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Vol. XXXVIII Mundelein College, Chicago, 111., 60626, October 26, 1967 Lutheran-Catholic group fills 'Hole in the Middle' Sklencar marches in anti-war protest Although the peace movement generated by the Viet Nam war has tended to produce strong feelings both pro and con. Marge Sklencar, MSC president, expressed mixed emotions about last Saturday's march on the Pentagon. The march, with an estimated crowd of 30 to 60 thousand, sponsored by the National Mobilization Committee, climaxed a week of nationwide anti-war protest. by MART ANN NOVAK Ecumenism is . . . thinking and asking why? . . . talking with the person next door . . . seeking truth together . . . appreciating and accepting differences . . . seeking unity, not uniformi ty . . . loyalty without selfish pride . . . letting someone get to know you people. This definition of ecumenism was written by one of six young people who participated in a Reformation Project during the summer of 1966 which resulted in the book Wine in Separate Cup s. Since this year marks the 450th anniversary of the Re formation, three Lutherans and three Roman Catholics met for eight weeks in River For est, m. Based on this project and the book, a play will be presented by the Chlcagoland Lutheran Theatre titled: The Hole in the Middle of Things. Oct. 26. 27, 28 and Nov. 2, 3 and 4. Scheduled for 14 perform ances, the play will be held at The Light Center, 140 S. Dearborn. Two performances will be given each evening, one at 7 p.m. and the other at 9 p.m. Two Saturday ma tinees are also scheduled for Oct. 28 and Nov. 4. All tickets sell for S2.50. Produced with a multitude of electronic effects, the play has a three-fold purpose: 1) to help young people confront the issues of the 16th century Ref ormation: 2) to make them aware of what the church has lost or gained as a result of the split; 3) to show the need for continual renewal and point out the mission of the church now. The students who partici pated in the project felt the reason why the two churches remain split is that they are (Continued on page 3) Amazed at the real com mitment she encountered in people she met. Marge does not regret her participation in the march; nevertheless, she claims that the event should have been handled differently by both demonstrators and government troops sent In to maintain order. Traveling with the Chicago Peace Council, Marge arrived In Washington at 6 a.m. by chartered bus. The Pentagon, area was covered with tanks and paratroopers; the soldiers were armed with rifles and tear gas she said. The formid- ability of this security guard, Marge believes, touched off the minority mlhtant segment of the crowd; the break into the Pentagon detracted from Convocation lauds honor scholars Freshman recipients of National Merit, Illinois State, Mun delein Alumnae and various other foundation scholarships and upperclassmen were lauded at the annual College Honors Convo cation Oct. 24 in the College Theatre. Sister Mary Griffin, academ- Visiting craftsman extols African art by Zoe Hlllenmeyer Prank J. McEwen, Rhodesian artist who visited Mundelein Oct. 16-20, created on campus the atmosphere of the exciting, developing continent of Africa. For the past ten years, British- born McEwen has been director of the National Art Museum of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. There, he began a workshop where more than 70 young African artists have been trained. ic dean, In addition, cited those upperclassmen who manifested academic excel lence by attaining a 2.5 grade point average. SISTER ANN Ida Gannon, president, delivered the main address after the presentation of awards. In addition to the 104 schol arships awarded to freshman. Sister Griffin disclosed that five of the freshmen were val edictorians of their high school graduating class. Furthermore, 23 freshmen are the daughters of Mundelein alumnae. SUSAN DAVY and Cather ine M c L e o d. distinguished themselves as National Merit Scholarship winners. Further more. Susan Davy, Mary Ei leen Hoff and Laverne Porsch earned Mundelein Alumnae Scholarships. In addition to the freshmen honors, the following members of the class of '68 maintained a 2.5 scholastic average: Ksen- la Atanowski, Maria Barreda, Anne Boylan, Mary Jane De- lisi. Susan De May. Sister M. Agnes Farrell, BVM, Elaine GWniak, Eileen Glennon. Katherlne Kobos. Diane I,ally. Patricia Lesniak. Karen Meier. Mary Mlttl. Sister Kathleen Murphy. BVM, Pa tricia OTtegan, Sandra Pan ken, Sandra Ragsdale. Sister M. Wanda Resco, CSSF. Sis ter M. William Rog. BVM, Nancy Sans, Jeanne Scheuer- ell. Margaret Sieben. Barbara Walsh and Sister M. Helen WysocM. CSSF. JUNIORS WHO attained a 2.5 average are Sallv Ander- soa, Judith Becker. Eileen Cul- leiv Stater Mary Fltzpatrick, HH8, Sasan Knioker, Sister Maria Ida Kosenetzky, SSPS, Nancy Kruse, Eva Lazarczyk, Elizabeth Pfordresher, Donna Plennert, Michele Rutter, Nan cy Rychtarczyk, Judith Tom- czyk and Carole Wolfe. Sophomores are Mary Ann Anderson, Mary Beth Brady. Mary Canavan, Kathleen Cum mins, Patricia Hollenkamp, Alica Johnson, Margaret Ker- wln. Mary Alice Parker, Thea Rademacher, Marilyn Salek, Barbara Seltz, Luclle Stukel, Helen Tong, Susan Venn and Nancy Zak. During his visit, he gave five lectures to art classes and Interested students on the painting, sculpture, and aes thetics of African art and its influences on the Western world. Art Today in Africa was the topic of the principal lec ture given Oct. 17. In each of his talks, McEwen's collection of colored slides helped to illustrate his points. Art gives faith In life and makes man more than the ef ficient technological person he has become, McEwen told his audience. Art comes from a feeling within a person, he as serted, and is not a mere representation of what the art ist sees from the outside. For Women's board announces 'activity' key word in plan The Mundelein College Women's Board, a group of prominent Chicago women working to introduce the college and its students to the social and cultural communities in the Midwest and to expand Mundelein's existing social and academic influence, held its annual meeting Oct. 18, in McCormick Lounge. At the luncheon meeting, Mrs. W. Lyndon Wild, Women's Board presi dent and member of the Chicago school board, outlined several activities for the coming year. The board proposed, as one major project, to co-sponsor a senior luncheon at one of the Loop hotels. Intended as a replace ment for the Honors Convocation, this would be a festive occasion where the entire college would gather to honor the senior class and the academic achievement of students. The board also expressed a desire to acquaint students, par ticularly out-of-town residents with Chicago's social and cultural life. Members offered to Invite several students to their homes for tea or dinner, to a ballet, opera, or symphony or the down town clubs to which they belong. Suggestions also Included tours of Chicago museums, galleries and stores, an evening In China town for several students, a tour of inner-city schools, a style show of Mod fashions and a Tea Dance with hand-picked men from area universities. The women invited 10 out-of-town residents to the luncheon to discuss their reaction to these proposals. Mrs. Henry Hafer was appointed chairman of a committee to organize plans. Mrs. Norman J. Dinkel and Mrs. Lee Schooler, wife of the chairman of Mundelein's Board of Trustees, was unanimously reelected second vice-president and treasurer at the meeting. Other officers are: Mrs. William Tuohy, first vice-president, and Mrs. Henry Hafer, secretary. this reason, he believes stu dents of art must teach them selves. There are no teachers in his school. African artists, he explained, are deeply spiritual. Display ing some of his students' work, McEwen showed slides of high ly stylized sculptures of both humans and animals. He pointed out that the heads in most cases are enlarged be cause the native believes that there lies the seat of the spirit. McEwen also exhibited a carved head designed to separate the spirit of the body from the spirit of the earth. Religious ritual plays an es sential role in the life of the African. Beautiful wood carv ings are made and subseouent- ly burned for the gods. Recall ing a time when his students and their families had given a fete In Ms honor, McEwen said a large bull was carved for the occasion. When he asked to put It In his museum, the peo ple refused, demanding that it be burnt. He was hardly al lowed near enough to photo- graDh it. he added. Snowing slides of geometric dance maoks. McEwen ex plained that African art had a great influence on French Im pressionist painters. It was these masks that helped Pi casso to develop his principles of cubism. The statue of a dog panting, with his tongue hanging out. illustrated what the speaker called life force. This term refers to the art of making a sculpture appear to be breath ing. Natives consider this a great talent. Another definite feature of African art. which McEwen pointed out again and again from his slides, is the strong vertical lines of the statues. McEwen's visit was spon sored by the Central States College Association, a 12-mem ber association of colltges and universities which Mundelein Joined last year. what she holds was the main purpose of the march: to give physical witness to what we believe. Admitting fear, Marge de scribed the tear gas and the military policeman who seized the film from her camera, after threatening her with ar rest in the parking lot of the Pentagon. She expressed con cern over the brutality of the troopers who beat women, kicked and clubbed young dem onstrators. Disillusioned also by press coverage of the event, Marge said that the play-up of hippies, who assembled to cast evil spirits from the five - sided structure lessened the march's effect on public opinion. Partly because of this ef fect, the time of marches and draft card burnings is coming to an end, Marge believes. With the approach of an elec tion year, she concluded that the best approach to changing government war policy is sup port for the right presidential candidate. Art winners show variety in dimension Winners of Dimension '67, an exhibit sponsored by the art department, demonstrated originality and variety in their choice of theme and medium. The winners were announced last week. PAM MEADOWS won first place in painting for her wa- tercolor, Measure of Antiq uity. Lillian Morgan and Bonnie Rochetto merited Hon orable mention, both for un titled oils. Mary Lee Cushing's construction received first place in the category of 3-D (sculpture, ceramics, construc tions). A ceramic pot brought Chris Nowak honorable men tion in 3-D. First place in printmaking and drawing went to Bonnie Rochetto for her etching, Homage to Matisse; and honorable mention to SLster Kathleen Young for City. a silk screen. IN APPLIED DESIGN (ban ners, hooking, weaving, ba tiks) a batik fabric by Lillian Morgan received first place. A wall hanging by Mary Lee Cushing merited honorable mention. Cathy Harrington took first place for Inside Story in the layout and de sign category, and Chris No wak honorable mention for her interior design Twin Boar Inn. The Jury for the awarding of prizes consisted of Frank Mc Ewen, recent Mundelein lec turer and director of the Rhodeslan National Gallery in Salibury, Southern Rhodesia; Adele Rosenberg, owner of the Adele Rosenberg Gallery, 235 E. Ontario; and Rosemary Zwick, painter, sculptor, print- maker and owner of the 4 Arts Gallery in Evanston.
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