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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER January 22, 1937 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 of 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. VII January 22, 1937 No. 7 ALL-AMERICAN HONORS 1936 Member 1937 Associated Co le6iate Press ALL-CATHOLIC HONORS Telephone: Briargate 3800 SKYSCRAPER STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jean McKeever ASSOCIATE EDITOR Gertrude Rafferty Managing Editor Katharine Ott Editorial Staff: Laetitia Kalisz, Mary Joyce Vail, Lillian Wasielewska, Catherine Ann Dougher ty, Catherine Heerey. Feature Editors: Julia Mary Hanna, Annamarie Masterson. Feature Staff: Kalhryn Byrne, Rosella Grace, LaVonne Hayes, Mary Molloy, Dorothy Stal zer. News Editors Frances Geary, Merle Smith News Staff: Ellen Birnbaum, Geraldine Ferstel, Helen Holman, Muriel Clinnin, Rachel Laugh lin, Adelaide Nillis. Join the Volunteers HAVE YOU ever been treasurer of a school organization which expected you not only to keep account of.its re ceipts and disbursements, but also to dun its members for their dues? If so you know the sinking of heart with which you put your pride in your pocket and took your courage in both hands only to have your half-apologetic reminder of dues answered by a light, Sorry but I haven't the change today, or, Oh I forgot. Remind me again, won't you? Again, your tactfully formulated plea may be answered by a stony stare, as if you were asking for something personal and unreasonable. Worse still, you may see your fellow club member or sodalist making a hurried de parture as she sees you approaching. There is of course another side to the question. The student who hasn't her dues may find it equally embarrassing to be ac costed by a persistent treasurer, whose re quest, however gracefully worded, draws public attention to a depleted purse. But why elaborate ? What with class dues, club dues, and sodality dues, every student is repeatedly in one or another of these em barrassing situations. The junior class is therefore to be con gratulated on: having found a practical so lution for this delicate problem by volun teering to pay their dues. To be sure, the volunteers do not as yet number 100 of the class, but they are working toward that goal. Why not inaugurate a campaign to include all the organizations in the College ? Be you sodalist, club member, or class member, why not make the payment and collection of dues a pleasure instead of a burden? Let your slogan for the next se mester be, JOIN THE VOLUNTEERS World Watches Rome ,AY BY DAY as the morning and evening press reports the condition of the Sovereign Pontiff, the world is brought to a rather surprised realization that the Catholic Church is headline news. Human respect, of course, is largely the basis for the surge of pride which a Cath olic experiences at the prominence given his faith. But it is surely significant that circulation - minded publishers consider it to their best interests to devote front-page space to the head of a religious organiza tion, in a country where over 50 percent of the inhabitants disclaim any religious affiliation. The reigning Pontiff at Rome holds in the veneration of non-Catholic and Cath olic alike, a place which is unique. Be sides the traditional dignity and wisdom associated with the Chair of Peter, the j achievements of Pius XI are responsible for his place as an outstanding international figure. Chief among his contributions to the world are his courageous pronouncements on questions of marriage, labor and the state, his championship of the cause of inalienable rights, and his efforts to bring 'Round Town THE HOLIDAY season, which opened with a dearth of legitimate stage offer ings, has left in its wake a theatrical bill of fare which is difficult to surpass. Still hold ing forth at the Selwyn, Charlotte Green wood nightly delights her audiences in the comedy Leaning on Letty and in the eccentric dances she performs at the con clusion of the play proper. Jane Eyre (pronounced Aire all through the play) gives Katharine Hepburn a chance to prove her worth after the epi sode of The Lake, in which, according to Dorothy Parker, she ran the gamut of emotions from A to B. Miss Hepburn more than makes up for any former short comings in her latest play, though hamp ered at times by stilted dialogue Helen Jerome's adaptation is not as skillful as her Pride and Prejudice and poor stage direction. The star captures the mood of the drama and interprets the overloaded sentences with exceptional success. The Victorian costumes are becoming to her gauntness, and, just as Charlotte Bronte intended, she is a plain Jane who has her moments of radiant beauty. THE WPA review, O Say Can You Sing, at the Great Northern, is out standing in its ballet and choral present ation. Kurt and Grace Graff, of the Good man Theatre ballet, do the terpsichorean honors, and the songs in the production, written, we understand chiefly by a 17- year-old boy, are unusually good. The re view becomes steadily better as the pro gram progresses. T THE Loyola Community theatre during the first week of February, Fathers Lord and Dowling will again con duct their series of symposia and debates similar to the program which was so pop ular last year. Topics for discussion in clude communism, problems of love and marriage, and affairs of the day. about in the minds of the people a desire for lasting peace. Among his achievements along ecclesi astical lines are the restoration of good will between papacy and the Italian gov ernment as a result of the Concordat of 1929, and the establishment of the feast of Christ the King which laid the foundation for a regeneration of society. What many considered the skeleton in the closet of the Church the age-old delusion that Catholicism has inevitably opposed scien tific advancement was laid to rest for ever with the recent establishment of a Pontifical Academy of Scientists, whose membership includes eminent scholars within and without the Church. Typical of the character of His Holi ness was the willingness with which he spent his failing strength in extending to the world his Christmas message a plea for peace. Typical of the esteem in which he is held by a modern nation is the solici tude with which the Chief Executive of the United States inquires for a special bulletin concerning the Pope's health. Who knows Catholics themselves may soon realize the position of prominence which they hold, and, becoming properly aware of their influence, may abandon their too - often apologetic defense for strongly militant offense tactics. On Parade anpHE MODERN metropolitan col- A lege student must have an adequate program and indoor play to counteract the effects of city life, advises Dr. William J. Fordrung, of Hunter college, who is. convinced that the modern girl is over- civilized, travels too much, and eats hasty and inadequate lunches. T HE NEWLY introduced Educational JL Page of the Chicago Daily News, ed ited by John P. Lally, former instructor in script writing, calls attention thus to the College Players presentation of Herod's Wife starring Margaret Cleary and Kath leen Feely, on Christmas Eve. Progressive education passed another milestone during the current holiday season when a fur company sponsored a dramatic show put on by Mundelein College over station WCFL with Director R. Calvert Haws in charge. The purchase of the show, believed to be the first time in the history of the nation that a college production was so acquired, was interpreted in academic circles as an epochal departure from the present tieup be tween radio and education. As the tieup now stands, a college or university must either buy the time it uses, or ask the radio station for free periods. If the Mundelein precedent is followed it will mean that colleges will be paid for their radio talent on the same basis as professional players. The writer concluded that the program was sponsored because it was entertaining as well as educational. AND NOW A FEW ORCHIDS, THE FIRST OF THE NEW YEAR: Mercedes McCambridge has a stellar role in the new NBC program The Good Sa maritan . . . Catherine Heerey won twenty-five dollars for a prize continuity- script for a style show . . . Jane Malke mus has received requests for rights on her Verse Speaking choir poem, The Knit ting Needles, from listeners in all parts of the country . . . Rita Smith has been appointed official organist at St. Pius Church. vi-iiz lo msiiz I'm for the Fair Freshie who labels her locker Leave Alone and Like It. ***** Then of course there is the student who thinks you have to know your domestic science if you are planning to take a Cook's Tour this summer. ***** Betty Mac, ex-Mundeleinite, went to the Loy ola - St. Louis game at one of the bungalows to the north. Did you read the letter in Lloyd Lewis' VOICE OF THE GRANDSTAND about Loy ola asking DePaul to play, and they saying they wouldn't? Betty asked Carol, Kay, Maxine, Shirley, and a few others. Some Loyola man wrote in and said that De- Paul didn't want to play because Loyola was un defeated, but Loyola wanted to take them on, Betty continued, well above the crowd's noise. Carol tried to Sh her, but Betty went on and on, with all the details. The man behind Betty tapped her on the shoul der. She turned, and he said, Sorry to bother you, Miss, but you might like to know that the man in front of you is the coach of the De Paul basketball team ***** We felt rather sad when the printer left out the home economist's Christmas present. It was Santa, you know the girls in the home economics depart ment are always learning how to cook and make a home. We ell, you know what that requires AFTER EXAMS This month has passed Ah, sad my lot This month has passed But I have not. ***** A freshman described Prom gowns as shim mering satins and bellowing taffetas. More noise ***** The students in sports class are all a- quiver over their archery exam. ***** And then there is the philosophy class which has been warned against ipso facto flunko. ***** We suggest the following review questions as preparation for exams. 1. How many feet are there in Marching Through Georgia Give footnotes. 2. O say, can you swing by the dawn's early light? 3. A tardy bell is a. a disaster b. a girl who comes late to the Prom. c. something which precedes you to class. ***** GEOLOGISTS DISCOVER VOLCANO Paging Vesuvius Have you visited Chicago's own volcano, situated on the south side at 100th street? If not, we would advise you to ski down at once, since it is showing for a limited time only, and another million years will find it solidly frozen over. You never heard of it? Well, neither did the geologists even the Instructor until Mary Muellman, who comes from the south side and ought to know, announced it in class the other day. According to Miss Muellman, who cites as authorities for her discovery one Jane Fagan and one Betty Haffner, a peaceful li brary now rests on the spot where once this volcano blazed, but you can sec the yawning crater through a special hole, cut in the floor for that purpose. A tour will leave the College at 4 this aft ernoon, with Miss Muellman as guide. Geol ogists Fagan and Haffner will collect your quarters as you leave the bus in front of the library.
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1937-01-22 (2)
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