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THE SKYSCRAPER BOOKCHATTER SINCE this issue of the Skyscraper will reach you just before the Eas ter holiday, we are heading our book list with a group of short religious dramas. Shining in Darkness is the name of the volume containing the short scenes written by the Reverend Francis K. Tal bot, S.J., editor of America. The first section is called A Nativity Sequence, and the second part contains Easter scenes which are most appropriate in this holy season. Each one of these dramas is like a jewel perfectly cut ac cording to the standards of truth and beauty. The descriptions of the settings, and the lines of the characters possess a fine lyric rhythm. In many places the sublimity of the language reaches a point where it is very near to poetry. In this book Father Talbot has done something truly inspirational. HILAIRE Belloc's latest biography, Napoleon, gives a vivid, impres sionistic picture of the little emperor. After looking at a library shelf contain ing Belloc's works, and more especially his biographies, one is inclined to think that this author must have exhausted every phase of, history, and every impor tant personage therein. Our point is lost, however, when the unwearying English man brings out another book such as this. As in his other biographies, Belloc does not here confine himself to the bounda ries of history, or to the narrow limi tations of true biography. Instead he gives us a broad sweeping view of the mental designs and the military tactics of Napoleon. The theory which he is trying to prove by writing this book is the fact that, had Napoleon been success ful, he would ini time have brought about the birth of a new and unified Europe. Belloc's descriptions of military scenes are written with the dash and brilliance of a historian adventurer, yet he always keeps the lamp of precision glowing be fore him and thus avoids the quagmire of sentimentalism or stark realism. If you are one of the millions who have sung lamentations on the current depression, you have only to read Henry Ansley s I Like the Depression, and then sit back and watch the gloom clouds disappear. This is not a Pollyanna pro duction, but it is a delightful little vol ume which makes us realize the bless ings which are ours. Even though most of us decried the passing of the gilt- edged era of inflation, we can now see that it was a period of incongruous ab normality. This little book, which grew out of a newspaper article, is written in the most informal of informal styles, and is guaranteed to restore your good hu mor. There's a laugh in every line, but there's philosophy as well. GILBERT K. Chesterton's book, The Thing, is a stirring de fense of the Catholic Church, embracing practically all of the phases of religion which we try to defend in our courses in apologetics. The author tries to make us understand the viewpoints of the vari ous sects and religious cults throughout the world, and then, by a logical process, he points out their subtle faults and glaring discrepancies. Mr. Chesterton lines all of their theories up before truth, and in one way or another they all ulti mately fail. This very worthwhile volume, written in a more serious fashion than are some of Mr. Chesterton's earlier collections of essays, is well salted with the author's sly witticisms, liberally peppered with paradoxes, and garnished as a whole with reasonable thinking expressed in season able language. CLUBS + AND + CLASSES COMMERCIAL GROUP HAS ERIN LUNCHEON The Commerce club proved to be adept at social as well as at commercial affairs when it gave a St. Patrick luncheon in the cafeteria on Friday, March 17. The tables were placed to form a large C and were decorated with green car nations. Even the programs portrayed a proper St. Patrick spirit by having a fit ting poem in praise of that Saint. The shorthand writing of the program was a unique feature that prompted much pon dering and laughter. A reading by Catherine Finger, an Irish jig by Alice Cullerton, and a pan tomime by Ruth Heinz provided enter tainment for the guests. Later, chuck les were served. These chuckles were jokes typed on slips of paper, and con tained the names of Commerce club mem bers in place of the original names. In conclusion, the guests sang several Irish songs. Alice Cullerton was at the piano. Probably either the striking cover of the new pamphlet, Our Previous Free dom, or the persuasions of the Press Club distributors has aroused your in terest. At any rate, don't fail to read Father Lord's latest cpmments on life and its problems today. Piano Students Give Program The members of the piano class, as sisted by Frances Mikkelson, soprano, had their monthly recital on Tuesday, March 28, in the music department on seventh floor. The program was as follows: First Movement, Sonata, Opus 13, Beethoven, Frances Ernst; My Heart Ever Fathful, Bach, Frances Mikkelson; Theme and Variations, Paderewski, Jessie Kramer; Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, and The Singing Girl of Chan, Frances Mikkel son, accompanied by Mildred Sperry; Gardens in the Rain, Debussy, and Rhap sody in C Major, Dohnanyi, Olga Mel chione. Miss Melchione gave a group of piano numbers at the Edgewater dramatic study club on Sunday, April 2. Students of Greek Score in 'Antigone' This modern world of ours was com pletely forgotten last Friday, March 31, when the classical students donned robes and dramatized Sophocles' Antigone. The setting was typically Greek with the altar of sacrifice, the statues of the household gods, and the simple draperies. The part of the tragic, ill-fated Anti gone was well-portrayed by Katherine Brennan, and Barbara Petrakis as the cruel king was dignified and regal. Justine Feely as Haemon, Antigone's lover, was convincingly persuasive. The outstanding performance was that given by Ruth Tangney as the messenger and guard. Rita Riorden as Ismene and Helen Driscoll as the blind prophet, Teiresias, were also worthy of commendation. State's Attorney Makes History Class Contract Thomas J. Courtney, State's Attorney of Cook County, has drawn up a legal contract for the students of the history methods class, binding them to fulfill the prescribed requirements of that course. The contract states the requisites laid down by the college for the course in or der that the students may attain the es tablished grades of A, B, or C, accord ing to their ambitions and to the judg ment of the instructor with regard to the execution of the work. The seventeen members of the class have signed the contract and are eager in their pursuit of the goal to which it binds them. Mr. Courtney is a friend of Julia Hag erty, freshman president, who suggested to him that he apply to education the legal principles which he thinks so im portant. Mr. Courtney agreed, and the contract was forthcoming. The State's Attorney is much interested in education, especially in those subjects which deal with government. Apologetics Group Studies Periodicals The Apologetics classes have been con ducting a current Catholic thought move ment for the last few weeks. They ana lyze and report on such Catholic periodi cals as America, Commonweal, New Scholasticism, Catholic World, Catholic Daily Tribune, Queen's Work, Catholic Mind, Messenger of the Sacred Heart, New World, Sunday Visitor, Saturday Review of Literature, The Month, Stu dies, and Black Friars. They also report on controversial ar ticles on Catholic subjects in Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, and Century. The class is divided into several committees, and one member of each committee gives a report every Friday. MAKE-UP EDITOR IS CONVALESCING Our make-up editor, Virginia Woods, feeling, perhaps, that there would be a dearth of news for this issue of the Sky scraper, decided to provide a story her self. Without any warning to her friends and co-workers, she had an attack of ap pendicitis and was rushed to Henrotin hospital for an operation on Wednesday, March 22. Miss Woods' condition occasioned great anxiety for some time, but she is convalescing at her home now, and will be back at school after the Easter vaca tion. Besides being on the Skyscraper staff, Miss Woods is the editor of Cis cora News and an active member of Eta Phi Alpha, the Press club, the Sodality, and the Stylus club. MUSICIANS PREPARE FOR SPRING CONCERT Orchestra activities are being confined at present to preparations for the annual concert to be given Sunday evening, April 30. Since the instrumentation is now complete, the repertoire is much more ex tensive this year. The performance will include Schu bert's Rosamunde, the Wedding Pro cession by Rubinstein, and Chaminade's Scarf Dance. Of special interest is the Bohemian Bacchanal, a composition of Professor Stephen A. Erst, whose daugh ter, Anna Marie, is a student at Munde lein and a former member of the orches tra. Besides these classical renditions, a novelty selection, In the Clock Store, will be offered, featuring the versatile drummer, Estelle Burke, who creates all sound effects from cuckoo calls to alarm clock rings, as a part of the number. 'Fragment of Greek Tragedy* Presented At the Eta Phi Alpha social meeting on Monday afternoon, March 27, in the fifth-floor social room, Fragment of a Greek Tragedy, by Hausman, was pre sented by some of the members as an an ticipatory thank-you for the Greek students' presentation of Sophocles' An tigone in the college auditorium on the following Friday afternoon. While in Greece one may speak as the Greeks do, it is quite a different matter when an English translation is attempted. Thus it is on the ridiculous phrasing and word-meanings which result from a lit eral translation of the Greek passages, that the humorous skit is based. Mary Margaret Morrissey, Mary Frances Burke, and Mary Dwyer portrayed the characters. An informal social hour, with refresh ments, followed. Plans are now heing made for the initiation of the pledges. Illuminated Manuscripts April Exhibit Feature Charles P. Jochem, professor of pi ano and composition at the College of St. Thomas the Apostle, in Quincy, Illi nois, will give an exhibit of illuminated manuscripts at Mundelein, beginning the latter part of Easter week. Many of Mr. Jochem's themes are re ligious, and his manuscripts are' executed in a very elaborate technique. He has exhibited at the Minneapolis Art Insti tute and at other galleries in the Middle West. STUDENTS INTERVIEW DR. O'DONOGHUE By Dorothea Van Wonterghem (Continued from Page 1, Col. 5) that, after all, comparative anatomy is just one of many courses that are re quired of pre-medic students, and com pared this first contact of the group with the actual work accomplished by the surgeon to standing in a valley, looking at far distant peaks over which the first rays of a new dawn are just beginning to break. Continuing, he said, You will keep on your way toward that goal. It will not be an easy road. There will be troubles and sorrows and disappointments. But when you arrive at last at your destina tion, you will have all the joy of know ing it has been worthwhile. Dr. O'Donoghue's generosity, how ever, extended even beyond that memo rable Tuesday morning, and he consented to grant an interview to a Skyscraper reporter who is also a student of science. My turn came at last, and, the preli minaries over, I asked just what Dr. O'- Donoghue did besides perform operations at Cook County hospital and see patients at his State Street office. I learned that the Doctor is on the staff of the Cook County Hospital, that he operates at Mercy, at St. Elizabeth's, and occa sionally at Roosevelt, and that he is pro fessor of surgery at Loyola University. Remembering the line of patients in the waiting room, I permitted myself just one more question. What, I inquired, do you think are the opportunities for women in the medical and surgical field? The answer was quick as it was em phatic. There is absolutely no reason why a woman cannot be a physician and surgeon. I have taught many women internes with whom I have been well satisfied. Women have a natural under standing which should prove invaluable. Then their womanly characteristics, a natural sympathy, for example, seldom found in men, should make them capable of being good doctors. FATHER SIEDENBERG TALKS TO STUDENTS (Continued from Page 1, Col. 3) By Prances Davidson and Charlotte Wilcox So you are the Mundelein girls? What could you possibly want to know about me? asked Father, whose very briskness was enhanced by a straightfor ward friendliness and a generous share of humor, I am sixty-one. What else would you like to know? Here was a man whose rapid speech and quick gestures portrayed extensive knowledge and real enthusiasm for his work. Actively interested in Detroit public affairs, he was recently elected as a di rector of the Detroit Council of Social Agencies, and besides being on two com missions to formulate social legislation for the present legislature, this well- known priest is the Chairman of the So ciology of Religion section of the Amer ican Sociological Society. In addition, Father is an extensive traveler. It was this knowledge, together with recollections of a delightful lecture on Mexico which Father had delivered at Mundelein in 1931, which prompted the next question. What has been your most interesting experience ? After a moment of thought, prefaced by That's pretty hard; 'embarrassing' would be easier than 'interesting,' Father replied. It happened in 1911, when Pope Pius received me at his desk in his own private room, and we con versed in Latin. In the lecture of the afternoon, Father had stressed the part to be played by Catholics in the educational change. What Mundelein College students could do to aid the work seemed a fit conclud ing question. Tell them, said Father Siedenberg, that they must try to aid in bringing be fore the public the need of putting God and the ten commandments into reli gion. LAETARE PLAYERS PRESENT AWARDS (Continued from Page 1, Col. 1) Emily Garvey and Lenore Healy. By candlelight in the Little Theatre, the pledges were received. The highest honor of all, a golden rose awarded for the most outstanding dramatic achieve ment of the year, was awarded to Miss Haloulos. Other honors were given to Sallie Ag nes Smith and Margaret Wenigman for gaining the highest number of points for Sigma Rho Upsilon, honorary dramatic or organization, and to Mary Agnes Tynan for the outstanding performance of the year, which she merited by her interpre tation of La Torche in A Toast That We Can Drink. The following members were received into Sigma Rho Upsilon: Geraldine Gar diner, Marion Ryan, Gertrude Scanlon, Frances Burke, Ruth Hazle, Mary Fran ces Hoban, Janice Linnett, Sallie Agnes Smith, Virginia Sweeney, Ellen McSwig- gin, Mary Agnes Tynan, Kathryn Ann Walsh, and Margaret Wenigman. Dorothy White received an award for highest number of points gained by a drama pledge, and Mary Louise Berry hill for the highest number gained by an auxiliary pledge. Miss Jeanne Ryan also received honorable mention as an auxil iary pledge. The following program closed the cere monies : Back Seat Flying, monologue, Geraldine Gardiner; Poetry and Plaster, one-act play, Mary Agnes Tynan; Rose mary's Blessing, reading, Sallie Agnes Smith; Three Generations, monologue, Frances Burke. On the Air, a one-act play, was given by the following new members: Vir ginia Mac Williams, Janette Brennan, Marianne Bertrand, Dorothy White, and Janet Keane.
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