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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER Nov. 21,1962 College Voices Thanks to Donors Considering that it costs over one million dollars to run Mundelein each year, it is obvious that the college depends on its bene factors to bridge the gap between tuition and operational expenses. We have been fortunate in receiving the support of noted foundations, corporations and business and professional men as well as alumnae, students and parents. The Robert R. McCormick Charitable Trust is cited on page one for its 75,000 contribution which in part will furnish the main lounge at Coffey Hall. Last year the Frank J. Lewis Charitable Trust donated a total of 60,000 for furnishings in the dorm's recreation area. In 1957 the Ford Foundation gave a grant of 241,000 with the stipulation that the in terest from this money be used for faculty salaries. Mrs. Walter Lawless contributed 30,000 to the college last Christmas before her death. Several years previously the Law less family established a music scholarship at Mundelein. In 1959 the Alumnae program reaped about 40,000. Since then, they have col lected approximately 20,000 annually through a mail appeal. The alumnae's an nual response ranges from 20 to 28 per cent, a high rank on the national average. Over the years, the alumnae have given 100,000 toward the construction of the new dorm. Some organizations donate toward specific Schools Face Major Problem; Offer Shared-time Solution After months of heated debate and dedi cated research, educators have launched a bold new plan in their attempt to solve the lack of facilities in parochial schools and answer the problem of religious instruction in public institutions. Exactly what the term implies, the shared- time plan would permit students to en roll in both parochial and public schools for half-day sessions. For instance, they might take math, science, modern language, physical education and vocational subjects at a public school and attend a church school for religion, guidance, social studies, Eng lish, art and music. Thus, the proposal would satisfy the con troversial questions of parochial school aid and the problem of religious activities in public schools two key issues in education during the past year. The proposal was introduced by Dr. Harry Stearns, director of the Department of Education of the United Presbyterian Church, at a meeting of about 40 Protestant and Catholic officials in November, 1960. This arrangement, he stated, would encour age Protestant and Jewish groups to estab lish better schools for their members and aid the Catholic Church to instruct a larger number of pupils than can be accommodated full time in Catholic high schools. Religious Instruction Needed Their general conviction was that the fu ture of our democracy required an intensi fication of the religious instruction of all American youth a responsibility of all denominations. Although many at the conference hesi tated to accept the plan at face value, prac tically everyone agreed that it deserved the attention of all concerned with the educa tion of America's youth. So far, no one has questioned the desira bility of the goals or the constitutionality of the approach. The argument centers around the practicality of the plan. One problem which looms vividly in the minds of numerous educators is that stu dents would lose valuable class time in their mid-day shuffle between schools. Some parents argue that adolescents meet enough problems without the added concern of shifting from one building to another a move which would probably confuse them all the more. Others still protest the merg ing of the public and private schools. Benefits Cited On the other side of the fence, Monsignor John B. McDowell, superintendent of Catho lic schools for the Diocese of Pittsburgh, points out that only 50 per cent of their children are able to attend Catholic schools because of the lack of facilities. He further states that Catholic high schools could vir tually double their enrollment if the stu dents spent half of each day in public schools. Our stated goal used to be: 'Every Catholic child in a Catholic school,' whieh is now inconceivable. The statistics are staggering. As the nation continues to grow, and' as the Catholic community grows with it, the situation will obviously worsen, Monsignor McDowell concludes. Chicago faces a similar problem. Ninety- one Catholic high schools now enroll 65,000 pupils, the largest registration in the his tory of Catholic secondary education. Ap proximately 45,000 to 50,000 Catholic boys and girls of high school age attend public schools. Monsignor McManus, superinten dent of the Chicago Archdiocesan School Board, reports no hope of accommodating them in Catholic schools without resort to a shared-time arrangement. Proof of its practicality may be noted throughout the United States. The first of ficial trial will begin with the opening of a technical high school in Monroeville, Pa. Successfully Enforced Prior to this, it has been standard prac tice in numerous Connecticut cities, includ ing Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport and Waterbury, for seventh and eighth grade boys from Catholic schools to attend public schools once a week for instruction in in dustrial arts. Catholic girls from the same grades take the home economics course. Similar plans have existed for years in several communities of Illinois, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Iowa and Ohio and other states with most satisfying results. Despite these hopeful signs, the proposal still demands intensive research before more precise views may be taken. Facts and figures prove, however, and Monsignor Mc Manus agrees, Speculation has about run its course. It is high time for action. Barbara Brzezinski It's 'Merry, Merry' projects in the school. For instance, the Sears Roebuck Foundation gave 10,000 to ward the establishment of the language lab. The Galvin Charitable Trust helped finance the educational television system. Mr. Rob ert Galvin is president of the Motorola Corporation. The Atomic Energy Commis sion gave a grant for the purchase of equip ment in the department of physics. A united effort to obtain and distribute donations from corporations marks the task of the Associated Colleges of Illinois. Mun delein gains about 20,000 annually from this source. The Women's Auxiliary and Father's Club constantly crusade for the College's benefit. Tearoom chairs, auditorium cur tains and carpeting as well as the new light ing fixtures in the halls resulted from their endeavors. Individual friends further campus spirit with their gifts. When the college appeared on the General Electric College Bowl last spring, Mr. Edward Shager, owner of Shager Systems, and husband of Mary Nicholson '34, supplied the film short on Mundelein free of charge, which is equiva lent to approximately 1,100. Dr. Frank J. Lusk, a prominent Chicago doctor, has spon sored the Creative Writing awards for 30 years. A consistent donor, the Illinois Bell Tele phone Company, has contributed 1,000 an nually in recent years. The matching system comprises the philanthropic policy of numerous companies. In this procedure the company matches the donation of its employees to their college. Mundelein has benefited from this system through such interests as the Merck Foun dation, the Esso Oil Company, the Gulf Oil Company and IBM. Through the years the students have also contributed to the college. Last year the Student Activities Council donated 6,351 from the Student Pledge and proceeds from the Skyscraper Ball and the Variety Show. Mundelein supporters range from A to Z. We extend sincere appreciation to all of our benefactors for their interest. Without them we could not realize our primary aim: to equip successive genera tions of young women by means of intel lectual, social and religious development for intelligent, well poised learning, social and civic leadership and service to Church and state. Editors Author's Tic/ Talent Merits Nobel Prize When asked why he writes novels, John Steinbeck replied: I guess it's become like a nervous tic. That nervous tic made Steinbeck the sixth American to win the No bel Prize for literature. The Swedish Academy cited the 60-year- old Californian for his realistic and imagi native writings, distinguished as they are by a sympathetic humor and a social percep tion. His most successful book, The Grapes of Wrath (1939), is a combination of these qualities. It is a powerfully told saga of the Okies who had been dusted out of their farms and of their migration to Cali fornia. Steinbeck knows of such social problems. His early life was one of poverty and strug gle. He won fame and the Nobel Prize by his championship of the underdog, his love of the earth and earthly people and his hu mor. Yet in each of his 27 books, he views life a little differently: from the chronicle of a decaying southern family in East of Eden via the moral commentary in the Wayward Bus to political satire in The Short Reign of Pippin IV. His latest book, Travels With Charley, is his whimsical account of a trip across the United States with his poodle. Steinbeck does not feel that he has become less concerned with the underdog because he has departed from the locale of Grapes of Wrath. Instead, he now looks for him in other places. He can be found in a plush office building, says Steinbeck. Dianne Arturi Death of 'First Lady' Evokes National Grief The death of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Nov. 7, has evoked sadness in the hearts of Ameri cans. Although a controversial figure in life, countless pages . of newspaper print have paid tribute to her in death. The New York Times called her the world's most admired woman. The National Observer said she was a woman who altered an era. Other papers termed her the first lady of the world. But Adlai E. Stevenson best expressed American sentiment when he said: She would rather light a candle than curse the darkness, and her glow has wanned the world. Eileen Schaefer Farce Pokes Fun at Cafe Society by Janice Jearas Mary, Mary is a masterpiece of merry- merry Jean Kerr's pen. In a book-lined apartment high above the sidewalks of New York, a cast of the funniest melodramatic stereotypes since The Switch indulge in two and a quarter hours of high jinks and hellzapopping fun. The five main characters, excluding per haps, the humorless health-food addict, Tif fany, constantly engage in a brisk combat of witticisms and wisecracks that ricochet around the stage and unerringly find their mark in the audience. The play starts quietly enough, explaining that oh-so-discriminating publisher Bob McKel'.oway and bouncy heiress Tiffany Richards are to be married in two weeks. When the dead-pan humorist Oscar Nelson arrives and announces former wife Mary will arrive in an hour to settle finances, the fun begins. The action quickens, the plot thickens and the wisecracks become fre quent as the expectant audience tenses to see what matter of creature is Mary. When she arrives resplendent in her new Elizabeth Arden figure and hairdo, the au-' dience sighs and realizes it's only a matter of time before Mary and Bob get together. With this in mind, they may sit back and enjoy the superb characterizations of the ac tors, the splendor of Julia Meade's costum ing and the arrow sharp quips that fly back and forth across the stage. The theme of the play is an old device in new Jean Kerr guise. The close-to-slap- sticky movement and multitudinous barbs point out the shallowness and superficiality of man. The whole situation is absurd but there is just enough of the real in the play to make the audience laugh at themselves. Character and characterization is the key stone holding the play together. The au thoress does a magnificent job creating this rogue's gallery of mischief-makers and the actors do a creditable job playing them. Contrast is seen in the rich, seemingly sophisticated, Tiffany Richards, and the more naive, wisecracking Mary, the two women in Bob McKelloway's life. Gale Gladstone (Tiffany) and Julia Meade (Mary) capitalize on this difference. Gale comes across to the audience as a petulant spoiled child only part of the time; the rest of the time she reverts to an actress playing a spoiled child. On the other hand, from Ju lia Meade's first entrance in a striking green tweed coat and suit ensemble she cap tures the essence of the combined naivete and wittiness that is Mary, and consequently captures the hearts of the audience. A contrast of sorts is seen in the other group of characters also. Again Scott Mc Kay and Tom Helmore play to the hilt their roles of clumsy, worrying, blundering Bob McKelloway and dapper, confident, movie- idol Dirk Winston. Family lawyer Oscar Nelson does not line up with either set of characters but rather serves to introduce new threads of plot and provide a ballast in some of the more rioti- ous goings on. Dour Hiram Sherman plays the part to perfection, inserting just the touch of serenity the delightful farce needs. The best part of a wholly enjoyable play though, is Jean Kerr's hilarious use of dia logue. As Ripley says, You have to see it to believe it DL Sk ij Acrciper Vol. XXXIII Nov. 21, 1962 No. 4 All-Catholic The Skf/scrapcr is published semimonthly, October to May inclusive, except during vacations and semes ter examinations by the students of Mundelein College, 6363 Sheridan Rd., ChicaKo 26, III. Subscription rate is 12 uc venr. Entered as second-class matter Nov. 30, 1932. at the U.S, Post Office, Chicago, III., under the act of March 3. 1897. The Skyttcrapcr is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press and the Catholic School Press As sociation- Editor in Chief Mary Jo Murray Managing Editor Barbara Brzezinski News Editor Mary Ett Talarico Assistant Maureen Racine Editorial Editor Eileen Schaefer Feature Editor Janice Jearas Layout Editors Dianne Arturi. Pat Krochmal Photo Editors Rae Paul. Elynore DeuLsch Columnist Carlotta Serritella Artist Diane Mazza
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