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THE SKYSCRAPER November 9, 1934 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. NOVEMBER 9, 1934 No. 3 (Newspaper ALL-CATHOLIC HONORS Telephone: Briargate 3800 STAF F 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: Josephine Carton, Roberta Christie, Agnes Griffin, Catherine Heerey, Elizabeth Higgins, Elenor Loarie, Anna Marie Master- son, Catherine Ott, Ann Ellen Smith, Lillian Wasiclewski. SHALL WE SUCCEED? UCCESS is little more than the ulti mate expression of humble, but sin cere, beginning. Rockefeller started with a clime, Henry Ford with a few tools. This week every Mundelein student will start with tickets for Twelfth Night. We readily realize that neither Rocke feller's dime nor Ford's tools were fully responsible for the tremendous success that capped each man's work. Each was reinforced with a clever mind, shrewd business ability, and an almost relentless determination to succeed. Nevertheless, both the dime and the tools were the nucleus with which both men started. Similarly, we are aware that two tickets do not spell a full house. But what of two tickets times five hundred students? Despite our mathematical deficiencies, we do see that the answer to that problem would bring us to the threshold of a suc cessful production of Twelfth Night at Mundelein. Further, were we to succeed in working the problem of three tickets times five hundred students, rated in terms of success, we would be multi-millionaires That students in general are interested in the revival of Shakespearean produc tions has been' effectively proved by the tremendous ovations given them at the Globe theater at a Century of Progress; that Mundelein students in particular ap preciate the worthwhile purpose of the play returns the new library is a fact beyond the necessity of proof. The logi cal conclusion, then, is that since the op portunity is presenting itself, each Mun delein girl will add to an abstract apprecia tion, a concrete cooperation in the form of a disposal of her tickets. Shane Leslie Lauds College In London Newspaper Story CHALLENGING article in a recent number of the London Daily Tele graph is of special interest to Mundelein students, since it is written by Shane Les lie, the English poet, journalist, and literary critic who lectured here last year on Mrs. Fitzherbert. Mr. Leslie's visit to Mundelein last April was one visit on his tour of Amer ican colleges, and, although ostensibly he was concerned primarily with lecturing to the youth of America, Mr. Leslie was, as those of us who interviewed him realized, taking stock of education in America. The article in the Daily Telegraph re views his impressions. Stating at the outset that he would not like to support the strong criticism which American edu cationists are offering their own results, Mr. Leslie deplores, nevertheless, the wealth-getting element which has crept into our college training. He points out the fact that in recent years a degree has meant economic security, and states, fur ther, that this idea of working toward a place in business or professional life has so extended the curriculum that we now have a mass of college graduates who know little or nothing about history, literature, or the arts. Curiously enough, however, Mr. Leslie was obliged to admit that women's colleges do train cultured leaders, because they keep close to the classical tradition. And, al though he mentions in the article colleges and universities in a number of Eastern and Middle Western states, he singles out only three for special commendation Columbia university, the University of Chicago, and Mundelein College. Having discussed the University of Chicago, which he visited, he writes: At Chicago I lectured at Mundelein College, which is a sky-scraper in itself. Lecture rooms, swimming pool, and laboratories tower at different heights over each other. It is a most interesting experiment. Con sidering the value of the education given there, I was astonished at the moderation of the fees. We have nothing similar.... When one considers that his itinerary in cluded a four-months tour of colleges from Pennsylvania university, Harvard, and Bryn Mawr in the east, to the University of Chicago in the Middle'West, one can ac curately judge the worth of that compli ment. Of the audiences which he addressed in women's colleges, Mr. Leslie writes: They form a public of eager and educated women that we do not possess, and they give American husbands the love of art and knowledge which they do not appear to carry away from their own universities. If, as Mr. Leslie suggests, the general tenor of American education is in peril because of the utilitarian standards preval ent in many schools, we may be justly grateful that we are in a college founded upon Christian culture and ideals, and that we are obliged, in our liberal arts education, to become steeped in the classical tradition, the decline of which the English scholar sees as the root of American educational failures. COLLEGIATE NEWS AND VIEWS TnAST is East and West is West in JLi the college world, and East meets West in our exchange rack every week or so during the school year. THE FLORIDA FLAMBEAU from Flor ida State College for Women has a number of interesting columns. One, Contemporary Student Thought, gleans the highlights from university editorials. Another, Magazine Thumbings, reviews current magazine arti cles. The donning of cap and gown is a big event in any college. Mundelein calls it Senior Sunday, The Flambeau calls it Investiture, and we like the cartoon depict ing it as the spirit of the week. Words of wisdom In the editorial on extra-curricu lar activities is said: A University whose students are undecided within themselves is built upon shifting sands. STUDENT LIFE from Washington uni versity, St. Louis, Mo., carries an announce ment which promises to be interesting: Coeds to be chosen for Best Dressed Contest by Greeks. The account states that the candidates are to be selected for points of style, ap propriateness, neatness, and tasteful selec tion of accessories. Each student will be allowed one vote in the primary election. The ten highest contestants will be watched by a secret committee for one week, and, on Nov. 13, the three best will be selected. On the following day the best-dressed coed will be chosen and awarded a complete outfit. WASHINGTON PRODUCES NEW MERRY-GO-'ROUND IKE HOOVER'S Forty-two Years in the White House is the biggest bomb shell which has been exploded in Wash ington since the advent of The Wash ington Merry-Go-Round during the last administration. Irwin Hoover, who was chief usher, is no relation to the ex- president, but he seems almost more im portant than the presidents, for it was he who oiled the complex mechanisms of White House living. His book deals with a number of petty household details, but these are all supple mented with interesting sidelights on the historical aspects of diplomatic dinners, formal calls, and international alliances. His portrayals of Wilson, Coolidge, and Hoover are most interesting because they reveal sides of these men which we never even knew existed. Although the statements in the book cannot be verified, they will certainly have a far-reaching ef fect on the modern historians. F you are looking for something novel, get a copy of Authors-at-Arms, by C. P. Hawkes. Mr. Hawkes, wondering whether or not the pen is mightier than the sword, and being unable to decide, gives us six rarely exhibited portraits of English men of letters, from a military viewpoint. Some say these treatises are superfluous. I suppose they are, but they give us a better understanding of Gibbon, Scott, Steele, Coleridge, Landor, and By ron. It is satisfying somehow, to watch these literary men in positions in which we could never possibly imagine them. Anyway, this will give you an amusing hour or two. l-l-iU: SKVLUsHZ Senior, greeting Faculty member: I've heard dozens of freshmen wax enthusiastic about your French course. I wish I could take it. Faculty member, serenely: But I teach music. ***** It may have been unintentional, but the drama students in a certain class felt rather maligned when the instructor advised the group to read Twelfth Night before the performance, so they would know what it is all about. ***** Religion instructor, quoting: Many are called Freshman, recalling her early morning strug gle: But few get up. ***** And did you hear about the little girl from Puerto Rico, small sister of the Spanish instruc tor, who entered the Twelfth Night ticket chair man's office and asked for a ticket? For fifteen minutes, the patient chairman tried to determine whether the little girl wanted a ticket for Friday or for Sunday, and, when she was about to give up in despair, discovered that the child wanted a meal ticket, and wanted it today, if you please, and not a week from Friday; ***** English Instructor, giving a contrast in writers: Now Lamb is a genial essayist, and if you sandwich him between Burke and Bacon.... ***** THE COLLEGIATE MIND A la Gertrude Stein An algebra problem I must solve.... test in psychology, six books in a locker, seven cents, seven cents to a street car con ductor, shiny new shoes and a blue velvet formal, blue Monday, blue lake from a library window, books and a pen and a blank piece of paper and an algebra problem I must solve. ***** (With apologies to Robert Herrick) Gather ye schoolbooks while ye may The time is quickly flying This elevator's coming soon. And minutes, ten, are dying. That mean old clock sits grinning there And jerks his hand in glee A click ... o pause . . . one minute left. And all pray fervently. Then safe, at last, within the car They call out five or three And think how well-earned are the fruits Of punctuality. They then resolve to use their time And lightsome hearts to carry. For having caught at last their car They may a L-O-N-G time tarry. ***** BABIES, TAKE A BOW It was a case of 25 minds with but a single thought, at the recent Fall Festival, when at various intervals during the grand parade, five sets of ambitious quintuplets trooped, or stum bled, or were led across the stage. The general method of procedure was practi cally the same, with winsome pink-ribboned bonnets and a variety of dolls and toys as work ing materials. The first group to appear elected to crawl across the stage and evoked much applause from an appreciative audience. As the second set walked uncertainly before the amused assembly, there were whispered exclamations of surprise. However, as the third, fourth, and, finally, the fifth organization ' stepped past the judges, each more apologetically and less naively, the audience finally was convinced that this was not a mas querade, but rather a Dionne memorial ceremony.
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1934-11-09 (2)
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