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Page Two SKYSCRAPER February Is Student Month Of Press And Precedents It is strange that people have to be talked into buying good magazines, while money pours over the counters for degrading and demoralizing pulps. Mod ern man, fully aware of the dangers of sin, parades into the pit-falls of sinful litera ture crying, I can read anything, and then wonders why there is so much wretch edness and wickedness in the world. Secular groups as well as religious bodies are concerned about the influence of cheap and immoral literature. The wo men of the Archdiocese, the students in NFCCS, other apostolic people are worried about or working against the tide of in decent publications. What can WE do about it? students ask. We can do several things but first we should become convinced of the value of Catholic newspapers and magazines, and we should become articulate about them. Most of us receive the diocesan paper, The New World, in our homes, and learn much or could learn much from reading' its front page and other editorials, its in ternational and national news agenda, and its columns. Some of us have sacrificed ordinary pleasures during this Lenten season, and, perhaps, could now subscribe to an addi tional Catholic publication. This assist ance is needed and solicited by many pub lications, including the Kansas City Sun Herald, the only Catholic daily newspaper in the country, which is greatly imperiled because of desperate need for support. Posted on the Writer's Inc. board in the lounge is a list of magazine addresses and subscription costs. Every Catholic collegian should be able to quote a Catholic columnist, editor or publication on controversial issues; should know what Catholic reviewers are saying about best sellers, popular plays, and movies. A few of us may some day be writing for the Catholic press; certainly all of us should be reading it now and subscribing to it as soon as personal finances make that possible. What Goes On . THE COLUMN THIS WEEK MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATELY HEAD ED WHAT WENT ON. EVEN MORE EXACTLY: What went on in Kaunas, Lithuania, on Feb. 16, 1940. TUCKED NEATLY IN A WOODED VALLEY ABOUT 100 MILES FROM THE ICY TRESTLE WHICH UNITES Scandinavia and northeastern Europe, the Baltic sea, lay the once free capital of Lithuania. Amidst its crumbling ruins of the Crusader's castles there were unmis takable signs of war. The cobbled streets had echoed a dull tattoo from the boots of the French, Prussian, Polish, and Rus sian armies, and now they spread silently in brooding of a new kind. THE DRY COLD OF A KAUNAS WINTER (WORSE THAN CHICAGO) HAD PLANTED ITSELF ON FIRM FEET AS THE February days of 1940 lengthened, and the sharp sting of the Siberian winds became more severe. Lith uanians had learned to accept the cold; but they would never accept the newest east ern invasion. Russia's grasp had been complete, and Lithuania had become one of the first coun tries sealed behind the suicidal wall which in later years and in greater proportions was to be known as the Iron Curtain. PICTURES OF STALIN REPLACED THE CROSSES; NOTED PROFES SORS WHO ONCE TAUGHT WITHIN THE . red-brick Gedimic university fled for their lives, or sought refuge in the wooded hills outside Kaunas; once over stocked storehouses stood empty, and near by freight rails directed the year's harvest northward. J But one group of idle cattle cars loaded with over-ripe watermelons bore the white washed signature of their Communist brothers, To The Starving Lithuanians. FEBRUARY HAD BECOME ESPE CIALLY SIGNIFICANT SINCE WORLD WAR I, FOR IT MARKED THE BE GINNING of independence for this newly established Baltic state. The Lithuanians had become as accustomed to braving the freezing winds of the average Feb. 16 to celebrate their glorious holiday, as Ameri cans are to ignoring the blistering heat of July 4. But this year there would be no holiday; the years of freedom and independence were gone, and the Lithuanian flag had not seen the light of day since the Russian occupa tion. That was the plan, but, just as in all lands that have tasted of liberty, things did not proceed according to plan EARLY MORNING TRAVELERS WERE SURPRISED TO SEE THE NA TION'S SYMBOL FLYING ATOP THE city's public square, and before the invaders could return the red hammer and sickle to its high promontory the news had spread up and down the community. Pictures of the Russian dictator were upset, and crosses returned to their hooks on prominent walls for public veneration. It was a peak moment for suppressed patriotism, an ever-recurring --monument to undying Christianity, but it was not to go unpunished. A FORGOTTEN POCKET-KNIFE MEANT SIBERIAN EXILE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO per petrated the flag raising, and later inci dents were to bring death and imprison ment to many more conspirators. For this was a small country, just a stepping stone in the over-all strategy, and its peo ple must learn to accept the will of their friends the Communists. The only escape, then, for those learned men who sought a future was a flight westward to the dubious protection of a rising Nazi Germany. THIS IS NOT A REPRINT OF A MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER STORY, IT IS NOT EVEN WELL-PADDED anti-Communist propaganda; rather it is the story of a Mundelein freshman, a girl who lived under this Communist domina tion for nine months, whose father was one of the teachers who sought the refuge of the woods, whose Church was closed; whose life was patterned according to the dictates of pagan hatred; whose family fled to Germany and lived and learned a new horror under Nazism; who found, to gether with another Lithuanian girl, a new beginning in America, in Chicago, at Mun delein. The only help they ask from you is your spiritual, physical, and temporal co operation in the present Overseas Service Program relief drive of NFCCS. CHECK THE BOOTHS IN THE LOUNGE, THE LISTS ON THE NFCCS BULLETIN BOARD (RIGHT OF THE DEAN'S Board), or your departmental club They add up to the future existence of these girls at your college, and they prove once again .that the flag-raising of liberty and the cross-raising of Christian ity were not in vain. There are . . . there must be people in this world who can ap preciate and help the human struggle for spiritual and temporal PEACE Deep Purple Remember man that thou art dust . . . With the cross of blessed ashes fresh on our foreheads and a host of resolutions for sacrifice, once again we find ourselves thrust into the period of preparation for the feast of Easter, liturgically known as Lent. Set aside by the Church are these 40 days in which every Catholic lias opportunity to take part in the greatest story ever told. In our insignificant ways, we can share the 40 day fast in the desert, by fasting, by giv ing up cigarettes, candy, cokes, or movies. The Supreme Sacrifice of Christ's pas sion and death are relived for us every morning during Mass and Communion, and we can travel, step by step, the journey to Calvary as we follow the stations of the cross. Without doubt these small gestures of sacrifice may cause inconvenience to us. But at a time when talk is cheap and truth ex pensive, sacrifice and self-denial in the cause of truth are doubly necessary. Though we can offer little of material aid as the battle for freedom rages in Europe and Asia, we can contribute support by Lenten prayer and penance. Joyless we may call Lent, but without it we could never appreciate the joyousness of Easter. Student View . . . Hoarding Freezes Commodity Prices IN spite of newly-declared price freezes, * fear of shortages continues to spur buy ing, according to statistics of the spring wholesale market weeks held in Chicago. Both buyer attendance and sales ran well ahead of last year, and Merchandise Mart sources say that retailers are buying gen erously all along the line. The biggest de mand is for gift items made of aluminum, copper, and brass which are likely to dis appear from the market as a result of gov ernment curbs on the use of these mate rials. OINCE the retailer buys to sell, the pres- * ent buying, behavior of the American public must evidently assure him of quick disposal of his above-average stock. It seems incredible that Americans in these times have not yet learned the futility of hoarding. ECONOMISTS have all but screamed about the direct relation of fear-buy ing to inflation, yet it continues. The question of whether the administration has acted too late or 'too early, wisely or blunderingly, has no bearing here; it is an individual matter. IN a recent advertisement in New York newspapers, Macy's department store told off its clientele for the rapid in crease in buying, estimated at 25 per cent above last year. The text of the advertise ment, headed Why are you buying so much, New York? urged customers to buy only what you need or can use. , W/HEN a large, profit-making organiza- tion is willing to sacrifice some of its profits for the economic good of the coun try, it seems reasonable enough to expect that the individual refrain from deliber ately causing shortages, thus forcing high prices and possible rationing upon himself and the rest of the nation. Jne * h udcraper Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 30, 1932, at the Post Office of Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879, 1.75 per year. Published semi-monthly from October to May inclusive by the students of Mundelein College, 6363 Sheridan Road, Chicago 40. JUNIOR ISSUE Vol. XXI February 19, 1951 No. 8 We Send A Cartoonist To The Battlef ront TAK.Nt W l More ammunition I til Divertissements . Macmillian and Sheed and Ward may have had college students in mind when they published shortly before Christmas two ar resting volumes, hard-made it seems for Len ten reading. Beautifully illustrated by Marguerite Cockett, THIS LITTLE WHILE, by Fath er John Lynch, answers the question of the Apostle.. . . What is this little while ...? The author of A WOMAN WRAPPED IN SILENCE, Father Lynch presents in THIS LITTLE WHILE the life of Christ in verse. Here, however, we have more than mere biography. It is the poetry of pain and joy, the rosary set to music, the source of many minutes of meditation, each line bringing inspiration and enlightenment to the reader. The humble Virgin of Nazareth said Be it done to me, and Calvary began. This Little While, the 33 years for which the world had waited, became a reality. Father Lynch has captured in his verse all the pow er of that moment. As the hidden and then the public life of Christ are unfolded, the humanity of the God-man becomes a beautiful reality. The story moves swiftly, and we see the miracles and the life and the power that were Christ's. The horror of sin sets a new .resolution) in the heart, after we read of the shriD staccato blasphemies of Hell, and catch in the distance glimpses of the cruelty and crime in all ages, including our own. There is comfort as well as delicate beau ty in this exquisite book; the reader thinks-j it was for ME. Rather an anthology than a biography isl Frank Sheed's compilation of writings about the Mother of God in a volume called THE MARY BOOK. THE MARY BOOK is written in three parts: Anticipatory; From the Annunciation to the Assumption, and Our Lady in the Church. There are four reproductions ofj great Madonnas in full color, and nine in black and white. Knowing that no one can write his best on every aspect of the Lady, but that almost everyone who has written about her has written particularly well on one point, Mr. Sheed presents in THE MARY BOOKj selections from dozens of authors. To know a max:, you must see him through the eyes of many, for even his mostj intimate friends may miss something thalj those more remote may catch. So it is with the Mother of God all writers who havtj loved her have created distinctive pictures of her beauty. Classical selections of famous authors are presented from Cynewulf, who wrote od A Maiden Ring-Adorned, to Sigrid UndsetBe who brilliantly portrayed Christmas and tie Epiphany. t x
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1951-02-19 (2)
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