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THE SKYSCRAPER W. A. A. ANNOUNCES MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS REFLECTIONS TWO stately philosophers with purple togas and laurel wreaths came into view on the day of the Fall Festival. On close inspection we found them to be two seniors, Mary Toohey (Aristotle), and Margarctte Nolan (Sophocles). Both are members of the honorable inner circle of philosophers. But philosophy is not Mary's only in terest. Sodality occupies much of her time since she is the College Sodality pre fect and she is also treasurer for Ciscora. Besides all this, she is vice-president of the Student Activities Council, and she holds membership in the Political-Histori cal club, the Philosophy club, and Die Rothensteiner Gcscllschaft. Mary is interested in social service as well as in history and philosophy. Last year she -taught civics and arithmetic in Sacred Heart social center. With a parting smile, Mary told us of her ambi tions in things political. However, she de clares that she plans to teach after graduation if she can secure a position. THEN we proceeded to question Mar- garette, or Maude as she is sometimes called. Margarette doesn't particularly care for her shortened name, but she accepts it with the smile which is char acteristic of her cheery disposition she has a reputation for being good-natured. She is an energetic person, Margarette, and it was she who instigated the move ment which resulted in the formation of the Political-Historical club of which she is the first president. Margarette is also treasurer of the senior class and senior representative in the Student Activities Council. She is a member of the Philosophy club and of the Sodality. Margarette has shown her interest in social work, too, having taught public speaking at Sacred Heart social center last year. Her ambition is to pro mote the work of women in politics but not in the suffragette manner. NEXT we saw an extremely versatile junior, Betty Smith, approaching. Although Betty is president of the Mun delein College Glee club we learn she is majoring in mathematics and taking a minor in physics of all subjects. She iadmits a keen interest in debating too, jand she writes feature stories for ithe Skyscraper. The newly-formed (Philosophy club takes up the remainder iof her time. Betty's outstanding ambi tion is to become a mathematics teacher, jand she is preparing for this now by tutoring high school students in the rigors . of mathematics and rhetoric. She inad vertently informed us of her prowess as ;a needlewoman when she told about her i inordinate desire to make over hats and dresses. Betty is somewhat of a book- :worm, and any time a historical novel comes to light you may be sure she will seize upon it with cries of joy. Chicago history is her favorite topic of conver sation. Terrapins Meet At First Club Spread The Terrapins, junior and senior, had their first spread of the season on Oct. 25. Swimming was in order first, and then jolly games suggested by Pauline Duzeski, general chairman of the party. After an hour and a half of vigorous exercise, the Terrapins were more than willing to desert the pool for the spread proper which bad been prepared under the supervision of Rosamond Carney. A big box of Fannie May candies, the gift of the instructor, Miss Magnusson, was the grand finale of the party. Twelve Terrapins, including Miss Mar shall and Miss Magnusson, attended the spread, and Elaine Krambles, '32, former Terrapin president, was guest of honor. Debate Proves Ancient Man Superior to Modern Upholding the affirmative side of the question. Resolved, that the inventions of the pre-historic man were of greater importance than all the inventions of the nineteenth century, Margaret Werlein and Mary E. Finnegan of the morning di vision of the history of civilization class defeated the representatives of the after noon group. Selma Lasker and Grace Cashin. Biology Club Members (Continued from Page 1, Column 4) Charter members are: Theodora Alex- opoulis, Jane Gorski, Irene Lavin, Alyce Lyon, Margaret McKeon, Anne Smaza, Marie Smith, and Dorothea von Wonter- ghem. Among the other students who have expressed a desire to be included as members are: Grace Fabbri, Margaret Mary Granger, Rosemary Guinivan, and Lucille Turk. CISCORA CONVENTION HELD AT PROVIDENCE Political-Historical Unit Joins International Clubs The Political-Historical association of Mundelein College has accepted an invi tation to join the International Clubs sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation, and the members look forward to an in teresting program in accordance with the plan of the Clubs. Home Economics Convention (Continued from Page 1, Column 5) Katherine Flood gave a report of the activities of the Mundelein Home Eco nomics club and invited the delegates to the National Convention of the Home Economics Association which will be held in Chicago and Milwaukee next June to visit Mundelein College. MUST EARN 50 POINTS AND ATTEND SEMESTER To be eligible for membership in W. A. A., students must have attended Mun delein one semester, and earn 50 points. Points are awarded thus: perfect at tendance at gymnasium and swimming classes, 50 points each semester; walking, 5 points for 5 miles; skating, 5 points cacli hour; membership in Terrapin club, 100 points; Junior Terrapins, 50 points; class team, 100 points for first team, 50 points for second. The W. A. A. awards numerals, letters, and emblems, and sponsors the various tournaments held throughout the year. Numerals are awarded for 250 points, minor letters for an additional 250 points acquired in the sophomore year, and major letters and the Mundelein emblem arc awarded to those students who have 750 and 1,000 points respectively by junior and senior years. FA THER GOOD WIN TALKS ON POLITICAL PROBLEM The seventeenth general convention of Ciscora opened with High Mass in the auditorium of Providence high school at 9 o'clock on the feast of All Saints. The morning session was called at 10 o'clock by the president, Louis Tordella of Loyola University. The officers and committee chairmen gave their reports, from which could be gleaned ideas on all phases of Sodality activity. One of the interesting and outstanding features of the day was the suggestion of Mr. Cantwell of Quiglcy Preparatory Seminary, chairman of the Eucharistic committee. Mr. Cantwell expressed the desire that students attend Mass and Communion on at least one week day, recite the Rosary daily, and visit the Blessed Sacrament once a day. The pro motion of this type of religious fervor sets the members of Ciscora apart as a unique religious organization. Ciscora News, the official organ of Ciscora, will be issued this year in printed form. Frank Garvey of Loyola was ap pointed business manager. Virginia Woods of Mundelein so ably managed the difficult task of editing the paper last year in mimeographed form that she has again been given the position of ed itor. At the afternoon session the delegates were addressed by the Very Reverend Monsignor Philip F. Mahoney, D. D., President of Quigley Preparatory Sem inary. A discussion on the Mexican Question was opened in the form of a de bate by Ever Louise Connors of Aquinas high school and Margaret Cleary of St. Scholastica academy. A clever one-act play concluded the program. The meeting adjourned with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. (Continued from Page 3, Column 5) the faculty's decision; you are then in formed of your selection, and finally you are expected to do something especially noteworthy in your line, that's all. Oh, I said, rather blankly, so that's all? Well, Well Since you are so deeply interested in politics, Father, I resumed, do you think that this election will help remedy the political and economic situation that is now terrorizing the United States? Father immediately become serious. We are in such a muddle today, he said gravely, that it will be difficult to find our way back to any kind of sta bility. People are confused, not so much by economic conditions, bad as they are, as by their very hazy idea of what the state can do to help cities and individuals, and what the state can not do. If a knowledge of the science of politics was more widespread, conditions would prob ably be considerably less deplorable. Father Goodwin's opinion of the Presi- dental election was decisive, to say the least. I am a staunch Jeffersonian Democrat (put that in capitals), he said. I be lieve Roosevelt should be elected The United States needs a change after the Hoover regime The next question on my list was my favorite. What do you think of the progress of the American girl in politics as compared with girls of other countries? I asked, with a smug, know-the-answer smile on my face, and my pen poised ready to take down multitudinous notes on Father's praise of the American girl as a politician. Concealing a little grin, Father ap peared to ponder deeply, then he said judiciously, Well, perhaps some day, if she studies hard enough, the American girl wiay reach the level of the English girl in politics Then, seeing my wide-eyed, wounded expression, he kindly hurried on to ex plain that the English girls are much more fully acquainted with the big, vital problems of their nation than the Ameri can girls. It is the duty of college girls to remedy this situation, he continued. They should become thoroughly grounded in the science and art of poli tics, not, mind you, for general purposes or even for their own development, but for the training of members of their families. Politics, went on Father Goodwin, should begin around the dinner table. Not petty gossip of officials and candi dates, but real discussion of the real prob lems of our nation. It takes deep study to become really acquainted with political science and I hope by means of my classes and this new Political Science club at Mundelein to make true political leaders of my students. Father Goodwin concluded the inter view by refusing to discuss his personal experience as a teacher. You're writing an interview, not an obituary, he said, humorously. Soccer Supplants Tennis In Classes With the end of the fall term in view the girls in the sports classes are turning their attention from tennis to soccer. The physical education majors are doing prac tice teaching in these classes now. During the first week of soccer, bruised muscles and ankles were somewhat pre valent but the young athletes soon learn ed that the object is to kick the ball over the goal line instead of directing one's kick at a fellow player's shin. The present juniors, winners of last years championship game, are determined to prove their superiority again, while the other classes are equally confident of victory. As the present sophomore class was defeated last term they will probably wreak their vengeance on the innocent freshmen. Action Is Highlight of Senior Sunday Sermon (Continued from Page 1, Column 2) You must be Catholic leaders, but leadership for Christ is not a static thing. The Catholic Church is not merely a ha ven for consolation. It is not consolation that the world today needs; it is a work ing konwledge of the fundamental prin ciples of Christianity. We ask that you pledge yourselves today to devote your lives to an enthusiastic service for Christ, to a Catholic Action that is practical. Benediction of the Most Blessed Sac rament was given immediately after the sermon, the College Choir, a chapter of the Glee club, furnishing the hymns. Following the ceremony, the seniors marched in procession to the formal social rooms where they met Father Magner and members of the faculty at an inform al reception. A class banquet, with Father Magner as guest of honor, was given in the guest dining room, and each senior received a fitting souvenir of the day. FAMED LAST SIGNER'S CENTENNIAL OBSERVED Students of history generally, and mem bers of the American Catholic Historical Association in particular, will observe the centenary of the death of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, distinguished Catholic lay figure in early American history, on Nov. 14. The event holds special interest for Mundelein College, in whose Faculty Room two letters penned and signed by this widely-known statesman, and pictures bearing his autograph, hold honored place in a collection of similary valuable documents, the gift of the Chancellor of the College, His Eminence, George, Car dinal Mundelein. Chiefly associated with Charles Carroll is the fact that he was the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence, as well as that, in living from 1737 to 1832, he survived, the last of the sign ers. There are, however, many other noteworthy aspects of his career. Besides serving in the Continental Con gress, undertaking several important diplomatic missions, and advancing to a scat in the United States Senate after prominence in Maryland state govern ment, Charles Carroll of Carrollton was one of those who staked most in cham pioning the cause of American freedom, since at the beginning of the Revolution he was the wealthiest man in the Colonies. Education under the Jesuits, both in this country and in French Flanders, bred in Charles Carroll of Carrollton religious convictions as staunch as his faith in democracy and his belief in equality of rights. He was noble and cultured in private life, besides having publicly been recognized as a scholar and debater with a breadth of knowledge which made him an invaluable citizen. We hear that the seniors were so in terested by Father Magner's talk on Senior Sunday that they are going to at tend some of his Study Club meetings. Edwina Hearn, Mary McNulty, Eliza beth Fraser, and Mary Louise Berryhill, all freshmen, were seen at the Ciscora meeting held at Providence High School on Nov. 1. A formal, an informal, and a football game all in one week-end We certainly do envy Mary Lou Seitz, Mary Margaret Gerity, and Marion Fitzgerald, who spent last week-end at South Bend. If you're ever in need of choristers all you have to do is call on Mary and Alyce Lyon and Clem Paloney. They took part in St. Agatha's Parish minstrel, Rliap- sody in Black and White. Just to show that knowledge is not always found in large books, we're going to tell you what happened to Mary Elizabeth Finnegan the other day. She went to the Newberry library to get in formation for a debate speech and after receiving her list of books, the head librarian wheeled in six massive volumes on a took cart. After spending hours perusing the greater part of the six vol umes, she was still without information and almost fainted when she finally found all of the needed material in a slender pamphlet of less than fifty pages. Mary Frances Burke and Mary Frances Kennelly attended a masquerade given at St. Mel's last week. It was a bit difficult to tell whether the Sophomore Cotillion was a Loyola or a Mundelein dance, for ninety per cent of the escorts were Loyola boys. Alexandra Prassas disturbed the equili brium of the class the other day when she gave the parts of a Greek verb as: present indicative muddle. Margaret Vidas is going to journey down to South Bend for the Notre Dame- Northwestern gridiron battle on Nov. 12. One of the Skyscraper editors, Justine Feely, was escorted by the De Paulia's clever columnist Jim McGuinn, to the Sophomore Cotillion. Perhaps this belongs in the Exchange column. The Skyscraper accords a vote of thanks to the art department in general and to Sylva Aronian and Marie Walter in particular for the lettering and design which heads this issue of the paper. We hope you like it. Mary Lally '32 was guest of honor at the Eta Phi Alpha social meeting on Oct. 24. Mary was president of Eta Phi Al pha last year. Chesa Wolniewicz '32 was responsible for the lovely crimson roses on the altar First Friday. All Departments Prepare For Henri Gheon Drama (Continued from Page 1, Column 5) credit to Molyneux or Patou to the Tu tor's solemn, forbidding, straight-lined black-and-gray robe, there is a profes sional quality about the work that speaks well for the students and their super visors, Mrs. LcRoy Stransky and the faculty of the home economics depart ment. Paramount in loveliness, and so beau tiful as to cause any twentieth-century bride to gasp in wonder, is Marguerite's wedding costume. Needles and pins, hammers and nails, pen and ink . . . mix them all together, add the energy of willing students, and voila . . . costumes and scenery for Ber nard de Menthon.
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