DePaulia (DePaul University, Chicago, IL), 1944-01-07

              Hayride on Sunday, January 9 Vol. XXII. No. 10 PHILOSOPHICAL MEET HELD IN CHICAGO IN DEC The American Catholic Philosophical Association held its nineteenth annual meeting at the Hotel Sherman on December 29 and 30. The general subject of the meeting was "Philosophy and Post-War Reconstruction," and over four sessions were held to discuss various aspects of the question at hand. His Excellency, the Most Rev. Samuel A. Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago, delivered the Annual Association Address on the subject, "A Philosophy of the Absolute and Permanent Peace," at the annual dinner on Wednesday, December 29. Rev. Alexander P. Schorsch, C. M., Dean of the Graduate School, led the discussion of "The Proofs for the Existence of God," while a panel on the "Philosophy of Law and Government" numbered Mr. John W. Curran of De Paul's Law Department faculty.Rev. Glenn A. Zoellner, C.M., Dean of Day Liberal Arts, served as a member of the Local Committee on Attendance. In addition to Father Zoellner and the aforementioned professors, members of the administration that attended were: The Very Rev. Michael J. O'Connell, C.M., President of De Paul the Rev. Daniel J. McHugh, C.M., Vice-President of De Paul Mr. Joseph L. Kleiner Rev. Merlin A. Feltz, C.M. Rev. Jeremiah Lehane, C.M. and Rev. Donald V. Fallon, C.M. Those of the student body who attended were: Betty Meik, Jane Fitzgerald, Lucia Plonka, Bud Lutiger, Helenmarie Murphy, Jeanette Munich, Vern Kraft, Connie Celano, and Barbara Meich. New Bulletin, 'The Guide-Post,' Out on Mondays This week many of De Paulia's readers met a new and budding literary effort called The GuidePost. It is a mimeographed, onepage bulletin which will be issued each week and will appear on Monday mornings. Written in plain-talk and easy-to-read style, The Guide-Post is not edited by students, but for students. In the first issue the Editors stated its purpose simply: "To convey a few timely thoughts and tips on things considered important." Edited by the Director and Assistant Director of Student Activities, The Guide-Post will be the vehicle for carrying to D.P.U. students many thoughts and suggestions on things religious, disciplinary, social and democratic. As has been said, The GuidePost is for the students, and for this reason, student cooperation in reading the publication will be greatly appreciated. 'Peace Be to You The De Paul University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Richard Czerwonky, will present its first concert of the year on Friday, January 15. It will be given at Thorne Hall, Lake Shore Drive and Superior Street, at 8:30 p.m. The program will consist of Kallinnikow's Symphony, minor Allegro moderato Andante commodamente Allegro non troppo and Allegro moderato Allegro risolute. The Violin Concerto, major by Paganini Wilhelmj Overture, "Sakuntala" by Goldmark The Allegro con brio, from the Piano Concerto in major by Beethoven and the March from "Tannhauser" by Wagner will be heard also. The soloists will be David Davis, violinist, and Alice Holmes, pianist, who are students THE DE PAULIA Catholic Student Newspaper 1944 SET VICTORY TEAR SCHOOL OF MUSIC ANNOUNCES DATE OF COMING CONCERT /n. &£*#£& in the School of Music. Miss Holmes who is an accomplished pianist is totally blind and is aided by a "seeing-eye" dog. Tickets for the concert may be secured at the School of Music on the fourth floor from any of the clerks. There will be no charge for these tickets. Technique of Assignment Sets Work to "Solid Jive' The best way to get a homework assignment done in a hurry is really a technique. Having a generous nature I am going to disclose to you my technique (?). (1) First you must buy a phonograph machine. As this is practically impossible that leaves most of you out. (2) Next you must buy the record "Jim Jam Jumping Jive" by the hottest band in the country, preferably not sung by Frank Sinatra. (This is supposed to inspire you mentally, not vocally!) The School of Music will give a Student Recital on January 22, at 2:00 p.m. This recital will be presented by the students who are studying piano, violin, and voice. On January 23, at 2:30 p.m. a Preparatory Student's Recital will be held. There will be two Practice Performance classes in January. The first will be held on Friday, Jan- De Paul University, Chicago, Illinois Friday, January 7, 1944 Among the society's more notable members are: Maxwell Anderson, Paul Greene, Gilmore Brown, Fred McConnell, Lynore Wells, Bernard Zalt, and Samuel Sheldon. uary 14 at 4:00 p.m., and the second on Saturday, January 15, at Catholic school instructors to be 2:00 p.m. admitted into the organization. (3) The next step is to get your homework out and to start the record. Before you know it you will be working in time to the music. After you have played the record about three times your homework will be completed. Of course it will read something like "mares eat oats, does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy" sounds, but that can be readily fixed. (4) Wait for your professor after class and greet him with your best "pepsodent" smile, then present him wth your newly acquired Dean Itkin is one of the three Completion Not Sinatra phonograph and record and ask him to please listen to it while he corrects your homework. Of course if he refuses, that leaves some more of you out, not only of a grade but the price of a phonograph and record. If by chance he agrees, then your homework will make sense and you will get the desired grade, A. Naturally none of you can afford to purchase a phonograph machine and record daily so, this leaves the rest of you out. You knew this generous business was no good when you started, didn't you?! "The Guide-Post PEACE AND PROSPERITY WILL MAKE HEADLINES IN NEW YEAR At the stroke of midnight of 1944, news commentators started stream of "peace" talk that stretched itself across news columns all over the country. Prosperity and peace are the watchword of cattle-bound veterans and those "behind the man behind the gun." Communiques from the various fronts indicate that the morale cf the Allied soldier is at its peak and that this high sense of morale is having a somewhat opposite effect on some idealistic arm-chair enthusiasts who do not believe that "Win the war in '44" is a byword for furthered effort on -the home-front. The fact that the Post Office department has operated for the first year in many without any red marks in the deficit column of their books, indicates a sign of a prosperity of a kind. Dean Itkin Voted Into National Theatre Group Dean David B. Itkin, Dean of the School of Drama, disclosed this week that he became a member of the National Theatre conference at its Thanksgiving Conference which he attended in New York. As a result of his acceptance into this society, Mr. Itkin and the De Paul Drama Department gain national recognition and acceptance as one of the outstanding diredtors and schools in the country. Members are chosen by secret ballot and by suggestions of the present members. The Conference is a closed organization of seventy-five members from outstanding universities and theatre workers, who meet twice a year for discussion of the comparatively new field of Drama. It is a cooperative membership of directors of community and university theatres organized collectively to serve the noncommercial theatre. Through the Rockefeller Foundation they carry on the work of giving advantage for advancement to students who show promise in their field, by sending them to various schools in Europe and America. They help to develop playwrights by fostering contests for that purpose.However, along with these peptalks of enthusiasm for victory, the same commentators added that we may expect more casualties in the first three months of 1944 than in the entire previous duration of the war. The coming year at De Paul promises little or no change in the established curriculum. Without a doubt the enrolment will fluctuate with the drain of war plants and the armed services upon some of the students. From the letters received by the administration and the students from De Paul servicemen who have left for the battle-lines, it is evident that those men and women expect to find a De Paul unchanged from their campus days. The present students are expected to find this a challenge to their school spirit and enthusiasm. Though extra-curricular activities may be in a measure curtailed for the duration, several groups have managed to survive and to "carry on" with comparative ease. A summary of the situation as it exists for the new year shows a promising future, with the provision that the vital cooperation of the student body be the guiding spirit of all activities. Hayride Party Slated for Sunday At Elston Stables A hayride party is being given by the Petite Paulettes for all De Paul students on Sunday, January 9. The party will meet at the Elston Stables, 5663 N. Elston Ave. at 4 p. m. and will ride for about an hour and a half, stop for food, and then continue the ride for another hour and a half. Tickets, which include the lunch, are one dollar per person. Reservations may be made with Vivian Pallasch (Armitage 7770), Gloria Steele (Avenue 5575), or Jacquelyn Lynch (South Shore 2278). Tickets may also be secured from any member of the Petite Paulettes. The party is stag. Students who are unable to attend the first half of the ride may meet the party at Lilac Farm, 6382 N. Milwaukee Ave. about 6:00 and get in on the lunch and the rest of the ride. The hayride will take the place of the Oklahoma Box Social which had been previously planned by the Petite Paulettes for January 15.