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Page Two SKYSCRAPER Easter of Half-Century Opens on Battleground This is the Easter that marks the middle of the century. This is the fiftieth Easter in the 1900's. What was the first of the century like? Women pinned feather-covered bonnets to buns of flowing hair, and men dis cussed the activities of President McKin- ley. But the same spirit of Lent was there, and those who cared prepared their souls for the Resurrection of the Savior. What distinguished features has this Easter of 1950? There is a rebirth of interest in the contemplative life, in mysticism, in the so cial doctrines of the Church, such as the Mystical Body. Within the Church, the laity is taking a more active interest in the liturgy. Attendance at Mass and Com munion during Lent is good. In the world picture, well-known writers like Waugh and Greene are creating dis cussion of the Church in many circles that had previously ignored it. But this Easter of 1950. there is a colos sal danger that was unknown fifty years ago. The Christian world is facing an enemy that has been called one of the worst ' since the pagan invasions. Communism packs power, and the Achil les' Heel of Christianity is the failure of too many Christians as individuals to live a thoroughly Christ-ian life. Therefore this Easter we as Catholic col lege students have two tasks: to be grate ful for the opportunity of living in a time when so much good can be done; and to mend one hole in the wall of Christian de fense against Communism, and provide one more spiritual weapon in the battle, by beginning today, now, to live our lives as perfectly as human wills, combined with God's grace, can make them. Music for Millions . . . Hope Sings This Spring Offhand, spring connotes two things to most of us flowers and showers. Some how this reflects the pattern of life with its gay flowers of happiness and sud den showers of gloom. Alice Meynell calls it the Rhythm of Life. There is evidence of it every where night and day, summer and win ter, warmth and cold, sunshine and som- breness the inevitable contrast of life. Spring means something special to the seniors this year. A month ago on bleak winter evenings they were frantically de vouring large doses of knowledge. Strange ly enough they survived comprehensives. and now life holds only happiness. Other students, tense about midsemesters, will quickly plunge into lighter activities come Easter vacation. Many of us could stabilize our lives and poise our spirits, if we were to reflect a little on the inevitability of UP as well as on the calamity of DOWN. The poet Shelley understood these flights of the spirit when he murmured 'O wind, if winter comes can spring be far behind.' Our winters may take a variety of forms comprehensives is only one but they WILL come to each one of us: But it is necessary to realize that the glorious sea son of spring will always follow the hardest of winters. Student's Eye View ... / at QQei Qn CAROL PAIGHT and Dr. Hermann N. **** C/ 1 If Stalin Came To Mundelein . . If Joseph Stalin had been walking through the third-floor corridor this morn ing at 11 o'clock, chances are that any of 100 students would have volunteered to back him into a corner to talk some sense into him. This to most people, would constitute a definite step in putting a stop to Communism. But any thinking person realizes that the problem goes deeper than giving Sta lin a talking to. Catholic journalists re alized it and organized the Gabriel Guild. They saw that the first step toward any defense or reform is perfection of self. They knew, that the man who is impec cable is safe from attack and can go on with any outside campaigns he choses. The guild members began with justice. They pledged themselves never to write anything which .they did not know to be absolute truth. Then they figured ways to be positive in the Catholic approach to newswriting. They saw the need for perfection of self. Why can't we? How can we be so willing to help fight Communism with charity with donations to the poor, with help to those in Europe who need it? How can we throw ourselves into any fight with our whole beings when we are pur sued by the nagging thought that we've relaxed in the small duties we have to ourselves, our families, or our school? It is impossible to concentrate on any endeavor when our own houses are not swept clean. Let us begin with justice, just as the Guild has. We'd be, willing to bet that if every one of us was completely just in his dealings with others 90 per cent of our personal problems would be solved. Then we could really go to work I It is Just Possible . . . Says The Visitor The guest chose a rarely quiet Thurs day to visit the press room. The handful there were honored; he was a nobleman, a Czechoslovakian prince. A Doctor of Let ters, and a former student of political sci ence, our royal visitor had survived Eur ope of the 1930's and 40's. In the early war years, the Nazis forced him to resign his position as a member of the Czech State department. Reinstated at war's end, the Communist coup d'etat of 1948 compelled him to leave his post again. He had served as Czech envoy to the Vati can. Here was one visitor with whom we didn't chat about our picture board or head line count exclusively this man had some thing to say. We tossed a few leading questions and waited for him to say it. Would he speak of Europe's fear of the Atomic power, of the untested effects of the H-bomb? Was Russia afraid of Uncle Sam? did she dare step out of line any further? Can order be reached by bargain ing with Communism, or ? Then we sat quietly. We waited, Prince Francis Schwarzenberg answered: People may just pray enough to effect the destruc tion of the Communist regime from with in and without. . . . During the Holy Year, more prayers than usual will be said. It is just possible that we may pray enough CAROL PAIGHT and Dr. Hermann N Sander were both acquited in what be- an as mercy killing trials. But their ac quittals were no victories for the Eutha nasia Society of America. Miss Paight pleaded insanity, and Dr. Sander, midvyay in his trial, changed his defense and claim ed that his patient was dead before the air injections were administered. Perhaps the doctor realized that the time was not yet ripe to champion so im moral a practice. Perhaps ' nine Catho lics on the jury weakened his bravado. It is unfortunate that only the Catholic Church should be the stronghold of God's law, but its members may well be the spearhead for universal acceptance of the obvious the moral law. THE NUMBER of Catholic Negroes in the United States has increased 160 per cent during the last 50 years. Through the efforts of priests, nuns, and lay workers, schools, churches, hospitals and clinics have been built for them. The work of these dedicated people has done much to eradicate racial misunderstanding and in tolerance. A 160 percent increase in the Negro pop ulation of the Church is a record for satis faction. But we cannot boast until each individual Catholic and every Catholic or ganization is cleared of its bigotry. A NATIVE Californian claims to have seen the corpse of a man from Mars who crashed in Mexico in a flying saucer. We were disappointed. Contrary to the Buck Rogers theory, the Marsian was only 23 inches tall. Hardly adequate as a rumba partner. r The Book Co-op which opened in the lounge last week for the mutual benefit of all students depends entirely upon student support. It was inaugurated for the aid of students who have difficulty securing good J Catholic literature because of high prices or long waiting lists in libraries. Book donations will be accepted from students at all times and will circulate until the end of the semester, when they will be returned to their owners. The books will also be accepted as permanent dona tions. Since early classes have prevented some of us from attending daily Mass, we should welcome the opportunity to attend parish devotions during Holy Week, while we're on Easter vacation. Half the fun of college is working with congenial people on worthwhile projects- intellectual or social. But half the stu-1 dents well, one fourth, perhaps missj that fun because they fail to get in stride when an all-college project comes along. NOW is the time to start thinking about your part in the benefit card party and fashion revue. You can sell tickets, ofj course; you are expected to do that. But you can also help get patrons, advertise ments; serve on committees; work in 1 leadquarters. Room 202. You'll be glad if you do. Week Moments March 20-24, Midsemester Examinations March 20, 21, 3 and 4 p.m., Meetings for Freshman Skyscraper Staff March 21, Spring Begins, Sophomore- Freshmen Basketball game March 23, Senior-Junior Basketball game March 27, Watch for The Review March 28, Junior-Freshman Basketball game, SAC Follies March 29, International Relations Club meeting March 30, Senior-Sophomore Basketball game March 31, Vacation opens April 11, Classes resume April 11-15, NFCCS convention, Pitts burgh April 12, Last day to enter Horse Show April 15, High School Mathematics tour nament April 16, Senior Recital, Annastasia Mc Gowan April 21, Orchestra Concert is B a ' Cardinal Turns Spotlight On Church Leaders Hailed by critics as the great Catholic novel, The Cardinal, by Henry Morton Robinson, concerns the Church and cler gy in America since 1900. The story made its bow in the Cosmo politan last autumn as a serial and is to be published soon in book form. Briefly, the plot spins around Father Stephen Fermoyle, sincere and able Cath olic priest in the diocese of Boston. Father Fermoyle's seminary days are spent in the North American college in Rome, where he develops a. taste for Vat ican life and Gregorian chant. Upon his return to America, the young priest is sent to Dollar Bill Monaghan as a par ish assistant. Early in his career, Father Fermoyle is attached to Boston's Cardinal Glennon. It is only a matter of time and pages before the secretary is made a Monsignor. The reader needs no more hints, by this time, about the identity of the Cardinal. As the story progresses Father Fer moyle goes back to, Rome, this time to work in the Secretariate of State. While still in his forties, he is appointed Bishop of Hartfield and from then on the story gallops. His life as a priest and his life as the favorite son of a street car conductor are strangely contrasted. The family of Bishop Fermoyle is com paratively conventional as far as a story book family goes. His parents are a de voted Catholic couple. His sisters and brothers are individualistic yet typical of American social groups. As a summary of Church activities and problems, The Cardinal is an excellent portrait. Rome with its diplomats and pag eantry is alive on the pages of this book. Reading it, one inevitably grasps the perplexing dichotomy of the priestly vo cation the need for leadership both in spiritual and in material areas, but it is more a fictional biography than a novel. It provides, nevertheless, an entertaining and painless means of learning much about Church ideals, problems, and government. MUNDELEIN COLLEGE Chicago 40, Illinois Under the Direction of THE SISTERS OP CHARITY, B.V.M. Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 30,193; at the Post Office of Chicago, Illinois, under tke Act of March 3, 1879, 1.75 the year. Published semi-monthly from October to Mlj inclusive by the students of Mundelein College, 6363 Sheridan Road, Chicago 40. VOL. XX March 20, 1950 No. 9 All-Catholic Honors All-American Honors M Telephone AM bassador 2-8100 Co-Editors-in-Chief Joan Merridr, Patricia 0'Man Student's Eye Views Juanita Gilmore, Leona Adanu What Goes On Nancy Kellj, Peggy Butler Skyline Patricia Hon, Rosemary Simec, Marjorie Coughlin, Sheiln Neary, Paula Long Skyscrapings Marguerite Kerger, Dorothy Campbell, Louise Milazzo, Maribeth Carey, Mary Kay Gill, Joan Kares, Judy Lmj- henry Books Rita Bresnehu Mary Ellen War Pictures Peggy Barrett News Editors Barbara Bidwell Evelyn Donahoe, Barbara Heintz, Jane Ken* ly, Mary Jane Lamb, Barbara Shaughnessy / Sports Mary Kay Hartipn Margaret Re:-:; Artist Joan Blakeslee Reporters Mary Ellyn Bondi, Joan Holland, Beth Mc Garry, Patricia Moj Hugh, Jane Roach, Mary Burke, Christelle Hughes, Betty Shoemaker, Grace Trauscht, Marion Whelan, Gina Moran li ;
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