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Page Two SKYSCRAPER Prayer for Senior Sunday The Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of David His father; and He shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever, and of His Kingdom there shall be no end, Alleluia. Oh, King of Kings, we kneel in Thy presence, wearing, for the first time, gowns and mortarboards. They are, to us, sym bols of the grace and favor Thou hast showered upon us the years Thou hast granted us in an atmosphere of Thy guid ance and benediction. He shall rule from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. And all Kings shall adore Him, all nations shall serve Him. We acknowledge Thy all-encompassing dominion. We are Thy subjects and Thy servants, dependent completely upon Thee. Through Thy boundless goodness, we have been nurtured in the knowledge that Thou art the Eternal Ruler of the world. His power shall be an everlasting power, which shall not be taken away; and His kingdom a kingdom that shall not decay. Alleluia. Thou has lavished upon us faith and hope. Thou hast confirmed those gifts in our education. Thou hast given to us Thyself in the Sacrament of Thy Love. Grant that we may use the inestimable treasures Thou hast bestowed upon us to bring the world under Thy gentle rule. Grant that we, so richly endowed and so little deserving, may, through Thee, re store all things. An Intelligent Vote Is A Vote for America Everyone is talking about the coming election, and, come Nov. 7, a number of Americans will be in a position to do some thing about it. Whether they WILL do something, or not, is a problem. Whether the feminine vote, which could be a tremendous influence in this national emergency, will prove an influence is a matter of speculation. After fighting for the franchise for years, American women are often indifferent to the privilege and the responsibility it has brought to them. To combat the development of such in difference on the part of Mundelein stu dents, THE SKYSCRAPER has, during the past 12 years, conducted straw votes before the national elections. Voting in itself, however, is not suf ficient; a vote thoughtlessly cast may do more harm than the failure to cast a vote. Accordingly THE SKYSCRAPER, at the Student Activities Council meeting on Oct. 26, will conduct a poll of student opin ion on the issues involved in the present campaign, not on individual personalities or party cliches. The purpose of the poll will be to arouse consideration of the seriousness of the coming election; to stimulate study of national and international problems; to measure the depth and soundness of stu dent opinion, and to check the opinions about issues, expressed in the poll, against the actual voting done in the straw ballot on Nov. 2. Most of us are under voting age. But all of us talk about the election, and, pre sumably, think about it. Between now and Thursday, let's try to cut through traditional or superficial attitudes; let's read the papers thoughtfully; let's make an earnest effort to discover and weigh the real issues involved; and let's resolve to cultivate, from now on, an intelligent, reasoned opinion of our own. 'The Qreater the Man, The Qreater His Courtesy' Mark Mark In Magazine In the September ATLANTIC, Samuel Charles Webster, grandnephew of Samuel Clemens, presents Mark Twain: Business Man, as revealed in letters and memoirs, carefully edited and interestingly present ed. In the article, you see a great man at work; you note his gentle humor in letters concerning the publication of TOM SAW YER, HUCKLEBERRY FINN, and THE PRINCE AND TLIE PAUPER, and you derive new understanding of his literary relationships with such men as William Dean Howells and George W. Cable. Courtesy, like the frosting on a cake, should be sufficient to cover the subject, not too sweet for wholesomeness, and sin cerely indicative of interior substance. A small but friendly gesture, of opening a door, a ready smile, a pleasant thank you or a warm excuse me, please, make the day seem brighter and make troubles lighter. Courtesy Week, sponsored by the Sodal ity, begins today and will be devoted to a conscious effort to make all of us just a little more consistently considerate of others. Because courtesy has a variety of aspects and because it manifests itself in a var iety of situations, each day of Courtesy Week will be dedicated to a different phase of consideration for others. It will cover courtesy in the College, at home, on pub lic conveyances, and in the business world. Above all, it will emphasize the ready smile. In the hurry of college life, some of us are prone to be careless. Most of us, when such carelessness is called to our attention, are only too glad to make a greater effort to be courteous to one another. The ave rage student, undoubtedly, is more care less than inconsiderate. During Courtesy Week, therefore and thereafter those of us who do our best always to meet people with consideration and unselfishness can make just a little more effort to improve our manner; those of us who have been remiss in the past can make an earnest effort to improve. Specifically, we might allow ourselves five minutes to make a class on the fifth floor, instead of the customary minute- and-a-half, and thus ease the nerves of the elevator operators and insure safer progress for more leisurely commuters. We might extend the customary colle giate greeting a slight shrug of the shoul ders and a quizzical lift of an eyebrow to a genuinely friendly smile and a word of greeting. We might promote order and quiet in the lounge by waiting our turn, and, if there is a real reason for haste, by pur suing our ends with friendly apologies for inconvenience we may occasion to others. Outside the College, too, we might re member more consistently that people on trains and buses, although not, it is true, impelled by class bells and reserve book zero hours, probably have equally im perative deadlines to meet. In short, there is much material for the campaign in our everyday lives. Cooper ation on the part of the entire student body will make the Sodality's Courtesy Week an unqualified and an enduring success. They're Talking About THE women and children of Dover have finally emerged from the caves which for four years sheltered them from German shells. After Canadian troops captured the long-range German guns at Cap Griz Nez, across the Strait of Dover, towns people cheered, danced, made merry in the streets, and prayerfully visited churches in thanksgiving for deliverance. Because it took only one minute for the shells to cross the Strait, there was not time for alerts to be sounded during the blitz so Dover citizens took up residence in the caverns, which, over a century ago, had been hewn in the chalk cliffs to house French prisoners. * * * D USSIAN soldiers, unused to seeing lux- ** uries in shop windows and in the streets of the towns, are being cautioned against the foreign peril of bright adver tisements, well-to-do homes, and sleek automobiles, which, Soviet writers claim, are outward tinsel to dazzle the eyes. Par ticularly startling to Russians in Rumania are women's toeless and heelless shoes, which the thrifty Russians conclude are concessions to economy rather than to fashion. COME Washington officials are of the opinion that the anxiety of various European nations to declare war on Japan now may have some relation to the fact that, with the end of the German war, Lend-Lease in its present status ceases for those countries not at war with Japan. * * * A procession of 160,000 mourners, a col- ** lection as variegated as the city he loved, passed by the bier of Alfred E. Smith as he lay in state at St. Patrick's cathedral in New York, the second Cath olic layman (Ignace Paderewski was the first) ever accorded that privilege. Gover nor of New York for 16 years and candi date for the presidency in 1928, AI Smith was a symbol of those aspects of American democracy that made the oppressed peoples of Europe come to this country. His clos ing days he devoted to philanthropic and civic causes. * * * THE boys in the U.S. Army recently captured a German prisoner who ex pressed the idea that Hitler said some thing very true at least once. The disillu sioned prisoner told about a speech in which the Fuehrer boasted, If I could have control of Germany for 10 years, you wouldn't be able to recognize it. Read, Reflect, React, Enjoy This Book In GLORY OF THE MOHAWKS, by the Reverend Edward Lecompte, S.J., you will MEET Kateri Tekawitha, sensitive, gen tle-tempered daughter of the Al- gonquins and the Iroquois, whose beauti fully Christian life is a sharp contrast to the lives of the other Indian maidens with whom she associates. Her Christian moth er dies during a devastating epidemic, but not until she has instilled into the heart of little Kateri a true love of God. Faith ful to her duty, little Kateri, herself af flicted by illness, endures cruel persecution for her manifestation of Christianity persecution inflicted by her own misun derstanding tribesmen, who have no real ization of the love that dominates her heart. You will meet, too, the kind and courageous Black Robes, who, indifferent to suffering, bring faith to the banks of the Mohawk and the St. Lawrence. In this book you will SEE another facet of the life of the Iroquois, their love of liberty, their contempt for death, and their willing ness to sacrifice anything for that which they believe is right. These virtues, how ever, are in opposition to their terrible passion the desire for vengeance. You will ENIOY tne autnor's story of the life of this Indian girl, whose miracles attest to her saintliness, and you will learn much of the customs, the psychology, and the racial traditions of the fascinating early Americans. There Are No Unknown Soldiers It is for service above and beyond tl call of duty that the soldier receives tl greatest honor the Congressional Meds His name is splashed through papers at across the air waves; he tours the countr is honored at banquets, and is asked I tell of his courageous deeds. Who is he? Ask the youngsters. Tht know his name. He's their idol. Wh lt; they grow up, they hope to be like him. But he wasn't the only brave man ot there. All of them out there were figh ing some for keeps. The unknown soldii fought to the finish. He didn't have chance to win a medal. Not everyone doe although all are brave and all contribut to the victory. But all the battles aren't won on the ba' tlefield; all the battles aren't fought wil arms, and the winner, as in actual con bat, doesn't always get a reward dow here anyway. Sometimes the people down here nevt hear of his victory. But the Church, th great Mother of men, knows and honoi him, and includes him among the gres people who discover a new technique i fighting the battle of life and teach tha technique, unobtrusively perhaps, to ever one they know. We honor such people on All Saint Day, November 1. And on the followin, day we pray for the Holy Souls whom will one day honor with the Unkno Saints. They fought in the battle the were heroes and they won, though thet debts are not yet fully paid. To these future saints we dedicate AI Souls Day, November 2. They are th Church Suffering, as the Saints are Hi Church Triumphant. And we are th Church Militant, fighting our battles, win ning our victories, qualifying for hona some day with the Holy Souls and tin Unknown Saints. MUNDELEIN COLLEGE Chicago.Illinois Mundelein Chicago's Collegi For Women Under the Direction of the Sisters of Charity, B.V.M. Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 30,1932 at the Post Office of Chicago, Illinois, under da Act of March 3, 1897, 1.75 the year. Published semi-monthly from October to III inclusive by the students of Mundelein College. Vol. XV Monday, Oct. 23, 1944 No.2 Member ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS Telephone: Ambassador 9011 Co-Editors-in-Chief Mary Grace Carnej Jayne King Associates Mary Burns, Jerry Stilt; Mary Catherine Tuomey Copy Editors Eleanor Arendl Joan Templeman Associates Viola Brennai Mary Martha Cooper, Dolores Hartigu Lois Hintze, Patricia Hollahan, Audrey Mc Donnell Feature Editors Mary Beechei Patricia Curran, Sheila Finney, Geneviw Urbain News Editors Regina Bea Florence Jankowski Associates Celeste Boudreat Patricia Lee, Dolores Toniatti, Gladys Sulli van Sports Dolores Cervenka, Colleen Retti) Reporters: Mary Ann Anderson, Ruth Casej Stacy Diacon, Joyce Evans, Lorraine Groa Alice Marie Horen, Rosemary Kelly, Rose mary Kiley, Adeline Laschiazza, Marcia Ma- loncy, Ramona Marinelli, Rosemary O'Con nor, Virginia Sversky, Rosemary Temple man.
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