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More Association Features Lecture Eugene C. Kennedy, M.M., will deliver the 1967 Critic lecture, co- sponsored by the Thomas More Association and Mundelein College in the Mundelein College theater at 3 p.m., Feb. 6. Father Kennedy, who is associated with the Maryknoll Seminary in Glen Ellyn, 111., will speak on Sexuality and Emotional Maturity. Father emphasizes that a mature attitude toward sexuality must be developed in today's society. He feels that there is an overmystifying of sexuality in the Catholic Church. He stresses that sexuality must be seen in the light of the human condition. Furthermore, Father states that man must open himself to the action of the spirit, for, it is through the spirit that man achieves the fullness of maturity and understanding. A Loyola University faculty member, Father is one of the few pro fessional counseling psychologists at an American Catholic college. In addition, he was co-founder of the Institute of Catholic Pastoral Coun seling at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. With Paul F. D'Arcy, M.M., he co-authored The Genius of the Apos- tolate, and is preparing another book for publication. The Thomas More Association, founded in 1942, is a nationwide non profit organization of Catholic laymen which seeks to promote literature on the arts by sponsoring lectures and symposiums. Furthermore, this organization publishes Critic Magazine, a national Catholic bi-weekly publication, and the Catholic Book Annual. Through the Association's role as a national mail order buyer, any book in print can be made available to anyone. In addition, the or ganization sponsors the Thomas More Bookshop, the world's largest Catholic bookstore, located at 180 N. Wabash, Chicago. Admission to the lecture is free but by ticket only. However, the ticket supply has been exhausted for more than a month. The first ten students to apply in the dean of students' office for ushering will be accepted. Bob Newhart Heads April College Benefit Stage, TV and recording star Bob Newhart and popular vocalists Lois Hunt and Earl Wrightson are scheduled for the Second Annual Mundelein College Benefit, April 28. Two performances have been set for 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. in the College Theater. PLANNED as a joint function of students, the Alumnae Association, Presidents' Council, Women's Board and Women's Auxiliary, this year's Benefit performance is a sequel to last year's Trouble with Angels premiere. Prior to the 9 p.m. performance guests will be welcomed to a cock tail party in McCormick Lounge. Following the party the tenth floor of the scholasticate, overlooking Lake Michigan, will be the scene of a candlelight dinner. The en tree will be filet mignon. Those guests attending the 6:30 p.m. performance will top off the evening by attending a champagne buffet supper in McCormick Lounge and Lewis Center. Newhart, long a favorite for his button-down humor has recently appeared as guest host on the Johnny Carson Tonight Show for one week. A sophisticated satirist with a little boy look, Newhart is a graduate of Loyola Univer sity. Beginning as a night club performer, he subsequently became a recording star and television per sonality. He will appear at the Empire Room of the Palmer House for three weeks beginning Feb. 7. NEWHART has a personal inter est in Mundelein since two of his sisters were students here. Vir ginia graduated in 1965, and Pau line attended classes from 1950 to 1952. A third sister, Sister M. Joan Michael, B.V.M., is now doing mission work in Ecuador. Lois Hunt and Earl Wrightson will lead off the benefit perform ances. They have often appeared at Melody Top Theater in Highland Park in their nation-wide circuit of professional playhouses. Their successes at Melody Top include Camelot and Paint Your Wagon which had sell-out audi ences. Singing together for more than ten years, Hunt and Wrightson have often appeared on radio and television programs, including the Voice of Firestone. They are also great favorites of the concert stage. Wrightson, the son of a Congre gational minister, has been in show business for more than 20 years. Hunt is a former member of the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York. Additional entertainment is also being planned for the evening. TICKET prices for the evening are: 100 patron, includes two tickets for all events; 25, one ticket to all events; 10, one ticket to performance and champagne buffet supper; 5, one ticket to the performance; 3, one student- rate ticket to performance. Those students wishing to work on any Benefit planning commit tees are invited to apply at the Development Office. All help will be appreciated during every stage of the arrangements. D Vol. XXXVII Mundelein College, Chicago 26, 111., Feb. 2,1967 Aldermanic Race Attracts Professors in 49th Ward by Mary McMorrow and Mary Beth Mundt Mundelein faculty member Clark Kissinger, in his first venture into city politics, will face former Mun delein instructor Paul Wigoda, Democratic incumbent, in the race for alderman of Chicago's 49th Ward, Feb. 28. A campaign based on issues, not pzazz is what Clark Kissinger is waging. Kissinger, Mundelein math department, is running as an independent and faces five oppo nents in the election. He strongly expresses his platform for resi dents of the Rogers Park and Edgewater area. 'The alderman ic elections have become incredi bly parochial, he said in a re cent Skyscraper interview, and the crucial is sues facing the city of Chicago are side-stepped. Traditionally, al- C,ark Kissinger dermanic candidates have been afraid to take stands for fear of alienating voters, he added. I want to win, he said, but I'm not willing to evade the issues. Included in Kissinger's platform is a proposal to extend civil service to cover all city employees and thereby eliminate city patronage. That's what stands between us and democracy in Chicago, he as serted. The war in Viet Nam has to be considered an issue in this election because an expanded war budget has almost eliminated poverty funds. The problems of the urban north simply cannot be solved with out money, Kissinger stressed. Tax reform, an open occupancy ordinance, a civilian police review board, community planning and zoning are other issues on which Kissinger has taken a definitely affirmative stand. Voters must be aware of these issues, he said, for the people are voting for the pro gram; I would just implement it. The two colleges in the 49th Ward create no special problem, Kissinger noted, and They're an asset, if anything. After attending Shimer College for two years, Kissinger received his B.A. and M.A. from the Uni versity of Chicago and did further graduate work at the University of Wisconsin. He served one year as national secretary of the Stu dents for Democratic Society (SDS) and helped organize a civil rights march in Washington with 25,000 marchers. The 49th Ward Citizens for In dependent Political Action (CIPA) was formed about a year ago and held a nominating convention in November. From this Kissinger was selected to run as the CIPA candidate in the Feb. 28 election. A candidate must receive a ma jority of votes in the first election to win; if no one receives a ma jority, which seems likely with six candidates, the top two vote-getters will have a run-off during the April 4 mayoral election. The election represents Kissing er's initiation into elective politics. He will resume teaching third term, win or lose, he said. As a final message for citizens of the 49th Ward Kissinger said, You may not like my policies, but at least you know what they are. Paul Wigoda, Democratic incum bent seeking re-election in the al dermanic election for the 49th Ward of Chicago, states that he is run ning on the strength of his eight- inois Court Schedules April 21 For Bill Witherspoon's Execution Seven years ago, April 25, 1960, William C. Witherspoon was officially sentenced to death in the electric chair for killing policeman Mitchell Stone. The date now set for the fulfillment of that sen tence is April 21, 1967. Bill Witherspoon's case and the issue for the abolishment of capi tal punishment were first intro duced to Mundelein students in the March 10, 1965 issue of the Sky- soraper. At that time Wither spoon's date for execution was March 19 and he had already been granted 14 stays of execution. In support of the efforts of Sister Irene Meyer, psychology chairman, on behalf of Witherspoon, the Sky scraper joined with the Student Activities Council in a letter writ ing campaign to the governor. A 16th delay of execution was granted at that time for further review of the case. Since that time Witherspoon's lawyers from the court-appointed firm of Raymond, Mayer, Jenner and Block filed an appeal in the circuit court of Cook County which was dismissed on the ground that it failed to set forth facts sufficient to entitle the petitioner to relief. The appeal was then taken to the Supreme Court of Illinois where on Jan. 19, Mr. Justice Schaefer af firmed the decision of the circuit court and set the current date for execution. However, Thomas P. Sullivan, one of the lawyers defending Bill Witherspoon, plans further court action to avert the death penalty. According to Sullivan, the first step is to file a petition for a re hearing in the Supreme Court of Illinois asking the court to recon sider its decision. The lawyer ex pects that this petition will be ruled on near the end of March. Witherspoon's attorneys will also seek a further stay of execution. Sullivan is optimistic about se curing the delay in execution be cause he explains that such stays are usually granted as long as there is some chance for further court action. If the petition is denied by the Supreme Court of Illinois, the next step is to file an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Should this appeal be denied, Sul livan says that the attorneys will then return to the Federal Dis trict Court which appointed the law firm to the Witherspoon case. However, Sullivan comments that the chances of rehearing are al ways small and, if the courts fail, a plea will be started before the Illinois Parole and Pardon Board seeking commutation of sentence. The Board is appointed by the gov ernor and advises him on such cases but the governor makes the ultimate decision Sullivan ex plains. year record in the City Council. Mr. Wigoda, a former political science instructor at Mundelein, summarizes his major accomplish ments in three fields. First, he was influential in the acquisition of extensive recreational areas and riparian rights (the right of lake- front property owners to possess all the land up to the water's edge) for the 49th Ward. Second, Wigoda claims that dur ing his eight years of public serv ice, he established splendid com munication among community or ganizations in the ward. For ex ample, a clergymen's association was instituted which expedites com munication between clergy and other groups. Pointing to other community work, Wigoda takes pride in the amiable race relations which pre vail in the ward. During the sum mer of '66, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, was directing civil rights marches in strategic parts of Chi cago, he eliminated the proposed protest march in the 49th Ward, be cause of its healthy racial atmos phere. Third, Mr. Wigoda feels that he has maintained the zoning code for the Rogers Park-Edgewater area. The code reads that construction of high rises north of Devon Avenue and east of Sheridan Road is pro hibited. The alderman stresses that the present high rises in the prescribed area were built before his aldermanic career began. Besides h i s accomplishments which deal with the 49th Ward, Wigoda has greatly influenced nu merous city-wide decisions. He sponsored a modern ambulance or dinance, established the use of me ter maids (the use of girls to issue traffic tickets, thereby allowing po licemen to fight crime) and en dorsed a real estate fair housing bill. If re-elected, Wigoda hopes a specified part of the lake front can be filled in for increased recrea tional facilities. However, he em phasizes that no Coney Island will emerge from this action. Mundelein College and Loyola University prove to be an asset to the community, Wigoda attests, when asked if these institutions presented any unique problems to the residents of the 49th Ward. He comments that the various cultural activities rendered by these educational institutions at tract people to the area and en courage them to remain. The planned development of Loy ola and the proposed expansion of Mundelein will benefit the ward the only one in Chicago that in cludes two colleges, he added. Wigoda affirms that opposition In any political campaign is stringent, proven by his rigorous campaigning. However, Wigoda states that I don't think all of my opponents are serious candidates. Mr. Wigoda, whose wife is en rolled in the Degree Completion Program here, is an attorney.
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1967-02-02 (1)
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