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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER Feb. 15,1967 Doubt Opposition Student opinion If 1 lilt U il I U Ll Jl III til will grip current issues and events and hold them before the campus in order that members of the Mundelein community may sense and direct history rather than bob in its wake. Faculty Weighs P-F Experiment The recommendation of the Committee on Liberal and Tutorial Studies concerning the use of pass or fail grades for certain courses will go into effect next year, pending approval by a faculty vote in April. Hopefully, the recommendation will not encounter major opposition, since it has already passed through the office of the President of the College. A green light from faculty members will certainly be welcomed by the students, generally backed the Academic Affairs Committee of the MSC when, during the debate on comprehensives, it suggested that the Academic Board reconsider the entire letter-grade system now in effect. As a result, the Board launched a study of the marking system which included interviews with students. The scope of the final recommendation presented to the president by the Committee on Liberal and Tutorial studies is admittedly narrow. Since required courses, major and related courses and all education courses are out of the range of the new system, many students may be eligible OttGT only for one pass-fail course per year. fl il a Nevertheless, the program does offer an op- V-naiienge portunity to take a challenging course out side of one's own area of concentration without the pressure of achieving an A or B. The student who formerly con fined herself to safe courses in order to maintain her aver age will be able to explore new fields with an easy conscience. The use of the pass-fail grade in limited courses next year may perhaps be the first step in a general revamping of the current grading system. The Academic Affairs Committee and the Academic Board appear willing to take the initial step. We urge the faculty to demonstrate equal willingness by ap proving the pass-fail recommendation. Generation Gap Signals Growth The Generation Gap, an inevitability separating young people from their predecessors, perpetually exists on new ideas. The lack of communication between generations has long been tolerated but seldom analyzed or understood. Now that it has developed into something monumental, . questions have been raised concerning its KQISG causes. / . History set the framework through its WUeSTIOrlS development of an independent younger gen eration. Earning money at an early age gives students finan cial freedom and responsibilities never encounted by their par ents. An awareness of their future in the space age sobers students who strive to reach the demands of a prospective vocation. Television has taken the new generation out of its own neighborhood to a war front, to slums and to freedom marches. Social awareness has resulted. Tutoring and civil rights projects are examples of action taken TOkG to aid a limping society. Students whose parents * .. belonged to the raccoon coat age attend fewer MCTIOn football games and more meetings to promote their pet causes. The break in transition from the older to the new genera tion is a sign of progress and should be utilized as such. Each group of young people is accomplishing more than the pre- ceeding one, thus widening the gap between them. The gap can be seen then as a mark of a good thing; advancement in social awareness and responsibility. The gap will gain continued support through the growth in volume of the new generation. By 1970, one-third of the country's population will be made up of people under 25 years of age. Power lies in number as well as in the vigor of such an age group. Sounding Board Before the Extension recruiters visit Mundelein, I would like to give you an idea of Extension in action. Presently, I am in Charleston, Mo. a small thriving metropolis of 5,000, Theresa (my partner from Cleveland, Ohio) and I teach at a Catholic high school with a stu dent enrollment of 80 and a faculty of four. Hence, I find myself teaching algebra, geometry, busi ness math, freshman citizenship and seventh-eighth grade math. I also moderate the pep club, cheer leaders, national honor society and the sophomore class, and do other little jobs like calling faculty meet ings and planning open houses, In the evenings there are school meetings, CCD classes and high school basketball games. Our Saturdays are spent visiting people in the community. In between all of this, there is a desire to keep up with Time, the NCR and current books. We make a valiant at tempt Elizabeth Gordon We would like to publicly express our gratitude to all the people who, by their help and support, made Speak-Easy possible during its year-and-a-half at Mundelein. First, Mr. Stan Dale, who, as director and moderator of Speak- Easy, contributed countless hours of his time to securing speakers and bringing them to Mundelein. Then, Mr. Dan Cahill, Sister Irene Meyer and Mrs. Robert Matasar, who, by serving on the Speakers' Committee, contributed invaluable advice and support. Next, the edi tors and staff of the Skyscraper, whose extensive coverage of all Speak-Easy activities provided our most effective means of communica tion with the College community. Also, the Mundelein Student Congress, through which Speak- Easy was brought to Mundelein. The members of the Speak-Easy Committee, who wrote fact sheets, put out publicity, completed ar rangements and acted as hostesses. Finally, to the College administra tion Sister Ann Ida Gannon, Sister Mary Cramer and Sister Mary Griffin. Anne Boylan Judy Raffals The last meeting of Speak-Easy was like the wake after the funeral. The few mourners that were there stood in stark contrast to the un concerned majority of Mundelein students. Stan Dale expressed the hope that he would return in the future, but the empty seats shouted a silent No. Speak-Easy was the perfect opportunity for us to discuss issues of today with those involved in creating them. The administration may optimisti cally attempt to attract the in volved intellectual, but it seems that the Mundle-Bundle is only interested in becoming homecoming queen. Ceil Wolski Kay Hartman Sensitive Musical Emphasizes Breakdown of Jewish Custom by Jean Durall A fiddler on a roof typifies the height of impracticality, pursuing his interests while buffeted by the surrounding elements. Fiddler on the Roof, at the McVickers for an indefinite engagement, impressively trans poses the image to a village of Jewish peasants trying vainly to maintain their pattern of life against the turbulence of pre-revolutionary Russia. Particularly, it is the story of Tevye, the village milkman. With the help of all the villagers Tevye sets the play's theme for the audience as he explains that tra dition governs every facet of their life. The action of the musical pursues the breakdown of this tradition by Tevye's three older daughters and the civil authorities. This opening number also sets the musical tone based on vigorous folk melodies and accented by tra ditional dance forms. Tevye, a simple man who talks to God and the audience with equal ease, has the immediate problem of finding a husband for his dowry- less daughter Tzeitel. But, Tzeitel is dissatisfied with all the match maker's suggestions and, in the song Matchmaker Matchmaker, warns her sisters Hodel and Chava that those who play with matches get burned. Tzeitel's aversion to Yente, the matchmaker's selection, rests in the fact that she is already in love with Motel the tailor. The first defiance of tradition arises when Motel oversteps the matchmaker and personally asks to marry Tev ye's oldest daughter. Despite the irregularity, Tevye agrees. The second threat to the family's tradition-steeped life comes from a young university student, Per- chik, whom Tevye befriends. Per- chik astounds the community with his radical ideas that women should be educated and that mixed danc ing is not sinful. He further up sets Tevye's world by announcing, not asking, that he intends to marry Hodel, the second daughter. Even this breach of tradition is not too grave for Tevye and he resignedly sends Hodel off to the Ukraine to marry Perchik. However, Tevye, the loving fa ther, cannot accept his third daugh ter's decision to marry a gentile. She is not simply disowned, she is dead to the family. Even as the Jewish community is being evicted from their village by the authori ties in the pogroms of 1900, Tevye will not recognize Chava and her husband when they come to say good-bye. Fiddler on the Roof is an unu sual musical in the poignancy of the portrait of the main character. Tevye, played by veteran Luther Adler, carries the show. He is not just the microcosmic illustration of tradition's breakdown but rather a vital personality who wins the au dience immediately with his simple candor. Tevye, like all of litera ture's poor peasants, complains of his lot and speculates on what he'd do If I Were a Rich Man. But, with Adler's sensitive portrayal, all Tevye's platitudes, his misquoted scripture references and physical mannerisms combine to form an individual who touches both the mind and the heart. Tevye is not a very influential person, least of all with his wife Golde, played by Dolores Wilson. She first appears almost shrew ish but in the second act Golde shows her depth of feeling in re sponse to Tevye's insistent query, Do You Love Me? She is par ticularly touching in the final scene as the family breaks up and sets off to establish a new life. Felice Camargo, Royce Lenelle and Kelly Wood all give convincing and lively performances as the three daughters, Tzeitel, Hodel and Chava. Miss Lenelle gives Hodel a particularly distinctive character with her strong interpretation of the role. The student, Perchik, is endowed with homogenous degrees of revolu tionary fervor and tender feelings by Joseph Masiell. In contrast, Motel, played by David Garfield, is a timid and ineffectual man whose dearest possession is his sewing machine. Most of the musical numbers, written by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, are robust songs drawing heavily from traditional Russian and Jewish folk music. Match maker Matchmaker, To Life, Bottle Dance and I Just Heard are all lively melodies that capture the spirit of the people and the play. In a more sedate vein there is Motel's Miracle of Miracles, the popular Sunrise, Sunset and Hodel's Far from the Home I Love. Like the musical score, the danc ing, choreographed by director Jerome Robbins, is strongly ethnic in its origin. The kinetic energy of the music and dancing give Fid dler a musical depth, if not a tech nical superiority, which is rare in the Hello Dolly world of American musicals. The main set property is Tevye's house which opens up, swivels around and moves back and forth on stage. While simplifying stag ing, this device generates a me chanical and slightly contrived im pression which is incompatible with the tenor of the play itself. The unusual use of candles against a darkened stage in the Sabbath Prayer and at Tzeitel's wedding is visually effective. Throughout, the Fiddler, Al De- Sio, with his red cap and violin, constantly reappears as a reminder that all the villagers, all men, are really only fiddlers on the roof. VLSk u 5c rape r Vol. XXXVII Feb. 15, 1967 No. 9 Catholic School Press Association Newspaper of Distinction The. Skyscraper Is published semi-monthly. September to Hay inclusive except during exam and mention periods, by the students of Mundelein College. 6363 Sheridan Rd., Chicago, HI.. 60626. Entered u second-class matter Nov. 30, 1932. at the I.'.S. Post Office. Chicago. 111., under the act of March 3, 1897, The Skyscraper is a member of the Catholic School Press Association and subscribes to the National Educational Advertising: Service. Letters to the editor must be signed. The Skyscraper reserves the right to cut letters In case of limited space. Co-Editors - Jennifer Joyce. Kathy Riley Feature Editor - Marilyn Gibbs Business Manager . Theresa Ebenhoe Photographer . Nancy Vandenberg Cartoonist Mary Fran Campbell Staff Julie Caruso. Kathy Cummins, Pat Czapar, Pat Devine. Jean Durall. Aldlne Favaro, Kathy Flynn, Marianne Fusillo, Kay Ellen Hartman. Sheila McCarthy, Mary McMorrow, Mary Beth Mundt, Jayne Quinn. Giselle Riba, Diane Sargol, Janet Sass, Peggy Sieben, Mary Beth Wagner, Anndrea Zahorak
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