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Page Six THE SKYSCRAPER November 2,1961 ALL WORK AND NO PLAY . . struction of Mundelein's new dormitory. makes for rapid progress in con- Peace Corps Girls Make Contribution ;e by Virginia Piecuch The Peace Corps presents American women with a chance to make a lasting contribution to peace, states Vivian Carter Mason, assistant on women's activities for Peace Corps recruitment. Women can supply warmth in communication through projects in nutrition, health, child care, edu cation, as teachers and librarians, in community planning and organi zation, research and nursing. WOMEN FORM 25 per cent of all volunteers in training and on the job. Mrs. Mason hopes for an in crease. Thomas H. Quimby, chief of re cruitment, echoes his assistant on the variety of work available. Of the 1,200 volunteers requested for 1961, two-thirds are in education, one-sixth in agriculture and one- sixth in health skills, such as engi neering and nursing. I HOPE NO ONE will rule him self out because he does not have the skills needed. Quimby urges the person to apply for the Peace Corps. If he is called for a project, Intercollegiate News by Maureen Racine ST. MAR Y-OF-THE-WOODS COLLEGE, Indiana. The Student Government Asso ciation is sponsoring a student-tu tor service to aid students who need help in a particular subject. The tutor must maintain a B average and an A average in the subject in which she is tutoring. The service is open to all students and operates on a volunteer basis. BARRY COLLEGE, Miami, Fla. The college Sodality has initi ated A Project in Collegiate Responsibility, the Presidential Prayer Corps. Students and fac ulty, as members of the Prayer Corps, pray daily for the Presi dent, the country and the world in an effort to meet the challenge of their responsibilities. FROM The Forum, official pub lication of the National Federation of Catholic Students. Dr. Allys Dwyer Vergara, pro fessor of speech and English at the College of New Rochelle, received the 1961 Archbishop Noll Award at the Congress banquet, Sept. 2. The Award is presented annually by the Federation to a lay graduate of a Catholic college which has been outstanding in the Lay apostolate. Mrs. Vergara was the recipient of the 1961 Magnificat Medal. the training period. he will learn specific skills during Although college graduates are invited to join the Peace Corps, a degree is not necessary. All tal ents can be used to some extent in the many Peace Corps projects. Volunteers will be needed for next year in about the same propor tions as in 1961, with the main de mand for teachers, especially in the high schools. Next issue Selection. Daisies Designate Loggers, Backers In Fund Progress Daisy, daisy, give us your an swer true ... and tell us the pledge results, please do. As the college box office reaps the fruits of each student's dona tion, Mundelein's Pledge Drive, which officially opened Oct. 11, en ters its fourth week of activity. Daisies are dwindling in each basket outside the Phoenix Room and are reappearing on the lockers of girls who fulfilled their pledges. Eighty-seven per cent of the stu dents have pledged 5,110 thus far, making the average donation per student 6.11. The sophomore class has claimed the lead with 91 per cent pledged but the seniors have 36 per cent of their pledge fulfilled. Other pledge percentages as of Oct. 23, are freshmen, 85 per cent; juniors, 82 per cent; and seniors, 88 per cent. For the convenience of the stu dents, the table in the lounge area will be set up every other Friday, for the duration of the drive. Girls may fulfill their pledges at this ta ble any time Friday or at the box office from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. throughout the week. The next special promotion days, with Miss Daisy encouraging dona tions, are Friday, Nov. 3 and Nov. 17. Annual Lay Mission Congress Stresses Overseas Activities The American Overseas, and The Lay Missionary in Latin America will be the topics of dis cussion for the third Annual Lay Mission Congress to be held here Nov. 24 and 25. Among the guest speakers will be Monsignor I. Illich, director of the Center of Inter-Cultural For mation in Mexico. He will discuss Catholics Overseas. Other speakers include the Rev- Mass Marks Feast Day A student Mass will be celebrated in Stella Maris Chapel at noon Nov. 21, Feast of the Presentation of Our Lady. Reverend William Clark will officiate. Any students interested in join ing the Schola may meet for prac tice on the preceding Friday and Monday during the 20-minute break in 715. The Schola sings the Proper of the Mass. All students sing the Ordinary. erend R. Vekemans, S.J., director of the Center of Religious Social Research in Santiago, Chile, whose topic will be ategic Overseas Planning. Reverend John Consi- dine will consider World Dimen sion and Local Scene. Father is a Maryknoll missionary. The agenda for the Congress also includes open discussions and work shops which will consider the im mediate needs with regard to the lay missions and principles of selec tion for lay missionaries. The Congress is open to those who are seriously interested in lay mission work overseas. The invita tions required for admission may be obtained from the International Catholic Auxiliaries, 1734 Ashbury, Evanston, 111. There will be a spe cial student rate. Adult Education Group Opens New Center Here Mundelein has this year offered the use of its facilities for two groups of evening classes. The Adult Education Center, a Catholic organization which has been offering classes for adults since 1955, now has eight centers at various locations in and around Chicago. The general program of the Adult Education system con sists of informal discussion classes on the Bible, World Affairs, and Christianity and Culture. College Offers Courses Mundelein offers specific courses in the Reading of the Old Testa ment, the Nature of the Communist Challenge, a Study of Mater et Magistra, the Pontiff's letter on modern-day problems. Courses based on the reading and discussion of contemporary novels, plays and philosophical and theological writ ings are also included in the cur riculum. Approximately 140 men and women attend these classes, which are held every other Tuesday from 8:30 to 10 p.m. CCD Trains Teachers Another series of classes is spon sored by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine in the Archdio cese. This program has as its spe cial purpose the training of lay teachers of religion for parish high schools of religion. In view of the fact that in Chi cago there are now 70,000 Catholic high school students attending pub lic schools because of the lack of Catholic facilities, the Ccnfratemi- Seniors, Juniors Plan 'Expresso Party' Dance An expresso party will com prise the format of the next junior- senior coke dance, Nov. 19 in Room 405. They assumed the opportunity to sponsor an additional coke dance when sophomore SAB representa tives Pat Appleby, Sue Coon and Patti Tighe, requested a postpone ment of the sophomore coke dance originally scheduled for this date. The diversion from the usual for mat is the upperclassmen's effort to increase attendance at their mix ers. Math Club Problem of Poses Week B.V.M.s Observe Anniversary With Long-range Projects To stimulate interest in mathe matics, the Math Club is sponsoring a Problem-of-the-Week Contest. The contest will consist in solving a problem based on some mathe matical theory. Each week will present a new problem. Those solving the problem will have their names posted. All addi tional information will be available in 302. Columnist Cites Teacher Marjorie Morgan, speech instruc tor, was recently cited in Arlene Dahl's column in the Chicago Trib une for her tips on conversation. The columnist printed a section of Mrs. Morgan's letter in her dis cussion on voice improvement. Mrs. Morgan maintains that most people do not need lessons in public speak ing but tips on how to express themselves conversationally. Following in the footsteps of their foundress, Mother Mary Fran cis Clarke, the B.V.M.s marked their 128th anniversary with four long-range proje-ts. 1. An experihient is under way in Mundelein, 111. The Sisters of Charity pooled their resources with the Carmelite Fathers for joint management of a new co-instruc tional high school, now under con struction. This is the first definite step taken by two oi'ders to build and maintain a school together. Com bined with the advantages of co education is the system of separate classroom instruction. Sixteen hun dred Lake County boys and girls are expected to enroll. 2. IN BOGOTA, Columbia, Sis ter Mary James Leone, B.V.M., and Sister Mary Ruth Marie, B.V.M., are teaching English at Ponticicia Universitad Javeriana, a Jesuit university. Sister Mary Liam and Sister Mary Malachy are completing their studies at St. Louis University and will follow the other nuns into South America next fall. These sisters are answering the Holy Father's request that every community send ten per cent of their order to Latin America. 3. Ground will be broken soon for a new novitiate in Los Gatos, Cal. It is being named Guadalupe College in honor of the only au thenticated appearance of Our Lady on the North American con tinent. 4. Long range development projects included in a four million dollar expansion program include a new Mother House in Dubuque, la., an administration wing for Mount Carmel, a service area and an addition to Marian Hall, the in firmary. ty's aim becomes increasingly im portant. These adult classes serve as training grounds for teachers who will instruct public school students in their religion. Priests Attend Institute The eight priests who are con ducting these Confraternity Cen ters attended Mundelein last sum mer for the Religious Education In stitute. This class, taught by Sis ter Mary Carol Francis, B.V.M., chairman of the theology depart ment, offered the basis for the classes now being conducted by the Archdiocese Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. The classes meet for 90 minutes every other Thursday. Panel Offers College Hints A panel to help parents plan their daughter's college education will be presented at Mundelein Col lege Sunday, Nov. 5 at 2:15 p.m. The panel of experts willl be headed by Sister Mary St. Ida, di rector of admissions at Mundelein. Other panel members will be Hol- lace Roberts, of the College Board's Regional Division; Dr. Betty Jacka, of the Illinois State Scholarship Commission; and James Richards, instructor of history at Mundelein. Questions will be presented to the panel by Mr. Thomas Waldron and Mr. James Muench, fathers of high school students. The men will attemnt to nose questions itimt often in the minds of high school parents. Should my daughter go to col lege? ' Will my daughter get into college? How can we bal ance her budget? These are only some of the questions anticipated by the panel. After the discussion, all are in vited to attend the tea and tour of the skyscraper. College Holds Music Auditions Semifinal auditions for the Inter collegiate Recital Series sponsored by the Chicago Catholic School Music Association will be held at Mundelein Friday, Jan. 5 at 3:10 p.m. Awards will be merited on the basis of a musical performance approximately ten minutes in length. The girl chosen at the final audi tion on Friday, Jan. 11, will rep resent Mundelein in each of the four performances of the Recital Series. Concerts will be given at DePaul University Feb. 9; Rosary College, Feb. 14; Mundelein College, Feb. 20; and St. Xavier College, March 1. Applications for the semifinals must be approved by an instructor and submitted to Sister Mary Christiane by Jan. 3. It's in the Stars . . . Even though Merlin would agree with the last issue of the Sky scraper that there is a scientific basis for astrology, Sister Mary Therese would not. To avoid a libel suit, however, we wish to correct the typographi cal error quoting Sister as saying there is a scientific basis for as trology. There is NOT.
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1961-11-02 (6)
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