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Page Two SKYSCRAPER Secular Forces Join Crusade for Morality iank- Mundclein is not alone in its current campaign to revitalize the morally rupt American conscience. Mighty allies, the secular press and radio, are aware, occasionally at least, and in a vague but earnest way, of the equally vague and earnest search eif the post-war .world for solid objective Truth'- concerning the grim realities of Life and.Death. Good and Evil. Quick enough to attack the evil, crusaders for conscience and decency includ ing Mundelein students can applaud vigorously recent articles of real significance in McCall's magazine anel in Time. Time came through with a sound and sane review of Hollywood's latest psycho- thriller. The Locket. Tbe plot absolves a lady-criminal's sins because she suffered a disappointment about a gold locket when she was a little girl. Says Time: Church and State still hold a grown person responsible for bis own sinful . . . acts. Hollywood is cutting figure-eights, on dangerously thin moral ice by suggesting to its huge mass audience that an unhappy childhood not only explains but some- bow excuses a lady's indulgence in murder. Another service is performed by McCall's magazine with the publication in its February and March issues of Clare Booth Luce's The 'Real' Reason, which tells of her conversion to Catholicism, one more instance of the grace of God. The Chicago stage, not notable for a high moral tone, currently offers vivid glimpses oi reality and humanity in Emmett Lavery's The Magnificent Yankee and in the enchanting production eif Lute Song. Well-known commentators are pointing irate lingers at radio comedians' choice of funny material. Jimmy Fidler objects to a top wit's consistently suggestive jeikc situations. Waller Winchell is waging war on jokes maligning racial minorities. Brought before tbe public in a dramatic way. both campaigns have evoked posi tive action from the offenders. Powerful voices, close to tbe Truth, are joining the cause which Mundelein has elected to call her own. The crusade grows in power and marches forward. Are you in it? Intelligent Reading Habits Encourage the Drive for Better Books In abstraction, all students agree that tbe end of education is truth, whether or not they place it under this particular di rect classification. These same students attain their eiids, inductively or deductive ly, in the various branches of arts and sciences. In their quest for truth they learn to detect the falsehoods and mistakes which are not apparent to the unpracticed, indif ferent eye. Those, however, who have not achieved a sense of analysis and integra tion in co-operation with the moral law, have lost at least half the point of a true education. Education, with its protagonists, tbe col lege graduates, has its commencement in tbe diploma-finale of the classrooms. Wis dom anel training manifest themselves con clusively when we enter the world outside academic halls. And the world beyond the academic halls derives a good part of its continuing edu cation from current literature. It behooves us. therefore, to-think about the type of books most Americans read, anel to do what we can to improve their quality. And Catholic Press Month seems a good mo ment to begin. Despite the popularity of certain high- minded modern writers, Catholic literature as such, is more or less at a stalemate. It is our move. And the sales counters are stacked against us. The booksellers shelves are stocked with morally degrad ing volumes. Anel practically everybody reads them, unthinkingly. What to do about it? The Entertain ment committee has made a start; it has listed valid reviews of the current best sellers. Tbe library is always working on it bulletining attractive information about the really worthwhile books. It remains for each one of us, individ ually, to cooperate. It means, for some of us. to develop an altogether new ap proach to books the intelligent approach of those who, knowing they cannot pos sibly read everything, select, with the aid of competent reviewers, the most worth while of the current offerings. Tf each one of us subscribed this month to a Catholic magazine distinguished for its book review section, and if each month hereafter we would read that section care fully and choose our reading accordingly, we would be well on the way toward read ing as Catholics. And, simultaneously, we would be doing the imperative task of en couraging all those who write with the aim of the Catholic author. Way Back When . . Emperors heeded the word of the Holy father in all matters, religious or political, and the entire known-world was Christian, the period of Lent was observed more strictly than it is today. Lent, ecclesiastically meaning a fast of forty days from Ash Wednesday till Eas ter, literally means spare, meager, and cold. Early Christians applied the latter defi nition through their acts of penance and self-denial. Many of today's Catholics merely fulfill the obligations of fast anil abstinence laid down by the Church, ne glecting to perform their individual acts of sacrifice. As college students, pace-setters of the next generation, let's see if this holy sea son cannot be the beginning of many, lilletl with more sincere worship of God through personal penitence. ZJhls * rrfundelein . . . The breezy-morning dash into the lock er rooms . . . the line-up at the book store in the lounge . . . the newly-added box office . . . drifts of organ-practice resounding through the corridors . . , Excuse me, please ... a piece of scenery just went by Tea-room anticipation at 10:29 . . , flood lights standing sentinel in the bal cony ... the bright, clean, never-touch room for underclassmen . . . the good morning visit in the Chapel ... a nice, cool swim on a zero morning . . . the cubby-hole for doing last minute assign ments. The frosted campus . . . and steaming lake ... the ice-tipped breezes pointing toward the west door . . . the strength and serenity of the buildings . . . the wel coming looks of both the angels . , . all this and all the little things . . . for it is within each student that . . . This is Mun delein. Bishops Define Human Rights Long ago, when a nation's sport was tossing men into a lion-infested arena, an infant Church championed tbe God-given dignity of man. Through the ages, the Church has jealously guarded the inherent worth of the individual. Recently the Catholic hierarchy of the United States headlined, the newspapers with an insistence upon the equal rights of nations and their claims to the markets anel raw materials of the world. The declaration, issued by the National Catholic Welfare Council, was drafted by a special committee of scholars, laymen, anel clergy, anel submitted to the United Nations committee on human rights, head ed by Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Also listed in the 50-point statement were the inalienable rights of man as an individual and as a member of society, rights which include the right to a living wage and the right to bargain collectively. Whether these basic beliefs will be ac cepted in Into, as the heart uniting the many states of the United Nations into a corporate body, is doubtful. Even if these principles ;u recognized, it is improbable that the heart will be given a chance* to beat that any sanction will be made now to preserve these rights. The significance of the declaration lies in the recognition of the interdependence of individuals jn a political society. Man has natural rights to maintain and duties to fulfill in society, whether this so ciety be the family, Church, or the state. The state, society, is a group of individ uals bound together by a common purpose. It must safeguard its members and retain its own sovereign rights. Without a return to the moral law there can be no understanding of individual or state rights. And without a sane balance of individual anel state rights there can be no order. The permanent peace we are seeking can be actualized only in a tranquillity of order attained only by returning to the moral law. Lent's Challenge to Moderns: Prepare Through Sacrifice We believe that we are mature young women demonstrating, a unique insight into current affairs . . . yet are we afraid, or are we unaware of the many around us who offend God rather than face the difficulty of doing right? How can we overlook the tremendous lack of moral control in modern living? The world is starving, not Only for bundles of food anel clothing, but, primarily, for individual self-discipline. Can we be sure that, just because of our religious training, we will consistently overcome the real difficulties in our lives? Surely Lent is the testing gYound, and we must make the most of our trial flights before we solo. Armed with positive resolutions, we can wage a 40-day war against daily tempta tions to shirk responsibilities and neglect considerations for others. Instead of being fashionably late for classes and appointments, why not a courteous punctuality? If we cannot endure these small hardships, giving up little things during Lent for the love of God, what assurance have we that we can overcome difficulties later? MUNDELEIN COI.I.E1 Chicago, 40, Illinois n Unueh tiif. DlKEC .tion OK THE S'STEHS OF CllAKlTV, B.V.M. Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 30, t at the Post Office of Chicago. Illinois, mulct j Acl of March 3, 1897. 1.75 the year. Published semi-monthly from October to fel inclusive by the students oi Mundelein Collfw te Vol. XVII February 17, 1947 All-Catholic Honors All-American Honors Telephone: Sheldrake 9620 gt;t Co Editors-in-Chief Florence Jankofl Colleen Rd Associates Regina f' Lucille Cook, Mary Em Harrigan, DoL Toniatti. n Feature Editors Katherine Buri3' Frances W n Associates Cynthia K j Jerianne Mangold, Mary Leona Meiio lt; Jeane Ondesco. al Copy Editors Ellenmae Q1C Marilyn Tamburti Associates Rita Budul Patricia Dam'0 News Editors Barbara Fal Jeanne Maiic Horan, Patricia Ron Associates .Dorothy Dan ( Ie Eileen Dolan, Geraldine Grace, Jm I Jahrke, Patricia Nealin, Peggy Roach, e, Sports Editor Beatrice Gol* Associates Claire John* Joyce Ss lt; Art Editor Margaret Mary Camjpr Reporters: Rosemary Benigni, Isabcllc Cox,jP Cribari, Marguerite McDonnell, Janet f Ginn, Mary Catherine O'Dwyer, Rita Sa Lois Willard, June Kopal. Bernadettc K* Katherine Malatesta, Patricia Trim -N'oreen Roche, Jane O'Neill, Lorn* Stajdohar, Jo Ann Figtteira, Margaret IV La Vaque, Patricia Shanahan, Patricia M* Joan Merrick, Mary Lee Kosten, MaryB Ian, Blanche Schwcpper, and Vena Walsh. v.
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1947-02-17 (2)
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