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Page Two SKYSCRAPER On A Quiet Day In May Cheer To Mass in Ma? On a quiet Sunday afternoon in May along North Sheridan road, where normally the clatter of the El stampede and the firm grumb ling of each bus exhaust form the campus symphony, there will be a strange new sound. A choir of young voices will fill the Chicago air with regularity, and the intonation with one of praise In a stadium which usually echoes the cheers of football fans, the Catholic student assembly will support a new team, one that always emerges victorious. One goal post will stand obscure behind an amaz ing 30-foot Madonna, and the gridiron will be spotted with liturgical finery and flowers. , The cheerleaders, clothed in choir vestments, will chorus the Salve Regina in encouragement. The climax of the afternoon will be, not the bravado of a winning touchdown, but the silent adoration of the Expo sition and the Benediction. While merchants throughout the city count Mother's Day re ceipts, thousands of prayers will promise even greater gifts, spiritual gifts, for our mothers from the Mediatrix of All Graces. The student tribute will be one in keeping with the Church's tra ditional promulgations on the beauty of motherhood and epitomized in the honored Mother of the day, the Blessed Virgin. The gift wrap pings will be intangible, and the present immaterial, but the sentiment and the love will be evident. The extent of the reward for those at prayer is in the hands of Our Lady of Fatima. On a quiet Sunday afternoon in May, while part of the world sleeps, and part of the world fears, and part of the world fights, part of the world, the Chicago Catholic student portion, will unite at the third annual Mary's Hour to kneel in prayer for conversion, security, and peace. What Goes On . . THE SPRING SPIRIT IS WITH ALL OF US, THE BASEBALL SPIRIT with some of us, and lo and behold, a new and vibrant class and college spirit has finally arrived This sudden wave of activity must be indicative of some thing, hence we set out to review organ ized spirit at Mundelein in terms of na tional spirit and crisis. LIKE THE MAY FLOWERS, THE GREATEST DEGREE OF SPIRIT seems to bloom as the last of the April showers fade away. A veritable bar rage of juniors cooperated for a success ful luncheon and a similar number of sophomores turned out to entertain the freshman class. Election talk and cam paigning have been rampant for over three weeks and the demand for student leader ship is clearly defined. BEFORE THIS PAPER IS VERY MANY DAYS OLD, A GALAXY OF new officers will be enthusiastically en visioning prospects for the coming year, while the retiring officials search fran tically for outlets to channel this newly- found and long-awaited spirit. WERE THE ELECTIONS ANY MORE VEHEMENT LAST YEAR? Today the United States is facing a great crisis because the fickle American voter entrusted the reins of government to a man and his administration and then ig nored their policies for three years until suddenly those policies culminated in a widely-publicized issue which had been basic throughout his term of office. Their present violent support or opposition to his activities are .no more effective in the resulting years of his presidency than our Johnny-come-lately support of our class officers. IF WE CAMPAIGNED OR AT LEAST PRAYED FOR THE SUCCESS of one or more candidates last April, but have ignored their interests and their pro grams for eight months, until the more interesting, the more notable activities come to light on the class calendars, then we had best examine our student con science. ARE OUR STUDENT POWERS ANY LESS IMPORTANT TODAY THAN were last September? The nation openly challenged the presidential powers many weeks ago and wide-eyed citizens awaited an authoritative view on the case. Did the military chiefs-of-staff have the right to express their own convictions or didn't they? About the same time, not so far from home, we found ourselves unaware of the powers and limitations of the SAC or maybe we grumbled over the decisions of the Faculty-Student board, formed for one and only one object, to present our Is Religion Only Color and Tears? Facts Vs. Emotion Its hard to be cool about religion. Facts seem far away from the pomp and cere mony that surround it. But when you go to the core of it, there is fact; there are no flowery words. Religion is the center of life, so important to life that upon our religiousness or lack of it in this world, our eternal life depends. In our times we brag of our realism. If we are realistic about our religion, we know that Mass and the Eucharist are fundamental parts of it. Self-interest is one motive for the prac tice of religion God is the most powerful Friend we can have to cultivate Him is a mark of realistic wisdom. To love Him for His Own sake, in return for His glorious work of Redemption, is religion on a higher plain and still both wise and realistic. College Students have a great obli gation to be religious. They supposedly know much of the value of religion and its facts. When collegiate disinterest ex ists, it gives this theory the lie. These are the facts. Sometimes, though, facts are not enough. Sometimes we must appeal to the emotions, speak of the beau ty of the Mass, of the exultation, the mys ticism of Holy Communion. The Church wisely couples the two, the facts and the accessories of sentiment, into one glorious union, the holy sacri fice of the Mass. This is the focal point of our religion, which is the center of life. Are you off-center in life? ideas. If we are among that large seg ment which is not properly orientated to participate in student government then why don't we press for a fuller explana tion, a better orientation system, not spend the remaining month in spirited criticism? PERHAPS A MEMBER OF YOUR CLASS, OR OF ANOTHER CLASS, maybe a complete stranger, is looking for that thing called college spirit, ac claimed in song and verse. Very possibly that girl will tire of looking and lose in terest in college citizenship before those spirits have reached their fourth quarter pitch. Let's not be responsible for her walking out in the second act, before she's had a chance to survey the real potenti alities before the final curtain. In other words, let's sing the September Song as enthusiastically as we sing April Show ers. Students View . . . India's Dilemma: Play Two Ends Against The Middle? India's actions in the UN have aroused suspicion and even disgust in the minds of frightened western nations. Through the cultured, gentle voice of Sir Bengal Rah. India's delegate to the UN, appease ment is encouraged; yet, through the same calm, English-accented voice, India re fused UN meditation to solve her belli cose falling out with Pakistan over Kash mir. India has the problem of self-styled mor alist. She can preach pacifism and broth erly love to the world, but matters at home are not as easily solved. When India won her independence, Neh ru envisioned his country as the poten tial leader of Asia. Today his dream has been replaced by fearful realities com munist hordes oi China poised on India's border, and famine stalking from within. Even though she has been rebuffed time and again by Communist China she is still humbly asking for Mao's friendship without expecting to lose the friendship of the U.S. India sees that whatever side she chooses the result may be destruction for her. The removal of British authority saw the decline of Indian unity. Today the Congress Party has divided into fac tions. Economically, the peasant clashes with the landlord and urban worker; so cially the caste system still exists, yet, more and more, men are trying to break from the bonds of their castes. Hinduism, by its very nature, opposes all modern organization and reform. In ternally and externally, India is beset by evils. Her resulting policy has been one of vacillation and, at times, harshness. The Indian industrialist and urban work er who made impressive profits in World War II because of India's neutrality is catering to both democratic and com munistic trade. From India's action we would conclude that she believes her sal vation lies in indecision and in keeping a middle-of-the-road policy. Relations with Pakistan are bad, not only because of the Kashmir problem but also because of trade relations. Pakistan demands a high rate of exchange for the wheat which India needs. For this rea son, India has turned to the United States and to China for aid. Unfortunately for our prestige as a gen erous nation, China pledged herself to give economic help to India long before we did. The gesture was probably purely for propa ganda reasons but the fact remains that China was the first to aid India in her time of peril. Perhaps a man of Ghandi's stature could reunify India and completely carry out the pacifist idea in foreign af fairs. Nehru, however, is not a mystic nor does he turn the other cheek when force will be advantageous. His policy seems to be one, not of Oriental subtilty, but of expediency. Divertissements . . . Churchill Continues Historical Memoirs In prose which often rolls and sings with the touch of the master's pen, Wins ton Churchill describes the end of the beginning of World War II. The fourth volume of the Prime Minister's memoirs, THE HINGE OF FATE, covers the his tory of the war from the African cam paign,, in which the British were pushed back by Rommel, to the reconquest of Africa by the British, French, and Amer ican forces. Here, as in the three previous volumes, are all the great Churchillian assets. His canny grasp of statesmanship, politics, and war strategy, his candor on allied mil itary necessities, and his art of diplomacy and subtle suggestion helped him get his way. , He wanted the defeat of Germany as the first target. He wanted the North Af rican invasion. He did not want a small scale invasion of Cherbourg, as a temporary advantage for the Russians, and he did want the invasion of Italy. He got them all, perhaps because he was astute, per haps because he never failed to lend hope and conviction to the sordid, desperate involvement of war. Mr. Churchill gives a forecast of the UN, reveals the truth about the Balkan invasion statement, and indicates the mag nitude of the victory of Tunisia. This cul minating attack held its own with Stalin grad, and in London there was, for the first time in the war, a real lifting of spir its. When he describes the main objectives, lining up accounts as they stood in June, 1943, the work bristles with brilliance and profundity: The entry of the United States into the struggle . . . had made it certain that the cause of Freedom would not be cast away. But between survival and victory there are many stages. Henceforward . . . the danger was not Destruction, but Stalemate . . . Together soon Great Britain and the United States would have the mastery of the Oceans and the Air. The hinge had turned. Jke *3 . u craper Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 30,1933, at the Post Office of Chicago, Illinois, under tie Act of March 3, 1879, 1.75 per year. Published semi-monthly from October to Hay inclusive by the students of Mundelein Collej 6363 Sheridan Road, Chicago 40. Vol. XXI May 7, 1951 No. 12 Co-Editors Maribeth Carey, Sheilya Neary Associates Peggy Barrett, Mary Kay Gill, Judy Langhenry Nelson Student Views Rita Bresnahan What Goes On Paula Long, Barbara Heintz SAC Speaks Up Peggy Butler, Leona Adams Divertissements Joan Kares, Mary Ellen Ward, Elaine Ivory, Barbara Bid- well Skyscrapings Marj orie Coughlin, Mary Jane Lamb, Patricia McHugh, Barbara Shaughnessy Art Doris Kuhlmann Sports Editor Margaret Reidy Reporters: Rosemary Burns, Eileen Duhig, Florence Granet, Arlene Gorgol, Kaye Haefel, Claire Healy, Agnes Hoff, Irene Johnson, Sibil Lillie, Donna Merwick, Jane Roach, Jean Schae- fer, Helen Stewart, Marion Whelan, Nona Ar- noldi, Norma Galvin, and Grace Benedetti. Our own Asiatic policy has certainly not been a positive one and can be of lit tle inspiration to India. However, much of her mug-wumpish policy may disheart en us. Her starving millions must be fed, and perhaps, by physical charity, we shall establish at least the thread of friendship where our diplomatic methods have not succeeded.
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