Saint Ursula Academy - Scroll Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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leisure - The orchestra. under the baton of Antal llorati, added immensely to the beauty and harmony of the ballets. This appearance of the Ballet Russe was the last of their American tour and soon they are to fulfill a performance for the King and Queen of lfngland. N The Seven Last XVords lfulton Sheen has given his readers a book which ranks high among Cath- olic writings today. He has treated each word which our Divine Lord spoke from the pulpit of the Cross separately and has explained its significance with a clarity and beauty that is seldom equalled. These seven words form a sermon, a sermon that will never die because delivered by Christ Himself. He meant these words to be applied not only to those who heard them uttered by His sacred lips but to all mankind and Msgr. Sheen has, in a striking manner, pointed out how they can be applied to our daily lives. The reader will find The Seven Last XVords a hook which may be read over and over and which will reveal hidden thoughts of beauty in each reading. This hook is another proof that lVIonsignor Sheen is one of the outstanding philosophers and writers of today. QTQTRANIJ opera in all its glory makes its appearance in several sequences of lXIaytime , proving that the public wants and enjoys it. The beautiful voices of Jeanette Macllonald and Nelson Eddy were doubtless responsible for the enthusiasm with which it was greeted. Popular classics, including Sweetheart, Sweetheart . and Mon Ami were equally well sung. Jeanette blacllonald first appears made up so real- istically as an old lady that many did not recognize her. A young friend, choosing between a career and mar- riage, comes to her for advice. To help her decide llliss Nlacllonald tells the story of her life. Although you cannot approve of many incidents in her life history, yet a moral tone predominates because she realizes her The Seven Last Words By Fulton Sheen Book Review By Mary crfherine Krcinz, '37 Maytime By Hunt Stromberq Screen Review liy Miiiy li. Sullivan, 'I317 THE SCROLL 20

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The Man Who Caught the Weather By Bess Sireeter Aldrich Book Review By Geraldine Fox, '37 Ballet Russe By W. De Basil Ballet Beview By Mary Lou Mominoe, '37 -abit 'l' rounds rather odd-'lihe Klan YVho Caught the VVeather-and that is the reason l decided to read it. Then l discovered that it was a collection of short stories by Bess Streeter Aldrich and that the title story was about old lX'Ir. Parline who took an eager interest in the weather. His wife was afraid of storms and old IU r. Parline always stayed with her during them. Mrs. Aldrich told in a very touching manner how, after Mrs. Parline died, her husband stayed beside her grave cvery time it stormed. He felt he always had to protect her. How Far is it to Hollywood ? is a very amusing story of two little girls who pretend they are Greta Garho and Mae lVest. 'llhe hlountains Look on iWarathon tells how .ludge Cunningham relives a day of his boyhood-with humorous results. Altogether there are fourteen stories which Bess Streeter Aldrich tells with the humor, the appreciative understanding, and the real pathos which make every- one love her books. ,OLONEL VV. Ile liasil's Ballet Russe presented four new ballets in the llrluseum Peristyle. April 7. 'llhe dancers made their first appearance in Swan l,akc', a beautiful classical ballet. 'llhe second ballet, The 'llhree-Cornered Hat , was very amusing. A modern ballet, it was more interpretive dancing than toe dancing. The scenery and costumes by Picasso were immediately recognized, and their hril- liant colors and nonsensical groupings added much to the merriment. The dramatic climax came in Spectre of the Rose . A young girl who has just returned from her first ball sits dreaming. The Spirit of the Rose she is wearing visits her, and they dance together. He leaps out of the casement and then she awakens sad and disillusioned. Prince lgor , the linal ballet, had its inspiration in an old Russian epic. 28 THE Scnou.

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Audubon By Constance Rourke Book Review By Helen Hurley, '37 From Snow to Snow By Robert Frost Book Review By lonetljndecker, '37 wrong step and saves another from the same mistake. She was hlarcia llflornay, famous opera singer, coached and taught hy Nicoli tjohn Barrymorel. When he asks her to marry him she consents, thinking it her duty. Due to an incident she meets Paul Allison QNelson lfddyj and they have one perfect day together and then part. Years later they meet again and Nicoli learns of llflarcia's love for Paul. The result is startling, and the young girl chooses marriage. Produced hy Hunt Stromhurg and directed hy Leon- ard, Maytime is perhaps the outstanding musical cinema of the season. A UUURON, hy Llorrtarrce Rourke is the hiography of .lohn james Auduhon. artist, naturalist, and woods- man. His lite Was an unusually interesting one. He was horn in Louisiana in U80 hut most of his childhood was spent in Nantes, France. He returned to America when he was eighteen years old and went to live on a farm in Pennsylvania. Audulron was always interested in hirds and he spent all his spare time watching them and studying their hahits. He travelled from Pennsyl- vania to Texas and from Florida to Lahrador in his unending search for new hirds. He painted many heau- riful hird pictures. Miss Rourke has given us a most vivid picture of the American frontier in l8llU. While some people may think that a hiography is dry and uninteresting l am sure that they will agree with me that this hook is an exception. lt held my interest to the end heczure lrunrczr, sorrow, joy, success, and hardships are heautilully lrlended hy the magic pen of Constance Rourke. HE title is a fitting one for this collection of poems ot the author, since it treats of each month of the year, heginning and ending with winter. Mr. Frost seems chietly concerned with the activity of Nature in every season. He hegins with the cold hlasts of winter, touches on ltlarch thaw and April days to lovely summer. 'llhe warm days wane into crisp autumn, and tinally conclude with winter. The poet is skilled in the use of onomatopoeia, as is demonstrated in the fvlarch poem, lo the 'llhawing VVindl'. a vivid description ot the windls attrihutes. Rohert Frost has always taken the middle course in the field of poetry. Hence, he has spared himself much criticism from both extremes. His reputation and his poems have achieved that solidity which is unique today. 30 THE SCROLI.