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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER October 28,1959 Star-spangled Saint Vatican Hints Beatification of Mother Seton ON THE OCCASION of the 100th anniversary of the North American college in Rome, Pope John XXIII indicated that the beatification cause of Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton might soon be brought to a happy conclusion. In fact, the date has been set within the next few months, according to the Sacred Congregation of Rites. Yet, how many American Catholics are truly aware of their star-spangled candidate, who will most likely become the first native-born American saint. (Mother Cabrini, as you know, was a naturalized citizen of the United States.) As American as Betsy Ross and the Fourth of July, Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was born in 1774, just two years before the Revolution ary War. Her parents were well-known members of New York society, her mother being one of the Barclays of the city, and her father. Dr. Richard Bayley, the first profes sor of anatomy at the medical school of Co lumbia university. BIOGRAPHERS HAVE DESCRIBED ELIZA BETH as a devout Episcopalian, generous, open- hearted, and attractive. She is reputed to have been the most beautiful debuntante of her day. That she was attractive to Mr. William Seton is evident as they were married when she was 19. After eight years of marriage, Elizabeth Ann Seton was the widowed mother of five and struggling, not only with her domestic responsiblities, but within herself as well, as to the adoption of the Catholic faith. History points out clearly enough the difficulties of being a Catholic in early, very-Protestant New England. Mrs. Seton must surely have been aware of the many difficulties awaiting her upon becoming a Catholic. Not only was she certain to lose her station, her friends, and any chance of support, but she was also exposing her beloved children to hardships and prejudice. Nevertheless, treasuring the Catholic faith above all things, she became a Catholic on the feast of the Annunciation, 1805. PRACTICALLY PENNILESS after her hus bands' death, Mrs. Seton attempted to make a living by teaching in the private schools of New York. Prejudice and bigotry eventually forced her to leave, and upon the advice of Father Du Bourg, the president of St. Mary's seminary in Baltimore, she went to that city, a notably Cath olic community, to open a Catholic school for girls. The school flourished as did Mrs. Seton's reputation for goodness, and soon vocationally- Purse Strings Tight? See Budget Calendar by Alice Connolley We have come to an issue we must face. The rosy glow of summer wealth, as well as summer health, is wearing off. We must face the cold reality of fall expenses and Christmas gifts. Therefore, in this issue's listing of events in Chicago, free events will be included. RADIO Nov. 1, Shakespeare's Much Ado about Noth ing, on WFMT, 8 p.m. Each Monday, The Creative Mind, with guest speakers, including I ee Strassberg, WFMT, 10:15 p.m. PLAYS Goodman Theatre, Monroe and Columbus, Mer chant of Venice. Student rate, 1. Nightly until Nov. 15. Nightly, 7:30, Sat. and Sun., 8:30; Sun., Nov. 15, 7:30; Thurs., Nov. 12, 2 p.m. LECTURES AND EXHIBITIONS Art Institute, Japanese Prints of the 18th and 19th century. Nov. 15 through December. Also Handicraft in Glass exhibit through November, as well as exhibit of American Prints, from Nov. 10. Adler Planetarium, November show Stars of Variable Stars. Roosevelt and the lake; daily, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.; Sunday and holidays, 2 and 3:30 p.m. Free Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Otherwise, 25 cents. e. e. cummings, lecture and excerpts from his own poems, Great Northern Theatre, 26 W. Jackson Blvd., on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2:30 p.m. 1. SPECIAL EVENTS Apple-picking, Bel-Mosely Apple Orchard, Wau- conda, 111. Open until the middle of Novem ber. Apples picked may be purchased for 1.25. No limit. Chicago Helicopter Airways, scheduled flights from O'Hare Field, Midway Airport, the Loop (Meigs Field), 5. For reservations, call RE 5-3600. T. S. Eliot, reading his own poems, Friday, Nov. 6. 8:30 p.m., Orchestra hall, 2, 1.50, 1. inclined Catholic girls began to come to her for advice and counsel. At about this time, a wealthy Catholic con vert donated a building and land in Emmits- burg, Maryland to Mrs. Seton for her work. AFTER CONSULTING WITH BISHOP CAR ROLL and Father Du Bourg, Mrs. Seton and her followers, five in all, united in a religious com munity which they called the Sisters of St. Joseph and adopted a black dress with a short cape as their religious habit. Eventually, Mother Seton, as she was now called, and her sisters de cided to adopt the role of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul in France. At the time of this affiliation, Mother Seton's sisters were to receive guidance from the French mother house through the persons of three sisters who were to come and direct them. However as, Father Feeney points outs due to the religious persecutions in France, the sisters were unable to come and thus the American flavor of the Community was preserved as the first order of religious to be founded in the United States. Unwilling to be separated from her chil dren, Mother Seton obtained special permis sion to keep them with her. All of her daugh ters eventually became sisters, but both Annina, her eldest, and Rebecca died very young. Catherine became a school teacher and joined the Sisters of Mercy. Richard, Mother Seton's youngest son, died at the age of 26 while trying to save the life of a priest. William, the closest of her children, became a sailor in the United States Navy and re mained a good Catholic throughout his life. UNDER MOTHER SETON'S GUIDANCE and until her death in 1821, the Sisters of Charity founded the first free parochial school system, the first Catholic orphan asylum, and also, after her death, the first Catholic hospital in the United States. So it is that now, nearly SO years after her death, American Catholics await the beatifi cation of their truly American and most re markable spiritual mother, Elizabeth Ann Seton. Students of the Past Knew Fun Formula IF GHOSTS OF THE PAST were to haunt Mundelein, they would be gay ghosts, to say the least. A look through Skyscrapers of the early days of the col lege shows that our older sisters could give us a few pointers on having fun. In 1934, the Tearoom was opened for the first time, with tea time from 3 to 5 every afternoon, supervised by the dietetics students. ON FEB. 24 OF THAT YEAR, 10 members of the histology class, accom panied by their instructor, Marjorie Rod- gers Nesbitt, M.D., went to Augustana hospital to view five surgical operations. A note in the Skyscrapings col umn of Jan. 25, 1935, reads: Mer cedes McCambridge, the girl who is enthusiastic about everything from penguin collections to psychology, spent part of her holiday showing the residents of Long Beach how to toboggan in the best Laetare Player manner. AND ON CHRISTMAS EVE, 1935, Laetare Players and the Glee Club began the Mundelein College radio hour, broad cast over WCFL each Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. THE WAR EFFORT found Mundelites sending 109 homebaked cakes to service men stationed in the U.S., and by 1944, those same servicemen had sent back scarves from Iceland and Alaska, gloves and grass sandals from Africa, wooden bracelets, blue pearls and leis from Ha waii, alligator vanity cases from Argen tina, silk stockings from Mexico, and charm bracelets from Australia. If we thought that our generation had the monopoly on having fun, this proves we don't, and that young people in every decade find the time to be happy. Halloween Haunts Hail from Eire NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT when you assured liberal donors and threats are studying for exams and all your made against stingy ones. Watch friends are out celebrating Halloween per- out for those waxed windows haps you in pursuit of knowledge may HALLOWEEN BECAME POPULAR wonder about the origin of Halloween. in the United States in the 19th century Contempory Halloween customs with the influx of Irish immigrants. They may be traced back to ancient Ire- brought with them figures of witches, land and the Druids. lack cats gt; the pumpkin carved in a THE CELTIC YEAR ended on Oct. 31 death's head, the customs of bobbing for and was celebrated with religious and apples, trick and treat, masks, parties and agrarian rites. Samhain (the New Year) pranks. was the end of the summer and the festi- But in 1908 Pe Ple beSan organ- val of the dead. The spirits of the de- izinS Halloween along with organ- parted were believed to visit their kins- izinS the Iest of American life. Now men in search of warmth and good cheer. y u can be sure of finding your gate It was also the occasion when P st stin Cached and your win- fairies, witches and goblins terrified dows unbroken Sunday morning. Oh the populace, stealing infants and for the * gt;r od old days destroying crops. POPE GREGORY III, 731-741, tried CJ/ lt;?/ to counteract these customs by the insti- *Z - gt;hlPcruPer tution of All Saints Day, changing the Vol. XXX Oct. 28, 1959 No. 3 FeaSt tO a Holy Vigil. PrOteStantS alSO, The- Skyscraper is published semi-monthly. October to M y nttpmntprl tn sramn rvnt tho nvnftir gt;oe n inclusive, except during vacations and semester examina- dttemptea U) Stamp OUL me piaCUCeS as- tions by the students of Mundelein Collene, 6363 Sheridan sociated with Halloween after the Refor- i ,aCrhica, 0 40- II,inoi8- s bs lt; -iP on * e * mation. Despite these attempts, however, .JWftU'SE . l U5 gt; 2ir 13l a the CUStOmS Of Halloween Were Still praC- M hceh ffe WW is a member of the Associated Collegiate ticed in remote areas in Ireland, Scotland Press and ,he staff members'* 0 and Wales where the natives lighted bon- Editor-in-Chief Mary Lou Brady fires on hilltops and played bob apple. Associate Editor Kathleen McGuire ,. ... . . News Editors Mary Lou Brady, The goblins coming to your door e Patricia Rigga trick or treating are continuing an Editorial Editors Mary Ann Makowski, ancient Irish practice where groups ,r iL, An e Mi,.Ier - e i Feature Editors Kathleen McGuire, Of peasants went from house tO Joanne Twomey house demanding food and Other Sports Editors Dorothy Nelson, gifts in preparation for the eve- m . E*SS,SrWjl gt;** * r , Staff Artist Patricia Wendt lung's festivities. Prosperity was skyscrapings Aunt PumpineUa 'Sunrise1 Re-enacts Trials of FDR by Kathleen McGuire laugh when her husband first asks During the summer of 1921, while va- her to go out and give speeches for cationing at his summer home at Campo- him and she replies, Me? Why, I bello, N.B., Canada, Franklin Delano can't lecture Roosevelt was stricken with infantile SARAH DELANO ROOSEVELT, his paralysis. For the next five years, he mother, very convincingly loves but tries was to undergo a terrific personal strug- to domineer her son, continually urging gle to conquer, if not to overcome, his him to completely retire while recuperat- dreaded disease. ing and live with her at Hyde Park. IN SUNRISE AT CAMPOBELLO, But retirement was not to be a a play by Dore Senary, currently running part of Roosevelt's Sunrise at Cam- at the Blackstone theater, Ralph Bellamy pobello. As the play progresses, expertly portrays F. D. R. during one of urged on by his able assistant, Louis the most trying periods of his life. As Howe, he takes as active a part in Roosevelt, Mr. Bellamy actually becomes, politics as is possible from his wheel before the audience, the man who was to chair. be our country's only four-term president. IN THE FINAL SCENE, Roosevelt, In addition to the fact that he actually who had been practicing walking for looks and sounds like Roosevelt, he ma- months, appears at the 1924 Democratic nipulates his legs so dexteriously that the convention. Supported by his son James, audience sees the actual effects of polio, he gets up from his wheel chair and, with Not once, even during the numerous cur- heavy braces on his legs, walks 12 steps tain calls, does Mr. Bellamy let his legs to the platform to nominate Al Smith for relax from their stiff, corpse-like position, the presidency. The tension in the audi- Mr. Bellamy definitely is the ence at this point is most apparent as play; however, the supporting ac- they, too, seem to strain to walk. tors are also excellent. His wife, When he arrives at the rostrum, Eleanor, tries to create a happy the crowd is heard cheering and the family life in these years of tension curtain closes. There is no need for and at the same time assist him with more speech. Ralph Bellamy's ac- his career. She receives a hearty tions have already said it all.
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