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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER November 14, 1935 THE SKYSCRAPER Official Semi-Monthly Newspaper of MUNDELEIN COLLEGE 6363 Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois Mundelein Chicago's College For Women Under the Direction of the Sisters of Charity, B. V. M. Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 30, 1932, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 1.75 the year. Published semi-monthly from October to May inclusive by the students of Mundelein College. Vol. VI November 14, 1935 No. 3 ALL-AMERICAN HONORS Associated (Collegiate fflrcss SjTl93 lt; ; .Vo fffi lt;' c3ii 0 1935 iJT ALL-CATHOLIC HONORS Telephone: Briargate 3800 SKYSCRAPER STAFF Editor-in.Chief .... Associate Managing Editor Associate Charlotte Wilcox . Dorothy O'Donnell Jean McKeever Catherine Heerey News Editors Catherine Ott, Ann Ellen Smitti Assistants Eileen Hettinger, Sabina Slarzynski Features Jane Spalding, Anna Marie Masterson Assistants Julia Mary Hanna, Agnes Griffin Alumnae Mary O'Brien Athletics Gertrude Rafferty Exchanges Edythe Williams Business Manager Frances McCambridge Life of Late Foundress Inspires Students FOR THOSE of us around the thresh old of the twenties who are accus tomed to evaluate in exaggerated and often ill-proportioned terms, there is something wholesomely stabilizing in reflecting upon the life of the late Mother Mary Isabella, B.V.M., former Superior General of the Sisters of Charity, B.V.M., and foundress of Mundelein College. Planning magnificently, building secure ly, and achieving quietly, Mother Mary Isabella devoted 65 years of constant serv ice to the cause of Catholic education. As teacher, superior, and provincial, she evi denced the outstanding qualities which led to her selection as Superior General of her congregation from 1919 to 1931. The rec ord of schools built or remodeled and of educational programs launched for the pedagogical fitness of her Sisters, during her term of office, is most impressive. Yet Mother Mary Isabella will be remembered by those who knew her and revered by the Sisters who loved her as the ideal reli gious, utterly forgetful of self, and all- mindful of her Lord and of the charges with which He had blessed her. Prominent among those very charges we of Mundelein are privileged to count our selves. For at the very twilight of her life, Mother Mary Isabella, with characteristic foresight and unfailing courage, under took the task of launching an outstanding Catholic college for women in Chicago. Mundelein, the most modern and the only skyscraper college for women in America, is the realization of that dream. Having done exceptionally well the work of a busy life, Mother Mary Isabella has gone home. Yet she has left behind her : here at Mundelein the lasting heritage of . her workmanship. Long into the tomor- ' rows, each September will bring new stu- . dents to love and reverence this work of hers, and to perpetuate the motivating ideal of her life the cause of Catholic i education. Smart Collegians Turn Playgoers (JL'NG moderns are finding it smart this season to be numbered among those present at first-run performances of dramatic productions in the new historic- religious cycle. The throngs which filled downtown Chicago theaters during the showing of the crusades (at one dollar per capita) and the last days of pompeii bear witness to the fact. Patrons are no longer sheepish about being on speaking terms with the more cultural side of life. Theyi frankly enjoy it. Alive to the mood of the season, the College is offering a representative play in the contemporary trend on Nov. 24, 25, and 26. the comedian of Henri Gheon presents life in the early Christian era, when to follow one's conscience was to endorse one's death warrant. The court splendor of the reign of Diocletian will provide tlie background of the production. Members of the drama and art depart ments are working tirelessly on problems of direction and staging. General student enthusiasm is manifest in the sponsoring of consecutive evening performances by each of the classes. Just everyone will be there when lights dim for the first curtain. We'll be looking for you. Has Right of Way On Tobacco Road THE RECENT controversy over the closing of tobacco road has called forth much adverse criticism of Mayor Kelly in his fight to uphold Christian mor als and common decency in the playhouses of Chicago, and has revealed a rather start ling difference of opinion about the rights and duties of the mayor. It is perhaps a bit naive to suggest that the answer may be found in the much- discussed but seemingly little-read consti tution of the city, and it is, perhaps, a bit naive to expect that the answer given in the constitution is the right answer; nevertheless, the constitution explicitly states that the mayor has both the power and the duty to close any and all obscene public exhibitions which might prove dan gerous to public morals or detrimental to the good of the public in general. As students of Mundelein College, we congratulate Mayor Kelly upon his deter mined stand on the issue and we pledge to him our united support in the keep Chi cago clean program he has inaugurated. National Education Week Suggests Self Survey THROUGHOUT the country, from Nov. 11 to 15, educators and students are observing National Education Week. For those of us enrolled in a college pre eminent for both its educational policy, and its Catholic interpretation of that pol icy, a few timely considerations might be in order. It might be well, for instance, to recall that education is essentially a bringing out process; that it is definitely a cooper ative work of teacher and student; that, finally, to be true education the process must tend toward the development of the entire man, physical, mental, and moral. In short, the effectiveness of National Education Week will be measured ulti mately not by the number of programs given, or of resolutions adopted, but rather by the development of an intelligent and rational attitude on the part of student as well as teacher toward the problems and aims of education. Thank You's the Open Do Your Follow Door ? FROM Columbus, Ohio, comes the amazing story that the average male student is much more polite than the aver age coed. As students of a women's col lege, we are rather in doubt as to the verac ity of that statement, but, be that as it may. young ladies all over the land, accord ing to the standards laid down by the Emily Posts, should smile and whisper thank you in response to small favors. It seems, however, that the coeds at Ohio State are particularly lax in this hum ble quality. As an experiment, a young man stationed himself beside a much used door in one of the university buildings and opened it for everyone who desired en trance. Only two out of fifteen coeds said thank you, while only one man out of every fifteen neglected to perform this courtesy. The experimenter felt that the young women expected the door to open of its own accord, probably in deference to their beauty. kF TIMELY interest to freshman de baters on the question of extra-cur ricular activities, a survey of the 34 men who captained University of Vermont football teams reveals that most of them are outstanding successes in various fields. ROM THE Illini comes this dreadful pun, relayed for the benefit of any Mundeleinite given to that deplorable habit. Sing Sing ought to get a game with the Army to prove that the pen is mightier than the sword. Lucy Gayheart Lacks Cather's Usual Excellence By Jane Spalding TLLA CATHER'S newest novel, LUCY GAYHEART, is a good book, but because in it she has departed from the great Christian ideals and traditions which have heretofore been so character istic of her work, it is not a great book. Miss Cather has a peculiar ability to create an atmosphere and to project her reader into it, and here there is little need for the Chicagoan to orientate himself to new surroundings described, for the author has laid most of her scenes in Chicago along the lake front, in a studio in the familiar Fine Arts building, at the Art In stitute, and in the pseudo-Greenwich vil lage of the near north side. Lucy Gayheart is a swift poignant pic ture of a girl who lived, loved, and died in just that manner swiftly, tragically. A small town girl, she is popular, beloved by the town's wealthiest young man, but one whose soul yearned for music, and for what was for her the embodiment of that art, Clement Sebastian, a concert singer for whom she played accompaniments in the city. And it is here, in the fact that this man whom she loves completely and intensely is married, that Miss Cather de parts for a while from the Catholicity which 'has so permeated her other novels. That there is retribution in the unhappy ending to this love, which was in itself spiritual and beautiful enough, is not to be denied, ibut the love is so smoothly accept ed, and so sympathetically treated that one cannot but be puzzled at the author's ap parent forgetfulness of the ties of the sac rament of matrimony. The novel creates, as has been men tioned, an artistic, interesting, and familiar atmosphere, and there are some splendid emotional analyses of songs by Schubert. Engineer, making conversation while automatic elevator approaches: Well, now that the Tigers have won the World Series, I suppose we'll hear more about Haile Selassie. Absorbed Faculty Member not in history de partment : About whom ? F.: Haile Selassie, the Lion of Judah. F. M., apologetically perplexed: I haven't fol- lt; lowed the baseball games at all this year what docs the Lion play ? * * * And who was famous for grafting? asked the botany instructor in a roll call review. Al Capone, replied the almost tardy scholar. * * * LYRIC ON ALICE LOUISE The rollicking trees And autumnal breeze Were trying to tease Alice Louise. Completely unwary, Not a bit scary. She trLped like a fairy To the college library. Alice Louise Who was trying to please And get no C's or D's, Tell 'neath the trees And skinned both her knees. SO Though the rollicking trees And autumnal breeze Are trying to tease, Don't run, but trek Or you'll come back a ivreck Like Alice Louise. * * * Dear Santa Claus, We know you have only 33 more shopping days until Christmas, but we were thinking that since the chemistry department has a hood to keep its penetrating fumes from afflicting the artistic souls on seven and eight, you might bring it some boots to keep the HsSa, etc., out of five, four, three, two, and one. Gratefully, The One-to-Fives * * * Nothing is too good for the Irish, they say. Perhaps that is why Marian Home's dog ate the corners of The Bold Blades of Donegal. He's half Irish. * * * And then there was the earnest student who gazed anxiously into Betty McCormick's deep orbs and asked, Have you a pair of blue EYES? * * * HOW DRY I AM Freshman, answering question in history of civilization examination: Parchment started ir rigation. Canals were built when the land got dry. * * * We've heard about the ideal actors who lose themselves in their parts, and we award the prize to Marion Green, who led the applause after enacting a bit of her own part before a junior meeting. We're sending an orchid to hide her confusion. * * * OF COURSE Our last feeble hope for the morale of the College went overboard when a Faculty Member, looking critically at an art stu dent's poster designed to advertise tomato soup, asked, innocently: Is this the first course? * * * Sophomore, recalling summer travels: This place makes me think of Annapolis. Other sophomore: Why ? Sophomore: Gobs of work. * * * CONSOLATION // you flunked in every quarterly, My lady, weep no more, You may not know the ansivers, Bui at least you. know the score
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1935-11-14 (2)
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