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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER January 20,1959 Chicagoans See Journalism History Made On January 5 the Chicago Daily News made its own headlines with the news of its change in ownership. It also began a new chapter in the history of Chicago journalism and what may well be a noteworthy step in American newspaper history. Coming as it did soon after the purchase of Hearst's American by the Chicago Tribune, the merging of the Daily News with the Sun-Times reduced the nation's second largest city to the status of a two-daily-newspaper town. The union of the papers also marked a high point in the careers of two outstanding contem porary publishers. Any one of these things is worthy of a good deal of comment. At present, however, we'd like to point out a few facts about the two men who are responsible for the merger. In 1944 John S. Knight took over the reins of ., .... Daily News during the transition period under its new ownership. Control of the Daily News has been relin quished to a young Chicagoan who Knight seems to feel is the best qualified to carry on the tradi tion of the newspaper. This 42-year-old publisher is Marshall Field, Jr., fourth of his line to carry this well-known name into the fields of merchandising, publish ing, and philanthropy. Field is now the president and director of Field Enterprises Inc. which publishes the Chi cago Sun-Times, and is chairman of the board and director of Field Enterprises Educational Corporation which publishes World Book Ency clopedia and Childcraft. The development of the Sun-Times since 1950 when Field, Jr., succeeded his father as editor and publisher is ample proof of his executive ability in the newspaper world. In a release to the Daily News, Field stated that In publishing both the Chicago Daily News and the Sun-Times, my over-riding concerns will be those of integrity and service to the public interest through a free and courageous press. No doubt, Marshall Field, Jr., will strive to keep this promise made to Knight and the people of Chicago. You can watch his record yourself in the headlines of the Daily News and the Sun- Times. Church Prayer-Unity This year ends the Golden Jubilee of the Chair of Unity Octave. The Octave occurs between Jan. 18, feast of the Chair of Peter, and Jan. 25, feast of the Con version of St. Paul. These feasts begin and end an annual novena for religious unity in the Church. The Octave was first observed in 1908 by Father Paul James Francis, S.A., an An glican who entered the Church a few months later. On Dec. 27, 1909, Pope Pius X officially blessed the Octave. This is a good time for Catholics to pray for unity in the Church. At such a crucial time, when the whole world is divided, there is a great need for a united Church. The salvation of souls depends on it. First Impression Ballet Russe Proves Holiday Thrill the 68-year-old Daily News and did his share to develop its long-standing tradition as a good newspaper. He guided the paper and its staff to 124 awards for editorial excellence, plus the Pulitzer award in 1949 and 1957. Raised in a newspaper family, Knight himself has achieved many honors for his constant fight to improve the journalism profession. In addi tion, he has also contributed much of his time and help to charity and civic affairs. Due to personal reasons, this man who owns a chain of newspapers from Michigan to Florida, will now retire to an advisory capacity for the Resolution the Big Step By Mary Murphy I WILL write the outline before writing the term paper. I WILL not be mediocre, self-centered, etc. and will attend all assemblies. WHEN I TAKE NOTES FOR A TERM PA PER, I will remember to note the page numbers. I WILL NOT discard first quarter notes until the whole semester is ended. I WILL write book reports and other semes ter assignments prior to the week before ex ams. I WILL fight temptation, once in a while, re placing the pinochle (or bridge, as the case may be) cards with the history work or some other worthy volume. I WILL NOT go over to the Union between 11 and 1, lest some poor starving Loyolan be deprived of his lunch. I WILL take my cap and gown home so that my locker partner can move in again. I WILL read the dean's board before going to a class that will not meet that day. I WILL double-check the exam schedule be fore coming to school Wednesday, prepared for the exam that was given Tuesday. I WILL clean out my Mundle-bundle note book, so that it will not send a shower of notes spraying across the floor just when the instruc tor is making the main point in the lecture. I WILL stumble out of bed four minutes ear lier, so that I will make my first class two min utes before the bell instead of two minutes after it. I WILL be a good little Mundle-bundle and keep all my New Year's resolutions faithfully, in face of all obstacles and temptations.* * Except sometimes. Campus Comments jrorqotten J4eroe . -S*65emblu-qoerS -Stir Vi vr lewi Dear Editor, There are times when we have so many bless ings that we overlook a few in the shuffle. Richard Dyer-Bennet, our next guest in the Concert-Lecture series, recently appeared at John Carroll University in Cleveland. Even though tickets were 1 apiece, the students were packed in to the rafters. Those who couldn't get seats were really disappointed. When they found out that we at Mundelein will be fined 25 cents if we don't attend his performance here, the boys were shocked. In their own words: How lucky can you be? I for one didn't realize how fortunate we are in having the Concert-Lecture series. Let me pass my new discovery on to the rest of the school. And one more thing; Mr. Dyer-Bennet has one encore in his repertoire which he will only sing as a final number. It's supposed to be of the bring-down-the-house sort. If we want to hear it, the advice from John Carroll is to keep clapping until he sings it. See you in the auditorium. Anne Miller Dear Editors: This is my opinion of the SAC meetings. They are unnecessary, seldom useful, and therefore boring. These meetings are merely reports of the discussions and decisions of the SAC representatives' meetings which are put before the student body for a final vote. In as much as these proposals are invariably ap proved, the approval by the general assembly has become just a matter of form. Therefore I suggest that the proposals of the representa tives be published in 77) e Skyscraper. Then if there is any opposition by the student members, a general meeting could be called by these stu dents for a discussion and final vote by them. Respectfully, Honora O'Connell Dear Editor, Looking back on the last SAC meeting, I found the discussion on our attitude towards our college life very interesting and rewarding. Since this is an individual matter, each girl who spoke gave her own opinion. I hope and feel that everyone who listened to the discussion By Mary Ann Makowski Like the cherry on a chocolate sundae, the Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo topped my Christmas holidays. After spending the day at my job with the Regnery publishing company, I hurried out to meet my friends, students from De Paul, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, the University of Chicago and Mundelein. The ballet was to be a new experiment for all of us. THE PROGRAM that night was a ballet- goer's delight as we witnessed the sequences from Swan Lake, The Nutcracker Suite and Scheherazade. We also enjoyed a premiere pas de deux, which to the best of my knowledge is a ballet performed by the prima ballerina and her dancing partner. Swan Lake, of all the numbers, stands out in my mind as the night's most beautiful and graceful of fering. As the curtain opened, a realistic-looking swan glided on a hidden stream in the background. This swan was the Swan Queen Odette, who had been transformed by a sorcerer and resumed her human shape for an hour each night. Sud denly the stage was filled by the prince and his hunters who saw her, but the woods saved the swan, and beautiful but tragic Odette, the ballerina Gertrude Tyven, appeared. IN THE DANCE that followed, a hushed audience saw Odette, charmed by the prince from her swan-like timidity, become a princess dancing with her lover. Still in the forms of swans, her maidens emerged from the forest and into the paths of the hunters' guns. Res cued from this fate by their Queen, the swan maidens expressed their thanks in a moving bird-like dance. But, soon the hour elapsed, and Odette, transformed again to a swan, broke from the prince, George Zoritch, as the swans and hunters looked on. A DISTINCT departure from Swan Lake, Revolt Provokes Thought On Part of US Students New Year's Day became the Fourth of July for Cuba as rebel leader Castro and his forces overthrew the government of Dictator Fulgenio Batista. For five and one-half years, Cuba has been calm on the surface, but seething in the back alleys of the jungles and of the cities, as the pressure which comes from living under unwanted rule has periodi cally erupted. Just a short distance away in the United States, we cannot conceive of a life in which shooting in the streets is an everyday occurrence. We take law and order for granted, and as college students we are accustomed to a fairly uneventful life. But in revolutionary Cuba, the student element is intensely involved in political affairs. Riots are common. So are im prisonments and violent deaths. Most college-aged Cuban girls have not been able to continue their education due to these conditions. In the light of this, we can appreciate our own seemingly tedious existence for what it really is an opportunity and a privilege for which we should be most grateful. took something from it which will help her at titude towards her life at Mundelein. Sincerely, Maureen McCue Dear Editor, The Mundelein Volleyball Varsity would like to thank all our loyal supporters who cheered us to victory during our volleyball season. To our student following which was composed of three sophomores, Maureen McCue, Virginia Stoffey and Rosie Schneider, we are grateful, not only for their regular attendance but also for their help in scoring, timekeeping and soda serving. We also thank our league of faculty admirers: Sister Mary Assisium, who thinks we look lovely in our new uniforms but wishes they were paid for; Sister Mary Richard, who came to cheer for the other team, and Sisters Mary Donald and Mary Irene, who were our true blue rooters. To these our fans we can only say Our games would not have been the same without you. Irene Lizak the ballet Scheherazade revolved around the rich, warm colors and vigorous, sensual dancing of a Persian court. For those of us who thought that all ballet was similar to that of Swan Lake, the harem-style dancing came as quite a surprise, but an enjoyable one. Against a background of loud music and much flurrying movement, the audience saw the pan taloon-clad Shah surrounded by his many wives and making plans to go on a hunting trip. The program informed us this was for the pur pose of testing his wives' fidelity. Needless to add, the wives were not faithful but admitted their lovers as soon as the Shah left. Amid their fiery and passionate dancing, the Shah and his man returned and all were slain but the favorite wife Zobeide, danced by Irina - .. Borowska, the second ballerina. In a pleading, snake-like dance she begged for her life, but seeing that the Shah was not moved, stabbed herself, leaving him in tears, with a broken heart. THE PREMIER pas de deux seemed a blend of the modern and the old. In a plain setting, the gold-clad ballerina, Nina Novak danced with her partner Eugene Slavin, to the beautiful contemporary music of Hazel Archibald Draper. In this selection, we saw some of the night's most beautiful and difficult choreography. After seven curtain calls, in the old tradition, Miss Novak received a bouquet of roses, one of which she broke off and gave to her partner, with a grace and charm that fulfilled our every expectation of a real prima ballerina. After the ballet, we left the Opera House for the bitter cold of a wintry Chicago night, but nothing could penetrate the warm glow and uplifting feeling we had gained. Coming on Campus Feb. 2-16 Monday Classes resume Senior comprehensives SAC meeting, 4:10 p.m., 407 Tuesday Folk singer Richard Dyer-Bennet, 1:10 p.m., auditorium Art club meeting, 4:10 p.m., 810 Wednesday Biology club meeting, 4:10 p.m. Thursday Freshman Counselor meetings, 1:10 Laetare Players' publicity meeting, 3:10 p.m., Little Theater Friday First Friday Review Staff meeting, 3:10 p.m., 509 Freshman mixer, gymnasium, 9 p.m. Sunday Science Mass and Brunch, 12 noon Senior-Junior Tea Dance, 5 p.m., 405 Laetare Presentation Sleeping Beau ty, 8:10 p.m., auditorium Monday Junior Art Exhibit, Oils, Eighth Floor Lourdes Display, Library Laetare play, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Sophomore Class day SAC assembly, 1:10 p.m., auditorium Guest speaker, John Grady, Bus. Mgr. Jubilee Musicale, 3:10 p.m., 703 Science club meeting, 4:10 p.m., 607 Discussion of Tranquillizers Wednesday Ash Wednesday Thursday High School open house Junior-Senior Counselor meetings, 1:10 p.m. Human relations club meeting, 3:10 Friday Stylus club meeting, 3:10 p.m., 509 Closed retreat Monday International Relations club, 4:10 p.m. Jne kus v- craner Vol. XXIX Jan. 20, 1959 No. 7 The Skyscraper la published semi-monthly, October to May inclusive, except during vacations and semester examina tions, by the students of Mundelein College. 6363 Sheridan Road, Chicago 40, Illinois. Subscription rates are fl.TS Per year. Entered as second class matter, November 80. 1982, at the U. S. Post Office, Chicago. Illinois, under the act of March 3. 1897. The Skyscraper la a member of the Associated Collegiate Press and the Catholic School Press Association. Editors Barbara Guderian, Marge Phillips
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