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Pafee Two SKYSCRAPER THE SKYSCRAPER Official Semi-Monthly Newspaper of MUNDELEIN COLLEGE 6363 Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois Mundelein Chicago's College For Women Under 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. Friday, March 15, 1940 No. 10 ALL-AMERICAN HONORS 1939 Member 1940 ftssocicrted Gollebicite Press ALL-CATHOLIC HONORS Telephone: Briarfeate 3800 Co-Editors Clare Anderson, Betty Vestal Feature Editors Frances Sayre, Julia Mary Ilanna, Marie Von Driska Assistants Mary Lou Bell, Eileen Mahoney Club Editor Joan Kaspari Assistants Patricia Ellis, Rosemary Lanahan News Editor Helen Murphy Assistants .Elaine Hartman, Dorothy McCarthy, Evelyn Nelson Copy Editors Lavinia Cole, Anne Marie O'Rourke Reporters Joan Morris, Patricia Byrne, Helen O'Day, Ann Dempsey, Mary Joe Fahrendorf, Marie Rudd, Ruth Tentler, Betty Grimm, Patricia Gould, Flor ence McDonnell, Geraldine Hoffman. Light in Our Dark . Drawing an analogy between the dark ness resulting from the blind folly of an impercipient world, and the night of Cal vary, His Excellency, the Most Reverend Samuel A. Stritch, D.D.. in his address at. the Cathedral on March 7, declared: As we look over the world about us . . . the sorry fact is forced upon us that what happened on Good Friday when the Mas ter bowed His Head and died has hap pened again 'There was darkness over the whole world.' Christ has been abandoned by many, and His Gospel is no longer the inspira tion of men and peoples; the Christian tradition of the west, which gave to man his noblest social and cultural achieve ment, is in peril. But the social and moral and economic ills of the world, although darkening as Calvary's darkness, will find their remedy in the teachings of the Gospel as exempli fied in the life and the labors of those who witness Christ. Citing the history of Catholic Chicago and the work of Father Marquette, His Excellency pointed out that the dream of the Jesuit missionary, to make Chicago a bulwark of Christianity, apparently failed at the outset. History, if read only with human eyes, seems to tell that his work was a failure and his dream an idle dream. It was a. failure like Calvary, where, out of the conquest that passion and pride wrought, there came the glorious light of Easter. And so the new and valiant leader of Chicago's great Archdiocese, fully cog nizant of the distress and the danger of life in the world today, sees, nevertheless, that the recurring mystery of the Resur rection brings a message of hope to the waiting world, and counsels his flock so to live and so to teach that their labors and their example may dispel the dark ness of good Friday and spread abroad in the world the faith and the hope and the love of the Risen Saviour. Holy Week Ceremonies Are Beautiful, Significant In addition to its deep religious sig nificance, Holy Week possesses an un compromising aesthetic quality, as ob served in the ceremonies conceived by the early Church Fathers. Nowhere is their sense of the beautiful more aptly illus trated than in the antithetical themes of jubilation and mourning which precede ' aster. Holy Thursday, a festival of adora tion, becomes manifest in the elaborate ceremonies of the morning and in the customary pilgrimage to three churches after noon. The tradition of old stipu lated that worshippers make their visits on foot; however, numbers of urban Cath olics have amplified the custom in recent years by stopping first at their parish church and then proceeding to other parts of town where foreign churches express their conception of the day through old- world observances. St. Hyacinth's church, with a predom inately Polish congregation, St. Alphon- sus' in the center of the old North Side German neighborhood, Notre Dame, the little parish to which the French of the city flock, and St. Francis of Assisi, the Mexican parish, provide interesting for eign atmosphere together with a touch- ingly simple devotion. The last-named church retains, too, the ancient tradition of a Good Friday procession, in which barefooted penitents walk through near by streets. And try not to be a.bscnt from a Tene- brae service. Some of your own parishes may have them, but, if not, Holy Name Cathedral generally lists it among Holy Week ceremonies, as do most of the churches under the direction of religious orders. Watch the candles go out, one by one, until the last one is hidden behind the altar. You'll never forget it. Are You Card-Party Conscious? Another spring, another April, anoth er Student Activities Council Card Par ty for the benefit of the library and of the College generally To match and even attempt to surpass the records of previous parties is no small job, but there is no question but that the Council and the entire student body aim to do just that. There is a certain amount of excite ment in working for the success of the party we have in mind the freshman who turned in her second patron name and confided that someone else had prom ised an advertisement, and the senior who had just sold her first table of tickets. There is a certain satisfaction in con sidering that we, the student body of 1940, may contribute something to the opportunities which we ourselves and successive groups of students may enjoy. Previous card parties have made possible the acquisition of shades, drapes, Venetian blinds; they have contributed to the new and comfortable fittings which make the browsing room a magnet, for study and re creational reading. Future card party re turns may provide a. book elevator, or furnish seminar rooms on the second floor. And there will be unqualified satis faction for all who attend the party it self. Always one of the most pleasant of Mundelein's social affairs, it will include a beautifully managed fashion revue with student commentators and models in the lovely ballroom of one of the city's finest hotels. It will a.fford an opportunity to meet friends of long standing and to meet them when one's Faster finery, and theirs, is still brand new Finally, the Card Party affords each student an opportunity to say a con structive thank you, in action, to the College for the uncounted privileges and benefits enrollment here at Mundelein en tails. You're the Critic . By Frances Sayre You Read The Ark and The Ele phant, by Natalie Crane and Leonard Feeny, S.J., Macmillan. V kA 'ie De'ovec' animal king- YOU Meet dom 0f your childhood, poetically and literally from A to Z, from the Aim to the Zebra, with a few ex tras displayed in a special side-show at the end of the book. No extra charge for view ing them on your way out. v . That an animal alphabet OU LGdrn ran exert on you the same fatal charms as Little Junior's train and that it is much easier to understand. We will all of us be better citizens for knowing our letters. The Ark and The Elephant was written, of course, for children; but that needn't deter you. And once you have met ''Aim, an Asian gaselle, Author of Hoo-hoo, the antlers that hell. nothing will deter you. v . The utterly refreshing. YOU tnjOy whimsical style of the co authors. Their alphabet book was meant to be quoted, not reviewed, thus Snails obey the holy Will of God slowly. w n i Finland, by J. Hampden YOU Read Jackson, Macmillan. .. . . The Finns hardened, pa- T OU /V SST tient, law-abiding, honest, and hospitable a people hitherto obscure except for their war debt payments, but now suddenly searched out by the inter national spotlight. Jackson introduces the Finns, their country, and their history to a curious world. w . The tips and downs of the YOU Leam sturdy, stubborn little na tion of Finland, from the. advent of a few hunters and trappers, its first inhabitants, through its contacts with Sweden, Russia, and Germany, to its present status as a steadily improving, highly civilized country. You've probably been wondering ex actly what sort of a place it is that Russia has invaded, and what sort of people they are who so bravely opposed that invasion. Jackson here gives you the facts, clear and reliable. ., . The spectacle of the pas- ' *U r n Oy sive, stolid Finns going on a six-day national strike against Russia in 1905, and winning their point. You'll wonder at the fact that the outnumbered Finns have somehow always managed to come out on top. You'll admire their over whelming achievement in forming a mo dern, workable social and economic sys tem out of the chaos of civil and world war. Mr. Jackson's account may at times lack vivacity and color, but it scores solidly with timeliness and human interest. And So We Say... (A Travelogue) By Marie Rudd This is the time of the year when win ter clothes begin to look drab and tin- glamourous; when one sunny day is fol lowed by a week of snow, wind, and as sorted bad weather; when sitting through a newsreel becomes a torture because oi the waving palms, warm beaches and ; tropical landscapes that flash tantalizing )' before our eyes, in short, when everybody is beginning to plan Raster vacations. If your vacation is to be fictional, or otherwise, here are a few suggestions. South of the Border, down Mexico way is one of the paths heavily trav eled now-a-days, and according to Lee Bleekman, who was there over the Christmas holidays, it's a mighty good road to follow. The temperature, one of our chief con cerns, is about 70 degrees in the clay time and cold at night. Yes, Mexico sounds like fun. We can already see ourselves serenely strolling through a narrow- street, brightly colored sombreros perched jauntily on our heads. I bumming a Mexican song to the an companiment of a distant guitar. It's aI pity to leave such pleasant surround ings, but we still have to investigate the other possibilities. A leisurely boat ride would seem to be in order, and, as Shirley Hop per describes it, what could be more pleasant to find at the end of that boat ride than Bermuda, the coral jewel of the Atlantic. Miss Hopper was at Bermuda just about a year ago and during her stay she made her headquarters at the historic old Hamilton. As you know, no automobiles are al lowed on the islands, so one's transporta tion facilities are more novel and pic turesque than usual. If we wish, there are bicycles to be had and endless tree bordered lanes to be explored. Miss Hopper reports that the tempera- ture averages about 6? degrees. Chicago is never like that Patricia Ellis and Marjorie Stanley say that California is one state where we will be able to find just about anything we want, sun at Palm Springs, or snow at Arrowhead, swimming in the allegedly blue Pa cific or horse racing at Santa Anita, celebrities in Hollywood or lively spirited oldsters in Pasadena, or- j anges or lemons, pomegranates or poppies. The temperature out here is rather a delicate problem, at least as far as the chamber of commerce is concerned. How ever, usually the days are delightfully warm and the nights refreshingly cool. A visit to California without see ing lovely Catalina Island would be pointless, according to Marie Von Driska, who considers this isle of millionaires, baseball teams, and glass-bottomed boats one of Cali fornia's chief drawing cards. California the place where we can make a salad from avocadoes, oranges, and lemons picked from the garden; and where on our way to town we can pick a gardenia for our lapel. Yes, sun ny or otherwise, California has many possibilities, and Florida but Peggy Ahern, Patricia Ellis, and Rosemary O'Donnell will tell you about Florida j after vacation.
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1940-03-15 (2)
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