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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER May 8, 1967 IHE SHVSCRflPER Mi lilt OriTllUntirtn will grip current issues and eoenU and f hold them be-fore the campus in order that members of the Mundelein community mag sense and direct history rather than bob in its wake. OK Pass-Fail Grade Plan Last week's faculty meeting serves to convince students of the progressive attitudes of their professors on two of this year's major academic proposals: a re vision of the policy on senior comprehensives and the establishment of a limited pass-fail grading system. Although the comprehensive policy will have an im mediate effect only on the present junior class, the pass- fail decision will have an impact on all students who are currently attempting to construct next year's class schedule. A student may now have the option of a pass or fail grade in any course which is 1) outside of her major field, 2) outside the education minor requirements, and 3) outside the basic studies program. The other stip ulation is that the student must declare her intention to be graded on a pass-fail basis at the beginning of the course. The pass-fail system merits at least one year of partial experimentation. Although the possibility for abuse by students who merely want to slide by in a course does exist, it is out weighed by the large number of students who are genuinely attracted by the chal lenge of a course outside the major field. The faculty has displayed the trust that students will respond maturely to this opportunity. Perhaps this ex periment will mark the beginning of the end for grades, which one faculty member termed mechanical hurdles which determine who gets the medals in education. Wyeth Art Show Poetic Realist Depicts Life By Kayellen Hartman Searing white light scorches the view of an Andrew Wycth exhibit as effectively as it dilates the mystic aura of his paintings. A poet with a brush, Wyeth etches razor scars of age through his beloved Pennsylvania farm houses as e.asily as he cracks the facial shell of his portraits with a minute ness singular only to the red threads within a new dol lar bill. The exhibit continuing through May at the Art Institute fur ther illustrates Wyeth's super realism, which he scratches from distinguishing details and multi-dimensional textures. The pencil protrait of Beckle King combines both Wyeth's poetic mysticism and grasping realism through its distinct fa cial characteristics. As an ex ample of this uniqueness Wyeth chose a Marat shaped nose for Display Trust Create Impact PUBLIC SALE. 'Beckef Illuminates Good Grief Wit, Intellectualism A 'Smelt-In' For years devotees of the Mundelein school song have been humming . . . Blue lake beside you . . . without an Inkling of the true significance behind those words. For not only does Lake Michigan provide a seasonal refuge from the slings and arrows of afternoon classes, but it also shelters the breeding ground of thousands of smelt every year. Therefore with this discovery in mind, the Skyscraper and the Loyola News will proudly sponsor a super, spontaneous, sophisti cated, sunset smelt-in happening. Tonight at 7:00 at the site of the Learning Resource Center, Mundelein and Loyola students are invited to cast their nets, roast hot dogs (if they're unlucky) or simply sit and laugh. Who knows, Mundelein may be on the verge of a revolutionary tradition or at worst a strong ban-the-lakefront committee? Urge Insight On Protests The Catholic War Veterans recently published an advertise ment in the Washington Star addressed to draftcard burners, draft dodgers, malcontents and all the 'enemy's right-we're wrong' pack, referring to them as a Brotherhood of Traitors. They claim that the Brotherhood finds it easier and safer to tramp all over your (their) country's flag than lift it Into courageous battle. The Veterans have the privilege of taking this attitude toward war protesters, however, they also have an obligation to the public to base their position on reasonable arguments, not on sensational ism or emotionalism. The ad reminds one of the pamphlets dis tributed by the far left with caricatures of American soldiers per forming atrocities in Vietnam. Undoubtedly, some war protesters are communists and some are draft dodgers, but many sincerely question the validity of America's policy in Vietnam and are trying to change it through legal means. The United States Constitution provides for criticism of govern ment policy through the First Amendment. Theories of Jurispru dence have been developed to protect the rights of conscientious objectors. An exchange of viewpoint between the left and the right, with each side respecting the other's opinions, is needed to arrive at a realistic policy toward Vietnam. Perhaps the differences between these factions is too large to bridge with a compromise, but this approach is certainly more promising than name-calling. By Sheila McCarthy Reviewers have a talent for making the mistake of attending the opening performance of a play. In spite of technical difficulties and lack of polish seen at a glori fied dress reheasal of Anouilh's Becket, the drama offers an evening of high wit and intellectual play in one man's search for meaning in life through God and an other man's search for meaning through man. The Tony Award Winning masterpiece produced by Four evening of fun and games M Productions opened May 4 for a three week engagement at the Harper Theater in Hyde Park. The play portrays Thomas A. Becket. chancellor cf England, and King Henry H as boyish companions sharing pleasures of the high life via wine, women and song. Although both indulge in this riotous living, they are alienated from it. After Henry appoints Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, this worldly aliena tion becomes the chief concern of the play. While Thomas upholds the principle of his office, Henry takes personal offense to Thomas' actions. Now that Thomas' commitment to God is established and Henry's com mitment to Thomas is confirmed to the extent that a homosexual relatonship is implied, the his torical action of the play pro gresses. Setting becomes inconsequen tial In this same respect and is successfully treated as such. Rectangular panels serving as windows, walls and bedposts compose the basic stage setting. Each scene is introduced by an artsy film slide which is faded on and off a small screen above center stage. Characterization is without doubt the most important aspect of the play. Despite a rocky take-off Gordon Osheim is bril liant as an impulsive and sen sitive King Henry. His charac terization outshines that of Tony Mockus as Becket especially in Act III when he plays Eric Byrne's game Now I've got you you SOB. Viewing Becket isn't exactly but it is adult and entertaining. his sketch rendering a reveren tial quality to the subject plac ing it in a moment out of time. Her hair is further distin guished by its delicately webbed braids that circle the viewer's eye down to her age fallen flannel breasts. Wyeth Is remarkable for his Mark Twain intuition about the happy peculiarities of young boys. They appear moody or devilish beneath raccoon caps and realistic wearing tattered clothes, scuffed shoes, frayed button loops and a mixture of other youthful treasures. That Gentleman illustrates Wyeth's unique style of painting his subjects from behind or from the side like an Egyptian frieze molded of flesh. That Gentle man tells the story of a negro country philosopher pensively sitting in his shack surrounded by worn items. Such objects as a black iron stove smiling be neath a rim of wet heat and woven slippers worn with creases breathe with human reality. Wyeth's houses are as cracked as meaningfully as his faces. The Tenant Farmer displays a red brick house duplicating the cold sterility of a French prison. And a newly slaughtered deer spits a mixture of red and white from his recently opened head. Mother Archie's Church is a puckered white diamond cell ing boasting one tarnished oil lamp clinging like a sleeping bat to the stripped plaster. From its lone window light is licked onto the ceiling, pasting the plaster back with a silver-white saliva gleam. Defrocked winter trees shadow a barren stone front in Lenape Barn and assume a carnival laugh as they sweep across their white washed circus tent. A darkened entrance is caught frowning beneath the ink black tattoo of a clown's green face. The shock color imagery of Wyeth is distinguished within the oriental exhibit preceeding the entry to his show. Sumarian warriors display the same chalk white face which distinguishes Wyeth's mystic aura. Sounding Board I am well aware of the space limitation placed on a Sky scraper assignment and deem it necessary. Constricting word quantity will insure the quality of words chosen, or at least it should. Fragmented remarks are meaningless unless they are fol lowed by the qualifying state ment. For instance, in regard to the inter-university survey of ethnic attitudes, the superficial comment, I like it. should have been explicated and ex tended to include, because the survey provides field experience for the sociology major who has always been confined to a class room curriculum. The survey also enables us to it becomes a statistic, a statistic which can then be contrasted with knowledge acquired through textual readings. Similar clar ification is applicable to the de ductive sentence. I think it's good. unless one can decipher meaning from it, it is incon gruous. I do not feel that the two fragmented remarks (mentioned above) were fairly representa tive of a 35-minute interview or could it be that the body of the Interview was transformed Into Morse code (. . .)? Never theless, if statements cannot be qualified, they should be omitted; reporting of this nature leaves much to be desired. encounter a living opinion before Barbara Dahlder ZJne kuscrapcr Vol. XXXVIII May 8, 1967 No. 14 Catholic School Press Association Newspaper of Distinction The Skyscraper is published semi-monthly, September to May inclusive except during exam and vacation periods, by the students of Mundelein College. 6363 Sheridan Rd.. Chicago. III.. 6082ft. Entered ai secund-claas matter Nov. 30, 1932, at the U.S. Post Office. Chicago. III. under the act at March 3, 1897. The Skytcraper ia a member of the Catholic School Press Association and subscribe* to the National Education* Advertising Service. Letters to the editor must be signed. The Skyieraper reserved the right to eut letters in case of limited space. Co-Editors - - Jennifer Joyce. K thy Riley Fe*tur* Editor .. .'. .. Marilyn Gibbs Business .Manager Theresa Ebenhoe Photographer .. - Marianne Fusillo Cartoonist . Mary Fnin Campbell Staff * Julie Caruso. Kathy Cummins, Pst Cxapar. Pat Devi.w. Aldine Favaro, Katby Flynn. Kay Ellen Hartman. Sheila McCarthy. Mary McMorrow. Mary Beth Mundt, Jsyne Quinn. Giselle R.ba. Carol Ries. Diane Sargol. Janet Sass. I'eggy Sieben, Mary Beth Wagner. Anndrea Zahorak
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