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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER Feb. 12,1964 THE SfllSmPER ffl 1 NIL If II I UU III I L II is an organ instituted to present the views of the campus, the city and the world concerning the students, to promote awareness and to mold public opinion on all issues affecting the college of the 20th century. 101 Years Later ... HISTORY books seem to indicate that the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation is that it made the Civil War a moral crusade by adding freedom for all men to the North's cause. Lincoln had been elected on the platform of non-interference with slavery within the states where it was already established. Yet, Jan. 1, 1863, he issued the Procla mation declaring slaves forever free. Even he himself doubted the constitutionality of the piece of paper that would free only those slaves in enemy territory while the status of slaves in Union territory would remain unchanged. There is still haggling over constitutionality and the rights of Negroes. The Supreme Court has declared segregated public schools unconstitutional and Southern states claim that forced integration interferes with the constitutional right of state sovereignty. The motives behind many Civil Righters' position are as shady as those of Lincoln when he freed the black man. Charges of vote mongering are flung at Northern liberals just as the Confederates claimed that the North was bidding for England's support in issuing the Proclamation. And, as Lin coln wondered how he would or could assimilate the Negro into a society and culture alien to the ex-slave, so we still hear such phrases as . . . but I wouldn't want him to live next door to me. It was only 101 years ago that political expediency made the slave a free man. We certainly are a progressive nation. Dianne Arturi Home Rule Controversy in Illinois Complicates Reapportionment The Illinois reapportionment controversy which smoldered for 120 days and erupted in December is aptly compared to an iceberg. There is more below the surface of the wrangling than above it. The visible mountain of controversy is itself complex. Basically, it concerns the distribution of state representative electoral districts in Cook County. Under the Illinois constitutional amendment of 1954, dis tribution must be based on a census taken every decade. The census of 1960, which reveals a population shift from metropolitan Chicago to suburbs, dictates a transfer of some districts. House To Hold State-wide Elections Republicans offer mathematical evidence based on the constitutional formula to support a loss of two of the 23 metropolitan electoral districts and a corresponding suburban gain. Democrats insist that the amend ment is flexible and demand the status quo for a transfer of only one district. Because compromise failed in the ten-member bipartisan reapportionment commission, all candidates for the 177 Illinois House posts will be elected state-wide next November. All of this, plus the state Supreme Court decision that an at-large election is constitutional, and the million-dollar special sessions of the Illinois legislature are current history, the visible part of the iceberg. The larger issue at the base of it is an older one home rule. This is the complete or partial transfer of some governmental power from the state to the city. Controversy over home rule has been generated since the late 19th century when large cities appealed and challenged com plete state sovereignty. Metropolitan areas argue that as the largest population and economic factions of states, they should wield greater power in state assemblies or be granted a broader base of self-govern ment to deal with their unique problems. Republicans Dominate Legislature In Illinois, the state legislature is dominated by Republicans, many from rural downstate. They outnumber Democrats in the Senate 35-23 and have 90 representatives in the House compared to 87 Democrats. Predominately Democratic Chicago accuses the legislature of indifference to or refusal to cope with matters affecting Chicago alone, but the state continues to guard its sovereignty jealously. A loss of one or two metro politan representative districts would deprive Democrats of three or six House votes and allegedly will silence Chicago's voice in the Springfield assembly. Hence, the reapportionment hassel. Home Rule Presents Problem An exorbitantly priced all-state campaign and election which will burden candidates and voters heavily has provided no solution to the home-rule question in Illinois. One solution would be constitutional change to grant more self-government to Chicago on vital local matters. Another, more futuristic solution proposed by some legislators would be self-government for the growing metropolis. There can be no simple so lution to such a complex problem, but progress toward a solution cannot begin until the home-rule question is faced squarely and recognized popularly as the underlying factor in a growing number of issues. Mary Etta Talarico pt0 Big Sisters p* Win Praise ' P ft-DTJ TIT a mm it / Q *i ' Now, as current Big Sisters re- l tr gt;rr'0KI,0Nr ENT/ V- ill new their pledges of service and ii ccci x. r new Big Sisters enter the organiza- / ' gt; /y V - - N tion, recognition is due. Ill I d tC 1 - ' ne 'g lister organization, as H f Ov J y gt; conceived and executed on this cam- - F- - r w*- . * ) -*- ' pus, is unique. First, although each T A - - junior and senior Big Sister is an ambassador-at-large to the fresh- . r * 1 p , rnan class, she takes special interest -* * *. , 4 J T lt;VJ w ** y in two or three new members of the H (/ W gt; l/i ) College community rather than pro- XI * f iTlP J V jecting a vague welcome to the ./rtlCX 1 1 lV* I class. Second, orientation consists A' r N Y * of Planned initiation into both aca- gt;V/* /. demic and social spheres rather than one whirlwind week during which newcomers wear odd neo phyte insignias and do the bidding of upperclassmen. Third, juniors and seniors function as Big Sisters to freshmen from the spring before their matriculation, instead of be ginning the orientation to college - lt;l lt;j*l life in September. Before acting as on-campus guides in fall, Big Sisters meet their II* I f T Little Sisters at spring and sum- PtT tOf f f atnlKrf M tf f I tftft IsOflsQC mer teas and communicate through IXl/fIfllVfffl IVffffl */l/flC;0 cards and literature mailed during ssv I* W*l A I* the summer. From September until Delights Film Audience j n Es FJSz by Mary Lu Franzman Week, represent Mundelein at high The film adaptation of Henry the beautiful Sophia, his one true schools in the area and follow the Fielding's rollicking 18th century love. In search of her, Tom travels pulse f*.h T -*,? 8S l* 'S aS novel, Tom Jones, is one of the across Englands' lush, green mead- similated into the Colle e- most brilliant motion picture ows, with more than a few excur- Because the 107-member Big achievements of the year. sions into the woods, finds and loses Sister organization - functions High praise should go to John her as a result of the unexpected smoothly, often unobtrusively, in Osborne, the script-writer respon- perils of the roadside inns and is the Mundelein mechanism it is sible for this undiluted but beauti- finally united with his sweetheart sometimes overlooked. But it con- fully condensed screen version of somewhere in the midst of the tributes to the whole two lubricants a literary classic. But to director squalor and wealth of London. which cannot be bought time and Tony Richardson, the guiding Morals Are Satirized self. genius of the film, whose technical Over and above the inns and cit- The Staff inventiveness has made the life, ies of the day, however, various spirit and morality of England live manners and morals are effectively ff I. i- It I again in all its colorful carryings- satirized in this most honest film / l I sTIflI Hfl nOfirn on, should go the principal acclaim, treatment of the 18th century. The *wU 11 U 111 tj UUUI U Richardson's camera keeps the camera gently scrutinizes and raises p ... hero's picaresque ramblings fast- an eyebrow at the cruelty of the paced and lively by shooting scenes aristocratic deer hunt, the hypoc- The following response to the from above and by blurring the fig- risy of the clergy, the injustice of question, What has been the im- ures slightly. On the other hand, arranged marriages and the selfish- pact of your wife's years at Mun- important and striking scenes are ness, greed and prejudice of this delein on you and your life with accented by completely stopping the rigid group of men. her? was given by the husband action or by close-ups. Other comments, not as subtle, of an anonymous alumna, Class of Cast Is Talented concern the coarseness and the light '47: The cast is an exceptionally tal- morality of the people. While these .,, m gure T wou,d haVe won a ented one; the principals are Albert scenes may often lack tact, they do ot mon argumerits if she had not Finney, who plays impetuous Tom; not strike one as being terribly of- gone to Mundelein. r also would Susannah York, the gentle Sophia; fensiye. Some of the most memora- haVe made more wrong decisions, Hugh Griffith, blustering Squire ble of these include Tom s hurried had fewer children, committed more Western; Dame Edith Evans, Miss midnight escape from the inn and sins gt; had fewer friends gt; had Iess Western; and Joan Greenwood, the his preoccupation with love letters. fan gt; spent mow money for ,esg notorious Lady Bellaston. It is Certainly an extraordinary film value( and jn neral would be much gratifying to report that each actor entertainment, Tom Jones is an fmm off but it wou d be nice performs magnificently. excursion into the wilds of England t0 win a few more argumentg -. Outstanding- amone- these Der- that Wl11 be readlly enjoyed by most formerVandlta ZKhfSl JS audiences. A successful adaptation What will the husband of the sonaniyofthefilStthe andsome f a classic work as well as a Mundelein alumna, Cass of '65, and engaging British actor, Albert smoothly directed and superbly say. Finney, who seems a natural for actfd film'. thl* P *ure definitely Ciinously, the part of Tom. His zest and good makes a P lnt; but one doesn l mind Norbert J. Hruby humor are infectious, and the rest it for the laughter. Vice President of the cast vitally respond to his e- T s , magical exuberance of spirit. Ev- lUo Sfow Afmn nam eryone seems to have a great deal Utle - gt;*lf*Craper of fun contributing to the adven- Vo) XXXJV Feb 1964 No 10 tures of the personable Tom, a , 1 . lusty, errant youth, growing up in All-Catholic a bawdy age of hypocrisy and Vice. The Skyscraper is published semi-monthly. September to May inclusive except during t r gt;- i t? exuo and vacation periods, by the student* of Mundelein College. 6363 Sheridan Rd.. 1 om r IRht.S fcveryone Chicago 26. 111. Subscription rate is 2 per year. A sarcastic, insinuating narrator Entered as second-class matter Nov. 30. 1982. at the U.S. Post Office. Chicago. 111.. o-nirlux thB -iiidinnca lnno- thn n-ith under th lt; act of M n * 1 9'7- The Skyscraper is a member of the Associated Collegiate guides We audience along We paw pr lt;,BS an(J the Catholic School Press Association. Of the hero, the illegitimate ward Letters to the editor must be signed. The Skyscraper reserves the right to cut letters of a country squire, who is turned in case of limited space. out of his home because of his ir- Board of Editors - Janice Jearas. Pat Krochmal. Eileen Schaefer responsible character to wander Managing Editors editorial. Mary Etta Talarico; news. Sylvia Hajek ; m i j j . layout, Rae Paul; feature. Tina De Rosa across England and encounter a Barbara Moom* series of misadventures that are Photographers Pat Wall. Helen Ann Brown, Barbara DanleUon. Betsy Braunlin comical beyond belief. Tom must May Ellen Scott, Noreen Rapp, Sister Mary St. Eunice, B.V.M.. Dianne Arturi. Louise c i i ij- i.' u... j Nunziato. Mickey Parent. Ann Ashner fight off soldiers, h ghwaymen and . . lt;vm.ii.. . i lt;-.-... a . Reporters Mary O Malley. Lydia Oeretti, amorOUS ladies at every turn. His Sister Mary Baraita, B.V.M., Pat Touasalnt, Mary Ellen Hendricks. Diana Lum, k n t ic ,. loti,. l.. fi-ml.. vr,A nr, Bobbie Bohan, Mary Pat Schiffer. Lois Mysliuy. Carryl Jean Cinelll. Kathy Wright. heart is relatively hrmly fixed on I-ynn DaviH Carole Thoma9
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1964-02-12 (2)
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