description:
Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER September 30,1959 rW'bO CulturalConveniences Enhance City College Almost every college student-to-be fosters a secret dream of the small ivy-covered school and campus, far away from home and humdrum. For Mundelites, that dream has been dissipated with the clackety-clack of the 'L,' the jostling of busses and the pandemonium of big-city traffic. But commuter colleges have their advantages, believe it or not. Here in Chicago, we enjoy the benefits of cultural opportunities in an abun dance unheard of in smaller cities. Here we can attend a German operetta, explore the mysteries of the ancient Near East, see the paintings of the Old Masters and catch the latest musicals, and still have just scratched the surface of Chi cago's rich vein of opportunities. To keep you in the know concerning attrac tions about town, the Skyscraper will list out standing events of the week in coming issues. Sports: World Series Baseball, Comiskey Park, Oct. 1. Plays and Musicals: Father Knows Best with Pat O'Brien, Drury Lane Theater, 2500 W. 94th PL, Evergreen Park nightly, 8:30, Sat. 6 and 9:30; Sun. 7:30; closed Mon. Sept. 22-Oct. 4. The Merry Widow (German lang.) Ger- mania Operetta Theatre, the Athenaeum, 2934 N. Southport Oct. 3, 8:15; Oct 4, 2:30 and 8:15. Music Man, with Forrest Tucker, Shu- bert Theater, 22 W. Monroe nightly, 8:30; Wed. and Sat. Matinee, 2 p.m.; closed Sun. Music: Rigoletto, New York Opera Festival, St. Scholastica Auditorium, 7400 N. Ridge, Oct. 9, 8:30. London House Cy Coleman Trio Sept. 29-Oct. 18. Closed Mon. School Bells Call to Alumnae In her first address of the current school year Sister Mary Ann Ida stressed the importance of the preparation for our role as women in the world. She urged that we spread our knowledge beyond the limits of a suburb or an apartment to em brace an understanding of the world in which we live. An important and stimulating example of the college-educated woman's quest for knowledge even after graduation was the Back-to-College day sponsored Sept. 20 by our own Mundelein alumnae. This annual event was attended by more than 300 people including the alumnae, their husbands and friends. It provided an oppor tunity for the former students to reacquaint themselves with those things which are sometimes lost under mounds of dishes, dust and diapers. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. these women attended classes which covered such topics as contemporary literature, dirty politics, atoms for peace, and the Ecumenical Council and the need for world unity. Sister Mary Ann Ida discussed hidden philo sophical persuaders and a faculty recital reintroduced the old masters Bach, Beethoven and Chopin. Why instead of getting together over tea and cookies did they return for a day to the role of college students? These women took to heart the word commence- ment-beginning-when they graduated last year, five, fifteen or twenty-five years ago. The world is constantly moving at a faster pace. They realized the fact that they must advance with it. The late Pope Pius XII said, Let us thank God that we live among the pres ent problems for it is no longer permitted to anyone to be mediocre. We must con gratulate the alumnae for setting an example which it would be well for all of us to follow. Clubs Welcome 'Thinking Women identify their products with, the Ameri can ideal is youth and beauty, for high- fashion models and handsome young men endorse everything from kitchen cleanser to Coca-Cola, in every newspaper ad and TV commercial. Advertisers, in their endeavor to cap ture the hearts and pocketbooks of Ameri can consumers, have gone to great lengths to seek out the desires of the public and to identify their products with these de sires. Judging from what advertisers do Red Youth Festival Falls Flat On July 26 in neutral Vienna, over 16,500 student delegates from different parts of the world came to the Seventh World Peace (Red Youth) Festival. Their goal was the preservation of peace and the forging of international ties of friendship. The Communists at tempted to bring this goal about by mass rallies, cultural events and seminars. Communist goon squads went through the different sectors of the festival crying peace and friendship and by deception and pressure often succeeded in ringing an answering response from the student delegates. BUT THE ANSWERING RE SPONSE was not always the cry of peace and friendship. Rather, the cry of a young girl being slugged for handing out pamphlets telling the Western side of the story; the cry of the Austrian youths wanting to know why they were host to this red circus; the cries of six American youths saying remember Hungary and Tibet as they were mobbed by Commun ist delegates; the cries of a news photog rapher as he was beaten for taking pic tures of a festival for peace. Yet, the festival was not just street corner rallies. There were meetings too. Students were invited to attend the many cultural events held each night in large theaters. Many students did attend these events, no doubt because the sem inars telling of Western policy and truths were held in buildings too small to hold more than a few students with hard-to- get tickets. THE SEVENTH WORLD PEACE FESTIVAL did not succeed because of the fact that its foundation of lies and half-truths could not withstand the pres sure of a young girl's cries or the demands of the perpetually questioning youth. That these questions can be answered truthfully can be seen in the enthusiastic reports of our representatives to the World Sodality convention to which stu dent delegates from 34 nations came and learned, not only from the meetings, but through close contact with each other. Such contact was strictly censored at the Festival for Peace. ANSWERS WERE TO BE FOUND also by our representatives at the Na tional Federation of Catholic College Stu dents convention where active, not pas sive, participation was the order of the day, and at the National Student Associa tion conference, where resolutions were passed and letters sent to the President regarding student stands on nuclear warfare. Which of these conventions supplied satisfactory answers will only be seen in the actions of the representatives in the coming year, and the acceptance or rejec tion of these actions by their fellow stu dents in the United States and throughout the world. TODAY, A NEW IDEAL has ap peared. It is a young man still hand some and rugged, of course but in addi tion, he Thinks for Himself And he seems to sell a lot of cigarettes, which in dicates that many people admire inde pendent thinking regardless of how much of it they do themselves. What does thinking for oneself involve ? Is it necessary to stick out like a sore thumb for the sake of independence? Wearing chartreuse kneesocks and a shocking pink and purple sweater would certainly be considered being independ ent. But would it be considered thinking? Thinking for oneself, paradoxically, often means cooperating with a group for a common goal. To have the foresight to recognize the values of belonging to a group which has clearly defined aims and from which we can profit is to be a thinking man. AT MUNDELEIN we have many op portunities to exercise this type of mental independence. Thirty co-curricular and extracurricular clubs and activities help us pursue interests ranging from horse back riding to international relations. What better way to exercise our thinking muscles than to expose them to the chal lenge of something we have always been secretly interested in, or to delve more deeply into the field of our major? During Club Week, Oct. 5-9, these clubs will introduce themselves to us and com pete for our membership. Should every Mundelein girl join a club? Well, that's something each one must decide for her self. Coming on Campus THURSDAY, OCT. 1 Election of Freshman Governors, 1:10 and cap and gown reception practice, auditorium; Resident student dinner, 5 p.m., Tearoom FRIDAY, OCT. 2 First Friday, Exposition of Blessed Sacra ment, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Stella Maris cha pel; Holy hour, 3; Benediction, 4 Theology workshop, sessions at 2:00, 4:15, 6:45, Room 405, Father Bernard Cooke, S.J. SATURDAY, OCT. 3 Theology workshop, sessions at 1:30, 3, 7:30 p.m. Room 405, Father Cooke SUNDAY, OCT. 4 Theology workshop, The Mass, 9:15, Room 405, Father Cooke MONDAY, OCT. 5 Club Week, all week, Lounge; Alpha Mu Gamma, 4:10, Room 301 TUESDAY, OCT. 6 Honors convocation, 1:10 p.m., auditorium; Faculty reception for honor students and their mothers, 2 to 4 p.m., Social rooms. Math club, 410 p.m., Room 302 WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7 Mass for feast of Holy Rosary, 8 a.m., Stella Maris chapel THURSDAY, OCT. 8 Sophomore class meeting, 1:10, auditorium Freshman Counselor meetings, 1:10; Educa tion department meeting with juniors inter ested in student teaching, 1:10, Room 405; Related Arts club meeting, 4:10 p.m., Room 801, Literature of the 18-19th centuries FRIDAY, OCT. 9 Leaf Leap, 9 p.m., gymnasium SUNDAY, OCT. 11 Parent-Daughter Day: Freshman reception of cap and gown, 2:30 p.m., auditorium; tea for parents and students, 3 to 5 p.m., Tea room; open house, Mundelein and Scholasti cate, 3 to 5 p.m. MONDAY, OCT. 12 TB chest X-rays, all day, Loyola parking lot; Glee Club Get-Acquainted party, 3:30 p.m., Philomena hall; Romeo and Juliet, foreign film, 4:10 p.m., Room 607 TUESDAY, OCT. 13 Eastern Rite Liturgy, 11:30 a.m., audi torium; Bishop Elko, celebrant; Skyscraper staff, 3:10 p.m., 404; Musicale, 3:10 p.m., Room 703, Music of Beethoven, Debussey, Bartok and others; Laetare Players, pledge party, 3:15 p.m., stage and Tearoom; Chem istry club, 4:10 p.m., Room 601 WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14 Sodality, 4:10 p.m., Room 405; Terrapin demonstration, 4:10 p.m., pool *Jhe huAcraper Vol. XXX Sept. 30, 1959 No. 1 The Skyscraper is published semi-monthly. October to May inclusive, except during vacations and semester examina tions by the students of Mundelein College, 6363 Sheridan Road, Chicago 40, Illinois. Subscription rates are 1.76 per year. Entered as second class matter, November 30, 1932, at the U.S. Post Office, Chicago Illinois, under the act of March 3. 1897. The Skyscraper is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press and the Catholic School Press Association. STAFF MEMBERS Editor-in-Chief Mary Lou Brady Associate Editor Kathleen McGuire News Editors Mary Lou Brady, Patricia Riggs Editorial Editors Mary Ann Makowski, Anne Miller Feature Editors Kathleen McGuire, Joanne Twomey Sports Editors Dorothy Nelson, Patricia Novak Staff Artist Patricia Wendt Skyscrapings Aunt Pumpinella Reporters Newswriting Class Moderator Sister Mary Donatus
title:
1959-09-30 (2)
publisher:
Women and Leadership Archives http://www.luc.edu/wla
creator:
Mundelein College
description:
Student newspaper for Mundelein College
subject:
Newspapers
subject:
Religious communities--Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
subject:
Students
subject:
Universities and colleges
subject:
Women's education
relation:
Mundelein College Records
type:
Text
language:
English
rights:
This image is issued by the Women and Leadership Archives. Use of the image requires written permission from the Director of the Women and Leadership Archives. It may not be sold or redistributed, copied or distributed as a photograph, electronic file, or any other media. The image should not be significantly altered through conventional or electronic means. Images altered beyond standard cropping and resizing require further negotiation with the Director. The user is responsible for all issues of copyright. Please Credit: Women and Leadership Archives, Loyola University Chicago. wlarchives@luc.edu
coverage:
Chicago, Illinois
coverage:
Mundelein College