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Page Twd SKYSCRAPER What Qoes On . . . The Morning After The Opera Benefit THE MORNING AFTER THE OPERA WILL WITNESS A MIXTURE of eager questions, sleepy eyes, and the breathless scanning of Claudia Cassidy's column. Those who attended will be busy giving to the unfortunate few who missed it a scene-by-scene account of La Traviata, and a laugh-by-laugh account of the fun af terward. Woe to the procrastinating souls who put off purchasing their tickets and will wind up at the bowling alley or watching TV on the all-important Thursday night. These are the ones who will catch snat ches of fascinating conversation bandied about the Union on Friday morning. These will be the leftout few who will languish in their self-inflicted ignorance. THE FEELING OF HAVING MISSED SOMETHING THAT turned out to be fun is a sorry feeling in deed. Those suffering under such a stig ma can, at best, listen attentively to the more fortunate ones. An aura of relief may be noticed in the attitudes of the students on that morning- after-the-night-before. The tenseness and expectation built up before the benefit are similar to the atmosphere preceding the recent presidential election. Just as General Eisenhower is filled with relief and exultation that victory is his, and no doubt wishes that he could go some where and just relax, so the students will be relieved of pressure, and campus life will go back on an even keel. NEVERTHELESS IT IS BETTER TO HAVE HAD THE PRESSURE, EX- citement, and subsequent enjoyable even ing, than never to have participated at all; for the consequence of drone-like activity and procrastination is exclusion from en joyment of communal activities. There is no more potent elixir to stimu late man than the exhilarating satisfaction which is a result of an undertaking well done. Traditional Education Week Marks November Cold, blustering, wind-blown November marks the observance of two American tra ditions Thanksgiving and American Ed ucation Week, Nov. 9 through 15. The general theme, Children in Today's World, reiterates the important role of the school in preparing the child to meet the problems of life today and tomorrow. Supplementing the secular theme is the National Catholic Welfare Conference topic, Children in God's World. Inspired by the Bishop's statement of 1950 entitled The Child: Citizen of Two Worlds, the theme brings out the idea that religion, properly presented and integrated with other subjects, develops in the child A SENSE OF GOD, A SENSE OF DI RECTION, A SENSE OF RESPONSI BILITY, AND A SENSE OF MISSION in this life. The primary purpose of education week is to interpret the schools to the parents and to the community. A special role of the Catholic student is to interpret Cath olic education to the uninformed and the misinformed. Despite the attendance at the functions celebrating this week, the brilliance of orators extolling education, or the success of diverse demonstrations, it is the endur ing message of the week which forms its importance. When all of us come to value education properly, when we come to appreciate ful ly what our own schools are doing for us, when we note particularly the contribution that Catholic schools make to our culture, we will begin to live as educated people. Within the framework of National Ed ucation Week, the student, teacher, and parent find a challenge. It rests with them to stretch the Nov. 9 to 15 activities into a January to December project. Tomorrow Relax and Introspect; Recollect and Revise That's right relax. Forget about E T (exam tension.) It's all over now and will soon become a vague memory. It's time to consider something new. For the past nine weeks we have concentrated on the intellectual, and occasionally the social, aspects of college life. Now for one short day we are asked to give full attention to the spiritual. How do we look forward to tomorrow gratefully, resentfully, or indifferently? Have we thought of the relief that can be afforded by a few hours of quietly and peacefully discovering a new perspective on our harried lives? Perhaps we will find with surprised wonder that minutes free from mental strain and given to Cod can accomplish more than days of wor ry. Perhaps as the seconds of silence tick by we will see again in our surroundings and opportunities a plan and purpose that we often fail to recall. Before the day closes we may unearth and renew some long-for gotten resolution that will alter happily our own lives and the lives of those around us. Poor Souls on Earth, Remember November Poor souls We are poor souls if we confine our thinking to our selves. Poor souls We are poor souls when we constantly think of the Us, the We, the I. We are poor souls if we think our own maddening shortcomings are insurmountable and our assignments are too much for any person to finish in the short time allotted if we feel we cannot win against the World, the Flesh, the Devil, and the midsemesters. V*/hen we reach that state of jeopardy, it is time to reflect on the Mystical Body. It's a consoling and encouraging thing to do, if we don't just meditate abstractly, but think of It in concrete terms. Let's think of the Church Triumphant saints in heaven who have accom plished their end, who have surmounted temptations and are happy with Cod. Let's think of the Church Suffering, which does not include us, great though our current afflictions may seem to be. The Church Suf fering is made up of souls in Purgatory, who wait for our prayers to re lease them to heaven. In return they pray for Us, the Church Mili tant. Do we say the stations often? Do we go to Mass and Commun ion often or maybe at least once extra each week? Do we ever think to say a little prayer while riding the elevated or bus? If not, it's time we became the Church Militant. November is a good time to do this. It is the month of the Poor Souls. Screen's Full House Adds Sparkle and Color to O. Henry O. Henry's FULL HOUSE, billed as five best stories and twelve top stars, will probably pack full houses at the theaters during its Chicago run. There is always danger in bringing to the screen stories which have been widely read. The medium often loses the sparkle of the original or chains the reader's imag ination to the director's, actor's, and script writer's interpretations. Sometimes, how ever, these additions add to the original. In The Clarion Call, Charles Laughton as Soapy, the tramp who tries to get thrown in jail as the winter weather arrives, shows his great facility for comic acting. Anne Baxter in The Last Leaf suffers sufficiently as a young woman with pneu monia who feels she will die when the last leaf falls, but theatre goers will probably have a hard time feeling sorry for her un less they're of the tear-jerker school. The popular Richard Widmark giggle in vades The Cop and the Anthem. It is heard often, but it probably won't win the Academy Award this year, though it will entertain many. The screen version of The Gift of the Magi is a pleasant shock. Instead of the sentimental couple selling locks and watch, we have a completely modern Jeanne Crain and Farley Granger. The last scene shows the couple laughing gaily and looking for ward to the time when her hair will be longer and he can afford a new watch. ' Those who have cherished Ransom of Red Chief will probably find the movie version disappointing. It is just too diffi cult to imagine Fred Allen and Oscar Le vant as the kidnappers. Humorous as they Thank You For A Wonderful Evening Even in this age of mechanical wonders, nothing really can run smoothly without human help. If we omit the little twist of the wrist it takes to wind a watch, set the timer for the electric cooker, push down the lever on the toaster, or plug in the self-defrosting refrigerator, this soon be comes apparent. A successful benefit also depends on many important little flicks of the wrist the kind it takes to sell opera tickets, to give leads for advertisements, to keep rec ords of names of patrons and advertisers, or to draw posters for publicity. This type of handiwork involves time also, time that could have been spent in the Union, the social room, the library, or at home sleeping. The students who volunteered to work on various committees for the Opera bene fit have given their time with generosity and their services with graciousness. They should be recognized, appreciated, and thanked. Also deserving a smile of gratitude are the many students who over came their hesitancy, shed their shells of shyness, and called up or called on prospec tive advertisers, patrons, or ticket purchas ers in a sincere endeavor to make their con tributions. often are, they do not conform to the O. Henry pictures of the kidnappers. Scene- stealers in Red Chief are supporting hill billies. Proper motivation means nothing to O. Henry, who is known and liked for his surprise endings. One who sees FULL HOUSE without previously reading the stories may be somewhat bewildered by Hollywood's unstereotype finales. Student View . . . Of Public Use Of Four Freedoms Ridicule of or gossip about public ser vants in the United States, never a novelty, has recently reached a rare degree of sar casm and innuendo. Just as Governor AI Smith was reputed to have planned a special room in the White House for occupancy by the Holy Father, so a contemporary president has been cited recklessly as a narcotics addict, a Ku Klux Klan member, and even a cheat er at poker. Sometime or other almost every con gressman comes under suspicion for ven ality of some kind not infrequently, per haps, people believe that some legislators enjoy seeing Catholic children stumble through the snow and therefore won't vote appropriations for Catholic school bus transport. Much honest criticism has produced mor alizing effects on government administra tion. However, the partisan and persona accusations have led to a spirit of distrust They may well discourage men of excelleii reputation from risking their reputation in political campaigns. Through the violent and sometimes vi cious charges leveled at United States con gressmen, our country might lose three o its cherished Freedoms. Freedom o Speech and Freedom of the Press, tspecial ly the former, might develop into danger ous license. Public servants, heaped with blank criminal charges and accused of acceptin bribes, may well lose Freedom from Fea Honest, legitimate criticism of public se vants a necessary and good thing wht controlled is reaching the point at whid because of its misuse, few individuals a withstand the assaults of unknowing, n I mor-worshipping public opinion. A law of physics holds that increasii lt; the amount of pressure exerted upon mol I cules increases velocity. This law appli to our public officials pinched by iiinumt r erable pressures and thus moving fast E and faster, often colliding with hostile fa tions, thereby incurring ridicule. Thus I look upon our officials with suspicion ral F er than with confidence, which is necessa f for the endurance of good government. e What is the purpose of this haran Obviously to suggest the toning down criticism, but more important to suggtB that the Day of Recollection is an excell**' opportunity to express in prayer rad than in criticism the hope for leader: founded on Christian principles.' i' Jlte h uAcraper vat Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 30, l n, at the Post Office of Chicago, Illinois under t . Act of March 3, 1879, 1.75 per year. Published semi-monthly from October to inclusive by the students of Mundelein Co 6363 Sheridan Road, Chicago 40. I Vol. XXIII November 10, 1952 CI lis; ' on: e cai Ic Co-Editors Arlene Goi P1 Marion Wh 1 Student View Donna Men SAC Speaks Up Catherine L nt Patricia O'B Divertissements Marjorie DJtfe Sybil I a What Goes On Rosemary Bi Pv Sports Mary Alice H Die Skyscrapings Clare Hilrff'S Jane Roach, Gloria ValeffP Assignment Editors Mary Lou Roh: Peggy Wi: Reporters Barbara Bre: Mary Carey, Dorothy Chiropulus, Reiser?'1'1 Daly, Jo Anne Mickey, Dolores Kis'.*etl Lois Kolar, Catherine Lamb, Ruth Mcr ske Patricia O'Brien, Grace Pertell, Jane 4nitz telle, Dorothy Schneider, l.orctta Casey, fes i( bara Gaul, Jean Kielty, Lorraine Quit, 0 beco lies i i fic s gt;.
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1952-11-10 (2)
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