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June 1,1966 THE SKYSCRAPER Page Three Students Participate in Rights Vigil At times it didn't seem quite like a vigil. Clad casually in sweat shirts and slacks, the vigilantes greeted friends unceremoniously as they hopped from pew to pew of the West Side church. Beneath a tattered movie screen, the pulpit, decorated with the familiar cir cled V of the end-slum movement, served as a stage for students who led the group in spirited freedom songs. Yet, the Freedom Vigil sponsored by the Christian Student Movement, May 20, could hardly qualify as a rally. The dimly lit, darkly fur- by Kathy Riley nished First Congregational Church lent a subduing effect reinforced by the hour of the vigil: 10 p.m. until dawn. Ostensibly, the night watch was organized for one purpose: to dem onstrate the support of Chicago students and clergy for the non- 'Bells' Captivates Audience; Performers Merit Praise by Marybeth Wagner In a role memorably created on Broadway by the late Judy Holli- day, that of Ella Petersen in Bells Are Ringing, Verna Chalupnik's performance was certainly of star quality. In the Laetare Players' presen tation of the play May 21 and 22, Miss Chalupnik mastered the de manding role with exuberance and charm, displaying an equal flair for singing, dancing and comedy. Ella Petersen is the girl who puts her whole heart into her job at Susanswerphone answering service and eventually falls in love with Plaza oh, double four, double three. The man behind the voice is Jeffrey Moss, playwright-man- about-town, played by Ron Burke. Mr. Burke made a valiant attempt to reach all the notes of the songs he sang but, unfortunately, he did not have the range. While seem ingly straining to achieve strength, he often was unable audibly to fin ish a line, especially the difficult, Independent and You've Got To Do It. However, when he was not singing, Burke was convincing in his role as the object of Ella's af fections. Other subscribers who feel the influence of Ella's warm and gen erous nature are: a frustrated com poser who is actually a dentist cre ating songs on his air hose, Dr. Kitchell, played amusingly and well by Joey Esposito; an unemployed actor who thinks he's Marlon Brando (Edmund Hunt): and other assorted characters like Madame Grimaldi and Mrs. Mallet whose son thinks Ella is Santa Claus. The songs on the whole were performed excellently. One of the most entertaining sequences was J. Sandor Prantz (Al Keeney) and the Ensemble with It's a Simple Little System, explaining how bookies take bets under the guise of ordering classical records: What Is Beethoven? Belmont Skyscraper Photo by Nancy Vandenberg VERNA CHALUPNIK, CHARACTERIZING Ella Peterson, is the subject of an intent glance from Ron Burke, portraying playwright- man-about-town, Jeffrey Moss, in the Laetare Players' production of Bells Are Ringing. Park. Where's Puccini? Pim- lico. We will take those record orders in a very cultured tone while we're really booking horses over at Susanswerphone Show-stoppers in the musical were Ella's Is It a Crime? and the climactic I'm Going Back Miss Chapulnik further demon strated her amazing versatility in a sequence with Moss as they danced and sang to one of the songs the Broadway hit made famous, Just in Time. The play was an enthusiastic and polished presentation, directed un der the able hand of Miss Mary Penkala, assisted by Patricia Krog- man. Carroll Westbrook designed the varied and colorful sets. The musical achievements in the play showed the professional touch of voice coach, Sister Mary Eliza, B.V.M., and much praise goes to the line piano accompaniment of Nancy Vandenberg. Captivated by the play, the au dience response was enthusiastic and appreciative of everyone in volved, performers and crew, in the thoroughly pleasant Bells Are Ringing. violent freedom movement. About 250 people responded that evening, although less than half remained for the final chorus of We Shall Overcome at 6 a.m. Mundelein was represented by 25 students, 13 were scholastics, the only sisters present. Lacking beards and sandals, the stereotyped trademarks of the movement, participants, seated in cushioned pews, listened quietly to speeches by civil rights leaders, in terrupted only by an occasional snore or yeah man. The speeches, comprising most of the east of midnight program, slowly revealed the most significant purpose of the vigil. According to Father William E. Hogan, diocesan priest from the south side St. Fran cis de Paula Parish, Our purpose, I think, is to bring together people who want to know what's happen ing . . . and who may have leader ship qualities. Calling for student and clergy support, Father Hogan explained Operation Breadbasket, a grass roots organization planning a boy cott of 300 food stores for discrimi natory hiring policies at all levels. Complementing this pressure on the food industry, Father added, are a series of marches designed to pro test real estate practices in Chicago suburbs. Several hours later, Al Raby, con vener of the Co-ordinating Council for Community Organizations, urged the defeat of Mayor Daley's 195 million bond issue which, he argued, would emasculate the movement by strengthening the political sta tus of a mayor who has offered us no cooperation. Also, Raby con tinued, Daley has proposed 50 mil lion for urban renewal, much of it in the form of high-rise apartments which we despise as a form of community living. The remaining two speakers, Reverend Andrew Young, executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and James Beval, one of Dr. Martin Luther King's aids, dealt with spirit rather than specific goals. Young sought to imbue his youthful audience with optimism, while Beval never let them forget what they were up against. Speaking early in the evening, a relaxed Reverend Young traced the evolution of the non-violent move ment in the South, urging students, the life-blood of the cause, to continue their efforts in Chicago. On the other hand, Beval indicted the psychological sickness of black and white, racism and militarism in American foreign policy and the ineffectiveness of the church as an institution for advancing civil rights. By dawn, however, the audience had received no comprehensive view of what's happening, as Father Hogan had hoped. Only two speak ers Hogan and Raby referred to specific plans. Yet, although students lacked knowledge of any centralized plan when the vigil ended, this lack of information in itself indicated an important aspect of the freedom movement in Chicago. Civil rights progress will not be accomplished through any conspiracy such as the rumored blockade of the Loop. Instead success depends upon the leadership qualities of the life- blood of the movement working through local community projects, according to all indications by the leaders. Mundelein students attending the vigil were: Janice Butler, Mary Cooney, Barbara Dahlder, Kathy Finneran, Cheryl Kinard, Diane Lally, Kathy Murray, Darlene Pu- chalski, Kathy Riley, Margie Sklen- car, Noreen Stoeck, Donna Tay lor, Sister Brigetta Mary, Sister Brigid Marie, Sister Cathlin Mary, Sister Marie Bernarde, Sister Marie Joseph, Sister Marjorie Mary, Sister Mary Anne Joelle, Sister Karen Therese, Sister Mary Karina, Sister Mary Timothy, Sister Paula Virgine, Sister Timothy Maura and Sister Timothy Maureen. Book Poignantly Reveals Harlem School Life; Classroom Dialogues Unveil Personal Tones The Schoolchildren, by Mary Frances Greene and Orletta Ryan: Pantheon Books, 1965. 227 pages. 4.95. by Marybeth Wagner Mundelein graduate Orletta Ryan '61 has co-authored a sensitive and MSC President Wins Finan Service Award Judy Ewing, MSC president, was selected by a senior class and fac ulty vote to receive the annual Mary Blake Finan Award. Established by the late Mrs. Mary Blake Finan, the award rec ognizes the senior who during four years at Mundelein has been out standing in character, cooperation and service. The winner is determined on a point basis with three points given for first choice, two for second and one for third choice. A second elec- Judy Ewing tion was neces sary this year because Liz Gordon, the girl originally selected, did not fulfill the four-year attendance re quirement. Judy has been active throughout her years at Mundelein. She is presently president of the Mun delein Student Congress and was treasurer of the Student Activities Council in her sophomore year. Judy was governor of her fresh man counseling group, co-ordinat ing head for YCS and was instru mental in organizing CACU. In ad dition, she was elected to Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities and was a Big Sister for two years. yet shocking account of the edu cation of elementary students in public schools in Harlem and East Harlem, New York. Miss Ryan and her collaborator Mary Frances Greene, a Univer sity of Chicago graduate, taught in the Chicago public school system for several years before arriving in New York. Their cooperation has produced a most enlightening reflection of life in the New York slums as seen through the eyes of the innocent, entitled Tlie School children. Frustrates Teacher The authors devote the first half of their book to an hour-by-hour account of the Harlem teacher's day which begins with the 8:15 bell. One of the first tasks of the teacher is to read the parental notes such as You quit make my kid cry, sign, M. Peraro. Morn ing reading lessons are often most frustrating for the teacher because few of the students can or even want to know how to read. An especially touching scene oc curs when the enthusiastic young teacher tries to encourage a dis cussion about what our fathers do. Don't our fathers work so very hard . . . earning money for our food and clothes? But there is no answer for not even six fathers in the room do any kind of work at all. Still the teacher does not fal ter: Well then, what does Mommy do? This question brings a rous ing response and an animated dis cussion carries on until lunch time. Touches Reader The second half of the hook adds a very real and moving emphasis to the story for it is in this part that the children actually express themselves. Included here are ac tual dialogues within and without the classroom. They shock, they amuse and they touch the reader, but most important, they reveal the children themselves and their expe rience of life, as the book's sub title aptly states, Growing Up in the Slums. Requires Courage In addition, the dialogues reveal the smiles and the heartaches of the teachers and the great courage required to cope with so many situations. And on it goes: you see children with serious psychiatric problems; ones with no fathers, and mothers they seldom see; children who live in two unheated rooms with five or six other people; boys and girls who are growing up with all the odds against them. Indicates Promise Despite the obvious pessimism of the picture there is light; there is the devoted teacher who is the promise of these kids. With her help they might see and partici pate in a better world. Certainly, Miss Ryan and Miss Greene are to be congratulated for their fine book. Its excellence is twofold: it is well-written and it performs the service of awakening the complacent. A building full of exotic camels, big bulls, 6-foot giraffes, huge pandas, ferocious tigers, biggest long-hair dogs, monkeys, alliga tors, bears and others. ANIMAL WONDERLAND 5960 W. 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