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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER April 5, 1967 IHE .IfSCUKI ft I MIL U II I l) I) II111 L 11 will grip current issues and events and ' hold them before the campus in order that members of the Mundelein community may sense and direct history rather than bob in its wake. Tuition Boost Echoes Crisis Just as one begins to make ends meet, someone moves the ends, says a 20th century proverb. Last week's tuition raise of 120 indicates a disturbing financial problem not only for many Mundelein students, but for the whole of Catholic higher education itself. A small Catholic liberal arts institution such as Munde lein depends heavily on the contributed salaries of religious faculty and grants from private sources to meet expenses that tuition does not cover. Federal grants and loans be- Bear come an invaluable aid when the college decides to os expand its facilities, but in the day-to-day main tenance of a college, Mundelein and others of its kind must stand on their own two feet. Meanwhile, administrators must suffer in silence as the nearby state university receives a million dollar grant, or as Herbert A. Moneybags IV donates many thousands of dollars to his world-renowned Alma Mater. Nor is the private under graduate institution eligible for the generous federal subsidies awarded annually to outstanding graduate schools. Conse quently, students at a private college necessarily bear a larger share of the total cost than their sisters at state universities. Eventually the question arises: Can Catholic education survive in the face of rising costs? Sociologist Andrew Gree ley believes that it will, mainly because the demand is high: an organization will hardly force itself out of business when it knows that its product is popular. Nevertheless, such reasoning does not answer the ques tion: Does Catholic education deserve to survive? Obviously Catholic institutions must maintain their academic standards if they are to be counted among the best. Yet if the college is to justify its essen- StTGSS tially Catholic flavor, it must produce theo- Tf lt;joolociv logically literate graduates, from which * Catholic leaders of the future will emerge. This is essential if the message of Vatican II is ever to be fully recognized in the United States. Perhaps someday Catholic colleges will no longer hold a monopoly on theological education; by student demand the ology departments are evolving on secular campuses through out the country. Perhaps the day will soon come when reli gious orders will teach at non-private universities. Until then, however, Catholic education provides a necessary serv ice to the Catholic community. Unfortunately like most valu able services, the cost is high. Propose Halt to Death Sentence One week from today, on April 12, the judiciary committee of the House of Representatives of the state legislature will debate a bill which proposes a moratorium on capital punishment in Illinois. House Bill 157 would delay all executions for a specified number of years for any- a. I one convicted after the bill becomes a statute. Next Lr/QDaTG week's committee meeting will determine whether the Djll bill w'll die or will continue on its way for further dis- 111 cussion in the House. Although the Skyscraper favors the complete abolition of capital punishment as embodied in the Rayson Bill (House Bill 587), legisla tive tactics indicate that the stronger bill will not get through both houses at this time. The moratorial bill would at least bring a temporary halt to executions until further legislation can be enacted. Technically, the declaration of a moratorium is not retroactive. However, executions of previously sentenced prisoners rarely take place during such a period. The bill thus offers some hope for condemned prisoners, such as William C. Witherspoon, who display signs of progress of rehabilitation. The abolition of capital punishment is the logical solution to the staggering inequity of its administration. Out of every 15 criminals eligible for the death penalty, only one person actually receives it for a sentence. Capital punishment tends to direct itself to members of lower-income groups who cannot afford tTQSS their own lawyers. Furthermore, it completely elimi- Iff lt;xnn8tij nates any possibility of rehabilitation for the criminal. Ine UITy If the death penalty is to be eventually abolished in Illinois, House Bill 157 must first become law. Students and faculty can offer des perately needed support by writing to their local state representative or to Bernard McDevitt, chairman of the judiciary committee of the Illinois House of Representatives. Action must be taken this week. Hull House Players Penetrate Complexity of Race Relations by Kathy Riley Very rarely does a theatergoer encounter a production that keeps him helpless with laughter until intermission and then snatches his emotions only to knead them into sympathe tic rage for the remainder of the evening. Such a production is The Meeting, a twin bill of one-act plays currently run ning through May 7 at the Hull House Parkway Theater. Directed by Dick Gaffield, both plays are appropriately dubbed The Meeting. The first portrays Negro and white attempts to meet one another, while the second drama tizes a Negro's attempt to meet himself. Written by Daily News reporter Norman Mark, The Integrator* provides a neat, humorous, capsule summary of every cliche ever hurled at one race by another. Supposedly typical of their races, Charles E. Black and Charles White discuss Integration Or Will the Negro Fit In on a panel show, where the moderator admits, unimportant people answer im portant questions. Bouncing from epithet to epithet, Black and White allow their racist instincts to emerge until with fists and belts flying, each condemns the other to slavery. Gradually, with exceptionally ef fective use of lights and blackouts, the scene shifts to a dimly lit, ele gantly paneled room in Washing ton where official negotiators Black and White attempt to communi cate. Alas, dialogue loses again. Sounding Board Sincere thanks to all friends who sent remembrances to me on the recent death of my mother. Myrtle Posmantur The recent Skyscraper article mentioning class size being a mat ter of some concern to students prompted me to take a look at this year's enrollment picture, and to share the results with you. OVER THE THREE terms, 461 courses were offered. This figure represents courses in all depart ments, except the music depart ment's Studio Lessons, courses in physical education, and the Re ligious Education Program's eve ning courses in theology. A course involving lecture and laboratory is counted as one course; as is a course involving lecture and dis cussion extension. The same course offered in the fall, the winter and the spring, however, is counted as three courses. THESE 461 COURSES met in a total of 606 sections; and it is this figure of 606 which forms the ba sis of the following percentages: Total Courses 461 Total Sections 606 0 1-10 11-15 16-25 Classics, drama, German, journal ism, library science, physics and speech. In addition, these depart ments show a total of 70 sections with enrollments of less than 36: French, German, history, home economics and Spanish-Portuguese. Three departments have no major field sections over 35: mathematics, music and Russian. The 82 re maining sections with enrollments over 35 are shared by the art, eco nomics, education, English, mathe matics, natural science, philosophy, psychology, political science-socio logy, social science and theology departments. The tabulation from which these excerpts were taken is available for inspection in the Registrar's Office, and I welcome the opportu nity to discuss it with any inter ested persons. Mary O'Dowd Registrar for no one can even decide who should start first. Finally when they do begin, their ridiculous de mands couched in meaningless sta- stistics defeat the meeting. Afraid to disappoint their sup porters, they while away the time playing chess, while the gushing mediator sadly laments, happiness is indeed a stalemate. Complemented by the fine acting of Herb Jones as Black and Robert Weiss as White, the play presents a superb parody of extremes in racial attitudes so extreme, in fact, that at times the action seems overdone and heavy-handed. Per haps however, The Integrators im plies that society is really respon sible for overdoing it and the play is merely a disturbing re minder of this fact. Even more disturbing, Requiem for Brother X, set in Harlem, dra matizes a Negro family's effort to discover what it means to be Ne gro. Under a naked light bulb, the stage is surrounded both literally and symbolically by iron bars. To the background beat of tom-toms, Clarence Taylor portrays the an cient and embittered father, Tired of livin' but afraid of dyin'. Nevertheless he finds strength to nurture hatred for Mr. Charlie within his smouldering son Nate and jaded daughter Bonita. Much to the old man's chagrin, his eldest son Matt played by Graig Red mond, represents a tired, meek per severing postman who dreams of a suburban home with a white picket fence. Embittered by the death of a third brother on the streets, Nate, played by William Vines, soon be comes the central figure in the play. Before a fumbling Matt, 8 stereotype rather than an indi vidual, Vines delivers an im passioned plea sprinkled with ob scenities for the Black Muslim philosophy. Condemning the white beasts Vines' power is magnetic. Concur rently he elicits from the audience sympathy for his suffering, love for his will to live and anger for his naivete. The tom-toms quicken as he condemns Whitey who has castrated him all his life. Then suddenly as the excited screams of his family subside, he is informed that he has become the father of a white girl's child. And William Wellington Mackey's play ends in silence. As the viewer leaves the tiny, basement theater, he departs not with the memory of a scene wit nessed but with the bittersweet taste of an experience. The Hull House community players, true to their reputation, have penetrated the complexities of race relations with two meaningful and skillfully executed plays. VLSi ij A crape r Vol. XXXVII April 5, 1967 No. 11 12 1.9 184 30.3 92 15.1 166 27.3 2G-35 36-45 46-50 50+ 70 11.5 40 6.6 21 3.4 21 3.4 Catholic School Press Association Newspaper of Distinction The Skyscraper ia published semi-monthly, September to May inclusive except during exam and vacation periods, by the students of Mundelein College, 6S63 Sheridan Rd.. Chicago. III. 60828. Entered as second-class matter Nov. SO, 1932, at Uie U.S. Post Office, Chicago. III.. under the act of March 3. 1897, The Skyscraper ia a member of the Catholic School Press Association and subscribes to the National Educational Advertising Service. Letters to the editor must be signed. The Skyscraper reserves the right to cut letter* in case of limited space. Co-Editors Jennifer Joyce, Kathy Riley Feature Editor ... .. . . Marilyn Gibbs The following departments share the 454 sections with enrollments of less than 26: biology, chemistry, Business Manager Photographer Cartoonist Staff - .. Theresa Ebenhoe Marianne Furullo ... Mary Fran Campbell Julie Caruso, Kathy Cummins. Pat Czapar. Pat Devine, Aldine Favaro. Kathy Flynn, Kay Ellen Hartman. Sheila McCarthy, Mary McMorrow, Mary Beth Mundt, Jayne Quinn, Giselle Riba, Diane Sargol, Janet Saas. Peggy Sieben. Mary Betb Wagner. Anndrea Zahorak
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