Marycrest College - Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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By working on the Crest fledgling journalists acquire on-the-spot experience. Track ing down stories, reading copy, laying out pages, they become initiated into the ne paper realm. The staffs cardinal aim is to which 't ws- make the Crest 1 serves. In 'add' ' a newspaper which mirrors the society . ltion to serving as a reflecting hoard, the Crest acts as an inte- grator, tying together the scholastic, spiritual and social planes of Marycrest life and growth. Editors and reporters have learned that for them the newspaper is more than a school publication. It is an outlet for student writing and, perha ' way to develop that essential nose for th ps most lmportant, a e news. THE CREST ponscs to this day's assignments from an editor's desk are refl Crest newshens B. Pierzynski, B. Bremer, J. Philips, M. L vone and I Millet. Seated are B. Mi ' ' ' kneeling ected in the faces of . Hahn, J. Hoenig, A. A. Simons, M. Vi- zicko, editor, and K. Sullivan. C. Gozaine and M. Goossens are 99

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Continuing their discussion on the state of modern poetry at a Kaffeeklatsohing session are Sheila McMahon, Alice Moehlenhof, Mr. Louis Phillips, Therese Hogan, Jane Philips, Elaine Campbell, Karol Hymes, Barbara Mizicko, Bob Hogan, and Mary Hastings. In the booth are Sheila Smith and nne Dervin. COFFEE HOUSE Over freshly brewed cups of steaming coffee regular sessions of Coffee House found Marycrest students engaged in verbal combat about tragic flaws, themes, and organic wholeness of literary works. Spearheading the year's program was a discussion on the Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrackf, The Yule season brought the traditional wassail- without-ale party and an analysis of Dostoevski's Notes from the Underground. Members also delved into the intricacies of their own works, short stories of contem- porary writers, and a recording of John Gielgud's Hamlet. Patrons discovered that Coffee House promotes the discussion of literary topics in an informal atmosphere.

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i Leafing through a new shipment of paperback headliners are M. S. Jackson, M. Diana, M. Vi- vone, D. Goetsch, B. Braig, M. F. Axford, C. Kennedy, M. E. Whalen, J. English, M. F. Sabo, S. Pickart, and D. Coss. STUDENT LIBRARY COMMITTEE Promoting better reading and building extensive personal student libraries have been this year's goals for the Marycrest Student Library Committee. This select group consists of fifteen members chosen from various school depart- ments. The Student Library Committee acts as liaison for the library staff, faculty, and student body. Special functions of sub-committees were reviews of outstanding books given at each monthly meeting, sale of useful paperbacks, library publicity, program planning and audio-visual demonstrations. The group also promoted campus observance of Catholic Press Month and National Library Week. fi- . . Huh, if it xl'-1 -Q., 1