Mercyhurst College - Thesaurus Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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Gr L E E C L U B B. Harrington, E. Armstrong, E. Andrecovich, R. Hayes, B. Sullivan, M. Mead, M. McCray, E. Garsuch E. Regan, H. Durkin, M. Sullivan, E. Flaherty, M. Battaglia, B. Miller, M. Zimmerman, M. Alge, M. M. Murphy, A. Morin, M. Ahlgrim, D. Kelley, H. Patterson, G. Pletz. With Mrs. Maud Kennedy Wilbert directing its activities, the Glee Club has sung its Way into the hearts not only of the students but of the Erieites as Well. Multiple practices in harmonizing have resulted in unstinted public appreciation. On the supposition that first impressions are lasting, We feel justified in assuming that the Glee club's radio debut was an impressive occasion in the memory of airway audiences. Among its treasured moments, the Glee Club lists particularly the presentation of a program of melody on Bishop's Day in honor of his Excellency, Bishop Gannon. Favorite songs on the club's repertoire are particularly: l'The Sevenfold Amen, the t'Cfloria, 'How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place, and UO Lord Most Holy. The Crlee Club is just four years old. During this time, it has improved in numbers and performance. lt is a dynamic group, displaying greater vigor in each successive year under capable leadership. ' Page 48

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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

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C R C 1-1 E S T R A One day in September, 1933, Professor C. Morelli organized Mercyhurst's first College orchestra. The enthusiasm of the members and the interest of the student body in this new organization enabled it to go a long way toward the musical goal which it had set itself to reach. In lune of the same scholastic year, it made a most creditable debut at its first public concert. Under the direction of Professor C. Morelli, the orchestra has continued to make definite progress. Each year has brought new talent from the outside and increased assurance within the group itself. The activity of the organization during the year con- sists in furnishing the music for school plays and traditional occasions such as the Christmas Party, lnvestiture Service, and Mother Borgia's Feast Day. The annual concert presented each spring winds up the work for the year. The big event of the orchestra's history was the presentation, on March 19, 1936, of a short concert in the Erie Public auditorium, when Miss Theodora Blake appeared as the second speaker in the lecture course of the Erie Council of Catholic Women. Since we, the Class of 1937, are Charter members, we feel a special attachment toward the organization, and, in reviewing our accomplishments, we feel that we have gone far under Professor Morelli's skillful training and patient efforts. E. Lograsso, M. l. Whitcomb, E. Cummings, B. Halperin, L. Kellogg, R. Bovee, H. Durkin, L. Cummings, M. L. McGrann, A. King, M. Bower, M. A. Mooney, R. Rectenwald, P. Urich, M. Thompson, V. Dooley, M. Lobaugh, A. Morelli, P. Singer Page 49