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THE SKYSCRAPER February 16, 1934 THE SKYSCRAPER Official Semi-Monthly Newspaper of MUNDELEIN CO L LEGE 6363 Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois Mundelein Chicago's College For Women Under the DirectioI. of the Sisters of Charity, B. V. M. Published semi-monthly from October to May inclusive by the students of Mundelein College. VOL. IV FEB. 16, 1934 NO. 7 Editors-in-Chicf Evelyn Lincoln, Justine Feely News Editor Charlotte Wilcox Assistants Mary O'Brien, Dorothy O'Donnell Feature Editor - Ann Lally Make-up Editor Jane Spalding Exchanges -...Marion Mulligan Sodality Virginia Meagher Art Joan Limburg Athletics - Irene Lavin Assistant .. Loretta Brady Circulation Manager Margaret Mahoney Reporters t Margaret Cleary, Genevieve Del Bec- caro, Mary Geiger, Gladys Henry, Reta Haugh, Lorraine Horn, Jane Malkemus, Jean Mc Keever, Emer Phibbs, Mary Catherine Rose. 5P? (Newspaper P' ,;rMr;'. 1 Member) Telephone t Briargate 3800 LET'S WELCOME LENT Y7ITH the advent of the Lenten season, there comes a time when the Church in her liturgy, ever exquisite, prepares to reach her height on the greatest feast of the year, Easter. Because it is a period of sorrow and of restraint, we are sometimes tempted to look upon the coming of Lent with regret. But were we to realize the splendour and the significance with which this sorrow clothes itself, we should perhaps find it more stir ring than some of the more joyful seasons of the year. Although the restrictions placed upon the faithful were severe at first, they have been relaxed so as to leave the faithful to day almost entirely to their own devices as to what course they wish to pursue. However, the Church is an ever watch ful Mother, and has constant suggestions. To aid in this work, the Sodality at Mun delein has prepared a definite program for Lenten works. Among the practices offered as a means by which we may participate in Christ's sufferings and prepare fittingly for His Resurrection are listed the saying of the Stations daily, visits to the Blessed Sacra ment, tolerance of our friends' shortcom ings, and punctuality in school work. If, then, we come to look upon Lent as a period not of dim and shadowy repent ance, but of splendid sorrow and uplifting preparation, first, by the appreciation of its liturgy (which may be acquired through the use of the missal) and secondly, by fol lowing the program of the Sodality, we will truly share in the mourning of the Church on the day on which the Bride groom was taken away, and rejoice with her at the height of her happiness when He returns in the splendor of His Divin ity on Easter Day. LOOK YOURSELF OVER Wj ERELY telling people what to do sel dom benefits them, since advice usu ally slides into one ear and wanders out of the other. Knowing this, we are not going to tell the student body why it should seek the gymnasium and swimming pool for profit and pleasure rather than lounge back in the soft chairs of the social room munching candy bars and lazily talking to anyone who will listen. Instead, we ask those of you who shun the gymnasium and the pool to set aside two minutes, sit down before a mirror, and honestly answer these questions: Is my complexion sallow and muddy? Am I overweight or underweight? Do I get headaches often, and am I always tired? Do my lessons seem too difficultf Am I often irritable and impatient to girls I know? Have I any real friends at col lege? And, finally, is college rather bor ing to me am I having any fun here? Are we exaggerating when we say that the solution for all these problems may be found in the gymnasium and the swim ming pool ? No, we are not Experience has proved definitely that three or four hours in either or both of them each week make one healthily hungry and tired. After them the student wants plain food and plenty of sleep which result in a clear, fresh complexion, a keen and alert mind, a fit body, good humor, and a capacity for work which will pleasurably surprise both student and teacher. Most of all you will begin to enjoy col lege. One cannot help being moved by the thrill of competition in basketball, volley ball, tennis, water races, and all sports from which the girls emerge with glowing faces, eagerly discussing each good play or laughing over some funny incident with a spirit of well-being and go.od.-fellowship that cannot be duplicated in any other field of endeavor One is sure to make friends, develop a fine school spirit, and cultivate a clean and alert mind and a healthy body in the swimming pool and gymnasium. Drop around and ee what it's all about. You won't be sorry. THE TIME HAS COME . . . MOW that the seniors have seriously set themselves to the task of making this last semester the best, and the juniors have tucked away delightful memories of gardenias and grand marches, now that the sophomore linguists have fittingly ob served another celebration du mardi gras, and the freshmen have definitely discarded the neophyte attitude, why not combine our ability, generosity, enthusiasm, and co operation in a united support for the cause of Catholic Action by actively participating in the current Mundelein projects for Catholic Press month ? COMING EVENTS Sat., Feb. 17, 9 a. m. Supplementary Examinations. Wed., Feb. 21, 2 p. m. Recital. Marie O'Connor Hayes. 8 p. m. Debate. Catholic University of America Mundelein College Wed., Feb. 28. Debate John Carroll University Mundelein College Lincoln, His Own Biographer It has been said that there is nothing more indicative of a person s true charac ter than the letters he writes. In celebrat ing anew the anniversary of Honest Abe, this fact is recalled to mind once more. T INCOLN has always been spoken of as a courageous leader, a man of un questionable integrity and honesty, a hu morous, kindly president, and, primarily, as a simple man of the people. All this is revealed in his letters, for the Lincoln as posterity has come to know and love him was never so well revealed by any biographer or historian as by the notes he himself had penned. Each day while away from home he wrote a simple, short note to his wife affectionate, reassuring, but always brief and concise. One letter merely consists of two sentences: Tad arrived safely and well. We are all well and have not been otherwise. His humanity and sympathy, which the praise of his soldiers has made classic, came to the fore often during war time. There are innumerable letters asking post ponements of executions and demanding leniency for his soldiers. His honesty is revealed splendidly in a letter written to John Gillespie, in which he tells of a difference of opinion with a Mr. Edwards. The better part of one's life consist in his friendships, he writes, and of them, mine with Mr. Edwards was one of the most cherished. I have not been false to it That the Great Emancipator was a man first and foremost of the people is ever evident. On March 1, 1864, he wrote to Secretary Stanton asking that a poor wid ow's request for her pension might be granted. In the letter he remarks: I do hot like this punishment (for some army offense) withholding pay. It falls so hard upon poor families. In speaking of Lincoln's letter we must not forget the tender love notes he penned to his lost sweetheart, and later to Mary Todd. They show once more the sweet ness of this great man's nature, and are not the least among those epistles which reveal him as truly worthy of the love and veneration which the world gives him. The Sky-Line Freshman, viewing challenging Mission poster: Schismatics? Who teaches the course in schismatics ? * * * A HARD LIFE? We are still wondering why the telegram of congratulation sent by the SKYSCRAPER staff to the Art club on the night of Life in Stone was delivered on a Wedding Greeting blank. GHOSTS One evening I was strolling Sedately dozvn the stairs. When. I met a curious figure That made me forget my cares. Its face zivs such a ghastly white, I clutched the cold steel rail, And knew my knees were shaking And my face ivas growing pale. J told myself it couldn't be, This wasn't any ghost. But when the thing came toward tne I lost my breath almost. Its hands and face, and hair were white As was its flowing gown. It raised its arm and- beckoned me, So sloivly, to come down. And while I stood I sudden heard A laugh and not a moan. 'Twos, just a friend a-prtictising For the Art club's Life in Stone. Faculty member, to freshman apologizing for lack of space in the elevator: ' 'It is not your fa'ult, my dear, two objects simply cannot occupy the same space at the same time, you know.'' Freshman, blankly: Oh I guess I haven't taken that course yet. - * * Instructor, in Greek class: Miss Blank, your translation is the meat of the assign ment. '' Miss Blank: Yes, Sister, but I'm afraid it will be hash when I have finished with it. And then there was the daun.less freshman who gave an argumentative speech advocating that all instructors pay an assignment tax. The freshmen will take us out of the depression yet. FAMOUS FEBRUARIANS INCLUDE THREE GREAT ENGLISH WRITERS QHOWERED with lacy valentines, gay with cherry trees, romantic with pow dered heads bowing to graceful minuets, sombre with memories of Valley Forge and Gettysburg, February, gala month of birthdays, names among its great three foremost leaders of Catholic literature. These three gallant figures, Cardinal Newman, giant among Catholic thinkers of the nineteenth century, Blessed Thomas More, who dipped his pen into the ink of obdurate courage to defy two of England's kings, and the gentle poet-priest and mar tyr, Father Southwell, were forerunners of that spirit of Catholic literary endeavor whose far-reaching effects we celebrate in Catholic Press month. When the ascetic but whole-heartedly practical Thomas More abandoned theo logical Latin and chose to write his con troversial works against the Lutheran doc trine in clear, direct English, he aided im measurably in the development of a force ful, adaptable English prose. However, his later letters, barbed with the brilliant satire of the Utopia, brought about his imprison ment and execution. The sensitive and beauty-loving Jesuit, Father Southwell, who remained in hostile England in the steadfast service of his faith, was executed, as was his predecessor, after suffering the torture of three years' imprisonment before his death. Father Southwell, having written at the age of 17 his first poem, a passionate la ment on the rejection of his application for admittance to the priesthood, found throughout his busy life the expression of his ideals of self-sacrifice and fervor in poetry. Two examples of the simple forcefulness of his verse are Magdalen's Tears and The Burning Babe. Greatly admired by his contemporaries, Southwell won the approbation of even the critical Ben Johnson. Finally, the grand figure of Cardinal Newman dominated the intellectual thought of his day, and the power of his clear-cut logic was an urgent defense and force for the propagation of Catholicity. But the fearless scholar of Oxford has left us litera ture of diverse appeal, from the sound the ology of his Apologia to the persuasive eloquence of his sermons and the compell ing beauty of his fervent, trusting Lead Kindly Light. .......
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1934-02-16 (2)
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