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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER Oct. 9, 1963 THE SIKCIIrEI Ip 1 MIL U II I l) 0 IIIII L II is on organ Instituted to present the 'I views of the campus, the city and the world concerning the students, to promote awareness and to mold public opinion on all issues affecting the college of the 20th century. Nhus Interpret News, Tangle Complex Policy The Republic of South Vietnam is a little runt of a country that does a tropical twist along the South China Sea. Its coastal waters and the rivers of the interior teem with fish. But bass, tuna and snappers are small sport these days. The biggest catch gt;s being netted between Hue in the north and Nha Trang in the south, and it's called the Communist Viet Cong. The barbarous war between Viet Cong guerillas and the South Viet namese has been blustering through heavy rains and typhoons since 1959. Under Catholic Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem, who replaced the em peror Bao Dai in 1955, the Vietnamese enlist 1.5-million aid a day and 14,000 advisers from the U.S. who.train the armed forces in South Vietnam and accompany these forces into the front lines. In Saigon, the capitol, a second and more grim war is raging; a dirty untidy, disagreeable war of politics and diplomacy. Dispel Misunderstandings On a world tour to dispel all misunderstandings regarding hos tilities, Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu, sister-in-law of the Prime Minister briefs newsmen on U.S. troops little soldiers of fortune engaging in ir responsible behavior, the Viet Cong and on the fast tactics used against recently repressed Buddhists. Her husband, head of the country's secret police and special force units, and power behind Diem, denies that he has political ambitions. Of the war he says, It is much too complicated for Americans. And of 1,380 students hauled to jail recently in American trucks for protest ing against the persecution of Buddhist monks and nuns Nhu says, One must simply have a stomach strong enough to take it. Striking the depths of international diplomacy, the bitterly contro versial couple is filling the news with many column inches of editorial backwash. Change Feelings President Kennedy has the choice of pulling his soldiers of fortune and saboteurs out of Vietnam and risking the future freedom of Laos, Thailand and Southeast Asia or dealing quickly and efficiently with offi cials in the present government. France's President DeGaulle has given President Kennedy still an other fish to fry. Decrying Diem's mafia-like tactics, DeGaulle sug gests reunification of Vietnam. Presumably a new buffer-state could deal more effectively with the Viet Cong and conciliate the government- Buddhist clash. But with a Communist dictatorship in Hanoi; it is diffi cult to see how this buffer-state would provide a solution. The U.S. was anxious to support Diem only as long as he stocked the pond according to Western taste, so now he is regarded with mounting apprehension. For the U.S. to act as an adviser and helpmate is one matter; for it to meddle is another. Ngo Dinh Diem is expressing a new determina tion not to sink Vietnamese independence for any power, Eastern or Western. The situation is complex and Mme. Nhu's methods of enlightening the world have caught Diem's ship of state in troubled waters. But the slo-eyed, imperious Mme. Nhu may be dispersing misunderstand ings better than she knows. Council Reassembles, World's Hopes Call it renewal, re-evaluation, or as Pope John XXIII did, an attempt to let a little fresh air into the Church. Call it the second act of the century's vital drama, the Second Vatican Council. But to label Council efforts (as a metropolitan daily recently did) an attempt to streamline the Roman Catholic Church for the space age, is to leave the Council's aims and objectives open to misinterpretation. As 2,500 Council participants reassembled in Rome last week, the hopes of the Christian world rose. Realists harbor no illusions that pro ceedings will foster a new Catholicism. They do expect, however, a sincere, penetrating analysis of the Church. This analysis must distin guish between divine essentials of the faith and external manifestations, so that the Church may preserve the former and alter the latter to suit contemporary times. In preparation for this challenging task, bishops, priests and theo logians have spent the past nine months clarifying the schemata to be presented at this year's assembly. Now, with official procedure estab lished and documents revised, the work should move smoothly and rapidly. One of the key questions of the Council concerns the nature of the Church. This will be a prerequisite in examining the Church's role in contemporary s6ciety. A revised five-chapter document, De Ecclesia, refuses to picture the Church as merely an impersonal pyramid of hierarchy. It focuses rather on the original concept of the Church as Christ's servant and apostle. This presentation revives the Biblical connotation of the Church as the chosen people of God. Within the community, each individual, priest, religious and lay person shares equally the responsibility and privilege of bearing witness to Christ. In the midst of the impressive ceremonies and crucial decisions of the Council, the most awesome factor remains, the realization that it is the Holy Spirit working through human Church leaders who is revital izing the eternal institution founded by Christ 2,000 years ago. Sounding Board Editor: I read with great interest the entire first issue of The Sky scraper, but what really caught my attention was the Skycrapings col umn which concluded its reflections on how good it was to return to Mundelein with: It's good to be back. I feel safe. I find this comment rather pro vocative. Some might argue that a college shouldn't be safe (and cozy), that its proper atmosphere should be somewhat abrasive, even unsettling (intellectually speaking, that is). A college, in other words, is not a home. It's more like the city. I wonder; and I wonder if any one else is wondering? Sincerely yours, Russell Barta P.S. Unless by safety our col umnist meant safety from the op posite sex? Editor's note: We have discussed the implica tions of the sentence I feel safe and thank Dr. Barta for a thought- provoking commentary. We feel, however, that the student body should voice their reactions and we, therefore, urge them to reply in the Oct. 23 issue of the Skyscraper. 'I Feel Safe' Does Surplus Homework Mean Better Education? The old cliche, All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, is quickly being replaced by a Work for work's sake principle, according to Ed Keister's Must the Schools Pile, Pile, Pile it on? which appeared recently in the Chicago Sun Times. Students of all levels, he claims, will be carrying the heaviest class and homework loads in their school careers and a great deal of it will be needless, wasteful, time-killing and possibly dangerous. Keister agrees that our age calls for better education and that means longer hours of study, but he contends that better education today merely seems to mean more home- Utopia on Lake Shore Lots Go from Rocks to Richards space program, foreign aid and lead a nuclear arms ban for the weapons it won't manufacture, MTA buses, Fuller Brush men, curbstone set ters, a political machine, pickets and sit-ins, psychoanalysts and crab grass. A city couldn't exist without rush-hour traffic, street- corner gangs, dog pounds, the syn- Emerson and Alcott founded Brook Farm. Thomas Moore and Erasmus dreamed of Utopia on an island. But it took Mundelein's director of development to institute commonwealth on the lakeshore. Psychologists, sociologists and political scientists have longed for an opportunity to contract a com munity of really educated residents . . . one that would allow man in his most developed form to prove what he is capable of; Mundelein now has this chance. With specialists in every field living in its radius, a society close to Utopian idealism could develop from Gletch Gulch to Sheridan Square. Mundelein Shores could become the hub of life perfection ... suburbia without conformity ... civilization with individuation . . . a real state without real state prob lems. Artists could paint nothing but masterpieces on Michelangelo Strata, nor could scientists do little else but make great discoveries on Einstein Alley. Police rule would be obsolete . . . intellectuals would obey stop signs and pay taxes . . . park in front of fire plugs, throw noisy parties and take too many tranquilizers. The rule would have to adopt a dicate, zoned industrial areas or shopping plazas. Even though it was Emerson, Thoreau and Moore who sought the ideal community, it is Mr. Richards who is creating Mundelein Shores the first intellectual state with a Chicago look and a Disneyland touch. Pat Krochmal Uke Skyscraper Vol. XXXIV Oct. 9, 1963 No. 3 Ail-American All-Catholic The Skyscraper is published semi-monthly. September to May inclusive, by the stu dents of Mundelein College, 6368 Sheridan K.i.. Chicago 26, III. Subscription rate is 2 per year. Entered as second-class matter Nov. SO, 1982, at the U.S. Post Office. Chicago, 111., under the act of March 3, 1897. The Skyecraper is a 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. Board of Editors Janice Jearas, Pot Krochmal, Eileen Schaefer Managing Editors . editorial, Mary Etta Talarlco; news, Louise Nunzlato ; layout. Pat Porwici; feature. Tina De Rosa Columnist Barbara Mounsey Photographers Rae Paul, Mickey Deutsch Carlton, Pat Wall, Mickey Parent, Betsy Braunlin StnlT Members Joanne Infantino, Maxine Tyma. Barbara Kubics. Ann Foxen. Mary Pat Schiffer, Mary Ellen Scott. Irene Skala. Helen Skala. Noreen Rapp, Nancy Ward, Sally Carroll, Marilyn Wawak. Marie Hurley. Judy Jones. Mary Fran Kapche. Julie Ebner, Mary Ellen Cronin, Pat Breen, Sister Mary St Eunice, B.V.M., Nickey Wensel, Mary O'Mal- ley. Sister Mary Bernlta, H.V.H., Mary O'Brien. Juanita Hopkins. Gall Hanley, Lydia Geretti. Marge Tunney, Mary Ann Krause, Roberta Virsila, Joan Marchiori, Pat McKay, Eileen Hurley, Pat Wadecki, Mary Glynn, Peggy Clements, Diane Lewan- dowski, Judy Salslnski, Gerry McGuire, Dianne Arturi, Sylvia Hajek. work. He states that to believe a stu dent gets a better education by do ing twice as much of the same rou tine is nonsense. Every school staff should understand that 'more' and 'better' are not interchangea ble. Though he fails to emphasize fully the possible results beyond the proximate, which he terms the rebellion of the student, Keister stresses the fact that this mistaken educational idea could endanger not only our educational system, but also the individual student. Are we to assume that school and schoolwork are the only intel lectual experiences in a student's life? Maybe Keister has had the op portunity to watch today's student reluctantly switch off the TV's Eyewitenss to History in order to study those assigned chapters on the Civil War. Maybe he knows the student who missed Van Cli- burn at the Civic Opera House be cause he had to review for a music theory exam. Has Keister been prowling the halls of our very own institutions? He certainly must have seen the college auditorium on non-required assembly days, or maybe, he too, has felt the repercussions of a college-sponsored near miss. Is there anything to be gained intellectually? Maybe so, but Keister seems to be the only one concerned, except, of course, for the individualistic minority who suc cumb to the temptation by tuck ing their books, and their con sciences as well, in the nearest locker and sneaking off to a poli tical debate or lecture. Homework versus education ? Could be. Rae Paul Congratulations Ann Foxen, senior delegate from Mundelein, was recently elected executive vice president of the North Central Region of NFCCS. By working with student leaders, Ann can bring Mundelein to the forefront on campuses across the country. Congratulations Ann Your elec tion is another step in making Mun delein the college of the 20th cen tury.
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