Mercyhurst College - Thesaurus Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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flu-1-9-R. 6.2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB MARTHA MARY KETTERING ...... President MARIE Q'MALI..EY ........ Secretary The International Relations Club was established two years ago. Its first roster of officers included Iane Uprichard as president, Margery Potter as secretary, and Sister Mary Anna as faculty adviser. Its members, recognizing the vital need for an intelligent public opinion, have de- voted themselves to the study and discussion of International affairs in an honest effort to clarify their own minds concerning current world problems. The Club realizes that all students of International affairs do not think and feel alike. Consequently, from its in- ception, it agreed to grant as much freedom of thought and expression to its members as they demand for themselves. Among the many objectives of this club, perhaps the most important is the establishment of world peace. Regular meetings of the club are given over to round table discussions and debates. Rosemary I-Iaule and Betty Harrington represented Mercyhurst at the I937 Inter- national Relations Club Conference held at the University of Delaware, Newark, Dela- ware. Martha Kettering and Frances Riblet were the I. R. C. delegates at the 1937 Conference on Government held at I-Iarrisburg, Pennsylvania. Top Row: M. Rosa, I-I. Younie, I.. Kellogg, R. McGee, B. Haule, E. Londregan, B. Harrington, M. Sullivan E. Schryver Lower Row: M. Kuhn, M. O'Donnell, M. O'Malley, E. Richards, M. Dougherty, D. McIntyre Page 46

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S O D A L I T Y MARY CIAICLA . . . . . . Prefect MARGARET O'SULLlVAN . . . Vice-Prefect MARIORIE ALGE ........ Treasurer HELEN GOWANS ........ Secretary The Mercyhurst Sodality of the Blessed Virgin is affiliated with the Prima Primaria of Rome, is a member of the Western New York Sodality, and is associated with the Erie Sodality Union. Its members share in the indulgences and privileges granted by the Roman Pontiffs. lts spiritual director, Father Powers, and its moderator, Mother Borgia, encourage the devotion of its members to the Mother of Christ, to ideals of personal holiness, and to lives of Catholic Action. The current year's Sodality activities, whether spiritual, business, or social, presented an interesting and varied program. Two representatives of the Sodality, Mary Ciaiola and Edith Regan, attended the Boston Summer School of Catholic Action. The Reverend Daniel A. Lord, S.l., National Director of the Sodality, spoke at the reception of new members. During the months of February and March, Eleanor O'Sullivan spoke in defense of Christ's divinity at the annual Symposium sponsored by the Western New York Sodality Conference in the cities of Buffalo, Elmira, Erie, Rochester, and Hamilton. The Sodality also assisted the Erie Sodality Union's Speakers Bureau in selecting topics for discussion. Edith Regan and Helen Gowans were Mercyhurst speakers at meetings of the Erie Sodality Union. The Sodality's Spring Gaudeamus dance, held on April 10, brought the social program to a close. The Sodality events for the year were brought to a climax with the May Queen Crowning of Mary Agnes Lobaugh. Her attendants were Martha Mary Kettering, Elba Armstrong, Marjorie St. Lawrence, Mary Margaret Murphy, Anne Stout, and Mary Ciaiola. Standing: F. Hauser, M. Ciaiola, M. O'Sullivan, M. Alge Seated: E. Regan, H. Gvowans, B. Harrington, B. Sullivan Page 45

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MQW T W M O. G. A. .SORORITY r Top Row: M. Schmidt, R. Maley, G. Pletz, B. Miller, M. Battaglia, l. Griffith, E. Boyd, l. Sawdey. Second Row: E. O'Sullivan, R. Vtfeber, A. Fox, A. Chambers, C. Knauer. Third Row: M. Bower, M. Rosa, A. Ossowski, M. Iyltfadliiiger, M. R. Oliver, M. L. McGrann, M. McLaughlin, . T. lan Fourth Row: D. Kelley, F. Orzel, R. McGee, B. Fallen,V. Hileman, M.Reid, G. Miller, L. Kellogg, E. Andrecovich, l. Mullen, N. La Cavera, D. Agresti, M. Mead, M. Weschler, M. Wilting, M. Hartleb, M. M. Murphy Fifth Row: l. Lacey, K. Gill, V. Bryant, A. Leahy, I. Missimer, M. Madden, A.Callahan, E. Heintz, B. Donaldson, A. Neuberger Sixth Row: N. R. Blair, H. Gowans, M. McMahon, B. Meyer, M. O'Sullivan, E. Schryver, R. Bovee, A. Paluch, F. Schloss, H. Barry MARGARET McMAHON ..... President BETTY MEYER ....... Treasurer RUTH MARY MCCARTY .... Secretary HELEN GOWANS ...... Publicity The Order of Gregg Artists, or Order of Good Accountants, solves the riddle suggested by the letters, O. G. A. lt began in November, l933 through the initiative of a group of girls who like being charter mem- bersziin activities of any kind. The membership numbered twenty-four. Kathleen O'Brien C345 was its first presi ent. Membership is optional to students majoring or minoring in the Department of Commercial Education. lt is gratifying to report that it is lOO per cent-and this, not only in name, but also in spirit. Members are honorary, that is, members of the Alumnae, and active, that is, students in secretarial courses during the cur- rent school year. At present, the latter number seventy-five. Monthly meetings are divided into a business meeting and a social hour. Members are appointed to inter- view and introduce to the group speakers chosen from the field of business. Among the guests have been prominent business men and women, teachers, and several of our O. G. A. Alumnae Members. During the year we sponsored a very successful Roost Party, under the chairmanship of Helen Gowansg a Welcome Party for thirty new members, and a Get-Together at which our slogan-Our Greatest Asset -Dependability-was adopted. At this meeting, Mary Margaret Murphy and her committee presented two original songs which were unanimously adopted by the Sorority. We feel that our O. G. A. Sorority is a worthwhile activity at Mercyhurst because: it creates desirable contacts with persons in the business worldg it reenforces classroom teachingp it promotes interest in the teach- ing and secretarial phases of commercial education, it develops initiative, poise, and other desirable traits in its members, generally, it affords to its members advantages both educational and social. Page 47