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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER Sept. 30, 1964 1HE SMSHPEJ fl ' NIL l l I l' I) II11 I I II will grip current issues and events and J hold them before the campus in order that members of the Mundelein community may sense and direct history rather than bob in its wake. Prelates Support Stand With Economic Boycott A program to use the Catholic Church's multi-million dollar national buying power as a weapon against job dis crimination has been outlined recently by the National Catho lic Conference for Interracial Justice. Bishops throughout the United States will be encouraged by the civil rights arm of the Church to boycott firms which bar employment of qualified persons for reasons of race or religion. By acting with such, fortitude, the Church in America seems not only to have heeded the call of His Holiness Pope Paul VI for dialogue with the world, but it has balanced, certainly, the scale of obligation which has teetered wildly in recent years with the exhaustive weights of personal com mitment. Examines Problem What is the greatest problem of Catholics today? , the late Cardinal Stritch was once asked. Without hesitation, he answered, The greatest problem of Catholics today is to live their faith. Perhaps, in this, the age of the identity crisis, when per sonal commitment is stressed by many as the ultimate solu tion both to the violence and more non-aggressive crime (often called apathy) of today, the individual Catholic might tend to absorb the late Cardinal's answer with much more personal interest than he might have 20 years ago and certainly it is well that he might. But, as Pope Paul has pointed out in his recent encyclical Ecclesiam Suam, the Church, too, as a body, has an obliga tion to live its faith. Defines Mission The Church has something to say, he states, the Church has a message to deliver and it must enter into dialogue with the world. The Church in the United States has now entered into that dialogue a dialogue with the rest of America a dia logue which will be heard by the rest of the world. By coupling the economic power of the Church with its moral persuasion the Church has done more than pass judg ment ; it has begun to speak in terms which can now be under stood by all. Instead of merely talking to itself, it has begun to converse. Rae Paul Moon Age Will Demand Adaptability to Change The successful launching and orbiting of a model Appollo space craft by the Saturn I rocket Sept. 18 has begun the final countdown to the moon. All that remains now, according to scientists' timetables, is to trans form the Saturn I, as tall as the Mundelein skyscraper, into a Saturn V which will tower over one Mundelein atop another. Target date for the first manned lunar landing is 1969. Astronauts are already training for the 85 hour trip, but they must not be alone in their preparation. Although most men will not be lunar pioneers, those on earth will be forced into pioneer thinking. Already space exploration has spawned problems finding new images to convey the realities of space meaningfully; adjusting existing cosmology to new scientific data; analyzing philosophy in the light of the realitivity theory and of space time ; making traditional theological expressions relevant and such puzzles will multiply rather than decrease after 1969. Nor can the approaching changes, unparalleled in history be ignored with the excuse that they concern only the scholars. Adaptability will be demanded of every man in the street as he faces the effects of tech nological science-fiction-come-true. It is predicted that by the year 2000 when today's college generation is only in its mid 50's rocket belts will propel men through the air; world-wide satellite TV will transmit programs with instantaneous translation; personal vehicles will skim land or water on a cushion of air; defense leaders will view critical events and instant computer reports of problems, alternate solutions and probable results on cycloramic screens. There are only five years left to prepare for all that space travel and habitation will precipitate. Civilization has had thousands of years to prepare for changes which will seem gradual compared to those ini tiated in 1969. Yet even the gradual change prompted Marc Connelly to exclaim in Green Pastures that Everything nailed down is coming loose. Now there remains only half a decade to prepare for the totally unpredictable. What men must do is prepare to adapt to the unimaginable. Today's training in law, science, linguists, teaching, etc. will be museum knowl edge when Ray Bradbury seems conventional. The mind must learn to stretch now so that it can begin to encompass in 1969 what is today un- imagined. The moon is tomorrow, and it will dawn demanding. Mary Etta Talarico Masterful Hamlet Defies Hardships by Mickey Parent Because it was presented at Ra- the characters vinia during the Shakespeare Fes tival, the dramatic tragedy, Ham let, now has a newly deep signifi cance to its anxious and receptive Chicago audience. In an effort to overcome the limitations of the Ravinia stage, which is set far back from the audience, an apron has been extended 40 feet into the pavilion for the Festival. Thus both the players and the audience are able to enjoy a unique semi-theater-in-the- round effect. This apron and the stage behind it are simply and artfully constructed in the Shakespearean manner. The staging is simple and ele gant Props are few and are car ried on and off stage by the actors themselves. Many props which could have been used, in fact, are eliminated. For example, Gertrude's bed is a step of the stage floor, and Claudius's kneeler, a simple garden bench. The acting, on the whole, ranges from superb to ordinary. The character of Hamlet is portrayed magnificently and masterfully. This is the one characterization which seems to transcend not only the limitations of the stage and the other players, but also the limita tions of the personality of the ac tor himself. Robert Hardy is Hamlet throughout the performance: in feigned madness when he makes merry over Polonius's supper of worms; in iron-bound agony when he recognizes the ghost of his father and swears his friends to secrecy; in deadly joy when he conceives a use of the play; in the intensity of his machinations when he addresses the players on the subject of their art; and in the agony of decision when he finds he cannot kill the king while he is at prayer. Though none of the other players equal Hardy's performance of Hamlet, several of them ai-e ef fective. Especially well-acted are of Polonius and Ophelia, played by Geoffrey Bayl- don and Eileen Atkins. Polonius, delightful in his senility, is sensi tively and humorously played throughout. Ophelia, however, is slow to bloom. She is at her best, which is, in fact, superb, in her fi nal scenes of insanity. The characters of Gertrude, Claudius and Laertes, though well done, are not as enjoyable as they might be, because one is always aware that they are actors engaged in acting. Laertes, especially, is unreal, even turning a good-bye kiss to his sister into something Oedipus might better have given his mother. Much of the trouble, how ever, which the players have in getting their characterizations across can be traced to the ac- coustical problems of present ing a play in a pavilion which is not only open, but next to a railroad track and under a well-used plane route. Because of these technical difficulties much of the dialogue is lost, and the audience is left to glean what plot and characterization it can from movement. Technical difficulties aside, the play is quick-moving, with each scene treading the heels of the pre ceding one. This technique leads the audience to realize that, for this play, scene divisions are at best convention, and to attempt to view the play through these di visions is to remain outside of it. Comedian Tells Love of Stage, Desire To Stay by Nancy Vandenberg Now I ask you why should I retire? It's my life. So says Ed ward Everrett Horton, 78-year old actor and comic. Horton is bar- rently playing in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Shubert Theater. After unsuccessful attempts to keep his three-foot long basset hound, wearing a Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum jacket, out of the dressing room, Horton discussed his role as an actor. With his hair standing up like spikes, and his funny pursed mouth, he looks more like a charm ing clown than an actor. He insists that someone like a banker would retire because he was tired of his job, but an actor is presenting himself to an audi ence, and he can never lose that sensation. No matter how old I get, there will always be parts for old men, he added jokingly. Horton insists, I was not stage struck. I had a feeling this is what I ought to do. I began to realize what applause meant, and what laughter meant, and I decided that this I would do Now a veteran of more than 55 years in the theater, Horton as serts that I don't notice a change in acting techniques, it's more a change in the plays. Some of the modern plays weren't even men tioned in the privacy of our homes 40 years ago. He believes that most critics use their power very judiciously, but he also feels that the critic should realize that the efforts of the ac tor are not to please him or her, but to please the audience. He considers it a very unusual play, and says that every time he watches it, he is amazed to see it build up, even though it starts rather slowly; it builds to a cli max, and never falls down. By the end of the play the audience is Tribune Photo Edward Everrett Horton flat in their seats, exhausted with laughing. It is only fair for a critic to realize that if the audience likes a play it may run for a long time, even if the critics condemn it. .she hudcraper Vol. XXXV September 30, 1964 No. 2 Newspaper of Distinction The Skyscraper is published semi-monthly, September to May inclusive except during exam and vacation period*, ky the students of Mundelein College, 6363 Sheridan Rd.. Chicago, III., 60626. Subscription rute is 2 per year. Entered an second-class matter Nov. 30. 1932, at the U.S. Post Office. Chicago, III., under the act of March 3. 1897. The Skyscraper is fl member of the Associated Collegiate Press and the Catholic School Press Association. Letters to the editor must be signed. The Skyscraper reserves the right to cut letters in case of limited space. Editor-in-chief Mary Etta Talarico Associate Editor Rae Paul Feature Editor Sylvia Hajek Make-up Caryl Jean Cinelli, Barbara Kubicz, Bobbie Bohan Columnist .. Barbara Mounsey Staff Jean Durall, Mary Lynch. Diane Sargol. Mary Ellen Scott. Patricia Toussaint, Nancy Vandenberg, Eileen Carroll Photographers Betsy Braunlin. Diane Sargol. Rae Paul. Nancy Vandenberg
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