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.Page Two SKYSCRAPER Armistice Day Bugles Sound No Curfew for American Red Cross Have you ever thought of comparing life to a tanger ine? Probably not, but it can be done. Before you complain about the relative size of the tangerine, re member that we are just small circles in the universe. And when the fruit is pealed, it is the individuali ty of the seeds and seg ments, the exact color, tex ture, and taste, which give the flavor. Isn't that life ... a tang of self, a solid- ness of species? God has encircled man with his creativeness. in stilling within him the fun damental truth of the indis- pensability of love to every human being, the feeling of belonging to a larger whole, and being of value to other men. It is from this fundamen tal that the American Red Cross has evolved to occupy a needed segment of life. It is a community organization dedicated to humanitarian service. Its giving is main tained by the annual fund drive in March. This year, however, the drive for funds is being im peded by an obstacle thrown tip by a popular misconcep tion. The Red Cross is not a war time measure to be shelved with other alphabet agencies. Unfortunately, too many people are beginning to dis miss the Red Cross along with the debris of the war years, whereas, in reality, it is just as much a civilian as the eighty-first Congress. By contributing to this unselfish body, you, by your dollar, actually take over the wheel and direct its movements, determining who will be helped and to what extent aid will be of fered. When you refuse to give to the Red Cross, you are turning your back on a suf fering American . . . who some day might be someone dear to you. Headlines carry notices of disasters, but clown a couple rtf paragraphs in the news story there is usually men tion of the Red Cross. Com munities seem to function normally, but, somewhere in the background, there are the needy and bewil dered, aideel by the Red Cross. Always in the combat against catastrophe, handi cap, and tear, the Red Cross is synonymous with service to suffering humanity. The world's greatest temporal mother is asking for help . . . are we too busy to give? Budenz Strikes for Militant Catholicism There has been a recent series of Com munist exposes throughout the nation by leading writers. Commentators voice a horror at the work of the Reds, and in the next breath conelone the latest Holly wood divorce. Magazines and newspapers decry the insidious termite tactics of Stal- inites, yet spread licentiousness and ma terialistic tenets through their pages. Among the so-called red-baiters is one who sharpens no rubber axe. He is Louis Budenz, recently returned to the Catholic Church, who is trying to awaken lethargic- Catholics by pin-pricking them with the catastrophic dangers of the Marxist dia lectical materialism. As the former managing editor of the Communist organ, The Daily Worker, Bu- :lenz can base his indictment on facts. At the recent Charles Carroll forum he charged that Soviet Russia aims at worlel domina tion through the deceitful Quisling role of the Communist Party in the U. S. He cites Molotov, who declareel the sole aim of the Soviet International is a world proletariat headed by Stalin, the teacher, the guide, and the leader. The Moscow-minded zealots everywhere are subservient to every exclamation point I'ravda. Stalin's official paper, sends over its wires. Editorial policies in their jour nals must be juggled elaily to fulfill the will of Moscow. Budenz charges that the intellects of the leaders .are atomizeel under this slavish domination. Browder, former head of the National Committee on Communism, has slipped from the good graces of the Party by regarding the document of Teheran as a real pledge of generations of peace be tween U. S. and U. S. S. R. lie is branded a revisionist a traitor to Soviet Russia and spiraled from his lop position in the American Communis I'arly. Budenz' j b made him cognizant of the methodical manner in which the Krem lin continually beats the drum against the Catholic Church as the last fortress of facism. It is trying to pound a wedge between the laity anel the hierarchy through false accusations of the Church leaders. In national politics, Budenz insists the policy of appeasement with Russia must end. A just peace is based on firmness, the former Communist emphasizes, where the rights of small nations such as Poland. Bulgaria. Rumania, and Yugoslavia re ceive necessary protection. Budenz urges action of militant Catho lics as the best weapon for combating the spread eif the Stalin terrorists. He recommends that we should let our representatives know our stand on these issues. We must vest ourselves in the spir it of the Papal Encyclicals anel the armour of faith. And we must pray and work to free America from Communism. * i Milestone in Press Freedom Attributed To Editor's Wife Kent Cooper's newest book, Anna Zenger, presents a challenging version of the epic battle that established freedom of the press in the United States. In a colorful novelized biography, Cooper suggests that Anna Zenger, wife of John Peter Zenger, was the real author of the historic attacks printed in Zenger's New York Weekly Journal against the British governor of pre-Revolutionary New York. Cooper maintains that the indolent, un educated Zenger was incapable of the eloquent defenses of human freedom; ra ther, says Cooper, Zenger endured the nine months in jail and his gruelling trial for libelous attacks on the governor only to protect his wife, the brilliant author of the editorials in question. That Anna Zenger as delineated by Cooper could have authored the attacks is certain; that history's Anna Zenger was capable of the stirring defiance of power- hungry Colonial authority is less certain. Anna Zenger. the novel, provides sat isfying reading. Colonial New York City lives again in its pages, with vivid pictures of daily life, of quaint customs, of the col ony's social life, and of historic names and places which figure in the unfolding of the story. The climax of the book the trial of Zenger is ably reported. The exciting defense of Zenger b,v Andrew Hamilton reflects the dignity of that lawyer and the drama of the trial. The courtroom, the jury, and the spectators, as described by Cooper, are vibrant with the vigor and in tegrity of the American tradition. The romantic, inspiring, womanly Anna Zenger, drawn by Kent Cooper, might well be. in his words, the Mother of Freedom. Does Your Lent Count? Just two weeks of Lent have passed It seems longer, doesn't it, especially when you are yearning for a coke or a piece of candy. But then, on the other hand, are you one who has sacrificed for Lent? Have you tried to be more courteous, at home, at school, and at play ? When you are talking in the halls, do you forget that others are having classes? How softly do you speak? What signs of indignation would be raised by the student body if a speaker should appear bored? Why. then, should not visitors demand from you the same re spect that you demand of them? If you say. please. or thank you, do people find it surprising? These little signs of courtesy should become habitual. If you have failed to keep the many resolutions you made on Ash Wednesday, start over today ... be more courteous, more thoughtful of others, less self-cen- tereel. Student Lethargy Stifles Thinking The average student is afraid to think. Father Weitzman's words at retreat fell a little hard on collegiate ears. Was there some mental squirming be cause the truth hurt? We learn from psychology that intellectu al action comprises three processes, the formation of ideas, judgments, and infer ences. Because of our intellects, we can know what things really are; we can see relationships and arrive at new ideas. We can think. Our education provides us with raw ma terial for ideas. Through God-given powers we are capable of making judg ments, of drawing inferences. The ele ments of thought are before us. What then, can be the excuse for not thinking? Actually, there is no excuse. Our laxity is nothing more than plain, unvarnished mental laziness. This answer is a grave indictment against us, as students, and particularly as Catholic students. For how can we ever hope to achieve our goal of sound Catholic leadership in the world today without sound thinking to build upon? Admitted that it is easier to remain in a state of intellectual torpor. It is easier to sit on the bench during a basketball game, too, but that does not win points. Aside from the negative approach, thinking is personally rewarding. There is something exciting about mental stimu lation. There is a quiet thrill with the awakening of new thought, a sense of sat isfaction as ideas come alive. With so much to gain, let us slop being mental parasites, merely content to feed on the rich heritage of thought behind us, just absorbing, never questioning. Let us think things through ourselves, whether, thev be in Aristotelian philosophy or in the newspaper editorial page. Thought leads to action. Knowing this, we cannot afford to ignore the ringing challenge of Father Weitzman's words. To Little Troubles . . Add One to Qrow on Breathes there a senior with soul so pressed between the leaves of a textbook that she hasn't exclaimed, Comps' are done Now I can forget everything I've learned. Never fear, she can . . . but she'll find it a more difficult task than remember ing. And, no matter how many tenses and formulas she drops.-the valor born of having survived vicissitude will cling and cling and cling. Trouble is a queer paradox. In giant-like twosomes and threesomes, it grows increasingly easier to handle. Would David have aimed so accurately at a target other than the wide-browed Goliath? Tribulation is a two-faced being . . . one of them masked in laughter, the other masked in tears. Like the pictures in the advertisements, on the day before, the wry face wrinkles downward: on the day after, an arc-like smile transcends the memory of worry, pain, lack of learning, and lack of self-confidence. L'nhappiness, even the most transitory, can be a quiet friend, acquainting us with complete appreciation for the gladness bound to follow. Pity the poor man or woman who has never dined on victory . . . but pity even more those who have never grown strong- with the nourishment of fighting for something worthwhile. mm Way Back When .. American boys marched across the tinent and sailed to other lands to for freedom and even died to insure safety, what did we do for Lent? Remember how we promised extra o es, communions, and rosaries, if ori thers, brothers, and friends would i home safely? Yes, we remember petitions, but have we remembered thanksgivings? This year, this Lent, these 40 days, an opportunity to thank God for answe the many requests we showered upon: two Lents ago. Let's do JUST that V ZJniA r tr/unaeiein . . .? They part ... we enter ... ant or down we go . . . on a magic a . . . or a flying horse? Well, yes, of helicopter variety ... , Whether a non-stop flight . . . whf fast or slow . . . just up and elo l goes . . . expres.' available af busy ho local otherwise. At the push of a bu the conveyance stops ... at the i- of a handle . . . oops . . . ther* thrill to the ride ... n Saves on shoe leather . . . multl last minutes before class . . . pre needed energy . . . A boxed affair, done up in metal I red and green and gold, it swoops stop ... we leave . . . the portals behind us . . . This means of transportation . . I connecting link of department with partment . . . this go-between the lo anel the classrooms . . . this FlcvaM Mundelein. , p MUNDELEIN COlUa Chicago, 40, Jllinoir M fi:Q68ilti vn i ji.l/ Undbh tub DiKEcnoia *i f 'o/ 0F THK SlSTEHS or ig / H Charity, B.V.M. hi 1 s m Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 3th, at the Post Office of Chicago, Illinois, inula Act of March 3. 1897, 1.75 the year. Published semi-monthly from Ocloher to inclusive by the .students of Mundelein Col . Vol. XVII March 3, 1947 m -: ' i All-Catholic V Honors VW All-American jlia Honors 33 Telephone: Sheldrake 9620 w Co Editors-in-Chief Florence JanlnX Colleen Red Associates Regina Sc lt; Lucille Cook, Mary Em Harrigan, U(er: Toniatti. rt Feature Editora Katherine Bu ' ' Francej Va'' Associates Cynthia Ki Jerianne Mangold, Mary Leona M . Jeane Ondesco. Copy Editors Ellenmae ( Marilyn Tambi y Associates Rita Bar. ' Patricia Da,s News Editors Barbara Fl st;l Jeanne Malie Horan, Patricia ft Associates Dorothy D ans Eileen Dolan. Geraldine Grace, J( Jahrke. Patricia Nealin, Peggy Road'' Sports Editor Beatrice Goln, lt; Associates Claire Job gt;s Joyce gt; i Art Editor Margaret Mary Can1' ' Reporters: Rosemary Kenigni. Isahelle CoxA'r Crihari. Mary Lou Farrell. Janet ntct Ginn, Mary Catherine O'Dwycr, Rita S* ' Lois Willard. June Kopal. Hi-rnadette K/et'' Katherine Malatesta. Patricia Tn I ' Noreen Roche. Jam- O'Neill. I.nif G Stajdohar. J,, Aim Figueira, Margaret) , La Vaquc, Patricia Shanahan. Patricia fL Joan Merrick, Mary Lee Kasten, Marfl Ian, Blanche Schwepper, and VenP? Wt h- J - 1
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1947-03-07 (2)
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Student newspaper for Mundelein College
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