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THE SKYSCRAPER THE SKYSCRAPER Official Semi-Monthly Newspaper of M U NDBLBIN COL Ti K G E 6363 Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois MtJXIlKI.KI.V Chicago's Com.kgk Fon Women Under the Dmixiioi- op the Sisters of Charity, 13. 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. II JUNE 8, 1933 No. 11 Edilors-iii-Cliief Evelyn Lincoln. Justine Feely News Editor Frances Davidson Make-up Editor Virginia Woods Features Ann Lally Athletics Irene Lavin Assistant Virginia Meagher Exchanges Marion Mulligan Circulation Manager Margaret Mahoney Reporters: Mary Jane Blenner, Loretta Brady, Evangeline Cohan. Mary Dunne. Patricia Gill- more. Jeanette Griffin, Ruth Mary Heinz, Joan Limbing, Virginia Newton. Mary O' Brien. Dorothy O'Donnell. Alexandra Prassas, Dorothy Rutstrum. Sallie Agnes Smith, Jane Spalding, Helen Sullivan, Elaine Switzer, Margaret Werlein, Charlotte Wilcox. (Newspaper m j pns* )MembeQ Telephone: Briargate 3800 THE PROBLEM OF LEISURE Final examinations are upon us and the summer vacation, to which we have been looking forward so eagerly, is but one week away. Now that those three months are at hand, what are we going to do with them? Because of existing conditions, many of the students who have worker or traveled in past years will find them selves upon their own resources for rec reation. The test of one's ability to spend well the idle hours is more of a challenge than most people think. In approaching the problem, it might he logical to ask the why of such leisure. The practical answer is, of course, that the purpose of a vacation is so to refresh us mentally and physically that we shall be better able to pursue our work. The more spontaneous reply is that we are given free time to enjoy ourselves. Both answers are important. Enjoyment we shall undoubtedly at tain, considering the proximity of the Century of Progress Exposition and the excellent facilities for tennis, swimming, and golf which our fair city offers. The pleasure derived from sports and lighter recreations plays a large part in the process of reconditioning the student mind and body, but there are a number of other things of equal importance. Beading is probably uppermost in the minds of the students as a means of pass ing many pleasant sessions. Those hooks that the Catholic literature committee has been urging us to read and enjoy, the many works attractively comple mentary to some of our favorite classes, the numerous volumes which merit re reading, the more worthwhile of the re cent publications, all these are already lined up in delightful prospect. What ever we do. we shall do it so whole - hcartcdly and enthusiastically that September will find us looking back upon a worthwhile summer and looking forward eagerly to a successful new se mester. IN TRIBUTE On ahe day when Loyola University bestows a mark of high distinction upon the Foundress of Mundelein College, it seems especially fitting for ihe students of Mundelein College to express the gratitude and appreciation of their college toward a true scholar, a devoted friend, and an able administrator, the Very Reverend Robert M. Kelley, S.J., President of Loyola University. Father Kelley's name has been linked with events at Mundelein College since its beginning. Tt was Father .Kelley who said the first .Mass in the Convent before the college was erected, and it was he who read the Mass of the Holy Ghost at the opening of the first scholastic year. Fa.her Kelley assisted His Eminence, George Cardinal Mundelein, at the dedi cation ceremony in 1931, and it was he who gave the Baccalaureate address for our first senior class. Indeed, during the trying days while. the college was being organized, and throughout the three pioneer years of its existence, Father Kelley has been a friend ever ready to contribute from the storehouse of his experience. When the Jesuits were pioneers in Chicago, Father Darnel), of Holy Family Church, needed teachers for the children in his struggling little parish, and the Sisters of Charity came to Chicago to work with him. Now, the Sisters of Charity being the pioneers. Father Kelley, like the true son of St. Ignatius that he is, has continued to carry on this spirit of loyalty and co operation that has ever made members of the Society of Jesus and the Sisters of Charity firm and true friends. Not only has he been more than gen erous in sending his professors to Mun delein, but it was greatly due to his in fluence that Mother Mary Isabella, for mer Superior General of the Sisters of Charity, B.V.M., was named to receive an honorary degree. It is with a deep and sincere apprecia tion, therefore, of the loyalty and friendship of Father Kelley that we of Mundelein College take this opportunity to express our gratitude for his many kindnesses, and to wish him every suc cess for the future. Journalists Send Books EXCHANGES THE SKYSCRAPER, gratefully ac knowledges The following exchanges re ceived during the past year: The Mount Mirror. Mount St. Seholastica's Collesre; The Viatorian, St. Viator's College; The Trinity Times, Trinity College; The Ho- ya, Georgetown University; The Chicago Normalite. Chicago Normal College: The Collegian, St. Mary's College; The Rambler, Rosemont College; The Watchtower, Marygrove College; The Campus Record, The College of Mt. Saint Vincent: The Creightonian, Creighton University; The Lorian. Co lumbia College; The Loyola News, Loy ola University; The Purple and Grey. St. Thomas College; The Web, Webster College; The Ambrosian News, St. Am brose College; Fagots, S't.-Mary-of-the- Woods College; The De Paulia, De Paul University: The Notre Dame NeAvs, No tre Dame College; The Interlude, Col lege -of St. Francis; The Clarke Courier, Clarke College; The Quadrangle. Man hattan College; The Rattler, St. Mary's University; The Scriptorum, St. Scholas tics s College; Trinity Times, Trinity College; The Falcon, Quincy College; and Mount Mary's Times, Mount Mary College. By Evelyn Lincoln ' J * WO hooks have just come into the Sky- *- scraper office that are. although entirely different in nature, extremely interesting and well worth reading. THE first book to reach us was The Long Road Home, by John Moody, sent by that most interesting of journalists, Mr. Frederick Snyder, who, you remember, lectured so vividly shortly before Christmas, on the stories behind the news. Mr. Snyder spares a few minutes from his busy life now and then to pound out a letter crammed with valuable bits of news and advice to the members of the Skyscraper staff. On his last trip he visited the Virgin Islands and ad dressed the members of the Leper Colony there But to the hook I T is an autobiography of the internationally * known financial writer and publisher, John Moody. It is a thrilling story of the struggles of a young man in our world today of his busi ness adventures, his political enthusiasm, and his reforms AS members of a Catholic college, how ever, it is most valuable to us because it traces the steps by which this level-headed busi ness man forsakes agnosticism and the pragmatic it's-true-if-it-works doctrine, and by discovering the true Christian philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas finds the inestimable blessing of per fect peace in the Catholic church. THE second book was sent by one of its authors, our instructor in editing, Mr. Roland E. Wolseley. It is called Around the Copy Desk, and is an excellent, pract'eal guide to the aspiring journalist who desires an opportu nity to learn in orderly fashion the technique which copy readers of a rapidly disappearing day acquired by trial and error. THIS book contains stories that actually come into a newspaper each day. and the student is required to correct all the errors in them, verify facts, and write headlines for them. The directions at the beginning of each of these exercises are simple and clear. A UNIQUE and challenging section is called Curious Quizzes for the Careful Copyreader. It contains questions that are lia ble to arise any day in a news office and require an immediate answer. Do you know how high the Sphinx at Giza is. or of which university Nicholas Murray Butler is president ? We rec ommend this text. Look it over in the library some day, you'll find it interesting The Sky-Line IN MEMORY OF SISTER MARY ST. GENEVIEVE, B. V. M. The Angel of Death came again to Mundelein College this year, when, on May 8. Sister Mary St. Genevieve, B. V. M., died at St. Elizabeth's hospital after an illness of almost a year. Sister Mary St. Genevieve came to Mundelein College when it was opened in 1930, and since that time has been a member of the faculty in the English department. Because of failing health. Sister went to the infirmary of the Sisters of Charity al Mount Carmel, Dubuque, Iowa, in the fall of last year, but she returned to Mundelein shortly before Easter and was taken to St. Elizabeth's for spe cial treatment on May 2. Sister was consoled and encouraged in her last hours by the presence of her brother, the Rever end William T. Nash. S. J., of St. Ignatius high school. Father William Nash read the Requiem High Mass in St. Ignatius Church on Thursday morn ing, May 11, at 9 o'clock, and the Reverend John J. Nash, S. J., of Detroit, who is also a brother of Sister Mary St. Genevieve, was deacon. The Reverend George Shanley, S. J., was sub-deacon. The senior class of Mundelein College, wearing collegiate caps and gowns, attended as a guard of honor in the funeral procession, and the entire student body attended the funeral Mass. Eighteen priests from Loyola University and St. Ignatius high school were present in the sanc tuary during the Mass, and a number of them accompanied Father William and Father John Nash to Mount Carmel cemetery to give the last blessing at the grave. In the English department at Mundelein Col lege, Sister Mary St. Genevieve won the esteem and affection of her students, and she established a reputation for excellence and efficiency in her field and for untiring devotion to her duty as a teacher. Realizing that this is the final issue of The Skyscrai'kr for the present scholastic year, we feel singularly obliged to bequeath the follow ing: Gratitude towards those who have laughed at our jokes. Appreciation for those who have enlivened the classroom with potential material for the Line. Sympathy for all other columnists, and our staunch support for the canonization of all our contributors. * * * Likewise we consider it both a duty and a pleasure to make the following awards: First Honors To anyone who has made all her 8:15 classes on time. To whoever has made a three-point average in guessing which elevator was which. To the constant reader of the bulletin boards. To the originator of the browsing corner. To whoever may have turned in all her term papers on time. * * * Miss Greene's the very clever girl Who just the other day, Set the college laughing; With what she had to say. A journalism student Who sought an interview. Asked her what study- She liked best to pursue. Miss Greene thought for a moment. Then lifted up her head. It's Glee club, for I like to sing For credit, dear. she said. Ann Onymous. * * * THEME SONG FOR EXAMINATIONS Study Hard Those words like torrents thunder through my ears No consolation no peace Must I unceasingly go on Study hardl To ponder laboriously over a finely printed book, To write to bend one's back. To forget life and light and pleasure. To forsake all sunshine. To delve into deep, dark pages of loathed books, To study hard. For mere examinations. V. M. * * * School days School days Dear old keeping rule days. Greek, and History, and Economics Taught while the clock so slowly ticks. You've brought us joy but sorrow too. We are so glad we're leaving you. We're writing you this In a moment of bliss For we see vacation ahead. * * * Marie I heard you nearly drowned yesterday when your canoe overturned. Is that true? Marian Why. yes. I would have if it hadn't been for my floating rib. * * * Cheer up. editors. This is sunny weather, No more Skyscrapers Must we put together. Cheer up, contributors. This is the last time, You will have to worry- About filling up the Line. * * * EXAMINATION REVELATIONS- PAGING RIPLEY A Celtic chieftain wore his legs bare or tied at the ankle. Mr. Blank was the sold certificating authority for Mohawk County, outside New York. The women wore laced scandals. Beards were worn by all men and pheasants. WE SPARED YOU THIS The organist prayed a prelude
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1933-06-08 (2)
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