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Page Two SKYSCRAPER Like to walk semester be- Un-Tested New Semester Is No Un*Knit Argyle Ever toss out a half-knitted, yarn-twisted argyle? out of tiresome movies? Want to throw away another cause the first one wasn't what you hoped to make it? For college students, New Year's resolutions usually come a little earlier than Jan. 1. September the commencement of a new school year seems a more appropriate time for deciding to be scholastically industrious than does January, when the semester is almost over, and the school year is half completed. Yet there are still four full months a new, untested semester ahead of each of us. They are as yet unmolded, free of success as well as of failure. They hold dismal February snows, sprinkled April show ers, and summer-scented May days; they hold Junior proms and Easter as well as book reports and examinations. They're all for you, to be disposed of according to belated New Year's resolutions and reiterated September promises. It is not too late; the new semester is a record that is still to be written. Christ did not refuse to climb the hill of Calvary because His three years of public life had failed to complete His objective; He con tinued to strive anew. Take a Spectacled Trip To Tri* Opticon World Giraffes stretching their long, slender necks appear almost to upset the feathered hat of the tired shopper in the tenth row, while the audience apparently ivalks through the English countryside. Tri-optieon, three dimension movies, are now combining the ordinary measurements of height and width with the previously lacking appearance of depth. The usually unnoticed flatness of cus tomary films is brought to the viewer's at tention by the series of three dimension short subjects presently being shown at the Tele-news Theater. Tickets are exchanged for magic tri- opticon glasses which three dimension movie goers are required to wear. English landscapes, animal action scenes, a presentation of the Black Swan ballet, and colorful geometric figures introduce an al most magical film world. Student View: What's Background Of Tomorrow's Inaugural In 1949, the Republican eightieth Con gress erected an 80,000 inauguration grandstand in anticipation of a Republican President. Tomorrow after four years that grandstand will be the scene of the formal ceremonies inaugurating a Re publican victor, Dwight Eisenhower, as thirty-fourth President of the United States. A Democratic rule of 20 years will be crowded out by a carnival atmosphere and the costly celebrations which are the closest thing the United States has to a corona tion. Tomorrow, Washington hotels will be booked solid. Floats, Marine bands, and Army jeeps will wind in mile-long parades. Military planes will blanket Capitol Hill. Shop windows will display pictures of Ike and Nixon. The policemen patroling the parade- lanes will strain to check the surging audi ence when Supreme Court Chief Justice Vinson administers the oath of office on the White House steps. A.P. photograph ers will suspend themselves from the mam moth pillers to get a shot of Eisenhower with his hand on the Bible. The same jostled policemen will patrol the National Guard Armory tomorrow night to see that no one crashes the In augural ball. And after the ball is over, the new chief executive will take control of the most intricate, most expensive business concern in the world, the United States government. Social etiquette will be replaced by Con gressional parliamentary rules. Gay so ciety will move over for the sometimes grim business of politics. Last week the United States heard Pres ident Truman's last public address in his official capacity as chief executive of the nation. Eloquently and sternly, Mr. Tru man verbally challenged Russia just as he has challenged her in many of his pres idential policies for the past seven years. Tomorrow Eisenhower will keynote his policies in the Inaugural address. His persistence in challenging the U.S.S.R. will greatly determine the success or failure of his administration. In 1792, amid the din of similar celebra tions, Washington in his Inaugural ad- dess defined the policy of non-entangling alliances. Thereby, the United States saved itself from European squabbles while the nation grew to maturity. Today, alliance is the only solution; isolation is a non-entity. .Eisenhower in his Inaugural address may give some answer as to how alliances may be made effective against Russia. Listen to his address try to understand its significance Pray that the man who is making it may secure peace for our country I Qayer Than a Day in June Is a Safari in January What could be gayer than a day in June? We'll tell you a bright, brisk, pre cious 24 hours in January. Sun-lovers though we all are, none could be so blind as to sell short the virtues of God's handiwork in the beauties Of icy nature. What could be more invigorating than to sit by a cozy radiator and contemplate the scenic symmetry of winter through a picture window? What is more satisfying and fully ap preciated than to enter a warm home af ter a brisk constitutional over frozen walks? Who could be more contended than a girl, enveloped in the warm colors of yon Phoenix room, while thawing out chilled toes? * * We are fortunate. God has been good to us. We can even pity the residents of California and Florida, for they cannot possibly appreciate their climatic blessings as we can. It would seem that God de prives us of warmth for the express pur pose of teaching us to appreciate it more fully when He does bring the sun closer. This sort of reflection makes the cold months less bleak and forbidding. In win ter we are observers of nature's beauty and can take an objective view, while in sum mer we are so busy being participants in the great outdoors that we lose sight of external loveliness. Before the Association of Commerce of fers us positions as public relations con sultants, it is only fair to admit of certain minor inconveniences which may be at tributed to inclement weather. * * * To occasional reported cases of slight frostbite may be added the unpredictable nature of public transportation, causing some college students to be a day or so late for classes. Another annoying aspect is the snow which at times becomes fairly deep, forc ing many people to spend a good part of their days shoveling sidewalks. Although this exercise has been roundly recommend ed by many medical men as healthful, there is some difference of opinion about it. On the whole we all are short-sighted when it comes to the winter-wonderland idea of a snow-covered city. However, what would Christmas be like if the mercury were up to 80 degrees? What would happen to snow-plow manufac turers? The families of ear muff and ice- skate producers would form bread lines. * * The wonderful thing about the Midwest is that it provides a livelihood for these people as well as for manufacturers of beach balls and sun glasses. No, we do not want a change in our pre sent system of four seasons, for it would completely disrupt the aesthetic, social, and economic balance which we now enjoy. Sing A Song Of j History Through Nearly 200 Years 1 Singing, a 'favorite pastime of peoplt throughout the world, has great historical significance. Margaret Bradford Boni ii her FIRESIDE BOOK OF FAVORITI AMERICAN SONGS shows how the tur moil and gaiety of the different period affected the writers of many songs. With the start of the Revolution in 177; Yankee Doodle, The Liberty Song, Ches ter, and many more put the spirit of Ioj alty into the hearts of the Americans. The War of 1812 brought the Star Spangled Banner. Opera and theatres introduced such tunes as Skip to My Lou, and Pop Goes the Weasel, about 1843. With American expansion westward, thl Gold Rush songs such as My Darlin' Clei entine came to fame. Other songs df tl period recognized and loved by our ai cestors are Believe Me If All Those E dearing Young Charms and Wearing ( The Green. From the Civil War to 1880, the iss of slavery, pro and con, was all the sm writers needed. My Darling Nelly Gn Old Folks At Home, the ever famous Di ie, and Rally Round The Flag stirred tl people to patriotic attitudes. Battle Hy Of The Republic, written by a southern became the song of the northern army. In the east people were settled and cJ servative, singing such sentimental son as Silver Theads Among The Gold White Wings. The Industrial Revolution, the time triumphant democracy, started New Yo Tin Pan Alley, with After The Ball, Hi Central, and Give Me Heaven. Amerii colonization and the war with S brought Break the News to Mother, A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonigi Tunes from the end of the teenth century are more f to our generation: My Old Kentui Home, The Bonnie Blue Flag, T Old Oaken Bucket, When You A I Were Young Maggie, Man On T Flying Trapeze, Oh, Dem Golden Sli pers, and Streets of Laredo. Vaudeville came and gave way to musical comedy songs Daisy Bell Sweet Rosie O'Grady. World W; brought such favorites as Over There, a Long Long Way to Tipperary, and are Blooming in Picardy. With a change in social life, c ragtime. Synthetic in comp with real jazz and blues, jazz in si variations as swing and be-bop is music of today. 2 Jhe m mdcraper Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 30, 1933. at the Post Office of Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879, gt;1.75 per year. Published semi-monthly from October to May inclusive by the students of Mundelein College, 6363 Sheridan Road, Chicago 40. Vol. XXIII January 19, 1953 No. 7 Co-Editors Marion Whelan, Arlene Gorgol Student View Donna Merwick SAC Speaks Up Catherine Lamb, Patricia O'Brien Divertissements Marjorie Duffy, Sybil Lillie What Goes On Rosemary Burns Sports Mary Alice Winn, Ruth McHugh Skyscrapings Clare Hillyard Jane Roach, Gloria Valentine Assignment Editors Mary Lou Rohlfing, Peggy Winslow Reporters Barbara Brennan, Mary Carey, Dorothy Chiropolos, Rosemary Daly, Jo Anne Hickey, Dolores Kisting, Lois Kolar, Catherine Lamb, Patricia O'Brien, Grace Pertell, Jane Purtelle, Dor othy Schneider, Loretta Casey, Barbara Gaul, Patricia Anderson, Jean Kielty, Joan Budecin, Lorraine Quinn. Coffee, Sandwiches? Put Them Awa All Night Vigil? Face Finals Sensibly January means different things to different people. For us h at Mundelein, the mere mention of the word January conjures up all rible picture of semester examinations, endless nights of study, and two-hour tests that end too soon for some and not soon enough others. Let's try this year to find a new, fresh outlook towards the I rors of January. Let's face examinations realistically and the end nights of study sensibly. Too many of us make ourselves and ourf ilies miserable at examination time simply because we have the'wi approach. We arrive home at five, have dinner at six, and talk until i about the mental challenge scheduled for the next day. Then an with coffee and our text books, we begin to study about 10 and v through the night. At nine the next morning, equipped with two hours of sleep, march into the examination only to find either that we have st the wrong things, or more likely that we are too tired to remember we studied. This year let's try to put an end to all-night study sessions, try to study during the day or early in the evening and get to some time before one. With this new attitude we should find that we are better pared for a trying week. This approach will take much of the buj of examinations off the shoulders of the student. Sh tio:
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1953-01-19 (2)
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