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Page Two SKYSCRAPER Happy Endings Begin In The First Chapter Do you have third-week-itis? It's a prevailing malady this time of the year, when research papers, book reports, and assorted other assignments are becoming alarming realities. Perhaps it's not too early to sit back for a moment, draw a deep breath, and esti mate what's to be done this weekend, and the next, and the next. i We've been hearing about student responsibilty to study, about the discipline involved in sustained mental effort. But already we are being tempted to put off till later the ardu ous reading assignment, the tricky research problem, the not-due-until November paper. Solne of us may even be questioning the worth of it all or of some particular re quired course which we find specially dif ficult. It's time to think, then, of the over-all aim of college education, and of the way each course we take contributes to the stern and graceful development of mind and heart and will. It isn't obvious at once that each course has something vitally important to do for us as people, as fully educated Catholic women. We are quick to devise means of cutting corners in courses not immedi ately relevant to our particular tastes or goals. But, as fine crystal contains many small marks indicating the craftsman's pains taking skill, so fine character, disciplined intelligence, good taste develop from count less impressions made on the mind and the will. Many of us probably already have fair ly good study plans worked out for our selves ; many of us succeeded fairly well in keeping the time budget balanced for class work. All of us have difficulties, though, in hewing to the study line and all of us are wise to view these difficulties now and then, to plan systematic at tacks upon them, and to keep our eyes on the goal of a suc cessful scholastic year. Ballet I R TJ? Building, Breaking, Rebuilding Chicago HOLIDAY, in a recent issue, captures the smoky air of Chicago, yet pierces it with vivid reflections of sunlight. It mysti fies, it beautifies the city that is big, crowded and brazen . . . hot, noisy and smart. It makes of Chicago, a bustling, complex, violent center of trade, manufacture, and transportation, an attractive region with great areas of the unattractive, an extra ordinary playground with much of the ordinary, a gay yet unhappy, sober city. The people of Chicago dream dreams and see visions. Their faith and hope and love can draw from the ugly, the dirty, and the forgotten a hidden power of alchemy. They grasp the spirit of Nelson Algren's ()ne Man's Chicago, humiliated at the sor- didness of Skid Row, and gasp at the au dacity of The Bullet Barons, the incredi-- hie bandits who led the gang wars. But Chicago's power, like St. Paul's is made perfect in infirmity, and HOLIDAY touches upon the quiet tolerance and great sympathy of a city which also stands for noble advancement in noble things, for beauty, for art, for human feeling, for honest affettion. Jane Adams' Hull House tells of a broad and wise society, the art centers of a far- reaching culture. The voice of Carl Sand burg keeps its traditions alive. Probably no single magazine article could cover every angle of life in a large, metropolitan city, yet HOLIDAY is guil ty of the mistake perpetrated by many of its contempories. It fails completely in its elaborate planning to include the essen tial life of any people, their religion. Calling All Departments . . . Can Anyone Explain? Have you psychology majors wondered how freshmen react to their first few days of college? Do you history majors wonder what they do; you English majors what they write; or you philosophy majors how they reason? Well, purely for the advancement of education, the following is devoted to an autobiographic account by those persons who should be best informed on the subject the Freshmen themselves. THEY'RE GREGARIOUS . . . There was a sinking feeling in the bottom of my stomach at the sea of unknown faces. THEY'RE OBSERVANT . . . The cooperation of the whole College in certain things, the interest of the Faculty in the students, and the interest of the students in in one another are notable. THEY'RE GROWN-UP . . . The student is left more to herself and is forced to make certain decisions and adjustments. THEY'RE OPTIMISTIC ... I rushed down to my locker and, carrying my towel and bathing cap, went dashing with anticipation to my first swimming class. THEY'RE IMPRESSED . . . You begin to feel a part of something big. THEY'RE SUSPICIOUS . . . After eight flights of 'treasure hunting, I was amazed at the relentless ingenuity of the Senior class. THEY'RE PERPLEXED ... I still haven't mastered the lock on my locker, nor the dark mystery as to when and where one may board the elevators. THEY'RE COMPLIMENTED . . . The upper-classmen made me feel as if they were really pleased that I had decided to come to Mundelein. THEY'RE SETTLING DOWN . . . After the first week was over, I realized that this is to be my schedule for the rest of the semester. You know something They're Really Not So Different After All Ballet I R TJ? D ivertissements Know Your Ballets Before Opening Night, Oct, 15 Swan Lake, occupies a prominent place in the repertoire of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Actually, it is the sec ond act of the four-act ballet, Swan Lake. First given in Moscow at the Bolshoi Thea ter in 1877, the music was Tschaikowsky's first ballet composition. Famous for its adagio and pas d' action, the ballerina solo to the violin variation is a real test of the ability of the ballerina as it requires complete command and per fection of technique. The curtain rises on a clearing near an enchanted lake. At midnight, a crowned swan glides across the lake. A prince and his friends on a hunting trip are about to shoot their crossbows at a group of swans when the Swan Queen appears and begs them not to. The Queen Swan is really Odette, a beautiful maiden transformed by a sorcerer into a swan. Uie may assume human form for only a brief hour each day. It is in this hour that the prince falls in love with her and I hey dance together in the moonlight. As darkness gives way to dawn, Odette suc cumbs once again to the sorcerer's spell. Again the crowned swan glides across the water and the heartbroken prince falls to lhe ground in despair. Ballet : What Qoes On . AS SURELY AS MOTHER NATURE BRUSHES HER KALEIDESCOPIC coloring over the world each October, a frank expression of enthusiasm prevails in Locker Room B as the Freshmen pre pare to elect officers. This expression is something of a phen omenon, since it is one of the few col legiate activities that, scarcely planned at all. command wide interest and cooperation. WITH THE SAME REGULARITY EACH FALL, THE SENIORS DON caps and gowns and, in imagination at least, assume in the process more than the burden of their shoulder pads. Evidenced by many Seniors on Sept. 21 was the sincere desire to accomplish all things heretofore neglected, to improve a condition or several conditions for all stu dent posterity, to re-ignite a flame that sputtered and in some cases died shortly after Freshman elections in 1948. IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GENERALIZE ON THE GAP WHICH exists between these two evidences of feel ings between Freshmen enthusiasm to do well all things extra-curricular in college, and senior regret that not quite all things have been well done. But an attempt to reconcile the two could result in a com plementary product. The Mute Wife is a balletic version in one act of the famous legend of the same name, immortalized in literature. The story is that of the relentless misery that has taken possession of a speechless wife, which drives her husband to send for a doctor, renowned for his unprecedented cures. The eminent man performs an oper ation, the success if which the audience can judge. The ballet was first performed by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, in New York City, Sept. 1949. The music is by Alles- sandro Scarlatti. Effectively draped curtains and several candelabra serve as background for chic and clever costumes designed by Castillo. The choreography of the current inter pretation is less Spanish and more bal-. letic than in earlier productions with the wife a gentle creature dancing on pointes. Mute Wife in this version, though less clever, is actually a more interesting bal let than its predecessors. The new work with its several dance episodes is worth looking at more than once and can hold its place in the reper toire long after the amusing incident has lost its novelty. I R TJ? The various campus clubs can do much to make individuals feel important and to cultivate the sense of responsibility and service necessary for larger group enter prises. Ideally motivated, each club officer would build her club's membership among lower-classmen with whom she will estab lish individual contact. THE CLUBS THEN, REPRESENT ING A PARTICIPATION BY A MA- jority of the students, could serve as a linking element between many individual students and the all-college function. It is easier for a club officer, meeting personally the members of her group, to elicit their support of an enterprise than it is for an SAC officer, meeting the stu dents officially eh masse, to suggest suit able work for each on a big project. It is clear that the innately spirited Freshman has a gift to offer and is look ing for a suitable time and place to offer it. It is equally clear that the resolutioned Senior has a personal store of experience to share. Perhaps it is clear, also, that individual Seniors, through club leadership, can as sist the SAC and the class officers in cul tivating Freshman Spirit and in channel ing it wisely. Jhe S hudcraper Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 30, 1932, at the Post Office of Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879, 1.75 per year. Published semi-monthly from October to May inclusive by the students of Mundelein College, 6363 Sheridan Road, Chicago 40. Vol. XXII October 1, 1951 No. 1 Associated Collegiate Press Catholic School Press Association Chicago Catholic College Press Commission Co-Editors-In-Chief Mary Jane Lamb, Barbara Heintz Editorial Associates Barbara Bidwell, Patricia McHugh, Peggy Reidy, Barbara Shaughnessy, Helen Stewart, Elaine Ivory, and Florence Granet Columnists and Reporters Donna Merwick, Arlene Gorgol, Sibyl Lillie, Marion Whclaii, Jane Roach, Irene Johnson, Rosemary Burns, Clare Hillyard, Mary I.ou Rohlfing and Mary Schweitzer Ballet I R U? Student View . . . Harmony Equals Treaty Equals Peace of Mind The city of San Francisco and most of America witnessed last month, via tele vision, a momentous international event. The Japanese Peace Treaty is not the mere formal announcement of a six-year- old conquest; it is the recognition of a new nation the most potentially powerful in all Asia. The unusual character of Japanese so ciety has been a fountain of irritation and misunderstanding to the Western mind since the U. S. introduction to the Islands by Commodore Perry, July 8, 1853. Tales of Japanese people assimilating' Western techniques while refusing to share trade methods, of their exaggerated frontal po liteness, their state Shinto, and their in tense feeling of nationalism have led the West to catalogue the islanders as a primi tive, unreliable, barbaric people. Their quick acceptance and loyalty to American occupation troops has caused many caustic remarks about the Japanese desire to be on the winning side. It is not necessary, or possible, for the world to justify the Oriental mind; what is necessary is that westerners try to un derstand it. Japanese society has never been deeply penetrated by the tenets of Christianity, and the Japanese view of eth ical conduct often appears to be dominated by expediency. The fulfillment of a contract or promise is. according to the Nipponese belief, one of the highest acts of character. A creed such as this easily led to the acceptance of American troops as the heralders of peace and the carriers of food after the surrender commitment of the Father Emperor. Extreme politeness, although irritating to the time-saving American, is a part of the culture of Buddha's followers. Far fro:' being a mask of deception, it is as ordinan and expected as our handshake. An intense spirit of Japanese nation- and the faint echoes of the old w Asia for the Asiatics cloud many minds into condemning such a sc crowd. A consideration of historj ever, shows us that Japan has led most isolated existence until compa. ly recent times.. In view of this it i difficult to reconstruct reasons for a c, of self rather than a belief in a brotl, hood of nations, which we ourselves ha still to achieve. We are no longer the advising rulers of Japan; we are equal powers. The United States and Japan are also friends, and we don't condemn a friend for his ignorance; wc try to understand and to help him.
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