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THE Volume VIII MUNDELEIN COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MARCH 22, 1938 No. 10 Architect Tells Of College Plans And Construction Remarks Efficient Upkeep Evident In Skyscraper Building When the man who planned the sky scraper visits the SKYSCRAPER office - that's news And when Mr. Nairne W. Fisher, architect who. with Joseph W. McCarthy, K.S.G., de-signed the sky scraper college building, visited the SKY- sirai'ER office on March 7 he took time out from a tour of the building to answer questions about the origins of Munde lein. The symbolic angel figures which stand guard al the entrance are. according to Mr. Fisher, the largest statues of their kind produced in Chicago before 1930. and the College owes them, not only to the genius of the architects, but also to the creative imagination of the Foundress of the College. Mother Mary- Isabella. B.V.M., late Superior General of the Sisters of Charity. B.V.M. Angels Are Symbolic Standing four stories high, the angels symbolize Beauty and Knowledge and they represent Uriel, sharpest sighted spirit in all heaven, and Jophiel, guardian of the Tree oi Knowledge in Paradise. That the College was built in record time is evident from Mr. Fisher's state ment that while six months arc Ordinarily allotted between the time the architect begins to plan and the time the actual con struction takes place, the plans for both the exterior and the interior were com pleted in two months. One Floor Added Incidentally, he aelded, the first plans called for a building thirteen stories high. But someone was superstitious? a sophomore reporter asked. No, not that. It was decided that more room would be needed, so we added the fourteenth floor. Touring the building seven years after its completion, Mr. Fisher, who uses a picture of it on his business cards, concludes thai he is most satisfied with the solarium, the swimming pool, and the fourth floor study hall, and de clares that he is most pleased by the ex traordinary fine upkeep of the College and he adds smoothly by the beautiful and intelligent students. Twenty Freshmen Prepare Debates Twenty freshmen have enrolled in the annual Freshman Debate contest, the first round of which will be run off be fore Faster, and have chosen as the question for discussion. Resolved: That Two Years of Military Training should Be Required of All Boys in the United States During Their High School Ca reers. Frances Hager and Margaret Mary Kreusch. affirmative, will open the con test, on March 24, opposing Helen Scholl and Jane Scifres. Marie Kane and Marylyn Jaycox will uphold the affirmative on March 25, op posing Marguerite Kenny and Mary Caroline Bemis. On March 28, Maguerite Kelly and Frances Spalino, affirmative, will con tend with Helen Fischer and Mary Morc- schi, and on April 1, Mary Louise Syl vester and Jane Rohol will oppose Mary Allegretti and Catherine Dugan, nega tive. On April 5, Bette Diltz and Peggy Meade will oppose Amy Miller and Jean Spanuth, negative. Nobel Prize Winner Will Talk on Science; Catholic Historian on Encyclicals The lecture program for the coming fortnight includes discussions by two distinguished scholars. Dr. Arthur H. Compton, professor of science at the University of Chicago and discoverer of the Cosmic Ray, and the Reverend Raymond Corrrigan, S.J.. director of tlie department of history at the University ol St I-ouis and author ol Die Koxc.re- gation de Propaganda Fide und Ihrf. Tatigkeit in Nord-Amerika Dr. Compton, who was awarded the- Nobel prize for physics in 1927. will talk, on March 31, on Some Biological and Physical Consequences of the l gt;iscovery of X-Rays, and Father Corrigan will lecture on March 24 on the Papal Encyclicals. Knows World Conditions Having studied in the United States, Spain, Holland, Germany, France, Italy, and England, Father Corrigan is easily conversant with world conditions which, in many instances, inspired the Encyclicals Ot Pope Pius XI. Especially interesting to students are the Encyclical Ubi Arcano, 1922, which, in four parts, describes the evils of the world, their causes, their reme dies, and the concrete measures these remedies demand; and also the Ency clicals on ihe school, the family, and the social order. Subjects Vary These are The Encyclical om Educa tion, 1927, which sets up the true norms for the training of youth; Casti Coxnubii, 1930, which establishes the concept of the Christian family as a unit of society; and Qcauragessimo ANSB; 1931, Which retells the points of Rerum Novarum, 1923, and includes a full realization of the evils of modern finance capitalism. Father Corrigan is editor of The His- n rical Bulletin, was associate editor oi Mid-America in 1935 and assistant editor of The Catholic Historical Re view in 1937, and is also a contributor to America. Faculty Member Publishes Poems Former Students Enter Community Seven Are Professed on March 19 Seven former students were professed i-.i the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Motlierhouse at Mount Carniel, Du buque, on March 19, and four former students were received into the Con gregation and were given their reli gious names. Those professed are Sister Mary An- gelita, B.V.M., graduated in 1932; Sister Mary Julia Clare, B.V.M., a student here from 1931 to 1933 and a graduate oi Clarke college; Sister Mary Luciola, B.V.M., ex '37; Sister Mary Emercntia, B.V.M., ex '37; Sister Mary Romana, B.V.M.. ex '37; Sister Mary Joscpha, B.V.M., ex '38; and Sister Mary Caro- lita. B.V.M., ex '38. Those received arc Helen O'Neil, ex '39, who received the name Sister Mary Celestine, B.V.M., Margaret Keane. ex '39, who received the name Sister Mary lirideen. B.V.M.. Mary Bcrger, ex '40, who received the name Sister Mary Frances I.oretla, B.V.M., and Adelaide Brennan, ex '37, who received ihe name Sister Mary St. Beatrice, B.V.M. Quarterlies Are Next Week Quarterly examinations, ace-ording to an announcement from the Regis trar's office, will be held dining the week of March 28-April 1, will be one hour in length, and will lie given during one of the regular sessions of each class that week. Dr. Arthur H. Compton One ol the three American physicists awarded the Nobel prize, Dr. Compton is recognized as the foremost experimentalist in the field of the cosmic ray. He was declared co-winner of the prize in Physics primarily on the basis of his discovcry of the Compton Effect, which proved that radiant energy is itself a form of matter. He has also been awarded the Rum lord Gold Medal by the American Academy oi Fine Arts and Sciences and the Gold Medal ol the Radiological Society of North America and he was appointed last year to the Pontificial Academy of Science, founded by Pope Pius XI. His scientific interests date from his childhood, since he wrote a learned paper on types of elephants when he was 10; constructed a glider that flew, when he was 15; constructed an astronomical clock with which he took photographs of the stars and planets when he was 17; in vented a gyroscopic device for the con trol of airplane equilibrium, during his college days. He directed the world survey of Cosmic Rays in 1931-33. Dr. Compton has published numerous papers on physics, including Secondary Radiations Produced by X-Rays and X-RayS and Electrons. English Leads As Senior Major If the majors chosen by the seniors are at all prophetic, the members of the Class of '38 may seek careers in 18 dif ferent fields, English, with 15 adherents, is the most popular major, and economics follows a close second with 1-4. Eight students are majoring in sociology, 6 in home ec onomics, including 4 in the dietetics, 5 in history, and 5 in art. Chemistry and physical education num ber 3 each. Mathematics, zoology, and German have 2 majors each, and music, classics, journalism, French, and phil osophy have one each. Sociology, with 19 adherents, was the most popular major in 1937, and eco nomics, with 8, followed. The March issue of The North American Review includes a group of o poems by Sister Mary Irma, B.V.M., head of the English department and mod erator of Quest and of The Clepsydra. Included in the selections are two son nets. Finality and The Fifth Wise Vir gin, a poem on the traditional inspiration of spring, entitled Migration, and an un usual two-stanza poem entitled Prison Tour. La Pucclle is a poem with a French background, and Young Poets was in- Spired by college verse writers. Sister Mary Irma, listed tuiaintly in the- Contributor's Column as a religious who lives in a convent atop a skyscraper, has previously had poems published in Spirit and America, and studied last summer at Columbia university, New- York, under Joseph Auslander, distin guished poet and critic and poetry editor of The North American Review. Display Catholic Art Exhibit Here Ade de Bethune Woodcuts Included A traveling art exhibit, sponsored by the Catholic College Art Association, is on display on the eighth floor for the benefit of the student body. The paintings being shown were chosen at the art con vention held last fall and include four works by Mundelein students. The Mundelein paintings on display are a design of zebras by Dorothy Kullman, an original alphabet based on the wheels of industry, done by Irene Waldron, a composition depicting Puritan Maidens by Ellen Birnbaum, and a bird design in black, white, and red by Virginia Gaert ner. Included in the professional exhibit are- woodcuts and illustrations loaned by the artist Ada de Bethune. A wood-cut of the crucifix painted in colors, and some carved candlesticks are especially note worthy. Student Council Announces Plans For Card Party Grand Ballroom of Stevens Chosen for Event on April 28 With a new and larger setting for the All-College card party sponsored by the Student Activities Council as an added incentive for a record attendance, com mittees for the event were announced last week by Helen Coleman, S.A.C, presi dent and general chairman for the af fair. The Grand Ballroom of the Stevens Hotel, reputedly the largest room in the city, has been selected for the party, which will be held on Thursday evening, April 28. Assistants from each class will be appointed this week to aid the Council committees. Maurita Kelly, vice-presi dent of the S.A.C, is chairman of the patron committee, and is assisted by Geraldine Connell. junior president. Gertrude Brant, senior president, is chairman of the style show committee, with Marguerite Kelly, freshman repre sentative, as asssistant. Dorothy Fitzgerald, junior representa tive, is chairman of the door prize com mittee, with Helen Sheahan, sophomore representative, as aid. Ueraldinc Ferstel. junior representa tive, is in charge of the hotel committee; Betty Vestal, sophomore president, is chairman of the table prize committee, assisted by Marie Kane, freshman presi dent, and Ruth McCormick, freshman representative. Carol Sweeney, senior representative, is chairman of the ticket committee, with Patricia O'Toole, treasurer, as aid. Frances Sayre, sophomore representa tive, is in charge of publicity, and Anna marie Masterson, senior representative, is in charge of advertisements, with Patricia Connor, secretary, as assistant. College President, Professors, Talk at Vocation Symposium Sipeaking at the Sodality - sponsored Forum on Vocations on March 15, Sis ter Mary Consuela, B.V.M., President of the College, Miss Anuc 'Larkin, direc tor of the Verse Speaking Choir, and Miriam I.aughran Rooney, Ph.D., pro fessor of sociology, presented brief surveys of their respective vocations. Introduced by Catherine Ann Dough erty, Sodality prefect, Dr. Rooney opened the panel with a short discussion of her personal vocation marriage. Pointing out that every vocation is a call from God to a particular state, Dr. Rooney stated that women choosing mar riage as a vocation are confronted by three essentially new experiences, devo tion to a husband, motherhood, and the rearing of children. Fundamental in the execution of these experiences is love of God, declared Dr. Rooney, who is the mother of four children. Speaking about the single life, Miss Larkin, who has achieved high distinc tion in her career as a dramatic reader and director, observed that many people willingly accept the single life because of family situations and discussed also the importance of an active Catholic laity and the part which single persons can play in the formation and leadership of this laity. Considering the vocation to religious life under lour points. Sister Mary Consuela, B.V.M., spoke first of The Call, defining it as an invitation from God. and then answered the question Who Calls?, pointing out that it is Christ who summons followers from all walks of life. Turning then to a consideration of Who Is Called, Sister observed that a vocation is not necessarily a myster ious summons, but that it conies with in the experience of many persons and is comparable to the call of a friend to a friend, the response in both the Di vine and the human call being meas ured by the knowledge ihe one called has of the One calling and by the re lationship existing between the two. In the final point, Wherefore Called, Sister explained that Christ calls cer tain individuals to continue the work which He started during His public life. In answer to a question about deter mining the possession of a religion-, vocation Sister Mary Consuela said, A desire to do something for Christ, a generous willingness to forget self for Him to achieve selflessness and ser vice in the cause of a Divine Lover these are the indications of a true re ligious vocation.
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