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March 1,1967 THE SKYSCRAPER Page Three Is God Dead? Skyscraper Photo by Jennifer Joyce GLANCING AT THE LATEST NEWS from Paris, Kathy Kramer, Sue Masterson, Virginia Arcenas and Gloria Gilbey formulate plans for seeing the sights of the city during their six-month study tour of France. Tour Group Awaits Springtime in Paris by Mary McMorrow Bon Voyage, Alois, Tiens Je ne suis pas prete are phrases be ing heard around the campus as the time fast approaches when 15 Mundelein students will embark on a six-month study tour of France under the direction of Sister Mary Elsa Copeland, French department. The group will fly Air France from O'Hare field March 21 at 5 p.m., and arrive in Paris at 9 a.m. the following day. Participants include juniors Dor- ann Klein, Marsha Kowalczyk, San dra Ragsdale, Kathleen Shea and Joanne Wisowaty; sophomores Pa tricia Carroll, Gloria Gilbey, Cath erine Hanus, Janet Kaczor, Kath- ryne Kramer, Susan Masterson, Donna Michels and Ann Katt; freshmen Virginia Arcenas and Elisabeth Prochotsky. Judy Pristo, a '66 graduate, and member of the first tour in 1965, will also accompany the group. She will do graduate work, applying the credits earned toward a mas ter's degree in French at the Uni versity of Indiana. Orientation will occupy the first two weeks in Paris, March 22 - April 6, during which the students will live in the Latin Quarter. Explications de Textes and Sym bolist Poetry are the two courses to be taught by Sister Elsa; these follow the natural sequence of the French major at Mundelein. Jun iors who have had these courses previously will spend their time on independent French study. The tour members therefore have taken a 4-4-2 sequence this year. The first part of the third term course work, April 7 through May 7, will be in Chartres, a city 96 kilometers to the southwest of Paris. A youth hostel will house the group and all can attend daily Mass at the Cathedral of Chartres which is within walking distance. The students will return to Paris May 8 and spend the final three weeks of the third term visiting the literary monuments of Paris and attending plays previously encoun tered in the classroom in addition to completing course work. In order to conclude their studies by May 30, Saturday classes may be scheduled, according to Sister Elsa, thereby leaving the month of June free for travel. During the month of June, a circular trip of France by Eurail- pass is planned. Caen, Marseille, Nice and Strasbourg are among the cities on the itinerary. In addi tion, several students hope to travel to the neighboring countries before beginning two months of study at the University of Dijon. After taking a placement exam at Dijon, students may choose from a vast assortment of French courses, from grammar, stylistics and literature to economic affairs, Bergundian art and history. Then from Aug. 28 to Sept. 15 the students will return to Paris for literary tours, museums and theater trips. The students expect many things from a study tour of this nature. What I am looking forward to most is being able to learn French from the people themselves instead of just in the classroom, said Kathy Kramer. To Sue Masterson six months of living on her own will present a real test of maturity. The students will pay their own room and board as they go along and generally be responsible for their own well-being. The trip stresses total immersion in the French language and cus toms. Many students expressed the feeling that this will result in a command of French not possi ble without stepping into the native milieu. The schedule leaves ample time outside of school work for a good time, which means to Sandy Rags- dale a skiing trip in the Alps. An other member of the tour hopes for several jaunts into the fashion cen ters of Paris. When first arriving in Paris, students are too overwhelmed by the newness of everything at once, commented Sister Elsa. To pre pare for the experience of a half year as foreigners, the group has held weekly meetings for about a year learning French customs, nu ances and the practical details of traveling. At one meeting, for example, Kathy White, senior and member of the 1965 tour, spoke to the group on French dating customs. Now that passports, vaccinations and preparations are mostly out of the way, anxious moments and eager anticipation abound. But, as one nervous sophomore put it, I just hope to come back sane after six months of total French. Theologian Defends Views by Audrey Warms and Darlene Puchalski Making an unprecedented ap pearance at a Catholic institution, radical theologian Thomas J. J. Altizer presented his Death of God theology at DePaul Univer sity Feb. 18. SPEAKING BEFORE a capacity audience, Altizer acknowledged that he was able to accept the uni versity's invitation because the present Catholic milieu is alive with radical questioning. Catho lic and Protest ant roles have been reversed, the University of Illinois pro fessor asserted; formerly P r o t- estantism was the vanguard of the new revolu tionary spirit of the faith while Skyscraper Photo by Jennifer Joyce T. J. J. Altizer now it has become closed, within its self-made fortress. REGARDED PROPERLY, Alti zer said, the God is Dead theology is not an isolated phenomenon, but the culmination of the movement of Christian religion . . . the whole of Christian tradition has moved toward this radical point. With the discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls, Christians have already achieved a new realization of the historical, religious world in which Christ lived, the theologian con tinued, but today it is necessary to recover the eschatological, apoca lyptic grounds of faith and give it contemporary meaning. ACCORDING TO ALTIZER, his theology includes three basic inten tions: to hasten the collapse of the ology (the study of God) into Christology, the study of Christ as the historical embodiment of self- sacrifice, passion and love of God; to transform mythical, theologi cal language into anthropological language, and; to strive for a new understand ing of the transcendent as dialecti- cally united with immanence. RESPONDING TO THE PRI MARY, contemporary question of how a Christian faith can exist in a historical setting that offers no sign of what the Christian world has traditionally known as God, Altizer contends that we must abandon all nostalgia . . . and seek Christ now as real in the world for us. To seek Christ as real in the world, the professor explained, means to listen to the world, be cause Christ is present wherever life in the world itself is now ac tive . . . the spirit of Christ is in Soviet U.S. Exchanges Offer Study Opportunity Sister Arline Keown, acting chairman of the Russian depart ment, will spend nine to ten weeks this summer studying at Moscow State University in the Soviet Un ion. As one of 25 teachers selected nationwide on the basis of trans cripts and tapes, Sister will study courses in language and method ology for six hours a day, six days a week. The American exchange is handled by the Inter-university Committee on travel grants. Travel expenses round trip from Chicago to Moscow will be paid by the com mittee. In addition, Sister Arline will receive a stipend of 150 rubles in the Soviet Union, to cover meals and miscellaneous expenses. Resi dence facilities, shared with gradu ate students at Moscow State, are also provided. A reciprocal group of 25 Rus sians will study the equivalent work in the United States, through an inter-governmental cultural ex change agreement. the world, in freedom and in self- giving communion. Such spiritual life is present in the civil rights movement, which shows a real cor relation to the emergence of radi cal theology, he stressed; the insti tutional Church was not doing enough, and the responsibility for the Church's failure fell upon the individual. COMMENTING on the effects of communism, Altizer declared that it is a real challenge because com munistic doctrine incorporates so much of what is Christianity. To a large degree, he concluded, Chris tians have been left with the shell of institutionalism, while the com munist doctrine has adopted as its ends the concern for humanity. Russian Composers Add Flavor to Music Recita A selection of works by Russian composers will comprise the music department's next recital, March 8 at 8 p.m. in McCormick Lounge. Sister Julie Ann Treacy, music department, will comment on the history of the Russian contribution to music since the last half of the 19th century with the rise of nationalism. The composers represented on the program are from the late 19th and 20th-century periods. Pianists Barbara Seitz and Sister Marihelen Campbell will perform two works by Rachmaninoff, Polichinille and Prelude Op. 32 No. 6. Tcherepnine's Bagatelles will be played by Madeleine Smolka. Sister M. La Verne Seville will perform Gavotte Op. 12 No. 2 by Prokofieff. Also included on the program will be a suite of songs, Nursery by Mussorgsky. Vocalists Denise Pleshar, Eileen Carroll and Virginia Doo- ley will perform five selections from the suite: With Nursey, In the Corner, The Beetle, Evening Prayer and The Naughty Puss, Donna Small will perform Rachmaninoff's 'Vocalise, and Alice Griffin will sing Tschaikovsky's Nur wie der sehnsusht kennt. Other piano solos will include Medtner's Conte Op. 20 No. 1 played by Sue Gorgol and Khatchaturian's Toccata performed by Sister Mary Margaret Mueller. English Provincial Spanish Baroque Francis I Classic Rose Hampton Court register your favorite sterling pattern ... as featured in Reed Barton's SILVER OPINION COMPETITION see the complete Reed Barton collection as well as those of other famed silversmiths. Seventh floor, State; also all suburban stores. Ic4 8f*
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