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Page Four THE SKYSCRAPER Oct. 28,1964 The Future of Man Chardin Entreats Mankind: Seek Life's Goal in Love by Mickey Parent In every age there lives a different man with different needs which are uniquely his own. These needs determine his philosophy. And his philosophy determines his leaders. In our time, with existentialism on the wane, we have picked Pierre Teilhard de Chardin as the man whose writings most nearly fulfill the unique needs of the strangest of beings: almost-post-existential, second-half of the twentieth-century man. In his new book, The Future of Man, Father Teilhard rounds out those thoughts which he had previously presented in his books, The Divine Milieu, and The Phenomenon of Man. In all of those writings Chardin is truly priest, scientist and philosopher. In his new book, Chardin formu lates what he sees as the basic problem of contemporary man: Is there not reason for Man, become aware of the direction in which Life is taking him, to rebel at last; to go on strike against a blind course of evolution which may not, in any event, betoken any real progress? 'Time, space, becoming, Me, im ages of the Void. Nothing is born of anything else, and nothing is necessary to the existence of any other .thing ... Is the Universe utterly pointless, or are we to ac cept that it has a meaning, a fu ture, a purpose? Teilhard devotes the rest of his book to answering this question. As the basis for his answer he notes that Mankind is ever closing in upon itself that individuals are now finding themselves subjected to a for midable pressure of coales- cense, far stronger than the in dividual or national repulsions that so alarm us. He feels that a world network of eco nomic and psychic affiliations is being woven at ever-increasing speed which envelops and con stantly penetrates more deeply within each of us. With every day that passes it becomes a little more impossible for us to act or think otherwise than collectively. With this basic tenet established he goes on to point out that the biological value of moral action should not be overlooked. At this point, then, he develops one of his most beautiful themes. He assumes that it is because of Man's faith in God that he aspires to higher things, and that it is this aspira tion in an Ultimate Being which enables man to wish communication and union with others. For, he states, human beings can eventu ally only find union in the com mon attraction exercised by a sin gle Being. He further asserts that if the state of collective thought which he posited in the beginning were never to come about, the pleni tude of human consciousness could Drama Club Presents Satirical Performance The First Lady, first of three plays to be sponsored by the Mun delein College department of drama, will be presented in the College Theater Nov. 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m. The production, a work of George S. Kaufman and Katherine Dayton, is a political satire concerning elec tion year in Washington, D.C. The cast members are: Danae Alexander, Janet Bina, Virginia Bishop, Arlene Cozzi, Mary Duda, Mary Rose Matus, Chris Polnias zek, Bobbie Richard, Peggy Rich ard, Carolyn Schultz, Eileen Teas- dale and Judy Zajac. Sister Mary Jeanelle, B.V.M., director, is assisted by Bonnie Czarnecki. Tickets are 1.50 for adults, 1 for students and 50 cents for chil dren under 12. They may be pur chased at the booth near the book store. Any student may become a thea ter patron for 5, which entitles her to a ticket for each of the Laetare's three plays and her name imprinted on the program as a patron. Students who wish to buy tickets now for all the productions may purchase a subscription for 3. The two other plays will be All the Way Home by Tad Mosel, Feb. 7 and 8; Breath of Spring by Peter Coke, May 2 and 3. For any club groups interested in a money-making project, blocks of tickets may be secured and resold at a profit to the club. Interested parties may contact Laetare Play ers' president Eileen Teasdale, for further information. never be attained on earth, and so there could never be a consummated Christ. This consummation in Christ is what Teilhard refers to as the adult stage of man. While developing these other themes, however, Chardin does give a direct answer, and in concrete terms, to his originally proposed question. He finds that we must discover Life's objective by our drawing to gether in every sense and open ing ourselves wholly to the power of love. Then things be gin to fall into perspective. Earth ceases to be a meaning less prison in which we must suffocate: for if its limits were less narrow and impenetrable could it be to the matrix in which our unity is being forged? Evil, also, begins to take on some meaning at least theoretically, when man begins to see it as the inevitable re verse side . . . the condition ... the price of an immense tri umph. And the triumph of which he is speaking is Mankind's consumma tion in Christ. For he says: This tremendous war which so afflicts us, this remoulding, this universal longing for a new order, what are they but the shock, the tremor and the crisis, beyond which we may glimpse a more synthetic organiza tion of the human world? In his vision of the future, Father Teilhard also sees peace as inevitable. It will come, he declares, when men grasp the meaning of the word and real ize what it requires of them. It is these ideas, then, laid down by the French philosopher-scientist, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, which give meaning and hope to those upon whom existentialism is losing its grip. A future full of hope; a life filled with meaning: we have not chosen our leader for nothing. (The Future of Man. By Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. 308 pages. Harper and Row, 1964. 5.) News Briefs Presents Panel The SAC will host a panel of college student government presi dents at an all-school meeting to morrow at 1:40 p.m. in McCormick Lounge. Robert Kyros of DePaul, John Gearan of Notre Dame, Chuck Ryan of St. Joseph's, Bi-ian Me- Donell of Loyola, Mary Ellen Roo- ney of Rosary and Chris Mocarski, Mundelein's SAC president, will discuss their conception of student government and the role it should play in the college. Each president will present a brief introduction to his school, out line the structure of its student government and tell how it func tions on the campus. THE SKYSCRAPER Mundelein College 6363 Sheridan Rd., Chicago, 111., 60626 Discuss Careers The first of two Career Planning Sessions will be held in McCormick Lounge, Nov. 5,12:40 p.m. A four- member panel will discuss areas open to liberal arts majors who do not intend to teach. Pat Delsing '58, from the North ern Trust Bank, will represent the advertising field. Grace Pertell '55, the news editor of the Export Club New8, will speak on behalf of pub lications. There also will be representatives from the Zinser Personnel Service and from the public relations field. The session is co-sponsored by the Dean of Students' Office and by the Placement Office. Attend Meeting Sister Mary Georgita, B.V.M., assistant academic dean, partici pated in a panel at the Illinois Association for Student Teaching, Oct. 23 and 24, at Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, 111. Sister Mary Jean Dolores, B.V.M., was a recorder, and Sister Mary Joan Therese, B.V.M., also attended. udcraplnad Our picture celebrities this week are a bevy of lovelies known as the Paul Dynasty. Rae Paul, intrepid associate editor for the Sky scraper, and Gladys Paul, a native of Haiti with a French accent, claim to be cousins (Yes, it sounded a little fishy to us, too). They have been joined this year by freshman Mary Paul, born in Tokyo, whom they also claim as a relative. We suspect that it is all a hoax perpetrated by the extremist group running this newspaper, but we are giving them free publicity, because they are seeking three males also surnamed Paul. When they find them, they are going to buy a country (any country) and take over the world. We wish them well. Skyscraper Photo The international set includes Gladys (Haiti), Rae (Chicago) and Mary (Tokyo). The cousins are all surnamed Paul. The election is less than a week away, and we've received another letter from the little old lady in Des Moines. She seems to be in fine fettle, and up to some current business: Pandora, sweet (she writes), well, the big day is almost here, isn't it? All of us in the Golden Agers are taking a special bus downtown to the polling headquarters: the Democratic National Committee is supplying the bus. When the Re publican National Committee found out about that, they demanded equal time, as it were, so they are paying for the gas and serving Sara Lee Brownies en route. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I still haven't decided who I'll vote for. I've never had this problem before, don't you know, but I suppose it's because there have never been so many swell commer cials on the TV before. Mercy, aren't they professional Why, if I didn't know better, I might have thought Goldwater was a detergent, and Johnson was some kind of a pickle. They're that good, I really mean it Have you seen them? The one I like best is a Barry: a little old man says, What is Barry Goldwater going to do about foreign aid? That is the swingingest little old man, and if he has all that confidence in Barry . . . well, I mean, really. . . . Several freshie innocents from Coffey Hall (second floor) trotted over to the Demo, headquarters on Sheridan Road to offer their services. There they met some of the local political shining stars, among them the good alderman. In the course of conversation, he happened to mention that he taught upon occasion at Old Mundie Coll. Skeptical, they quizzed him for over half-an-hour about inside the institution, and left still feeling that he was pulling their collective leg. However, upon further investigation, they discovered that Paul Wigoda does indeed have a class here, and they are hiding their faces behind their respective Johnson, Kerner and Ward posters. It is our intention to do a column of engagement and marriage news next issue. To aid us, will any of you who have thrilling announce ments to make drop the vital information in the Skyscrapings envelope on Locker 15 or on the editor's desk in the Skyscraper office, 707. Pandora Winner of Peace Prize Sees Segregation End (Continued from Page 1) erhood which God has planned for us, we must find within ourselves a love for one another, King ex plained. Love can win the struggle with out engaging in the long night of hate. All people will have to make sacrifices and suffer inconveniences in order to right the wrongs of our system, he added. A term frequently referred to in modern psychology is maladjust. King said he, along with many oth ers, is proud to be maladjusted in some areas. I never intend to adjust myself to segregation, religious bigotry, or the madness of militarism. Closing his speech by remarking he still has faith in America, King said, Deep in my heai-t I do be lieve we shall overcome. To the audience's approbation Dr. King stated the basis of his total com mitment: If a man hasn't discov ered something he is willing to die for, he isn't fit to live. Wanted Second-hand string bass to rent. Contact Sister Mary Josette, B.V.M., Room 706, or Evelyn Chambers, 418. tifi
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