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Page Two SKYSCRAPER Let's Retouch Collegian Picture In Public Mind The caprices of college students have been brought forcibly before the public an appal ing number of times during the schol astic year. It is almost as common to find University student commits crime as the banner headine in the daily newspaper as it is to find the report of a major political action. One might be tempted to call this a happy innovation higher education is in need of publicity. But it will not profit from this type of sensationalism. The era of goldfish swallowing and the varsity drag helped build the opinion, in the mind of the public, that college life is wild, fad-ridden, and irresponsible. Moves to counteract this fallacy gained their greatest assistance from the ready and conscientious acceptance of the GI bill, which filled American educational institu tions with serious-minded students who real ized and grasped what was offered them. Now the people of the United States are again looking askance at their young people university student murders sweetheart; student shoots fraternity brother; college coed accused of mercy killing. Is it any wonder the world questions the ability of ibis generation to lead the world out of chaos? What is the object of pointing out the situation? Certainly you are not unaware of it, but have you ever considered its re lationship to you? The semester is drawing to a dose, but during the summer most of us will still be regarded as college students. Although trite, it is nonetheless true that it is our duty to temper if not to eradicate the thought of so many segments of the American public. To accomplish this end we must be con structive we must be an example of col lege life as we have seen it and as all should live it. We know that to be a college student is not to be wild and headstrong and ir responsible, but to prepare quietly and well for a place in society. By living as responsible Catholic college women in our small communities we can offset the effect of escapades of a few who jeopardize the standing of college students everywhere. The Seniors Speak We Leave You . . . The full realization of Commencement has not yet penetrated our thought proc esses. The final gay and solemn days will pass in a rush. June 7 will come and go in a hazy blur leaving us almost breathless. Perhaps the impact will dawn that sticky day in July when we are weary from our first hopeful job hunt ing. For some of us the dawn will break in mid-Septem ber as our youngest com patriots reopen notebooks and resume scholastic chores. July or September our Mundelein student days are over. Life is a series of transi tions, and we still have some to make. The transition from college to career, and from career to religious life or marriage is a big step. Realistically, we expect to encounter other hurdles be sides these inevitable ones. Fortified by four years of spiritual, academic, and so cial growing up at Munde lein, we emerge about to begin a new adventure as graduates of a Catholic college for women. Jke h udcraper 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. Vol. XX May 26, 1950 Lowerclassmen Speak They Leave Us Published semi-monthly from October to May inclusive by the students of Mundelein College, 6363 Sheridan Road, Chicago 40. No. 12 They leave us . . . the juniors, sopho mores, and freshmen. They leave smiles, memories of long-ago Big- Sister parties, of not-so long ago Comp. prepara tion, of gay relief when marks came out, of friend ship, of the concrete ideal of the SAC treasury. We'll miss their short hair cuts, the wink com panionable when they pass in the halls, their mortar board march down the audi torium aisle, and here and there a cap slightly awry. In the chem labs, before the footlights, succoring souffles, scanning our latest literary effort, or fingering scales, they leave us the benefit of study and work and the pleased feeling that their efforts preceded ours. They leave small pictures of themselves in the class composite and there they will hang in the 4th floor hall until we take their places. Actually, they leave us Mundelein . . . enriched by their having been part of it. Holy Year Unfurls Banner of Love All the beauty, pagentry, and poignancy of Catholicism are climaxed in this year of Jubilee. From every arena of life and every corner of the world pilgrims are journeying to Rome by ship, plane, or the prayer in their hearts. The joyful, the sorrowful, the indifferent, the persecuted are aware of their unity in this Holy Year under the banner of Christ - the banner of love the Church of Rome. It is a year of prayer when God's ear is most acutely attuned to the supplications o( men; when His grace will flow freely and abundantly upon those who pray. The twenty-fifth Holy Year began on Christmas live with the Te Detini; Thee, the holy Church throughout the world doth con fess . . . day by day we bless Thee and wc praise Thy name forever. Pius XII asked for the preservation of the lull rights of the Church against conspiracies, deceits and persecutions. Men are weak, and the world is no stronger than its inhabitants. We must be active members in the unity of the Church. Those of us who will not go to Rome must make this an efficacious Holy Year in our own environment. We must of fer our Masses, our devotions, our sacrifices, our heartaches for the return of the world lo sanity through (iod and for our own perse verance through whatever may come. In unity there is strength ; in prayer there is salvation and peace. Answer the Postman's Ring; Exchange Inertia for Culture School's out, school's out the youngsters on the streets will cry next week. And even dignified college students will quietly entertain the same giddy thought in their minds. But this summer we will have no excuse for wasting those three vacation months on frivolity. No more will we be able to blame inadequate facilities in City Libraries for our summer inertia. The College Library is inaugurating a service this year, through which a student may select books she would like to read during the summer, fill out a blank, and, for a charge of 15 cents for postage, receive the books by mail for her use for one month. The student pays for the return postage on the book, which must be back at the library on the 'Date Due' stamped in the book. A fine of five cents per day will be in order for overdue books. The service begins June 2, the last clay of examinations, and allows for books to change hands three times during the summer. This plan is sure to prove invaluable to a great many students. The new Seniors will be concentrating primarily on selections from the syllabus. But, with an eye towards relaxation, they will probably want some lighter reading, such as those books suggested in the fiction section of the Reading List. And those students who arc not in the im mediate shadow of comprehensives should welcome the chance to wander afield a bit, and at least skim the surface of the other departments. Let the Science majors dabble in the Arts, the Literature students have a taste of Economics, the Home Economists read Homer, Horace, and Dante; and on down the line. During the school year our schedules are too full to allow such deviation. But the summer offers three beautiful months of 'time on your hands.' Now the Library is giving you the opportunity. Why not blend them and come back to school next September a more cultured, cultivated woman, with a better developed aesthetic sense? Cloak and Dagger Plot The Case of the Vanishing Woman Co-Editors-in-Chief Joan Merrick, Patricia O'Mara Student's Eye Views Juanita Gilmore, Leona Adams What Goes On Nancy Kelly, Peggy Butler Skyline Patricia Howe, Rosemary Siniec, Sheilya Neary, Paula Long Skyscrapings Marguerite Kerger, Dorothy Campbell, Louise Milazzo, Maribeth Carey, Mary Kay Gill, Joan Kares, Judy Lang henry Books Rita Bresnehan, Mary Ellen Ward Pictures Peggy Barrett rj Joan Blakeslee News Editors Barbara Bidwell, Evelyn Donahoe, Barbara Heintz, Jane Kenea ly, Mary Jane Lamb, Barbara Shaughnessy Sports Mary Kay Hartigan, Margaret Reidy Reporters Joan Holland, Beth McGarry, Patricia McHugh, Betty Shoe maker, Grace Trauscht, Mary Hartnett, Mary Geuty Buffalo herds have disappeared from the plains of America. Bald eagles are almost only a memory. And now a disappearance of much more serious consequence is afoot. One half of the human race the women are disappearing. A member of the luckier, still visible half exposed the methods achieving this removal to an assembly, May 4. Father Walter P. Farrell, O.P., stood before the victims of the plot, and outlined the strategy. First Father Farrell defined the four causes of being: material, i.e. that out of which a being comes, formal, i.e. the life principle, efficient, i.e. that by which a being exists, and final, i.e.. that for which a being exists. He then set aside these causes for later use, and proceeded to his revelations. He arranged the methods in progressing degrees of subtlety. The least subtle method of making wo man disappear is by concealing her. This has a negative appeal, since it doesn't present to the victim a tempting alternative. How ever, Father points out, this method works. Woman is concealed either behind some thing, like a psychological wall, or in some thing, like an army or navy. The second method is by disguising her as a half-wit, a decoration, or an animal. There is much evidence in daily life of wo men who have fallen victims to this tech nique. The third method is by substitution, mak ing woman a necessary appendage to man. This makes her no longer herself, but a part of another being. Fourth in the list of techniques is illusion. This approach can be either positive or neg ative. In positive illusion, the attention of others is focused on one part of the being of woman, so that the rest is ignored, and eventually the entire being loses individual ity. Focusing attention on woman's beauty, or on her mind alone, achieves the desired effect. In negative illusion, the second type of this method, attention is focused on what woman is not, i.e, Woman is not a drudge, Woman is not a slave, etc. The fifth method involves displacement. The ground on which woman stands is re moved. Justice, and the spiritual character of humanity are obliterated. This method is employed by removing the traditional homage paid to woman. Since she hasn't this foundation to stand on, she will fall into nothingness. WUQoetOi n It's summer the birds are chirping, the grass is green, and the sun shines brightly in the morning. All of which leads us to the thought that the early bird wins. In suiiimer, early rising doesn't hold near the terror that it has in the dead of winter And since that's the main reason for avoid ing 7 o'clock Masses, the excuse (used in summer) really falls flat. We too can be the early birds by rousing ourselves on those coming warm summer mornings, and taking advantage of the wonderful gifts God gives us in daily Mass. It's not such a bard thing to get up why not try it? Week Moments . Friday, May 26 Friday, June 2, Semester Fxaminations Tuesday, May 30, Memorial Day, fffl Classes Friday, June 2, 9 p.m., Senior Ball Sunday, June 4, 4 p.m., Baccalaureate Monday, June 5, 9 a.m., Senior Mass and Breakfast Monday-Tuesday, June 5, 6, Commence inent Rehearsal Wednesday, June 7, 10 a.m., Commence ment The last and must subtle of the techniques is by mistaken identity or remodeling. The victim is made over. A contempt and resent ment for the woman's world is built up in woman. She is encouraged to want what a man reaches for. And at this point, the four causes defined at the beginning of the talk are brought into play. The formal cause is eliminated by the denial of the spiritual character of human ity. The efficient cause is eliminated by the denial that Christ is God, calling Him merely a noble man. The victim is taught to take a superior air toward the superna tural, thinking religious people weak, stu pid, cowardly. This is going against woman's nature, of course. A woman is religious because she is practical. She is therefore the devil's natural enemy. So her religious nature must be broken down. The final cause i gt; denied by removing the responsibility of woman: giving her free dom from , freedom for . The only cause remaining, then, is the material cause, and, without a foundation on which to stand, without an ultimate end,' without a purpose, woman will soon lose her material existence. Make up your minds to action, ladies. Look what happened to the buffalo
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1950-05-26 (2)
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