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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER November 29, 1961 Are Neutrals Neutral? Nehru, Friends Play Both Ends So-called neutralist Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru recently ended his United States visit during which he spoke with President Kennedy about disarmament. Newspaper editorials have claimed that he came to cement relations with the U.S. There is no doubt that Nehru values his friendship with the United States a direct pipeline for sorely needed economic aid. Although India vows belief in the Western democratic sys tem, she is not a Western power. She is a neutral. Webster defines a neutral as one . refraining from taking part in a con troversy or war between others. In theory then, neutrals refrain from taking part. They mind their own business. However, when the term is applied to present-day underdeveloped na tions, the meaning is different. They are actively engaged in the cold war on both sides. During the recent Belgrade Con- J. D. Salinger Interprets Modern Youths' Trials by Mary Ann Eiler If J. D. Salinger was a spokesman for our generation in The Catcher in the Rye, he speaks again with sensitivity and depth in the two interrelated short stories, Franny and Zooey. FRANNY, a 20-year-old college senior and youngest member of the precocious Glass fnmilv. fartafri mycti cism to abhor the phony and egocentric. She is on the verge of an emotional breakdown when her brother Zooey attempts to shake her into reality. Franny's attack against the system springs from the same perceptive powers that plague Holden Caulfield, but Franny's personality never comes through. SHE NEVER emerges as a vibrant human being. Murmuring the Jesus prayer, Lord Jesus have mercy on us she hopes to enter the reality of things. Instead, she shifts emphasis from worldly ambition to a holier than thou attitude. THE BOOK has a complexity that did not exist in Caulfield's underground world. The problem is not only Franny's pseudo-mys ticism but also her inability to love. Zooey's final speech on Seymour's Fat Lady shows Franny that she must search for Jesus in other people and that she must love others even if she detests the system. Seymour Glass, oldest member of the Glass family who commits suicide in one of Salinger's earlier short stories, haunts Franny and Zooey and becomes the enigma that weakens the total effect of the book. For Franny turns to her dead brother in her crisis but Salinger never reconciles Sey mour's suicide with the sainthood that Franny gives him. The reader feels that Zooey has been through the mill and really understands his sister's problem. He too has been touched by Seymour. He attributes his personality problems to a Seymour-directed education geared to know Jesus and Laotse before Homer and Shakespeare. SALINGER DRAWS his characters with a devotion to detail. Attention given to Zooey's shaving ritual and mannerisms reminds the reader that I've done that before. BUT THE BOOK'S chief merit lies in its articulation of youth's approach to the adult world. To Franny everything everybody does is so . . . meaningless. Approach to the problem is love not self-righteousness. Salinger experiments with the stuff that life is made of. Franny and Zooey, by J. D. Salinger. Little Brown and Company. 1961. ference, neutrals discussed policies concerning the Western Powers and the Soviet Union. They voted to cen sure the Western Powers on colonial ism, and the Soviet Union on bomb testing in the atmosphere. At the same time, these nations accept aid from both sides. Perhaps, these nations with weak economics should be termed pragma tic mug-wumps. Neutral hardly seems to be the word. Virginia Piecuch Mundelites Arise Now's Your Chance to 'Name That Dorm' The startling progress of the new dormitory quickly assuming form east of the main building has raised a new question in the minds of many Mun delites. What are we to call this new addition to the campus scene? Is it to be dubbed rather ungraci ously the dorm? Is its new student center to be called prosaically the Mundelein Union? Creative collegians arise Crises and Education Worry World Leaders by Diane Arturi WASHINGTON President Kennedy has named a 23-man committee, headed by Sec retary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg, to help find jobs for nearly a million unemplo; j'ou Ho. Th j'Mrpooo o tl c comi..iitcc, 31 t the President's statement, is to bring the nation's attention and resources to bear on this vital national problem. WASHINGTON New efforts will be made by the foreign ministers of the United States, Britan, France and West Germany to agree on tactics in the Berlin crisis when the third meeting this year between these powers takes place in Paris next month. KANSAS CITY, MO. A Nigerian edu cator said that Americans should use re straint in helping to develop higher educa tion in Africa. I would not like to see a day arrive when Ghanians, Nigerians and Guineans would say, 'The Americans have too many fingers in our pie,' stated Ayo Ogunsheye of Uni versity College in Ibadan to a meeting of the American Association of Land Grant Colleges and State Universities. Future leaders of the newly independent countries do not want to be second-rate Americans, Russians, Frenchmen or Eng lishmen, he warned those who wish to ex port American institutions to Africa. OL Si v ictaper Vol. XXXII Nov. 29,1961 No. 4 All-Catholic The Skyscraper is published semi-monthly. October to May inclusive, except during vacations and semes ter examinations by the students of Mundelein College, 6363 Sheridan Rd.. Chicago 40. III. Subscrip tion rates are 2 per year. Entered as second-class matter, Nov. 30. 1932. at the U.S. Post Office. Chicago. III., under the act of March 3. 1897. The Skyscraper is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press and the Catholic School Press As sociation. Editor in Chief Virginia Piecuch Managing Editor Joanne Twomey News Editor Barbara Brzezinski Assistant .. Diane Arturi Editorial Editor .... Sheila Smith Assistant Maxine Tyma Feature Editor ... Mary Jo Murray Assistants Pat Krochmal, Maureen Qunne Club Editor Charlalnc Novotny Sports Ed'tor ... Judy Kilobassa Artist .... Pete Photographer Carol Lisowski Advertising Manager Phyllis Luczak Assistant Eileen Schaefer Staff Assistants Joan Vnntucci, Eileen Raczak. Janice Jcaras. Maureen Racine, Mary Ann Eiler, Janice O'Reilly, Marcla Wlet. Kathy Sweeney, Mau reen Morrisroc, Sister Mary Fabian. B.V.M., Sister Eileen Mary, B.V.M., Kathleen Fardy, Georgene Kawa. Where is your spirit? Let's christen the building everyone has worked so hard to make a reality. Here are some of our thoughts: Mary Frances Clarke Hall in honor of the congregation of Sisters which have made Mundelein great; or per haps Klubertanz Korner to honor the man who has confounded all of us philosophically. Is there a patron saint for girls living in college dormi tories, any college girl saints? If you don't like my suggestions think of some and let us know. The dormitory is for residents and com muters alike. Let's give it a name we can be proud of Joanne Twomey mu .o ' :-. :: : Skyscraper Sounding Board Dear Editor, I would like to make an appeal to all those who came to the last SAC assembly on Stu dent Responsibility. It was obvious that we do not know how to converse cooperatively in a large group. Most comments were neither exclusively contradictory nor origi nal. Moreover, I don't think we were mov ing toward any deeper understanding of the problem. My appeal is to those students who became discouraged by these same conclusions. On the positive side, we will never learn group dialogue unless we practice it. Granted, such activity is not developed, summarized or explained to us by a dedicated teacher, nor will we be graded on it, but for those of us who require a definite goal for all our acts, we could call such activity the appli cation of all the hours spent absorbing knowledge in our classes. Jackie Bergen Senior Dear Northside Regional Group of the Sophomore Class: We still advocate communication. There certainly hasn't been a lack of it this year. The Friday, Oct. 20 vote was preceded by our own bulletin board publicity as well as a blatant editorial in the Skyscraper, about required and unrequired assemblies, on Wednesday, Oct. 18. There was a booth across from the elevator for the entire day, at which 550 students voted indicative of a not too secret ballot. The Dean's Board is for the Dean's An nouncements. Do you mean to tell us that not one person who attended the Northside Regional voted on Oct. 20??? How many were there? Is a regional sufficiently representative of stu dent opinion? If these northsiders would like to vote, place the ballot on locker 198. The SAC Editor's Note: We would like to suggest that the SAC meet with a committee of the regional group in order to iron out their difficulties. Dear Staff: Three cheers for the Skyscraper staff Upon arriving at school this morning in my usual foggy condition, I saw the latest is sue of our newspaper. Pictures, headlines, ads and personal quotes ... I think we've witnessed the re birth of a tremendous tool for rejuvenation and refreshment. Because of your newspaper, my fog evapo rated to a thin mist. Because of your news paper, my teachers were astounded with my partial alertness in class. Because of your newspaper, I feel great Congrats and Orchids to our staff Mary Jean Spillane Vice President, Sophomore Class Amusements Provide Culture for Chicago FILMS Amazing Bulgaria with Alfred Wolff, Dec. 4, Orchestra Hall, also Berlin's Tragic Week. MUSIC Rudolf Serkin, pianist, Dec. 3, Orchestra Hall. Victor Borge, Comedy in Music. Dec. 2, Opera House, 2.50- 5.50. Pete Seeger, Ewan McColl, Peggy Seeger, Folksingers, Friday, Dec. 1, Orchestra Hall, 2.20- 4.30. Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, Schubert Symphony 4 six pieces for Orchestra Op. 6 Berg: three pieces for Orchestra. LECTURES The Practice of Criticism, Dec. 5, 3. Durand Institute, Lake Forest College, North Campus, Sheridan and Deerpath, Lake Forest. THEATER The Pirates of Penzance, Studebaker Thea ter, Dec. 8 and 9, Tyrone Guthrie's Strat ford Ont. production of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic.
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1961-11-29 (2)
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