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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER May 20, 1957 We Close The Final Door The beginning is soon followed by the end ; the start is soon climaxed by the finish. The freshmen of four years ago stand on the brink of graduation in wonderment, in awe. in joy. and yet in sadness. Keats once de scribed life as. a large Mansion of Many apartments. We jour ney from room to room, shutting one door and opening an other. The room is first a mystery and then a realization. Each of us takes a lit tle from every room; each of us leaves a lit tle in every room. With mixed feelings .of accomplishment and failure, joy and sad ness, many of us are about to shut the door on the important room called formal educa tion. With us we take faith, beauty, wonder ment, and a certain amount of knowledge and understanding. Behind us we leave some curiosity, some bewilderment. and some disappointment. We leave only part of these things because part of them we take away with us curi osity and bewilder ment about the things we have yet to en counter; disappoint ment about the things that appear right and beautiful and yet will prove false, failure in the things we could have done, but didn't do. Commencement is a wondrous and hum bling event. We wonder at it because we are amazed to have accomplished it; we are humbled by it for we realize how many sacrifices il required from others that we might achieve it. In the imagery of Keat's. we close the last apartment on the ground floor of the mansion. We leave it gratefully, humbly, and with more than a little regret. This is a time of last times for the sen iors the last I lonors Day, the last May Crowning, the last class at Mundelein, the last examinations, and the last dance. Most of us feel a bit sad about these lasts. We would not want to do it again nor could we if we wanted to but we are sorry that each day brings an other last. For 16 years, our work has been laid out for us, our social life has been for the most part planned and ar ranged for us. Count less spiritual oppor tunities have been giv en to us, much inspi ration has come our way. If we have had to make difficult deci sions, we have been close to experienced people who have taken the time to consider our problems with us, to advise us, and who have been eager to have us make the right decisions. We are now going into a series of firsts our first real jobs, our first adventure in or dering our leisure time, more leisure than we ever have had in the past. Now, for the most part, we will have to be alert to spiritual opportunities, we will have to plan for ourselves participation in the benefits that we have long accepted unthinkingly. Sixteen years of formal academic train ing are behind us. 16 years of association with people whose consistent unselfish ness we have too often taken for granted. For all that they have done for us, for all the encouragement they have given us to do intelligently for ourselves, we are grateful. And now we will not be too busy with imposed tasks. We will be on our own. Freshman Knows . . . What Is A Boy Friend? A slightly lethargic composite of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, ami a host of other elements is a boy friend. His distinguishing characteristics arc big i'eet, a crew cut exactly throe fourths of an inch long, and a loving and lovable manner. He possesses an affinity for his C 7/ C ?l dad's car, relaxing, my house and Jhe er saying the wrong thing at the wrong (f l ti,,H' t0 ,y 1,a,'entS- Vol. XXVII May 20, 1957 nTu To my mother he is that little KBteiMi M Steond Claas Matter Nor. 30,1033, boy*'; to my lather lie is more of a at the Post Office of Chicago, Illinois, under the nuisance than a mosquito buzzing Act of March 3, 1879, 1.75 per year. arOtmd his ear On a Summer night. Published semi-monthly from October to May -,, j., , 1.;,,, ,. a inclusive by the students of Mundelein College, Mv younger sister esteems him as a ' *' n 6363 Sheridan Road, Chicago 40. combination of Tab Hunter, liobcrt . ,, . -r, Co-editors-in-chief Rita Caprini, Wagner, and Pat Boone. Maribeth Naughton ., ... 1 ir j ci 4 Assistants Geraldine Battista, What is lie to me.' lie s a Satur- Mary Gart Margaret Nicholsoili Jean day night date to the movies, lie's Vetterick, Beatrice Hoang, Dolores Fer- a double-dip ice cream COne enjoved r - Maureen Connerty 1 Juniors Compare Lynne Sheeran, on an evening walk, lies my first Diane Sherwood orchid. He's my fun at a picnic, a What is So Rare Barbara Guderian Automation Meditation Marcella Brown I '01 - a l,la gt;'- Skyscrapings Judith Angone . . . . . . Freshman Knows Marianne Morgan He can be as roguish as a 1111s- ,. ,., i-i Reporters Maryvivian Cunnea, chieVOUS little boy, or as recondite Gerryann Foley, Barbara Hegan, Arlene as a geometric theorem. 1 can ab- Novak, Florence Theisen, Elizabeth hor hilll because he's half ail hour Weinrich, Judith Witt, Marianne Witte, Nancy Butler, Marilyn Picchietti, Man- late for a date, but, when he kisses lvn Rjha gt; Jean Towie, Frances Kotre, me on the nose and smiles his Capti- Marilyn Jensen, Lynda Rousseau, Alice ,. 7 c 11 tt ;., Raczak, Patricia Delsing. Violet Wick, vatmg smile, 1 forgive all. lie is .. ' ... ,. *' . . 0 ' Mary Lou Llmslie, Roberta Dirznis, still my beloved beau. Marguerite Phillips Juniors Compare Seniors To Ideal (Excerpts from Choric Tribute to Seniors at Junior-Senior luncheon.) STRENGTH AND BEAUTY ARE IIEH CLOTHING . . . Yes, your array, greater than Solomon's, is strenyth and beauty. You are strong because you have eaten Strength, and you are beauti ful because you hare tasted Beauty. SHE 11 AT 11 OPENED DEE MOUTH TO WISDOM, AND THE LA II' OE CLEMENCY J.S ON JIEI TONGUE . . . You will speak of the eternal Truth by which you live, and you will guide others to it, never condemning them for failing lo follow the road, but blaming yourself instead for faulty guidance. Let love, be the tempering element of your wisdom, for the world cries for the gentle touch of the valiant woman's hand. .1 loving wisdom is your rapier to cut down screaming injustice and to wield as your sym bol of power. In a world bound closely together by the miracle of man's progress and yet shattered bitterly by blind sel fishness, it is you the valiant woman who will wall; by the law of lore . . . What Is So Rare . . In June, If Ever, Come Perfect Days June is golden sunshine, blue skjj and gentle breezes, a misty whir pastel flowers, starlight nights, an quickly over showers. For college students it is a tiint'i effervescence itnmarred by book I potts, examinations, or wearine from burning pavements walked search of the summer job. It is the month when waves n in to sandy shores populated by sit bathers, coated with Week Moments Thursday, May 24, 10 a.m., College Day Program 1:10 p.m., Honors Convocation Friday, May 24 Friday, May 31, Semester Examinations Thursday, May 30, Ascension Thurs day, Memorial Day, no classes Friday, May 31, Senior Ball Sunday, June 2, 4 p.m., Baccalaureate Wednesday, June 5, Commencement oil. The sandl are warm and eyes glow heavy. The season of many crinoline light-colored clothes, bermuti bathing suits, sun-glasses, and sho hair cuts has arrived. The city has broken out in a r of convertibles with tops down, si seeing buses, and carefree peo; Mothers walk their babies, little c dren (and college students) lick cream cones, old men and young J go early in the morning to fish. Bus drivers whistle as they pun transfers and shirt gears, and eof milters gaze out train windoi dreaming of vacations, new plart new friends, possibly new roniaoj interests. Weekends draw US to th lt; park, the beach, the golf course, forests primeval, or the open ro For many it will be a complelS pagan time; for others, sensitiveH the spiritual, to the Hand of HodE the beauty of earth, it can be ;i til of wondrous reverence. It is the beginning and the 1 ing. It is .I tine. Automation Meditation : What Would You Do With Leisure Time If Any? Ahead, we are told, lies Push But ton Paradise, Men and women will be doing less and less work. The era of Do-It-Yourself will be past. Short er hours will allow men to spend more time being husbands and lathers at home. Fewer women will be away from home because there will be fewer jobs to do. But what will Father, Mother, and the children do with all this ex tra time.' It seems strange now to think of a whole lifetime with time on one's hands. Students and parents will both be home by 3 pan. with all the rest of the afternoon and eve ning to spend. In a world of frayed nerves and frenzied activity, we seldom have time to think. Perhaps this will be a time of the real pursuit of knowl edge. After all. man will lind it hard to live in ignorancgi.once he has time really to examine bis environment. The ancient Creeks had much time for leisure and spent it attaining the greatest pagan culture the western world has known. Slaves were their push buttons. At their apex they lacked our knowledge of religion, our a w c. II 1 scientific progress, our concoptfar I'n edom for all men. CertainlyK the future, we should do better tfcc they did. lt; We might find a preview of it ing events in the lives of retired 2 and women who have time to ua themselves. For the most part, j choose to spend it pursuing tli-pr terests of their youth. an Some are not happy becausefc have not the background from t'dit youth to make goo,I use of their* ' now. Some interests of their yA' are no longer appealing because-,,'. were shallow. Ca Perhaps though, the best Wi wit forecast the future is to look atio to know ourselves. The student' today cor'prise the citizens of tu hi row- so. we are the citizens m* ' push button world of the fiitu? What are our interests .' Whafi our values' What are our, If these are enduring, we woii time on our hands. (Hhcnvi-Jj will have nothing to do, to tnu about, to explore. This is tliefofrl Will it be a Push Button Paraf av gt;
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1957-05-20 (2)
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Mundelein College
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Student newspaper for Mundelein College
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