r»W'V.**J ""tTAylwnia b**. Vol. XIV, No. 6 Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pa March 28, 1944 ^W TAX BILL <« IHTTSHOME j IN YOUR EASTER boNNEl Y99 Mercyhurst students are once ' more packing their bags,*home- ^ard bound forjfa thirteen day Blaster vacation. :At home the Student Council Reports: "Business Good* [ girls will^indfa difference, one JThe week before March 6th saw a serious drain on oak "tab and ink as representatives of each Mercyhurst organization hurried I that will be carried back to col- 1 liege. This "difference" will be to complete the clever War Stamp posters which now greet us at tin the field of economics, name- every corner. This activity marked the opening of the new college War Stamp Drive, the highlight of which was a student Victory ! ly the financial condition of the Rally held in the college auditorium. Since the limited allowance of I student body. a college student does not permit her to buy a whole bond all at I This will be an important dif­ once, the Student Council agreed that the gradual accumulation ference, for Congress has pass- of that $18.75 by the purchase of war stamps would be more suc­ i ed a tax bill which will directly cessful. \ hit the pocketbook of each of With "Carpe Diem" as their motto, committee members araret Ins; The biltfwill go into effect posted in the ^residence halls at noon, where we canfpurchasefwar Ithe first of April—and it's not stamps most conveniently. With the sale of stamps going on right Ian April Fool's joke! *-**- ~next doorjthe old excuse "I'd Those of us who travel Vby love to, but Iihaven't the^money I train will find a 25 per cent Courtesy Featured with me" just doesn't hold. For raise in the price of our tick- J At Assembly the convenience of the day stu­ Jets. Cosmetics are once again dents, War Stamp Booths have going up; this time with a 20 On March twenty-second the been set up in the college hall •per cent tax. Even theaters Junior class climaxed their and outside the Cupboard dur­ I have their share in the tax bill, courtesy campaign with an as­ ing the^noon hour. I with a *10 per cent increase in sembly which summed up the Those who feel* that nothing I • : | the price of tickets. A lletter points that have been brought lessj than a bond is any real bearing an ai. r mail stamp will to our attention throughout the help to the war effort, might cost the sender eight cents in­ year. | refer to a ^recent series of news­ stead of the former price of I The theme "Courtesy in paper items listing the numer­ I six cents. Christ" was shown in a skit ous essential military articles j Easter vacation with its op- written by the Juniors.^ The bought with the money from I port unity to replenish that ever- scene was a court in which our dime and quarter stamps: ; empty billfold, will be welcome. Mercyhurst girls were on trial clips of bullets, water canteens, •Then is will be our task to plan for their acts of discourtesy. first {aid equipment—all much •more carefuly so that we may Charges were filed by the pro­ more important to a soldier imeet the increase in price of so secuting attorney, Frances than a candylbar or|a coke are I many things we use. Honeck, while Margay Savage, to us. ~as * defense attorney, pleaded the case for Mercyhurst stu­ Hints For Holy Week dents. ffl"Minnie ^Mercyhurst," MATH CLUB PARTY I Palm Sunday—Be sure to representing the typical stu­ dent,] was enacted by Loretta March 12 was a gay day as bring a blessed palm home far asjjthe Irish* nuns (and the from Mass. Getting ready for the Easter Parade! are Dot Barry, j Mary Crowley.'|^^^ £ % Stoney and Marie Wolman. \ \ ]&$£& H The | skits, which ishowed others, too) were concerned, for Wednesday—Tenebrae Ser­ on that day the Math Club en­ vices tonight, Thursday, and scenes! from a day of Mercy­ hurst life, i were displayed to tertained them at their annual Friday. Saint Patrick's day party. Holy Thursday — Proces­ NFCCS Regional Council to Meet further prove the- case against the student! body with songs The 'physics lab -was gayly sion, stripping of altars, in- Students to Discuss Regional, Local Activities \ w£ decorated with streamers and The activities of the NFCCS, national, regional, and localjhave and tunes which are well known dulgenced visits to the Bless- to all, Asywoperties were; very shamrocks. Irish ballads^ lent ^ Sacrament. been progressing with increased momentum. On April 20, the an atmosphere really belonging scarce, imagination was used 1 Good Friday—Mass of the regional council of the Lake Erie Region will meet at D'Youville as a substitute, and signs de­ to the "Emerald Isle.' fresanctified and veneration College, Buffalo, to map out plans for next year. Junior andfSen- The feature of the party was of noted various objects and places. the!Cross. ior delegates of each member college will attend. After a plea for mercy from a short program, giving the life Holy Saturday — Prophe- The Regional Catholic Theater Commission here at Mercyhurst the defense attorney, the pre­ of Saint Patrick and the his­ fles> Litany of the Saints, has sent out questionnaires to the member colleges of the Lake siding judge, Ann Kingston, de­ tory of many of the Irish cus­ bless mg of the new fire, the Erie Region, concerning the number and type of dramatic pro­ cided in favor of probation for toms and tales; and, since no Paschal candle, and the Bap- ductions during the past four years, the type of stage and scenery, Mercyhurst students, to be lift­ Irish program could be complete «smal font. and the campus dramatic organizations. On this report, the Com­ ed only? when they! displayed without a jig, Nat Hirtle was mission will base its future regional activities. good behavior at all times. The called upon to J give one. With March 19th as the deadline, Catholic colleges throughout judge thenj gave a talk on The program ended ^with the nation^forwarded contributions to the Students' War Emerg­ "Courtesy inr Christ"; the jun­ everyone joining .in a commun­ ency and Relief Collection, sponsored by the NFCCS War Relief iors, singing phe song, "Easter ity sing and playing 3bingo. Re­ Commission at Immaculate Junior College, Washington, D. C. Parade," distributed favors freshments t were served at the Funds were used to aid students in military prison camps, and among thef student body. close of the evening. were administered-!by the Bishop's Committee*as part of the na­ tion-wide War Emergency and Relief collection. St of - Patrick's Day brought one The National Commission on Mission Study, at the College of L *e few social events of the Mount St. Joseph-on-the-Ohio " " March Sodality Meeting Has Vocation Theme ^*n season in the form - of has published mimeographed R Date Scheduled Throughout the nation Sodalists of Our Lady are this month a emphasizing the importance of vocation selection and planning. Sen' 8uPPer given by the copies of the Missiology Courses Amid a bustle of flowing 10rs prepared by the Catholic Stu- Joining in this program, the Mercyhurst Sodality meeting for this Wa for the Freshmen. This gowns, backstage whispers, and s month will be devoted to a practical study of the many vocations giv "*e annual entertainment dent's Mission Crusade, with nervous strain on the part of ei suggested activities for prayer open to the Catholic College graduate. However, since most of the <ja ! Mercyhurst'g youngest the musicians, Mercyhurst stu­ students have already decided the career they will adopt after ^nters by its eldest. and sacrifices to aid the mis­ dents will again present their 8tud leaving school, and are now preparing themselves for that end, lap* *nt's dining room sions, and an outline of mission annual college piano and voice central council members feel that the greatest stress in our study ^th ud as albit of Ireland study. recital under the guidance of should be placed upon the Catholic pursuance of the vocations INsh I mrocks and tall green Sister M^ Inez, Sunday evening, forr COMPREHENSIVES Itfced ning the theme of most commonly chosen. eCOrations Tiny BEGIN APRIL 20 April 23. I In accordance with this belief, they have arranged an We* Ue ed a * green hats Those girls participating in gree ® s place cards; larger April 20 and 21 have been set informal panel ^discussion, the panel members having by the office as the| time for the program will be: Theresa been selected from among the sodalists themselves. Serving on Wer fiUed ^^ lomP°Ps Lennon, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, e as the Senior comprehensive exam­ this representative boards of "experts" will be, Mary Doyle, Busi­ Thp centerpieces. Barbara Fleming, Sally Han- ness; Eileen Walsh, Homemaking; Mary Moosmann, Medicine; latter i.Short Program, given inations. These * are given in the t su major field of each girl, and rahan, piano; and Elizabeth ing; and, Elayne Tormay, Women in Uniform. Introducing the dis­ : a& th PPer, was as Irish Fitzgerald, Lois Pennington, e cover all material which has cussion, Father Alfred Watson will stress the main vocation,; divi­ ftiem, A ^orations and the A been studied during her four Delia Nash, Mary Ann Powers, sions, the -..religious, married and single states. a r' group of Seniors did Ruth E. Sullivan, voice. Iris year course at college. In addition to this meeting discussion tomorrow evening in the Seniorg n folk dance.