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March 2, 1960 THE SKYSCRAPER Page Three CLASSROOM ATMOSPHERE tT JSETS Honors Symposium discuss The Last Puritan by George Santayana in the Social Room. Four Faculty members and 11 students take part in the weekly discus sions. Honors Group * 'Last Puritan' Comprises Discussion for Symposium by Mary The Last Puritan by the late George Santayana has been chosen by the In terdepartmental Honors Symposium this year as the basic material for dis cussion. Eleven sophomores, juniors and seniors have accepted the invita tion to join faculty members in the weekly sessions which meet Monday evenings from 5:30 to 7:30. The course carries two hours' credit applicable to either English or history and merits an honors grade of H-A, H-B or H-C. STUDENTS JOIN the group by in vitation and are chosen by faculty rec ommendation on the basis of their scholastic records and academic per formance. The symposium was or ganized last year to give the academi cally talented student an opportunity to meet other students with similar interests in a challenging and satis fying intellectual experience. The meetings are student-prepared and directed, with four faculty mem bers, Sister Mary Cecilia, Sister Mary Crescentia, Sister Mary Harrita and Sister Mary Irma, participating in the discussions. ANOTHER INTERDEPARTMEN TAL STUDY GROUP, the freshman- sophomore philosophy group, has been introduced during the second semester. Underclassmen who have merited Dean's List standing in the first se- Murphy mesber are eligible to participate in the semimonthly non-credit discus sions and lectures on the Ideas of the Great Philosophers. Meetings are held at 1:10 on Tuesday or Thursday with Sister Mary Jean Michael direct ing the work. Besides these two interdepartmental groups, various departments including chemistry, German, French, history and mathematics have established spe cial programs for honors students. Milwaukee Sodality Sponsors Convention The Milwaukee Catholic Action Convention, open to all students inter ested in the Liturgy, will be held at Marquette University on March 4, 5 and 6. The convention, sponsored by the Milwaukee Sodality Union will feature Miss Josette Beaubien as a speaker at the college sessions. Miss Beaubien is a member of the Canadian Regina Mundi Sodality and was a guest speaker at the World Sodality Congress held in New Jersey. Her talk for the convention is en titled The Liturgy and the College Community. Information concerning the conven tion may be obtained from the Mil waukee Sodality Office, 742 W. Capitol dr., Milwaukee. THE WINNERS luniors Martha Fingleton, Sheila Sepanski and Gerry Dusik celebrate the victory of the junior class in the Benefit competition. Their class captured the loving cup by attaining the highest percentage (52 per cent) through the sale of ads and tickets. These girls were among the successful junior promotion chairmen. Students Begin Lenten Season With Sung Mass On Ember Wednesday, March 6, the monthly student Mass will be cele brated by Fr. William Clark at noon in Stella Maris Chapel. Students will again participate in singing the Mass. Practices are being held daily in Room 715 at 11:50 to 12:10. Ember days, which occur at the be ginning of each of the four seasons, trace their origin to the ceremonies connected with the harvesting of the crops. Today they are days of fast and ab stinence which help purify the soul at each quarter of the year. This Mass celebrated during the first week of Lent, provides an oppor tunity to all Mundelein students to of fer their Lenten sacrifices. NFCCS Considers New North Region A new NFCCS area to be called the North Central Region, composed of all the Catholic colleges in the Chicago, Ft. Wayne, and Detroit areas now awaits a majority vote of the member colleges. The final vote on this new program is scheduled for sometime in April or May. On Feb. 7, the regional meeting of the Chicago area officers and delegates was held at Mundelein to debate and vote on the question of the merger. St. Procopius College opposed the move on the grounds that there were sufficient projects on hand to engage the interests of the Chicago area stu dents without calling on outside sup port. Delegates from the women's col leges felt that the apathy of the Chi cago area students in NFCCS would be remedied by enlarging the geo graphical area of the region and thereby increasing the regional mem bership. The Chicago area officers voted to accept the proposed revision of boundaries if the bishops of the diocese in which the colleges are located con sented and if a two-thirds vote from the colleges in the other areas con cerned could be obtained. Guest Speaker TellsRepublicans Of Party Plans Robert Brodner, the north-side vice- president of the Cook County Young Republicans, has urged the Young Re publicans of Mundelein to take an active interest in this summer's Na tional Convention. Mr. Brodner, who is also captain of the 42nd Ward, told the meeting, held in conjunction with the club's mid-year membership drive, that their most im portant duty was to get out the vote for both the primary and the presiden tial elections. President Nancy Butler, has an nounced that the girls will have the opportunity to assist and observe poli tics in action when the National Re publican Convention meets in Chicago during the month of August. Mem bers of the national organization of Young Republicans will assist at the convention at various jobs. Although one of the primary aims of the club is to interest the upper classmen in politics, the over-all ambi tion is to have a strong campus or ganization composed of members from all four classes. Another aim, adapted especially for underclassmen, is to develop responsi bility early in the future voter so that he is able to intelligently participate in this all-important field. Nancy has also announced that a meeting will be held in two weeks to elect a sophomore and a junior to the offices of secretary and treasurer. Patience of Job Provides Theme for Modern Drama by Donna Griffin Within the confines of an old circus tent, two men set out to portray the Old Testament story of the Book of Job. Basil Rathbone, cast in the role of a popcorn man playing the devil, and Frederic Worlock as the balloon man portraying God, take on them selves the wager of the Book of Job, Satan's bet that if God will strip Job of everything he has, Job, the perfect and upright man, will curse God. THEIR MODERN-DAY JOB is a happy and successful business man, J. B., who suffers the griefs of a mod ern age. His children, one by one, are taken from him by war, murder and NFCCS Offers Bermuda Holiday A week-long Bermuda Easter vaca tion is being sponsored by the NFCCS for 215, Patricia Flood, travel chair man, has announced. Designed with the Catholic student in mind, the NFCCS program will give collegians the opportunity to observe the Holy Week liturgy and Easter Sunday in their respective parishes. The students will then depart from New York by plane on April 18 and will return April 24. This mid-semester vacation of spe cial College Week activities features such things as an island cruise, beach parties, contests and leisure unlim ited. Application blanks for the trip can be obtained from a pamphlet entitled Bermuda displayed on the NFCCS bulletin board. Sister Mary Assisium has also announced that the deadline for applications has been moved from Feb. 19 to extend through the coming week. Review Posts Deadlines For Anniversary Issue The Mundelein Review will mark its 30th anniversary with a special spring issue. The deadline for essays and short stories for the May issue is April 11. The Review staff would like all first drafts by April 4. Membership in the Stylus club and on the Review staff requires contribu tions to the club and publishing activi ties. accident. His home and bank are de stroyed by an atomic blast. Finally, he himself is covered with burns and decaying skin as a result of the bomb. His wife, unable to accept these trials without question, leaves J. B., who then alone cries out that the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Modern comforters in the form of a Communist, a psychiatrist, and a min ister come to console Job, but none of these comforters can give a satis factory answer to his sufferings. Per haps the minister gives the worst an swer of all by telling Job that his suf fering is punishment for the great crime of being born a man. J. B. THEN TURNS to question God, asking to be shown the justifica tion for this suffering that seems to exceed human limits. God answers with that beautiful speech that begins Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Up to this point, the modern mor ality play, J. B. by Archibald Mac- Liesh, which recently concluded a long run at the Blackstone, runs a close parallel to its historical counterpart. BUT THE LAST QUARTER of the play seems to depart from its Biblical framework and move swiftly towards a finish. J. B., the patient and long- suffering man, does a quick about face and declares that although he has withstood all the suffering that God has sent he will not bow to the crack of that bullwhip again. This all is very much out of char acter for J. B. who had previously been so accepting of God's will. He seems to be saying that after all he has the last laugh on God he held out. PERHAPS MR. McLEISH threw in the end of the play to satisfy any atheists or anti-religious people in the audience. For the end of the play suggests that although God is far above us and although His ways some times seem aimless, human love will conquer all. In the words of Mr. McLeish, the end of the play belongs, as in the Book of Job itself, to the courage of a woman and a man. I think this shows a misinterpretation of the Book of Job on the part of the playwright. However, Satan and God are por trayed exceptionally well. Combined with a fine cast and excellent musical background and scenery, the Pulitzer Prize play, J. B., adds up to a very thought-provoking evening. piirrr U/HD THF F YounK Republicans want to see in the White U U L J J WnU IntjC House next year? Showing their preference for Vice-President Nixon are Nancy Butler, Sue Haglund, Evelyn Mittman, Denise Heffernan and Margaret Giuntini. The club is sponsoring a mid-year mem bership drive.
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1960-03-02 (3)
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