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Page Two SKYSCRAPER Commencement Means Beginning . The Seniors See It This Way In a few days, we, the Mundelein Seniors, will walk through the audi torium, degrees in our hands, exalted with the accomplishments of our selves and of our classmates. Different thoughts will be running through our minds, yet in every mind one question will recur: What is ex pected of me, now that I am a col lege graduate? The aim of each Catholic col lege graduate is the intellectual and social practice of her religion, and the continuing quest for Truth. This is her apostolate to be an ideal Catholic woman and to teach others by her life more than by her words. Mundelein has fitted us for differ ent careers. She has prepared each of us to fulfill her own responsibilities, and some of these responsibilities seem more weighty than others. All of us are fortified with four years of spiritual, academic, and social growing up. We are ready to start a new pathway for achievement. True love and fulfillment of God's Will are our goals. Our thoughts of appreciation point to the Administration, the Faculty, our counselors, and the students of Mundelein Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors. It is they who have given us our start. We thank them. Through their love, example, Truth, we now make the transi tion from the Catholic college student to the Catholic college alumna. May their prayers accompany us. Lower classmen View It Thus College Commencement is often an ending, a period in the educational role of life. People forget that it truly means a beginning. We who have one, two, or three years remaining before our beginning look to you, Graduates of 1954, in ad miration, awe, and aspiration. We watch you shedding the burden of assignments, book re views, 9 a.m. classes, to take on the still more cumbersome re sponsibility of counseling, teach ing, homemaking. You give up inspiration, too, though perhaps yon do not realize it. For we have seen you bearing the same griefs we are bearing, facing the same problems Ave are facing. Now we see you, as Commencement approaches, stepping out of the fa miliar role of student into the cast as professional woman, wife, mother. You have a difficult task. You must live up to what we expect of you. We expect you to make use of your education, to be the product of Mundelein College: cultured, apostolic Catholic wom en. We are happy that you made it through these four years, but a little sad to see you leave us. We admire your perseverance, yet we are certain it wasn't quite so bad as you and we often claim. We envy you your de grees, yet know you rather wish it weren't all over, as we someday shall. Most of all, we are proud to have known you, grateful for your friend ship, and happy to say: God bless vou. Divertissement . . . The Little Ark Is Filled With Pathos, Laughter A happy mixture of sea-sickness and nostalgic yearning for days of youth remain with the reader as he finishes Jan De Hartog's The Little Ark, and promises himself to reread it as soon as he gets time. For in this heartwarming episode, which has its true setting in the recent floods of Holland, a little half-caste finds a purpose in life and a young boy sees life ending in ghastly way; a respected farmer stabs a priest in panic and a rough pirate captain shelters a dog, a cat, a rabbit and a cock on his ship; only the floods go on and the rain changes to snow. One of the chief attractions of the book is that the reader sees the dis aster in its laughable, heart-rend ing, tind thrilling aspects all through the eyes of Jan Brink and his step-sis ter Alinda, Dutch children saved from the flood in the belfry tower, and then transported from ship to ship and adventure to adventure before they finally are reunited to their frantic Father miles away from home. Things unnoticed by adults become noticeable and important, like the familiar smell of pea soup on Friday, the loud clatter of clogs on a stone floor, the mousey odor of cat's fur, the thrill of telling ghost stories, and the ecstasy of screaming as loud as one likes. Regardless of the excitement, dis coveries, and heartbreaks, the story is a tremendous tribute to the people of Holland, and the author Jan De Hartog has succeeded in showing how the disaster brought out the best in (beni. for every reader will agree upon finishing The Little Ark that With the tidal wave, a wave of kind ness had swept the country, washing everything before it. What Qoes On . . . Like all excellent schools, Munde lein is interested in self-improvement. Seniors who have been appreciative and critical observers for four years offer these suggestions. The most timely move would be the institution of a Graduation Gift Bureau. For some years Bridal Bu reaus have serviced the needs of brides, forestalling the shower of teaspoons with not a fork in sight. A Graduation Gift service which would list gift prefer ences for the Senior would be in surance against the compact-filled drawer. Thinking of others besides them selves, the Seniors suggest an annex to the Phoenix Room, on each floor. Even two on some floors. Pleasant feelings would be an out come of an FM installation playing soft music between classes, and gentle chimes to replace shrill bells would improve the student nervous system. Tt is understood that a new supply of Esther Williams tank suits would improve the swimming situation, and doubtless Ifattie Carnegie could do something constructive in the line of gymnasium attire. Room service, under the jur isdiction of the tea room, would eliminate the usually required lunch hour and enable students to finish classroom work earlier. What better than a cup of coffee on the tablet armchair to refresh one during lectures Most desirable of all, however, would be a Reading List and Reserve Library right in the skyscraper build ing. The bitter lake winds blowing between here and the library are a detriment to study. These are small things, but the Ad ministration has taken care of the large ones. When our daughters are here in 1975 we expect that all of them will be taken for granted. Student View . Kaleidoscope Catches Rainbow of Hope During the past months this column has endeavored to present a student view of the events which have been shaping our present and future lives. Often the scenes surveyed have been tinged with streaks of pessimism. Certainly the situation in Indo-China is critical. The Senator McCarthy-Secretary Stevens controversy has unleashed alarming bitterness and alerted us to the crucial need for fairmindedness and freedom from prejudice. Tlie Geneva conference has been a sharp disappointment, and the govern ment crises in France and Italy have bad worldwide effects. Nevertheless, the picture is not all dark, and a kaleidoscopic view of cur rent affairs reveals that God's world is not entirely swallowed in dire fore bodings. The Marian year is inspiring inter continental prayer and pilgrimages. At home, the St. Lawrence waterway will soon be a reality. We may antic ipate the addition of the forty-ninth and fiftieth states. The current up swing in employment is expected to continue into the fall. Come November, Americans will once again exercise the precious, priceless gift of the free election. In this, Mary's month in Mary's year, we need have no fear of utter desolation. The graduates of 1954 en ter a world of promise as well as a world of problems. Those of us who remain in school are likewise free to hope and to pray that the problems may be solved, slowly, painfully, perhaps, but with justice and love. Let us remember world affairs in our summertime prayers, asking for wisdom and guidance. We need both in our personal lives. Our statesmen need both in their lives of public serv ice. Miniature Opera . . . Kungsholm Presents Opera In the Small In spite of his renowned expe rience with the Lilliputians, even Lemuel Gulliver would be fascinated by the sight of talented actors 13 inches tall, who can dance, fight, sing operatic arias, and undergo emotional experiences. Without having Chicago, you can become Gulliver's counterpart and share in the unique adventure by at tending the Kungsholm miniature Grand Opera Theatre. These charming actors, all string- less puppets, are operated from be neath the stage by 12 trained music students who know the repertoire of 24 operas. The operators cannot be seen by the audience as they move the puppets back and forth across the 20 by 30 foot stage through narrow openings in the floor. Music for the operas, both voice and orchestral accompaniments, is provid ed by the La Scala Opera company and L'Opera Paris-France, via spe cial recordings. Jhe k u5craper Vol. XXIV Mav 24. 1954 Xo. 13 Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 30, 1932, at the Post Office of Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879, 1.75 per year. Published semi-monthly from October to May inclusive by the students of Mundelein College, 6363 Sheridan Road, Chicago 40. Editors-in-chief Barbara Brennan, Mary Lou Rohlfing, Peggy Winslow Associate Nancy Westphal SAC Speaks Up Catherine Lamb Student View Grace Pertell Skyscrapings Mary Carey, Jean Kielty, Mary Lou Uoherty, Eileen Venza Editorial Associates Loretta Casey, Rosemarie Daly, JoAnn Hickey, Ann Stor- ino, Mary Alice Winn, Patricia Sampson Art Editor Vasilia Soutsos Circulation Norita Drcyer Reporters Ellen Abrams, Patricia Anderson, Barbara Gaul, Marie Kobielus, Bernadette Leigh, Nancy Mam- moser, Patricia Sheridan, Denise Stanton, Patricia Sullivan, Chandra Camp, Judy Pfaffhausen, Dorothy Schneider, Mary Clare Johlie, Nan Conger, Toni Cassaretto, Kathleen Cummings, Mary-Vivian Cunnea, Maribeth Naughton, Judy Pfaffhausen
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1954-05-24 (2)
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