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Page Two SKYSCRAPER i i Fear Death? gt; y Heywood Broun sought peace. He sus pected that it involved his soul and was linked with moral responsibility. It seemed to him that he was unhappy because what he WAS and what he WANTED TO BE were two different things. That long thought conies to everyone. It baffles one: it is a challenge to an other. Ultimately, each person asks him self. What am .1? Then. What should 1 be? And this causes the disturb ance Are they two different things? Heywood Broun answered the ques tions for himself. It required some time and much consideration. Finally, he sought advice and instruction. We must answer the questions for our selves. It will require some time and much consideration. Reared in the Church, we set aside three days. Mr. Broun took much longer. But we shall have advice and instruction during those days. Almost certainly, we will achieve that peace and the security of being right that Heywood Broun found in the Catholic Church, of which he had been a member just eight months at the time of his death last month. Among the reasons the columnist gave for entering the Church are these which might be our reasons for making a re treat: First: The great inspiration for wom anhood there is in the devotion to Our Lady. Devotion has too small a place in our crowded schedules. For three days there will be time to renew devotion to Our Lady and to know her inspiration. I should dislike, continued Mr. Broun, to appear before the judgment seat of God with my soul in the condi tion that I believe it is in now. Most of us give too little thought to death and judgment. But a retreat will put our souls in condition and we can echo Brown ing's Fear death? . . . with a negation more confident than the poet's. Heywood Broun's last reason, and the one he developed most in his conferences with Monsignor Fulton Sheen, was this: To me, there is nothing more ridiculous than individualism in either economics, politics, or religion. I can see no reason why I should have my own individual religion any more than I should have my own individual astronomy or mathemat ics ... I want thus a religion which has a social aspect . . . Our retreat will be social, in the strict sense of the word, as Mr. Broun meant it, stressing the world-wide need for tol erance, for charity, and for prayer. We seek what Heywood Broun sought. We face the questions he faced. Our reasons for making a. retreat are analo gous to his reasons for entering the Church. Retreat will bring us what he has attained . . . peace and the happiness of union with God. THE SKYSCRAPER Official Semi-Monthly Newspaper oi MUNDELEIN COLLEGE 6363 Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois Mundelein Chicago's College Fou Women Under the Direction of the Sisters or Charitv. B.V.M. Kntered 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-monllily from October to May nclusive by the students of Mundelein College. Vol. X. Friday January 19, 1940 No. 7 ALL-AMERICAN HONORS 1938 Member 1939 ftssocided CbUe8tcde Press ALL-CATHOLIC HONORS Telephone: Briar ate 3800 Co-Editors Clare Anderson, Betty Vestal Feature Editors Frances Sayre, Marie Von Driska Assistants Mary Lou Bell, Eileen Mahoney Club Editor Joan Kaspari Assistants Patricia Ellis, Myrn'a Lamont News Editor Helen Murphy Assistants. Elaine Hartman, Dorothy McCarthy, Evelyn Nelson Copy Editors Lavinia Cole, Anne Marie O'Rourke Reporters Joan' Morris, Audrey Joyce, Patricia Byrne, Helen O'Day, Ann Dempsey, Mary Joe Fahrendorf, Marie Kudd, Mary Margaret Mitchell, Florence McDonnell, Geraldine Horrmau' You're the Critic . By Frances Sayre v Bernadette of Lourdes, TOU Read by Margaret Gray Blan- ton. Longmans, Green and Co.. New York. 1939. V u Bernadette Subirous, her YOU Meet family, and all the clergy and townspeople of Lourdes who played their parts in the great religious drama of Lourdes. .. . The ''inside story of one YOU Ledm 0f the strangest miracles of modern times the appearance of the Blessed Virgin to a poverty-stricken, il literate French peasant-girl, from the lat- ter's valiant stand against unbelievers and doubters to her eventual canonization. .. . The author's analytical, TOU tn Oy impartial account of the bitter controversy which centered about the head of a frail 14-year-old child to whom the Mother of God had appeared 19 times in a lonely grotto. How Berna dette faced first the scoffs of an uncon vinced world, then near-adoration as a living saint with equal composure makes a fascinating story. Again the River, by Stella E. Morgan, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., New York, 1939. w i , The Lovetts jasper, Es- YOU Meet thei-( and their children the plainest of plain folks. w A great deal of human YOU Leam nature the persistence of man in his fight against the elements in this case, the River. w p . But enjoy is hardly the YOU tn Oyword. You are rather drawn by (he current of the river it lends the book an inner force which may irri tate you, but will nevertheless compel you to read through to Jasper's final triumph over the waters. You Read s,' 'Round Town Confucius say, When finals are in evitable 'relax.' Because even you can't study all the time, a. few extra- scholastic divertissements are not only in order, but are also necessary. Heading the Chicago legitimate stage offerings is the Robert Sherwood drama, Abe Lincoln in Illinois. Raymond Massey, the Canadian who so sympathet ically enacts the formative years of an American president, turns in a convinc ingly artistic portrayal of young Lincoln. He is the diffident, awkward youth, struggling against an almost adoles cent self-consciousness, trying to break through the mists of social intercourse to realize the great ambitions already latent within him. Mr. Massey depicts the youthful mid- westerner kindly, yet with a stern surety of the psychological battle which Lincoln fought within himself all his life. Abe Lincoln in Illinois is objective. In it are no stereotyped mechanics, no hidden propaganda. Its value lies in the exposition of a neglected period of Lin coln's life and its stars act their lives with a high-minded honesty consistent with the reputation of the central char acter. Because of the many associations both personal and political that Lincoln had with Chicago, the play is assured a sig nificance here that even its New York success could not attain. The Ann Rutledge sequences are poig nant fragments, rendered so by the un derstatement of the dialogue and the sin cerity of Augusta Dabney, who plays the woman Lincoln loved. Contrasting well with the gentle Ann is the dominating Mary Todd, who, ac cording to the script, made up her mind With Betty Vestal to be sixteenth First Lady long before her fiance aspired to the presidency. Muriel Kirkland is cast in the role. Richard Aberle Florsheim, young Chi cago artist who contributed so materially to the success of the Art and Prudence program of Mu Nu Sigma last Tuesday, concludes an exhibition of recent paint ings at Quest Galleries, 810 N. Tower Court, tomorrow. Mr. Florsheim, who was introduced to the Philosophy club by Dr. Joseph T. Casey, has spent much time in France, studying and painting, and is heralded by critics as a man whose technique and imagination will place him in the artistic hierarchy within the decade. Obviously, while we're discussing re laxation and entertainment, we can't neglect the Junior Promenade. Selecting a location never before chosen for a Mundelein College dance, the juniors have engaged the glamorous Electric club, high in the tower of the Civic Opera building, for their gala formal, on the evening of Friday, Feb. 2. If you've at tended Junior Proms before, you know how nice they can be if you haven't, here's your big chance to find out. Next Monday evening, Jan. 22, will see Donald Dickson, popular radio and opera baritone, in concert at the Highland Park auditorium. Well known as the vocalist with Charlie McCarthy on radio pro grams, Mr. Dickson will present a varied program of operatic and popular music. Drop into Loyola Community Theater tonight for the Cisca Alumni Forum on Youth. Four talks will be given on youth in various aspects, and discussion will follow. Whether you are the type who comments, argues, or merely listens, this is your opportunity. VUIZ SKVUIME 1940 It's a new year, but this time we're spared the depressing task of making resolu tions, because psychologists announce that new year's resolutions are childish, and the sign of an inferioriy complex. Pretty soon they'll be telling us that humor columns are an indication oi inhibitions, self-delusions, and dyspepsia . . . and we can leave this side of the editorial page a complete blank, which psychologists will brand as evidence of an empty mind . . . you can't win. Since resolutions are passe, we'll just pen a few. Post-Holiday Memos 1. Return those 20 bottles of LaThrille Cologne, exchange for smelling salts. 2. Return ice-skates, exchange for one bot tle of liniment and a good book. 3. Return that Santa Claus suit, exchange for Hallowe'en costume, and stop trying to fool the kiddies. Just about this time of year, with Christmas and New Year's fast becoming ancient history with any future holidays a million miles away, and with the ogre of exams, term papers, and book reports looming too close for comfort, the normal collegian develops an overwhelming wanderlust. Hawaii . . . Bombay . . . Florida . . .Sun Valley . . . any place but home beckons, oh, so invitingly. As a result of this slate of mind, said collegian is driven to composing such deplorable doggerel as this during the last week of January: I've studied Chemistry a year, And this is all I know: HOH is water. And so is 1120. Little Bo Peep Has lost her sleep Studying for an exam; She'll catch up on her rest All through the test, And next time won't bother to cram. I'm taking a French exam, And things are not so bon; I know zchencfer I put doxvii oui, The anszier it-ill be non. (and vice-versa) * * * And now to brush up on your vocabulary for you. Are YOU familiar with these terms? GAS MASK Collegian disguise, to be worn duesday. BLACKOUT Collegian's state of mind im mediately upon entering exam room. MINE Device to be planted in I.akc Michi gan at Sheridan and Devon on Jan. 22. Inventors expect explosion to distract teachers' attention during exams. (Could have been an idle gesture.) CANTEEN Coined to complicate math course . . . eighteen, nineteen, canteen . . . AIR RAID Let the fourteenth floor residents worry about this. AIR CORPS Comes just after encore. AIR BASE You make this on a fly ball. DETACHMENT-The attitude you wish you could cultivate towards the end of Jan uary. ARMY Deals with cannonballs in Europe, footballs in America. PEACE It's wonderful 1 And what about the Mundelein senior wto feels that the word bas-relief is anti-Ne f Deal. (It is, but only if you know how to pro nounce it) Last, but not least (as Confucius probably said) . . . the Skyline Calendar, composed spe cially for you. You'll have to listen in on lie Washington news Hashes and fill in the dates ix yourself. JANUARY January is the month Of sleet and ice and chills. It's sadly short on holidays, And long on tests and bills. February is when Lent starts It's famous for Washington, Lincoln and hearts. Of all the months, its snow is the thickest. And (better yet) Feb's finished the quickest.
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1940-01-19 (2)
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