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Editorial Page THE SKYSCRAPER Dec. 18,1963 tl HI Ml MIL U II I U Oil II .I is an organ instituted to present the if views of the campus, the city and the world concerning the students, to promote awareness and to mold public opinion on all issues affecting the college of the 20th century. Mass Brings Joy To Uneasy World Christmas traditionally abounds in joy and merriment. This year people smile Merry Christmas to each other, bil lions of cards wish happiness for Christmas and the New Year and stores are decorated lavishly; the merriment is all there ... to follow tradition. But real joy doesn't motivate the ma jority of merrymakers. A few souls comprehend the paramount joy of a world finally possessing its salvation. Most, however, need personal peace before they can comprehend even the germs of such joy but the world is not at peace. Mass Offers Contrast Midnight Mass offers to that world an hour of contrast. Nations probe nuclear power, then develop it for self defense and perpetrate an expanding gyre of ruthless potential destruc tion. But, in darkness softened by vigil lights, church chor isters sing of peace on earth and mercy mild. Forces seeking world domination make elections in Vene zuela a lesson in terror, then vow still more blood. But the choir in the darkness before Mass sings of a silent night, a holy night, when all is calm. Chicago weathers a crisis in its schools and searches for just solutions to the dismal problems. But lights in the church quench the darkness as a priest appears and lays a figure of the Light of the World in the sanctuary crib. Only 90 miles away, a militaristic premier regiments and mobilizes his nation, threatening the United States. But in the manger lies a King newly born to free His people. Decisions Confront World A new president is thrust into office and confronted with global decisions in a precarious world. But a priest approaches the altar vested in gold, symbolic of the Ruler born to restore universal order. Millions of Americans perpetuate social injustices and deny human dignity to other men. But in the Introit the priest reads the Lord said to me, you are My son. A wall of barbed wire and concrete vigilantly guarded on both sides divides men, nations, ideologies. But at the altar railing a community is united in the newly arrived Infant. Each sound, word and movement of Midnight Mass gener ates peace in an uneasy world. Just some peace ... and joy will come. Mary Etta Talarico Organizations Combine; Encourage Ecumenism An Interlandi cartoon in a December issue of the Chicago American flies a banner with Operation Womanpower over the heads of a group of marching, sign-carrying women, while a pair of onlooking men com ment, I understand it's a lot of women's organizations working together for a better community could be pretty formidable And pretty formidable it could be and was . . . when organizations band together as did the SAC, Sodality, Catholic Students Mission Cru sade, Young Christian Students, NFCCS and the theology department to present Ecumenical Week. The interaction and cooperation made real an idea that would have been impossible without united effort. Working to present the students with the latest developments of the Ecumenical Movement and the Protestant Catholic Dialogue, these college organizations took it upon themselves to educate those interested. As the Ecumenical Week folder stated, It is the aim of a college to train students not only to live in society, but also to evaluate critically that society ... a critical evaluation pre-supposes knowledge. And that knowledge, it is important to note, was generated by students for students. Such action indicates a desire for intellection that must be considered unusual among those who are already overwhelmed by past, present and future assign ments. But the greatest importance of the movement rests not only in the week's presentation but in the actual collaboration of the organizations for one cause. Operation Womanpower could become the password of accomplishment through union instead of many well-intentioned, unsuc cessful attempts in several directions. Pat Krochmal 7 Contrived Kookiness Barbara Streisand 'Wows' Chicago I am, says the girl with the long nose and the Mr. Kenneth hair-do, an actress who sings. But we would take issue with this provocative statement, for certainly Barbra Streisand proved, in her first theater con cert at McCormick Place, Nov. 29, that she is indeed a singer and her acting (or, more prop erly, her between-song patter) left us with a rather indifferent feeling, at best. Our indifference, however, was swept away when the girl opened her mouth and sang. Gone now, was the contrived kookiness, the I - don't -quite- know - what - I'm - doing - here - but - I - love - you - all attitude projected in her banter. The voice that comes from Barbra Streisand is honest, direct and unself-conscious. It has been described as a combination of Judy Garland and Lena Home and she is definitely akin to both. But Bar bra is Barbra is Barbra and this is certainly enough for any audience. The first half of the concert con sisted of songs from her albums: Right as the Rain, Coloring Book, Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? and the very touching Who Will Buy from Oliver. Dressed in a sort of white satin middy-blouse and long maroon skirt, she created a tremendous rapport with her audience with such observations as, This place (Arie Crown Theater) has a cer tain folk-iness ... At one point, she turned to her piano-player, asked What do I sing now? and went on to explain that it was by Barbara Mounsey hard to remember . . know? you But an overly long monologue about the trials of an astigmatic Ethiopian girl who has her prob lems with incest, the jungle under growth, and a frozen river ( She thought she'd commit suicide, but the river was frozen, see, and this was a one-river village . . . ) seemed to be pointless and exag gerated, an' unfortunate bit of or ganized non-conformity and mis guided individuality. The second half of the program was devoted to standards : ... those oldies I used to knock, but now I like them ... Miss Strei sand's ability to maintain her ex cellence in such songs as Mel ancholy Baby and As Time (iocs by proved that she is much more than just another college fad. She is assuredly a balladeer who will be around for a while. Her final number (in an obvi ously planned encore) was Happy Days Are Here Again which she belted with such conviction and sincerity that one Golden Ager in the seat ahead of us was driven to grab her companion's arm and squeal passionately, in a manner vaguely reminiscent of the Presley era, Oooh, don't you just LOVE her? All of which leads one to con clude that when a 21-year-old quasi-beat from Brooklyn can evoke such a response from teen agers all the way up to the 60- year-olds, then, Barbra, happy days certainly are here again. Sounding Board Editors: The YD Club would like to thank you for your fitting and heartfelt front-page tribute to our late President. Although we, too, felt President Kennedy to be the Personification of the American Image, we can not agree that the era of the new frontier has ceased. For if it has, Kennedy would have lived in vain. The new frontier has lost its leader, but it has not lost that leader's ex ample, vitality and enthusiasm. The Kennedy era is just begin ning as the Peace Corps grows and prospers, as President Johnson works for the passing of the Civil Rights Bill, as the young people of our nation continue to work for Vol. XXXIV Dec. 18, 1963 No. 8 All-Catholic The Skyscraper Ib published semi-monthly, September to May inclusive except during exam and vacation periods, by the btudent* of Mundelein College, 6363 Sheridan Rd.. Chicago 26, 111. Subscription rate is 2 per year. Entered as second-class matter Nov. 30. 1932. at the U.S. Post Office. Chicago. 111., under the act of March 3, 1897. The Skyscraper is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press and the Catholic School Press Association. Letters to the editor must be signed. The Skyscraper reserves the right to cut letters in case of limited space. Board of Editors Janice Jearas. Pat Krochmal. Eileen Schaefer Managing Editors editorial, Mary Etta Talarico; news. Louise Nunilato; layout. Pat Porwic* : feature, Tina De Rosa Columnist - , Barbara Mounsey Photographers Rae Paul, Pat Wall, Betsy Braunlin Staff Members Joanne Infantine-. Maxine Tyma, Barbara Kubicz, May Ellen Scott. Noreen Rapp. Sister Mary St. Eunice, B.V.M., Roberta Virsila, Dlanne Arturl, Sylvia Hajek, Mickey Parent, Ann Ashner Reporters Judy Jones, Mary O'Malley, Lydia Geretti. Roberta Virsila, Mickey Parent, Sister Mary Bernita, B.V.M., and Newswriting Class their country, for integrity, for equality. Because Kennedy was so great a leader, thinker, man, the new frontier cannot die; it will go for ever forward with vigor. Margie Field Secretary-Treasurer YD Club Editor's Comment: Only those who can actually iden tify with a person can adopt him as a model. Now that a new presi dent one of completely different composition and character has taken up residence in the Oval Room, lie shall develop followers of his nature. While it is nice to believe that the memory of Ken nedy's example will yet inspire Americans, it is more realistic to note that the living have more in fluence than the dead. The almost spiritual allegiance pledged to Kennedy by his followers can now be given only as political allegiance to Johnson . . . even if it be given with vigor. The SKYSCRAPER Staff Extends Greetings for a jfflerrp Cfjrtetmaa and JNPPP 3 eto gear to the Administration, Faculty, Staff and Student Body
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