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Pafte Two SKYSCRAPER THE SKYSCRAPER Official Semi-Monthly Newspaper of MUNDELEIN COLLEGE 6363 Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois Mundelein Chicago's College For Women Under the Direction of the Sisters of Charity, B.V.M. Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 30, 1932, at the Post Office of 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. N. Friday, May 24, 1940 No. 14 ALL-AMERICAN HONORS 1939 Member 1940 PHsociated Golle iate Press ALL-CATHOLIC HONORS Telephone: Briar ate 3800 fn.Fditors Clare Anderson, Betty Vettal r M - tailors Frances Sayre, ' julia Mm iianna. Marie Von Driska. Marie Rudd a-SJffiS ::::::::::::::::::::-K i ?.SE News Editor .'.' Helen Murphy Assistants Elai,,e Hartman, Dorothy McCarthy, Evelyn Nelson Maryaniic llr.iiKliaus, . iarv * . .......... Joyce. Wiiiiind Kelly, and lolclta Roche, letta Roche. Seniors Look at Life This time of the year we seniors look hard at life: we look ahead anxiously, and then, reflectively, we look hack on four years in college At first we see only a kaleidoscope of lectures, cokes in the lounge, term papers, the ( gt; o'clock rush, socials in the tearoom, and a candle- formed cross in the windows. Then, gradually, the kaleidoscope he- comes a mirror in which we catch a glimpse of ourselves different people from the freshman class of 1936. A casual observer might not see the difference perhaps we're still wearing the same pair of saddle shoes hut it's there, nonetheless we know it. We're learned much at college (very much more than some of our comprehen- sives showed). Not only to make a speech, trace the English novel, and budget the accounts of businessmen and housewives, but we've learned who we are and where we are going- That's why we're only some what frightened when we think of June 4. We know we are children of God and going to I lilll. There is work tu be done en route. We studied Russian drama and witnessed the tragedy of lives without a purpose. We needn't have read Click hov. though; we saw that tragedy in the walk and in the eyes of people we passed on the street. And we determined to chart our lives wisely and well. 'That sounds stern as a Monday alarm clock, but it's not, for we plan to play and laugh, too. Those much maligned gym nasium classes finally made us sports- conscious. As for the laughs we've seen the .snapshots taken of us on registration day. And there is other work to do. In Scrip ture we read Christ's command that men love one another; in the news we read that men of Europe and Asia kill one another. In our study of literature we saw man's A. B., Mundelein, 1940 Some were confident, some were bewil dered . . . all were freshmen back in Sep tember, 1936 . . . for the first time they saw Mack-gowned seniors file into the center section of the auditorium as an organ played . . . they took snapshots of ice- Idigreed trees on the library campus that winter . . . they beard Christmas carols when two great wreaths were placed on the main facade at the first Candleligliting they attended . . . clubs and organizations beck oned . . . the class of N40 held elections and made friends . . . and changed friends . . . Retreat brought new outlooks . . . the .swimming pool and the gymnasium were gathering-places twice a week . . . every one talked about the abdication . . . quar terlies ceased to be disasters when they were preceded by study . . . sometimes things got a bit mixed up .and a counselor was on band to help . . . college was more work, they thought, but it was fun, too . . . summer came . . . In the autumn there were new freshmen to initiate . . . and the Cotillion to sponsor . . . what to major in became a leading topic . . . Loyola dropped in for a tea dance and everyone did the Rig Apple . . . sophomore comprehensivcs were pretty stiff, but were passed . . . maybe a poem or an article or a newsstory appeared in a college publica tion with a sophomore's byline . . . the Card Party climaxed a time of soliciting and sell ing . . . the sophomores talked about life and freedom . . . they saw black-gowned seniors kneeling before the Rlessed Sacra ment on First Fridays and they thought two more years . . . When the fall of 1938 arrived, they were juniors, upperclassnien, with an authentic major and a PURPOSE in life . . . They enjoyed the Skyscraper Mall that winter and did the Lambeth Walk or La Conga . . . there were a few close friends and a host of interesting associates . . . teachers turned out to be people . . . roller- skating at noon was popular . . . last night's corsage was worn with an air . . . the mid dle section was nice in the auditorium . . . they sang Irish songs on the St. Patrick's Day program and felt as though they be longed when the whole assembly began Stand and Cheer for Mundelein . . . Junior Prom they managed with the effi ciency of old campaigners . . . everyone conjectured about the appointments and elections of the spring . . . they saw their third May Coronation and rejoiced in the young faces about them paying homage to the Queen of Peace . . . preceding the seniors at Baccalaureate and ushering at Commencement, they thought that a year wasn't long to wait . . . And then they were seniors . . . being measured for caps and gowns . . . wearing them for the first time as the funeral cor tege of a great churchman passed slowly by . . . the Mass of Christ the King on a warm October Sunday . . . field trips and practice teaching and collections for Mary- house . . . the new coke machine in the lounge . . . new professors, new ideas . . . conventions, meetings, papers to be read or criticized . . . the first senior engage ment . . . the last Candleligliting when old songs and familiar faces suddenly meant a great deal more . . . class rings . . . their own or someone else's . . . cut privileges for A-studcnts . . . syllabi lor conipre- hensives . . . research in the library . . . philosophy symposia and departmental programs and senior recitals . . . deadlines for term papers, book reports, publications . . . honors, prizes, awards . . . what are you going to do when you get out? . . . Senior Ball plans . . . photographs by Car los . . . practice for graduation . . . enter tainment and reciprocation . . . people you didn't know very well that you wished you bad time to know better, now that the time is almost gone ... a gloved hand placing a tassel on the left side . . . an archiepis- COpal ring ... a brief moment in the Chapel . . . college is ended, but some things . . , things like memories ... go on . . . YouVc the Critic By Frances Sayre You Read Christ and THE WORK ERS, by Stanley B. James; Sands Co., London. V k A ''le ll n g Christian TOU Meet Workers, a rising Catholic organization, and its members, advocates, and opponents. .. . Its deep significance the TOU Leam -relation of this new movement to the social background of our age: As the Spearhead of Catholic Ac tion. the YCW is effecting a bloodless revolution and renovation of the Faith, bringing it once more to the laborers and the poor who championed it 2000 years ago. Mr. James sketches in clear sweeping strokes the present condition of the Catho- weakness and learned something of that tolerance the world does not observe. Philosophy has taught us that man is des tined for the possession of Supreme Good and All Truth, and history lias shown us bis foolish quest of power and riches. During four years at Mundelein we have been in structed in the Truth. Now we want to live and teach the Truth. We seniors, as graduation approaches, turn to our greatest Teacher and. looking to our life ahead, pray with Him: Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name; Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done on earth as it is in heaven. lie laity in the light of their social and economic divisions. Pointing out the fail ure of the bourgeoisie, he predicts the tri umph of the Young Christian Workers, termed by His Holiness Pope Pius XI, Soldiers of the advance guard of the Church. y p The author's broadly his- YOU tn Oy l(M.iCal point of view, his ability to reduce a multiplicity of events and conditions to their least common de nominator. He bridges agilely the chasm between the Carpenter of Nazareth, Piers Plowman, and the modern factory band. v D J ** ,(: T l'l:l-'- hy Kenneth YOU Kead Horan. Charles Scribner's V i i Rose Morgan, doctor's YOU Meet wife, and patient at the Good Samaritan Hospital. Through her keen and understanding eyes, you also meet Dr. Morgan, benevolent physician, and his brother-in-law and professional rival Bruce Kendall, surgeon; Margaret Ken dall, beautiful, langurous, and inadequate; Nurse Genevieve Kelly, Sister Seraphina. w . a few imposing technical You Learn terms wnjcn ien,i an au tlioritative air to a book, not startling )- new. but charming and vivacious. y, . 'The excellent cbaracteriz- YOU LnjOy ation especially that of Sister Seraphina and the vivid descrip tions. ICVUIME Now that their college clays are almost owl the seniors are probably wishing that this were a Help Wanted column instead of humor. Hut we can do our hit to ease their wearying task of job-hunting. The following model interview contains many valuable pointers. Seniors find the pointers and mail them anywhere you want. SCENE Mr. Deal's office. Mr. Deal is what is known as a Big Business Man. Miss Nomer, private secretary, hovers in the background beating her wings and watching the clock. Miss Take en ters for her interview. Mr. Deal (loud afternoon. Miss Nomer. will you lift the blinds and check on that, please? Miss Take: flood afternoon, Mr. Dial. I'm Miss Take. I bad an appointment for an inter view at 2:()(). Mr. Deal: Had is the word, all right. It's 3 :00 now. Miss Take: Oh, that Old Daylight Saving time again. I never pay any attention to it- I'm not the saving type anyhow. Mr. Deal: Miss Take, are you a college graduate? Miss Take: Oh, my yes. I finally got hit degree. Mr. Dial: Hmmni 1 see. Have vim had any business experience? Miss Take: Yes. indeed. I helped in daddy's office last August for two whole weeks. And it was hard work, too. Mr. Deal: Exactly what did you do? Miss Take: I answered the phone, anil made sure the water cooler didn't run out of dixie cups. And I cleared the desks at least twice a day. Mr. Deal: And the government never caught up with you well, well Do you have a Social Security number? Miss Take: I don't think so. It isn't listed in the phone book, anyhow. Mr. Deal: I see. Do you know any typing or shorthand? Miss Take: Oh, yes, I can type. I new took lessons, but gt;ou should see me breeze otei keys And I have my own shorthand system It's very simple, and SO handy You just use dots for the's and dashes for vowels, and yon put a little hook over the ' w's M r. Deal : Yes, yes .1 understand. How about filing? Miss Take: Filing? My goodness, I want to be a secretary, not a manicurist. Mr. Deal: Sorry, my mistake. Well, ban you had any experience as a receptionist? Miss Take: Yes indeed. Mother had a tei just last Saturday, and I received all the guesti when they came in. And I helped Ginny Dunkli last winter when Mr. Deal: All right, all right. That will do nicely. How are you at answering the telephone? Miss Take: Just MARVELOUS. I love ll talk on the telephone, don't you? It's so ex citing. And I'm clever, too. I always let it ling three times before answering it, so I won't seem too anxious. Mr. Deal: Very shrewd, very shrewd. Will Miss Take, we have no openings right now. Miss Take: Hut I'm not very big a teensy weensy opening would be enough. Mr. Deal: Sorry, we haven't much of 11 selection in sizes. Xo. Miss Take, there's nothing at present. I'll call you if anything turns up the summer. Miss Take: Well, don't call me betweti 10:00 and 12:00 in the morning I'll be at tie beach. And we usually go out in the afternooi Let's see, you'd better call me at dinnertime, I'll probably be borne then. Mi. Deal: Very well. Miss Take. Mi*. Nomer remind me not to eat dinner irea now on. ( We have no curtain, but we'll pull the blinds if you insist.)
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1940-05-24 (2)
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