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Pn o Two SKYSCRAPER THE SKYSCRAPER Official Semi-Monthly Newspaper of MUNDELEIN COLLEGE 6363 Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois Stop It's Wonderful Mundelein Chicago's College For Women Under the Direction of the Sisters of Charity, B.V.M. Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 30, 1932, at the Post Office of Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 1.75 the year. Published semi-monthly from October to May inclusive by the students of Mundelein College. Vol. N. Friday, April 2( gt;, 1940 No. 12 1 P ALL-AMERICAN HONORS 1939 Member 1940 Associated GoUe iate Press ALL-CATHOLIC HONORS Telephone: Briar ate 3800 FRKS1IMAN STAFF Co-Editors-in-Chief Patricia Gould, Audrey Joyce Assistants Rosemary Anderson. Eleanor Buckley, Marilyn McHugb Feature Editors Jean Bemis, Helen O'Day Assistants Frances Busscher, Marya'nne Brockhaus, Mary Agnes Firalio, Hetty Grimm, Royce McFadyen News Editors Rosemary Shanahan-, Ruth Fciereisel Assistants Joan Doyle, Catherine Dwyer, Mary Harrington, Florence McDonnell, Gladys Pensutti, Coletta Roche. Leonore Schabas Sports Editors Patricia Byrne, Geraldine Hoffman Assistant Kayc O'Reilly Business Manager Anne Donahoe All the Things You Are... What we thought you would be: Saddle shoes, coke dates, cardigans, re- versibles, free periods, frat pins, hours in the swimming pool, social whirl, and incidentally a few term papers, a smat tering of French conjugations, some his tory and a minimum of math., perhaps a fragment of science What we found; Term papers, French conjugations, facts about footnotes, barbarian invasions (no, we don't mean the Loyola-Mundelein tea- dance), library assignments (in which we learned that the Book of Days is more that a mere calendar), cosines and tan gents, definitions of well-poised living, endless hours in a lab., techniques of fenc ing, data on social justice, new points of view about the past and the present, new and enduring friendships, clubs and sports, ideas and traditions, and inci dentally saddle shoes, coke dates, and a bit of a social whirl We look forward to: The Freshman-Sophomore tea-dance, the Senior Ball. May Crowning, summer daze then, another Candlelighting, an other Day of Recollection, another Sky scraper Ball, another Retreat; a Shake speare course, more French or German or Greek a stalT position on the paper, or Quest or the Review, a part in the fall play, a number on the Fall concert program, moments in the Chapel when the sunlight floods the sanctuary; new saddle shoes and frat pins, comprehen- sives sophomore year . of John Jennings' Next o6Iling To Valour is America during the French and Indian War. The story opens in Scotland and carries over to the Colonies, where the greater part of the activitiy is concentrated in the area of Portsmouth and the Indian frontiers. During the course of the action several I t are introduced who actual- V-llaraCi6rSly figured in American his tory. Robert Rogers, leader of the fam ous Rangers, and .Montcalm, who lead op posing factions, are made essential to the development of the plot. For the most part the . . is concerned with Indian / CTIOn campaigns, the discovery of spies, and the many incidents which make adventure stories. . Jennings' frank, straight- KcaCTIOn forward presentation is re freshing, his description beautiful, and his characters, not content to stay on the printed page, step out and converse with the reader. . of Sir Neville Ilender- oetlinQ son's Failure of A Mis sion is Europe before the curtain opened un World War II . are in two groups. In the V .n3r3Cl6rSmidst of the confusion of a war there stands out the central figure Der Fuehrer and a little circle around him Goering, Dr. Coebbels, von Rib- bentrop; farther away are the somewhat dim personages Chamberlain, Schtis- nigg, Daladier. involves the incidents pre luding World War II. . consists in a clearer uncler- KGaCtlOn standing on the part of the reader of the force in central Europe which executed with military precision and tragic conquest three terrible, pitiful events in .Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. Action What's New? HIE DEAD COMES TO LIFE Latin 5, 6, 7, 8, as listed in the Mun delein Catlogue, may sound rather prosaic to some of us, but the article concerning Mary Perkins in Time Magazine for April 19, expresses the idea that no Catholic can be truly at ease in his Church until he knows its mother tongue. Miss Perkins, author of At Your Ease In The Catho lic Church, presents in her new book, Your Catholic Language, a literal inter linear translation of the Mass which will probably thrill not only the students in Ecclesiastical Latin (course mentioned above) but also all other members of the student body. BEFORE THE MOVIE MOVES A movie that has not yet been made may not be of interest to most of us, but the Queen's Work last week sent an open letter to Cecil B. De Mille. veteran di rector of extravaganza films, about a pic ture titled The Queen of Queens, dealing with the life of the Madonna. What bothered the Sodalists was a whirlwind rumor that De Mille would combine Broad way's objectionable play, Family Por trait, with the planned religious picture. The producer's reply was brief, but he promised that no part of the offend ing play will be used, ended with the de claration that no religious film has ever failed. -. . The first scene of Eliza- OSlliny heth Jordan's new book, First Fort of Call, is a transatlantic clip per plane, forced down by a storm. Abruptly the scene swings to a beautiful island from which there is no escape for the apparent survivors. i i Maxine Perry fights V naraCi6rSagaiiist this seemingly in evitable existence. Three charming chil dren, each with a decided aversion to the famous dancer, Mine. Carillo, are the only ones who can reach the shore. . . consists largely in the at- MCllOn tempt of each character to conceal the secrets of his past life, but all attempts fail, and the story of each life is shown as in a movie. . Elizabeth Jordan's style is KeaCTIOn irresistible, and her lofty idealism is appealing. The .surprise ending enchants the unsuspecting reader, and sati- fies the analytical mind. - of E. M. Delafield's Pro- oSTlinCJ vincial Lady in Lon don shifts from the narrator's peaceful home in Devonshire to the London of war, of blackouts, and of air-raids. i consist chiefly of willing CnaraCterSvcrkers, like the Provin cial Lady, who are disappointed at having little canteen work to do. Outstanding among them is Mrs. Winter-Gammon, nicknamed Granny Bo-Peep, 66-year-young creator of much amusement. . . concerns precautions r CTIOn against air-raids, and work for soldiers at home and abroad. . is three-fold: amusement KGaCTIOn at the author's style; de light in the illustrations ; and gratitude that America is not at war. Tuxedo Junction Are You Havin' Any Fun? You can if you are not, or want some more, for the theater notices give you some ex cellent suggestions. Tallulah Bankhead the dreamy-eyed sophisticate, finally pulled herself away from a season of packed houses in New York to open here April 22 at the Selwyn. The Little Foxes, a social drama about a modern Southern family, by Lillian I lcllinan, is her current vehicle. Another recent opening was that of Troi-ical Pinafore, featuring an all-col ored east in the Gilbert and Sullivan oper etta, 11. M. S. Pinafore. Except for a few of its numbers, the presentation al the Great Northern comes the closest to the original version of any of the late Gilbert and Sullivan productions. Friendship and charity begin at j home, so if you want to learn about The Ridiculous Young Ladies, as Mo- Here, the great French writer of coined ', saw them, find your way to the Mundelein auditorium, on May 5. Before that, how ever, the Dragon General and the Reader in Lady Precious Stream, the dramatic department's fall production, will present heir graduate recitals in the college theater on April 28 at 3 p. m. The first, Eleanor Conly, will olTer Trifles, a play by Su san Glaspell. Marjorie Thomas will give a comedy by J. M. Barrie called Seven Women. Last Good-bye is Dr. Joseph Thorn- ing's discussion of the European situ ation as viewed by the Balkan States, for it will close the Charles Carroll Forum series on May 5, at 3 p. m. I at the I'almer House. Dr. Thorning returns this year as the result of a sur- I vey of the Balkan States, which are of I vital importance in the present war. SCATTERBRAIN li the Student Activities Council can pro duce a play, why can't the Freshman Staff? Ignoring the Hood of reasons which are pour ing in, we proceed to offer our masterpiece for approval. THOUGHT A powerful social drama, rich in the tradi tions of South Chicago. CHARACTERS The Hero: The Rhett TCutler type, with hay fever. The Heroine: P.renda or Coliina, with cul ture. The Villian: He faintly resembles Vahudi. SCENE I: A museum (Villain enters, he speaks) Villain: Good morning. (His words carry a sinister meaning.) (Hero enters, he speaks) Hero: Good morning. (No particular hid den significence.) (Heroine enters, she Speaks.) Heroine: Good morning, you all. (A native of South Chicago) The rest of this scene is in pantomime he- cause of the hig sign on the wall which reads No Talking. We always obey rules. It also makes the production cheaper for we pay our actors 10 cents a word. SCENE II. The same There is still no dialogue. Isn't their obe dience remarkable? SCENE III. Outside the museum (The three characters i merge.) Heroine: Who-all will hold my-all coat foah me ? Villain : Ah will, missey. Hero: Sorry, we just ran over our budget. The rest of the play will have to he in pantomime. Probably nothing happened any way. The hero was too much of a gentleman to cause a disturbance, and the villian was 6*8 , as if that would make- any ililierence to our brave hero * * * Since the Skyscraper lias received All- American Honors, we think it in order to -in gest the following team. Halfbacks: Clare Anderson and Betty Vn- tal. (Didn't they carry a skyscraper for I record dash?) Quarterback: Frances Sayre. (Can't )on just hear her calling 24, 36, Von Read, Yoo Meet . . . ) Fullback : Joan Kaspari. (Will she confuse the opposition ) End and chief pass-receiver: Anne Marie O'Rourke. (She couldn't possibly catch tk( ball, but, my dear, she'll miss it so grace fully ) Mary Lou Bell (Didn't she recein Bing Crosby's patron fee?) Tackles: Helen Murphy and Marie Vm Driska. (They'd tackle anything I) Center: Marie Rudd. (She'll travel all over the held memo her travel story.) Guards : Dorothy McCarthy and Kileei Mahoney. (They'll keep their eyes on the ball and your eyes on them.) * * * Two tipper classmen were discussing a n hook and condescendingly asked a iresliinan what she knew about it. Nothing at all, she replied. I know nothing at all about it. The 1 1. was Oscar Levant's A Smatteraj of Ignorance. Now perhaps when the fresh- nien is a senior . . . * * * When you first start To rend this Von will think- it Is 1/ rhyme. Hut if you continue y ti will see )'ou are wrong. Why do people keep On reading Things that hare No point-'
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1940-04-26 (2)
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