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Page Four SKYSCRAPER Sophomore Bewails Ignorance, But Rates An A for Erasures I am stupid I am not well in formed I am wasting my time in college I do not know how many miles of toll roads have been con structed in Wasatch, Utah, and how many pushcarts have travelled them annually since Lincoln's death. I do not even know wheth er a dotted line crossing a map of an imaginary country rep resents the international date line, a railroad track, or an ex- terraneous mark left on the test paper by a careless print er. And, I blush to admit, I cannot distinguish between Chinese and Japanese writing. Why. oh why, didn't I learn the eating habits of hawks and hoot- owls? Why didn't I study the ball bearings in freight car wheels while I was waiting at crossing, instead of counting cars? On the other hand, I did not fall prey to the many traps and pitfalls dotting every page of the test. I did not say that an artist's mobile Was a sculptured design of an auto body I said it was his travelling kit I knew that Thomas Costain didn't receive the Nobel Prize for literature Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt must have. And, of course the contemporary pianist was Alec Guiness, not Alex Templeton. One more statement in my own defense that I think the machine corrector should keep in the back of its electro-static mind: I'm sure that I have the cleanest erasures in the country; no extraneous marks deface my papers, and I faithfully went over every pencil mark two or three times (three times if I was extra sure of the an swer). Perhaps I won't be the most backward sophomore in the country. To the many anxious freshmen who have approached me with questions and pleas of counsel for next year, I offer this advice: train the muscles in your back and neck to unbend after bending for three hours; have a clear picture in your mind of the development of the Spode china industry before you take the tests, and, most impor tant of all STOP Even if you have not fin ished this part, stop Do not go on to the next part until the instructor has given the signal to begin . . . 14 High Schools Win Awards Fourteen archdiocesan high schools have received honors in contests and tournaments spon sored by Mundelein this year. St. Ignatius high school won the first place trophy in the High School Debate tournament, March 13, with Fenwick claiming the sec ond place trophy. Alice Bourke of St. Gregory and Karen Bland of St. Scho- lastica took the medals for the best girl speakers, and Wal ter Fiorentini of Loyola and Robert McGugin took medals as the best boy speakers. Trinity high school won the Mathematics tournament, March 6, with Visitation ranking second. Individual award winners were Joan Brachecek of Trinity, Joyce Kunzmann of Nazareth, Dorothy Clark of Visitation, Mary Carol Flavin of Visitation, Rosemary Ward of Marywood, and Anne Chestnut of Trinity. In the Creative Writing contest sponsored at the Press Workshop, Mary Hereley of St. Scholastica won the Editorial award, and Dol ores LeCompte of Cathedral High won the Book Review award. Harry Hayes of Mt. Carmel won the Feature Story award; Mary Ellen Aisanich of SS. Peter and Paul won the News Story contest, and Claudette Ruffino of St. Mary's won the Verse award. Freshman Victory Opens Interclass Basketball Intermural Basketball opened on March 11 with a game between the freshmen and sophomores. Members of the victorious fresh man team were Captain Patricia O'- Donnell, supported by Alyce Fied ler, Mary Baietto, Melanie Breundl. Jane Panka, Jean Chester, Rose Rohter, and Norma Indovina. Playing on the sophomore team were captain Katherine Cannon, Grace Walker, Ann Davidson, Ann Jurkash, Frances Thieson, Virginia Leidinger, Margaret Hickey, and Bernadette Leigh. Volunteers for the Junior team, which has not yet played, are Pa tricia Glod. Susan Ricketts, Alice Campbell, Arlene Halko, Mary Ann Lashmet, Phyllis Wockner, Mary Carey. Other volunteers are Mary Ag nes Brennan, Mary Jean Brisch, Patricia Cassidy, Irene Hojnacki,; Mary Lou O'Brien, Odiele Brus- seau, Marguerite McGrail, Eileen McGuire, and Vasilia Soutsos. Student Teachers Tell . . . What It's Like On The Other Side of the Desk? How do you like student teach ing? Do the children behave well? Is it difficult to manage a class? These questions and others like them resound familiarly to seniors who are student teaching in the public schools. Some of them an swer as follows: Ruth Gleason: My foremost problem was finding the intellect ual level of each child. My next was providing necessary activities for children in the higher and low er intellectual groups. Ann Fitzgerald: I find student teaching a maturing experience. It gives me opportunity to apply what I have learned in education courses. Kathleen Doogan: I was sur prised and pleased to find the chil dren exuberant and enthusiastic. On the whole, they enjoy working, are eager to help, and love to be charged with small odd jobs. Helen Sweeney: At first I was uncertain how to act, what attitude to take in dealing with the chil dren, but I learned in my first class that they recognize an adult's dig nity. We must show them from the beginning that we mean what we say, since first impressions last. Patricia Gmelich: I don't know just what I expected, but the read iness, general intelligence, and wil lingness to learn on the part of my pupils was a surprise and a joy. Marilyn Cullen: It is an exper ience I shall never forget, and I have learned to feel perfectly at ease with an age group in which I expect to spend much of my time from now on. Nancy G. Crawford: While teaching a large class of five-year olds, I realized the importance of child guidance, of knowing when to step in, When to call their at tention, when to let them play, converse, and react freely. The children themselves want to be guided democratically, not force fully or carelessly. Audre McCarthy: In the very first week, I learned that children expect one to practice what one preaches. During a hygiene period. I explained the ways to avoid a cold. And on Monday morning I appeared with one, myself marks students wearing the new College blazers, white flannel with the College insigne on the potlj et. Modeling are Elizabeth Kelly, Mary Lou Hirsh, and Lorraine Ptac SPRING CHIC Senior Receives Medical Technology Internship Bid Margaret Kahles, Senior Chem istry major, has received an intern ship appointment effective in July, as a medical technologist at Wesley hospital. Varsity Wins Three Qames Fighting its way victoriously, the Varsity Basketball team de feated Rockford college and the University of Chicago at the an nual Playday held at the latter uni versity, March 6. Scores Were 21-19 and 41-26, respectively. The Varsity met DePaul's team on March 15, losing by a score of 28-24. On March 16 it succumbed to Great Lakes, 37-24. Aztecs, Martian Women Haunt Student Dreams Illusions, inaccurate perceptions of an object, haunt my nightmares. Aztecs, hovering over my American History book, skulk through the pages of sleepless nights, scalping me of all knowledge. - With native cunning over, they abandon me to hapless skirmishes with amoebae and test-tubes. Like pixies, they jinx my starch and voodoo my acids. Seniors Present Recital, April 4 (Continued from page 1, col. 1.) chosen from nature as the two in this recital, Wind in the Pines and Canyon Walls. Recipient of many prizes, De la Tombelle, is one of the best known contemporary French organists and compos ers. In the final group Miss Kloc will play are Chorale in A Minor by Franck ; Intermezzo by Bonnet, and Symphony, No. 6, by Widor, the Finale. Based on the polyphonic forms of Bach, Franck's compositions are filled with mystic poetry. His Chorale is treated in the free man ner of a fantasie or as an impro visation. Suavity and sweetness distin guish the compositions of Bonnet, also of the Modern French school, whose concert hall material has at tracted large organ recital au diences. Successor to Franck as pro fessor of organ at the Paris conservatories, and organist for many years at the Cathe dral of Notre Dame, Widor is a world famous master. The starch is red, the acid's blue, and I've invented a new school of bio-chemistry. Making nightmares of my night mares, Martian women lunge at me. Masked by objects resembling helmets, worn backwards, they wave their swords and shout, En garde. En garde. Matching vowel sounds against the foils of the white-vested space- Women, my French verbs flit from their pages and fence me into my living cell of assignments. Jesuit Lectures On Social Work Sociology majors heard Father Felix Bistek, S.J., of Loyola uni versity, lecture on Social Work, March 17. Earlier in the month, Rosemary Ambrose, Justina Boyle, Mary Breen, Rose Zingarelli, and Rose- marie Graham visited the House of the Good Shepherd, on a field trip. SAC Speaks Up . . About Variety Show, Big Sisters, College Days, and Lent The evening of dinner, danci: and entertainment sponsored I the Women's Auxiliary on St. I rick's Day was well worth theif fort. Congratulations to all helped. * * * Be sure to read details the Variety Show on May 22. is your show and its success i pends upon you. * * * Freshmen will agree that Big-Sisters were a great help the orientation program, term of office is now co and new' Big Sisters are nei to continue the program for in ing freshmen. It requires but is rewarding. When Big- ( ters are invited to volunteer, let the opportunity pass you I * * * Deserving commendation atej girls who represent Mundeleiif College Days in the high sch They see that Mundelein and facilities are known to prosp freshmen. New represents will be chosen from the inco Senior class. * * * It is always amazing to ra just how much is going on aii the school but unknown to students. Many students have I rificed time and effort to be Sisters and College Day re tatives. J aetare Sunday is coming. Of restrained joy in the peniti season of Lent, it foretells the of Easter by telling us that I is half over. Let us praise) thank God on this day for us Easter after Lent. Suburban Teaching Offers Opportunity Requirements and opportuJ for teaching in suburban pj schools were explained to sttJ teachers and other studentsl Marcii 18 by Mr. W. R. Ethel Mr. Etherton is the assistaitl perintendent and director of pen nel for the Cook County School
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1954-03-22 (4)
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