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American Oracle Challenges Magical, Meaningless Religion Psychiatry, Religion Reverse Roles by Jean Psychiatry has assumed the role which the parents and religion used to play in instilling values in young people. Applying his knowledge of the mentally ill adolescent, Povl W. Toussieng, M.D., associate professor of child psychiatry at the University of Oklahoma, expressed this overall judg ment in his address, Religion, Authority and Mental Health, Nov. 17 in the Grand Ballroom at Lewis Towers. Psychiatry Dominates After an introduction by Reverend Francis L. Filas, S.J., chairman of the Loyola theology department, Dr. Toussieng began what he admitted was a sarcastic fairy tale account of the present status of psychiatry and religion in America. According to Dr. Toussieng's allegory, psychiatrists are re garded as the oracles of post-war America while religions are wholly preoccupied in trying to outmaneuver each other for a prominent position in the civil rights movement. Following this illustration of the near role-reversal, the Danish doctor sketched the basic problem which young people have with religion and some of the religious activities offered at the Kansas Boys' Industrial School where he was formerly Durall associated. The speaker observed that he is asked the same basic questions of identity for which religion formerly pro vided the answers, but that religion is now meaningless for most youth. Church is a cold place, a magical help for an impending sense of doom, a place where they got taken every Sunday to meet their friends. At the Kansas Boys' School interest in religion is renewed through a voluntary pro gram carefully planned to have relevance to the age group and to challenge them. Boys Identify In more specific references to the Kansas program Dr. Toussieng emphasized the care that is taken to provide suita ble models for identification. Each person with whom the boys come in contact makes it clear the boys are supposed to find their own value system. From these specific points the psychiatrist moved into general reflections on the reasons adolescents find such trouble in maturing. Lack of models and a hard time finding a place to experiment were the major explanations Toussieng offered. (Continued on Page 3) Skyscraper Photo by Juan Durall CHILD PSYCHIATRIST Dr. Povl Toussieng lis tens while Reverend Francis L. Filas, S.J., chairman of Loyola's theology department, reads audience-posed questions. Vol. XXXVI Mundelein College, Chicago 26 SQC, Beval See Respect Candle Initiates Ceremony Holidays Emphasize as Solution are nan P/ to Rights Issue by Marilyn Gibbs Three months ago 12 Alabama members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference began op erations on Chicago's west side. Martin Luther King, Jr., is the founder and figurehead of SCLC. But the volunteers claim no leader, possess no headquarters and pur sue an intangible creed of non-vio lence in their program to combine diverse community groups into one concerted effort to attain adequate housing, a workable poverty pro gram and a comprehensive educa tion system for children of poverty- stricken families. Major spokesmen for the Chicago extension of the southern agency are James Beval, one of King's aids, and Eric Kindberg, SCLC worker. Originally invited to Chicago by Al Raby, head of the Coordinating Council on Community Organiza tions, they now work independently. When SCLC enters a community, the workers mix and live with the members of the area, said Eric Kindberg in a recent Skyscraper interview. The object, said Kind berg is to befriend as many people as possible; this includes gang leaders, local politicians, city offi cials and civil rights enthusiasts. Kindberg explained that not all members need be oppressed. We go for broke, said Kind berg. If anyone will trust us they know we will help them. The idea of being killed in gang war doesn't frighten the SCLC worker. SCLC has worked in Cleveland, Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh and Selma before coming to Chicago. There is a final aim in achieving a national connection of solving problems. Kindberg set down the practical plan of accomplishment scheduled President Assumes Top Post; Serves on Education Committee A member of the Committee on Education, a division of the Illinois Commission on the Status of Women, Sister Mary Ann Ida, B.V.M., presi dent, has been appointed to its chairmanship. Sister will serve a one-year term in this capacity. The Commission, established by Governor Otto Kerner in 1964, con sists of 18 members: four from the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House; four from the Senate named by the Com mittee on the Committees of the Senate and 10 members selected by the governor. To fulfill its purpose of studying the status of women in Illinois and to make constructive recommenda tions, the commission is divided into the following committees: em ployment policies and practices, Il linois labor laws, legal rights, the family and the employed woman, expanded programs to help women as wives, mothers and workers, women as citizen volunteers and education. The commission has the power to survey activities concerning the status of women which are con ducted by any agency, commission or department of the federal gov ernment or any private or state as sociation. As the entire commission deals with the status of women, the com mittee on education studies degree completion programs, on both the high school and college levels and adult education for women. for the next six months in Chi cago. The first group expression took place Nov. 3 in the form of a march on the Cook County Welfare Oflice. SCLC states that welfare is tied into the entire ghetto structure. The whole system of tyranny is one that keeps people fighting each other, Beval elaborated. It de moralizes children in schools by denying lunch money, book funds and decent clothes. Further complaints include the claims that welfare revokes peo ple's political, economic or social strength in their community by making them slaves to a subsis- tance budget and to the whims of a caseworker. You've gotta stick your head out, you've gotta be reckless, con tinued the volunteer, when he inter preted how the 12 Alabamans op erated. Although the work thus far has been mainly intangible, pragmatic steps have been taken. Presently, the Independent Union of Public Aid Employees is correlating their problems and those of the welfare recipients to present to city gov ernment. The union hopes to achieve gains with the power of municipal government rather than against it. Legislative backing for SCLC ob jectives also have been passed in the last year. The Commission on Housing chairman, Robert E. Mann, governor appointee, has pre sented the results of a preliminary committee on housing to the state legislature and instigated three housing laws. House bills 1957 and 2036 and Senate Bill 879 outlaw criminal housing management. They also give the Cook County Department of Public Aid authorization to withhold the rent of a recipient The traditional Candelighting ceremony will be held Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. in the College Theater. The program officially marks the beginning of the Christmas vacation and is also the students' commemoration of Christmas at Mundelein. Because the last day before the vacation begins is also an exam day, a group of student officers discussed various alter native dates and formats for the ceremony, and their decision was to leave the program in the traditional form, but to hold it the last day before exams begin. The program will begin with a processional by seniors in academic caps and gowns, with the College Chorus sing ing Mertens' Ave Maria and Holy Lord God by Noble Cain. Judy Ewing, MSC president, will light the tall Christmas candle, and the light will be passed to the class presidents and MSC representa tives. Club presidents, faculty and alumnae representatives will light candles symbolizing their groups. Following the lighting of the candles, Sister Mary Ann Ida, B.V.M., College president, will de liver her Christmas address to the students. After the recessional, Judy Ewing and senior class president Elizabeth Gordon will hang wreaths on the doors of the main entrance to the skyscraper, as part of the observance of Christmas at the College. A tea for seniors and their moth ers will be held in McCormick Lounge following the entire cere mony. The faculty is also invited. where conditions dangerous, haz ardous or detrimental to life or health exist. They further state that an officer of the court can go into a housing area and collect rent while raising the conditions to comply with Cook County building codes. All these steps were gov ernment-orientated and carried out through the federal War on Pov erty. SCLC, in a more recent action, took part in a weekend workshop Nov. 25 - Nov. 28 at Pleasant Val ley Farm, Woodstock, 111. which was geared to college and univer sity students. Following the spe cific goals of SCLC, discussions were held on the philosophy of non violence and love, particularly as it relates to politics, community or ganizing and interpersonal rela tionships. Concentration on the re lationship and responsibility of the university to the other dimensions of urban living was followed by architect Laurence Booth, who pre sented the possible ways in which Chicago and other metropolitan areas can be rebuilt to encourage the development of a human-orien tated society. John Ferren, an at torney, dealt with the establish ment of a more-humane institution of law. Ghetto dwellers and Bob Williams, a former leader of the Vice Lords, gave an analysis of the gangs in Chicago. The emphasis of the workshop was upon partici pation of students involved in ini tiating action of ongoing projects both on and off campus. Climax of the Chicago campaign is to shut the town in June to build a movement, said Kindberg. This tentative plan would mean that business in the loop would be stopped until desired action took place. From the present organi zation this situation seems alto gether possible, he said. Chorus Offers Yuletide Concert The annual Christmas concert, presented by the Mundelein College Chorus and the Chamber Singers, will be held Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the College Theater. The Cho rus, under the direction of Adal bert Huguelet, will perform selec tions from the Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten. Mertens' Ave Maria, also on the program, received its premiere performance at Mundelein a few years ago. Holy Lord God, by Noble Cain, and Jubilate Deo, by Flor Peters will be sung by the Chorus. They will also present the 1965 composition, Magnificat, by C. Alexander Pelo- quin. The Chamber Singers will be directed by Mrs. Carol Hyman.
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1965-12-01 (1)
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