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Page Two SKYSCRAPER 4 For a Better World- Read Catholic Books On the desk is a copy of Cervantes' Don Quixote a great Catholic novel. Between its pages a fascinating drama of life unfolds with as much glamour, as much vigour as one finds in any present day best-seller.' But there is one tremendous difference. In Don Quixote one finds none of the world-smear ing grime prevalent in today's popular book. Hundreds of Catholic volumes are wait ing on library shelves to be discovered by eager readers. During Catholic Book Week, Nov. 9-15, let's make it our aim to read at least one Catholic novefc and thereafter to follow closely in reviews and lectures our favorite Catholic authors. Entertaining as well as instructive, they will help us know better ourselves and all that we represent. If we read right we will think rigbt, and if the majority of people think correctly world unity will be just around the corner. For a start, here are some of the new biographies on display in the library: Dif ficult Star, by Katherine Burton; The Man on Joss Stick Alley, by James Walsh; Blessed Margaret Clitherow, by Margaret Monro; Correspondence of Thomas More, edited by Elizabeth Rogers. Offerings in fiction include The Eagle and the Cross, by Prince Hubertus Loewen- stein; Vespers in Vienna, by Bruce Marsh all ; Paradise Alley, by John Sheridan; and Therese, by Francois Mauriac. Two of the projected three-volume edi tion of The Summa, by Thomas Aquinas, are available, and so is Arthur Little's Phil osophy Without Tears, Other new books include Anthony Hen ry's Archbishop Stepnac; William L. Shir- er's End of a Berlin Diary; Arnold Toyn- bee's A Study of History; two books by Bloom The Year in American Music, and Colors: What They Can Do For You. Burns Mantle's Best Plays of 1946-1947; Laura Benet's Is Morning Sure? E. Isaacs' The Negro in the American Theatre; and Sister Mariam Therese's I Sing of a Maid en are also on the shelves. What Goes On YOU AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE to say No to November. The merry-go- round pace of your life will revolve faster as you are caught up in the whirl of dances, exams, card parties, meetings, conferences, tournaments, and benefits. Your frazzled mind will curl at the edges when you realize just how long overdue that psycho logy book is and you'll start mumbling to yourself as you wait for elevators. One antidote for the November Madness is to use your few minutes in Chapel to snap off your thoughts, relax, and concentrate on God until your perspective is restored. Only by uniting yourself to the Font of all activities and seeing yourself in the proper relation to God can you achieve any seren ity and peace. For those quiet moments, dwell on God and what He means to you until your life slips back into balance . . . then you are ready to go back to the rushing world, refreshed, revivified. IF ST. PAUL HAD WALKED UP THE auditorium aisle and delivered an address from the stage, the message could not have been more urgent or poignant than that of the Reverend James Keller, M.M., who blasted at Catholic college student inertia by challenging us to bring Christ into the marketplace. Becoming a Christopher, said Fr. Keller, means becoming a Christ-bearer, exercis ing our power for the good in publications, teaching, civic affairs, or the home. The tremendous purpose of a Christopher is to encourage at least a million Americans to restore and reintegrate into American life public and private the basic fundamentals of Christian civilization upon which our country was founded, and without which it cannot endure. The future is ours and so is the peace-making. Beauty is Soul-Deep So you want to be beautiful. Why? You pile your hair on top of your head . . . use just the right amount of make-up . . . listen to beauty consultants. Why? Slick monthlies find the answers in pleasing an employer, increas ing your popularity, or atracting a date. That's all right as far as it goes. Too bad it doesn't go far enough. Clamour is powerful; good grooming is essential in making all men realize that we are modeled after the image and likeness of Cod. Through charm we radiate Christ draw others to us then through us to Cod. Perhaps 100 strokes of a hair brush never converted an Ath eist, but a pleasing appearance never sent one away. But straight stocking seams, a white blouse, and shining hair are not enough to make every soul we come in contact with feel the pre sence of Cod in our souls. Spiritual cosmetics are a daily must suggested perhaps by the So dality. Early morning refreshers Mass and Communion are founda tions for any subsequent make-up that is needed throughout the day. Brightening drab looks are frequent pick-me-up-visits to the chapel, recitation of the rosary and short mental prayers. Certainly it's hard.. But so is sleeping on curlers . . . exercising for good posture.. Beauty tips on developing inner brilliance are not to be tucked away with last year's shoulder pads, for it is only through them that others may look up and see no longer me. .. Fable for Freshmen One day a Young Fresh man came to School with a Light Heart and Bright Eyes. Her friends observed a Blissful Countenance. She was always a girl of Intelli gence, but in classes this day her teachers noticed Unusual Sagacity. The Young Freshman's book reports were timely and her term papers on time. Greek History recaptured Ancient Splendour. Her French verbs conjugated in the Proper Order. Biology frogs were dissected with no Missing Parts. Many students, including the Elder Senior, caught the Spirit of the Young Fresh man. They even ceased wor ry of the Approaching Mid- semesters. The climax arrived when the Young Freshman went to the Gymnasium where a Dance Band was playing Mu sic of the Day. A Young Man wearing a Green Cap danced the Young Fresh man across the floor, for she was Light of Foot as well as of Heart. The Young Man 'spoke of a Harvest Hop and the Young Freshman spoke of a Cotillion. And a Good Time was had by All, even the Elder Sen ior. Moral: Let's have more Coke Dances Roof R ising- This is Building Season Houses are going up. It's the season for building. Vacant lots are being cleared of their leafy debris and excavated for the house of tomorrow. And not one, but many workmen are eating their lunches on the curbstone as the neighborhood gasps in delight at the moments of silence. From 9 until 5 there is no rest, just a whirring of machinery, and a knocking of hammers. These structures are being built to satis fy a demand. People need homes. But as college students we too should be building to satisfy a demand, a demand which is just as powerful as the desire for homes. It is the desire of a nation for leaders. This should be our season for building. Perhaps at no other time in history has there been such an inadequate supply. Not of material but of workmanship. In these big pro jects we've not been too careful lately as to where each brick belongs. In the Renaissance, a workman was an artist. He took pride in his work, though it was of the smallest detail. He longed for perfection. It is time that we became art ists. Let's forget the size of the opera tion and remember only that we are work men striving for perfection. Each one of us has a job to do in developing his own potentialities. This year is our building season. Out structure as well as the na tion's must go up. November Knocks* Blue Book Blues Enti Test time has come to Mundelein denly drab black note books have b treasuries of vital information, and J one is fatal. People move mechanically from pJ place, muttering uncompreherrsible 1 which sound vaguely like chemical for Friends greet each other with Sj French, or German verb conjugations heavy silence at lunch time is broken queries such as, What is Aristotle's sification of government.? or Doesi trip more lightly then dactylic? Even visions of an Armistice Day h and Thanksgiving turkey fail to lesst blue book blues. Though mid-semester grades are it tive when computing honor points in they are only quarter sign posts. By i ting your strong points as well as your ones, they are guides to what should 1 phasized in the remainder of the sen Whether you're the guiding star of thi or merely balancing the bell shaped i remember there are nine more wa prove your worth. WEEK MOMENTS Today, Midsemester Tests. Tomorrow, Indian Dancers, for p.m. Illustrated Lecture on A mala, 4 p.m. Wednesday, Alumnae Great Books Course, 8 p m. Thursday, SAC Assembly, 1 p.m Friday, Barretts of Wimpole Sti 8:30 p.m. MUNDELEIN COIll Chicago, 40, Illinoi Under the Directi of the Sisters Charity, B.VM Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 3U at the Post Office of Chicago, Illinois, nr.. . Act of March 3. 1897, 1.75 the year. J Published semi-monthly from October: j inclusive by the students of Mundelein Cifl ti Vol. XVIII November 3, 1947 All-Catholic I Honors j All-Americas I Honors h. Telephone: Sheldrake 9620 to Co-Editors-in-Chief Marilyn TamH Frances S Associates Katherine iM Jeri Mangold, Ellenmae Quan, P0 Runkle, Jean Ondesco, Blanche Schifl Feature Editors Rita Patricia Dannehy, Barbara Fallon, CM Knight, Mary Leona Merrick, Patricia K Associates Mary Louise M JoAnn Figueira, June Kopal, Mary w LaVaque, Mary O'Dwyer, Jane O'NdH tricia Trudeau. i. Copy Editors Dorothy 1 Eileen Dolan, Geraldine Grace, Goldrick, Peggy Roach. Associates Jean 8 Ramona Marino, Janet McGinn, Lc Stajdohar, Rita Szacik. News Editors Joan Mi Patricia 01 Associates Mary i Jeanine Powers, Ruth Sports Claire Jdl Jewel (J Art Editor Mary Margaret Cafl Reporters Maribeth I I Marijo Coleman, Eileen Damuth, Alia I Dern, Rosemary Simec, Rosemary J son, Maribeth Carey, Lauretta Bombt Bresnahan, Marilyn Kloss, Cora Pat Rossie Gibson, Patricia Hanson, I Ivory, Patricia Keenan, Rita McMan P cille Millazo, Therese Mocny, BarbanJ rison, Sheila Neary, Helen Jean Mary Kay Waggeman, Rosemary fl
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1947-11-03 (2)
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Student newspaper for Mundelein College
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