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THE SKYSCR Volume II. MUNDELEIiN COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MARCH 18, 1932 Number 6 T.A.DALY GIVES DELIGHTFUL TALK ON POETRY MAKING American poet discusses his workshop and reads some favorite poems. Genial humor evincing an under standing insight into human nature characterized the informal lecture of Mr. T. A. Daly, nationally-known poet, who addressed the faculty and stu dents simply and interestingly on the subject, Poetry, on Wednesday, Feb ruary 24, in the college auditorium. To meet, after several weeks of eager anticipation, the creator of Da Leetla Boy and Kitty Casey, Car- lotta, and Angela, and the other delightful characters who have found their way into the hearts of Ameri cans young and old, was a genuinely romantic experience, and to find the famous Mr. Daly quite as human and sympathetic and original a person as his poems would lead one to picture him proved most satisfying. Mr. Daly spoke quite simply and directly about his own work, and about the motives which prompt his achievements, and he was emphatic in his insistence that the real poet writes from his own experience. If one writes that which one seriously feels, others will be interested, he declared, however trivial the subject in ques tion may seem to be. To illustrate this principle he recited a number of his own poems about the familiar, yet eminently picturesque Italian and Irish folk in our great country. To the aspiring writer, Mr, Daly's declaration, that a poet is one must traffic in works, and that even for the famous the trafficking is often a laborious, but never a tedious proc ess were high encouragement. Mr. Daly consented to become an honor ary member of the Stylus Club. T. A. Daly is the leading dialect poet of America. He is famed for his inimitable humorous and frequently pathetic character delineations, and for the versatility which enables him to write sincerely in both the Irish and the Italian dialects. Carmina and Madrigati are books well-known to the students, and his newest volume, Mc- Aroni Medleys, is just on the market. However, Mr. Daly does not confine his work to that of the dialect selec tions, as readers of To a Thrush and To a Plain Sweetheart are well aware. There is a beautiful domestic and religious spirit in many of his things, and one is not surprised to hear the man who wrote Canzoni or Songs of Wedlock remark quietly in the course of his lecture, Any sing ing that I have done has been under the shadow of my wife's heart. DEBATERS SCORE IN RADIO MEET Mary Jane Sullivan and Sallie Agnes Smith gained for themselves the dis tinction of being the first Mundelein students to participate in a forensic tilt via radio when they met the coed debating team of Purdue University at station WLS at the Sherman Hotel, Saturday afternoon, March 4, at 3:00 o'clock. The subject for debate was: Re solved, that India should be given complete independence immediately. Miss Betty Schneible and Miss Betty Venomen of Purdue upheld the affirma tive, the Mundelein debaters, the nega tive. Miss Schneible, the first speaker, likening India to the American colo nies at the time of the Revolution, insisted that India should be given in dependence because it would give her the opportunity to correct existing conditions, and because the people of India have a right to independence. Miss Sullivan of Mundelein, the first negative, agreed that conditions in In dia are deplorable, but that India should not be given independence at this time for three definite reasons: the Hindu and Moslem rivalry; the caste system; the political disunity of the seven hundred Indian princes. That Indian independence would prove most advantageous for Great Britain was contended by the second Purdue speaker. Miss Venomen point ed out that Great Britain's principal excuse for remaining in India, that of increase in trade, was gone be cause of the boycott on English goods. (Continued on page 3, column 4) STARS IN BICENTENNIAL PLAY Laetare Players wearing Colonial costumes in a one-act play presented by the freshmen at college assembly, Wednesday, March 16. (Left to right) Janice Lunette, Frances Hobin, Sally Agnes Smith, Mary Agnes Tynan, Ruth Hazle. Poetry of Gaels HONOR ST. THOMAS Lives In Lecture Those of the students who had the good fortune to hear Mr. Harry C. Phibbs talk on the Gaelic Revival in the Theatre last year were happy again to be present at his lecture to the Stylus Club, who had as their guests the members of the Press Club, on Celtic poetry, given in the lecture room Monday, March 14. Declaring that poetry is an essen tial and basic element in the Celtic nature, Mr. Phibbs traced the humble and obscure beginnings of some of the most famous Irish bards, proving that their songs are the heart-beats of their race. Mr. Phibbs began with the poems of the third century, reading several, and spoke on the beautiful work of St. Columbkille in the early Christian era. Through the centuries, even down to the Celtic revival of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, one caught the note of plaintive sadness blended with lilting joy which Mr. Phibbs brought out most beautifully in his selections and in his interpretation of them. Mr. Phibbs, a native of Old Erin, was associated with William Butler Yeats, John Millington Synge, and the other famous figures of the Revival, and he has brought with him the spirit of their dreams and their hopes. AT CLUB LECTURE The Reverend G. H. Mahowald, S.J., lectures for Bellarmine club. JUNIOR PROM WILL BE EVENT OF APRIL On with the dance The second an nual Junior Prom will be sponsored by the junior class on Friday, April 1, in the new dining room of the Drake Hotel, a place delightfully suited for college parties. Howard Osborne and his orchestra, which has recently completed a long radio engagement over station WBIBM, will furnish the music. As is the cus tom, the Prom, will be formal, lending the dignity and beauty of formal dress to the loveliest dance of the college year. Happily, the jaunty red bids have been reduced to four dollars, and al though they have just been opened to the college, having been severely lim ited at first, they are now available to any student from any member of the junior class. Mary Hogan, president of the junior class, is chairman of the Prom Com mittee, and Gretchen Kretschmer, Gen evieve MeClevey, Mary Toohey, Mar- garetta Nolan, Doris Barnett, and Alice Lyon constitute her committee. This is the second large social func tion of the year, and it differs from the Sophomore Cotillion in that it is formal. The juniors of last year, who are now the initial graduating class of Mundelein College, set a splendid precedent in the gracious dignity of their first formal prom, and the ju niors of today are making every effort to rival the brilliant success of their predecessors. Commemorating the six hundred and fifty-eighth anniversary of the death of St. Thomas Aquinas, March 7, 1932, the Reverend George H. Mahowald, S. J., head of the Department of Phi losophy at Loyola University and pro fessor of psychology at Mundelein College, delivered a brilliant address on the life and works of the prince of philosophers, in the Mundelein auditorium at 3 o'clock, Sunday after noon, March 13. The lecture, spon sored by the Robert Bellarmine Philos ophy Club of Loyola University and Mundelein College attracted a large audience. After a brief introduction by Mr. John Farrell, president of the club, Father Mahowald introduced St. Thomas in the inimitable words of Dante, who, in the J'aradiso, indicates clearly the high esteem in which St. Thomas was held by his contemporar ies. The man himself took on a won derfully human aspect as Father told details of his personal appearance and character, and the students awoke to a new appreciation of the manhood of the great thinker. St. Thomas was naturally taciturn during his school days, and his abil ity as a student was questioned by his companions; yet when called upon by Albertus Magnus to defend a delicate theological thesis, the logic and con ciseness of his arguments vindicated him, to the astonishment of all who had gathered to hear the disputation. When nineteen years of age, he joined the order of St. Dominic and herein he received the mental train- (Continued on page 4, column 4) Coming Events Easter vacation March 21-29. Mundelein-Purdue Debate March 21, at Purdue University, Lafay ette, Ind. Resolved: that the United States should offer to participate in the cancellation of all inter-governmen tal World War debts, including rep arations. Debating for Mundelein: Beverly Balster, Mary Agnes Tynan, Mary Jane Sullivan. Quarterly examinations March 29-April 1. Junior Prom April 1. The Two-Edged Sword, a drama in 3 acts April 10. Mundelein Col lege Auditorium, 8:15 p. m. Card party April 15. Student Activities Council. Laetare Sunday Is Observed By Club Laetare Sunday, the feast day of the college dramatic club, was celebrated by the Laetare Players with/'Mass and Holy Communion, breakfast, and a program, on March 6. The Very Rev erend Monsignor F. M. O'Brien of St. Angela's Church officiated at the Mass in the Stella Maris Chapel. The members and pledges assembled promptly at 9 o'clock for Mass. The new rose-colored vestments, recently donated to the Players by the T. J. O'Donnell family of 4846 Sheridan Road, were worn for the first time, and the spirit of joy in the liturgy was carried out in the altar decora tions and the music. In his address, Monsignor O'Brien explained the significance of Laetare Sunday, stressing the fact that the Catholic religion is one of joy and happiness. Adapting his remarks to the club activities he said, You Lae tare Players can best show this joyful optimism by living up to your dramat ic ideals, and not becoming discour aged even by the present plight of the theatre in America. After Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament, the guests ad journed to the cafeteria for breakfast. (Continued on page 4, column 1) CLASS VISITS BIG SISTER CONVENTION As an initiation into the formation and organization of social service groups, the social problems class at tended the Big Sister Convention on February 29, at the Blackstone Hotel. Miriam R. Rooney, Ph. D., professor of sociology at Mundelein, spoke on Child Psychology at the afternoon ses sion. The motto of the Big Sisters, Ser vice and Sacrifice, is an adequate in dication of the spirit of the organiza tion. The members are Catholic women who through their zealous so cial work have made it possible for four hundred and two children to re ceive scholarships to high school and college. Practically the whole financial status of the institution is based upon dona tions, contributions, and club member ships. During the five years of its ex istence, the membership has increased almost one thousand, and its record of actual social work and welfare ac tivity is most incredible. That the activities of the Big Sisters constitute one of the highest types of Catholic Action was pointed out un mistakably by the prominent Catholic men and women of Chicago who spoke at the convention. One of the many charitable endeavors of the Big Sis ters was the provision of a noonday meal for over one thousand pupils of a well-known parochial school for a period of two months. VOCATION WEEK IS MARKED BY SERIES OF FINE LECTURES Loyola professors present views on various vocations open to students. Vocation Week, March 6 to 13, was observed at Mundelein College by a series of lectures, discussions, and programs, centering about the differ ent walks of life open to the college- trained woman of today. Tbe week opened on Sunday with general recep tion of Holy Communion by the stu dents in their parish churches, and special devotions to the Holy Ghost were recommended. The Reverend Clifford J. LeMay, S. J., of Loyola University and pro fessor of apologetics at Mundelein Col lege, in the final lecture of the series given on Friday, March 11, chose as his topic these words, In vocations, your will must always come first and God's will after, and he endeavored to convince the students that a voca tion is a personal matter, that it in volves free will, and that its choice is absolutely dependent upon the will of the individual. Basing his instructions upon the questions which students of Mundelein and of Loyola had presented, Father LeMay began by pointing out the prime essential for a vocation per sonal desire. Elaborating upon this theme he showed that fitness, physical as well as moral, is needed no matter what vocation the student chooses. In the matter of religious vocation, Father LeMay was most practical and sincere. He painted no picture of rosy idleness, yet the vision of the ideal which he portrayed was one of beauty and noble strength, dependent upon genuine desire for service and a ready spirit of sacrifice. In conclusion, Father LeMay sent home these arrows of moral truth the entire responsibility for a vocation is in the hands of the individual, he need expect no thunderbolt of inspira tion to strike him and direct his choice. Catholic training will help, intellectual planning will aid in ma terializing the ideal, but first, he in sisted, be sure of the desire. The Reverend James J. Mertz, S. J., of Loyola University and professor of ecclesiastical history at Mundelein, opened the series of lectures on Mon day morning with a discussion of the religious life. Father Mertz stressed three points in his talk, and presented each as a thought-provoking picture bearing a characteristic escutcheon. (Continued on page 4, column 5) MARBLE STATUES GIFT TO COLLEGE Statues of St. Therese of Liseux, the Little Flower of the nineteenth century, and St. Philomena, a Grecian princess martyred in the second cen tury in pagan Rome, both exquisitely carved of genuine Carrara marble, have been placed at the head of the grand staircase in the chapel corri dor on the second floor. The polished pedestals, which stand about thirty-five inches, and the fine, white figures which rise almost fifty inches above them, are sculptured of the finest grade of genuine Italian Bianco statuary marble, procured in quarries in the Apennine mountains. From the quarries, which are three thousand feet above sea level, the marble is transported to the McBride Studios and Plants, Pietrasanta, near Carrara, Italy, where it is carved and eventually transported to the foreign studios. The sculptors are picked artists w ho have been in training over a period of twenty-eight years and who give their very hearts and souls to their work that their productions may be beauti ful not from an artistic view only, but that they will have character and in spire devotion by their entire perfec tion. The two little saints, a thousand years apart in life, seem symbolic of the unity of the Christian faith throughout the centuries and of the spirit of Catholic womanhood, the ideal of a thousand years ago which is even today unchanged by the years, the ideal of our twentieth-century col lege girls.
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