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Page Four THE SKYSCRAPER Sept. 30, 1964 Foreign Students View Jesuits' Counselor p U.S. Educational System Panel Defines Catholic Commitment, For t.hp t.hivd time MnnHplein was t.-irv (irndes. tnncht. hv Mrs Ed- I C lt; ICCOC 11 1/4 A fltC Wsf / I M t t k V I mfm For the third time Mundelein was tary Grades, taught by Mrs. Ed- requested by the State Department ward Matula, evoked special inter- to participate in a program for visiting Latin Americans and played host to a group of Mexican students. Nine teenagers from Chihuahua, Mexico, arrived here Sept. 21 to spend the day observing education and Spanish classes. While many education minors are involved in the Inner City movement of Chicago, these stu dents from Normal School Chihua hua will be teaching in their coun try's backward rural areas. They stayed well past the end of Spanish Literature of 1898 discus sing their Mexican literature with Spanish majors. But besides literature the young students manifested interest in American foreign policy and the United States' position in the OAS. Teaching of Art in the Elemen- SAC Features Two Combos At Fall Mixer The SAC will sponsor the first all-school fall mixer of the year, Oct. 2 from 9 to 12 midnight in Mc Cormick Lounge and Lewis Center. Featured is the music of Rae Paul's Countdowns' and Ed Mooney's Dy namics. Invitations have been sent to Loyola University, St. Joseph's Col lege, IIT, Northwestern, Notre Dame, DePaul, University of Chi cago, University of Illinois and their respective fraternities. Gloria Ciucci, SAC social chair man, in charge of arrangements, will be assisted by Laurel Marcey and Ovita Cihlar, publicity; Bitsy Doody and Berni Kowalski, invita tions; Andrea Vrettos, refresh ments; Diane Pinasco, admissions. Tickets are 1 at the door. est. Sister Mary Therese Avila said this could be credited to a na tural interest in art prevalent in Mexico. Although the mechanical im provements of television circuit classes and the language lab im pressed them, small classes that encouraged discussion enabled them to become acquainted with United States students' opinion and im pressions. A five-member panel spontane ously labeled commitment in the apostolic sense as an active, ra tional and personal contact with God. The panel agreed in general that in the Catholic women's col leges throughout the country, stu dents are in their own little Catho lic mentality. The topic, What is Commit ment? was discussed Sept. 23 by Reverend Glicerio Abad, S.J., Rev erend Gerald Cavanaugh, S.J., Rev erend John Crowley, S.J., Reverend Patrick McDunn, S.J. and Miss Su san Graefe, counselor in Munde lein's admissions office. The clergy men are from the Jesuit Theologate in North Aurora and represented the theological sodality group. Father Cavanaugh pointed out that a person develops MEXICAN EDUCATION students from Chihuahua, Mexico, attend classes and are entertained by Munde lein faculty and students. The group, sponsored by Skyscraiter Photo by Diane Shi'koI the International Teacher Development Program, is studying educational systems of the United States. Campus News Briefs Alfonzo Patricelli of the mathe matics department, has received a National Science Foundation grant for the In-Service Institute for College Teachers at the Illinois In stitute of Technology. Mr. Patri celli is working for his doctorate in work and humorous writing to be mathematics at IIT. Announce Deadline October 31 is the deadline for short stories, poems, essays, art udcrapinad Now that the throbbing, intense, exhilarating thrill of the first weeks has subsided, perhaps it is time for us to examine the reports of our vast staff of pollsters, all of whom have spent the past 20 days . . . er . . . polling among other things. (Our pollsters, for those of you who may wonder, are a cracker-jack team of veteran college girls trained extensively in the fine art of detecting chinks in the armor of the ad ministration, the faculty, the student government, the student body and anything else they happen to come upon in the course of their throbbing, intense, ex hilarating days here at Mundy Col. Our demi-insti- tutional analysts have gleaned the following: THE RING OUT WILD BELLS REPORT: Our entire staff wept in unison over the demise of that hourly tinkle, the class bell. Heavens, I wouldn't mind it so much if only the teachers would pay atten tion to the time, lamented one bell-oriented maiden. But they do get so involved in the imparting of knowl edge business that they run over, and there is simply no tactful way to tell an instructor that class is over. We've worked out a system in one class, though. An appointed student we take turns makes a terrific racket getting her books and her purse and her what- have-you off the floor. This almost always gives the professor the hint. If there's no clock in the room, somebody throws an eraser at the wastebasket. This almost never fails to break up the class, to say nothing of the teacher. THE GOURMET REPORT: The Tearoom is again the meeting place for honorary intellectuals and for fostering what might jovially be called faculty- student relationships. Our staff reminds us that the atmosphere is still darkly medieval, the Beanies are still forgetting to put a glass under the milk machine and the books are still being carried in surreptitiously of a morn. Lewis Center, on the other hand, has once more been appropriated for the social purposes of various undergraduate women. Loyola men abound, at least for the first weeks, and we hear that the Beatles blare forth from the jukebox at all hours. Bridge is big THE WHAT-GOES-UP REPORT: Our pollsters have discovered that the biggset single problem of Mundelein's intrepid team of elevator operators is ex plaining that the elevator does not go to ten. It does not go to ten primarily because the elevator shaft stops at nine; however, perhaps there are other reasons that have not been disclosed to us. THE OVER-PARK REPORT: What our staff had to say is not really printable in a journal of this calibre. Suffice it to say that they are unhappy about the fencing-in (or rather, fencing-out) of the south Sheridan lot. Higher ups tell us that there is nothing that can be done about this at the moment, and any way, they are having enough trouble finding faculty space, for goodness sake As far as we can see, it is a case of the early birds getting the parking lot, and the wages of a few extra hours of sleep condemning one a parking lot at the 3600 block of Kenmore. You can take the bus the rest of the way. THE BURY-BARRY REPORT: Our political staff reports on the overwhelming surge for Johnson, although a few ardent YR's speak rhapsodically of the Conservative Cutie. We intend to give them equal time, sometime in 1837, for instance. This concludes the results of our pre-semester- slump report for the year. Our thanks to the pollsters, who have given much of the time they could have spent on more important things like classes to compile this in-depth report. Their only reward is that they are eligible to take part in Mundelein's next Institutional Analysis. published in the winter edition of the Review. A mail box for the de posit of contributions is set up out side 1017, the Review office. Co- editors Carol Gendron and Helen Skala request that all contributions be identified with name and locker. Copy will be returned. Speaks at Guild Sister Mary Ann Ida, B.V.M., president, will speak at the Fine Arts Guild in Rockford, today, on Women and the Arts in the Twen tieth Century. Sister was also one of four speak ers at the closing session of the re gional meeting of the Governor's Commission on the status of women. The meeting, held at McCormick Place, Sept. 23, was attended by Governor Otto Kerner and Mayor Richard J. Daley. Hold Meeting CALM, Chicago Area Lay Move ment, will hold a meeting, Oct 6, 3 p.m., room 405. CALM is an area-wide coopera tive venture to tutor grammar and high school students in Chicago's inner-city. Other activities of CALM are adult education classes, high school discussion groups and recreational activities. Representatives from the Rush Street office of CALM will attend the meeting. ideas in opposition to some one else. To see issues clearly, one must be stimulated by what someone else says. Father Mc Dunn added that In the midst of agreement, there is apathy. Miss Graefe, however, hast ened to assure the panel that Mundelein students possess a variety of viewpoints and back grounds. There are diverse attitudes here. In answer to Father Crowley's question, Must you eliminate Catholic colleges? Father Cava naugh said, I think there is a waste of Catholic colleges in Chi cago. There are two or three fine universities, but there is a prob lem in cooperation. He cited Loy ola and Mundelein as an example. Miss Graefe emphasized that a Catholic education can produce passive individuals. Mundelein women must go out to and be com mitted to Christ. Father Cavanaugh said the Catholic layman should become involved in community affairs. He should have a position on public policies, birth control, nuclear warfare, the United Nations, the Congo, South Viet Nam. Father Abad added that There is so much good a Catholic can do to further the cause of racial injustice. The panel stressed the valuable role of the sodality as an outlet for the Lay Apostolate. The sodality can be adapted to the needs of the modern world. The future for Catholic col lege graduates, the panel agreed, need not necessarily lie in PAVLA or in the Peace Corps. These are vocations in themselves and are extra, not the ideal for everyone. Miss Graefe said, A Catholic can be just as commited while teaching math in a suburban high school. Father McDunn summed up the discussion, There should not be a Catholic World; there should be a Catholic in a real world. X'V SUE SCHEVERS '64, now in Iran, has begun Peace Crops work as an English teacher. Sue was part of a group which trained for 11 weeks at the University of Michigan. THE SKYSCRAPER Mundelein College 6363 Sheridan Rd., Chicago, 111., 60626
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