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THE SKYSCRAPER January 25, 1935 THE SKYSCRAPER Official Semi-Monthly Newspaper of MUNDELEIN COLLEGE 6363 Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois Mundelein Chicago's College For Women Under the Direction of the Sisters of Charity, B. V. M. Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 30, 1932, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 1.75 the year. Published semi-monthly from October to May inclusive by the students of Mundelein College. VOL. V. JANUARY 25, 1935 No. 6 AiX-CATHOLIC HONORS Telephone: Briargate 3800 STAFF Editor-in-Chief Ann Lally Associates: Irene Lavin, Virginia Meagher, Marion Mulligan Managing Editor Charlotte Wilcox Assistant Dorothy O'Donnell News Editors: - ...Jean McKeever, Mary Catherine Rose Features Jane Spalding, Jane Malkemus Assistants: Gladys Henry, Genevieve DelBeccaro Alumnae Mary O'Brien Exchanges Virginia Meagher Athletics Irene Lavin Assistant Gertrude Rafferty Art Joan Limburg Business Manager Jane Spalding Reporters: Glory Foley, Isabelle Graham, Catherine Heercy, Elizabeth Higgins, Laetitia Kalisz, Elenor Loarie, Anna Marie Masterson, Mary Rita Murphy, Catherine Ott, Sabina Slarzynska, Ann Ellen Smith, Mary Joyce Vail, Lillian Waseliewska. Advance by Retreat T at time when everyone sincerely and intelligently Catholic is actively inter ested, heart and mind, in the cause of Cath olic Action, and when the most enthusi astic of the number are envisioning a world-wide social and intellectual crusade in its name, it is a matter of wisdom to recall that the surest way to achieve this tremendous exterior success is by the un failing means of interior prayer. Or, to put it more concretely for Mundelein stu dents about to observe their annual three days' recollection, grasp the opportunity to Advance by Retreat For true Catholic Action, whose ultimate aim is the spiritual good of Catholicism, must necessarily emanate from that spirit ual source which is the sustaining power of combined prayer and reflection. Our blessed Lord illustrated the wisdom of this thought by retiring into the desert to pray before launching the supreme and sublime ly magnificent program of Catholic Action that was to culminate on Calvary's heights. The Apostles, painfully aware of their own weaknesses, realized its truth, when, during a nine days' retirement, they sought in prayer the tremendous courage that was required on that first almost overpowering mission of Catholic Action, to go forth and teach all nations That our own times recognize the truth of this idea is apparent in the parallel development and populariza tion of the Retreat movement with Cath olic Action itself. Thus, we who are about to make our annual Retreat are brought face to face opportunely with the paradoxical fact that retirement and action are strikingly akin; that the first is the source of the second; Let's Be Mexico-Conscious T3 students, to Christians, and to hu- nan beings in general the Mexican sit- ution is a loudly voiced challenge. It is a challenge to our complacent belief that the forces rampant in Mexico cannot leap the Rio Grande, a challenge to our faith which, as Catholics, we must uphold, and, finally, a challenge to our humanity that as human beings we stand idly by and see our fellowmen deprived of rights founded upon their humanity. For every American, regardless of creed, the situation must appear particu larly odious and unbearable. Secure in the freedom of mind and body and creed, safe from tyrannical oppression, we deplore conditions in Mexico, but with fleeting concern. Should circumstances have made us Mexican citizens our concern would be positive and militant. As students in an American Catholic college, unhampered in our Catholic edu cation and free from the corrupting dom ination and supervision of a tyrannical governmental machine, we are in a posi tion to appreciate better the rebellious feel ings which must surge in the hearts of Mexican students. But their hands are tied; their sustenance, their very lives de pend upon their acquiescing to tyranny. Our hands are not tied. Let us be Mex ico-conscious, discussing the Mexican sit uation just as often and as animatedly as we do the Lindbergh case. With forces united let us help to mold the powerful American public opinion in regard to Mex ico. It is a mighty force in shaping the policy of our own country and once aroused can sweep all barriers aside. Abbe Dimnet Favors Required Courses lt; lt; t TJTHAT a distinguished person you W would be, what a brilliant par terre your mind would look if you would generally exclude that which does not give you the greatest enjoyment of which you are capable the gentle Abbe Ernest Dimnet is giving his fair young reader the astute counsel for which he is so uni versally beloved. His words are welcome palliatives to the minds of harassed students who are at present wondering just why they have to* take such and such a required course . Twelve hours of math, and twelve hours of science are sorry alternatives when the soul yearns for further light on the new fall fashions, or a few ideas on what Gertrude Stein means by it all, or the late trends in French government. Contrary to the modern viewpoint, Abbe Dimnet declares recreations do not com prise education. A smattering of science, language, or mathematics does not give a man or woman the right to be styled educated . To correct this attitude and to reconcile the student's mind toward re quired courses is an urgent problem. However, the gentle Abbe has given us a helpful truism when he suggests that our whole life is filled with required courses. We are required to live, we are required to die. We are required to work to sustain our lives. We must pursue true knowledge so that in death we can live again. Viewing required courses in the light of the Abbe's mature philosophy, they no longer appear as bugaboos. No, they be come to us worthwhile things, heaped on the table of knowledge, of which we gladly take our share. and that, if we would succeed, whether along the specialized lines of Catholic Ac tion or in its broader fields which embrace every walk of life, the surest way is to Advance by Retreat Sees Busy Year Ahead; Qay Days and Fair Are Coming By Jane Malkemus TIP-TOE on the summit of a new year, the student stands and looks down the crowded whirl of months that lie before her. First, the white-and-gray month, Janu ary, links the putting aside of vacation hol ly and hilarity with fresh consideration of resolutions and serious study for ex aminations. After the hurried completion of book reports and term papers, comes the silent interlude of retreat, when we pause in the rush of prosaic activities to gain new spiritual poise and calm. Retreat over, the brief interval of registration fol lows, when schedules and programs are readjusted and we start anew into the work of the second semester. FEBRUARY, gala with red hearts and cherry pies, graceful with Colonial teas, grim with memories from history pages of Valley Forge and Gettysburg, brings the juniors importantly excited with smart little bids for the glamourous lights and music of their Prom. A PUFF of wind and in roars March, blowing before it a bright flutter of green shamrocks and Mission tags. Ash Wednesday brings the grave days of Lent, of self-denial and early rising for morning Mass and Holy Communion. TRIPPING on the heels of March. April, misted in silver, swirls in the gay season of new spring clothes and blinking Easter bunnies with inquisitive ears. A new glow of school spirit warms the students when the College Day cere mony ushers in the annual pre-commence- ment activities. N a mantle of blue, trimmed with young spring buds, May steps softly before us. White-veiled students offering hymns and rosaries fill the flower-decked chapel. Lae tare Players are bright-eyed and glowing in anticipation of the coming Mosaics, and, together with the flurried preparation for final exams, comes the stately and grand Senior Ball. GOLDEN-SCENTED June rings in a chorus of goodbyes as books are put away and suitcases packed for vaca tion day, and the year reaches its climax with seniors, gravely marching in caps and gowns, intent on the future, reliving the past, at the closing solemnity of Com mencement. Looking Forward Lilz: SSKVLUSHZ CHARGE OF THE CLASS BRIGADE (With apologies profuse ones.) Half a week, half a week, Half a week, onward Into the week of Fests Rode the five-hundred. Forward the Class Brigade, Prepare for Exams, they said. Into the week of Tests Rode the five-hundred. Equations math'matical Foreign rules grammatical Data statistical Questioned and thundered. Stormed at to state and tell That they had studied zvell While A's and honors fell, Gallant five-hunudred Came through the green-book haze Back from the pen-ink daze All that was left of them, Left of five hundred. How did their knowledge fade Oh, the wild guesses made, All teachers wcmdered. Pity the trials they made Pity the Class Brigade Tested five hundred. (This effusion, guaranteed to melt the heart of any teacher, is sympathetically dedicated to those who failed by those who didn't, if any.) And we owe our latest pun to the French student who gravely declared that the fables of Fontaine are tails of animals. Voice on the loud speaker: Poverty and re lief will meet in 308 at 2 o'clock. Junior, dryly: Think I'll go. I meet poverty every day in the week, but I rarely find relief. ***** Shades of Anne of Green Gables Instructor, after an involved explanation: Do you understand, Miss Gill? Miss Gill, who has long since ceased to follow: Sister, do you ever imagine things ? ***** SONG TO MY BABY BROTHER (With Apologies to Emer) Lxe low, my darling. When my friends come here to call, Coxdd you condescend, my suvetheart, To take your skates from the hall? And when, and if, Bill phones again May I ask you to resist The urge to say Unwisely Ted h, 'sense me, please, I missed ? Could you tax your brain and figure out That early Saturday morn- Is NOT the time to have your friends Come practice on a horn? So lie low, my loved one, In your den bedecked with signs Horseshows and flags and pennants And snaps of your baseball nine. May tlie riding winds bring you cowboy dreams Through the crack in the window pane (Remember Dad's ferocious look When he said, Snowballs again ) But still, you have your moments (They're not when you're awake) And if you'll just keep out of sight Your other faults Fll take. Maque's Mique.
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1935-01-25 (2)
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