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Page Two SKYSCRAPER Learn the Netf Three R's Realize Retreat Rejuvenate The girl who braids your hair after Swimming I, bor- eral Pyschology with you, won't be in class the week eral Physcholog;/ with you, won't be in class the week of Jan. 30-Feb. 4. You won't be here either; none of us will. The col lege will be closed to undergo repairs, spiritually. Many of us know we are on the brink of losing this round to pro crastination, worry, and almost despair. We are longing for a brief re prieve to crawl into Cod's corner and let the balm of soothing silence and the warmth of uniting sacraments do their work. If you don't know that you're in the same state, take our word for it, you are Don't wait until you see the rest of us come out at the bell of the second semester to win the fight for Life, and student life, and then wish you, too, had made a conscientious retreat. Don't forget the three R's of the life of everyone of us realize, retreat-, and rejuvenate. Test Your Charity: Are You Helping Needy Students On a personal basis, the Student Relief drive conducted by the National Federation of Catholic College Students becomes more than another appeal for aid. It's a challenge to our spirit of Christianity. The shiploads of food which our donations provide become hot luncheons for a young medical student chilled by Cologne's wintrv night air. The cartons of suits, sweaters, and dresses bought with our money clothe the thin young girls from Strasbourg whose music stud ies give purpose to their lives. If these young people c ime to your door for help, would you turn them away? Knowing the plight of all European students, can you ig nore the Student Relief drive? There's A Job To Be Done Will We Do It? The series of assemblies dealing with today's challenge of Chris tianity and civilization has left in many of us a sense of uneasiness. Told of the gravity of the situation, we were shocked. Somehow the voices of Arnold Lunn and Professor William McCovern made an impression that three years of headlines had failed to do. Aware of the need for action, we found little that we could do. As a result we returned to our books and activities and perhaps squeezed an extra rosary into our daily routine. The climax came with the recent appearance of the Reverend James Keller, leader of the Christopher movement. His message was, You can change the world. We needed to be reminded. Traditionally, college students are world-beaters, self-ordained ministers of a New Deal of one kind or another. Actually, most of us in college lack confidence in ourselves and our ideas. Too many of us underestimate our abilities and our responsibities. Naturally, then, our reaction to pleas for help in the titanic battle for control of the world might be summed up in the question: What can we do? In the form of case histories of Catholic college graduates. Father Keller gave us concrete answers to our skeptical question. Aiming to conquer the world for Christ, they have taken positions in fields where the ideological war is being waged in government, education, the labor movement, and in writing in short, positions where the truth of Catholicism can fill the vacuums in millions of minds. As college students, we should be preparing now for just that kind of job. Now that we know what to do, the question is Will we do it? Bishops Cite Dangers Of Secularism At a recent meeting of the administra tive board of the National Catholic Wel fare Conference in Washington, 14 Bish ops, who represent the American hierarchy, reiterated the fear they had expressed one year before that of a judicial establish ment of secularism. The secularism to which they refer is a spiritual astigmatism that obscures too much of our thinking today. The home, the school, and economic, civil, and social life have been invaded by a force deadlier than the most militant anti-ichristiat ityi departmentalized, un realistic Christianity. Under the guise of a Constitutional prin ciple separating Church and State, secu larism has rooted itself in the American school system, menacing educational free dom and progress. Substantiating their warnings, the NCWC board cites two recent cases in which the Supreme Court of the United States has adopted an entirely novel and ominously extensive interpretation of the establishment of religion clause in the First Amendment. The bishops offer a positive remedy for the malady paralyzing modern American life. The family must practice the domes tic virtues. In the economic sphere, co operation rather than conflict between la bor and management, for the common good, must be fostered. In civil life, a reinterpretation of the bases of American law, with consideration of the original intent of the legislators is needed. In education, particularly in higher education, there must be a devel opment of more Christian scholars. Chris tian leadership here meets the final polish ing agent designed to arm it for peaceful conquest. In general, there is a desperate need for a refocusing of the picture of life a change from the picture in which God is super-imposed upon an otherwise pagan world, to one in which He is the dominant Center, radiating life to the whole of man kind. Wkal Qoei Oi During Examination, Weak Something old, something new, something borrowed? No, but I have something blue. Ten little books I bought. Only eight remain, however, because my nephew, aged five, came over last night and cut two of them in to strings cf paper dolls hold ing hands. But the eight, at least, will hold the accumu lated wisdom of a semester. So far, I have had one ex amination, which would have been successful if I had put enough separators in my note book. As it was I had to keep American Literature and Physioh gy in the same compartment. Henry Wadsworth Long fellow, I wrote, came to America on the Blood Vascu lar system, while Thoreau floated in a lymph vessel through the semicircular ca nals. This, for some reason, doesn't sound right. I don't believe the lymph vessel was invented until 1762. and my notes distinctly declare Thor eau to have lived circa 3.14159. Now, however, I have real ly settled down to concentra ted study.. No radio pro grams or black coffee f gt;r me these days. I retire at nine o'clock, set the alarm for five, and arise ready for a long morning of study at uh eight-thirty. But when one is trying to remember whether H20 is hot water, ant' C02 cold, or. vice versa, how can she be expected to recall such a mundane thing as pulling out the spring on an alarm clock? She can, cf course, study at school. The Booksorc Lounge is impractical for this purpose, as there are too many people around. So are the cafeteria and the locker rooms. How ever, in a qu-et and seldom- frequented room gt;-uch as a publication office, one can get a great deal of work done. But I am not fretting about examinations. After all, my notes are all organized and separated except Religion and Analytic Geometry, of :ourse. But one would have :o be rather stupid to confuse those. I think I shall start on my Religion now . . . Just a minute. What is the difference between complemen tary and supplementary Mig- els? n Cince everyone is interested in a bargain, *-* we suggest a twenty-five cent Penguin pocketbook edition of Graham Greene's book, The MINISTRY OF FEAR. It is amazing to see how one man can treat the same theme in two entirely different ways; pity from a Catholic viewpoint in his la test book, THE HEART OF THE MAT TER, and from simply a point of view in the early book. Read them both and com pare. The Chicago Sun-Times recently printed a letter to the editor which praised the action of the Hungarian Communist regime in arresting Josef Cardinal Mind- szenty. The writer approves of this step in closing the age of superstition. It is difficult to decide whether the writer of the letter was clever in his attack or just bigoted in general, since the letter con demned the Cardinal along with a variety of other world ills. For the author of the letter or anybody else who would like to be well informed, the TIME magazine arti cle of Jan. 10 is recommended. Incidentally, the letters to the editor columns of magazines and newspapers are not restricted to the lunatic fringe of the population. Much good can be done by intelligent comment when an item stirs one to ire or praise. TELEVISION may be suffering from growing pains, but there seems to be little reason why the unsuspecting public should suffer too. The majority of the television programs that fill the air waves are at best dull and at worst a resurrection of the less desirable vaudeville techniques of the '90-s. But the public has a right to ex pect more than wrestling matches and Punch and Judy. It has a right to ex pect a larger news coverage. It has a right to expect intelligent drama. The public can demand that television be raised to a slightly more intelligent level than the current type of variety show. Profile of Europe Pleads for Consistency In Foreign Relations After completing an eight month tri, to Europe in 1947, Sam Welles obtain e- ve of absence from Time, Inc. to w PROFILE OF EUROPE which actual becomes a profile of Russia in that he de cribes the state of reconstruction in European countries emphasizing the in ence of Russia and Communism in I-'.urop today. PROFILE OF EUROPE places world between two magnets, Russia and United States, Mr. Welles, who served the Slate department from 1942-1945, fit America the riddle of the world, not Rus People all over the world, he says, want krow What is the policy of the Uiu) States ? Welles pleads for a definite, firm, co sistent foreign policy the formation which, he holds, rests in the hands oi til American people. This is an ideal whid seems a bit on the impossible side, excq is the American people through their rq resentatives can approve or disapprove di) Iomatic appointments. This is probaU what Mr. Welles means, since in a late chapter he writes. Foreign policy is n only thought and effort, money and tn terials, but men. I le recognizes as do many Americansn a basic reason for inconsistency in forag policy is the frequent shift of men in q office of secretary of state. MUNDELEIN COLLEGE Chicago, 40, Illinoil Under the Direction ol THE SISTERS CF CHARITY, B.V.M. Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 30,1 at the Post Office of Chicago, Illinois, undttti Act of March 3, 1879, 1.75 the year. Published semi-monthly from October to Mf inclusive by the students of Mundelein ColltJ 6363 Sheridan Road, Chicago 40. Vol. XIX Jan. 24, 1949 No.1 All-Catholic Honors Ail-American Honors SHeldrake 3-9620 Co-Editors-in-Chief Mary Leona Merrk Patty N'eii Associates Patricia Dannd Rita Slid Managing Editors Juanita Gilnw Beatrice Goldrid What Goes On ,.. Barbara Falll JoAnn Figueira Keati Books Eileen Dob Peggy Riach, June Stebbi Features Rossie Ann Giba Cynthia Knijl Skyline Rita Buda Nancy Kelly, Patricia Hanson, M Edda Kopal, Ruth Ward, Rosemary Vri0 Scrapings Mary Lou Farm Janet McGinn, Claire Johnson, Joan Ml rick. Sheilya Neary, Patricia O'Mara, Ma K. Wagemann Pictures Elaine IrJ Patricia Kecnan, Marguerite Kergcr News Editors Leona Add Maribeth Carey, Marjorie Coughlin, Mu Kay Gill, Judy Langhcnry, Mary EIlj Ward I Sports Peggy Band Peggy Butk Art Joan Blakisl Reporters .... Joan Amberson, Rita Bresnaln Maryhelen Dietrich. Rosemary Hogan, P tricia Howe, Adeline Kafkis, Mary McGe ban, Barbara Morrison, Cora Pattaiso Kathryn Quinn, Betty Seidl, Shirley Dj sold, Rosemary Crumley, Mary Alma livan, Mary Frances Andersen, Nuej Beach, Barbara Heintz, Marilou MenndB Jean Kielbasa, Jane Nix.
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