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Page Four SKYSCRAPER They Watch They Give Gifts Students participate in the Christmas vigil praying the Rosary in groups after classes each day in the Chapel. Clubs and De partments go together at convenient hours. Sodaiists Mary Therese O'Connell, Mary Kay Hannan, and Jeanne Leahy are preparing for the Mundelein-Loyola caroling program for shut-ins. (Story on Page 1, col. 4.) Economics club members Murphy display doll gifts (Story on Page 3, col. 4.) Barbara Schevers and Betty Jean being distributed to needy children. Students Sponsor IRJ Workshop Friendship House was the scene of a Student Interracial Workshop, Dec. I, attended' by Rosemary Ambrose, Mary Jones, and Mary Lou O'Brien. Other Interracial Justice club mem bers present were Josephine Curtis and Margaret Shannon. The workship, which opened with Missa Recitata at St. Elizabeth church, had as its general topic Principles and Problems of Interracial Justice in Schools. The Reverend Thomas McDoiiourIi, assistant chaplain of the Calvert club. University of Chicago, began the morn ing session with a talk on What Does Christ Think. Student discussions combined with other talks to complete the day. Fencers 'En Guard' In Exhibition Duals Nine Mundelein students took part iii an afternoon of social fencing, yes terday, in the gymnasium, under the sponsorship of the Amateur Fencing League of America. Highlight of the program was a mixed doubles competition, including mem bers of the Fencers club and the Uni versity club. Mundelein participants were Bar bara Hoffman, Georgia Kotsiakos, Florence Sandage, Peggy Moran, Cor- alyn Kelly, Mary Lou Hirsch, Norma Jean Hobin, RoseMari Pellegrini, and Joan Sramck. Review Selects Education Theme For Winter Issue An analysis of Catholic Education in the United States will be the basis for the winter edition of the Review, currently being planned. The articles and essays will deal with education on all levels in primary and secondary schools and colleges. As a means of compiling the needed research into such a subject; interested students are forming teams. One student from each team will do the actual writing. Originally conceived when LIfe maga zine published last year an issue concern ing education in secular schools, the education issue will deal with statistical information such as the number of Cath olic schools in the United States and their cost, taxes, and services. Faculties of Catholic schools and the facilities for teacher training will con cern other research and writing teams. The Catholic school in political and so cial life will be the basis for one article. Short stories, poetry, and book reviews will be included in the issue as usual. SAC Speaks Up Japanese Invite Correspondents The best and shortest way to learn about democracy is by corresponding with American students, wrote the lead er of the Japan Correspondence club, to Mundelein recently. Fifty-six History students and mem bers of the Interracial Justice club an swered the letter to initiate the ac tivity. The letters written by Mundelein students will go to some of the 2000 members, aged 14-23, of the Corres pondence club. The Japanese students desire American pen-pals in order to learn about democracy through knowing democracy's citizens. Mundelein's correspondents will em phasize the American way of life with its Christian basis in their letters. In formation concerning this activity may be obtained from the History depart ment. Economist Proves 'A Penny Earned Is a Penny Saved* Mr. E. J. Lodge, of the savings and profit sharing pension fund, Sears, Roebuck, and company, lectured Dec. 6 to the students in the Economics de partment on Profit Sharing as a Means to Preserve Free Enterprise. Mr. Lodge outlined the general his tory and principles of profit sharing, the various plans in operation, and specifically the Sear's plan, with the social effect of such a plan. Profit sharing, he believes, is one of the successful methods in- opera tion to bring about distributive jus tice, better employer-employee rela- tionsj and to foster cooperation and respect for mutual rights. Noted Authority to Speak on Narcotics Narcotics and Narcotic Ad dicts will be the subject of Lois Higgins, Ph.D., of the Crime Pre vention bureau, when she lec tures here on Wednesday. The Department of Psycholo gy and Education will sponsor the lecture, which will be held in Room 405 at'4 p.m. Remember . . . You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I'm telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town. Times Have Changed ... but this must surely strike a familiar note among your childhood memories. Those days w-cre filled with fun and excite ment. With the rise of maturity, how ever, we begin to realize that good actions should not be performed for the delight of receiving rewards. Now we know that admirable actions are or should be performed merely for the joy of doing good and ordering God's plan. School, like every other phase of student life, plays an impor tant part in that realization. No Barber Shop Quartets ... but a good start towards mature action might include an active membership in SPACKSCU. You can fulfill many obligations as a charter member of the Society for the Protection, Assis tance, and Consideration of all Kind Smoker-CIeaner-Uppers. If it sounds involved, take a look at the smoker any day at 3 p.m. and again at 4 p.m. Quite a difference and all because some one took an interest in your con venience. Our promise can make her job easier and display our apprecia tion if we become active participants of SPACKSCU. No Legacy So Rich As Honesty . . . might sum up the new undertaking of NSA members, who will begin panel discussions on the possibility of intro ducing the honor system at Mundelein. Virtually every student has an opin- Famed Choreographer Demonstrates Dance Charles Wcidman, noted choreo grapher, dance educator, and artist of the ballet, demonstrated modern tech niques on Dec. 3 for students enrolled in the modern dance class. Mr. Weidman's first departure from the Dcnishawn company in 1928 was a cooperative venture with Doris Humphrey in developing technical methods which have led to develop ment of choreography in Broadway musical comedy and drama as well as school and repertoire. In recent years Mr. Weidman has been active in the field of dance educa tion with various classes at Columbia university, New York university, and Bennington college school of the dance. Mr. Weidman is presently associated with the New York City Opera com pany. ion on a topic of such import, so sign for a panel and present your ideas to this soon-to-bc-initiated topic. Now To Do In '52 . . . if future suc cess can be based on your answer to the Mix N'Match, we can look for ward to a wonderful Christmas pro gram and a successful New Year. Each display of satisfaction in a student- operated project gives the Council as well as the staunch armies of volun teers a new impetus to make a fresh start in a new enterprise. At This Time . . . SAC news is only the shadows on the walls projected by the glowing ray of hope signified in The Light of The World. From the officers of the Council comes the wish: May God bless you and yours, espec ially this Christmas, and guide you in the New Year. Delegates Plan Agenda at NSA Regional Meeting Delegates Mary Nikias, Mary Fran ces Anderson, and Gloria Kowaleski recently attended an Illinois regional meeting of the National Student asso ciation, at De Paul university. The three-day forum began with a plenary session during which an agen da was prepared for the year. Com mission meetings considered various aspects of student affairs and formu lated resolutions to be considered by regional representatives. Plans for a spring arts festival, em phasizing student achievements in the fields of art, drama, and music, were organized. The annual NSA-spon- sored art tour will be continued this year, and will be started in March or April. Artists Learn Job Potentials Mrs. Edward J. Danko, of the Art department, addressed members of the Art Club, Dec. 6, on the Tech nique of Job-Hunting in Art. Stressing their lack of experience. Mrs. Danko warned students to look for an apprenticeship as a stepping stone to practical experience. Revive Interest In Periclean Age History majors recently presented a series of panel discussions concerning the life and culture of the Periclean Age. Jeanne Leahy, Marilyn Bccic, Gloria Bol- lettini, Joan Cahill, and La Vina Stancil formed a panel to discuss Sophiocles and His Antigone. Periclean Democracy: Menace or Ben efit to Athens was the subject Betty Fisher, Mary Nikias, Mona Meyer, Donna Merwick, and Katherinc Murphy ar gued pro and con. Analyzing Thucydides History as one of the worlds great books were Joan Bruno, Dorothy Kmieciiiski, Mary Jane Mulvihill, Marilou Mennella, and Nancy Beach. Demosthenes' Oration on the Crown was the source for the discussion by Vir ginia Doria, Julia Madden, Laura Ber gamin, Rita Kucera, and Marjorie Gaynor, who presented the backgrounds outstanding elements of the Athenian jury system. Welcome Alumnae To Holiday Parties The Science Forum and the Home Economics department have invited alum- j nae of their groups to homecoming par- ties on the evening of Dec. 16. Junior and senior majors in the Science and Mathematics' departments will havei dinner with their alumnae at 6 p.m., and, with them, will attend the Christmas pro- gram, Music Under the Stars, later inl the evening. Patricia O'Shea and Betsy SieglerS are co-chairmen of the Home Econo-L mics homecoming which will include dinner at 6 p.m., and attendance atl the Christmas program. During the evening alumnae and se-l nior and junior Home Economics ma-l jors will view a film strip, titled Liturl ' gy in the Home which has tape-re-l* corded comment by Florence Bergcr.j author of Cooking for Christ. 1 Sophomores Take Experimental Tests To help validate one part of the Gen* eral Educational Development tests Mundelein sophomores were quizzcJo Nov. 30 and Dec. 7. h Labeled Correctiveness and Effec-j tiveness of Expression, the tests were constructed under the direction of Dr Ralph Tyler, director of the Veteran; Testing Service. The outcome of the exaniinationrn given in selected colleges will deteitt, mine the amount of scholastic cred:'* servicemen will receive for their studi ics in the armed forces. /
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1951-12-10 (4)
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