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Pa e Two SKYSCRAPER If We Want Real Peace . Peace today is at a premium. Every where in struggling Asia, unhappy Eu rope, and in the Americas millions of people are praying desperately for peace. Lut what right have we to expect that these prayers will be answered? What right have we to hope for world peace unless we are willing to expend the supremely difficult effort needed to estab lish peace within our own hearts not the sultry, immobile peace of an eastern Quiet ism, but the strongly vibrant, hard-gotten peace of a western Christianity that de mands of each a conquered personal bat tlefield ? What right have we to expect external conditions pregnant with hope, if we are afraid to keep our own hope intact, and to give to others a measure of the confidence born of our faith in the ability of man to find peace within himself? To each man at least one talent is given. and of each will be demanded only a pro portionate return. The courageous use of one talent may seem a futile, soundless gesture in the deafening roar of an en croaching chaos before which the indi vidual is powerless. But in the Mind of the Eternal Comprehension, each individ ual effort has its place in the making of the awful peace of an ageless plan. Individual peace conies from within, a result of a sincere attempt to use wisely the gifts peculiar to each. World peace is nothing but the greater peace of many men. Instead of laying the decision be tween peace and turmoil, then, directly with God, let us rather ask Him to help us make peace through a better knowledge of ourselves and of our possibilities. Toward the end of this month, after the examinations, we will have an opportunity to check on ourselves. It would be ridicu lous to suggest that during the coming retreat we will solve the world's problems, but we can safely feel that if these three days are entered into with open minds and a sincere desire for personal improve ment, we will find, at least within our selves, peace, satisfaction, and a better un derstanding of our individual roles in the achievement of the great aim, world peace. * Peace, we must remember, does not come to all. It is the right of men of good will. Music Hath Charms To Fill a Quiet Hour CHANSON TRISTE, Tchaikowsky s Song of Sadness, a la kusse, is combined with the familiar SONG OF Till . VOLGA BOATMEN on a Victor record by the Boston Pops Orchestra con ducted by Arthur Fiedler . . . Schumann's heart touching ABENLIED and the BRIDAL SONG from Goldmark's RUSTIC WEDDING SYMPHONY make an attractive Victor orchestra duet For lovers of Shakespeare, Victor lias a collection of songs from the Hard's plays which are sung by soprano Marie 1 lotistoii If You Like Your Classics Light The ever-popular NUTCRACKER SUITE by Tchaikowsky has been re corded for Columbia by the Chicago Symphony. This recording combines remarkable tonal qualities with a price, for the whole album, which is within everyone's reach . . . The Columbia Light Opera company presents IOLANTHK, which many regard as Gilbert and Sul livan's finest work. Iolantbe is a satire on England's ruling classes. Kerstin Thorborg does nut record very often but she makes up for it with WAGNERIAN CHARACTERIZATIONS. The record, which includes the work of the Victor Symphony ( Irchestra, contains popular excerpts from the Wagnerian Operas . . . If You Like Your Classics Heavy Sergei Raclnnaninov's latest symphony, called the SYMPHONY NO. 3 IN A MINOR is romantic and very appealing. The composer conducts the Philadelphia Symphony himself in a superb Victor recording of it . . . Arturo Toscanini and Jasclia Heifetz have collaborated on some of Beethoven's noblest music the CON CERTO IN D MAJOR (for violin and orchestra). The Victor recording is unmistakably stamped with the genius of the artists who composed it and those who interpret it . . A rarely performed Schubert work is the SECOND SYMPHONY IN B FLAT MAJOR, which the composer wrote at the age of 18. The Columbia record proves it to be lyrical and fresh. Treat Yourself to These Retreat Bests Available in the library before and during Retreat and in the vari ous rooms set aside for different classes will be numerous books, se lected especially to contribute to the thoughtful mood of the retreat, and to supplement the retreat lectures with allied reading. THE GATES OF THE CHURCH, C. C. Martindale, S.J. (Sliced and Ward, New York, 1936). These fine printed ser mons given by Father Martindale, deal with the Catholic mind, act, heart, sanity, and spirit. The free-flowing personal style of the addresses easily holds the reader's interest and makes even more forceful the excellent points that the author suggests Because the subject matter deals largely with the objections of non-Catholics to the Church, this book should prove valu able to Catholic and non-Catholic alike. There are few of us to whom the IMITATION OF CHRIST, by Thomas a Kempis, is unfamiliar. An excellent edition with introduction and notes, by Brother Leo, is pub lished by the Macmillan Company. In this popular book are three dis tinct essentials of a literary master piece; expression of life, commen tary on life, and contribution toward a philosophy of life. Many lovers of THE IMITATION have the habit of opening the book at random and starting to read at the first line that meets the eye. These are all but unanimous in declaring that inevit ably they light upon something pertinent to the need of the moment. For practical suggestions in the art of cultivating good habits in ourselves and in others, read BUILDING CHARAC TER FROM WITHIN, by John T. Me- Mabon (Bruce Publishing Company). Particularly valuable for students who look forward to careers as teachers, the volume considers such pertinent topics as obedience, idealism, mental prayer for children, and discipline. There is also an excellent discussion of the problem of leisure for the school-age child. There Shall Be No Night Rums Mantle, eminent critic of the drama, called the current play, THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT, an event un- equaled in many ways in all the recent history of the American theatre. The CATHOLIC WORLD reviewer terms it a contribution to Christian faith and idealism. This stirring drama of the Russian in vasion of Finland, which the Lunts brought to Chicago, is an inspired work in many ways. Most unusual is the lead ing character, Kaarlo Valkonen. a scien tist and a Nobel prize winner, who be lieves that the future of the world can be salvaged only through faith. In a beautiful speech given on the bat tlefield, with certain death but a few min utes away, he says, The Light is not go ing out. It is just beginning to burn with a healthy flame. I know this, because I have seen it. All kinds of men, of all varieties of faith are coming to conscious ness. In a farewell letter to his wife, he quotes St. Paul. We glory in tribulations; knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope. He expresses the hope of the future in the promise of St. John And they shall see His face, and His name shall be in their foreheads. And there shall be no night there and they need no candle, nei ther light of the sun: for the Lord giveth them light; and they shall reign forever and ever. In a troubled world, whose dramatic lit erature has had more than its share of despair, it is significant that a modern dra matist is beginning to look beyond the things of the flesh to the things of the mind and of the spirit, where there can be no blackout, no night. THE SKYSCRAPER Official Semi-Monthly Newspaper of MUNDELEIN COLLEGE 6363 Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois Mundelein Chicago's College For Women Under the Direction of the Sisters ok Charity, B.V.M. Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 30, 1932, at the Post Office of Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879, 1.75 the year. Published semi-monthly from October to May inclusive by the students of Mundelein College. Vol. XI JAN. 17, 1940 No. 7 Telephone: Brinrftnte 3800 Editor-in-Chief Marie Von Driska Feature Editors Muriel Moll, Marie Rudd Assistants Mary Lou Bell, Jeanne Bemis, Jeanne du Moulin. Pa tricia Gould, Eileen Mahoney, Kath ryn O'Reilly, Anne Marie O'Rourke. News Editors. .Dorothy McCarthy, Joan Morris Assistants Maryanne Brockliaus, Patricia Byrne, Mary Agnes Firaiio, Geraldine Hoffman, Royce McFadyen, Marie N'orris. Gladys Perisutti, Rose mary Lanahan. Rosemary Shanahan. Reporters : Dorothy Behm, Alice Breckenridge, Elsie Cramer, Nancy Mascionc, Margery Rowbottom, Catherine Bettenhender, June Eng. in-nz suivlumiz LIFE WITH BOTHER or Seven easy ways to go crazy before exam (All music, if any, by permit of ASCAP) Scene I Campus, etc. Girl weighted down with books approaches library, also weighted down with books. Ex citing conversation ensues. Girl: Hello. Library assistant: Hello. (Cause of Plot: Required book report ten days late.) (iirl: May I have THE FAMILY, by Nina Fedorova? (Time marches on to tune of Tramp, Tramp, Tramp. Note to radio adapters : This is barred by ASCAP.) Assistant, returning breathless after thor ough search: Sorry, would 1 MARRIED ADVENTURE do? All books on The Family are out. Scene II. Last Minute Revue Teacher: This great poet always compared his heroines' hair to thin gold wires. Student, inspired : Coils Scene III. Mid Pleasures and Palaces Mother, addressing pile of books: My dear, aren't you going out tonight? Girl, emerging from behind Aristotle slight ly flustered : I 'Kant.' (Scene and girl fade out to tune of Put On Your Old Gray bonnet.) Scene IV. Same Palaces Twas the night before finals and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a student. (Arc we mice or men?) Scene V A Quick Look Ahead (A Heavy Head) in Math. Exam Room. (Props: Green exam books. Question be fore house: How to Cook Your Goose In Math ematics. Answer in student green book: Take the locus of a point. Add two well-beaten differentiated eggs and one ripe polymonomial. Beat until answer resembles a eardioid. Add a liinaeon and the conchoid of Nic- oniedes. Integrate. Garnish with a glased mantissa and top with a two-leaved rose lemniscate. Serve, slightly chilled. Scene VI A School of Fishes (Solarium to you) First Fish: What are these girls doing in our pond? Fourth Fish : They're making up for cuts in swimming class. First Fish: Why don't they use their own pool? Fourth Fish: Oh, for divers reasons. Scene VII Home On The Range (Players: Mother Machree, Kathie Machree, and Meanie With the Light Brown Hair.) Mother Machree: What are you cooking al this time of the night. Kathleen Mavourneen? Kathie: Meanie With the Light Brown Hair told me I'd have to burn the midnight oil if I wanted to pass my exams. (Fade out ENTIRELY to a Strauss waltz alternating with a Stephen Foster Medley.) ALL-AMERICAN HONORS 1939 Member 1940 Pissocioled Golle icrle Press ALL-CATHOLIC HONORS Round Town For those of us who do not plan to spend the coming week-end deep in study for the semesters, the concert stage anil the lecture platform offer inviting fare. Kirsten Flagstad, who has been acclaimed the greatest living Wag nerian soprano, will sing at the Civic Opera House tonight, in a recital sponsored by the Committee for Nor wegian Relief. Mme. Flagstad is con tributing her services for the Relief Drive. On Sunday. Jan. 19, the Charles Car roll Forum will present Mortimer J. Adler, distinguished author of the cur rently popular HOW TO RKAD A BOOK, who will lecture on the topic, Reading With a Purpose.
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1941-01-17 (2)
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