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April 30, 1934 THE SKYSCRAPER Interview Famed Men of Literature For Journalism Visit Alice L. Siems Sculpture Exhibition The twentieth century gave place to the seventeenth and the eighteenth when, on April 20, members of the newswriting class interviewed prominent literary figures, many of whom have long since penned their last immortal line. Thomas Carlyle, English essayist and lecturer, was captured by Eileen Hettin ger in New York immediately after he disembarked from the He de France. But the distinguished Britisher was re ticent about expressing his views on the laboring classes in Europe because he didn't wish to mar his holiday. How ever, he promised to tell all about them in his lecture, on April 30. A little learning is a dangerous thing, declared Alexander Pope when he was questioned by Charlotte Wilcox, the re porter who found the 23-year old essayist to be small, old for his years, and slight ly wind-blown. Mary Frances Petrie, cherishing a be lief that the interviewee is at his best in familiar surroundings, took a three-day hop over to England to interview a fa mous statesman, the Honorable Edmund Burke, on the pertinent question of the management of the American Colonies. Burke Favors Conciliation The Honorable Mr. Burke reiterated with emphasis the substance of his bomb shell declaration made in Parliament re cently, when he declared that the sort of policy which ought to be pursued in the management of the American Colonies is one of lenience and decided attempts at reconciliation. A less turbulent but equally enlighten ing interview took place at the home of Wilfred Meynell, editor of Merrie Eng land, where Mary Catherine Schmelzer consulted with Francis Thompson on the merits of Shelley's poetry. In Shelley's poetry we peep over the wild mask of revolutionary metaphysics and we see the winsome face of a child, was the renowned mystic's penetrating comment. Mr. Thompson spoke with contagious sympathy, warm affection, and keen crit ical insight, declaring that Shelley is what the metaphysical school should have been. That school, he went on to say, was a certain kind of poetry trying for a range. Shelley is the range found. The metaphysical school failed because it toyed with .imagery frostily, cutting it in to shape with a pair of scissors. Shelley was saved by his passionate spontaneity. Cardinal Newman Speaks Marie Bushnell found a famous man of letters peacefully domiciled and open to general conversation, in the person of John Henry Newman, Roman Catholic convert, scholar, and leader in the mo mentous Oxford Movement. A gentlemen is one who never inflicts pain, remarked the kindly Cardinal, him self a perfect type of Christian gentle man. He may be right or wrong in his opinion, but he is too clear-headed to be unjust ... He knows the weakness of human reason as well as its strength, its province, and its limits. Fuller O'Malley arrived at the Santa Fe station just in time to meet a heavy- set man with a patient face, sparkling eyes, and a shaggy moustache, Enoch Arnold Bennett, English novelist and journalist, who had just arrived from New York. As he tranquilly ran his fingers through his great mop of hair, Mr. Bennett gave a wise receipt for successful writing. A moderate amount of brains, of in dustry, of knowledge, and of 'what people want' will establish at least a temporary reputation in fiction. Members of the faculty attended the sculpture exhibit of Alice Littig Siems, 7316 South Shore Drive, on April 10. The exhibit was scheduled to close last week but has been held over another week because of popular demand. Mrs. Siems is a pupil of Lorado Taft, the famous sculptor. A bronze cast of her renowned teacher is on display in the drawing room of her home. It is of he roic size and is now the property of the University of Iowa. Clay, bronze, and marble are the ma terials Mrs. Siems uses. The subjects of her sculpture portraits are professors from the University of Iowa. Among them are Dr. Walter A. Jessup, presi dent of the -university. Dr. Carl E. Sea shore, Dr. Benjamin F. Shaubrough, Dr. Paul C. Packer, and Dr. Edwin Ford Piper. Home Economics Department Announces Scholarship Test Through the generosity of the home economics classes of 1933, a scholarship is being offered this year to the Mun delein College freshman who makes the highest average in the scholarship test which will be given at 10 o'clock on Saturday, May 5. All freshmen are in vited to compete. Celebrate Birthday A pink and white surprise party in the cafeteria was the happy lot of Marguerite Walker on her birthday, April 24. Her ingenious hostesses were Marion Dela- hunty, Teresa Maguire, Harriet St. Clair, Catherine Russell, and Lillian Ryan. Dr. Rooney Talks at Social Meeting of Poetry Society Yellow jonquils and dainty glass dishes brightened the tea table on the rainy afternoon of April 13 when the Charles L. O'Donnell Unit of the Catholic Poetry Society of America met in the fifth-floor social room. Emer Phibbs presided. Sociability was firmly established when the first few minutes of the meeting were devoted to conversation and to eager questioning of Doris Barnett '33, former president of the Stylus club, and other members of the alumnae who were pres ent. Miriam Loughran Rooney, Ph. D., pro fessor of sociology, was guest speaker. Dr. Rooney, speaking of poetry from the viewpoint of one who enjoys it, centered her remarks around the Celtic Renais sance, which was the theme of the meet ing and made special mention of the poetry of Coventry Patmore and others of the group in its appeal to children as well as to adults. Ruth Tangney read a comprehensive paper on the motive, progress, and re sults of the Renaissance, and Emer Phibbs discussed several of the individual poets, reading selections from William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory. The meeting closed with the reading of the poem, Friendship, written by the late Sister Mary Angelita, B.V.M., founder of the Poetry Society unit at Mundelein. Nominations for officers of the society were made and elections will be held at the June meeting. Doris Barnett and Emer Phibbs were nominated for the of fice of president; Ruth Tangey was nominated for secretary. Any student who has had her verse published in Quest is eligible for member ship in the Catholic Poetry Society unit. Honor Charter Class at Junior Luncheon Festivities honoring the members of the Charter Class will swing into being at a springtime luncheon given on Tuesday, May 15. The hotel has not yet been chosen. The members of the junior class will be hostesses to the graduates, and the traditional junior-senior program will be carried out. Mary Ann Walsh, president of the jun ior class, has appointed committees to take charge of the affair. Sallie Agnes Smith, chairman of the en tertainment committee, will be assisted by Lucille Barrett, Marguerite Collins, Irene Lavin, and Mary Jane Blenner. Margaret Wenigman, chairman of the hotel committee, will be assisted by Mary Ellen Decker, Ruth Hazle, Virginia Meagher, and Dorothy Wenthe. Charlotte Knerr heads the committee on favors, and will be assisted by Mary Elizabeth McCracken, Rita Riordan, Vir ginia Schmidt, and Virginia Sweeney. British Humorists Write 'Memorable* History of England Gesellschaft Hears German Scholar Read The members of Die Rothensteiner Gesellschaft and their guests heard Mrs. Caecilie Hammerstein Ming, noted au thor, read four short-stories from her book, Weisser Flieder, at their tea on April 25. Mrs. Ming afterwards presented a copy of her book to the Mundelein Col lege library. Refreshments were served, and during the rest of the afternoon the students chatted with Mrs. Ming and their other guests. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ming, Mrs. Ran dall, Mrs. Weinschenk, Mrs. George Ap- pel, Mrs. C. Ruessler, Mrs. Adolf Murl- mann, and Mrs. Leopold Saltiel were among the other guests of the tea. HONOR ROLL The quarterly reports show that a representative group of students won honors for superior scholarship during the quarter just passed. Those listed for High Honors attained 3. average. Those in the Honors group attained a grade point average between 2.99 and 2.69. Those listed for Honorable Mention attained a grade point average between 2.66 and 2.34. Fay Diwinsky Margaret Grace Mary Herlihy Katherine Brennan Genevieve DelBeccaro Morel Farmer Jane Flick Mary Geiger Ruth Hazle Helen Lange Evelyn Lincoln Emilie Barron Lucille Barrett Gloria Barry Helen Bellows Diane Belogianis Mary Louise Berryhill Marian Bertrand Mary Jane Blenner Loretta Brady Frances Burke Rosamond Carney Priscilla Crowe Helen Driscoll Justine Feely Marie Fisher Agnes Gill Anna Golombowicz HIGH HONORS Charlotte Heun Jean McKeever Catherine Manske HONORS Eileen Madden Mary Marnell Frances Mikkelson Margaret Mullen Marion Mulligan Emer Phibbs Ruth Quirk HONORABLE MENTION Agnes Grogan Lillian Gruss Dorothy Grace Mary Grace Ruth Hottinger Ethel Houlihan Helen Keenan Ruth Kees Mary Elizabeth Kelly Ann Lackner Irene Menarek Ellabelle Michael Margaret Michael Mary Margaret Morrissey Catherine Mulvihill Annaleese Munch Lillian Scholzen Ruth Tangney Virginia Woods Frances Regan Margaret Rice Mary Catherine Schmelzer Helen ISheehan Mildred Sperry Rita Tatge Mary Agnes Tynan Margaret Werlein Coletta Nagel Betty Neil Marjorie Nichols Mary O'Callahan Myrtle Peterson Gertrude Rafferty Charlotte Rauen Rita Riordan Doretta Roche Elizabeth Sacevecius Gertrude Scanlan Margaret Schaefer Betty Smith Rita Smith Margaret Vendley Kathryn Weniger Dorothy Wenthe It is for all you who have spent many semesters confusing the Magna Charta with the Star Chamber Ordinances, forget ting where one left off and another began, and generally spending sleepless nights over all the odds and ends of complex ity that comprise history, that Walter Sellers and Robert Yeatman, two Engl- lish humorists have uproarously tan gled it all into one hilarious jumble and called their satire A Memorable His tory of England in 1066 and All That. memorable because history is after all only what you can remember, and 1066 because it is the more memorable of the two dates that this new and delightful form of text-book boasts. The authors have obviated the neces sity for long learned pages which delve into involved causes and effects, and have happily characterized all the intri cacies of history as Good Things or Bad Things, and the Kings whose names and prefixes we were always juggling are much more memorable as awful, non-descript, tidy, or anything else the authors deem it fitting to call them. Satirizes History Texts Poking delicious fun at the staid and tried methods of history texts, the au thors of 1066 make faces at tradition and merrily conclude that Christopher Columbus was the memorable American who discovered how to make an egg stand on the wrong end, that the French Revolution was caused by Dante and Robespear who was finally massacred on his own gelatine, and that the Industrial Revolution invented the Spinny Jenny or textile working girl. Such muddled bits of information are further confused by the geneological table which absurdly but happily groups half of royalty as descendants of Julius Caesar and Cymbaline, and traces the other half, including Lady Godiva and Joan of Arc, to John of Gaunt and Lady Windemere (The Lady of the Lake). Where words fail the authors, little caricatures sprinkled indiscriminately throughout the book serve to illustrate and clarify the subtle points. Thus when iwe are told that Richard II, An Unbal anced King, got off his throne in des pair, we see a dejected figure sitting beside a throne empty save for his crown and scepter. And the prime min ister Walpole who must not be con fused with Walpole who was quite dif ferent and is memorable for his policy of letting dogs go to sleep is represent ed in wig and pompous frock coat standing on tip-toe with his finger to his lips beside a little dog sleeping on a cushion. Provides Intelligence Tests Helpful tests serve to further bewilder and amuse the reader by such questions as Who had what written on whose what ? What convinces you that Henry VIII had VIII wives? Was it worth it? or instructions to outline joyfully and describe languidly. The Memorable History concludes with the World War during which the Ameri cans were 100 per cent victorious, fol lowed by the Peace to end Peace which provided among other things for the Freedom of the Seas a Good Thing as it did not apply to America or Britain (or Switzerland). That the Kaiser should be hanged a Good Thing as it was abandoned to gether with the Irish Question, Mr. Lloyd George, etc., and a final Bad Thing, that . America was thus dearly top nation and History came to a .
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