MUShare The Phoenix Campus Newspaper Collection 4-29-1947 The Phoenix Vol. X, No. 7 (April 29, 1947) Marian University - Indianapolis Follow this and additional works at: https://mushare.marian.edu/phnx Recommended Citation Marian University - Indianapolis, "The Phoenix Vol. X, No. 7 (April 29, 1947)" (1947). The Phoenix. 128. https://mushare.marian.edu/phnx/128 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Campus Newspaper Collection at MUShare. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Phoenix by an authorized administrator of MUShare. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Traditional Junior Prom, May 2, Ushers in Whirl of Spring Activities The feverish activity and ill-con­ at the Prom immediately preceding cealed excitement prevalent among the the coronation. juniors is not all due to the arrival Madonna Hall is to he the scene of of spring. Much of it can be traced to the dance; May 2, the dace. Plans are the forth-coming Prom, now holding well under way with Mary Stieff and the lime-light in junior class activities. Jane Gaughan in charge as co-chair­ Given for the seniors, the central men. Other committees are headed, feature of the event is the proclama­ respectively, by Lois Tenbieg, decora­ tion and coronation of a Prom Queen. tions ; Shiela McAndrews, refresh­ Candidates selected at the class meet­ ments; and Catherine Gardner, ar­ ing Apr. 21, are: Mary Ellen Fox, rangements. Additional members of Esther Frey, and Mary Ann Gearin. the class are serving on each commit­ By secret ballot sometime before tee. May 2, juniors will elect the Queen. Mary Ann Gearin Mary Ellen Fox Esther Frey Formal announcement will be made Photographs by P. H. Ho, Indianapolis Faculty, Students On N.D. Program The National Catholic Music Edu­ THE PHOENIX cators Association, Indiana Unit, will hold its biennial conference in Wash­ ington Hall, Notre Dame University, Vol. X Marian College, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 29, 1947 No. 7 May 16-17. Liturgical and school music will be the subject of the addresses, discus­ NFCCS Strengthens Constitution Sodalists Arrange sions, and clinics. The Pontifical High Ljoina %?l//p Mass Saturday morning, at which be­ Exploring the farthest corner of Crowning of Mary tween 700 and 900 elementary school Expands Budget, Elects Officers her campus residence quarters, Bar­ children and the Dujarie Choir will The coronation of Our Lady as bara Zerr discovered a Nov. 8, 1933, sing, will be the focal point of the From the tumultuous and animated national NFCCS congress Queen of May, with the accompanying issue of the Shelbyville Democrat, conference. held at Toledo, Apr. 18-20, emerged a revised and concrete con­ all-school consecration to Mary, will her home town daily. Faculty to Participate stitution. The revisions—mainly concerning commissions, the power take place May 1. Peals of laughter were heard Sister M. Vitalis, association state of the council and assembly, and the expansion of the budget to nine Following tradition, the ceremony throughout the near-by rooms as the secretary, and Sister M. Olivia, thousand dollars—are planned to strengthen the Federation in co­ will be performed by the Sodality girls read such startling headings as both of the faculty, will parti­ ordinating campus units. prefect, Mary Jo Doherty. Her at­ —"New Power by Radio May Turn cipate on the program as chairman Among the 450 delegates and observers present some favored a tendants will be the respective class of the Friday afternoon general ses­ strong, integrated national organiza­ World's Wheels," and "Up, Yes Prices representatives, Maryfrances Wend­ sion and as speaker at the teacher tion ; others, a loosely knit federa­ Are Up!" Cited as "up" were: silk ling, Rosemary Doyle, Jane Peters, training session Saturday, respective­ tion of regions. Meetings lasting far hose, 59 cents ; suede gloves, 39 cents; and Ann Kuebler. peppered sheets, 79 cents; dress shirts, ly. Sister Olivia's topic will be "The RC Awards Pins; into the morning evidenced the stu­ The academic procession, in which 65 cents; suits and coats, $12.95. Preparation of the Teacher to Meet dents' interest in the success of the the entire student body will partici­ the Musical Needs of the Child." NFCCS. Mother's meat-price worries would pate in cap and gown, will terminate Funds Strike Goal Bel Canto Contributes Patrick O'Meara, president, opened disappear if now, as then, sirloin in the chapel. The crowning of Our "Angels of Mercy," sung as a trib­ Marian Bel Canto Ensemble with the first general session Friday eve­ steaks were 15 cents a lb., veal, 10 Lady's statue will take place there ute to the senior class, accented the Wanda Toffolo as student director, ning by explaining the urgent need for cents, and Swiss steak, 12 cents. If during the singing of "Bring Flowers semi-annual all-school meeting of the will present a program of represen­ "solidarity in the Catholic student some evening she really didn't have of the Rarest." Red Cross unit, Apr. 18. tative liturgical singing, and, with the community." This, the congress theme, time to prepare a meal, the family Pins were presented to Maryfran­ audience, will serve as a clinic directed was carried throughout the talks of could dine out at a chicken supper ces Wendling, secretary, Dorothy by Dr. John Fehring. Most Reverend Karl J. Alter, D.D., with dessert for only 25 cents. Bersch, vice-chairman, and Dorothy Shall we go back to '33? Ind. NSO Region (Continued on Page Four) Fox, treasurer, by Miss Gertrude (Continued on Page Four) Dill, representing the chapter. Miss Holds Meeting Dill also briefly addressed the stu­ dents. On Marian Campus Frosh Scripts Win Spring plans, which include a course Senior Piano Recital, Artists' Exhibits Delegates of the Indiana region of in boating, were outlined by Patricia the proposed National Students Or­ National Laurels Hagan, unit chairman. A plea for ganization, preliminaries for which Flaunt 'Harvest' of Fine Arts Study Mary Catherine Cangany, freshman more blood donors was made. were formulated at the Chicago Stu­ of Marian College, was awarded sec­ A piano recital, May 3, and an art exhibit May 2-18, will sub­ dents Confarence last December, will Topping the reports of convention ond prize in the National Mariology stitute for senior comprehensive examinations for students major­ meet at Marian College, May 10. delegates, corps chairmen, and activ­ Radio-Script Contest Apr. 19. ity leaders, was the announcement of ing in fine arts. An invitation to attend has been ex­ Her script, entitled "Our Lady of the annual drive results—a total of Jeanne Stiens will be presented in her senior piano recital May tended to the 28 Indiana colleges. Fatima," had been submitted to the $125. 3, at 8:00 p. m., in Madonna Hall. The meeting will be presided over NFCCS Commission on Mariology, Election of unit officers for 1947- Pianist, Versatile by Mr. John F. O'Connor, Univer­ 48 was set for late May. Jeanne has studied piano for 15 sity of Notre Dame, acting chairman years, through grade and high school, French Meda of the Indiana region. Preparations will be made for regional participa­ Social Interaction Panel and has majored in that instrument at Marian. She is an accomplished or­ Stays in Family tion in the NSO Consitutional Con­ Applies Basic Psychology ganist and clarinetist as well, and has vention, University of Wisconsin, next September. Social psychology class will present acted as student conductor of the Mar­ Unusual, if not unique, will be the Mary Jane Porter, Marian's NSO an assembly forum, May 9. ian orchestra, and as piano accom­ awarding of the silver Petri medal for delegate, is helping with arrange­ Still in the process of formation, the panist for the Bel Canto and Glee proficiency in French to Antoinette ments. talks and subsequent discussions will Club. She is also an active member Pangallo at a "soiree des Medailles" cover the following topics : "How We of the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale. dinner, Marott Hotel, May 9. Influence One Another,"'' Marjory The opening selection will be the This honor is being bestowed the Foreign Relief Drive Guide; "The Socialized Person," Jane Schubert-Liszt Ave Maria. Composi­ second time in consecutive years on a Monaghan; "Leadership," Antoinette tions by Bach, Beethoven, Chopim member of the same family. Antoin­ Chalks Double Success Brahms, and Liszt will alternate with ette's sister, Catherine, '46, received Pangallo; and "Morale," Jeanne Gal­ C.S.M.C. leaders and the special such modern works as Gliere's Rom­ the medal last year. lagher. committee on relief charted $200 for ance, Debussy's La Cathedral Englau- The award is presented by the Al­ Marjorie Davey will conduct the the Bishops' Relief Fund. Posters tie, and McDowells's Polonaise. High­ liance Francaise of Indianapolis forum. urging "instead-of" donations to be light of the program will be Schu­ through the generosity of Mr. Edward deposited in mite-boxes, an auction, mann's Concerto in A Minor, with the Petri, former president of the associa­ THE JUNIOR CLASS GETS A pastry sales, and a party, kept students orchestral on a second piano by Mary tion. BOX OF ITS OWN relief-conscious. P. McCarthy. Aside from her accomplishments in Editor: Marjory Guide The Pope's Children War Relief both oral and written French, which Associate Editors: Joan Baumer Exhibit Ready May 2 drive culminated in the shipping of Mary Catherine Cangany she has studied three years in college, Jeanne Gallagher Art majors, Margaret Braun of In­ two huge cartons of clothing and a Antoinette has spent two years study­ St. Rose College, Albany, New York.