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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER Feb. 16,1966 THE SRVSCRflPER Loses Support fg I 11 L U II I d I) 11111 T. II will grip current issues and events and 'I hold them before the campus in order that members of the Mundelein community may sense and direct history rather than bob in its wake. DePauw Controversy Retards Traditionalism Resistance to change, even when it comes as slowly and painfully as did approval for liturgical renewal, is understandable. Therefore, it is not extraordinary that numbers of American Catholics should align themselves with Father Gommar A. DePauw, founder of the Catholic Traditionalist Movement, in his demands for a return to the Latin Mass and the end of the protestantizing of the liturgy. What is extraordinary, however, is the way in which Father De Pauw is furthering his cause. His conduct raises the question of just exactly what the Baltimore priest is attempting to prove. In the first place, Father DePauw claims that he is no longer under Cardinal Lawrence Sheehan of Baltimore but has been ASSertS transferred to Tivoli, Italy. Unfortunately, neither Cardinal Sheehan nor Bishop Luigi Faveri of Tivoli Transfer aSree with the former professor at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md. Not content with splashing this somewhat perplexing misunder standing throughout secular and Catholic newspapers, Father DePauw further flaunted his disrespect for ecclesiastical authority in both the Chicago and New York dioceses by speaking there without clearance from Archbishop John Cody or Francis Cardinal Spellman. The latest stroke came when the traditionalist leader reportedly threw the most recent injunction from Cardinal Sheehan to the floor in a New Jersey television station where he was taping an Open End interview program. Even admitting that DePauw's cry for a traditional Mass entirely in Latin, offered at a real altar by a priest not facing the people instead of what he calls hootennany Masses promoted by the forces of dia bolical subversion is valid, his method of realizing this desire borders on the sensational. This flagrant dis respect antagonizes whatever ecclesiastical support Fa ther DePauw might have had or hoped to gain. Furthermore, while he is succeeding in gaining a certain degree of prominence for his cause, this notoriety is hardly con ducive to a sustained promotional effort. Rather, it rouses misguided sympathizers and quacks while inciting the conscientious Catholic with the fear of schism. Recognizing the fact that the Constitution on the Liturgy merely permits the vernacular Mass and that the sudden change is disconcerting to many, it is doubtful that after Father DePauw's an tics, anyone will accord serious consideration to the demands of the Catholic Traditionalist Movement. Personal Contributions Bring Positive Action One out of every 12 students at Mundelein spends time every week on one of ten projects of the Volunteer Organizations Board. The Board, which has been functioning for a term and a half as the core of ten sepa rate groups working off campus, correlates the tutoring projects of Calm, Angel Guardian, Extension Lay Volunteers, Wentworth and the American Indian Center. It also directs the activities of two Illinois Intercollegiate Human Relations committees and Red Cross work at Great Lakes and Hines Hospital. Reports and re-evaluations take place each term ReDOrtS when the ten board members, each representing her project, meet with Sister Mary Assisium, B.V.M., dean of students. Unlike other organizations, these volun teer groups emphasize the independent work of each member and minimize meeting time for the sake of having more time to work. An indication of awareness of social problems and positive steps against them is evident in the activities of the participants. Their work lacks collegiate flavor and campus glory because they deal with the grim difficulties of the sick and underprivileged. No colorful reports of tangi ble profits can be put on paper yet each student takes an individual role of responsibility and gives personally to help a social situation. The volunteer members are removed from stu dent government. VOB's work in the city comple ments the academic world of the college campus. Student volunteers realize that this generation will not graduate from social disorders into a Utopia. Rather, the social problems will become more evident as they and their peers reach maturity. Because the groups are now united, each club's experience can bene fit the ten simultaneously. The VOB should be congratulated for its unsung accomplishments unbarred by the clumsy red tape of overorgani- zation. Sounding Board gt;orts Project Meets Problems VL SL Scraper Vol. XXXVI February 16, 1966 No. 9 Newspaper of Distinction The Skyscraper is published semi-monthly. October to June inclusive except during exam and vacation periods, by the students of Mundelein College. 6363 Sheridan Rd., Chicago, 111.. 60626. Subscription rate Is 2 per year. Entered as second-class matter Nov. 30, 1932, at the U.S. Port Office. Chicago, 111., under the act of March 3, 1897. The Skyscraper is a member of the Catholic School Press Association. Letters to the editor must be signed. The Skyscraper reserves the right to cut letters in case of limited space. Co-Editors - Jean Durall, Diane Sargol Photographers Aldine Favaro, Margy Redlger, Nancy Vandenberg Staff Caryl Jean Cinelli, Pat Czapar, Brenda Dinneen, Margie Field, Marilyn Gibbs, Jennifer Joyce, Ann Katt, S. M. Kevin, C.S.S.F., Bar bara Kubicz, Lynn McKeever, Mary McMorrow, Mariellen O'Brien, Ceoi Reschke. Kathy Riley, S. M. Virginia Anne, B.V.M., Patricia Toussalnt, Marybeth Wagner, Judy Wardwell, Joyce Griffin In October of 1965 the Student Congress helped sponsor the Speak- Easy for students and faculty. For at least three or four weeks this program seemed to be welcome. At that time approximately 200 stu dents attended, and when Dick Gregory was here the number rose to over 350. The program lost its novelty, however, and within eight weeks the attendance has dropped to 75 or fewer students. I do not mean to imply that this is bad be cause the people who are there are interested; still we decided to pass out a questionnaire to determine why more students were not at tending. More than 1,500 questionnaires were distributed and 174 were re turned. Of these 43 were freshmen, 35 sophomores, 40 juniors, 40 sen iors, 15 faculty members and one Loyola graduate student. Of those replying 64 said they attended Speak-Easy regularly, 39 irregu larly and 71 did not attend; 68 of those not attending had a 3:30 class. Twenty-two people listed poor speakers or no interest in topics as reasons for non-attendance. Many others felt there was too much con centration on Civil Rights. So far half of the speakers have been di rectly or indirectly concerned with this topic, yet when Paul Lauter of the American Friends Service Committee spoke on peace and Viet Nam we had one of our smallest audiences. Other reasons which were listed by students for non-attendance were not worth the time, they lasted too long and did not achieve any purpose. The three major suggestions which materialized as a result of the questionnaire were: 1. do away with 3:30 classes on Tuesday (even a faculty member suggested this); 2. have more and different types of publicity; 3. no more Civil Rights. Many good speakers and topics were suggested. Particularly stressed were politics, religion, morals, art, music, literature, com munism and socialism. The speakers suggested most often were Sister Mary Ann Ida, B.V.M., Abner Mikova, Paul Doug las, Father Berrigan, Norman Thomas, Mayor Daley, Governor Kerner, Senator Dirkson, Carol Channing, Reverend Andrew Greely and Eve La Galliene. Also sug gested were Robert Kennedy, Louis Nye, Governor Wallace, Alaina Krause, Barry Goldwater, Adlai Stevenson III, Clark Weber, Hans Morganthau and Judge Laughton. Some students asked for an atheist, Peace Corps representatives and a NASA member to speak. A few students wanted to know why the faculty did not participate more, and suggested that instruc tors submit names of speakers they and their classes would like to hear. I would now like to answer a few suggestions made so that stu dents will know that we are trying to comply with them. The time presently scheduled for Speak-Easy seems to be the most convenient. If it were earlier too many classes would interfere, and if it were later commuters would find it more difficult to stay. Mr. Dale cannot come on Wednesday and Friday, five-day residents leave early. In regard to 3:30 courses, many classes voted on leaving Tuesday free only to have this re jected. To those people who wish to attend but cannot, I extend an invitation to use our tapes of the speakers. You need only leave a note on my locker requesting it. To lho.se who have asked for bet ter publicity may I suggest that you talk to your friends about attend ing. In regard to the late publica tion of fact sheets, many times it is due to circumstances beyond our control. For example, last week information on the speaker was sent Special Delivery on Saturday but was received first on Monday morning with the regular mail. With regard to speakers, many of those suggested were excellent, but seldom appear anywhere for less than 1,000. Mr. Dale, how ever, will do his best to get inter esting speakers on a large variety of subjects. Finally, most of those replying to the questionnaire felt the pur pose of Speak-Easy to be acquaint ing the faculty and students with new ideas and allowing them an avenue of communication. Perhaps this will be better achieved and many of the problems will be solved for next year, if we are still lucky enough to have Speak-Easy. Noreen Stoeck While it is commendable that Marilyn Gibbs and Joyce Plennert find that the experience of an office for one year is certainly ful filling as stated in their Feb. 2 Sounding Board letter, it is rather disconcerting to note that those who find a similar experience less than satisfying, their contribution to Mundelein negligible and subse quently resign are branded as truly naive and have questionable motives and insights. Is it not possible that students who sincerely believe their time is wasted at meetings discussing trivia or running Who's Who elections and seeing that the stage flags are cleaned are less naive (and pre sumptuous) than certain self-styled student leaders who glory in their ability to give to Mundelein re gardless of personal satisfaction ? Certainly it is naive and imma ture to project a personal set of values on others. Those who feel compelled to resign from office re tain the same right to their opin ions and value-judgments as do those who remain in office. Margaret Field Violence, Spirituality Epitomizes Contemporary Mexican Exhibit by Kathy Riley Intimately tied to historical events, modern Mexican art reflects a violent, tragic and spiritual na tion, a nation plagued by political and social unrest during most of the 20th century. Yet, Mexico has progressed, and the story of its triumphs and hardships is revealed in The Bold Tradition exhibit of Mexican art now on display in Gallery 8 until Feb. 24. Timeliness Stressed Primarily composed of paintings and lithographs with an occasional woodcut or etching, the 32-piece collection is complemented by two showcases of ancient Indian sculp ture. At first this combination may seem incongruous, since the exhibit is almost exclusively representative of the Mexican nationalist move ment in art begun in the 1920's. Nevertheless, the two art forms, separated by centuries, lend mean ing to each other. Discard out worn European conventions, the Mexican revolutionary artists de clared, as they aimed to recreate the strength and vigor of native Indian art. Consequently, modern Mexican art is vital, focused on time, ideas and people, especially in the works of the masters Rivera, Siquie- ros, Orozco and Tamaya. In con trast, the glittering costumes of grinning, whirling peasants often depicted on travel folders are grimly out of place here. In this collection, the subjects rarely smile; even in representing the most fes tive occasions an implicit solemnity is transmitted by the artists. Diego Rivera's brilliant, decoratively pat terned Fiesta Tehuana, reminis cent of post-impressionist Gaughin, communicates this paradoxical quality. Social Reform Defended Unfortunately, only Fiesta and three lithographs represent Rivera's efforts in the showing. One of the country's most impor tant artists, Rivera is recognized chiefly as a defender of social re form and of progress. His philoso phy, portrayed most dramatically in his murals, is not apparent in these four works. However, Rive ra's late wife, Frida Kahlo, is well- represented by her self-portrait, painted with surrealist touches, in a tropical setting. Acknowledged as a great artist of the modern school, Jose Orozco diverges from Rivera's view of their country's history. While not denying the circumstances of the revolution, Orozco stresses the reality of human suffering. Pro duced in dark tones, his lithograph The Rear Guard features the bowed heads and raised guns of a group of peasants. A boy, an in fant and a woman are highlighted, suggesting the universality of war's anguish. If one painting could be singled out as having attracted the most attention at the exhibit, Sunrise of Mexico by David Alfaro Siquie- ros would take first honors. Almost overshadowed by the luminescence of gold, red and brown tones and the rhythmic curved limbs of the personified orb, the equivocal facial expression of this social symbol conveys the grimness of the past as well as hope for the future. Symbolism Depicted From another standpoint, the works of lesser-known artists offer a more direct and often more poignant symbolism. Jose Morado's Dance of Death employs the com mon Latin American device of a skeleton to convey equality in death. Entitled Farewell, Hector Poleo's lithograph imparts tender ness and courage through rigid bodies of the spouses. In honor of the infamous guerilla fighter, Al berto Beltran's woodcut Pancho Villa expresses through line slant the violent emotions and passion surrounding a raid. The most unique style, perhaps, is represented in Carlos Merida's Figures in Space which ignores linear perspective, volume and light. Instead, his free-floating fig ures are given substance and unity through the blending of background color. An Indian by birth, Merida seems to convey a world of peace and harmony, unspoiled by civili zation, in his works. Passion, historical unity and purity of emotion best characterize the art of the 17 men in the ex hibit, many of them revolution aries, some teachers or craftsmen, but always Mexican.
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