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Page Two SKYSCRAPER Talent Plus Training Plus Determination Will Equal Literary Success In recent issues of America, national Cath olic review of the week, there have heen dis cussions about why few Catholic college graduates produce literary works of great merit. Most Catholic college students will prob ably agree that, if they have any interest in writing, the colleges encourage that interest generously, sponsoring the publication of lit erary magazines whose contents are often dis tinctive both in subject matter and in style. Writing courses develop in talented stu dents the necessary technique which, of course, only painstaking practice can perfect and cenirses in religion and philosophy, fos tering wide acquaintance with the works of St. Thomas and other great Catholic philoso phers, both mediaeval and modern, provide the best possible foundation on which to build a great Catholic novel. Catholic college students, are, furthermore, career-minded. The ivy-covered walls of the ivory tower of an older education have crum bled. Today's Catholic-trained college gradu ates have received an education which, al though based on centuries-old Christian prin ciples and, if the major is literature, enriched by reading of the world's great masterpieces, is as modern,as a jet-propulsion plane. Why, then, with this training, should Cath olics fail to produce great literature? There arc, doubtless, many reasons, but among them we may cite two which keep many young women from writing: lack of driving ambition and lack of economic se- MUNDELEIN COLLEGE Chicago, 40, Illinois CniCACo's College For Women Under the Direction of the Sisters of Charitv, B.V.M. Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 30, 1932, at the Post Office of Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3. 1897, 1.75 the year. Published semi-monthly from October to May inclusive by the .students of Mundelein College. Vol. XV March 19, 1945 No. 9 All-Catholic Honors All-American Honors Telephone: Ambassador 9011 Co-Editors-in-Chief Mary Grace Carney, Jayne King Associates Mary Burns, Jerry Stutz, Mary Catherine Tuomey Copy Editors Eleanor Arends, Joan Templeman Associates Viola Brennan, Mary Martha Cooper, Dolores Hartigan, Lois Hintze, Patricia Hollahan. Feature Editors Mary Beecher, Patricia Curran, Sheila Finney, Alice Marie Horen, Genevieve Urbain News Editors Regina Bess, Florence Jankowski Associates Patricia Lee, Dolores Toniatti, Gladys Sullivan Sports Mary Cannon, Dolores Cervenka, Colleen Rettig Art Editor Mary Jane Smith Reporters: Mary Ann Anderson, Ruth Casey, Adelaide Costello, Stacy Diacou, Joyce Evans, Lorraine Gross, Muriel Hasten, Rose mary Kelly, Maureen Horan, Patricia Hay den, Jeanne McNulty, Patricia Harmon, Re gina Milligan, Katherine Burwitz, Rosemary Templeman, Marian Patton, Adeline Laschi- azza, Margaret Monckton, Rosemary O'Con nor, Jeanne Ondesco, Mary Catherine Quinn, Jean Roche, Geraldine Stack, Mildred Stan ek, Dorothy Watters. curity possibly the two might l gt;e reduced to one: lack of ambition sufficiently driving to overcome economic insecurity. When the average Catholic girl is graduat ed, she is, of necessity, interested in making a living. Few such graduates can afford to devote their entire time to free lance writing, anel it is unusual, although not impossible, for a person to write a great novel piecemeal. The prosaic necessity of earning a liveli hood usually obscures budding literary tal ent. Romantic stories to the contrary, today's literary masterpieces are not produced by undernourished authors living in unhealed garrets. The Catholic college graduate who, on the other hand, marries shortly after graduation usually finds herself occupied with the end less tasks of homemaking. and the idea of writing the great American Catholic novel is usually relegated to the back of her mind. The young woman endowed with literary genius which, we are told, no amount of education can produce will probably sur mount all economic and domestic obstacles. The average talented young woman, how ever, might well resolve to cultivate, in addi tion to her talent, the unswerving determina tion to WRITE, and to save for her writing some time from whatever economic or domes tic routine may be hers when Commencement is over. There are American Catholic writers in the foreground today, doing admirable work. Perhaps their inspiration plus DETERMI NATION will lead the Catholic college girls of today to be tomorrow's literary lead ers. Certainly they see the need, and cer tainly they recognize that the Catholic col lege graduate, possessed of a sound philoso phy, armed with the spear of technique, and clothed with the shield of a liberal education, can write a great Catholic novel given the time. They're Talking About. . . ATEST scientific device for war pilots whose missions take them constantly over the ocean is an oxygen mask designed for fliers in danger of being trapped in the water under a crashed plane. Operating on the same principle as high altitude masks, it al lows a crashee to breathe from three and a half to six minutes under water, which should be time enough for him to break out to the surface. * * * CEYEX points which the religious forces of the land have agreed upon as a basis for our national policy in organizing the com ing peace, as outlined by the Reverend E. A. Conway. S.J.. are: The moral law must gov ern world order; the rights of the individual must be assured; the right of oppressed, weak, or colonial peoples must be protected; the rights of minorities must be secured; in ternational institutions to maintain peace with justice must be organized; international economic cooperation must be developed, a just social order within each state must be achieved. * * * IX charge of the first U. S, patrol to reach * the Rhine opposite Dusseldorf was Lieut. Robert C. Packer, 23-year-old Catholic in fantry officer from New York. Holder of the Purple Heart and three Oak Leaf clus ters, Lieut. Packer, who has a brother in ser vice, was with Company E of the 330th In fantry outfit which won a neck-and-neck race with two other companies of- the 83rel division to reach the river bank first. * * * IV/JARKING the centenary of the conver- A A sion of Cardinal Newman, who became a Catholic in 1845, the Newman association of England, composed of Catholic graduates of British universities, is organizing a na tional congress to be held in England, August 18-25. * * * A Catholic university professor, the Rev- **erend John K. Ryan, suggests in an article in America, that a national mission be carried on in every United States diocese, after the war, as an act or reparation for the evils of war and a thanksgiving for peace. It's Nearer Than You Think April 21 It's nearer to April 27 than you think. Which is the prelude to a pep talk. For. of all the ingredients necessary to whip up a tasty card party, the most deserving of an A-l priority is a commodity lightly and loosely labeled enthusiasm. It's the baking powder in the card party cake. But, leave us be practical. The kind of enthusiasm we mean is spelled cooperation. It does magical things to the other ingredients ingredients like TICKETS They're squares of cardboard bearing the legend MUNDELEIN CARD PARTY AND FASHION REVUE- GRAND BALLROOM STEVENS HO TEL. Cooperation can sell enough of them to fill the ballroom and the strong boxes of the Ticket committee chairmen. Mary Cath erine Tuomey and Dolores Toniatti. The price per cardboard square is 1.25. plus the 25 cents that is the government's share of ticket receipts. The total, in case your mathe matics is weak, is 1.50. ADVERTISEMENTS The S.A.C. dreams of a Card Party program of almost telephone-book bulk. And the realization of its castle-in-the-air depends upon how many hundreds of advertisements can be garnered through the collective efforts of almost 1,000 students. To be down to earth, the data is this a full page advertisement costs 25 ' half-a-page. 15; a quarter page. 7.50; one sixth of a page, 5.00. Remember in your sales talk: advertising in the Card Party pro gram is the next best thing to telling some where in the neighborhood of 2.500 people about a firm or a product. On a strictly busi ness basis, that makes sense just ask Jean Casey and Mary Frances Padden, Adver tisement co-chairmen. PATRONS For your well-grounded Mundelein education, your parents are grate ful. They have similar sentiments about the dearth of demands upon pocketbooks and wallets during the whole of the school year. Card party time is the OXE donation-asking time, and the parent patron fee is the negli gible sum of two dollars with the purchase of four tickets. Other Mundelein well-wishers can have listing as patrons for five dollars. P.S. For ad-shy firms, a patron is next best. P.P.S. Jean Spatuzza and Regina Bess, patron co-chairmen, can supply you with pa tron blanks, stamps, and further informa tion, so can your counseling division patron chairmen. PUBLICITY Coletta Clifford is the S. A.C. representative whose job is to keep the college Card Party conscious, to make April 27 the brightest red-letter day in Mundelein history. The cooperation of word-wise and idea-bright seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshmen can accomplish a minor miracle in the line of posters, chalk sketches on the Dean's bulletin board, S.A.C. Tallies that make for laughter and redoubled efforts. And there's a special corner in Card Party head quarters (that's Room 404) for paste wielders and paper cutters. The office has work for 940 pairs of hands all kinds of it from telephone calling to envelope sealing. Perhaps the advertisement letter you address is the letter that will put the Card Party in the record-breaking cate gory. So lend your support financial and per sonal to preparations, and lend your pres ence the night of the Card Party. U M Ik in m I I ' Easter Brings New Hope for Resurrection Of Faith, Peace Almost 2,000 years ago, the first Easter Sunday dawned in a brilliant burst of glorv that completely overshadowed the terror and uncertainty of Gethsemane and Good Friday On that Easter Sunday morning the resurrec tion refuted the skeptics of an earlier civili zation. When the sun peers over the horizon this Easter, the Christian world will turn to greet the day and all that that day portends for this generation and for future generations. After a prolonged Lenten season of sorrow and suffering, peoples everywhere are look ing, hoping, and praying for a resurrection. This Resurrection, based on the true and just principles of Christianity, will bring with it the promise of permanent peace. Crucified nations all over the world have suffered a Gethsemane lengthened over a 10- year period. The world has turned to various types of materialism for succor, but to M avail. Now at long last, we may pray that people will turn to Christianity as the only true consolation for a wearied spirit. The traditional Easter parade has sunk to an inconspicuous part of that morning when the Christian world sinks to its knees to hon or the risen Saviour. Easter this year has a new significance en gendered by war, but one that may have last ing effects. The Resurrection tin's year is not something that took place centuries ago. It is a pledge redeemed; a promise for the future; a hope that tomorrow will prove brighter than yesterday. Church Honors St. Joseph Today when the Church celebrates the feast of St. Joseph, it is, in reality, revering the Holy Family, and its counterpart in the modern family. Today that memory of the Holy Family shines with a bright spendor, blazing a path for each family to follow in emulating the peace, contentment, and se renity that illuminated Nazareth. E (I. r pi R IS lei n Here Are Two Exciting Books For Holiday Reading Aptly titled Anything Can Happen, the story of a Georgia (in Russia, not in the United States) immigrant who maintains that in America anything can happen is more than a success. Cheerfully written by George and Helen Papashvily, who accommodate themselves to altered circumstances, this small volume ex udes a wholesomeness we found most wel come. The honesty and vitality of the typical immigrant, a quality the native-born citizen too often overlooks, shines through every one of the gay, sad, and heartwarming experiences recorded. George enjoys America. Why not enjoy reading about George? If spring and quarterlies combine to make you want to get away from it all, try es caping with The Wind on the Moon, a fairy tale by Eric Linklater. Rather in the Mary Poppins tradition, the Wind on the Moon is refreshing and relax ing a real safeguard against March lions of the spirit. Delightful personalities people its pages a governess named Miss Serendip, animals with remarkable facility for self-expression, and two mischievous heroines called Dinah and Dorinda. The final, perfect touch to the whole is Mrs. Grimble, a Witch who Lives in a Wood. We loved them all, and you will too. ii he I E si f
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1945-03-19 (2)
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