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Pafce 2 THE SKYSCRAPER December 3, 1937 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 of 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. XIII Dec. 3, 1397 No. 5 Sv Q5b Member Q 7 ftssoaated Gollefjide Press ALL-CATHOLIC HONORS Telephone: Briarfeate 3800 EDITORIAL STAFF Edtior-in-Chicf Annamarie Masterson Associate Editor Priscilla Moore Make-Up Editor Catherine Heerey Managing Editor Frances Geary NEWS AND FEATURE STAFF News Editors: Geraldine Ferstel, Betty Vestal. Assistants: Helen Finnegan, Frances Sayre. Feature Editors: Kathryn Byrne, Adelaide Nilhs. Associates: Catherine Ann Dougherty, LaVonne Hayes. Reporters: Clare Anderson, Leda Castrodale, Regina Demmer, Catherine Duggan, Lois Jane Flynn, Margaret Gleeson, Joan Kaspari, Mar guerite Kelly, Rita Kennedy, Angela Kospetos, Margaret Mary Kreusch, Violet Lasker, Mar guerite McNulty, Mary Molloy, Mary Eliza beth O'Brien, Rosemary Ritten, 1 lelen Sheahan, Rutli Schmid. Articulate Catholicism Wanted ALL over the world, life is being jig- sawed into a puzzle of Christ versus Anti-Christ. In all fields, false philoso phies are robbing man of his dignity. .Materialism, evidenced in communistic and fascistic states, views man as mere clay, useful only in so far as he can be molded into a monument of State Ab solutism- Hedonism, propagandizing through mo dern motion pictures, art, literature, music, shackles man to pleasure. Nationalism, booming forth in another war. this time in the Far East, destroys man's most glorious emotion his love for God and his fellowman. Anti-Christ is mobilizing, undoubtedly, and Catholicism has but one course to spread its influence insistently through every phase of life. Apropos of that course. Father Gallag her, addressing the Alumnae at their Home coming on Nov. 21, challenged them as graduates of a Catholic college to use their Catholic influence fearlessly. Insisting that subversive measures have been approved by local political and social groups liecausc Catholic women have been lax in their efforts to prevent such mea sures. Father Gallagher urged the Alum nae to renew- their Commencement pledge to be true to their Catholic ideals. And what is true for the Alumnae is true for the students. Opposed to the at titude of tacit disapproval of popular God- lessness is the militant opposition evi denced by enthusiastic supporl of Catholic books, wholesome motion pictures, worth while social and economic proposals, coupled with intelligent condemnation of subversive ideas and influences, coura geously articulated when the occasion re quires. Qeorgia Jean Qoes Christmas Shopping EORGIA Jean, snow-dusted, her eyes shining through her smart short veil, hurried into the department store, glided smoothly between two pack age-burdened women, paused for a mo ment lo enjoy the Christinas carollers, and rushed on to the stationery depart ment. She tossed back the veil, loosened her scarf, and slipped her gloves into her poc ket. Christmas cards were such a bother anyway Shopping for them was bad enough, but by the time you'd finished ad dressing them and mailing them you'd inked and stamped your Christmas spirit to death. Georgia Jean slipped her kidskin coat Iback from her shoulders and waited. Would the clerk never come? Her lunch eon engagement was just fit teen minutes away. But her Christinas cards this year would just have to be different cards with an air. Well, she might as well look through the assortment on the counter, while she waited. The clerk had probably gone to lunch- -or to China. She picked up a Scotty dog with a Mer ry Christmas hanging from ils mouth, and all she could think of was the dog- food program she'd heard on the radio that nunning. The holly wreaths on the next card seemed cold and artificial. She observed a card on which Christmas carollers sang Happy Christmas. Too staid, old. one of those so-what cards. Along the counter, Georgia Jean could see a simpering woman buying Scotch Christmas cards and laughing at their hu mor. She sniffed her disapproval and avoided the Scotch card. Hogs, wreaths. Santa Clauses, singers, horses and car riages (ieorgia Jean was disgusted. And then she found it. On smooth pa per, against a background of blue and shadows, knelt Mary the Maiden, leaning over her Child. And as Georgia Jean looked, she be came warm and happy, and forgot all about the cold and how tired she was of waiting for the clerk. She smelled the incense at the Mass and the fir trees in the Church on Christ mas morning. She heard the choir sing ing the Adeste. Inside her welled a warm indescribable feeling that made her gay and carefree. She seized the card joyously, and clung tu it. This was what she was going to send her friends this was what she was going to give them this was it. Christ mas Spirit For That Holiday Leisure Prominent among the books on display al the library during book week were the ten books selected by Brother Leo, re nowned educator and critic, as the great est Catholic novels. For your leisure time, we suggest: Allessandro Manzoni's THK BE- TROTHED, an unusual tale of mediaeval Italy. THE NUN, by Rene Basin, a story of the persecution of religious communi ties in France during the nineteenth cen tury. SAX CELEST1XO, by John Ays- cough, a tender, moving story of the her mit Pope. Canon Shcehan's LUKE DK.I.MKGE, a favorite in its portrayal of the charac ter of a zealous Irish priest who lived in the nineteenth century. Bruce Marshall's FATHER MAI.A- CHY'S MIRACLE, a story in which a dancing hall in Scotland is transported at the prayer of a simple priest to the sum mit of a rock many miles away. THRESHOLD OF QUIET, by Daniel Corkery, a beautifully written and moving story of Ireland. WATCH IX THE NIGHT, by Helen C. White, a study of the Franciscan order in a period of crisis shortly after the death in Si. Francis. Cecily Hallack's MIRROR FOR TOBY, a cosmopolitan story, developing an interesting psychological problem. DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCH BISHOP, by Willa Cather. a story of pioneer missionary work of a saintly bish op. XOOXDAY DEVIL, by Paul Bourget, a memorable story illustrating the necessity for living according to principles. Points of View On Vigilance Be vigilant and pray is the message Jane Anderson, eye-witness to the horrors of Communism in Spain and herself a prisoner in Madrid for 43 days, is bring ing to the people of America from women prisoners in Loyalist Spain. Released on the verge of her execution, Miss Anderson accepted the mission urged upon her by Catholic prisoners to warn the women in the United States that Com munism may come to them. Mundelein students, heeding that warn ing, are completing today a triduum in honor of St. Francis Xavier, for vocations, and are reciting a novena in honor of the Immaculate Conception for the welfare of our country. Continued prayer to St. Francis Xavier for zealous priests and devoted religious continued prayer to the Mother of God for the survival of Catholic culture these are the responsibilities of Catholic collegians today. On Music for a Song Pop concerts, all the rage in Boston and points east, are sounding a harmon ious note in collegiate life. Popular mu sic, classics that everyone from a maestro to an ordinary college student understands and loves. can l gt;e enjoyed if reservations are made through the re cently established agency operated by the Piano club here. Mundelcinites, to Or chestra Hall and music via, the agency I lave your music for a song. On Freshness Through a scrutiny of a recent sur vey conducted at Russell Sage College, freshmen emerge younger, taller, thinner, more athletic, more career-minded, and more independent than ever before. 1 l-ll : SkYLlMZ Remember 'Way Back When SWING was found only in playgrounds and in back-yards? TRUCKIN' was limited to express com panies ? SHEEPSKIN was something found mi Mary's little lamb? GRADES were merely stages of getting through grammar-school ? CUTS were in the same category with bruises? DATES suggested PRUNES to your child ish minds? THE BIG APPLE was something you polished highly and carried lo your teacher the day before an exam? Well, that was 'way back when, but you're in college now, and you know all the answers. Aren't you happy? Or are you? Skyline Apologizing to the Washington State Apple Grower's Association, we recommend: The sophomore-thrill, the freshman wow er Come and join the Big Apple Hour. Skyline The Bellucci twins crash the second page again. The weekly twin story going the round tells about the twin during initiation week, who came to the upperclassman's bed at 6:45, woke the upperclassman, and asked her when she would like to have her bed made. After I'm out of it, honey, replied the startled junior. Skyline Blessings on thee, little Belluccis, who make such lovely, lovely, lovely Skyline material. Skyline Physics teacher: A floating body displaces its own weight in water. A gold fish, weighing fifty grams, is floating on top of the water. What about it? Class Chorus: The fish is dead. Skyline For the benefit of the freshmen. we provide a few nursery rhymes, which the seniors may skip if they care to do so: Little Jack Horner sat in a corner Eating his Christmas pie. He put in his thumb, and pulled out a plum, And said, Aw, I thought this was mince pie. Skyline Mary, Mary, quite contrary How docs your garden grow? Up, of course. Skyline- Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them. Try the classified-ad section Bo-Pecpic, dear. Skyline Have your heard about the sophomore who came into the library the other day at five minutes to five, and said to the Librarian : Oh, are you closing the library? The Librarian, trying to be helpful, asked: Did you want something? Well, said the soph, I just wanted to see if there were any books in here Skyline Another day, Another 'Line, But we'll be seeing you.
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1937-12-03 (2)
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