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Dec. 4,1963 THE SKYSCRAPER Page Three Outline Tax Deduction Plan College Hosts NF Regional Mundelein was the scene of the North Central Regional meeting of the National Federation of Catho lic College Students, Nov. 16, when members assembled to discuss NFCCS plans and policies. Dr. Russell Barta, chairman of Mundelein's political sicence de partment, opened the meeting with a speech on the social thoughts of Pope John XXIII. Greg Conway, president of the 'Mixed' Chorus Plans Program The music department will pre sent its first intercollegiate recital of the year in the college theater Dec. 12 at 8 p.m. when the Munde lein Glee Club combines with the Notre Dame Chorus for a Christ mas program. Under the direction of Adalbert Huguelet and Sister Mary Mat thew, B.V.M., the Mundelein Chorus will sing Lo, the Messiah by Cas- telnuovo-Tedesco; Madonna's Prayer by Anderson; Sing Aloud to God by Haydn; and Sweet Lit tle Jesus Boy by Fischer. Jo Anne Miks will provide piano accompani ment. William P. Cole will direct the 35-man Notre Dame Chorus. The mixed chorus of Mundelein and Notre Dame will sing Gloria by Vivaldi, in which June Carter, Edwina Telutki, Marina Loescher and Eileen Carroll will take solo parts. The chorus will also sing Cantata Lauft Ihi Hirten by Haydn; and Thou Must Leave Thy Lowly Dwelling by Berlioz. Liberal Arts Council at Marquette University, presented the Hum phrey Tax Reduction Rider to bill S.1677, whereby higher education expenditures will be made tax de ductible. According to the plan, any tax- paying student or parent may de duct the following percentages from their income tax forms: 76 per cent of the first 100 spent; 30 per cent of the next 500 and 20 per cent of the expenses thereafter. This bill, which would apply to all students regardless of their finan cial status, was later discussed and unanimously adopted. Mr. Lance Squires from The Woodlawn Organization, TWO, dis cussed the area's problems over the association's land fight with the city and the University of Chicago, and the steps taken to combat Ne gro discrimination. Peter Lewis, the director of Northwestern's tutoring project, then explained the progress of his group in Negro areas on the south side of Chicago. The project works with neighbor hood organizations to help students who are lagging in their school work. Official hostesses for the day were Ann Foxen, Eileen Teasdale and Sheila Prindiville. Committee members were Mari- lee Shea, Peggy Parent, Diane Sar- gol, Donna Ibison, Donna Erhard, Kathy Reynolds, Carol Stachyra, Lynn Davis, Janet Foody, Diane Pinasco, Mary O'Brien, Ann Ellen Berger, Judy Abbott and Cathie McLelland. SAC Dedicates Week To Current Ecumenism Skyscraper Photo NFCCS SENIOR DELEGATE Ann Foxen greets panel members preced ing the North Central Regional meeting at Mundelein. (L.-r.) Patrick Kenny, executive vice president, NFCCS, Reverend Eugene Dehner, O.S.B., national chaplain and James O'Donnell, national president, NFCCS. SAC-sponsored Ecumenical Week will continue today with Dr. Wil liam Cozart, member of the English faculty, addressing the contem porary theology class on Modern Protestantism, at 1:40 in McCor mick Lounge. A panel on the lay apostolic op portunities on campus will also be held in 405 at 3:40 with representa tives of Sodality, YCS and CSMC explaining the work of their re spective groups. Tomorrow at 12:40 there will be an all-school holy hour and Bible Vigil in the auditorium. The Bible Vigil, which features reading from the psalms and meditations, will in corporate the themes of ecuminism, Advent and the Immaculate Con ception. Members of the Glee Club will form a schola and the school will participate in answering the responses. The first candle of the Advent wreath for the school will be lighted at this time by Diane Sar- gol, freshman president. Tours of St. Andrew's Greek Or thodox Church and Temple Em manuel, both on Sheridan Road, will be conducted Thursday after noon in connection with Ecumeni cal Week. On Friday, Mundelein students will attend the Advent Symposium at Notre Dame University. Ecumenical Week began Monday by featuring Dr. Marc Priester of McCormick Theological Seminary speaking to the contemporary theology class and their guests on Miracles in St. John's Gospel. After the lecture in McCormick Lounge the class adjourned to the Dr. Forand's 'Survey of Islamic Near East' Investigates Modern-day Moslem Cultures Islam is a word with many connotations, but since September, Dr. Paul Forand has been trans lating the complex Moslem world into a course known at Mundelein as Survey of the Islamic Near East. Bridging the gap between the world of mosque, palm, and camel, and the world of skyscraper, potted palm and Chevrolet, Dr. Forand brings to the classroom more than a scholar's vicarious appreciation of his subject. A one-time student of the ro mance languages. Dr. Forand broadened his undergraduate program to include Arabic and Persian after a farsighted pro fessor advised him to try something different. The study paid Fulbright-type dividends in 1956 when he was offered an opportunity to continue his studies in Cairo, Egypt. Interpolating chapters of class at the American University in Cairo with chapters of modern Cairo it self, Dr. Forand found the city on the Nile a cacophonous metropolis with faces of pale yellow, brown and sooty black. Many Middle Easterners regard themselves as colored, the Egyptians among them, and generally look to travel experiences in the West with great apprehension. And, says Dr. Forand, their fears are too often well-founded. Even the highly cultured traveler is often poorly treated because of color. Dr. Forand calls this a tragic situation, but not particularly more tragic than our mistreat ment of our own people for the same reason. Many nationalities and strains of blood give the East its cosmopoli tan atmosphere. But Egypt is largely united in matters of faith and Egyptians believe in Mo hammed, the Prophet of the one God, Allah. The only common reference to Moslem faith in the Chicago set ting is a pseudo-reference. Call ing to mind the Black Muslim movement of Mal colm X, Dr. Fo rand maintains that this is an or ganization with only the out ward trappings of Moslemism. It is, he says, about as much Moslem as the Mormons are. The Black Muslim is adopting a re ligious attitude distinct from the prevailing one as a separatist at tempt more than for reasons of faith. The Moslem University, al- Azhar, in Cairo speaks of Islam old and new. Founded in the late tenth century, it is still the foremost cen ter of Islamic culture. Egyptians are eager for education, but, Dr. Forand points out, the conditions under which many students live and work are hardly favorable. Egypt lags the town-house-on-the- lake education and job opportuni ties are severely limited. There is great tension between ideals shaped in the university and the primitive life to which students often return. Dr. Paul Forand As a consequence, the suicide rate among Egyptians, Saudi Arabians, Turks and Lebanese at Cairo Uni versity is, unfortunately, high. Extraordinarily concerned with matters of politics Cairo wrangles day and night over endless cups of coffee about Western supremacy and the Arab dream. Once con queror of a vast empire more ex tensive than any ruled by Alexan der the Great or Imperial Rome, the Egyptian longs for interna tional recognition and prestige and relishes the days when Gamal Ab- del Nasser makes the headlines- Egypt's dispute with France, Britain and Israel came to a head in 1956. U.S. officials encouraged Dr. Forand to accept a free trip out of Cairo to parts unknown. Unable to stay in the city without the Fulbright funds (which were seriously threatened) and warned that the American government would not be held responsible for his safety if he stayed, the re luctant Fulbright scholar loaded his gear on a bus and, amid extensive military activity, the American in Egypt was driven across the des ert with 80 in his pocket, destina tion unknown. The evacuation from Egypt, un timely though it was, gave Dr. Forand a trip to Rome and then to London for further study. With a nostalgic backward glance at the land of mart- colored villages, chanted Ko ranic messages like a Ken tucky hog-call, villas built by a Belgian Count and sold to a Saudi Arabian prince for his harem, Nubian gardeners who speak Oxford English and archaeologists 1 a 11 e r-d a y grave robbers, Dr. Forand's comments and attitudes betray a genuine love for Egypt and its people. He is quick to point out that other civilizations encounter prob lems not altogether different from those faced in the history of West ern Civilization. And Islam has what it considers adequate an swers to these problems, how ever different these answers are from the solutions one's own cul ture has achieved, and not neces sarily to be scorned because they are different. Tearoom for an informal reception. Yesterday a panel composed of Reverend John L. McKenzie, S.J., Loyola University, Rabbi Herman Schaalman, Temple Emanuel, Dr. Joseph Matthews, Ecumenical In stitute and a speaker from the Greek Orthodox Church discussed The Role of the Layman. Public To Attend Mass in English The interest of the laity in re vamping the liturgy will be evident Dec. 8, when Mundelein co-sponsors a demonstration English Mass in the college theater at 8 p.m. The demonstration, sponsored by 17 Chicago organizations and coordi nated by the adult Education Cen ter, will be open to the public. Sponsors of the event stress that it is only a demonstration Mass, involving no sacrifice. Thus it does not fulfill the Sunday Mass obliga tion of Catholics. Dennis Fitzpatrick translated the Mass and composed the music com pletely in the vernacular. It in dicates the type of Mass the Adult Education Center would like to see the Church adopt. On Dec. 8, 16-page booklets containing the re sponses and music will be dis tributed so the audience can partici pate. Mr. Fitzpatrick will be present to lead a discussion on the vernacu lar Mass following the demonstra tion. This is the first time the Mass has been demonstrated in Chicago, although it has been presented in Milwaukee, Cincinnati and Phila delphia. Tickets for the event are 1 and may be purchased at St. Benet's Bookshop, 300 S. Wabash. Students Hear SNEA's Simon Mr. Reginald Simon, teacher at Otis School in Chicago, will speak on The Problems Of A New Teacher Monday, Dec. 9, in Mc Cormick Lounge at 6 p.m. Mr. Simon, who was originally scheduled to speak last Monday but had to cancel because of the na tional day of mourning for the as sassinated president, is coordinator of his SNEA chapter in Chicago and is helping Mundelein become more active in SNEA. Area Nuns Evaluate Education; Dr. Shuster Leads TV Panels Discussing the phenomenal change in attitude towards the edu cation of religious for teaching, Sister Mary Jeanelle, B.V.M., will produce a series of four programs titled The American Nun in Our Intellectual World for the Radio- Television Office of the Archdiocese of Chicago. The first show will be televised Sunday, Dec. 8,10:30 a.m., channel 2. The half hour panel will feature sisters representing Mundelein Col lege, Rosary College and St. Xavier College who will be led in discus sion by the show's moderator Dr. George Shuster, vice president of Notre Dame and a member of Mun delein's Advisory Board. To begin the four month series Sister Mary Ignatia, B.V.M., dean of studies at Mundelein, Sister Mary Honorius, O.P., prioress at Rosary College and Sister Mary Irenaeus, R.S.M., St. Xavier's Col lege, will examine the role of the religious in The Challenge Ac cepted. Other topics under inves tigation for the months of January, February and March include: The Nun and World Interests, The Nun's Commitment to Science and The Nun's Involvement in Con temporary Arts. Elect Delegate Because Ann Foxen, NFCCS sen ior delegate cannot hold a national and school office simultaneously, election for a new delegate will be held Dec. 13.
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1963-12-04 (3)
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