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Feb. 13,1963 THE SKYSCRAPER Page Three Group Debates Nation's Policy, Foreign Affairs Great Decisions, a discussion program sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association as a nationwide review of the most important deci sions faced by the United States, has come to Mundelein. Great Decisions works because anyone can take part, any place, at any convenient time. For example, the College group will meet in the Social Room on Mondays at 3 p.m. Since Great Decisions is such a vital program for stimulating greater interest in and understand ing of the United States foreign policy, newspapers and TV stations present stories and programs giv ing adequate background for dis cussion. Some of the subjects will be the Common Market, Red China, the U.S.S.R., Laos and Vietnam and Alliance for Progress. President Kennedy, impressed with the work of the Foreign Policy Association, publicly commented re cently, I compliment the Associa tion for the clear and objective presentation of essential informa tion. Further information on the pro gram at Mundelein can be obtained from juniors Peggy Clements and Mary O'Malley. All College Mixer Sets Social Tempo A bright red circle on the fresh man social calendar marks Feb. 15 as the day for their all-school mixer. Seventeen colleges and fraterni ties have been invited to dance to the music of the Rythm-Heirs at McCormick Lounge and Lewis Cen ter from 9 to 12 p.m. Admission is 1. Carolyn Leptich is serving as general chairman, with Mary Lynn Szwaya, Pat Coon, Karen Chisholm, Barbara Mundt, Lee Sevcik, Susan Staudt and Pat Schultz in charge of the various committees. Puerto Rican Governor Clarifies Island's Status PUERTO RICAN GOVERNOR, Luis Munoz Marin, brought to Mundelein through the efforts of Mrs. James Fernandez, Alumnae Office, speaks to students during a recent visit to the College. The governor made a good will tour of the city on his way to conferences in Washington, D.C. Inter viewing the governor is Skyscraper reporter Tina DeRosa as Mayda De- Armas looks on. National Agency Awards Chemistry Grant to College The National Institute of Health, a division of the United States De partment of Health, Education and Welfare announced Jan. 10 a grant of 11,380.00 had been awarded to Mundelein Colleg* for research in the chemistry department. The grant will enable the faculty and students to continue their study of protein-related coordination com pounds. An additional sum of 1,680 will be allotted for each of the next two years. A study of protein-related com pounds has been going on at Mun delein for a number of years under the direction of Sister Mary Mar tinette, B.V.M. and Sister Mary Marina, B.V.M. The Sisters who have doctorates in chemistry, Sister Mary Marina from the University of Notre Dame and Sister Mary Martinette from the University of Illinois, have carried on extensive research in the field of coordination compounds. At this point they are directing seven senior chemistry majors in work on the project, Grace Peters, Judy Letkewicz, Adrienne Luban- ski, Joan Schipp, Kathleen Krog- man, Geraldine Huitink and Ber- nadine Nemke. With the aid of the grant four undergraduate student research as- sistantships of 150 for the semester have been awarded to juniors Diane Kovacic and Mary Anne Thomas and seniors Jane Arndt and Sister Mary St. Paula, B.V.M. who will also start work on the project. The remainder of the grant will be used to procure a Perkins- Elmida Model 237, infra-red spec trophotometer and other equipment needed to carry on the research on a more extensive level and to de fray the cost of expenses in con nection with the program. Besides the fact this is the larg est research grant the College has ever received and the first from the NIH, the work done under the terms of the grant will prove in valuable to the students since many schools make no provision for un dergraduate research. In this regard Mundelein is com plying fully with the objectives of NIH whose folder of information states in part: Its (NIH) purpose is to expand research throughout the country and to encourage investigators and institutions to undertake research in neglected areas. In carrying out these objectives the aim of the Pub lic Health Service is to promote the highest quality of research without interference or control. 'Cookie Cut Catholics' Are Typed Collegians Titled 'Complacent1 Students in Catholic women's colleges are as stereotyped as a box of vanilla wafers panned out by cooky cutter Catholicism. Women in these schools are apa- theic and complacent, hypocritical, unrealistic and rationalizing, inno cent and naive, condescending and self-centered unintellectuals who are schooled at a marriage bureau. This is the sketch traced of Catho lic women's colleges by Jane Reilly in the January Mademoiselle fea ture, A Very Attractive Cooky Cutter which depicted Washing ton's Trinity College as representa tive of all Catholic women's col leges. A subhead says Over half of all women's colleges are Catholic. One of the best of these is Trinity plus in certain academic respects (Trinity is) superior to most indicates that Trinity is not typical of, but better than, other Catholic colleges. Individuality and internal criti cism is barred, states the article, by Pat Krochmal because if (students) don't leave they learn to keep quiet ... for complaints, grumbling and gripe sessions are viewed as faintly un charitable, and uncharitableness is, after all, a public venial sin. How ever, these students often regard theology courses as a necessary evil, and they have actually chosen Trinity because although they don't say so . . . their faith is safer from subversion in a Catholic col lege. Dampens Spontaneity The reason for this apathetic complacency is that an umbilical cord still attaches Trinity girls to the Church. Not only do they ac cept its ultimate authority; they have set up a command from the Church to their parents, and in lieu of parents, the college administra tion . . . conformity, Catholicism, and the well-oiled honor system tend to dampen spontaneity. Students are pictured as so innocent that the starry-eyed women learn little about real life and just can't believe that things like migrant-labor conditions exist. In fact, reality is so far from them that Trinity girls weren't as worried about getting into college as we are about getting into heav en. Indeed, Miss O'Reilly says the naivete that is one result of the system can sometimes be rather delightful. Then it can easily be assumed that all Catholic college students wear sound and sight- proof glass jars over their heads to shut out life and its actuality. Compare in Degree Catholic women's colleges can be compared to Trinity but only in degree. While this contorted pic ture is definitely not that of a typi cal Catholic college, traces of these tendencies do exist. If these col leges ever fit the picture painted by this article, it would be better had they never existed. If this is the way the cooky crumbles, so does Catholic education. by Tina DeRosa When the United States ex panded its traditional boundaries granting statehood to Alaska and Hawaii many wondered whether Puerto Rico would become the 51st star on the flag. But the United States best friend in the Caribbean seems to have some qualms about statehood puzzling to many Americans. Puerto Rican Governor Luis Munoz Marin, during his visit to Mundelein Jan. 10, quipped good- naturedly on the muddle. It's as hard for Americans to understand why Puerto Rico doesn't want to be a state as it is for a Catholic to understand why someone wouldn't want to go to heaven. Honor Governor The governor was in Chicago to be named Citizen of the Year by the Cabelleros de San Juan. His prime motive for being in the United States, however, was a trip to Washington, D.C. to clarify the position Puerto Rico has held as a commonwealth since 1952. This clarification, together with the blue print for a perfected common wealth, would, the governor ex plained, be presented to the Puerto Rican populace in a plebescite elec tion in which they would vote their island a commonwealth, a state, or an independent country. Governor Marin contends a de fined and improved commonwealth will win the people's vote in the proposed election. This common- Forum Presents Russian Classic The modern language department will sponsor the showing of The Ballad of a Soldier, Feb. 19, at 6 p.m. The 89-minute Russian film will be shown in the auditorium as the fifth of six presentations in Mundelein's Foreign Film Festival. Admission is 50 cents. The film was the winner of an award at Cannes in 1960; it was directed by Grigori Chukhrai and stars Shanna Prokhrorenko, Vladi mir Ivashov and Antonina Maxi- mova. The Ballad of a Soldier is the story of a boy's journey through war-churned Russia. Alyosha, played by Vladimir Ivashov, be comes a hero. Instead of ac cepting a medal for destroying an enemy tank which had been pur suing him, he asks to be allowed to go home for a day to see his mother. On his journey home, Alyosha has a series of adventures depict ing the pathos of a war-weary people. With experiences ranging from meeting a soldier who has lost a leg in battle and is afraid to face his wife maimed, to a romantic train ride with a young girl, Al yosha pushes his way home. When the boy finally does reach his destination, he nearly misses his mother in the fields. There is only time for a brief embrace and tear ful exchange of words between the two before Alyosha must rush back to the front to die. Time described the movie as a brilliant cinemetaphor of war's madness and the best Russian movie made since World War II. Newsive k summed up the film as pure and simple and a touching song indeed. wealth, he maintains, could benefit not only Puerto Rico, but also the U.S. Clarifies Position Propaganda labeling Puerto Rico a U.S. colony in commonwealth wrapping also makes clarification vital for both the U.S. and Puerto Rico. We can't close the mouths of the Communists, but we can close the ears of their intended listeners, the governor remarked. Economic growth and improved social conditions are, according to Governor Marin, aspects in the commonwealth's favor. In 1962, for example, the Puerto Rican net national income increased ten per cent over the year before. The per capita income has risen from 127 to 700, which is still, however, lower than that of any American state. The rate of eco nomic growth isn't as great now as it was during the commonwealth's early years; but, the governor smiled, The closer you get to the top, the slower, you go. Explains Objections Although the governor's opposi tion to statehood is based primarily on economics, there are other more aesthetic reasons. The governor as serted that, through a defined rela tionship with the U.S., Puerto Rico can maintain diversity within unity. Puerto Ricans also fear that Congress wouldn't accept Spanish as the island's vernacular language. Not a single poet or dramatist is in favor of Puerto Rican statehood, the governor chuckled. That must mean some thing. Governor Marin's sparkling hu mor deftly summed up his political arguments: Think of the world situation as a great martini. There's a lot of gin, a thimblefull of vermouth, and an olive. Puerto Rico could never be the gin; it couldn't even be the vermouth. But it wants to be the olive. Math Students Schedule Meet Members of the mathematics de partment will play hostess to out standing students and accompany ing faculty members from some 35 Catholic high schools in the Chi cago area at Mundelein's annual Math Tournament Feb. 23. The tournament is divided into three sections: advanced math for juniors and seniors, geometry for sophomores and algebra for fresh men. Problems for the three divi sions were composed by the senior math majors. While the students are taking their tests, accompanying faculty members will be invited to attend a panel discussion on new high school math curricula. Chicago- area teachers working with the new programs will comprise the panel. The two schools with highest cu mulative scores will receive plaques. Individuals with highest scores in the advanced division will be re warded with pins while those in the other two divisions will receive cer tificates. The tournament will be held in the college building, while a panel and awards will be presented at a tea in Lewis Center. Seniors Mary O'Hare and Car- lotta Serritella are co-ordinating the tournament this year.
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