the capillary bulb? As and CSMC, Nov. 9. Leade r of the velopment in the mode rn mission the stopper is removed, cool, con­ discussion was J. Paul Spaeth, apostolate. tracted air enters. This was a prob­ activities director for the CSMC, lem until Edgecliff physical chem­ who has been in close touch with ists under the direction of Miss the Rev. John J. Considine, chair­ Jane Glenn found a solution. man of the recently constituted Campus At last, Success Latin America Bureau of the Na­ Miss Glenn advised the students tional Catholic Welfare Conference Calendar to place inside the tube two nails Experimenting to find the molecular weight of a volatile (Washington) . NOVEMBER held in place by two magnets put­ Pointing up some of the direc­ side the tube. These nails could act 13 Open House for High School substance are Patricia Kruse and Katherine Titus. tives which have been released from as a resting place for the capillary Students the new bureau, Mr. Spaeth said bulb while the constant tempera­ Alumnae Solicitation Dinner that the appeal for " Papal Volun­ ture conditions were being ob­ 14 Mid Semeste r Grades Due teers for Latin Ame rica" is a call Assembly Speakers Present tained. But a problem still re­ 16 Music Club Meeting for lay workers. mained - how to place the bulb Science Club Meeting The "Volunteers," he said, will \'Tariety Of Topic Material gently upon the nails, for if the 17 Literary Guild Meeting be sent in teams of three to ten, bulb broke, one hour pre paring the 20 NF Pluralism Discussion to areas in Latin America whe re Religious Art assembly at Edgecliff. capillary bulb and two hours weigh­ 21 St. Cecilia Concert their services have been requested. The FBI's actions, he explained, ing it on the analytical balance 23 Thanksgiving Vacation B egins The proper use of material, space Types of work in which they will m u ·t be aµpruvec.I by the judiciary, were lost. The scientists ponde red, 28 Classes Resume and color is a serious responsibility, engage include classroom teaching while the bureau itself actually is why not tie a thread around the 29 Student Council Meeting the R ev. Alfred Longley, Minne­ (especially of English) , educational part of the executive branch. Fi­ tube and lowe r it by this means? Red Cross Meeting apolis liturgist, told an Edgecliff counseling, organizing of social and na nciall y, the bureau is dependent Sure e nough, it was successful and 30 Liturgy Club Meeting assembly recently. religious work among univers ity upo n the legislature. the proof was given: students, guidance in various types DECEMBER "The atrocious use of the e three "Our country," he said, " needs a Physical ch emistry laboratory mediums in religious art is a ll but of social, educational and economic 6 Home Economics Club M eeting greate r spirit of dedication by ordi­ experiment blasphemous," he said. H e deplored action. 7 Music Club Meeting na ry citizens in the establishment Common the hiding of a lta rs by ornate " Plans," said Mr. Spaeth," are CSMC Meeting and e nforcement of sens ible laws. sense things, asking: " If the whole Li­ long- range and involve an extensive Tri-Lingual Meeting Indiscriminate continual addition Problem ••------,... Solution tany of Saints is hanging by its amount of organization. But the 8 NF Council Meeting-Louisville of laws might only result in cur­ toes around the altar, whe re is the important n eed of the moment, 11 Pluralism Discussion tailment of f r eed o m. Citizens altar?" Fathers Club from the standpoint of coll eges and 12 Edgecliff Players Mee ting should take a more personal inte r­ universities, is study of the s itu­ The Father's Club, at its 13 Science Club Meeting Fathe r Longley made it clear est a nd exert more personal in­ ations faced by the Church in var­ meeting Nov. 22 at: 8 p.m. will that h e is not against o rna me nta­ flue nce in the operation of their ious areas and the possible m eans adopt a constitution and by. tion pe r se. " If the dignity of the community and gove rnme nt." that can be used by Catholic Amer­ laws. All fathers of students Edgecliff Is material is enhanced by disciplined icans to help the people o n the and alumnae who join the club ornamentation, fine. But it must scene solve the problems growing African Turmoil before Dec. 31 will be regis­ be disciplined . L eave a piece of out of these situations." Testing Center Seniors and sophomores will hear tered as charter members. pie a piec!' of pie. Don't make a Timing of the publication of the The American College Testing Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn speak 'sundae' of it. Don't paint the appeal for " Papal Volunteers" was program (ACT) held its first­ at the assembly Nov. 16. Mr. von wood altar to make it resemble su ch that the CSMC was the first semester general test for Cincin­ Kue hnelt-L eddihn spoke at Edge­ marble. Remember that God is Catholic organization in the United nati area college-bound high school cliff last year on the " Future of College Heads infinite simplicity." States to be able to accept the seniors, Nov. 5, at Our Lady of D emocracy in E urope." T his year challenge on behalf of a national Cincinnati College. Calling attention to the fact t hat his topic wi ll be "T he African Tur­ Solicit Funds group. This was done at the recent ACT was inaugurated in pri­ the chasubul e originall y was a sol­ moil." Sister Mary Virginia, president n at i o n a I conven tion. But the vate colleges and universities last die r's coat, the visitor displayed Mr. von Kuehnelt-Leddihn's tra­ of Our Lady of Cincinati College, year to provide "comparable in­ several vestments of this style. vels have included most of Europe, and Sister Mary Edmund, business tellectual data on all high school These, he said, are perfect for con­ Asia and many other parts of the manager, a re making a three-weeks Calypso Numbers seniors seeking entrance to col­ temporary churches. world. tour of leading Ohio firms, on be­ leges." Results of the test can be half of the Ohio Foundation for Are Favorites used by colleges participating in Independent Colleges. The college Fenwick Ballroom was the scene the program for admissions and FBI Operations Faculty Members heads a re visiting leaders of indus­ of the Catholic International Stu­ placement of students, for granting "The Federal Bureau of Investi ­ try, requesting funds for the op­ dent Committee meeting, Oct. 30. loans, scholarships, othe r awards gation is not a secret poli ce force To Posts eration of Ohio's independent col­ International students were hon­ a nd for guidance. Scores a lso will as some people think. It's more Elected leges. The Edgecliff Sisters have ored guests. These students, most be made available to the students like an agency living in a gold fi sh Dr. Siegmund A . E . B etz, pro­ been assigned to Columbus, Cin­ of whom are pursuing academic and their advisors to aid in sound bowl," Edmund Mason. special fessor of English and Classics at cinnati and C leveland to interview work at the University of Cincin­ vocational and coll ege choices. agent in charge of the FBI's cen­ Our Lady of Cincinnati Coll ege, "Ohio's Corporate Good Citizens," nati, Xavier University, Institu­ Tests used in the ACT program tral office, told a freshman-junio r was elected secretary of the Mid­ as the donors are known for their tum Divi Thomae, W este rn Col­ evaluate general capacities in Eng­ west Coll ege and University D e­ deeds. lege for Women or Good Samari­ lish, mathematics, social studies partment, Nationa l atholi c E::lu ­ Non-tax s upported colleges in tan Hospital, represented many and natural scie nces. One partic­ Congratulations cational Associati on, at its recent Ohio pioneered the OFIC venture European and Asian countri s. ular advantage of the test is that meeting in Chicago. H e succeed3 te n years ago. During the past The inte rnational studen ts pre­ it provides colleges with ability Edgecliff extends congratula­ Brothe r Julius E dgar, F .S .C .. dean year, 1,189 firms contributed. As sented a program of native talent. data on students e nrolling from tions to Mary Jo Kaestle and of aint M a ry's Coll ege, Wino:-ia. contributors and contributions have According to witnesses, the favo ri te othe r states and will eliminate Florence Chen. juniors. who Minn. grown, howeve r, so have the needs. act was the impromptu singing of separate entrance, scholarship and contributed volunteer service In a nothe r recent meeting, Dr. Coll eges participating hav e in­ outh Ame rican calypso songs by placeme nt exams used through out to the Community Chest dur­ Betz was e lected preside nt of the creased from 19 to 3 1 - registra­ three stude nts from Africa a nd the country. The test is compar­ ing the past year. E dgecliff hapter. Ame rican Asso­ ti on from 15 .000 to 30.000 during t hree stude nts from India. able to the Coll ege Entrance Board Mrs. Lula W. Thayer. Execu­ cia tion of nive rsity Profe3sors. the past ten years. The R ev. H e nry J . Kloeke r in­ Examination. tive Director. informed the col­ Sara Thompson Watson, assistant The Founda tion's first-level goal t roduced Mayor D o nald E. Cla ncy T ests will be administe red again lege administration that Mary professor o f E nglish, was elected is $ 1 million, though the mo re real ­ to the audience. Miss Elizabeth F ebruary 25 and April 22 at Edge­ Jo had contributed 9 hours and secreta ry. Dr. Robe rt H a nce, biol­ istic estimate of need for corporate R e id of Grailville was mis tress of cliff, which is serving a s the C in­ Florence, 102V2 hours of work. ogist, form e rl y headed t he E dge­ aid is known to be at least 3 mil­ ceremonies. cinnati area tes ting center. cl iff Chapt r. lion.