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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER June 2, 1936 THE SKYSCRAPER Official Semi-Monthly Newspaper oi M U N D E L EI N COLLEGE 6363 Sheridan Road Chicago. Illinois Mundelein Chicago's Coixege Fob Women Under the Dikection OF THE SlSTEKS OF Charity, B. V. M. Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 30, 1932, at the Post Office at 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. T June 2, 1936 No. 13 (S F Q ALL-AMERICAN HONORS 193 5 Member 1936 Ptoocided Gblle6ide Press ALL-CATHOLIC HONORS Telephone: Briargate 3800 SKYSCRAPER STAFF Editor-in-Chief Charlotte V. '-ox Associate Dorothv O'Donnell Managing Editor .. Jean McKeever Associate Catherine Heerey News Editors Katherine Ott, Ann Ellen Smith Features Anna Marie Masterson Assistants Jane Spalding, Julia Mary Hanna, Catherine Ann Dougherty. Alumnae - Athletics - Exchanges Business Manager , Mary O'Brien Gertrude RafTcrty , Edythe Williams Frances McCambridge Taps and Reveille With nil my will but much against my heart We fit'o now part . . . P ATMORE, about to depart from his devoted spouse, so sincerely expressed his emotions that the lines have lost their limiting interpretation, in a universal ap plication to all partings with persons or things well loved. The poet's words express adequately the au revoir ' that mute lips would utter to that actualized ideal of skyward-soaring stone and strong steel girders the Alma .Mater of four years' wise direction and happy association. For, like our predeces sors, those of us who are about to leave Mundelein have suddenly become acutely aware of the nearness and the dcarness of familiar tilings. Most assuredly there is a certain sense of achievement and triumph in receiving publicly that same Alma Mater's stamp of approval upon scholastic endeavor. It is good to feel within oneself the exultance of ambitions realized and of distant goals attained. But achievement is a lonely thing when it imposes a separation from the things that have been. In this sense one becomes a graduate ''much against her heart. Hut for the surrender of the things that have been, there is the compensation of the things that are to be. With a bewil dered world questing for the guidance that can be found only in intelligent, whole hearted Catholicism, the Mundelein grad uate is eager to be away with her contem poraries in the vanguard of twentieth-cen tury Catholic Action action that must be gin with BEING and conclude with DO ING. She is anxious that others should reap the harvest of the heritage that has been hers as a Catholic collegian. In this sense one becomes a graduate with all her will. And so, paradoxically enough, while this will-directed, heart-opposed Commence ment severs the cherished daily associa tions with Faculty and fellow students, it simultaneously seals the trust of alumna and Alma Mater the former to strive and achieve, the latter to encourage and to claim. To A Valiant Woman TO LAUNCH an institution is a mo mentous undertaking. To mold its initial plasticity into a strong, firm monu ment displaying might through right is the work of a master sculptor. To endow the finished product with a penetrating love of Beauty, and Learning, and Christian Charity is almost to accomplish the impossible. Yet all these and more are the achievements of one who has worked quietly but well the first President of Mundelein College. Sister's six years as President of Mundelein have been a constant vigil of prayer and service in the interest of her beloved College. We who have been the beneficiaries are deeply grateful. And if we are inclined to gaze wistfully at the close of the first era of Mundelein's history, we at the same time are happy in the realiza tion that we have been priveleged to be co- sharers of that era with a splendid execu tive, a valiant woman, and an exemplary relinious. Testament Against Youth ETTY and Bob, returning home from a tennis tournament at which they had annexed two championships, were in a mood for celebration. The breeze from the Lake was exhilarating the road was clear for blocks ahead the radio blared a noisy waltz Bob stepped on the gas. We hit 60 after golf last Sunday, Betty remembered. And we hit 65 the day you passed your exams. Bob reflected, as the speedonicter jerked up to 60 70 75 A roadster cut in from a side street. And sudden death . . . Bombs Or Burlesque? npllli FUTURE Veterans of Foreign * Wars, if they haven't fired a shot heard round the world, have, at least, struck a telling blow at old Mars. Their plan of receiving a bonus for future parti cipation in foreign wars is, we suppose, ridiculous, from an economic standpoint, but its very incongruity brings forth the importance of adequate compensation. Of what use is compensation after wrongs have been done and ills endured ? Has the bonus AFTER the war reimbursed suffi ciently any of the veterans who go through days of living dealb in state hospitals and institutions? The plan of the Future Veterans, al though scarcely a serious conception, is un doubtedly an indication of the interest in the events ol the future that may impli cate youth. The name chosen by the FVFW's is sig nificant, moreover, and might be advanced as an answer to the challenge that they are un-American and unpatriotic. They ask a bonus as Veterans of Foreign, not of American wars. We seem to recall an idea from Phillip Gibbs' Blood Relations an indictment of the old men who plan wars for the young men to fight. Perhaps the Veterans aren't ridiculous after all perhaps bur lesque may be a better thing than blood and bombs. University Psychologist Has Word of Praise For B's, C's With the quarter-annual report card about to appear on the family horizon, it may be timely to remind parents, etc., that a psychologist at Oregon State university has just declared his conclusion that 'B' students are the most successful. Those who get 'A' continually, he says, are often the meek, submissive type whom professors can convince of anything. 'C people, he declares, are ordinarily the independent type. We've always been devoted to mono- grammed sweaters, hut the huge ANGEL GUARDIAN across the shoulders of the boy who helps the grass to grow is our nominee for a prize. Incidentally, ac cording to ACP, the grounds keeper of the University of Georgia took a sad look at his campus the other day, sat down, and wrote the following verses, which appeared in the campus paper the following day: U of Georgia's son or daughter, Do you love your Alma Mater? If so, it should be your duty To protect her vernal beauty; Man or woman, youth or lass Please don't step upon the grass. During Vacation Why Not EAI) some of the books you have wanted to read during the school year and haven't had time to peruse. ATTEND the Sodality Convention St. Louis, June 26-28, or the Summer School of Catholic Action, Chicago, August 31- Sept. 5. TAKE a course in shorthand or type writing. LEARN to swim, or to ride, or to play- golf, or to cook. CULTIVATE a hobby we know a man who collects keyholes. ASSIST at Mass more frequently. May We Present Gardenia corsages to each member of the Freshman Staff; To the editorial board and asso ciates tor their stralght-from-tlie- shoulder editorializing. To the feature board may they retain their versatility. To the news board and assistants, who perseveringly sought the evasive rive w's and artfully included them in each news story. To the artist who enhanced the at tractiveness of the editorial page with her drawing. Commencement IrH iz: lO LUsii THERE is something sweetly pathetic about a skyline any skyline any where, and anytime. Skylines are things to approach with awe and to leave with either joy or sorrow all skylines, except, of course, our own journalistic SKYLINE at Mundelein. Skylines are never alike. Each differs from all others. Today's skyline, anywhere, is as different from what it was yesterday as yesterday's sky and clouds were from those of the days that are past. And so it will be tomorrow and every tomorrow. Our own journalistic SKYLINE is a line a column if you will with much the same character, it is a permanent thins yet changeable as the .shadows which perma nent Structures cast anil just as fleeiing. Wo are a line of thought and fancy, whose shadows arc grotesque ami odd, reflected by serious things, but which leave the smiles that, turn to laughter, the thoughts that bring lis cheer. ***** It's been fun having you laugh at us all year. (We HOPE you did ) It wasn't, always funny, though. Some times we misquoted the Faculty, and they didn't like it. And then there was the time when the home economics students didn't tell about dropping that famous macaroni on Sheri dan Road, and their Moderator read about it in SKYLINE. We tried to ignore little Audrey, but there wasn't much left, sometimes, so we just said (hat. some freshman did what .hat little vixen was up to. The Librarians were always grand of course the library's a pretty funny place anyway. We never COULD keep up with them. We had lots of fun making cracks about Loyola, but they just couldn't think up an answer. (We're safe in saying that; their last issue came out last week.) ***** Do you know how our Editor-in-chief punished ns when we didn't hand in 14 inches of type at least two days after (lead line? She printed our own jokes, which really weren't so good, with our- NAMES on them Oh dear Remember the time Agnes Griffin fell in the swimming pool with all her clothes on? And once when we printed a picture of a very saintly little girl in cap and gown with a halo, who'd handed in all her term papers and required reading reports on time? Well, everybody said it was the best thing that was in all year and we were terribly pleased. We forgot to mark the copy for the issue after the Loyola Tournament, and the printer left out all the part referring to the Pi Alphs. We suspect that lie is an Alpha Delt pledge at least, or a member of Typographical No. 16. ***** And examination quips. We never knew, when we approached Instructors, whether they'd give us some choice dumb remark from our own pet entry. It was loads of fun hearing people talk about us in the College elevators, espe cially when we'd camouflaged stories. Mundelein Collegians will be seeing lots of SKYLINES Ibis summer, famous ones in Europe, dude ones out West, high ones in New York, low ones in summer resorts, fa miliar ones in Chicago, wavy ones from ships, and unusual ones from airplanes. When you do, think of the poor lonely little SKYLINE, languishing in the Press Room all summer. Good-bye J. M. H.
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1936-06-02 (2)
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