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Page Two SKYSCRAPER Now In November ... Calling All White Elephants In the many lists of names published in recent weeks in recogni tion of ballet workers, an entire group is conspicuous by its absence. Al though the benefit was entirely student-sponsored, we could not have realized the success we did were it not for the complete cooperation of the Sisters. Now they have a project of their own to benefit the College a Christmas Gift sale. Here is an opportunity to show that we, too, are equal to the task of lending a willing, helping hand. For those skilled in the art of deciphering an argyle pattern there is the possibility of donating an item of handiwork, which could be any thing from an embroidered handkerchief to a knitted stole. A pair of infants' booties can easily be dashed off in one night and may be just the thing for which a prospective gift-buyer is searching. Lack of time or finger-dexterity is no excuse for not helping, how ever. Purchased donations are acceptable. Contributions to the White Elephant booth are acceptable. Old jewelry, to be reconditioned for Christmas tree ornaments, is acceptable. Those with a special talent in gift-wrapping also are needed. And something all of us can do is the job of publicizing the sale to our relatives and friends. They, too, will thank us for saving them endless trips to overcrowded, under-stocked department stores by pre senting the opportunity to shop for the Aunt Kates and Uncle Jims all in one enjoyable, unhurried day. And, of course, the Sisters will thank us. They were there when we needed them. Let's prove that we, too, are real friends. All Club Presidents They've added a new tongue twister to the litany of alphabetical student organi zations. The CCB, not to be confused with the CCC of depression fame, nor the CCD. soon to meet in convention, has apparently emerged from its period of incubacy and is getting set to spread its wings. The Club Coordination Board is not a novel idea created by the Student Activi ties Council to give the vice-president of the SAC an official function. The CCB will be an important part of our college community, provided the group can clar ify its vague definition and framework, ft is the core, the beginning from which all extra-curricular activity springs. With out the autonomous club units there would be no Sodality, no debating, no French movies, no extra-curricular activity of any consequence that requires more than individual initiative. It's time that the respect for potentiali ty be carried beyond the metaphysics class. It's time that we became foresighted enough to recognize a strong nucleus for coordinated activity in the person and position of joint club organization, plan ning and accomplishing student affairs under the general surveillance of the Stu dent Council. The members of this year's Board are anxious to answer some of the questions their predecessors posed, to find out what they are and. from that analysis, to de termine what they are to do. ()ne of the major questions will be posed at the Nov. 2 meeting that is, whether the clubs on campus are self-sufficient enough to attain their own ends without outside assistance or whether they should receive impetus and assistance from re lated groups on other campuses through the use of a Catholic inter-collegiate ex change as established in the NFCCS Com mission System. The answer is for them to decide, the results of that decision are for us to man ifest both in interest and action. Every club member at Mundelein should be alert to the ramifications of'the Board's decision and express her views at the next meeting of her club group. AH Interested Citizens Like an alarm clock just whispering . . . then exploding into one's reverie . . President Truman's big news of last week reached the world. He nominated General Mark Clark, who led the successful Ital ian campaign of World War II, Ambassador to the Vatican. Immediate protests poured in from groups all over the country, which have condemned Communism yet object to government at tempts to establish relations with Communism's strongest foe The Vatican. One antagonist says: The Vatican cannot have its cake and eat it. It cannot be a state one minute and the head of the Roman Cathol ic Church the next. But the Vatican can be and is an independent state of the world with the essential requirements of statehood territory, people, a gov erning body. Thirty seven other nations, including England, France, Egypt, In dia, the Netherlands, have diplomatic relations with the Vatican. The United States had an envoy there in the nineteenth century, a represen tative there from 1939-1950. From the point of view of self-interest, the United States, by es tablishing diplomatic relations with the Vatican will gain access to the facilities of the best listening post in the world. The Vatican is the only government that can get authentic information today from behind the Iron Curtain. Furthermore, the Vatican is a great moral force, and an invaluable ally in the war against amoral Communism. Facts are useless weapons against prejudice and bigotry. But they are important instruments for creating understanding on the part of well intentioned but confused people. Intelligent, forceful, factual letters to our Senators can do much to dispel misunderstanding and to support the President's courageous and enlightened action. If each student at Mundelein writes two let ters, talks convincingly with two people, a vast amount of misinforma tion may be offset. Ail Saints, YOUR Day Political policies, the weather, styles, and a woman's mind change, but the Command ments are basic and can be applied with success to every situation. All Saints' Day is a special reminder of that success. The goal of personal holiness is not limited to intelligent, wealthy, or beau tiful people. For entrance to paradise, no identification is needed, no passport,- no voters card, draft card, or any special papers. It is human nature to look for the so- called easy way to accomplish things, tin- short cut to success. Probably there is no easy way to sanctity but there is a sure way. and all of us know it. Everyone at Mundelein may. if she wishes, achieve sanctity. . Ill Saints' Day will be our day if we want it to be. What Qoes On . . . TAKE THE ORDINARY BOOK RE PORT. IT HAS A PRICE ON ITS HEAD, and the mortgage is coining due next week in the wake of this quarter's fin al classes. Categorically this meeting the deadline process has four separate and dis tinct collegiate approaches. THERE'S THE SLOW EASY AP PROACH GENERALLY ATTRIBU- ted to the girl with a touch of the phlegmat ic in her temperamental make-up. Her first step, a look at the number of pages, is followed by a soulful sigh, followed by a comfortable chair and pillow. The whole process leads to a relaxed wandering through page after page until the entire body drifts into a state commonly termed cat-napping. But if the- approach isn't brusque, it is at least patient and, she re sumes the page-consuming period. , With a vivid reflection on the number of words necessary to fill a page-and-a- half of book report paper, large handwrit ing, the patient student begins the con densation to end all condensations, which is commonly termed in collegiate circles brief and to the point. Saint Thomas Aquinas, pray for us. THERE'S THE LATE, CRITICAL APPROACH . . . GENERALLY AS- cribed to the predominantly sanguine per sonality whose universal slogan reads put- off-until-tomorrow-what-you-can-probably- get-done-today. Her pattern predominates until the deadline closes in. Then the monumental crisis arises. Reading, jumping, scanning, much more conscious of the time element than of what she's reading, this student will start wor rying about what the report will do to her B average befora she has solved the problem of when to read the book. Regardless of the end result, she will suspect that the Instructor is distrustful of her work anyway and will challenge her on some minute footnote known only to the author and to God. Saint Peter, pray for us. THERE'S THE CONFIDENT. SEARCHING APPROACH . ..GENER- ally marked by strong choleric tendencies. Situated in a compatible environment with family antics on all sides so that the great est possible range of absorption at one moment is possible, she flips open the book cover. The great anticipator leaps to each new idea harbored within the inviting pages. Conflicting opinions become disturbing, and conclusions manifest themselves in a sharp, dogmatic, often wordy report, which seems to spell out in capital letters the confidence of expression. Saint Paul, pray for us. THERE'S THE DEEP, MOODY AP PROACH . . .v GENERALLY IN- grained in the girl who can lay claim to a strong melancholy strain. Her first prob lem, finding a quiet place to settle, is closely seconded by desire for appropriate weather. Once in a firm meditative mood, she begins absorbing the Summa as in tensely as she might absorb David Cop- perfield. Her product is a profound re port with 200 obscure figures all highly cerebral. St. John the Evangelist, pray for us. WE APPROACH ALL THE COM PLEXITIES OF HUMAN ACTIVITY with the slant which most adequately suits our God-given temperament/ Communion of Saints, pray for us. Student View . . . Iran's Heart Throbs Spill Oil, Anxiety; Cause UN Flood Iran is the nation that oil built; Iranian oil is the commodity that England built. Last week as an unusually calm Mosse- degh, Prime Minister of Iran, confronted the United Nations Security Council, the tremors which began to crumble the edi fice of Anglo-Iranian relations las June finally jarred the keystone. Thought ful Americans are asking Are these tremors caused by Iran's genuine desire for nationalization, or are they the reper cussions of extremist-inspired Iranian pub lie opinion? Jl In 1933, a barren, hidden Iran concluded negotiations for a 60-year oil concession to be managed by the British-sponsored Anglo-Iranian Oil company. Out of this grew the city Abadan, and the internation al prominence of Iran. I In April 1951. Mossedegh assumed the . premiership and fanned into flame the Iranian postwar desire for nationalization ; of Iran's oil interests, and economic in- dependence. . In June 1951, Iranian public opinion was I sufficiently aroused to demand arbitra- tion. Richard Stokes, British negotiator, and Averell Harriman, special United States envoy, failed to negotiate a com- promise satisfactory to both England and Iran. Last week, Great Britain presented j the burden to the United Nations. Americans are asking; is Mossedegh the savior or the destroyer of Iran? As an I election issue, Mossedegh pushed nation- i alization of oil and public opinion to the brink- of extremism. Trapped by its own demands, the aroused Iranian populace is I apparently dragging its now unaided na-) tion to economic ruin. Consequently, the oil pumps of Abadan, formerly manned by British technicians, are silent, and the sky above the Persian Gulf is clear of smoke. This is due, not only to the machinations of Mossedegh, but also to the unbridled demands of pub lic opinion. If the Iranian people favored the Anglo- Iranian Oil company, then turned from this to Mossedegh, tjie prophet of nation alization, what will be their next wish? Without foreign monetary and technical aid. a partially employed and hungry Iran will possibly open her resources to Soviet- backed commercial interests. - However, nationalization and not the threat of com-f munism is the impetus behind public sen-; timent in Iran. In June. Iran faced the decision. She could stand as a weak but independent na- tion or stand as a potent but British-sup ported nation. Disregarding the benefits of the British genius for making nations, i the people of Iran turned their faces from England. The people of Iran, not solely Mosse-, degh. have initiated the break with the Western Powers. Situated in the hub of the Near East, Iran could look to. the East or to the West; public opinion has turned Iran's face from the West. Jne *3 ifi crctper Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 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. Vol. XXII November 1, 1951 No. 3 I Co-Editors Barbara Heintz, Mary Jane Lamb Student View .. Arlene Gorgol, I Donna -Merwick l Cornerstones Peggy Reidy, Marion Whelan I SAC Speaks Up .-.... ; Patricia McHugh . Claire HrHyarrJ Divertissements' ;. .'. v..... .... Helen Ste.wart M '. ; ' ' Barbara-Bidwel 1 Skyscrapings ...:....-:..... .. Rosemary- Burfis ,,1 Barbara Shaughnessy, Irene Johnson,: -Jan t Roach, Sybil Lillie
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