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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1942
Page
20
A college column outlines pledges week with stunt show plans directed by Eileen Kirchgessner assisted by Helen Walder and Mary Conley. It also mentions acceptance slips, a dinner, a Catholic story contest deadline, and updates on music and education topics.
Catholic High hosts a band card party with coal door prizes tonight. A 30 cent ticket covers party and social starting at 8 pm. Reports from Joliet Catholic High list varsity and lightweight losses to Mount Carmel and a forthcoming De La Salle game. Weekly wrestling at Catholic High invites attendance amid blackout exams looming Monday.
Theta Chi Sigma pledges endure playful dares during Rush week as members test pledges with tasks like cleaning rooms carrying books braiding hair and wearing mismatched outfits. The pledges respond with humorous quotes reflecting campus humor and campus life.
Dr George Rooney resigns from the biology faculty to devote more time to private practice. Sr M Vincent O S F will replace him on the biology staff. Sister Vincent previously served on the college summer school staff for three years and earned a Master of Science degree at De Paul University.
Cisca president urged financial aid at a Chicago gathering. Jeanne Erlenborn proposed a duty to support. Peggy Fitzgerald Lee Ross and Jeanne Erlenborn will organize bowling parties candy popcorn and hot dog sales to raise funds.
Opportunity for writers to submit essays under 1200 words to Jean Ann McCarthy, press club president, by February 11. Prizes awarded for first and second places.
Marie Wallace enters CSF as the college's first mid year graduate after an honorable start at St. Francis academy. She passes English proficiency and scores highly in psychology, elected president by peers, and becomes a familiar journalism room figure and associate editor as a sophomore.
Earnest Albert Hooton of Harvard is condemned by Rep. Edmond J. Donlan in Massachusetts for allegedly promoting Nazi race supremacy. Hooton denies fascist ties, asserts opposition to Nazi theories, and defends scientific inquiry and Negro advancement amid wartime political pressures.
Readers of the Chicago Sun and Chicago Tribune debate whether President Roosevelt or Col. McCormick holds ultimate authority, a question stirring local newspaper readers.
Students at M. A. Lennon School of Fine Arts prepare for mid year exams on January 25 and 26. A January 24 musicalentertainment features Hatch Spanish Carnival Andres Moonlight Revels and Hesselberg Russian Rhapsody with Barbara Keenan Rosemary Gould soloing and Lucille Martis at organ.
Harold H. Hensold, JTHS alumnus and University of Illinois graduate, will attend an army branch training school to earn his commission. He serves in coast artillery, part of the West Point of the West, and joined the ROTC accelerated program. Another Joliet student and ex JTHS rifle star, Nick Georgoulakis, helped infantry win inter-unit rifle and received a medal at Illinois.
The university announces a wartime milestone naming the Michigan Melody Maids as a pioneering group. The article notes the organization's role in morale and campus life during the war period.
The fragment ponders who E. F. is in Lorraine Russell fame and why Ann Lamb urges S. F. A. to start an agricultural course. It hints at a lingering fondness for a Soph’s brother and a cryptic phrase about a jeep bearing user.
Lois Nelson and Betty Ober staller browsed wedding rings at Liebermann's. Steve Koukas adopts alias in Ma Hamill's English class. James Baker announces a haircut and new name, Harry James no longer used. Dick Meyer debuts his band Rich Meyer and His Orchestra.
Local chatter covers Kiwanis jitterbug roles, Norma Lubs clothing mishaps, and Sandy Dodds in a daze. College Y date banquet sightings include Annette Lennon, George Wilcox, and others. Rumors about Doc Con nors, Jerry Peterson, and Marty Lewis swirl amid social columns.
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