description:
Pa e Two SKYSCRAPER You Can Take It With You / NE HAS only to mention that very charming play YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, to hear reminiscent smiles of approval in every voice. Seldom has the philosophy contained in a single play met with such universal approval. But here, ;ts always, there is danger of over emphasis. There is so much we can't take with us, we are apt to forget there is just as much of which we can say, YOU CAN TAKE IT WITH YOU. Especially is this true of college life. Most certainly college life should he en joyed in the living, but the wise college girl thinks just as much of the things she is going to take with her as she does of those that she will leave behind. And since education should fit a student for life, what wc can take with us is worth thinking about. Just what does the college girl take with her when she finishes college life? From every experience she takes some thing intangible that is valuable insofar as she makes it valuable. She takes many friendships that are necessary and delightful. These friendships grow as time passes; and they provide the link with all that is left behind. She participates in extra-curricular activities in which she acquires an abil ity for management as well as a finesse in dealing with people, so that in later social and business contacts she carries things off smoothly. Through the study of current happen ings in history classes she acquires a lasting interest in international affairs as well as a clear understanding of their background. This world out-look elimi nates prejudice and bigotry which are dangerous to peace. Courses in literature appreciation will put at her disposal an inexhaustible source of pleasure. To all that is good in the present she adds all that was good in ages past. A vital interest in sports will result in a love of healthful living, while such activities as debating give a permanent power of fluency of expression, just as contributing to school publications de velops style in writing, which is of im mense value. Finally, and most important, she takes from a Catholic college enrichment of spiritual life which is especially neces sary in a world seemingly so atheistical- ly inclined. Certainly concentration on the intangible values of college educa tion is worthwhile. For YOU CAN TAKE IT WITH YOU culture and tolerance, friendship and laughter, beauty and a design for gracious living and you can keep it all your life. Ten Years of Service Merit Applause The Catholic Book club, which this year celebrates its tenth birthday, has distributed more than 225,000 books to members throughout the world during its short existence. Ten years ago a small group of laymen headed by the Reverend Francis X. Talbot, S.J., editor of AMERICA, alarmed by the absence of good Catholic literature, founded the club. Their purpose was to encourage the authorship and publication of books that exemplified the Catholic philosophy of life. The club has highlighted its selections with the books of 105 well known writ ers. These include (i. K. Chesterton, Ililaire Belloc. Sigrid Undset, Willa Cather, Philip Gibbs, Abbe Ernest Dim- net, Jacques Maritain, Monsignor Ful ton J. Sheen, and Christopher Dawson. Although fiction, biography, poetry, drama, history, and other general sub jects have been included in the club's selections, interestingly enough, biogra phies predominate because of the prefer ence of club members for them. Before a book gains the approval of the judges it undergoes this rigid test: Is it readable and interesting? Has it literary merit? Will the reader enjoy its company, discuss it with friends. recommend it to others? Will it measure up to the high aspirations of Catholic litcraturc? For the encouragement which the club has given to Catholic writers, for the en richment it has fostered in Catholic cul ture, and for the Catholic-book-and-au- thor consciousness which it has awak- end in the American people, the organ ization and its founders deserve con gratulation and support. Read It and See COR THE first time since Edward VIII abdicated the English throne an au thentic portrayal of the situation has been published. In WINDSOR TAPES TRY, Compton Mackenzie reveals fear lessly the heritage and life of H.R.H. the Duke of Windsor. Though often biting in his references, the author does not dis tract from his work to crowd the scholar's precision nor the thinker's sense of jus tice. TTIE SCHOLAR will appreciate Otto Eisenschill's WHY WAS LINCOLN MURDERED? Though the author reaches no conclusion, the inferences he suggests regarding political enemies and acts of Lincoln will provide food for thought. Vy/( )MFN have gone back in the last six months to the gay nineties in dress and hair fashion, and now John Masefield has published an old-fashioned murder thriller, DEAD NED, and goes so far as to leave his readers at the end of the volume with a To be continued note. The story is an autobiography of a corpse who recovered life within the coast of Dead Ned and came to justice to the author demands that you find this out for yourself. OINCE no one should be graduated from college without becoming ac quainted with Chaucer, those who are not prepared to read him in the original will find pleasure in John S. P. Tallock and Percy MacKayc's prose edition of THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER, charmingly illustrated by Warwick Go- ble. Points of View On Mother Cabrini With the beatification of Mother Fran ces Xavier Cabrini on Nov. 13, the first American citizen was proclaimed among the blessed in heaven. Present at the ceremony at St. Peter's in Rome was His Eminence, George Cardinal Munde lein, who had officiated at Mother Cabri- ni's funeral Mass in 1917. In a radio broadcast from the foot of the altar at which she was beatified, the Cardinal spoke of Blessed Frances Cabrini as the fulfillment of the concept of a noble woman. No where, the Cardinal said, can we find in our history a truer or finer example of a real Christian hero ine. On Democracy The only power capable of demand ing and maintaining the democratic formula is the Catholic Church, de clared Monsignor Joseph M. Corrigan, rector of the Catholic University of America, in a recent sermon at Solemn High Mass in St. Patrick's cathedral in New York. We cannot shirk the fact, the Monsignor stated, that outside the Catholic group there is not to be found that solidarity of united action which we can bring to bear across the face of this land. On Laughter vs. Tears From the latest edition of the CATHO LIC DIGEST we clipped the following conclusions of a recent investigation con ducted by a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois: Collegians cried less than once in every 20 days, but laughed more than 20 times every day. Women wept three times as often as men, but did not laugh as frequently as men. The chief cause of gloom or joy was class grades. Letters, received or not received, ranked second, especially letters contain ing- checks from home. THE SKYSCRAPER Official Semi-Monthly Newspaper of MUNDELEIN COLLEGE 6363 Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois Mundelein Chicago's College Foh Women Undf.ii the Direction of the Sisters of Charitv, 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. VUIZ SkVLUMtZ See Naples and die? Perhaps, but see a second joke from your column in June Pro- vines' Front Views and Profiles and Live Happily Ever After Skyline Headline of the Year, which appeared in Radio Guide after the War of the World's Broadcast on Oct. 30: Well, Welles Wells I Skyline On the heels of Book Week comes a plea from the Librarians for accurate reading. They love to have us come in and take an interest in things librarial (coined it out of our own heads), but they arc slightly discour aged with people who ask for Oh, Boy.' Oh, Boy when ihey mean My Son, My Son and for Doctor on Horseback instead of for Horsk and Buggy Doctor. Skyline After the Mundclein-University of Chica go debate the other day, the local argucrs learned that the Midway students don't do as signments. Assignments, homework we've never heard of them, declared a junior political science major. You don't do ANYTHING but go to class and you don't even have to go to class, gasped our amazed debate manager, remem bering the famous U. of C. plan and visualizing a Utopia on the other side of town, with no bur rowing in ancient library books, no term papers, no book reports. Vol. IX December 1, 1938 No. 5 1937 Member 1938 FUsodded CbUeejiate Press ALL-CATHOLIC HONORS Telephone: Briar ate 3800 Co-editors Kathryn Byrne, Frances Geary Associate Editors Geraldine Ferstel, Angela Kospetos News Editors.. .Clare Anderson, Betty Vestal Assistants Mary Elizabeth O'Brien, Margaret Mary O'Flahetty Feature Editors Margaret Gleeson, Adelaide Nillcs Assistants LaVonne Hayes, Joan Kaspari Sports Editor Frances Sayre Reporters Mary DcAcctis, Margaret Good- willie, Mary Lou Bell, Eileen Mahoney, Mildred Mahoney, Mary Margaret Mitch ell, Helen Murphy, Ruth Schmid, Marie Von Driska, Marjorie Fessler, Jean Fraser, Vivian Steinberg, Mary Moreschi. Well, oi course, we do considerable ACADEMIC RESEARCH, replied the south side Demosthenes. (Editor's note: Assignments by any other name are still assignments in our language.) Skyline If this issue of the paper is dead, it's be cause it was sent to press from the SKY SCRAPER'S steam-heated morgue on the holiday Friday after Thanksgiving at that. Skyline Seasonal Verse Department Thanksgiving Pome Thanks to the turkey for drumsticks and wings, Thanks to the bakery for mince-pic and things, Thanks to the year that has passed with such zest. Thanks to the College for jour days of rest (???) Skyline The Review staff succumbed to the coiffure craze the other day and discussed hair-do's over its copy sheets. With a vicious glance into her mirror one erstwhile conservative remarked that she was going to DO SOMETHING about it. O don't, remarked a fellow scribe, your hair frames your face nicely. Frames it, echoed the conservative ex actly, it's been framing it for years now, and it's finally double crossed it. Skyline Now let's talk about Christmas. Why rush to do your Christmas shopping early? There are still 396 days until Christmas 1939. Hope you're not caught in the rush. Skyline For ourselves, we never worry much about Christmas shopping, because Christmas has a way of coming at the end of the month when our allowance has dwindled to three nickels, two pennies, a telephone slug, and a street-car token.
title:
1938-12-01 (2)
publisher:
Women and Leadership Archives http://www.luc.edu/wla
creator:
Mundelein College
description:
Student newspaper for Mundelein College
subject:
Newspapers
subject:
Religious communities--Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
subject:
Students
subject:
Universities and colleges
subject:
Women's education
relation:
Mundelein College Records
type:
Text
language:
English
rights:
This image is issued by the Women and Leadership Archives. Use of the image requires written permission from the Director of the Women and Leadership Archives. It may not be sold or redistributed, copied or distributed as a photograph, electronic file, or any other media. The image should not be significantly altered through conventional or electronic means. Images altered beyond standard cropping and resizing require further negotiation with the Director. The user is responsible for all issues of copyright. Please Credit: Women and Leadership Archives, Loyola University Chicago. wlarchives@luc.edu
coverage:
Chicago, Illinois
coverage:
Mundelein College