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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER, Feb. 18, 1957 Not Charles Van Doren . . . Not 138,000 . . Just Success In Comps: Seniors Request A change has come over the seniors. With furrowed brows and staring eyes, they stumble down the cor ridors desperately clutch ing worn notebooks and mumbling incoherently. The seniors are studying for comps. The compre hensives are designed to test the range and depth of concentration of each stu dent in her major field of study. So states the Stu dent Handbook. The seniors seldom speak. When one does, it is a low voiced consultation with a fellow major. Linus has his blanket; each senior has her sylla bus such a helpful item ... a syllabus. It shows her exactly what she does not . . . but should . . . know. Over and over, like a re- occurring bad dream, the seniors can hear their De partment chairmen inton ing: You are responsible for every course you have taken in your major. Old texts and their correspond ing notes are unearthed from dusty boxes. To their sorrow, they discover that sophomore year they took their notes in a strange mixture of Egyptian hieroglyphics, Morse code, and Gregg shorthand. * * * The envelopes are sealed. They are waiting silently, patiently for the touch of a trembling hand. Like the Sphinx, the envelopes keep their secrets well, until the time. Soon, though, the comps of '57 will be a memory. This is the one ray of hope. After the comps are over is the senior's equivalent of When my ship comes in. All things will be possi ble, all ills will be cured, all days will be brighter . . . after comps. For Goodness Sake, Read . . . Press Month Theme Urges Truthful Interpretation By Both Writer and Reader If the Skyscraper could take a stand on some question and be as sured that 1000 students and Faculty members would read it, be thorough ly persuaded by it, and form just the opinion the editors hold these edi tors would be amazed. Yet the charge is repeatedly made that slightly over 100 diocesan news papers and more than 60 Catholic magazines form one solid Catholic opinion in this country. This is amazing in its scope and in revealing the credulity of those who actually believe it. On Our Toes First In Peace . . . Washington's Life Has Message For US* Collegians First in peace, first in war, and first in the hearts of his country men. Why did George Washington earn this and the title father of his country ? What were the char acteristics that made him a giant among men ? The traits that distinguished George Washington most were his deep moral integrity and his unquen chable belief in America and in the Tightness of her struggle for inde pendence. In colonial life he endured the bungling policies of the Virginia governor; nevertheless, through his stem sense of duty, he tried to carry out all the governor's orders. In the days preceding the revolu tion, Washington, through his duties as burgess and justice, gained insight into the mercantilistic policy of Brit ain toward the colonies. When he was elected commander of the armies in 1775, Washington declined any salary, believing it his duty to fight. Had a man of less determination than Washington been in command he probably would have deemed the American cause doomed through the mismanagement and contradictory policies of the second Continental Congress. But Washington held firm to his convictions and his belief in the destiny of America. At the end of the war, re signing as commander of the ar mies, Washington settled down in contentment to the life of a gentle man farmer at Mount Vernon, but he had not yet reached his summit. He accepted the position of president of the Constitutional Convention only because of his firm belief that America needed a plan of govern ment stronger and broader than the Articles of Confederation. Even before the Constitution was adopted, public opinion had singled out Washington to be America's first president. Wash ington knew that his every ac tion as president would estab lish precedent. Again, his in tegrity and unfailing sense of duty helped him to guide Amer- ca's first faltering steps toward freedom and equality. Seeing, Listening, Appreciating . . . Ballet, Play Offer Students Two Artistic Experiences May No One Miss Either Of Them Expression is one of the characteristic marks of man. No other creature of our experience is so well adapted to communication. We think and then we speak our thoughts. If we are fortunate, we may even give these thoughts an artistic frame. The man who writes a piece of music, or a play, or plots a dance, is performing one of the greatest acts of ex pression. He not only gives to others part of his thoughts and feelings, but he creates something of artistic pleasure that can go on indefinitely and even serve as a vehicle of expression for another. When a man writes a play he is able to express himself. When an actor takes a role, his creation lies in his interpretation of the char acter and the situation. A gesture, an inflection, a move he recre ates. When the costume designer, the scenic artist, the director, and the countless others who make a play, fulfill their parts, they are adding something of themselves to the production. Each is express ing what the script and characters have awakened in him. A dancer is perhaps one of the most fortunate artists for she has one of the most direct approaches to beauty, grace, and inspiration. The ballet is the highest and most rewarding dance form that man has. In it, the musician, the dancer, and the choreographer join forces in one sweeping act of human expression, whereby eyes, ears and mind are held spellbound. When an audience approaches a play, a ballet, a concert, an exhibition, or any other cultural event with the knowledge that it is witnessing a production of such life and force that hundreds of people have joined to make it a single act of human expression, it is delighted and awed at the tremendous power that is man's. Man alone may communicate his experience to another man through the medium of words, music, and the dance. Each time it is done he should be a little more amazed. During February and March two excellent productions, one of drama and one of ballet, are being offered to Mundelein students. Those who miss the Laetare Players' presentation of Agatha Christie's THE MOUSE TRAP on the March 3 and 4 will miss not only one of Miss Christie's fine scripts, but also the art of many Mun delein actresses and production crew members. Those who miss the Ballet Theatre on Feb. 22 at the Civic Opera House will miss a world of enchantment where motion and music form the universal words. To the many who will be present for both occasions, no great er compensation is possible than the inch or two each will grow that evening. Week Moments . . Feb. 19, 1:10 p.m., Junior class meet ing, Freshman Counselor meetings Feb. 20, 21, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Senior Comprehensive examina tions Feb. 21, 12 noon, tearoom, Junior party for Seniors Feb. 23, 9:30 a.m., Liberal Arts Scholarship examinations Feb. 26, Sophomore class day 1:10 p.m., Duo-piano concert Catholic Press Month Feb ruary seems a good enough time to consider the charge, and its complete unrealisticness. Any journalist, author, or editor who sincerely believes that all of the people, all of the time, will be im pressed with his work, in just the same way is writing under a pall of limitless hope and/or limitless ig- norance of human nature. Witness the present controversy-, over Tito's proposed visit to the United States. The local diocesan paper, The New World, opposed the dictator's visit. Irate readers wrote column-long arguments against this stand. The New World printed them in full. Readers were free to take sides and did. The same thing happens in public life and in the secular press. On matters of policy, many sides merit consideration; judgment comes after careful study of facts. It is the role of the Catholic press to present facts often to interpret them in the light of precedent and experience. It is the role of the Cath olic reader to follow the Catholic press, to understand its views and different journals may hold different views on questions of policy and to think for himself in the light of knowledge. The Holy Father, in a recent ad dress to Catholic journalists, urged each writer to seek and to present truth. The reader has a similar ob ligation. On Our Toes Jke hudcraper Vol. XXVII Feb. 18, 1957 No. 8 Entered as Second Class Matter Not. 30, 1932, at the Post Office of Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879, 1.75 per year. Published semi-monthly from October to May inclusive by the students of Mundelein College, 6363 Sheridan Road, Chicago 40. Co-editors-in-chief Rita Caprini, Maribeth Naughton Associate Editors Chandra Camp, Marijo Daly, Marilyn Santini, Dolores Ferraro Assistants Geraldine Battista, Marilyn Jensen, Maureen Connerty, Alice Raczak, Marguerite Phil lips, Lynda Rousseau, Jean Vetterick, Beatrice Hoang, Dolores Ferraro Three Blind Mice Barbara Gudcrian Drill Team Marcella Brown First in Peace Mary Lou Flmslie Art Joyce Kuhlmann Reporters Maryvivian Cunnea, Gerryann Foley, Mary Gart, Barbara Hcgan, Margaret Nicholson, Arlene No vak. Florence Theisen, Alice Bourke, Elizabeth Weinrich, Judith Witt, Mari anne Witte, Patricia Dclsing, Nancy But ler, Marilyn Picchietti, Marilyn Riha, Jean Towle, Frances Kotre, Judith An gone, Roberta Dirzius, Mary Merlock, Violet Wick
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1957-02-18 (2)
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