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Page Five - The SKYSCRAPER - April 5, 1968 Students go all out for McCarthy by KATHY RILEY JANET SASS Perhaps the most fantastic part of Senator Eugene McCar thy's campaign for the democratic presidential nomination is its utter dependence upon student volunteers. While big city politicians are feeling the decreasing power of patronage jobs to attract enough campaign workers at election time, the soft- spoken Minnesota senator seems to have grabbed thousands of youthful supporters out of nowhere. And surprising nearly every one, he has launched a drive which is proving, at least, that political science isn't always as scientific as it seems to be. Mundelein Volunteers During the two weeks pre- ceeding the Wisconsin primary April 2, an estimated 13,000 students including about 40 from Mundelein streamed into the state's key cities for the final push. Response was so spontaneous that a makeshift sign at the Milwau kee headquarters proclaimed: Volunteers Call worried par ents collect Sleeping bags on their shoul ders, at least a majority of the student volunteers came from out-of-state mostly the Mid west and the East. Many were too young to vote. Self-support ing, most had never worked in a political campaign before. No one seemed worried about mis sing classes or dropping out of school even at the risk of losing draft deferments. What the campaign seemed to offer was the chance to make a personal commitment a commitment that a class room discussion, no matter Psychologist will discuss health plan Dr. John E. Kysar, psychia trist and Director of the Stu dent Health service, University of Illinois, Circle Campus, will speak on April 8, 7 p.m. Mc Cormick Lounge. His t a 1 k, Emotional problems of Col lege Students, is sponsored by the Counseling Department. Dr. Kysar's field of interest is college mental health and late adolescent personality de velopment. He is editor of sev eral phamplets, Going Steady and Depression in College Women and Students Ques tion Sexual Standards. On the teaching staff at both Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola university, and Chicago Medical School, Dr. Kysar participated in the Internation al Council of Psychiatrists in London in 1964. Certified by the American Board of Neurology and Psy chology, Dr. Kysar is a fellow of the American Psychiatric association. During his private practice, he had appointments at Michael Reese and Swedish Covenant hospitals. He was consultant to the Psychiatric Institute of the Municipal Court of Chicago, and out-pa tient psychiatrist for the Illi nois State Psychiatric hospital. how lively, cannot supply. Freshman Pat Wright, who vol unteered several days of spring break to work for McCarthy, commented, Supporting a can didate is more than just wear ing a button you have to earn it. Furthermore, the sense of equality among workers and lence in the cities. They don't comprehend what is happening and they don't know how to react. When President Johnson announced that he wouldn't ac cept the re-nomination, people seemed even more confused. Dampened Idealism But even more dampening lo youthful idealism than voter in difference is the discovery that some voters support your can didate for irrelevant reasons: I'd never vote for Nixon. Why don't they draft David Eisen hower? Then, although there may AT THE WAREHOUSE just north of Milwaukee, Cathy Steiber and Carol McCabe fold and stuff McCarthy campaign litera ture to be used by statcdwlde canvassesr. general freedom from bureau cracy was reflected in volun teer Katie Beckert's comment: Everyone was friendly and you didn't feel that anyone was talking down to you. Freshman Rosie Beales, who worked in Green Bay, Wise., commented on the spirit of the McCarthy volunteers: Their concern with the primary gave me hope for the country. Thorough Canvassing Most Mundelein participants spent the past week-end door- to-door and telephone canvass ing in Wisconsin cities. Can vassing is designed to deter mine voter sentiment in the area, so that McCarthy sup porters can be quickly con tacted and reminded to vote on election day. Its main purpose is not to convince people to vote for Sen ator McCarthy, but to make people aware that there is a primary and that a man named Eugene J. McCarthy is running foi president. Students totally involved in the campaign often found it difficult to understand why all those nice, mid-western housewives seemed so bland and indifferent to politics '68. On the other hand it was easy to overrate your support when your co-workers were so enthusiastic. Commented fresh man Julie Galloway, It was depressing to find that people were against you. Undecided Voters Senior Mary Ellen O'Keefe, who canvassed in Kenosha, Wise, described most voters as friendly. Yet, she added, I was surprised at the number of undecided people. Junior Janet Sass felt that people were not just indifferent but confused too. They seem confused about the war, the growing dissent and the vio- well be valid criticisms of your candidate, it hurts to hear what you consider unfair judgments: McCarthy is nothing but an opportunist who is capitalizing on the dissent in the country. Worst of all are the misin- MARGE SKLENCAR, former MSC president and now na tional coordinator of Students for McCarthy, directs the campaign from McCarthy headquarters in the Wiscon sin Hotel, Milwaukee. formed voters: I to vote for George now I'm voting McCarthy. He's This voter didn't Senator McCarthy, ing a strong labor one of the sponsors of the 1964 and 1965 civil rights bills. Then you begin to wonder just how many people vote on the issues or if they even un derstand what the issues are. And, if your candidate does win, what does it really mean? Although canvassing was the main thrust of the campaign, other activities, no matter how trivial, were not forgotten. Vol unteer Marilyn Murray spent part of her spring break con tacting students to leaflet fac tories at 5 a.m. She also called radio stations to offer them the tape of Senator McCarthy's statement on Rockefeller's all- but-official bowing out of the race. Mary Montovan helped pre pare canvassing kits along with the more enviable job of distributing leaflets announcing Senator McCarthy's and Paul Newman's arrival at a desig nated spot. Seniors Eileen Glennon, Diane Lally and Fran Butzen recruited volunteers from Mid west colleges, and distributed leaflets at south side churches and shopping centers. Mary Ellen O'Keefe, co-or dinator of students for McCar thy at Mundelein, says that student buses will begin leav ing for the Indiana primary April 20. The primary, in which both Senators McCarthy and Kennedy are on the Dem ocratic ballot, is May 7. The McCarthy headquarters for the 49th Ward and the Mundelein and Loyola Students for McCarthy is located next to the 400 Theater on Sheridan Road. Seminar marks centennial (Continued from page 1) The program is the edu cational segment of the year long centennial celebration honoring the BVM community in the Chicago area. In 1867 the foundation of the first Chi cago mission was laid when Jesuit pastor Father Arnold Damen and five BVM sisters opened Holy Family school in the city. A decade later, four more institutions were opened as out missions from Holy Family. In these five schools, the Sisters provided instruc tion for 36 per cent of the pa rochial elementary school chil dren of Chicago, and by the turn of the century the com munity had established ten schools in the area. With the founding of St. Mary's high school in 1899, the state of Illi nois saw its first central high school for girls. At the height of the depres sion the religious community founded the first Skyscraper college for women in America and in 1959 dedicated its Scho- lasticate for the residency of young sisters. College welcomes incoming freshmen had planned Wallace,, but for Senator for labor realize that besides hav- record, was One hundred twenty-eight prospective freshmen and their parents are arriving at Munde lein today, April 5, for the first spring orientation pro gram for incoming freshmen. The purpose of the April 5-7 weekend is to acquaint the high school seniors with the College and to administer placement tests in mathemat ics and Humanities I in order to plan schedules in advance. After the placement tests are administered Saturday morn ing, the students and their par ents will attend a student-fac ulty discussion on Liberal Arts at Mundelein: Myth or Reality? Participants in the discussion are faculty: Mr. Mi chael Fortune, English depart ment; Sister June O'Connor, theology; Mr. Albert Miller, political science; Sister Joan Delaney, Russian; junior, Car ol Ryan; sophomores, Mary Anne Anderson and Julie Cola cino; and freshmen, Sue Carl son and Sue Price. Following a talk by Paul Crafton, financial aid director, on College Costs and How to Meet Them, Sister Ann Ida Gannon, president, will ad dress the seniors and parents on Education For Your Glob al Village. The Big Sisters are preparing a tea in Lewis Center for the guests imme diately following the presi dent's talk. The prospective freshmen and their parents will be the guests of the College at Sun day morning liturgy and brunch, tentatively planned for either McCormick Lounge or the Scholasticate. The orientation weekend will culminate the symposium on the future of education featur ing Paul Goodman, social crit ic and author; Robert May nard Hutchins, author, educa tor, and president of the Fund for the Republic; and Eliza beth Sewell, educator, poet and chairman of the Bensalem Ex perimental College at Ford ham University in New York on April 8. The high school seniors will stay in either Coffey Hall or the Northland for the weekend.
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1968-04-05 (5)
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