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Vol. XXXIV Mundelein College, Chicago 26, 111., Feb. 12, 1964 No. 10 Shriver Heads List Guest Speakers Spark Political Action Week Me and My Shadow Cast upon the frozen blue, Me and my shadow. Not a soul to tell our troubles to. And when the warm winds blow, Spring's in the air, I always know 'Cause nobody's there. Just me and my shadow All alone and feeling blue. Council Elects Academic Dean Sister Mary Ignatia, B.V.M., aca demic dean, wr.s elected to the ex ecutive committee of the American Conference of Academic Deans when she attended the 20th annual meeting in Washington, D.C., Jan. 13. Sister has been elected to a four- year term, representing Mundelein as the only Catholic women's col lege on the committee. The high point of the conference, according to the dean, was Profes sor Ruth C. Wylie's strong plea for the inclusion of women on college and university faculties. The pro fessor of psychology from Goucher College in Baltimore, Md., termed educated women a vast untapped natural resource of society. Stressing the importance of edu cating the whole man, Dean Wil liam De Vane, college of arts and sciences at Yale University, dis cussed the role of the dean as the guardian of the liberal arts tradi tion. Mr. Francis Keppel, the U.S. Commissioner of Education and former dean of arts and sciences at Harvard University, emphasized the necessity of preserving the pri vate and independent college in the American educational system. Exam Schedule Supplementary exams will be ad ministered Feb. 13 from 3-4:40 p.m. in 506, except by special arrange ment with Miss Gloria Galacci, 203. Skyncrapcr Photo by Rae l':uii Peace Corps Director R. Sargent Shriver will address Mundelein stu dents on The Peace Corps, Feb. 19, at 4 p.m., McCormick Lounge. He is one of five speakers who will appear before the student body dur ing Political Action Week, Feb. 17- 21, sponsored by the SAC. Former Congressman Margaret Stitt Church will speak on The Fine Art of Self-government and Can Freedom Live?, Feb. 18. Lieutenant Governor Samuel Sha piro is scheduled to speak Feb. 20 and 49th ward Alderman Paul Wigoda will also be on campus during Political Action Week. NFCCS regional representative Mr. RCA Cites Five Areas Vital to Human Progress In his Saturday Evening Post article David Sarnoff's Vision, Harold H. Martin tags RCA board chairman General Sarnoff as the man who has made the electron sing and dance. Speaking in Mc Cormick Lounge Feb. 3, General Sarnoff assured Mundelein students that it is the music of human im agination that sets electrons danc ing. A self-made man, General Sar noff's formal education ended with elementary school. A general in the Army Reserve, he has guided the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) for 30 years, and has been called a philosopher and some thing of a prophet. Yet General Sernoff is neither an inventor nor a scientist. He sim ply lifts scientific achievements from the laboratory table and transplants them to where they can best serve mankind. In the past, he has done his transplanting in an electronic frontier ranging from the American living room to space. Hails Change Setting the tone of his informal speech at Mundelein, the general strode up to the microphone, minus his characteristic cigar, and quipped, Don't be nervous. I'm not. Hailing change as the hall mark of the times, the speaker noted that recent changes will af fect the individual as well as so ciety. The challenge of these changes, he emphasized, is that they are wrapped in speculation and imagination. The result of applying human imagination to thoughts of the fu ture, the general noted, is an intel ligent optimism. Let's look at the doughnut instead of the hole, he urged. According to the General, hu- by Tina Dc Rosa manity faces major problems in five fields: nutrition, biology, power, transportation and communication. We have opened scientific Pan dora boxes, he explained, but what has been released can, if used correctly, benefit rather than de stroy mankind. Promising developments in chem istry and bio-chemistry toward de veloping synthetic foods and methods of extracting food from the sea, General Sarnoff noted, can solve the nutrition problem. The problem, he emphasized, must be solved. Offers Solution It is impossible for the human mind to contemplate spiritual, moral, political and social issues on an empty stomach. The possibilities of development in biology, he challenged, almost baffle the imagination. He cited as an example the possibility of de ciphering the genetic code which would facilitate tremendous strides in medicine. It may not be un usual, the General believes, for people to live to be 100, although whether or not people want to live that long is another question. Predicts Progress Advances in transportation and communication have been monu mental and will become staggering, the speaker assured his audience. Both of these fields will be revolu tionized within the century. In accordance with his enthusi asm for the vistas he sees opening up to the world of tomorrow and the youth of today, the General has initiated an educational project whereby top RCA research men are teaching in the nation's high schools as sources of motivation for the students. Sky8crai gt;er Photo by Rae Paul GENERAL DAVID SARNOFF speaks with Skyscraper reporter Tina De Rosa after addressing students in McCormick Lounge last week. A formal tea was also given for the General by the students and faculty. Ann Foxen will produce a closed circuit television program on the presidential candidates Feb. 17. Both political clubs on campus will participate in a civil rights panel Feb. 18. Jean Svoboda, president of YR, and Joe Two, president of the Loyola chapter of YR, will represent the Republi cans. Maureen Burns, YD presi dent, and Marty Lane, Loyola YD president, will represent the Demo crats. Aware that there will be a more intense struggle for the nomina tion in their party, the Young Re publicans are preparing to endorse their candidate, Senator Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona. A Youth for Goldwater committee is being organized under the direction of junior Sylvia Hajek and freshman Majil Riley. Sponsor Rally In March the YR's will partici pate in a mass Goldwater rally in Chicago sponsored by the Illinois Young Republican College Federa tion. The Arizona conservative will be the featured speaker at this meeting. Both clubs are hopeful that their pre-convention activities will make Mundelein students as enthusiastic about the election of 1964 as the alumnae were about the 1960 elec tion. During the fall of that year the SAC sponsored a series of at random discussion groups to pro mote interest in politics. Nixon- Lodge and Kennedy-Johnson stick ers adorned dorm doors, lockers and bulletin boards. Favored JFK The Skyscraper sent associate editor Mary Jo Murray to follow JFK on a whirlwind motorcade through the Chicago suburbs. Staff members Ann Miller and Mary Ann Makowski were guests of presiden tial press secretary Pierre Salinger at the first Kennedy-Nixon debate. Reporters Pat Malinski and Judy Faber joined James Hagarty at the press table at a pre-election dinner honoring former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. To climax the political activities, the YR's and YD's co-sponsored a mock election. John F. Kennedy was a two-to-one favorite with 628 votes compared to Richard M. Nixon's 238. If political club mem bership is any indication of party affiliation among Mundelein stu dents, the Democrats still outnum ber the Republicans two to one. Aware of this, the Young Demo crats are looking forward to the traditional I-told-you-so dinner given to the club whose national party wins in November. A mock primary Feb. 21, three weeks prior to New Hampshire's first of the nation primary, will conclude the activities of Political Action Week.
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1964-02-12 (1)
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