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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER March 3,1959 M; itae d/ty M;er fiMNB It ?/ UK CAVAMMl fcKLLET Coming on Campus Scholasticate Proves Regard for Education, Community Security On March 15, another goal will have been achieved by the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On this date, the Most Reverend Albert G. Meyer, Archbishop of Chicago, will officiate at the dedication ceremony of the new scholasticate. This 11-story building stands for more than just brick and mortar; it stands for the regard a growing community has for its Sister-students, and for the field of endeavor they will soon enter that of education. It stands also for a Congregation that has constantly been studying and doing research for newer and better ways to achieve their end as a teaching community. Though a project of the BVM, the scholas ticate has brought with it something for the Mundelein student. With it has come a sense of pride in the com munity that teaches us. A person identifies him self with the organization with which he is as sociated, and when that organization has done well he is proud. There has come also a sense of security security in the feeling that with such expansion there will be more well-prepared teachers to teach basic truths so needed in the world today. But the Scholasticate is not all such serious business. Due to its location, Mundelein has become neighbors with 80 Sister-students, and in sharing classroom problems, exams and home work, a friendship and understanding has grown between the Scholastics and the girls. Ben Franklin Says: Effective SAC's Can Easily Be Made Ineffective Ones Back in 1773 Ben Franklin wrote a set of Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One. Today in 1959 there seems to be a need for a new set of Rules by Which an Effective SAC May Be Reduced to an Ineffective One. The SAC has developed the outline of their program for becoming ineffective, using lack of communication as the main tool. They have grasped the rudiments of not communicating, but at times they relax their vigilance and allow bits of infor mation to escape. These Rules by Which an Effective SAC May Be Reduced to an Ineffective One codify the best methods of achieving a complete lack of com munication between the SAC and the student body. Following these rules would in sure that the students would have absolutely no inkling of what the SAC is trying to do. 1. WHEN A MAJOR decision is announced, the result of the vote for next year's benefit selection or the names of those appointed to fac ulty-student committees, be sure to put a two by three inch announcement written in faint pencil in the lower right hand corner of the cluttered SAC board. Even if some student does discover the notice, she will have a real challenge trying to decipher what it says. The SAC has been slipping recently by typing announcements on four by six cards. They are too easy to read and encourage perceptive students to find them on the board to see what they say. 2. WHEN AN AGENDA is to be used for student discussion at an SAC assembly, wait until the day of the assembly to let anyone know what the topic will be. The most effective way of making sure absolutely no one knows what the SAC wants to talk about is to use the small- announcement-on-the-board approach and post the notice during the noon period. Never, never post an agenda a week in advance, pass out du plicated copies or have the agenda printed in the paper. When no one knows what she's talk ing about, discussions are much more interesting. 3. WHEN PLANS still in the theory stage are to be discussed at faculty-SAC or regular SAC meetings, keep the proposals strictly con fidential until they are either accepted or re jected. Then let the students know the decisions. In the past the SAC has been known to develop news leaks. Although nothing as drastic as a purge of informers is advocated, it might be wise to impress on the group the necessity for confidence. News leaks impair the function of the SAC by leaving its decisions open to public criticism. Allowing criticism might in time lead to revolution or even anarchy 4. IN GENERAL, never consult the student body about future plans. The SAC functions Behind Bamboo Curtain Catholic Church Suffers in Red China Recently, a native Chinese Sister of the order of the Immaculate Conception, Montreal, Canada, was condemned to three years of hard labor in Communist China, to work without tools on the road side. This is just one of the countless atroci ties committed by the Communists in their rise to power in China. An in creasing number of these have been di rected against the Catholic Church. THE VIOLENT YEARS of the per secution began in 1945, when the Com munists launched savage attacks against Catholic religious and laity alike. Mobs staged mass demonstrations at public trials which often ended in fatal beatings for the accused, who were arrested on the most fantastic of charges. From 1948 to 1950, the years of si lence, the official policy was that of tolerance of religion, although a just as dangerous but more subtle campaign was under way. The psychological war was on. The government sponsored indoc trination courses, forced Catholics to attend and tried to argue them out of their faith. Children were taught to sneer at their Catholic classmates. The state took over mission schools to spread atheism even there. In 1951, a vicious campaign was be- By Anne Miller gun against the missionary sisters throughout China who conducted orphan ages to care for the thousands of babies abandoned yearly. The Communists ac cused the sisters of murder and inhuman treatment of the orphans and even of cannibalism. THESE CHARGES, as all the others through the years, were intended to poi son the minds of the Chinese against the faith, and to stamp out Catholicism en tirely. The other religions of China were rec ognized by the government, and drawn into alliance with it on a patriotic basis. But the Catholics, the pigheaded ones, were excluded from this favored group. It wasn't until 1951 that a con certed effort was made to establish a national Catholic Church, severed from Rome. The Communists forged priests' signatures on mani festos stating the desire to separate the Church from the Vatican. Their plan was to eventually unite Pro testants and Catholics in a state re ligion of sorts. A new version of the Ten Command ments was written. It included one which read: Thou shalt support the God-sent popular democracy (of Mao Tse-tung). FINALLY, on April 13, 1958, through coercion, the illicit consecration of two priests as bishops was performed, by a Chinese Bishop who had earlier made a public statement to the effect that he would never commit such an act. Every step of the way, the Commun ists have met with heroic opposition in their battle against the Church. A vast underground has sprung up, of priests and sisters disguised as peddlers, herb doctors and peasants who minister to the faithful in secret, and of courageous lay men and women who smuggle the Eucha rist to imprisoned religious and fellow laity, and who not only guard the faith but spread it energetically. It has been said that the Commu nists have done more to publicize the Church in China than was ever done by Catholics themselves. In emphasizing its evils, the govern ment has brought the attention of the Chinese to the Church, and in stead of stamping out Catholicism, they have added to its appeal. In this time of hardship, the Church is growing. Our prayers are needed so that the cour ageous resistance of the Chinese Catho lics may continue until this great perse cution ceases. The Church would be a good target at which to aim our Lenten sacrifices. March 3-9 Tuesday Thomistic Philosophy in the Twen tieth Century, concert-lecture series Sister Mary Ann Ida, B.V.M., 1:10 p.m., auditorium The Darwin Theory and Contempo rary Biology, second lecture of the Darwin series, Dr. Orlando Park, 6 p.m., auditorium. Reception, 4:30 Social rooms. Wednesday French Poetry readings, Pierre Viala, 3:30 p.m., Social rooms Sodaiity candidate and group meet ings, 4 p.m. Thursday The Work of the Church in China, Sister Ann Virginia, M.M., noon, Room 501 And They Found Him, Maryknoll film, 1 p.m., Room 306 Saturday High school Mathematics Tournament, 1p.m. Sunday Laetare Sunday, Laetare's Golden Rose ceremony March 10-16 Tuesday Freshman Recital, 1:10, auditorium Chemistry club meeting, 4 p.m., Room 601 Spanish Club meeting, 4 p.m., Room 306-307 WAA meeting, 4 p.m., gymnasium Evolution and The Book of Genesis, last lecture of Darwin series, Rev. John L. McKenzie, S.J., 6 p.m., Loyola law auditorium, 41 E. Pearson. Thursday SAC assembly, 1:10, auditorium Sunday St. Patrick's dinner, sponsored by the Women's Auxiliary, 4-7 p.m., Tearoom and Social rooms Monday SAC meeting, 4 p.m., Room 407 as the students' representatives, but listening to the suggestions of the students takes up too much valuable time that could be spent making enlightened decisions free from the pressure of outside influences. 5. IF AN UNWISE student disagrees with the SAC, for example on the value of all college discussions, let her be ignored. She is just a dissenter from the apathetic majority. 6. BEWARE THE printed word. Any infor mation that leaks out and spreads by word may be denied as rumor, but it is difficult to deny the printed fact. Groups like Notre Dame's Student Senate who publish full reports of proposed se mester plans in the student news magazine are put in the awkward position of having to do what they say they are going to do or explaining why they don't. 7. THE BEST SPIRIT for the SAC to pro mote on campus is absolute trust in the SAC. The student body will then think that, although they aren't too sure just what the SAC is ac complishing, they know the SAC must be doing a good job. 8. BASICALLY, the SAC shouldn't encourage interest or participation in student affairs by trying to communicate with the student body. Only an SAC veiled in obscurity can function at its ineffective best. VLSI, Acraper uAcrap Vol. XXIX March 3, 1959 No. 9 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 SO. 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 Editors Barbara Guderian, Marguerite Phillips Associates Mary Gart, Margaret Nicholson, Lynda Rousseau Staff Artist Mary Anne King Skyscrapings Joann Pryan Assistants Mary Lou Brady, Claudia Radzwicki, Ann Miller, Dorothy Nelson, Mary Ann Makowski, Dorothy Lahman, Kathleen McGuire Reporters Newswriting Class
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