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Oct. 19,1966 THE SKYSCRAPER Page Three Call Christians to Revolution Theologians Demand Action ANY CATHOLIC who is not a revolutionary is in mortal sin, pro claimed an English actor in a per formance of Tlie Rebel for dele gates of a Conference on Church and Society sponsored by the World Council of Churches. Dr. Russell Barta, chairman of Mundelein's sociology department, attended the Geneva Conference during the summer as a representa tive of the National Catholic Social Action Conference and as editor of New City magazine. Although the general tone of the council was what he termed a call for Christians to be revolutionar ies, Barta contended, in a recent Skyscraper interview, that no intel lectual groundwork was laid for de termining which revolutions are good or for defining the concept of revolution. APART FROM THIS CRITI CISM, Dr. Barta said he found the council meeting unique in Protes tantism in that the majority of delegates invited were not strictly theologians, but laymen who are competent in their own respective fields. The two-week meeting was not without merit, Barta emphasized, since the diverse factions prepared a rough draft of a document con taining their conclusions at the end of the sessions. He described the Plan Expands: Increase Funds In Work Study The federal Work-Study program for 1966-67 has been expanded to include more students, Paul M. Crafton, director of financial aid, announced in a statement of stu dent employment policies. When the Work-Study program began last March, only students coming from low-income families were eligible to apply for employ ment in the federally financed plan. Now Congress has relaxed the eli gibility requirements to include any student who is in need of the earn ings from part-time employment to meet the cost of a college educa tion. Mr. Crafton emphasized that the cost of a college education covers items other than tuition, room and board. Books, transportation, cloth ing and recreation expenses must also be met. The monthly check which students in the Work-Study program receive may be used to help the student in any of these areas. Student need is determined by assessing student savings and the parents' income through the Parents' Confidential Statement. Another innovation in this year's Work-Study plan is the partial pay ment of wages in the form of tui tion credit. Each month, one-tenth of the student's earnings is repre sented by a certificate of tuition credit to be used for the current gt; car's tuition. In the event that a student's tuition is paid in full by a scholarship or other means, the credit may be applied to next year's tuition, or the student may receive a cash refund from the bursar. In order to receive federal funds for the Work-Study program, the College must continue to finance its own student employment system. Thus, approximately one-half of all student employees are paid by Mundelein and the remainder are participants in Work-Study. by Jenn document as revolutionary and ac tivist in tone, containing no novel solutions to problems besides direct action. The fact that such a paper was prepared in one week he lauded as a remarkable achievement. BARTA ELABORATED on sev eral major contrasts which emerged between various interest groups during the conference. Underdevel oped nations displayed a negative ifer Joyce attitude toward developed coun tries, he observed. Despite the fact that struggling states were, in Bar- ta's estimation, almost as much against Russia as against the United States, he admitted that the U.S. won with hands down the title of 'the most unpopular na tion in the world.' This anti- American attitude is fostered by American neo-colonialism and by Recruiters Promote Corps on Campus Rochelle Roach and Judy Swigost, Peace Corps volunteers, will recruit volunteers here at Mundelein Nov. 3 and 4. An information booth will be set up in the lounge where the women will present a continual slide show and also answer any questions students may have. The Peace Corps Language Aptitude Exam (the only one required for college students) will be given by the recruiters Nov. 4. The times of the exam will be posted later. The two volunteers have re cently returned from overseas assignments. Rochelle Roach, 22, a speech major at Wiscon sin State University was as signed to a rural community development in Ecuador, or ganizing and teaching wom en's groups health, nutrition, hy giene, home improvements, sewing and knitting. She also organized several 4-H clubs and worked for improved animal care and breeding which led to a 4-H-sponsored rodeo. In addition to these activities, Ro chelle taught English in a junior high school and physical education at two elementary girls' schools. Judy Swigost, 23, a graduate of the University of Illinois, with a B.A. in speech and theater, was assigned to the Philippines to set up a speech department at a branch of the University of the Philip pines. Judy worked closely with teachers at the college in institut ing a new speech course, directing and acting classes that would be continued when her assignment was completed. In teaching Shakespeare, English literature and world literature courses her approach was a crea tive one. During the year students worked with her in producing, di- Committee Starts Student Masses The MSC's newly formed student life committee has initiated a schedule of daily Masses in re sponse to student need. Mass will be offered Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 4 p.m. in the college chapel. On Tuesday and Friday, Mass will be at 2 p.m. anc on Saturday Mass will be cele brated at 11:15 a.m. in the chapel. A Mass with experimental music and liturgy is scheduled for Sun days at 11:15 a.m. in the Scholas- ticate. The student life committee, headed by Rosemary Sokolik who is assisted by Laura Snow and Barb Dahlder, was organized to meet student needs in any area of cam pus life. The committee hopes to sponsor student discussions and in terdepartmental debates during the year. recting and acting in You Can't Take It with You and Teahouse of the August Moon. This experience incited in the students an interest in cultural activities, gave them ad ditional practice in conversational English and also raised money for classrooms. Swingline PuzZIMENls 1 How far can a dog run into the woods? faaflaweri ) 2 A storekeeper had 17 TOT Staplers. All but 3 were sold. How many did he have left? This is the Swingline Tot Stapler (including 1000 staples) Larger aize CUB Desk Stapler only 1.49 No bigger than a pack of gum-but packs the punch of a big deal Refills available everywhere. Unconditionally guaranteed. Made in U.S.A. Get it at any stationery, variety, book storel i lt;wnq t+L - INC. Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 jumo ovd noX aia)i jootps ep4i jsai -puoii aq) aj, lt;Catp 'ipuad a pus Sfooqaiou e 01 X3U enuueq 'Aita MQ tuaqj SuiXnq are cjuaprus iJaideig xOi JO lt;C gt;uapidod o'. i jo Xjoia am woqv jsnf b.ibiti 'puy iaaiMX 'Z i pooM etfi jo jrio Suiuuru it t ' m jejiy A.a-ii.H -i saiMSNV its involvement in the Viet Nam war, he added. Diversity of opinion also arose between theologians from socialist and those from non-socialist coun tries. The Czechs were outstand ing in attempting to reconcile the dilemma of Protestants in a so cialist state, Barta said. Czechs see a link between socialism and Christianity; communists from this country, he asserted, are influenced by the notion that personal rela tionships should be humanized. BECAUSE OF THIS political di versity, Barta complained that floor discussions, when not directly con cerned with Gospel generalizations, often sounded like a meeting of the U.N. His own Christian back ground, he said, could find no mid dle ground between the gospel fundamentalism and pure politics at the conference. In summarizing the impact of the conference's final document, Dr. Barta noted that it calls all Chris tians to get involved in the con crete problems in the world which face the Church. Barta will speak on the council before the ground breaking ceremony, Nov. 6. School Leaders Trek to Cedars For Discussion Hey we want to get some sleep. Privilege. That's ridiculous. What was that? Question. The above comments were not made at a dorm party. Rather they reflect the lighter side of the Mundelein Lead ership Conference, at Our Lady of the Cedars Sept. 23-25. Organized and partially paid for by the MSC, the conference was mainly attended by class, dorm and MSC officers. The object of the conference was to give the of ficers an opportunity to become bet ter acquainted with each other, to find out what their duties were, and to plan their programs. The first discussion, which was on the philosophy of the MSC, was held at 10 p.m., just after the of ficers arrived by bus. Other dis cussions were on: what the student body expects from their officers, parliamentary procedure and tradi tions. Class reports, committee news and the College Weekend with Simon and Garfunkel were also discussed in detail. Participants in the conference re ported positive results from the discussions. The MSC plans to. sponsor another weekend next year. Mellow moods of love Los Initios Tab tijii ras In this new album, Los Indios Tabajaras once again display their remarkable talents as they set a mellow mood for romance with their tender renditions of As Time Goes By, La Mer, Who Can I Turn To, Make Believe, The Song Is Ended, Time Was and 6 more favorites. The mood is mellow, the setting is romantic, the listening is great.
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1966-10-19 (3)
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