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THE SKYSCRAPER THE SKYSCRAPER Official Semi-Monthly Newspaper of MUNDELEIN COLLEGE 6363 Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois Mundelein Chicago's College For Women Under tiie Directioi. of the Sisters of Charity, B. 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. Ill NOV. 24 No. 4 Editors-in-Chicf Evelyn Lincoln, Justine Feely News Editor Charlotte Wilcox Assistants Mary O'Brien, Dorothy O'Donnell Feature Editor -. Ann Lally Make-up Editor Jane Spalding Exchanges Marion Mulligan Sodality Virginia Meagher Art Joan Limburg Athletics - - Irene Lavin Assistant Loretta Brady Circulation Manager Margaret Mahoney Reporters : Roberta Christie, Mary Geiger, Jean ette Griffin, Agnes Grogan, Gladys Henry, Lorraine Horn, Catherine LeBaron, Eileen Madden, Jane Malkemus, Mary Frances Ma- lone, Jean McKeever, Rosemary McVey, Sabina Slarzynska. n (Newspaper j Sy' T . c Member) Telephone: Briargate 3800 / ECCLESIASTICS GATHER FOR BENEFIT OF MISSIONS IN THE great transition period through which the world is passing, few more important events have occurred than the assembly in Chicago of sixty-three arch bishops and bishops from all over Amer ica to attend the Conference of the Cath olic Extension Society. In the midst of economic chaos, the Church is working for the good of all mankind. The event is important, too, in that it is the greatest gathering of ecclesiastical dignitaries since the Eucharistic Congress of 1926. Moreover, as these great church men are here at the call of our own loved Cardinal Mundelein, who is the guiding spirit of the Extension Society's mission work, we of Chicago and of Mundelein College are doubly impressed and honored. The work of the Society is the collec tion of funds for the financing of mission work in all parts of America. It is no local body, caring only for one small sec tion; rather, it branches out into all cor ners of our great country, and to those corners whether they be in ice-bound Greenland or in the scorching deserts of Mexico go missioners sent by the Society, carrying with them the Word of the True God and striving to better the condition of the people religiously, economically, and hygienically. We who witness this great gathering of the prelates of the Church, cannot but be awakened to a new realization of the power and the glory of our Catholic Church, and a new appreciation of the splendid men who are her zealous leaders. A COLLEGIAN AND THANKSGIVING IT is said of the college girl of today that she has a livelier intellectual culture and a more responsible attitude toward life than the generation of college women who preceded her. If this is true, we can rightly say that we have something very definite to be thankful for on Thanks giving day and all our lives through. A comparison of the bored college girl of ten years ago with the eager young woman who now enrolls at our institutions of higher learning is given in the Cur rent History magazine for November by Miss Alzada Comstock, professor of economics at Mt. Holyoke college. According to Miss Comstock, the girl of 1923 and thereabouts went to college because it seemed absolutely necessary if she were to acquire a high social standing and either a career or a husband. Miss Comstock calls this period the barren decade, because of the indifference of the students to information and suggestions. The young women who were graduated at that time were quite sure that the world awaited with open arms their superior intelligence and brilliant ideas. We believe with Miss Comstock that all is changed today. We have seen the young women who come into our colleges learn industry, ambition, and humility. College means rigid economy for both themselves and their parents, and if they wish to con tinue they must prove themselves industri ous, ambitious for the future, and humble that they may not overrate their abilities in facing the keen competition of the world before and after graduation. Because we have seen this change and because we know that it has made the college girl of 1933 a truer, finer, and nobler person, we say that on Thanksgiv ing Day each college student should send a prayer of thanks to God a thank You for making education something that demands sacrifice and hard work that we may better appreciate it now and in after life. y WHERE CREDIT IS DUE p RESIDENT ROOSEVELT has done a courageous thing in recognizing Rus sia. With the sentiments of most of the people of the United States directly op posed to such a step, the President, seeing in an alliance with Russia good for both countries, has formally recognized the vast Soviet State. We commend this action of President Roosevelt in that, as a result of it, Amer icans in Russia will have freedom of wor ship, trade will be stimulated, and Russia will provide a barrier in case of trouble with Germany or Japan. There are, it is true, grave doubts in the minds of many as to the ultimate good in this alliance for the United States; never theless, the fearless action of President Roosevelt in following his conviction. mer its applause. The willingness of Mr. Bullitt, newly appointed ambassador to Russia, to as sume his difficult task, stirs admiration in us, likewise. His is a great task to ce ment solidly the shaky foundation of the Russian-United States alliance. He must face many problems alone in a strange land. We find no envy in our hearts for him, but only admiration for his courage and a prayer for his success. GEORGETOWN HONORS EARLY AMERICAN HERO nrHREE hundred years ago, on Nov. 23, 1633, Father Andrew White, S.J., and his companions set sail from the Isle of Wight on a four-month journey to the New World. And on Nov. 23, 1933, representatives from ten nations paid tribute to his mem ory, in the Tercentennial exercises hon oring him sponsored by Georgetown Un iversity. Father White, born in London, in 1597, became a Jesuit in 1607. He was made prefect of studies at the University of Louvain, and later came to America and spent ten years in missionary work among the early American settlers and the In dians. Father White was seized and sent back to England to be tried on charges against his religion, but he was later acquitted. During his years among the Indians, he made a careful study of the language, reducing it to a grammatical form, and he also wrote valuable monographs on the early colony of Maryland. Indeed, his zeal merited him the name, Apostle of Maryland. His Excellency, the Apostolic Delegate to the United States, the Most Reverend Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, D.D., will be guest of honor at the Georgetown celebra tion. Their Excellencies, the ambassadors of Japan, Italy, Germany, and France, and the ministers of Greece, Venezuela, China, and Portugal will also be present. 1WI ORE consolation for those who grieve over the stringent absence regula tions is given by a recent announcement from Dennis college which states that students may be reinstated after absence caused only by long illness or death. The Creightonian brings the news that the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary were honored on the occasion of the anniversary of their Centennial in an ad dress by the Reverend Leo Mullany, S.J., professor of English at the University. The Sky-Line PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENTS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS The freshman goes along Singing a song And never thinks to worry all day long. The sophomore 'tis true Is oftentimes blue When she hears the clang of the gong. But the junior, ah me Is a sad sight to see For she's all weighted down with troubles. And the senior is dazed. Yet distinctly amazed For she's just learned that worries are bubbles. * * * Well, anyway we know now that there are no Scotch at Mundelein. Not a single student turned in the coupon for a free ticket to Nine Till Six. We wonder if they'll find it on page 4 of this issue??? * * * The college has acquired Two very much admired Specimens. From Africa to Rome There's not another dome That shelters finer specimens than these, Ah no. They are both freshman maids And nothing there is that fades Their bliss. One has never heard, No not a single word About Mahatma Ghandi, so she says, Ah no. The other sits all day Reading books they say On history. She really should be shook For she's read every book That's prescribed on her history list, You see. P. S. There has been a movement on foot to place these specimens in one of the science cases on the sixth floor. * * * The freshmen have found the North Side very friendly, for even the lake waves at them. Freshet. 92 YEAR OLD PROCLAMATION GIVES THANKSGIVING KEYNOTE ' FUCKED away in a corner of the edi torial page of the Chicago Daily Amer ican for Nov. 21, 1841, preserved now in the Chicago Historical Society, we found the first Thanksgiving proclamation ever issued in Chicago. Given out by Mayor Francis Sherman, it is illustrative of the pioneer spirit of courage and reverent thanksgiving for the vast resources yet unexplored in Illinois. Today, 92 years later, with the amazing revelations of a Century of Progress fresh in our minds, we read the quaint appeal, couched in formal legal phraseology, and are conscious of its fine sincerity. It reads, in part: Whereas, in accord ance with the petition of several good citi zens, it hath been unanimously resolved by the common Council of the City of Chi cago, that the Mayor appoint Thursday, the twenty-fifth of November, as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer. It hath pleased the Almighty God to crown the outgoing year with the abund ance of His Providence, and to have con tinued to the people of our city, as well as of our state and nation, those dispensa tions of his goodness whereby the antici pation of seed time, and the golden prom ises of an usually prosperous harvest have been realized . . . and as the Pilgrim Fa thers in the wilderness set apart days of fasting and prayer in honor of the Divine Providence, in supplying them with the means of subsistence, but more particu larly for the freedom they enjoyed in the exercise of every social and religious priv ilege, so the hearts of their descendants must feel a deeper gratitude that the bless ings secured by the toil of their ancestors have descended to them . . . The message is strangely in tune with conditions today. The pioneer days of 1841 were scarcely more fraught with per plexities than the chaotic days of 1933. Rut we, too, can give thanks for our bless ings. Only a few days ago, with the rec ognition of Russia, the freedom of wor ship was extended to our citizens in that land. Last Monday morning 40,000 Chi- cagoans went to work under the direction of the NRA. In their crude log cabins, the pioneers of 1841, fully cognizant of the peril of Indians and the hardships of the long cold winter before them, offered a prayer of thanksgiving. Should we not follow their example ? In the unpolished style of the period, the journalist writes in another article a bit of wise philosophy, applicable to Chi cago today as well as to Chicago of ninety years ago: No one can sit down to nicely browned turkey and the soul-gladdenmg pumpkin pie, surrounded by smiling faces and animated by the overflowing spirits of his fellow feasters, without feeling that there is much in the world to render us happy if we choose to be so.
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1933-11-24 (2)
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