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Volume VII. Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 19, 1941 Number 1

IRMAROETTKER Edgecliff Delegates Will 'I PEACE IS TOPIC IS C.SM.C. HEAD Attend Student Peace Meet _ HEADS FRESHMAN CLASS OF FR. D'ARCY I Edgccliff's International Rela- L------Survey Reveals Many 1 tions Club for World Peace will begin its intercollegiate activi­ Famous English Scholar Veteran Crusaders at OLC ties on December 6, with two of Scores Modern Errors its members as speakers at the The College Unit of the C. S. Ohio Valley Student Peace Con­ "Realization brings peace . . M. C. initiated its activities early ference at Marian Colege, In­ Hope is in people like us . . in October under the direction diana. 'that is, in people having the of its newly elected president, Misses Mary Lee Ast and true Christian view of life and Irma Roettker; a senior. Other Rose Pfeiffer were selected to desiring a lasting peace." These officers appointed were Elizabeth represent Our Lady of Cincin­ were some of the important Roettenbcrger, a senior, as vice­ nati College. Miss Pfeiffer's challenges that the Reverend president; Jean Overbeck, a topic is "Present Conditions and Martin D'Arcy, famous English freshman, as secretary, and Temper o[ Latin American philosopher, scholar and lectur­ Mary Ellen Bangert, a sopho­ Countries." Miss Ast's topic has er, brought to the minds of the more, as treasurer. not been announced. faculty, friends and students of Many members were high Miss Betty Muehlenkamp, Our Lady of Cincinnati College school enthusiasts who have re­ president of the club, has select­ in his talk here recently. -cords of faithful and active ser­ ed America's Peace Aims, issued With his keen understanding vice behind them, and now plan by the Catholic Association for of the grave situation of this a more extensive program as International Peace, as the text war, the learned priest brought ·collegiate crusaders. to be followed at the regular before his audience a broad out­ A survey of unit members and monthly meetings. line of present conditions and of their high school affiliations their reasons with possible as shows an active majority. Many, well as probable outcomes. He in one or more ways, have earn­ Freshman Speaks discussed what to him, and ne­ ed the coveted Paladin Jewel­ cessarily to all right-thinking an award given fo1· valuable At Sodality Meet Christians, can be the only means promotion or study club work. of arriving at a lasting peace. Some of those who have receiv­ In her speech as guest speak­ Speaking of the evils of the e d it are Irma Roettker, Mar­ er before the Sodality at Xavier day, Fathet· D'Arcy stated that garet Kiernan, Rose Pfeiffer, University on November 3, Mary Miss Betty Kiernan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Kiernan of that the thought of the world Betty Muehlenkamp, Margaret Burns, freshman, outlined the Walnut Hills is the Freshman class president for this year. has not been improved since Mary Winters. Betty Grunke­ "cell" plan of Catholic Action, 1918. We have the same old meyer, Mary Burns, Betty Kier­ now in effect at Notre Dame shuffling of cat·ds, politically and nan, and Jean Overbeck. The University. otherwise, and the same old resident students from Michigan, Student Council Decides She stated first Pope Pius XI's perverse views that we had Kentucky, and Tennessee also definition of Catholic Action, then. We find these same views rPport intensivP action on their To Obtain School Banner "the participation of the laity bP.ing taught in colleges. Po- "'home fronts." in tht: .tpostolatt: of the hier­ A School banner will be ob ' The board is composed of Bet-1 litically, they SLress freedom In accordance with the three­ arohy ..'' Miss Bti..rns pointed - . . of the individual who in theory fold program of the C. S. M. C. tained as a result of a sugges- ty Kloecker, senior president and . h . b t f out the fact that we as Catholics tion made by Rosemary Cox at vice-president of the Student is anyt mg u ree. - prayer, study, and sacrifice­ so often think that Catholic Ac­ the college chapter has planned the first general Student Coun- Council; Anna Mae Gerbus, jun- Three of the most prevalent tion is acting according to prin­ cil Meeting, which was held on ior president and secretary of views that are sweeping and practical measures for co-opera­ ciples of our religion, saying tion and participation. Wednesday, Nov. 12, in the col- the board; the sophomore class dominating the world today are: our morning prayers, going to lege auditorium. president, Clare Bassman, treas- Marian Economic Determinism; Although prayers for the mis­ Mass on Sunday and so forth. Presiding at the meeting was urer of the board. the psycho-analytical stand- sions and the missionary are to This may be Catholic Action in Margaret Kiernan, president of point, and behaviorism or logi­ be taken for granted, something the general sense, but it differs cal positivism. a bit unusual invites an extra the council. A report of all so- from the real thing in five fun­ Mme. Casadesus We have as a result of these prayer . It is the "Living Ros­ cieties and clubs was asked by damental elements. perversities altruistic utilitarian­ ary'" which is the recitation of Miss Kiernan, and the following First, there must be an apos­ Will Give Concert ism which disposes of God, re­ the entire Rosary every day by presidents gave reports: Alma (Continued on Page 4) Witte, Home Economics Club; ligion and morality; human be­ prayer crusaders. each taking a ------­ Madame Robert Casadesus, ings allowing themselves to be specific decade and a definite Adele Wadel, Music Club; Jean French pianist, is giving a con­ ruled chiefly by their lower ap­ time to say it. Students Oppose Geers, Edgecliff Players; Rose Pfeiffer, Editor of the Edgecliff; cert of piano music at Our Lady petites; and a general lack of The program for study is es­ Radio Broadcast Irma Roettker, C. S. M. C.; Bev­ of Cincinnati College Auditori­ faith in the universe, except in pecially popular with collegiate erly Haley, Literary Guild; Bet­ um, Snuday afternoon, Novem­ two powers - communism and cr usaders. Five study clubs ty Muehlenkamp, international ber 23. The concert will follow national socialism. have been organized on campus The signatures of 150 O.L.C. Relations Club; Rose Pfeiffer, the presentation of Mr. Robert In addition to these philoso­ a nd the topic fo r discussion is students have been sent to the Sodality Prefect; Irma Roettker, Sasadesus's symphony by the phies there is a fourth, the so­ Chr istopher Dawson 's "Progress Pepsodent company in protest Choral Group. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra called liberal democratic v iew. a nd Reli gion .'" aga inst the growing indecency on November 22 at Music Hall. subdivided into secular and of the weekly radio program Suggesting that the Legion o[ As fo r the third project-sac­ Madame Casadesus was born Christian. The secular view sponsored by that company. The Dece ncy be extended into r adio, r ifi ce - opportunities enough are as well as the movies. Susan in Marseilles, France and has wishes to throw off the author­ afforded the student crusader. decision to send the signatures studied at the National Conser- ity, while the Chr istian is that and to object formally to the Dalheim proposed a motion to Plans for making vestments for protest the Bob Hope progr am. vatory of Music in Paris. She held by the thoug htful intellec­ the Home Missions. and for pro­ program was made a t a meeting has studied the works of Ravel, tual who believes in peace of the student body on Wednes­ An overwhelming majority car­ viding necessities for various r ied the motion and plans were Pierne, Faure, Housel, with t he (Continued on Page 4) day, Nov. 12. poor organizations are under made for each stude nt to send composers, themselves. Mad - way. While the Foreign Mis­ It was pointed out at the meet ­ her own protest to N. B. C. ame Casadesus has played with Junior Dance Will Be Held sion s have 'their day' on Univer­ ing that the most effective r em ­ The purpose of the student the Philharmonics of P aris, Salz­ s ity of Peking Day. ed y against increasing vulgarity government organization, as ex­ burg, Switzerland and Holland . In Emery Hall, Nov. 28 in r adio programs would be a plained by Miss Kiernan, is the She marr ied the distinguished boycott of the products of of­ promotion, support and success composer, Robert Casadesus, a nd N. B. to all draft widows: 0 . New Edgecliff Chimes fending companies. It was said of school activities and endeav­ joined her career with that of L. C. has establish ed its person­ Can Be Heard Two Miles that if sales of the sponsors tol­ ors. The counci l board, com­ her husband. They have de- al U. S. 0 . The Juniors h ave erating such indecent programs posed of t he presidents of the lighted audiences in Europe. and taken the matter of defense into were reduced by those who op­ North and South America. their own h ands a nd 0 . L. C.'s Edgecliff's most recent inno­ classes and class representatives, pose the programs, the vulgar meets the first Monday of every Both Mr. Casadesus and his home front will be guarded by vation is a set of chimes, a gift radio shows would soon be elim­ month. At these meetings cur­ wife have taught at the great a Defense Dance on Friday, Nov. of friends of the College. inated. rent activities are discussed and Fontainbleau School of Music in 28. The dance, to be held in Cathedral bells ring out the Margaret Kiernan, president planned, and th class rept·esen­ r'rance and are now at the tern- Emery Hall, will be held night­ Angelus each day at 12 noon, and of the student council, recalled tatives are given the oppo1·tun­ porary school of Fontainbleau in club style. The J uniors are at 6 o'clock in the evening. At that the same type of opposition ity to voice the suggestions and Newport, Rhode Island. looking to their own first line of 8: 20 there is a five minute con­ had been remarkably effective ideas of their own class mem- The concert will be followed defense and the matter of a cert of familiar church music. in outlawing offensive motion be rs. by a tea in Emery Hall, Miss prom. All proceeds of the dance On Sundays and F eastdays the pictures. "The Legion of De­ Frances Loftus, teacher of music will go to this fund. The Junior chimes are also heard at !l a. m . cency," Miss Kiernan recalled, at the college will be hostess to Draft Board No. 102573 has re­ The musical notes are actual­ "struck at the motion picture Crusaders, Attention! promine nt Eastern friends and cruited the following selectees: ly recordings, and the tone industry whece it was most vul­ a large number of interested IDay and Evening Division stu­ emerges from pipes located in nerable, the box-office." She College Group Reception ~incinnatian~. She will be as- dents of Xavier University; the the chapel near the organ. Am­ addded that a decrease in tooth- , FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5 s1ste dby Miss Adele Wadel of members of the Friars Club, plifiers erected on the roof make paste sal s would have the same Lud~ngto n , Michigan, who is I Fenwick Club, N ewman Club, effect on the sponsors of the the music audible at a distance Details Later. president of the Edgecliff Music 1 and the Phi Kappa Fraternity of two miles. Pcpsodent program. Club. ' of the University of Cincinnati. THE EDGECLIFF

always something doing," is Mildred Fisch­ ~~.._...._...._..~._..-.c.._..~ An Open Letter To THE EDGECLIFF er's appropriate description of her favorite THE EDGECLIFF is the official publication of Our niche, the lounge. Mary Gebhart has her Bob Hope and Jerry Colonna Lady of Cincinnati College, Edgecliff, Cincinnati, I CAMPUS own particular lounge. Maybe we're letting Ohio conducted by the Religious Sisters of Mercy. Dear Hope and Colonna, the It appears periodically throughout the school year. out a secret, but just between us 150, it's that downy sofa in Emery - the perfect spot for iCASUALS Pepsodent pair, ADD!RESS: THE EDGECLIFF, Our Gebby's weary lulls between classes. You clean millions of molars, Lady of Cincinn.ati College, Wal­ but sully the air. Edgecliff should be developing a prize 1-- · ~=-~~::~: .. __J You used to be tops, but your nut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohdo. dancer in Leslie Apple. That black-haired It's "America First" in the stuff's now outworn. miss spends her free time with the sym­ Fashion World, this war year, Teleplhone: WOocfuurn 3770. The dirt in your show is pro­ phonette in McAuley Hall. Leslie's also out 1941. We wear on our sleeves ductive of corn. ii for more steak fries and is absolutely thrill­ not our hearts the emblem of ed with the recording of voices in speech our chosen branch of the ser­ You sell us your toothpaste to THE STAFF class. vice. The military influence is keep our mouths clean. A far-away expression fills Ginny Far­ seen in smoothly tailored coats, You should try some yourselves Editor wick's eyes as she tells of the time she copies of Army Campaign Hats, - if you get what I mean. RosE PFEIFFER spends down by the river - just thinking. "Victory Red" lipstick. The And if you continue to serve United States Army teaches us your gags raw, "It's so different" exclaims D. Topmoeller, Associate Editors "right dress" for the college You, sirs, not we, deserve a paste MARY K. KUEBLER MIRIA M TAUTBF.RG enraptured, as she contemplates her classes girls wears a Sam Browne belt in the jaw. with male professors. over her nicest sweater ,and on -E. J . Cliff. Exchange Editor "B eing on my own" is Mickey Helmick's her rain-coat appear the epaul- 1 BEV ERLY HALEY pet line in college. "It's the independence ets of her favorite Second Lieu- of it all," states Mickey. tenant. We are "to our selves -;----·--·---·--1 Art Editor true" with native American lily I c uT T } N ·G MARY FR A 'C J WALTER The Freshies' bag of tricks is beginning to weary Jane Schroeder. " They're just going gilders, sweaters,_ pearls, s~d- I p A G E. s dles, socks. Thmgs we like General Assignments too far," wails Jane. 1 around the campus, because _J LoRRAI E LBERS ]EAN M GowAN An open letter to Seniors, Juniors, and we're young, because we're Beverly Haley J EAN AUFDERBECK ]ANE ClIHOED ER Sophomores: · girls, because we're Americans. tJ __, _ , _.._1 1 - · -· · - · ~ \ JAN E BEIDE HOR N '\ OM I ScHLO SSE R Dear upperclass members, The flip contradiction that is MARY B RNS PATHICIA VEHHA GE After sallying forth from the triumph of Patti Verhage with that lus- WOMEN OF CHINA CA TH ER INE HrnB MAHY Lo u1 E GE BHARDT acquiring a high school sheepskin, I leisure­ trous pearl rope necklace dang- Mayling, Eling, and Chingling MAHILYN HoLBROCK M.\RY FHANCES HESSLI c ly enjoyed an interval in which I contem­ ling outside h r short, utilitar- Soong were born and raised in H EN RI ETTA Km.: HL ER MARY PATRI CIA PERRI E plated the pros and cons of college life. A ian raincoat - Susan Dalheim's the great land of China, but, MAHY Lo PALMER OonoT11 Y VA W1 KLE few months of such debating resulted in my medieval page boy hair-do, those true to the traditions of their MAHY ELIZABETH STEVENS enrollment at 0 . L. C. - a wise choice. pale lovely sweaters, her "eternal American-educated father, they Circulation Managers feminine" softly-rounded hands held to his ideals of reforming Perhaps some of you, as freshmen, exper­ - Jane Biedenhorn's fine, clear- their homeland, and making it ·RUTI-1 GELLENBE CK AN A MAE GERB US ienced the same though ts that filled my cut look in her blue tailored suit the best place to live. In Emi ­ mind when I first came to college. For a -Rose Pfeiffer's blondness in a ly Hahn's story of these three Advertising Managers time I had a romantic conception of college green wool with rafia belt-Miss unusual women, each being in­ life. I thought that it would be nothing MARY LEE AsT Ro sEM ARY Cox Curran's soft tread on her Keds, dviidual in character and aims, more than a round of social activities, a you can't even hear the "Kit- but all sharing the same dynam­ period filled with all play and little work. Assistants ten" - Long, lovely Jane Pike ic qualities, the author presents BETTY KLOE CK ER l\11LDHED LACKE My first few weeks at college, however, looking like an ad for "Life Be- an exceptionally vivid picture of have proved to be an age of realism for me. gins With Vitamins Plus." modern China. · College gave me a new social life, it is true, Beauty Recipes Treating each of the "Soong but that is only incidental. It has provided THANKSGIVING DAY? Beauty recipes heard around Sisters" in a biographical sketch, numerous opportunities for the fun I was the campus _ Beverly Haley "I the pattern of their lives is wov­ HANKSGIVING day! Thanksgiving day? seeking. But the "little work" I had expect- always dampen the ribbed parts en together to make a complete ed has become a great deal of work, and, T For what can we be grateful - for a of my sweaters, after using a picture of their widespread in­ million smouldering ruins of what were surprisingly, I like it that way. For college sweater stretcher, it helps the fluence in China. once homes? For the millions of shattered life has supplied me with an ideal, a goal of garment keep its shape" Patti Personalities · higher spiritual and intellectual education. bodies? For the millions of despairing The work of striving after this ideal has be- Verhage, (running her hands Eling Soong, the eldest, a tom ­ souls? Is Thanksgiving day a mockery? come fun! through . her hair) "I believe in boy, and necessarily, her fath- For what then, can we be thankful? We thrice weekly shampoos, only er's favorite, was educated in can be than'kful, first of all, that we are still Please pardon my "preachy" attitude, but way to keep the old crowning this country and returned to capable of feeling grateful, that the horrors I feel that you yourselves had these same glory in good condition, you Shanghai to become the wife of of man's inhumanity to man have not trans­ thoughts when you were lowly freshmen. I know," (tugging at said flowing Kung Hsiang-hsi, Finance Min ­ formed us into cynical pagans. We can be hope you still have them. locks as if in punishment for the ister. Who would think that thankful for the peace of our great country. "One Among Many." I trouble they cause her). shy and dreamy Chingling, who We are thankful, too, for the little things I People notice things like the was the favorite of Mrs. Soong that m ake our country great- for the solace twin Sanzones in twin tweeds- because she was quiet and obed ­ of little prayers, for the love of an under­ 1 THE RACE FOR SHEEP­ 1' how much Mary Lou Palmer ient, would energetically uphold standing friend, for the song of a bird, for looks like a "Mary Lou" so soft her beliefs in Chinese Commun- laughing children. W e are thankful . for SKINS and young - the way Peggy ism, and stand behind her rev- these and for the infinite Rosary of little O you wonder whether you are wasting Kiernan's tawny hair blends olutionary-minded husband, Sun joys, which, linked one to a noth er, m ean your time in college? It looks fine to with a beige sweater - Adele Yat-sen '? The middle sister, America. D b e a " mce· ,, g1r· l m· t eres t e d m· th e pursm' t o f Wadel's collection. of light per- 1Mayling , with adoring eyes al- the higher things of life, but how about the fumes - the brisk, breathless ways on Eling, venerated her THE CHURCH AND race for daily bread? Are we being sensible look on Connie Clark - Pat Mc- i1 country and her famous husband to aim at high ideals, to shoot at a star, to Donald's . ice blue . sweater with I with similar ardor, in her strug­ WOMEN follow our comprehensive program of gold nail-heads, m the new gle against Japanese aggression. study? What exactly does the graduate of shorter mode-Dorothy Schwae- I As this enthralling tale un ­ 'T"HERE is no denying the influence women a liberal arts college think of her position gerles' stitched saddle leather winds, the extraordinary careers 1 exert in all walks of life today. This, at graduation? She has acquired no tech- shoes - Mary Pat Tuke's slim, of The Soong Sisters are prc­ however,, is no proof that women of yester­ nical skill and she often finds herself unfit silver bracelets-Claire Bassman' sented in an interesting and year were suppressed, or that their talents to assume a position demanding specific following of Vogue's advice clear style, for which Miss Hahn were "bottled u p and undeveloped through training. Have four years of devotion to "Build your wardrobe arnund a will long be remembered. Since the centuries," as some historians would books netted her only the empty distinction black sweater," Claire has a love- she has lived long in China and have us believe. of a degree, which carries with it no power ly one - the way Literary Guild knows the land well, besides Most accusations of this nature are direct­ to impress a practical world with the stu- President Beverly Haley looks having a personal friendship ed toward the Catholic Church. Similarly, dent's peculiar attainments? both Literary and Presidential with the Soong Sisters and ac- the Church is held responsible for all the in a red wool dress with long cess to the intimate and import- social, political, and economic abuses dur­ What, then, is the purpose of a liberal arts k I co 11 ege and what may its graduates expect beige jac et. ant material, Emily Hahn is es- ing the Reformation, when in reality, she to carry away from its halls along with their Questions pecially fitted to write this type was the only existing stronghold of culture for a thousand years. sheepskins? They may expect to acquire the We would like to know-Does I of story. ability to evaluate soundly man's true place Ruth Gellenbeck have a personal ------The Church is being falsely accused of having held women in check, in spite of the in the scheme of things. They will be able color coordinator? She combines Our Neglected Lord fact that she has done more than any other to take the long view of the future. They unusual shades with startling d- institution or agency to elevate them to a will be able to appreciate the truth of Car- fec_tiveness - How did Margaret1 We have time to go here; we place of dignity and respect. Religious or­ dinal Newman's statement, "Knowledge is Brinkman get that long, lean I h t' to go there bl f b · 't d" · ? Sh lk l'k th • ave ime ' ders of women did remarkeable work dur­ ca P a e o emg 1 s own en . g1 ace. e wa s 1 e a or- But the chapel we pass with a ing the monastic age; women attained influ­ If we soundly evaluate our position in life, ough-bred. mere little nod. ence as land-owners, queens, in the arts, and I it must become apparent to us that it is not If a ritual is ever attached to We have time for our friends, even in commerce; they furthered social and as inanimate cogs in a machine, but as in- America the college girl is go- 1 for our work, for our play, educational activities, and on the whole, in- I tellectual personalities that we take our ing to be the perfect exponent. But we haven't a minute for dicated very clearly that they were not re­ place in life. If we have hearts and souls The coming cult, and its distinct- God. pressed. as well as arms and hands, it should be clear ly modern, is the cleanliness I . . that the education which develops the high- cult. On the national propa- We have time to do this; we er faculties is the best and the most com- ganda for this movement we have time to do that, VOICE OF THE FRESHIES I plete education. It is only logical, then, to have no swastikas, red flags, But we pass His abode with a conclude that a liberal arts course, which hammer and sickles, but a col- brief little bow, 'T"HE strange enchantment of the old equips us to live fully, richly, and truly as lege girl with a bar of soap, a We know very well He's invit- I buildings holds Grace Rack spellbound rational beings, is more than the pursuit .of a nail file, a hair brush, a health- ing us in, as she wonders what histories their hallow­ sheepskin. It is a training for a complete chart. We're fanatical about deep · But we haven't a minute just ed walls could tell - "Down, where there's life. 1 (Continued on Page 4) now. TliE EDGECLIFF 3

Our Lady of Cincinnati Col­ lege was hostess again to Theo­ dore Maynard, the renowned poet and historian on November 4, his last visit having been in Unrelated to the category of 1939. those who undermine the gov­ Dr. Maynard introduced Queen ernment, we unveil at this time Elizabeth in a more accurate the "grin and bear it" side of and a more intimate manner than she has been previously ac­ the news. The timely phrase, cepted. In view of his recent The Fifth Column, suggests any­ work Queen Elizabeth, May­ thing from an espionage agent nard is an authority on the Vir­ to an anti-New Dealer, but don't gin Queen and his inside slant be alarmed, it's all in the spir- was both different and enlight­ ening. it of fun so . . Incorporated in his lecture Speak, act, think with were selections from his new We Fifth Columnists are ev­ book of poems "Not Even Death" erywhere. -V.ia Crucis, The Slave's Phi­ losophy, At Communion. He Official report has it that Mary modestly mentioned his latest Catherine Curran, known as .prose work, "History of Ameri- . "Kitten," was seen at the Xavier Military Ball swathed in twen­ can Catholicism," and sums it up 1 as his most ambitious piece of I ty yards of a white nylon para­ work. chute - left after the war games Dr. Maynard took time after I in Louisiana. "It's not sabotage, his talk for personal conver:a- 1 they gave it to me," she says. tion with the girls. At the same dance were seen When questioned as to his im­ many Edgecliff social lights, pression of American Youth, par­ among them Audie with her fa­ ticularly their stand in the pres- Radio acting is one of the new courses begun at Edgecliff this year. Above, Mr . A. Radkey of vorite soldier, petite J ean Mc­ ent upheaval, Dr. Maynard said, WLW is instructing Jane Biedenhorn, Jean Geers, Ma r y Jane Knochel and Audrey Schlosser in broad­ Gowan with a tall man, Dorothy "I'm very hopeful of the fu- castin.:- technique. with Bob . . . say, isn't she the ture of America. The present --·---- - same girl who inspired George ch aos is but a prelude to a res­ Hamilton Nurses I had not captured her first, she I Moat Gets Goat to pour out his heart to her in toration of spiritual values tem­ would have attended school I verse? ... We have heard from porarily lost sight of. Youth Study At Edg cl. ff I here. Marilyn Custer - she's I Of M A I M .d reliable sources that Miriam s. strikes me as bein g practical and e I I th ~ attractive brunette who is c u ey a I s was able to pick escorts out of courageous. going to provoke much of t he 1 a hat . . . lucky girl .. . Mur- The Doctor admitted having A t times the atmosphere "Ah, nurse" type of humor dur- l ·ikP princesses in a medie- murs of, "What a beautiful never had any particular inten­ around 0 . L. C. resembles a "Dr. ing her career - says she's hap- ' val castle nine fair ladies re- gown", greeted Susie J ane's ar- 1 tions of writing but that a com­ Kildare" picture. Nurses sur- PY about the whole thing. cline in t~e dorm-er windows of rival at the Ball. bination of circumstances, an in­ Here's a formal "Won't you 1 Margie traveled to Dayton's round us. We students of the come over and play in our yard" j McAuley Mansion. Eagerly, tense interest in and knowledge Homecoming with Buddy, broth­ of his su bject, an inner impetus "arts" are engulfed by science. from the Cincinnati students of each scans the horizon for the er of Adele, a former student a n d sufficient encouragement And it surprises us. We ex- O.L.C. to their scientific Hamilton approach of her knight errant. and first graduate of Edgeciff. have resulted in his literary ex­ pected to be confronted by a sisters. We never see you ex- A figure is seen in the distance Guess what Gusta got for her . Pression. He enjoys most of all mass of women with a crusad- cept in the cafeteria, and who and nine hearts flutter, momen- birthday from Bill . . . that's writing lyric poetry. ing 'sp1'r1·t, pockets full of p1'lls, can get acquainted from behind t ·1 Th th' " 1 h " · htl Doctor Maynard leaves us to a ham sandwich and a bottle ari y. en is gay ga a ad ng · anticipate his future projects and a cold, clinical glint in their of milk? approaches the "moat" and starts "Music hath charms," sighs without giving the least hint. eyes. We expected to be can- across the bridge, which is the Mary Jane, "and Johnny hath I 1 · both." vassed daily for "symptoms" of M d p t J un y access to this sani;tuary of a dread illness. The popular OSqUerO e Or y solitude. He is now able to be What prof remarked to sleepy COLLEGE SYMPHONY ' Naomi, "When you're through idea of a nurse, I suppose, is C recognized! Eight hearts stop yawni·ng, you can The Cincinnati Symphony Or- . He Id I n M AU Iey . fl answer my . t' f either that of the suave, useless ,' uttering, as the damsel prepares question?" c h es t ra un d er the d1rec 10n o Mr. Eugene Goossens is styling creature on the American Red Ghosts walked in McAuley ' to greet her hero. Alas! his Shades of barefoot days . . . .classical music in Cincinnati for Cross poster or the energetic Hall on Wednesday night of Oct. progress has been stopped .by a Freshie Gebby softly . pattering students of college level. In type who haunt hospital corri- 26, when the Freshmen enter- ,1 la rge sign which hangs on t~e through the hallowed halls of its inaugural season last year doi·s, with a scalpel in each hand. tained the stud~nt body at . the bridge, forbidding visitors until Edgecliff in her baby blue sox. the College Symphony Series I But they are youngsters like annual Halloween masque1ade I a certain date. His retreat is A . new college vogue? Don't proved highly successful. The party. . be alarmed, just another trick 'tt · ourselves, just as fun-loving Th t t d · t 1 slow, and with a sad farewell of that inimitable two-some, C o 11 ege S ymp h ony C omm1 ee, 1 . • e o u s a n 1 n g cos ume • . representing more than seventy- Just as smooth and cute. awards were presented to Pa- 1, gesture to his lady, he signals, Leslie and Mary. five of the high schools and col- I Interviewed at lunch Friday, tricia McDonald, who won the ' ''I'll be back on Friday night." Our best wis;hes to Bob for a leges of the region, have drawn several nurses gave forth with I "most beautiful" award with her Like boarders at the college, speedy recovery, Margaret Mary. up a series of four brilliant con- their ideas of the college, its Spanish senorita disguise; to nine hopeful ladies are r eclining "Harry says" Jean Geers and certs. The dates are: Novem- students, and the general goings I Mary Lee Feldkamp and Eliza- in the windows of McAuley Hall, "It can be done" Jean Lowry ex­ ber 7, December 14, February 1, on around the campus. We beth Diskin, whose "Bundles for passively watching the ditch- changing views on career girls March 8. The ticket ch~irmen I w ~ r e .compa.red '."'ith the girls at Britain" outfit was judged the ?igging p~o~ e ss of a W.P.A. pro- and working wives ... just wait. for the Symphony Committee at M1am1 University by Martha cleverest ; to Dorothy Meade r, as Ject, repa1rmg Edgecliff Point. "Why did they ever open that 0 . L . C. a~e Audrey Schlos- j ~athorn. We came out very "Topsy" ; and. to t~e D~rm S~u- Isn't imagination a wonderful Ibridge, " asks Claire, coming late ser, Ruth Smith, and Betty Mu- m cely, thank you. She adds dents' "walking library ' w hich thing? to class again. ehlenkamp. ' that if the nursing profession included Betty Monnette as the ~~~===-=-::-~;:;;....:;;:::;;:::;;::;,;:::;;:::;;::;;:::;;::;;::;;::;;::;;::;;::;;::;;::;;::;;::;;::;;::;;::;;::;;::; "library card," Mildred Slacke, and Dorothy Van Winkle as " book For Dad, Brother or Fiance ends" with Beverly Haley, Adele MERCY HOSPITAL Cincinnati's Downtown Wadel. Mary K. Kuebler, and THE FENWICK, Athletic Club For Men Jane Pike as the "books." This SCHOOL FOR NURSES Business Men's Dept- P rivate lockers, masseur, entry was judged the "most or­ HAM ILTON, OHIO sun lamps. $20 year. iginal." Athletic Dept.-Open daily 10 a. m., to 10 p. m . Following a game program, Use of all facilities. $10 year; $6 six months. which had been planned by Mil­ Conducted by the Religious Sisters of Mercy Junior Dept.- Open 3 days week; All program s dred Fisher, the melodrama, Affiliated with and facilities. $5 year; $3 six months. "Love is Blind," was presented Write today for literature by Virginia Farwick, Mary Eliz­ Ou r The Fenwick, 435 Commercial Sq., Cincinnati, Ohio abeth Stevens, Grace 'Rack, Mary Lady of Cincinnati College Rt. Rev. Mons. R. Marcellus Wagner, Director Wilkie, and Naomi Schlosser. Refreshments were served by F~~~======:::;~=~~~=-== Miss Elaine Reese and her com- mittee. I Afterward, a senior was heard I to remark, "I had more fun at Compliments thi? year's 'freshie' party t han at a ny other ." on Cheap Elecldclly 0 f Although the ancient Greeks had double flutes, trumpets, Get more out oflife harps, and lyres of many strings A Friend they seem never to have thought of producing two sounds at the same time and never, by acci­ Ident , discGvered, harmony . .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 THE EDGECLIFF

\McAuley Hall Girls r-- ..- ·-·-·-·-.. -:-·-·-·r,Freshman Speaks Jeon Geers Elected 1' Fr. D' Arey Speaks · M A · · · i ALUMNAE A S M President Edgecliff Players O W Id p ' In any ct1v1 hes I I' t oda Ii ty eet J ean Gw•. ,.nio,, w" elect- I n or_ __eace This year Mc-Auley H all has i (Continued trom Page 1) j d 'd t f th Ed l'ff (Continued from Page 1) . . . I NOTES ! I e pres1 en o. e gee 1 nine residents under its spacious i i tolate, a mission for God's glory . . based on a Chr istian view of roof. Although they re present ! Margaret Middendorf ' and the salvation of souls. Each Players at then· supper meetmg life. only a fraction of the entire Virginia Beck 1 of us can be an apostle but be- on October 30. Other officers • h ' J ' ! . . Unless we unite to prevent · student body, they are a nyt m g • 1. cause you cannot give what you are Mar y Lee Ast, vice pres1- but unimportant in the bustle ··--·--·--·--.. - ·- ·-:. do not possess, we must first dent; Mary J ane Knochel, secre· the contrary, the secular demo­ of co ll ~g~ a~ti v i:!es. . Even though they have com- perfect ourselves by coming 1 tary, and Susa n J a ne Dalheim, cratic or left-wing liberalism The big sister of the boat d - pleted their course of study closer to Christ. will run riot in Europe after the 1 ers, Beverly Haley, who com ~s I within the hallowed walls of Second, it is a lay movement. treasurer. close of this world war, accord- from Toledo, is the fountam IEd l' ff h Al are s t 1'll Although our work must neces- A new play by Marjorie Car- ing to Father D'Arcy. There head of knowledge at M c A u 1e y. gee 1 · t e Umna. e sarily be started and guided by leton, "The Barretts," was se- "Bev" as she is affectionately ! part of a huge family that makes the clergy, the membership is lected as the major production will be a violent reaction against , called , is consulted in all mat- ! up the school. This column is composed of the laity. of the year. Try-outs for parts authority with the disastrous re- ters by the rest of the boarder s. designe d to bind ev n more Third, the apostolate of the in the play will be held after sult of license everywhere. On­ Her m ost not e wort~y official ti- closely together all those who laity is auxiliary and subordi- ly the splendor of the Christian tle is that of President of the . as thei·r nate to the higher apostolate of Thanksgiving, and the presenta- ·s Alm·1 Mater v1'ew of life can save the world. Literary Guild. clalm thl ' the hierarchy. tion will take place in February. Betty Mo n e t t e, Beverly's '\ own. Fourth, we must be unified, Sister Mary Hildegarde, mod- As a means of bringing before roommate, is also a senior. This The latest addition to the therefore organization is neces- erator, expressed the wish that men the ways and means of true is her first year as a dormitory Alumnae, the class of '41, is sary. If we realized our union this year prove a successful one Chris~fan t life, the philosopher student. Last summer she was rapidly being absorbed by the in the Mystical Body of Christ, mentioned thre e outstanding active as a Red Cross life-saver if we saw the deep significance for the Edgecliff Players. business and educational world. movements growing in Eng- at the Norwood municipal swim- of the universal union of souls, ming pool. Betty is also an ac- A little super sleuthing revealed it would be impossible not to re- land today. complished dancer who was an the following: alize our personal responsibility Forty Hours' Devotions The first is the League of instructor at Arthur Murray's Margaret Ann Heimann mak- toward our fellow man, toward Closed November 5 Christ the King, started in the Dance Studio last year. Every- ing the advertisers of Dayton, every individual in our environ­ leading Catholic schools in Eng- one knows Betty as the "right ment. Too often we see the Ohio, sit up and take notice. Forty priests, including four land today and imposing upon hand man" of Miss Austin, the ' evil s existing about us and say, librarian. Classmates J eannette Despres ' "It's really none of my business, Monsignori, attended the clos- its members the living of the Next in age and wisdom is and Be tty Hoffman doing their • and what could I do about it ing of Forty Hours' devotion in best of lives. Adele Wadel, a junior. Adele, best to help Seagram's live up I anyway?" the college chapel on Wednes- A second is the Grail move­ whose home is in far-off Michi- to their fin e reputation. Betty Fifth, the supreme goal of the day, Nov. 5. The de votions be- ment which spread to England gan, vies with Beverly as a stu- is in the laboratory and Jean- apostolate of Catholic Action is gan Monday, Nov. 3, with a from Holland, aiming to make dent of the arts, for she is the conquering the world for Christ. newly elected president of the nette is training for supervis- Every one of us can take part High Mass. life beautiful in accordance with Music Club. She is also m· t er- ory wor k · in this magnificent work. Celebrant of the Solemn Ben- Christian belief and sacrifice. ested in the sciences, particu- Margaret Finn at the Public People talk about the great ediction at the closing ceremon- Finally, the re is m England larly in chemistry. Library playing nursemaid to test that America is facing to- ies was the Rev. Henry Lam- an organization of the Sword The sophomores form a pow- all the ir first editions. Peggy day, we hear it on the radio, see and Spirit, whose purpose is to mers, pastor of Sts. Peter and b ild ~ 't Ch · t ' erful quartet in the dormitory. Voss doing the same at the Wal- it in the ne wspapers, and dis- u up " CI Y on ns ian There is nothing insignificant nut Hills br:mch. cuss among ourselves whether Paul's church, Reading. Hymns 9tone and to exempli~y the about any of them. There is He len Landfried, Mary Macke, America can withstand the evil were sung by the choir. splendor of Christ socially, na- . h d b tionally, and internationally. Mary Katherine, t e orm eau- and Rosemary Freyer now on I forces that are attackmg· us on 1 As a closing suggestion to ty, who already is an associate the other end of the apple pol- every side. Steak-Fry Enjoyed editor of the Edgecliff. Her ishing business. They arc now I We are groping in this con- each right-thinking Catholic for doing his part in establishing a other mark of distinction is, well, t eac h'.mg th_ e th rec R' s m· s t ca d \ fused world for something sta- her poise. f · A steak-fry was held on the lasting peace, Father D'Arcy No student who has ever at- o vice ve1sa. I ble to which we can cling in college campus on Wednesday, warned each to guard against tended the choral group can pos- Helen Eberhart getting in . on Ithis confused period. But, in going about thinking that his the ground floor of the motion . Nov. 4, for members of the staff sibly be unfamiliar with the . t b . i't w ·e an our searching for seremty neighbor is a friend of the dev­ p1c ure usmess, as e1 , of the EclgecLiff . · McAuley nightingale, Jane Pike. what with her position in the , and peace, we a re making one i:l. Our neighbors, he said, Afte rwards, at a meeting con­ should be thought of as poten­ She also has the honor of sing- local offices of one of the big- , mistake. We are looking for ing with the Diocesan Choir. ducte d in the staff room, prob- tial children of God. 's known as the " big girl gest of the pi cture studios. the solution to these problems Jane l !ems concerning the first edition Catholics themselves should with the big heart". Mrs. Ted Ammon (Ruth Mey- in material things. aim to break down spiritual pa­ S) W IC · g v·s1'to s at 1145 · . of the paper were discussed. Then there is that devoted er e omm 1 r 1 ·The world can ne ver know 1 rochialism and forget the squab­ twosome, Mary Catherine (Kit- Gilsey. . . 1 true happiness, true peace, until I bles and feuds among them­ selves. They should h elp their ten) Curran and Celeste Doyle. Mary Louise Saat lamcntmg l 1't t t 0 th Ch . t' ' Lines by A. "Ogden" Wadel "Kitten" is a soft-spoken girl that she works so much over - re urns e ris ian way neighbors to see and be well­ from the South. time at Hilton-Davis that she 1 of life, that is, become Christo- disposed toward the best in their 1 The freshmen newcomers to doesn't have time to spend h er I centric. Once there was a man named faith. the h all include Dorothy Van- money. What a pleasant prC' - 1 In a united program of pray- P eter Thompson. ------Winkle ·and Marylyn Holbrock. dicament! ' er, study and action, we find He was loved by someone whose Marylyn is the walking Hamilton Ruth Wetterer rapidly bccom- t h e solution. W e must, umte. d - brother went with a girl News. She is also known as ing a fi rst rate insurance woman. na med Swamson. XAVIER ly, by God's help, model our the boarder wh o goes home Anyone interested in buying some The brother and the girl named every weekend and always re- can con tact her at Western ;rnd lives more closely after His by Swamson have nothing to do turns with candy and home- Southern. a better understanding of His with this story, UNIVERSITY made cookies. Ver y sor ry to hear a bout teachings and an a ttempt to But Swamson is the only thing " ... aims at developing, Dorothy Van Winkle, the J eanne Rehma n. We know that bring Christ into our environ­ we could make rhyme with side by side, the m oral and freshman who haunts Sister everyon e is pulling a nd praying ment. Sw amson - so sorry. inte llec ual faculties of the Virginia's office, is keeping up to fo r her. Herc's hoping that His name was r eally Russel, but students . . it maintains the standards of McAuley. She she is soon up and about. they called him "P ete" I tha t morality must be the is treasurer of the Freshman • Campus Casuals class. 1 Ar rangements are under w ay Hers was Adele but they called vita l force s upporting and . for t he Alumnae Card Party her Adele-unusual but sweet ! There they are - f1om East, h' h . b h ld . (C t' d f p 2) anim ating the whole or­ w 1c w11 1 e e at eight on mue rom age Theirs was the simple, ord1' nary : W es t , N or th , an d S ou th . Th ey • k th · f ganic str ucture of educa­ I have come to obtain a higher j 0 c1 0 ~ ~n . ~ evemnJ ~ De- down s h in i n g health, and plot - tion . .. it is dedicated to : ed ucation, but sometimes Sister ~m ~ · htm . meGry a · ~ r s . fundamentally so, because we're They met, they loved, he left, I send ing forth in to the 1 . h th t th . ay 1c er is eneral Cha1r- vain. We can 't grow siren fin- and she forgot. • wis es a eir man of the affair. ger-nails if we don't drink our 1 pursuit of knowledge would not But something struck me in the world men of soun d judg­ : be su ch a noisy chase. The fo lllowing committees milk to get calcium, our hair beautiful simplicity men t, of acute and rounded h ave b een appointed to assist won't be kitten soft, thick, and her: lustrous if we don't apply the I Maybe it's that, though they intenect and of upright This Girl From 0. L. C. and manly conscience." Hospitality a 11 d Arrange- hair-brush. loved, neither expected felic- ity; - Excerpts from She's r unning down the parkway ments: Carolina McKee, Kath - Health Chart leen Gerau H 1 L df · d Or maybe it lies deeper than Xavier University Humm ing merrily: , e en an n e , About \he health chart- con- only that _ Bu lletin. Starting off another day and Laura J ane Howard,· Reser- sume a b ox of vitamin pills, hop Rather hastily. vations: Mrs. Dan Corbett: Mon- on a scale, Good! I'm on the I'm still trying to find out J·ust ON VICTORY PARKWAY ey Raffle: Mary Angela Creed, way to bouncing beauty _ P ass where the moral is at. I i She saunters through the gate- and Mrs. Harry Heskamp; over dessert for a week, hop on r:~=----.::::;;;;;:;;;;;:;;;;;:;;;;;:;;;;;:;;;;;:;;;;;:;;;;;~======~ way- Prizes: Mrs. Henry Lube; Pu b- the scale, fine! A reed-like fi g- Feels an urge for glee, licity: Virginia Beck and Mary ure in the mak ing. WINDOW SHADES CURTAIN Then r ushes up the pathway J ane Kleve; and Combination This girl from 0 . L. C. Raffle: Lucille Solomon a nd This conce rn about physical CURTAIN RODS DRAPERIES Rosemary Meyer. cleanliness . seems m uch ado VENETIAN BLINDS Her classes passed so quickly; about nothi ng 'till the same idea Needless to relate Donations for t he event are . of revt.:lsion for anything low That she enjoyed it greatly, Ipr iced at 50 cents plus .05 tax · I and mean is reflected in our In a happy state. Refreshments will be served ".1r :n, clear min ds. The Handy Window Shade Co. Ifree of charge. We're full of healthy good MECKSTROTH BROS. I She leaves the campus proudly Anyone desiring tickets can looks and wholesome ideals. And Walking up the street. secure them from any of the why not say so-we're the only 1230 Vine Street Cincinnati, Ohio Storing boastful memories, Alumnae or by calling the col- glamorous figures in this sour Telephone : CHerry 4020 This girl from 0 . L. C. lege. I old world.