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THE SKYSCRAPER THE SKYSCRAPER Official Semi-Monthly Newspaper of MUNDELEIN COLLEGE 6363 Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois Mundelein Chicago's College for Women Under the Direction of the Sisters of Charity, B. V. M. Entered as Second Class Matter May 1, 1931, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 1.25 the year. Published fortnightly from October to May, inclusive, except the last two weeks in December and the first two weeks in February. Vol. Ill OCTOBER 25. 1932 Xo 2 Editors-in-Chief... Evelyn Lincoln, Justine Feely News Editor Frances Davidson Make-up Editor Virginia Woods Features Ann Lally Athletics Irene Lavin Circulation Manager Helen Ryan Reporters: Lorctta Brady, Ann Daly, Virginia Rose Corcoran, Patricia Gilmorc, Dorothy Hig gins, Leola Murphy, Marion Mulligan, Margar- ette Nolan, Mary O'Brien, Patricia Peterson, Alexandra Prassas, Katherine Shocbridgc, Sabine Slarzynski, Sallie Agnes Smith, Mary Toohey, Charlotte Wilcox, Mary Dehey. (Newspaper t 'gyp;? ) Mem bar) Telephone: Briargate 3800 The SKYSCRAPER'S Platform: 1. A greater Mundelein. 2. One hundred per cent loyalty. 3. Support in athletics and all student ac tivities. 4. Every Catholic student a sodalist. A TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT In the first issue of the SKYSCRAPER the editors asked for suggestions, and, believe me, they got them Some of them were good and usable but some of them, alas, made us feel that the dear old paper might as well go out and buy itself a nice black coffin. However, the Skyscraper has its sup porters, bless 'em, and in the con troversy they stood loyally by. They matched adverse criticism of our humor column by pointing out the multitudin ous signs, notices, and pleas of the staff for contributions to Skyline. Accusations of conservatism they met with the clear-sighted retort that if the high standards of Mundelein College were lowered, those girls who are not criticizing the paper for conservatism would be the first to pounce upon the weary, trying-to-please-all editors, and shriek their crime to all who might listen. After all, the girls on the staff were chosen for their ability to write. Some of them have had experience on Chi cago and out-of-town papers as well as on the Skyscraper. They aim to please, but their job is to run a newspaper not a comic sheet. They acknowledge with all due humility that they make mistakes. They are extremely sorry for these and they can only beg your leniency and try to avoid them. But that is only one side of the story. After experiencing the tempests and hearing the controversies, we have come to the conclusion that tempests are good for teapots. That so many people or were there so many? should be suf ficiently interested in our beloved paper as to talk and even argue about it de lights us and makes us beam bene ficently upon our excited classmates and friends. We have welcomed with open arms and sharpened pencils the splendid' group of potential writers who have joined our ranks and who have come to us with constructive criticism and worthwhile suggestions, and we con tinue to invite cooperation. We offer a vote of thanks to the clubs that have appointed publicity chairmen though wc think the two that elected our editors to that position are stealing our thun der we invite all humorists to come forth with choice chuckles, and we are confidently optimistic that tempests in teapots should result in better tea. ACTION HOW ABOUT DEBATING What is your opinion of the coming presidential election? Have you an opinion on it? If you have, can you strengthen your viewpoint by an argu ment based on logical thinking rather than haphazard, vague choice? Innu merable banks have failed in your own community recently. Do you know why these banks failed? These two ques tions are practically universal topics of conversation, but it is amazing to note' how little constructive knowledge is propounded in ordinary discourse on the subjects. It is the purpose of the college Debate Club to study problems of current inter est and, in so far as the members are able, to suggest a solution. Ignorance ceases to be bliss when the result is decidedly harmful, yet comparatively little effort is made by the average college student to understand the economic and polit ical situation of the country. You, of course, are not the average college stu dent, so we know that you are inter ested in these subjects. We merely suggest the joining of the forensic or ganization as a practicable and enjoy able means of acquiring at least sufficient knowledge for an intelligent reaction. Our debaters have clone excellent work in intercollegiate activity. Many more encounters are being planned in this line for the near future. If the number of active members of the De bate Club could be increased the pro gram for the year could be made even more extensive. If you have the ability and the curiosity necessary for a de bater make an effort to join. At any rate if you are free on Wednesday morn ing, drop in and audit the meeting. If you come once you will come again. It's worth it EXCHANGES I The Mount Mirror, Mount St. Scholastic College. Atchison, Kansas. A feature, Class Notes, in the Mount Mirror seems to be an especially good idea. The fact that most students know very little about any of the courses offered outside of their special fields has always seemed unfortunate. Courses of unusual interest are French drama, home ar chitecture, and the Italian renaissance. The Ambrosian News, Saint Ambrose College, Davenport, Iowa. So few of our exchanges have stressed foot- ball that we had begun to suspect that it was not news any more, but here it is with three enlight ening cuts and an enthusiastic story encouraging the players. A review of Ford Madox Ford's, Return to Yesterday was lucidly written. Fagots, Saint Mary of the Woods College, St. Mary of the Woods, Indiana. Seeing Fagots is like welcoming a friend for one looks forward to this throughly fascinating publication with its excellent makeup and divcrsi-- tied items. We wonder if the size of the staff has something to do with the efficiency of the product. By Mary Toohey The next meeting of Ciscora will be held Nov. 1, at Providence High School. The meeting will open with Mass at 9 o'clock, and a business meeting will occupy the remaining morning hours. The afternoon session will include a discussion of the Mexican question a problem vital to all Americans. All are urged to attend. Freshmen and upper classmen wishing to join the sodality are required to attend general meet ings. There is a rumor afloat that there will he an active Hyde Park session a week from Friday, Oct. 28, at 11 a. m. Wc urge you to participate actively in the Catholic activity of your favorite club. Do not imagine that the clubs are subservient in any way to the sodality. The sodality merely affords oDportunity for the various clubs to express themselves in their own particular way. What are you doing? Gretchen Krestschmer, Editor. Introducing the seniors and their new column Choice bits of news and advice will find their way to you through it. We hope you like it. * * * Mrs. Crosse impressed us very much in her lecture last week. Do you possess the yellow ray of helpfulness and the warm red ray of friendliness in your personality? Surely, they are worth developing. * * * Sophomore Cotillion is coming soon. Sup porting it is one way of being an active member of the student body. You get your money's worth of fun, too. Don't slack This is up to you. * * * The choice fashions of the hour displayed on the bulletin boards have aroused a great deal ol* interest. They are intriguing and speculation probably runs thus, Wonder how it would be if we dressed like that ? Not so bad Idle thoughts of an idle fellow might be changed to Idle thoughts of an idle senior and suitably express the perpetual mental condi tion of that exalted class. Have you a costume stored away some place? Haul it out now to be ready for the Fall Fes tival. This is one of the year's high lights, and no one wants to miss it. Those new Seniors Only signs on the study room doors in the library are not making such a hit with anyone except the seniors. Don't worry, you will all be seniors eventually. Have you noticed how eager the seniors are to gesture with their hands ? They will do any thing to attract attention to those hands. They are practicing for the wearing of their rings in the near future. Willie shot his dad, almost Said he thought it was a ghost. Mother smiled, as if to mean, A boy's a boy on Halloive'en. Dear Freshies: P-I-e-a-s-e take this advice to heart. It is vital and important. After much deliberation we have come to a con clusion that you must not crowd the elevators. You must realize that the upperclassmen need room to expand their dignity. By the time you arrive at our advanced age your arches will also begin to fall. Then, too, you should feel free to come and present your life problems to any senior. She will solve them for you. Put them on the bulletin board and after serious conclave, the seniors will leave the answers for you. Trusting that this advice will not go unheeded, we remain, Your exalted models, THE SENIORS. TJhe S/cy-* ine Shades of the Ancient W'hy did the well-known speaker neglect the presence of Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato in the formation of the philosophy club? A. S. P. Who is a straight A student with a math, major who dotes on movie magazines? * * * Did the Lady of Shallot have to remain anonymous because of too many activity points? (N. B. No, she is just becomingly reticent. Neither did she break her mirror or get burned up in the teapot episode. She has moved mod estly and temporarily aside to make room for the daily news. We'll welcome her Who's Who activities when the news depression hits us again.) A fat little goblin Whistling a tune Sal carving a pumpkin To look like the moon. It's great shakes tomorrow He said with a wink At a gay little witch On a cat black as ink. A maid stood on the diving board And gazed with frightened eyes, She met our old friend H20 With more than mild surprise. The psychology class busied themselves during one period making diagrams of the brain. Toward the end of. class a sophisticated sophomore rose from her seat and asked, Sister, should we hand in our brains ? I think the cunning little shelves Beneath our study chairs, Are there merely to grieve us, To add to students' cares. Our purse is left in 502, Our books in 308; And when we have assembled them, Alas, we are too late. Ann Onymous. * * * COLLEGE PHILOSOPHERS CLASH First Philosopher: Say, do you think man is a maSheen? Second Philosopher: Don't believe that Can't you detect a Freud? There are lots of Trends, and such mistakes cosmos. First: Never mind talking in PlatotuAes Can man square the circle? Second: O Shaw, don't ask that ? Everybody knows it Kant be done First: Just the Summa, perhaps it Canby. Second: Seems to me the amount of brains you have could be mighty easily AisSpencerred with First: Wells you won't listen to me. I guess I'll have to go to somebody who Will. Second: O, all right; Dwant some more I M. D. EDITOR'S BLUES If we print jokes, folk say we are silly. If we don't, they say we are too serious. If we publish original matter, they say we lack variety. If we publish things from other papers, we are too lazy to write. If we don't print contributions, we don't show- appreciation. If we do print them, the paper is full of nonsense. Like as not some fellow will say we took this from another paper. And we did.
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1932-10-25 (2)
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