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Paere Two SKYSCRAPER (graduation Inspires Reveries, Hopes, Dreams, Anticipation y53 Fledglings Flutter Wings Seniors Realize New Obligations From lie to whom much is given, much is expected . . This is especially true of Catholic college graduates. We have had Catholic teaching for many years; sunn we must reciprocate and give to the world our wealth of Christian culture. Those already committed by diamond rings to homemaking positions have their futures cut out for them. Others plan to enter the leaching field, the business world, or creative endeavor. Hut all are held in a common bond of training and duty. This skyscaper and what it stands for will be frequently in the thoughts of those of us who are leaving its academic offerings for ever. 11 will seem peculiar to return as a visitor to the place which was our second home for four years, to stop in for a chat with a former instructor and see unfamiliar faces in the halls, on the stairs, in the Phoenix room. Gone will be the opportunity we 1 ften passed up to visit the Chapel. Missed even will be the things over which we griped the most and how trivial they will seem The card-playing techniques of those who spent their free periods becoming bridge experts will inevitably become rusty. Sadness, sentimentality, a sense of accom plishment, and seriousness about future re sponsibilities are the feelings vying for the most attention in the thoughts of the seniors. We can only pray ... for ourselves . . . for Mundelein in the hope that we have contributed something worthwhile to its growth and that the integrity of those who follow us will make it year by year a great er institution. Student View . . . Of Year's Events, Values To Remember Twice a month for the past school year, we have opened our startled blue eyes and taken a Student View for you. Sometimes the View was optimistic, one-sided, too narrow, dimmed by inadequacy, be-fogged by personal opinion maybe sometimes even cross-eyed. Iiut there was a world in unresl and our vision was often blurred by the impact of the world's choas and confusion. Despite the perhaps questionable focus of the past months, our line of vision has picked up many startling events with both present and future implications. We have looked to Washington and seen the inauguration of President Eisenhower. While we were gazing Washington-ward, we saw the foreign policy of John Foster Dulles as it was formulated and then carried throughout Western Europe. Through the looking-glass of Student View, we caught a glimpse of Premier Na- guib's reforms in Egypt. We saw the picture of rising nationalism throughout the Arab states, the Far East, and Africa. We watched as bewildered and tattered G.I. prisoners of war were exchanged in Korea. We saw a clear image of Moscow mourn ing for Stalin, and the Kremlin making plans for the new bosses of Russia and Iter satellites. We watched Bishop Fulton Sheen as he dramatically ventured that com munism is no longer as serious a threat to world peace as before. During the summer and in the future you yourself must look for the implications in international affairs and national trends. Because you will be taking a student's view you will not see with the trained eye of a professional interpreter: however, you can ask yourselves the questions what arc the facts, what is the opinion of the ex perts, what conclusions may I safely draw? With these questions met and answered truthfully, you can accurately evaluate world affairs as we tried to do in our Student View. Would you mind dusting off my feathers for me? Thank you. I am about to spread my wings and leave the nest, and I want to make sure they are in good working order. I've flapped them spasmodically these past lour years. I've even soloed once or twice, but every September I've returned to the warm security of the nest. It's going to be quite a change this fall, but I'll be prepared I've got a list of things I want to take with me. Now if I can just lind that list ah, here it is Now, let's see ... if I just haven't mis placed my Logic . . . no, here it is. And Psychology . . . where is Psychology? It was here a moment ago Oh, here it is Now. if you'll just brush up the feathers attached to my funny bone, and push me over the edge. I'll show you some really fancy aeronautics. Watch me 141 New Leaders Convert Talents As the traditional June graduate wipes the wispy tear from her eye and shows the smile which should stamp her as a graduate, she greets the world with some trepidation. Ifer personality could shine in many or ganizations about town. She succeeded in promoting the all-school musical, why not the Young Republicans or Young Demo crats? She did charity work for the Red Cross in college. Why not keep it up after wards ? She was president of her depart mental club. Why not strive for the presi dency of a Woman's club, membership in the League of Woman's Voters, leadership in her parish life? It is participation in community events which will keep the college graduate on her toes instead of off them at the neighborhood movies. It is bringing vibrant interest into organ izations in this city which will enable her to utilize her Catholic education in the brightest way. A Thank You to SAC . . . Energy, Generosity Bring Efficiency Efficient people and things are usually taken for granted. We turn on electric lights and are surprised only when they don't work; autos, elevators, or can-openers, like most mechanical devices, are questioned only when absent. As long as they are present, they are seldom accorded distinction. The Student Activities Council, because of its ability to smooth out the wrinkles of Mundelein's active life with its hard work and efficien cy, fits into this category. We tend to be SAC-conscious only at benefit time when the flurry of ticket selling and ad-securing fills the mezzanine. The annual Sky scraper Ball brings the Council back into focus, and then it fades until the SAC president relinquishes her gavel in May. Yet there are gaps in this October-December-May schedule. It is dotted with SAC sponsored mixers, weekly meetings, attendance by Council members at all organiratio'-.sl rnnventions, personal support of all college functions and household duties in the Phoenix room. The Representatives' time is consumed by aiding Freshmen to plan their social functions and organizing the Club-Coordination board. These are still only the more discernable projects of the SAC. The hours spent in serving as hostesses, considering student sug gestions, and working towards the realization of student objectives are beyond calculation. The SAC has earned a sincere Thank You from all of Mundelein for a well organized, eventful year. This is Honors Day . . . Honors Are Just, But Not Passports Honors Day is a time of recognition for those who have achieved notable success in scholastic and activity enterprises. It is just; it is commendable. It is not. however, a day of distiguishing the bright from the dull, the integrated woman from the meandering child. Ii is not a day of haves and have nots. Honors too often get to be the sole goal of grade-confused, glory-blinded students. If they have been earned, of course, it is a distinction to claim them. But il is often forgot that many more honors would have been claimed had not un known, often serious reasons, prevented their potential possessors from reaping them. God requires only that we return with due yield what talents he has given us; it docs not matter to Him whether that due is 40 talents or one-fourth of a talent. The passport to Heaven is not a magna cum laude degree: it is only a soul lov ingly shaped by the Will of God. Week Moments . Today. 10 a.m., College Day Program 1 p.m., Honors Convocation Friday. May 22, Sodality Day 8:15 p.m.. Spring Concert Monday, May 25-Eriday, May 29, Exam inations Sunday, May 31, 4 p.m., Baccalaureate Wednesday, June 3, 10 a.m., Commence ment Divertissements . . . Criticism Is An Art Deserving Of Thought No. critics are not frustrated artists. In writing a review, a critic is exercising an art of his own, the art of truthful and con structive evaluation of a piece of work. This art should occupy a high place on the aesthetic scale, for. if truly developed, it is immensely comprehensive. It is not limited to any particular school, and, though a critic cannot be equally proficient in all phases of the arts, he must be adept in several if he is to maintain his respected posi tion. Like all artists, however, a critic may fall into the errors of his trade. With the critic these would be journalistic pitfalls. The ability to write should be secondary with the true critic. Of primary importance is bis discriminatory ability. Too often thc.s* talents are reversed, and witty repartee or scathing remarks become the first con sideration of the reviewer. He is often more concerned with the art of his own writing than with the work of the artist whom he is evaluating. He may tend to general ize, to scoff, or to ridicule, merely to establish a reputation, or to entertain a gullible audience. We cannot hope to be as familiar with the arts as are the authors of most of the reviews that we read. We can, however, read their reviews with a critical eye. Indi vidual tastes differ, and, in the end, we are our own best critics. Liberal Arts Fight Today's Materialism But my dear young lady, to devote your self to the study of liberal arts in a world run by machines and ravaged by war seems to me (o be missing the point a little. Now. I m all in favor of higher education for wo men, but let's be practical You should pre pare yourself for today, to meet the future The future I'm hopinq your machine age will leave us one. And if it dors. I'm going to be prepared. Prepared? With liberal arts? Now if you would only specialize in one of the more technical fields that are so lucrative in this atomic age, you would be assured a place. You would belong. You would have secur ity Security? No thanks. I'd feel more se cure walking a tight rope over the mouth of an active volcano. Don't you sec? Liberal arts is both my defense and my offense. When our push-button existence becomes too simple for vie to comprehend. I just delve into a little St. Thomas and straighten out my perspectives. Or if the realism of some of today's art becomes too depressing or obscure. I return to the classics, or Ihe romanticists. Or when the history we arc now making would smother me with despair. I just look back- over the ages, and am happy to discover that we have survived worse crises. But what about this age my dear; pre pare yourself for today Oh. but I am. That's the offense I was telling you about. All we liberal artists are going to assemble our -weapons; faith, theol ogy, intelligence, and experience, and rise in revolt You are? Yes, we are going to win the world back from the machines that how control it. ll lt; are going to control it. Wc -will keep your machines, but wc will control them ' too. rather than the other way around. I think you're an idealist. Do you? Jne h Udcraper Vol. XXIII May 21. 1953 No. 13 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. Co-Editors Marion Whelan Arlene Gorgol Student View Donna Merwick SAC Speaks Up Catherine Lamb, Patricia O'Brien Divertissements Marjorie Duffy, Peggy Winslow. Sybil Lillie What Goes On Rosemary Burns sPorts Mary Alice Winn, Jane Purtelle, Ruth McHugh Skyscrapings Clare Hillyard Jane Roach, Gloria Valentine Assignment Editors Mary Lou Rohlfing, Peggy Winslow Reporters Barbara Brennan, Mary Carey, Dorothy Chiropolos, Rosemary Daly, Jo Anne Hickey, Lois Kolar, Pa tricia O'Brien, Grace Pertell, Dorothy Schneider, Loretta Casey, Barbara Gaul, Pa tricia Anderson, Jean Kielty, Agnes Mc- Auliffe, Rosemary Kelly, Joan Budicin, Lor raine Quinn.
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1953-05-21 (2)
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