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Page Two SKYSCRAPER Almost 2000 Years Ago, a Child was born in a stable. The world of the first century was much the same as the world of the year 1952 A.D. Herod Antipas was a dictator in Christ's age; Stalin is a dictator during our age. When Christ was born, Roman soldiers were in possession of Jewish soil; today, our soldiers are fighting on Korean land. Just as atheism, religious antipathy, and paganism were rampant in the Roman Em pire, so they are in modern civilization. The diabolical Dionysean orgies are com parable with the superstitious Mau Mau outrages of contemporary Africa. Even racial prejudice is not confined to modern society. The Romans and Jews were pitted against each other as fiercely as modern nations have been pitted against racial minorities. Their prejudices proved just as disastrous for them as modern ones will for us, if the modern world will not recognize Christ's brotherhood Taxes were high in Joseph and Mary's age perhaps not as high as they are in our time. It was the East that brought Catholicism to the Western world, that carried Christ's message to our hearts. Today, it is the West that must return Christ's doctrine to the East, that must restore the ancient faith to His children. For all the years that have passed since Christ became man, the world has not changed, basically. Human nature, human greed are still the same. There are still wars and prejudices; there are still fan atics and dictators; but there are still, also, good people who follow in the foot steps of the Holy Family. It is they who will be the saviours of civilization from God's wrath, just as Christ redeemed us from that wrath almost 20 centuries ago. As An Old Year And An Old administration near their end, we stop to review the past, to think of the future. Notwithstanding claims that our world is dominantly selfish, three people recent ly deceased stood for many years as sym bols of service to their fellowmen. Phillip Murray, president of the CIO; William Green, president of the AFL, and Sister Kenny, Australian nurse who devoted her life to polio victims, are toweringly unselfish fi gures. Even Hollywood seems to have raised its standards. A member of the Bishop's Committee on Motion Pictures observes that ''1952 movies have showed a marked upswing in wholesome and moral quali ties. Pius XII struck a courageous note on the international symphony when he ele vated to the rank of Cardinal two Arch bishops persecuted behind the Iron Cur tain. Cardinal Aloysius Stepinac of Yu goslavia and Cardinal Stefan Wyszyn- ski of Poland may not be in Rome for investiture, but their elevation to the rank of princes of the church is a rec ognition of their work for religion be hind the Iron Curtain. One of the 24 new cardinals is an Amer ican, first Cardinal from the west coast, the Most Reverend J. Francis A. Mcln- tyre, archbishop of Los Angeles, hailed by the New York Times as a man who gave up a potentially successful career in Wall Street to enter the priesthood. The U. S. and Chicago especially were surprised last week with the announce ment that General Eisenhower has named to his cabinet as Secretary of Labor a Democrat, Martin P. Durkin. A devout Catholic, Mr. Durkin has been busy for years winning acceptance ifor the princi ples of the Papal Encyclicals on Labor and the Social Order. As women, we are more than a little interested in the announcement that two women will hold top posts in the new ad ministration. Mrs. Ivy Baker Priest is Treasurer of the U. S., and Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby is Federal Security adminis trator. As 1952 waves goodbye, we may assess the good things it has brought, and as 1953 comes down the road, we pray that it will bring peace on earth. Christmas Is a Time of Love Even in the Most Sparkling, materialistic, artificial circles. Some form of this love settles briefly like a first snow under the name of good will or Christmas cheer. Why Christmas cheer? Why Christmas at all in a society sup posedly a good percentage atheistic? Could it be that love is animated by and associated with new life? A Child was born more than nineteen hundred years ago on a cold winter night in a lonely stable. With Him, Infinite Love was brought to a world exhausted with pride and hate and greed. From Him, Spring time came to men's minds and souls and hearts. His Love fell like a gentle, rain on the seeds of love in men's hearts, releasing them from the hard grasp of a spiritual winter, and calling them to life. So today, Love is soon to be reborn to the world a world still filled with pride and hate and greed. This year again men can be re leased from a burden too often of their own making. For many, caught up in a whirlpool of war and hate, this will be a last Christmas; but for others, it will be a first Christmas a first Christmas in a world that is eager to snare them in a self-destroying web of sin. But underneath the turbulent surface of this world, there are the individuals, people willing to show the value of love and humility and unselfishness. Their quiet, peaceful knowledge of themselves and of their neigh bors will always be sustained because it is reflected in the love and sac rifice of that first Christmas night. Since Most of Us Are Victims Of Parental Attempts to reform our natural tendencies' to spend money in swift and lavish manner, we find budgets miserly things. Their obvious defects are most likely to appear at Christmas time. Judging from wide experience, we believe our pecuniary status in volves being wealthy to the point of philanthropy at the beginning of the month, and destitute at the end. So here we are, Christmas al most on top of us and our spirit of giving confined to 14.83. Mindful of our plight, great brains have pooled suggestions for the following list, designed to carry us through the low tide of our lives while still impressing our families and friends with our thoughtful- ness: FOR DAD: Dear Dad is always a problem at Christmas. Ties, socks, shirts we've tried them all. Beauty of it is, he'll love anything we give. But we might try a magazine subscription this year. America maybe. FOR MOTHER: Avoid giving her household things. Use psychol ogy. Present something personal and slightly frivolous. A catchy shade of perfumed nail polish would be different, or some special co logne. FOR OLDER SISTER: Now is the time to replace yourself in her good graces, especially if you borrow. Be extra thoughtful and buy her something you cannot possibly wear. (A lock and chain for her room would be proof of your intention.) FOR OLDER BROTHER: A clam opener might be practical. Bet ter make it a book though, geared to his interests. FOR THE LITTLE ONES: Christmas is theirs in a big way. Have fun in the toy departments and don't miss some of the wonderful new religious books for children. Find time, too, to make them some cookies, well frosted. FOR HIM, THE MAN OF THE HOUR: Knit matching plaid tie, socks, and sweater to enhance his eyes. Finish by Christmas 1953 or 4. FOR THE HUMAN RACE: A smile, a loving heart, a prayer for peace. FOR THE CHRIST CHILD: Forget the tinsel and the ornamentals. Give all your heart Jne S U udcraper Vol. XXIII December 15, 1952 No. 6 Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 30, 1932, at the Post Office of Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879, 1.75 per year. Published semi-monthly from October to May inclusive by the students of Mundelein College, 6363 Sheridan Road, Chicago 40. Patricia Anderson Lois Aurelio Edna Bchm Joan Brezina Joan Budicin Mary Ann Carroll Loretta Casey Mary Lynn Centella Norita Dreyer Barbara Gaul Mary Hartigan Freshman Staff Mary Jane Keating Eleanor Kcane Betty Kelly Rosemary Kelly Jean Kielty Marie Kobelius Carol Madden Mary Ann McCarthy Catherine McManamon Agnes O'Malley Lillian Pettite Ethel Prendergast Charlene Quinn Lorraine Quinn Joanne Reilly Carol Riordan Marie Roach Nancy Schreiber Marilyn Smith Patricia Sullivan Geraldine Wall Lucille Youngmaiin Merry Christmas, And Don't Bother Making Out Semester examinations, say Freshmen to members of the Faculty who might otherwise waste vacation days extracting essences from books. The following questions are guaranteed to tap the grass roots of student knowledge, and to reveal the wide range of student especially freshman ;originality. 1. Did Dryden curtail the efforts of ot didn't he? 2. Would osmosis be considered an es sential function for, or wouldn't it? 3. O what is so rare as a day in June? I liscuss. 4. How many feet are there in March ing through Georgia? Supply five foot notes. 5. Why were the Magna Charta, th Diet of Worms, the Hundred Year's War' Answer three of the four. 6. In the year 1074, King Oliver of Belgium, while crossing the River Styk lost one of his most courageous aides Which one? 7. If you mixed de sucre, la leche, am das pheffer, what would be the chemical reaction? Write a sonnet about it. 8. Would you say that the I-aw of DJ minishing Returns is a good thing? Ii not, what would you say? 9. Why does Jacques Maritan say whm he says about the aims of education? 10. Fill in some of the blanks: a b J c d The Spirit of Christmas Past with its cherished traditions returns Mundelein annually and lingers in the coil ridors, on the stairs, bringing the little sal rilices of Advent, the singing around I Advent Wreath, snatches of foreign lanj uagc carols, the Cantata with symbolic t leaux and Hallelujah Chorus finale, tl Cross of Candlelight shining over darkened city streets these form the Spi it of Christmas Past which are shared t year by the Freshmen. The Spirit of Christmas Present part material, part spiritual, in the world around us, is here at Mundelein doM inantly religious. Here Christmas Christ's Birthday, and the most prccioi gifts are the gifts of Love and Peace. id D, 9 ee Omnibus, 90-minute Radio-TV Workshop of the Ford Foundation, appeals to the lt;A lege student, the tired businessman, the J f tist, the historian, in fact to almost evei one. wit Currently, Omnibus is presenting, among other things the life oA gt;j Abraham Lincoln. The other thingilg may include modem ballet, a day iiCa the life of a tug boat captain, an in terview with William Saroyan, or i Sir James M. Barrie play starri: Helen Hayes. With the flick of a switch you may i the beating of a human heart, grasp so of the mysteries of X-Ray on Omni Try it next Sunday, 3:30 to 5 p.m., nel 4. Holiday theatre fare includes a si by S. M. Chartock's Gilbert and Sullii company, with Martyn Green. First sentation will be Iolanthe, opening 25 in matinee and remaining at the SI bert through Jan. 17. The Hollywood Ice Revue promises t* delightful, with Barbara Ann Scott hd ing a cast of stars. The show opens Chifti mas Day and will continue through I 11. Cinema attractions include The Man, heralded for its charm of story beauty of scenery the Irish country lush and lovely in technicolor. And a MUST on the holiday call dar is the Warner Brothers film, Tl Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima, bri: ing to the screen the story of thn Portuguese children chosen by Oi Lady to bring her message to thTh modern world and the even more ti tonishing story of deepening faith iry vealed in the thousands of pilgriuon who annually visit the Fatima shrii'
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