description:
Page Two SKYSCRAPER Analyzing Aspects What Does The Freshman Think About Intellectual Advancement? Does she appreciate the value of her instructors, who patiently impart their knowledge to the sometimes bewildered freshman brain? The freshman cannot overlook the brilliance of her professors, but she often lacks full realization of the knowledge and culture she is absorbing. In return for the effort she exercises, she extracts knowledge, even wisdom. Un questionably, the freshman pursues her studies with greater diligence than in the past. Her mind is developing, her out look broadening. She is on the way, in tellectually. About Social Advancement? No doubt about it the freshman class possesses in abundance the quality of friendliness. While each girl enjoys her old friends she is constantly making new ones. She realizes what fine people have come from the numerous high schools re presented at Mundelein, what interesting people the upperclassmen are. In each club she joins, in each class she attends, the freshman finds new material for friend ship. Whatever her interests, she can find an organization devoted to them and a welcome waiting for her. And let's not forget the strictly social things the un forgettable dances and pqjties. Yes the freshman is moving along, socially. About Spiritual Strivings? In her own heart the freshman knows whether or not she has advanced spirit ually. To all outside appearances the doc trine taught in Religion classes penetrates her mind. The freshman advances spir itually also by acquiring a fuller realiza tion of what God is, and how He oper ates. All the knowledge acquired from classes other than religion is imbued with a religious view point. This enables the freshman to weigh information in Cath olic poundage. Unquestionably, the fresh man has every opportunity to develop a stronger, more deeply principled character because of the atmosphere in which she stud ies. Perhaps this is the most valuable Mundelein asset the atmosphere of faith and hope and love, inspiring and enrich ing study. A Day in May . It was a day in May. Mary stopped at the crest of the hill, and looked at May. All this, she thought, doth magnify the Lord. The jaunty jonquils at her feet were sand of spring from the cold clay. The little shoots of green, green grass, like soldiers in the sun, were regimented for rain. In the fields below stood the winter wheat that weathered all the snow, and all the budding trees. And yet, it wasn't a heavenly day with its smell of moist earth, and the fresh feel of it betzveen her toes, and the warm sun upon her back, and the caress of a wind that had only fingertips. All this, her Son would know. Mary laughed a laugh that was a prayer, because it thanked God for a day in May. Then, she whispered to the wood. She told her secret to May, who, too, was pregnant with new life and hope. Believe It Or Not A Researchers Reward Or You Too May Win a Medal Last night 500 million people crowded the Olympic Amphitheatre here to wit ness the awarding of the Schnaulitizer Prize for the best research theme of the half century. The lucky recipient was a brilliant young Mundelein student named Blanche Schwepper, who until now has remained unknown and obscure. Second prize was awarded to Albert Einstein and honorable mentions were gi ven to Winston Churchill and the late Mahatma Ghandi.. For 50 years manuscripts have been flooding in from worldwide sources. Strict contest rules and high tariffs, how ever, limited many. Contestants were al so limited to 3000 pages of small print, and topics were confined to timely, con cise, up-to-the-minute reports on world affairs. The winning paper was entitled: The Effect of the Death of Jamison McSweeny on the Progress of European Advance ment in the Field of Sub-atomic Mass Re action. More startling facts have never before been revealed in such eloquent style. Over 500 sub-footnotes explain the 210 footnotes of the main theme. Capital letters begin every sentence, and various punctuation marks conclude each;. commas are used frequently. Typed on the backs of bubble gum wrappers, the original is most colorful and. interesting to follow. The author has been collecting data since 1920 when she fell into a wastebas- ket at a League of Nation's meeting. The daughter of poor, but proud parents, Miss Schwepper worked her way through P.S. 02.3 and was awarded a mumblety peg scholarship to Robins Academy. Finishing in three years, she immedi ately decided to attend Cambridge, but the men there frightened her. The fol lowing year, shaken, but firm in her de sire for higher education, Miss Schwepper entered Mundelein as a freshman, where she is continuing to study as a double- time student. The Effect of etc. on Sub-atomic etc. will appear in outline form on the local newspaper stands next week. Sanskrit dictionaries will be given away free to those who have trouble deciphering the original. A must for every one who has passed the fourth grade, this engrossing paper will go down in history as a classic ex ample of the mental progress of this era. No topic, no death, no progress, no field has ever been so precisely described. The essay abounds in adjectives and intelli gent platitudes familiar to the scholastic scholars of the nineteenth century. However, due to the unfortunate cir cumstances confining Miss Schwepper to her night school courses in English gram mar, the author herself was not on hand to receive her prize. What Is Bipartisanship? This May Enlighten You How can the United States pick up the pieces of its shattered bipartisan foreign policy and weld them into a weapon cap able of winning the cold war? That is one of the most vital and burn ing questions facing this country today. Our foreign policy will undoubtedly play a starring role in the coming election. It has recently been under fire in connec tion with the attack on so-called Commun istic sympathizers in the State Depart ment. The recent illness of Senator Vanden- berg and the appointment of John Foster Dulles as consultant to Secretary of State Acheson have had tremendous effects on our foreign policy. Yet, honestly, what does all this mean to us? Have we only an abstract, only a rather vague notion of some political or diplomatic policy? As college students and even more as citizens of the United States, we must cultivate an interest in affairs of state and be able to take a def inite stand on current problems. The task seems foreboding and unpleasant, but can become as fascinating and intricate as a battle of wits. The first requisite is a definition and understanding of terms. Very simply, the bipartisan policy is sponsored by representatives of the Re publican and Democratic parties. When one party is in power, as the Democrats have been, it often happens that the min ority group is excluded from the forma tion of the national policies. Bipartisan ship is based upon inclusion in the top State Department of minority party mem bers. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg has said that there can be no effective world poli cy unless it is worked out co-operatively as it was during the war when the individ ual ambitions of the two parties were sub merged in the coming goal of victory and peace. At that time, and during the early post war years, Republicans and Democrats forgot enmities and differences under the pressure of impending disaster. After the war it became obvious that the only way to resist Communism in Europe was by an active rehabilitation program. Today, pressure is being applied, but the war-time unity has disappeared the bi partisan approach to foreign affairs has suffered a complete collapse, and iso lationist Republican pulls against biased Democrat. It was Senator Vandenberg who worked incessantly to cement this bipartisan re lationship, but, during his sick leave, par ty differences have widened into complete separation. John Dulles has reiterated that .... there is no question of the need of trying to establish bipartisanship . . . the dis asters in the Far East, namely the advan ces of the Chinese Communists, should have created a demand for national unity, but instead have become grounds for fur ther division. With the threat of Communism hang ing heavily above us it is imperative that we come to an immediate decision regard ing our foreign policy; we need the solid, unifying force of bipartisanship more than ever before. In a letter to Paul G. Hoffman, ECA Administrator, Senator Vandenberg advo cated the establishment of an unparti- san commission to map out our foreign policy and to make a study of our respon- sibilities as the world's largest creditor nation. Although this suggestion has not yet been acted upon, it gives a slender thread of hope for reconciliation and re- establishment of the bipartisan policy, which is desperately needed to check the 1 advances of the present cold war. Thomas Merton Scores Again Thomas Merton's latest book about a medieval mystic is not a best-seller. It may never be one, because it presents no expose, no confession, no sensation offers exciting invitations only to those who will believe and understand the pow erful grace of God. Undoubtedly and unfortunately most of us have been subjected more than once to an old-fashioned, outmoded, over-senti mental, and obviously exaggerated tale about some saint the type of narrative that awes the young, bores the old, and inspires no one. WHAT ARE THESE WOUNDS, a story about one of the first recorded ca ses of the stigmata, assures you a differ ent and fascinating experience. It is a captivating biography by a modern author who is acquainted with us and with our times; consequently, the only thing old- fashioned about St. Lutgarde is her name. Almost suffocating with a great love for God and men, St. Lutgarde spent a vi tal and action-charged life which may seem surprising since she resided, most of her days, in a Trappistine convent. In spite of her many self-imposed phy sical austerities, she possessed a warm, tender, very human heart, and many lay men as well as religious sought her pray ers and heeded the advice that often ming led humor with wisdom. WHAT ARE THESE WOUNDS may not impress you as unforgettable and grip ping. St. Lutgarde's mystical experiences may seem puzzling and impossible. How ever you will probably admit that your ac quaintance with this saint has proved in valuable, because, you see St. Lutgarde's specialty is boosting her friends out of Pur gatory. MUNDELEIN COLLEGE Chicago 40, Illinois Under the Direction of THE SISTERS OF CHARITY, B.V.M. Entered as Second Class Matter Nor. 30,1933, at the Post Office of Chicago, Illinois, under Ike Act of March 3, 1879, 1.95 the year. Published semi-monthly from October to Mij inclusive by the students of Mundelein College, 6363 Sheridan Road, Chicago 40. Vol. XX April 24, 1950 No. 101 All-Catholic Honors All-American Honors Telephone AM bassador 2-8100 FRESHMAN STAFF Co-Editors-in-Chief Betty Berres Elizabeth Bliss Joan Bolger Mary Ellen Bondi Audrey Bruck Mary Frances Burke Rosemary Burns Mary Lou Cochran Mary Fellegi Virginia Flanagan Betty Garrity Mary Geraty Arlene Gorgol Mary Hartnett Elsie Hase Clare Hillyard Charlotte Hughes Rita Kucera Jeanne Leahy Adele Mack Janice McCabe Gina Moran Mary Frances Mulhera Catherine Ann Murphy Rose Mary Palermo Patricia Reese Ann Marie Sdiaefer Mary Schweitzer Cathryn Snell Jeanne Sugrue Dolores Sullivan Bessie Taillon Marilyn Tangney Grace Trauscht June Vietzen Marion Whelan Betty Yeakumas Alberta Ziomek Frances Lippe -
title:
1950-04-24 (2)
publisher:
Women and Leadership Archives http://www.luc.edu/wla
creator:
Mundelein College
description:
Student newspaper for Mundelein College
subject:
Newspapers
subject:
Religious communities--Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
subject:
Students
subject:
Universities and colleges
subject:
Women's education
relation:
Mundelein College Records
type:
Text
language:
English
rights:
This image is issued by the Women and Leadership Archives. Use of the image requires written permission from the Director of the Women and Leadership Archives. It may not be sold or redistributed, copied or distributed as a photograph, electronic file, or any other media. The image should not be significantly altered through conventional or electronic means. Images altered beyond standard cropping and resizing require further negotiation with the Director. The user is responsible for all issues of copyright. Please Credit: Women and Leadership Archives, Loyola University Chicago. wlarchives@luc.edu
coverage:
Chicago, Illinois
coverage:
Mundelein College