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Pafee Two SKYSCRAPER THE SKYSCRAPER Official Semi-Monthly Newspaper of MUNDELEIN COLLEGE 6363 Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois Mundelein Ciiicaco's College For Women Unoeii 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 the Act of March 3, 1879. 1.75 the year. Published semi-monthly from October to May inclusive by the students of Mundelein College. Vol. X. Thursday, October 20, 1939 No. 2 In the Modern * * Manners ALL-AMERICAN HONORS 1938 Member 1939 Associated CbBe6 ate Press ALL-CATHOLIC HONORS Telephone: Briar ate 3800 Co-Editors Clare Anderson, Betty Vestal Feature Editors Frances Sayre, Marie Von LVriska Assistants Mary Lou Bell, Dorothea Cwik, Eileen Mahoney Club Editor .Joan Kaspari Assistants Patricia Ellis, Myrrfa Lamont News Editors Helen Murphy, Kulh Mary Gamber Assistants Elaine Hartman, Dorothy McCarthy, Evelyn Nelson Copy Editors Lavinia Cole, Anne Marie O'Rourke Reporters Rosemary Lanahan, Roberta Scheid, Joan Morris, Audrey Joyce. Swing That Symphony? Perhaps the outstanding feature of the past year in the musical world has been the correlation of classical themes with popular arrangement. Those music lovers who see only evil in the movement may piously mutter desecration when dance bands bring forth favorite symphonic mel odies in syncopated rhythms. It is interesting to note, however, that these same tunes, have, without exception, become number one hits on notarized records of a popular radio program, at testing the unerring, if unconscious, ap preciation of the American musical mind. Such of Tchaikowsky's compositions as the waltz from Romeo and Juliet, and the beloved Andante Cantabile from the Fifth symphony, have been converted into songs which are whistled, hummed, played, and recorded everywhere. Debussy's Rev erie has become My Reverie under the pen uf Larry Clinton, while rumored for pop ular appearance in the near future is Wagner's Liebestode from Tristan and Isolde. Doubtless, there is much to be said for the movement which has rendered fit the classics for popular consumption. Many persons are being inoculated with tine mu sic, who would never voluntarily listen to it in full symphonic orchestration. However, dance bands do not preface their interpretations with the elaborate, technical buildup, the nuance of musical sound and instrumentation which condition one intellectually and emotionally for the climax of the major theme. For this reas on, much of the theme's effectiveness is lost. The chief complaint, though, is with the lyrics, saccharine, outworn cliches which, when appended to dynamic melody, stand out with a plaintive and ludicrous starkness. The young man, who remarked at a park concert last summer it sure takes that orchestra a long time to play Moon Love and there isn't even a vocal sym bolizes the type of degradation to which truly good music has been subjected. It remains to be seen if such a. semi-satisfac- torv correlation will continue. That the modern woman is becoming more and more old-fashioned is the thesis on which one of America's most popular women's magazines is building its future policy old-fashioned in the things that were probably better in days gone by than their modern substiitues proved to be. Her interests are once more coming to rest in the home; her newest dress is probably taffeta and has a bustle; her campus and office attire lacks the boy ishness of yesterday's, and one of her ideals is to be thought and termed a lady. It is pleasant to realize that the little things we've always done instinctively are once more in vogue. Deference to age and dignity and authority, consideration for the feelings of others, in fact all the little social graces too often overlooked during the now antiquated gamin age are now being flaunted openly and are no longer quaintly suggestive only of the convent-school girl. Fashions in manners are almost as hide-bound as fashions in dress. When the gang of yesterday thought its rude ness young-' and carefree and non chalant. a dissenting voice in favor of manners had little chance of being heard or heeded. But the day of dissenters has come. firaciousness, tact, and correctness are being shaken out of their mothballs. By her manners is the modern girl branded strictly 1940. The gay young thing of yesterday, whose greatest sport, theoret ically, was treading on other people's toes, is, figuratively and literally, as passe as a raccoon coat. The girl of tomorrow is preeminently feminine, pre eminently intent upon being queenly, not only in her silhouette, but in her car riage, her conversation, and her courtesy as well. We must confess that our generation has demanded from its escorts attentions which it hasn't always earned. We have enjoyed the regal feeling of sweeping through gallantly held doors, of wearing orchids or gardenias or violets. And we are realizing that the duties of being royalty are quite as pleasurable as its privileges. Barometers set at strategic points around the College reveal the upslant of the courtesy curve. When we've stepped back from an over-crowded elevator, let the girl behind us see a locker - room mirror, cut short our after luncheon tete-a-tete to yield our table to a late comer- when we've extended these cour tesies, most of us discover that the re sultant inward glow is even more warm ing than the glow we feel when someone extends a courtesy to us. The entire College may well drop an old-fashioned curtsy at the compliment of a speaker at our recent Press Confer ence, who was impressed with the pro gram, the routine, but who insisted that above ail, the most beautiful part of the day was the courtesy, friendliness, and complete thoughtfulness of the girls expressing as they did the spirit of Mun delein and what it stands for. Whereupon, we extend courtesy to the 50 high school girls who assisted as Guest Hostesses on that day and drop an addi tional curtsy to their graciousness and cooperation. Read It and See lt; - From our grandstand seats, three of the latest press offerings line up as fol lows : JOHN (iunther's INSIDE ASIA Harper. East meets West as Cap tain Gunther tackles Asia single-handed and wins an easy victory. An ace re porter, he surveys China, Japan, India, and Iran with his impersonal journalist's eye, gets the facts, and incorporates them into a headliner. Dissolving Chiang-Kai Shek, Ghandhi, the Emperor of Japan, and other eastern big-wigs to their com mon denoininaters, Gunther enables you to sense the background and spirit of their respective countries. If Asia has al ways been an enigma to you, follow Gun ther play by play, even if you have to sit behind the goal-posts. Offside -Better rest between the quar ters at this game the field is big, and Gunther covers plenty of yardage. SEAN' O'Casey I KNOCK AT THE DOOR Macmillian. Coach O'Casey fumbles on this one despite his original plays. He knocks at the door you'll knock at his book, unless you are pas sionately addicted to the dialect and deli cate imagery of the Irish. On these O'Casey scores many a goal. You will watch startled, however, as the Emerald Isle turns into a paste jewel in his real istic description of life in the Irish slums. Penalties pile up for the author as: I. Pathos and drama are overdone. You will probably decide that O'Casey is entirely too sorry for himself as a child. By Frances Sayre Certainly he has reasn to be, but morbid self-pity makes poor reading. 11. Enchanted by his own lyricism, O'Casey sweeps up and down the field, leaving the puzzled spectator behind. He omits quotation marks altogether, and often forgets his periods too and so some sentences run on and on and on like this Offside The book has its good points, but page after page of solid print is too, too discouraging. DOM Virgil Michel. O.S.B. Ph.D., ST. THOMAS AND TODAY, Wan derer Printing Co. Pamphlet of Com ments on the economic views of St. Thomas Aquinas. Although not includ ed in the Big Ten. this game is a classic that scores consistently with perfect of fensive and defensive. Dom Michel han dles his material effectively, and what material For those moderns who still stress the last four letters of medieval, St. Thom as presents his doctrines concerning pri vate ownership, the laissez-faire policy, labor's position, buying and selling, just ice, and many other timeless topics which excite world-wide attention today. From across the centuries the Angelic Doctor, speaking through Dom Michel, blasts present-day pragmatists, material ists, and misers. Defining ethics and Christian duty clearly, he presents the solution to the problems which plague all nations today. Offside The cheer leaders will work overtime on this one. tot/uisii; Everybody lias a policy nowadays insur ance, neutrality, what-you-will and skyline i nothing if not up-to-the-minute. Hence our policy: 1. No poems, none at all. 2. No definitions, however ambiguous. 3. No advice to freshmen, sophomores, :: juniors. (And why try to advise the seniors?) 4. No bright sayings, if any. And now, true to the policy oi most policy holders, we shall proceed in orderly fashion to ignore all our own dictates. 1. Poem (?) Ode To the Coca-Cola Machine Hail to thee, blythe bank, Your spirit my fancy tickles; You hold not only the Coca-Cola, You also hold all my nickles. 2. Definition. Of the Freshmen. By a Freshman, For th Freshmen I am a lowly college freshman and I lovtl il Perhaps because I am surprised to have come this far in my quest for knowledge; per- haps because Loyola is right next door. Yh) knows I like swing music but hate jitterbug-1 ging: fall asleep at operas and love Strauss I waltzes; use Revlon Savoy nail polish and talk to myself and to everyone else, and at present long for three things in life good grades at the quarterlies, a victrola, and a black velnfl formal, 3. Advice to the Freshmen: 1. Don't work too hard now. You'll lie ill worn out by Christmas vacation. 2. Don't forget your glasses on important occasions. One of your number registered for a course in sight-seeing, and has discovei that she must spend two hours a week in the music department sight-singing. Probably the result of open-air concerts. 3. Don't go diving without your sunglasses; sometimes the pool isn't filled. 4. Don't get caught reading this Humot Column. 5. Don't get caught, o. Don't. 4. Bright Saying. Ask the Man With The Black Umbrella. Our trim little freshman from Paris, after an exhausting search on the eighth, seventh, sixth, and first floors, finally asked a Faculty member: Where IS Modern Furopc? (If she doesn't know, WHO DOES?) Answer: It's just about anywhere you'd lib it, since a well-known firm has begun to turn ont European maps with detachable and mow- able boundary lines. What Every Woman Knows A Faculty member remarked the other day: Most, if not all, of the troubles in this out day are caused by men. During the last gen eration they have usurped what has been for centuries woman's prerogative. Footnote to Realism When the stands were going up for the Ac tivities Fair, the German club and the Poliii club were side by side. Half an hour later, they made way for the International Relation club, which sprang up between them.
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1939-10-20 (2)
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