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THE SKYSCRAPER January 19, 1934 THE SKYSCRAPER Official Semi-Monthly Newspaper of MUNDELEIN CO hLEGE 6363 Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois Mundelein Chicago's College For Women Under the Directio;. 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. IV JAN. 19, 1934 NO. 6 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, Genevieve Del Bec- caro, Rita Eppig, Mary Geiger, Lillian Gruss, Gladys Henry, Laetitia Kalisz, Jane Malkemus, Jean McKeever, Margaret Mullen, Jean O'Con nor, Mary Catherine Rose. Telephone: Briargate 3800 THE WHY OF RETREAT We spend a great deal of time worrying about our intellectual attainments, and we also think long and earneatly about the social level we desire to reach and the ways to accomplish that desire. But how much time do we give to the consideration of our achievements in our spiritual life? Our goal is happiness always Yet we do not attain that happiness through purely intellectual endeavors, nor is our cup of joy completely filled because we top the list of the elite at a social function. The true basis of happiness is some thing deeper, more lasting, and more cap able of coordinating the labors of our heart, brain, body, and soul A realization of God and a desire to love and serve Him that is the foundation of our lives and the means of attaining the only true hap piness we may acquire here upon earth. Now, when our retreat is about to be gin, we have an opportunity to build firmer that foundation upon which the structure of our entire life must be erected. It is a time to tear out weak spots and to strengthen wholesome virtues. If we are honest with ourselves we shall learn where the weak spots are, and if we are in earnest we shall strive diligently to tear them out and to gain for ourselves the priceless peace and strength and knowledge which will come in these few days. Words are clumsy things with which to convey the true meaning of a retreat. They cannot hold in their black and white out lines the spirit of interior peace and alone- ness with God that the writer intends should permeate them any more than the artificial flower can send forth the fra grance of a real bud. But if we would know the true meaning of retreat, we must ask Him, the Creator and Lord of our lives, and in the quiet stillness of our heart we will hear His answer. A REVIVAL OF EDUCATION ? Shortly before the Christmas holidays- a new shot was heard around the intellec tual world when Robert Maynard Hutch- ins, the scholarly though youthful presi dent of one of the foremost universities in America, startled the faculty and stu dents of the University of Chicago with the statement that raw empiricism had resulted in bewilderment. As a result, we do not, he said coolly, know where we are going or why, and in conclusion he declared that the end of university training should be some no tion of humanity and its destiny, and the aim of scholarship, the revelation of the highest powers of mankind. And as if that were not enough, Dr. Arthur H. Compton, of the same univer sity, a winner of the 1927 Noble prize for physics, now engaged in cosmic ray re search of world-wide importance, declared, in a special Christmas interview with the Chicago Daily Tribune, that God is the basis of all science and that faith in God may be a thorough scientific attitude, even though we may be unable to establish the correctness of our belief. Coming from two of the most promi nent members of an educational institution outstanding for its research and intellec tual progress, the above statements are amazing in their source. They are not, however, startlingly new, but are, rather, as old as the Catholic conception of educa tion. While the Church has given to the world a large number of its truly eminent scien tists, she has wisely based her educational system upon immutable principles rather than upon shifting facts. Moreover, she alone has maintained as the ultimate end of all education a knowledge of humanity and its destiny. What theologians have written numerous treatises to prove, Dr. Compton, certainly a leading scientist of the day, declares in language intelligible to the youngest child that, science can have no quarrel with a religion which postulates a God to whom men are as His children. Pure essence of Catholic dogma The simplest sermon from the pulpit could hardly be more correct in Catholic doctrine, or less scientific in laboratory statistics. The convictions of two such men will undoubtedly deal a telling blow to the Science vs. Religion conflict and to the pseudo-scientists who tenaciously cling to it for the sake of controversy. Moreover, it seems quite probable that their declara tions will have a decided influence on the university educational system of the near future. At any rate, it is gratifying to know that someone is doing some intelligent thinking about the what and the where fore of education. YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED The Debating club is offering you a splendid opportunity for a display of school spirit During the next few weeks, tilts will be staged right here in our own auditorium with John Carroll University of Cleveland, and with the Catholic University of Amer ica this last one to be in formal dress. Contests have also been arranged with Northwestern University, and with Loyola and Marquette Universities. Your team wants your support. Give it whole-heartedly by attending the debates and showing your interest The Sky-Line MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES Little Miss Sophomore Entered the West door Singing a gay college tune Along came a senior With frigid demeanor And chilled the poor sophomore soon. Math Emma 'Tilly has come up to town With a stiff mortar board and a long black gown. AUDITORIUM SEATING PLAN A LA CHART Sarah sal in the college hall Surah heard the Dean's voice call. All the king's horses and all the king's men Can never put Sarah in the wrong seat again. COLLEGE GIRL BLUE Gay young collegian, come, blozv your horn, For most of your sisters are very forlorn. Where are the term papers you were to write' They're here in my notebook hidden from sight. Go get them Go get them Oh no Not I, If I sec them again I must surely cry. Clepsydra editor, to typist; Do try to keep ail of Lamb together. Other editor: Indeed, yes, we have no time for lamb chops. Notice, on bulletin board Report all Examina- nation conflicts to the Registrar. Student, to Registrar: Can you settle a con flict with my history teacher? STUFFED WITH CACTI? Freshman, on examination paper: She ate a rich desert. Editor, studying Chaucer: Well, I got a hold of the Knight's Tale at last. EDITOR'S DEFENSE He who puns should be punished, But when no pun is meant There should be no punishment Freshman, to Sister in the offiice: Sister, please, have you seen A White Bird Flying? THE MATH. MAJOR PHONES Operator, give me Euclid 3 times 33, divided by 9, minus 11, plus twice the original number, minus 66. PUBLIC TURNS FROM REALISM AND FAVORS FAIRY TALES With economic chaos, impending war, and international unrest to worry about, the theatre-going public has turned its back on realism and favored the fairy tales. Every one is still commenting upon The Three Little Pigs and Alice in Wonderland, and every orchestra is playing The Story-Book Ball' And while this country is literally de vouring the fairy tales, Mother Goose rhymes, and fantasies of various kinds, the literary world, by an interesting coin cidence, is celebrating the anniversaries of three men who were original contributors to this field. While their parents waged a political and social war, German children were honor ing the memory of Jacob Grimm with special festivities on Jan. 4. Together with his brother Wilhelm, Jacob, a German scholar, professor, and research philologist, collected and edited early in the nineteenth century the epic tales of the Germanic peo ples, which have since found entry into homes all over the world as the well-loved Grimm's Fairy Tales. On Jan. 12, the children of France com memorated the anniversary of Charles Perrault who, in collaboration with his son, in the latter part of the seventeenth century when he was over sixty years old, put into verse the stories of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, The Sleeping Beauty, and the popular Three Little Pigs. The fascination of Perrault's stories lies in their graphic style, sincerity, witty ex pressions, irony, and thought-provoking quality. Perrault was at one time secretary to the French financier, Colbert. Last of all, Lewis Carroll, creator of Alice in Wonderland, was born exactly one hundred and one years ago, on Jan. 27, 1833. His famous Alice appeared for the first time in 1865 and received imme diate and universal admiration. Carroll, whose real name was Charles L. Dodgson, was a mathematical lecturer at Christ Church, Oxford, and the author of a number of learned texts and treatises on mathematics. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COLLEGIATE WORLD pyj EMBERS of the Chaminade Catholic Action club of St. Mary's University, San Antonio, broadcast a symposium, Fountain of Christmas Gifts, over station KTSA shortly before the holidays. These programs are arranged by a committee consisting of one representative each from the Catholic colleges and the School of Nursing of San Antonio. A SAD need for synonyms in the vocab ulary of college freshmen has been pointed out by the president of the Uni versity of Southern California. Swell, according to the president, is used by fresh men to describe 4,972 situations. W/ORD conies to us of some unique definitions in the truly modern spirit which were included in examination papers of the Santa Monica Junior college: a tax idermist is a kind of thick fog; a toreador is a bad storm; pooling is a practice in dulged in by young men about town. We wonder how these students would define education ? lyi ISS MARY WARD, business man ager and press agent for Eva Le Gal- lienne, visited St. Joseph's hall of Mount Mercy college recently. Miss Ward ex plained that Miss Le Gallienne desired to establish throughout the country state- subsidized theaters of repertory, like her own theater in New York. The purpose of such theaters is to bring the world's great plays to the public at popular prices. A CURIOUS feud is in process between two of our better-known Eastern col leges. Harvard has abolished Yale locks for its dormitories, and in retaliation Yale has blacklisted the Harvard Classics W' OMEN will stop at nothing to secure their aims, it seems. To correct their posture during posture week, coeds at Smith college were seen going about the campus carrying books on their heads.
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1934-01-19 (2)
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