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Page Four THE SKYSCRAPER Nov. 30,1966 News Briefs Commission Appointment: Sister Blanche Marie Gallagher, B.V.M., chairman of the art department, has been appointed to the arts committee for the Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission. The Com mission was authorized by Governor Otto Kerner and the 74th Gen eral State Assembly. Recognized specialists in art, architecture, lit erature, music and theater have been asked to investigate the most effective and suitable ways their fields can be used to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the admission of Illinois into the Union to be observed in 1968. Who's Who: Twenty-one Mundelein seniors were elected to Who's Who among American Colleges and Universities by the faculty and sen iors of Mundelein. To be eligible, a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 had to be maintained. General leadership, promise of future usefulness and cooperation in school activities were also taken into consideration. The following seniors were elected: Sharon Atwood, Janet Chessare, Pat Dillon, Jean Durall, Carol Eliasek, Margaret Feller, Francine Fetyko, Barbara Gembara, Madelyn Kauth, Patricia Madl, Patricia Malcolm, Laurel Marcy, Nancy Mc- Donough, Sharon Minster, Nancy Podraza, Rita Quinn, Kathryn Thornton, Marilynne Tivener, Marybeth Wagner, Kathleen Ward and Ann Marie Zei. Freshman Elections: The results of the freshman elections Nov. 17 and 18 are as follows: president, Felicia Jeter; vice-president, Ann J. Doyle; secretary, Barbara Klein; treasurer, Marianne Layden; rules committee representative, Martha Ellet; MSC class representative, Patricia Powell; and social chairman, Maureen Murphy. YWCA Panels: Sister Ann Ida Gannon, B.V.M., college president, will participate in a luncheon and panel, Dec. 30, during a special session of the National Student YWCA and YMCA National As sembly at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago. Entitled Live Op tions for Women, the panel will explore the wide range of response open to women in choosing a style of life. An estimated 1,000 stu dents are expected to attend the convention. Sister was also a panel member at a National Institute on Program of the National Board of the YWCA held at the Continuing Education Center of the Uni versity of Chicago, Nov. 29. Her discussion focused on the chal lenge to women in the dynamic religious development of our day. Career Opportunities: Miss Rebecca Sway, college recruiter for the State of Illinois Civil Service Commission, will be on campus, Dec. 6 at 3:10 p.m. in 405. Cite Placement Survey Results: Disclose Career Major Link choosing it. Other popular careers were so cial work and government. The juniors and seniors evenly split on whether career plans effected their choice of a major, while the fresh men and sophomores replied three to one that career plans did not decide their major. The last section of the question naire explored the possibility of having career programs and coun seling on campus. The students showed interest in career counsel ing by department chairmen and the Placement Office. About two- thirds of the students favored a career day, but few showed any in terest in career panels. During the last week of October, the Placement Office distributed a career questionnaire to 265 stu dents. Of these almost 50 per cent were returned. Basically, the survey dealt with questions on career plans and their influence on the student's choice of a major. Two-thirds of the returns showed students with definite ca reer plans. The seniors represented the lowest number of students plan ning to go on to graduate school. Graduate studies were the choice of one-fourth of the seniors, one- half of the juniors, one-third of the sophomores and two-fifths of the freshmen. Teaching was the most popular career, with 76 students THE SKYSCRAPER Mundelein College 6363 Sheridan Rd., Chicago, 111., 60626 St udcrapinad Now that we have presumably gone over the river and through the woods, only to find we're not quite out of them, who isn't a bit baffled by this seemingly senseless interlude between recesses? But take heart. According to Time magazine, Christmas comes earlier every year. Adulation is in order for all the Spartans who endured till Wednes day instead of getting flustered and lighting out Monday, spurred on by the old saw; Leave now, avoid the Thanksgiving rush. Can it be true that those har bingers of imminent Armageddon, academic warnings, are no longer pink because the emotional import of that color was adjudged too overpowering? But what color could be more appropriate, when the hapless recipient has admit tedly been tripping the primose path? The road to perdition is broader than ever nowadays. What with such pitfalls for the errant intel lect as Speak Easies, special guest philosophers who stage all-day ex istential revival meetings, foreign films and film appreciation semi nars, how can our courses help but seem bland and turgid by compari son ? Mundelein has unwittingly created a monster, the overstimu- lated underachiever. Granted, drastic measures had to be taken to alleviate the Simon and Garfunkel deficit. But was the MSC tissue product test the an swer? Couldn't we have followed the time-honored precedent of sell ing apples on street corners instead of becoming involved in market re search. Basic studies conditioning and all, 309 Mundelein women were simply not equipped to deal with pressing controversies like skin pampering softness vs. luxurious elegance, or metaphysical abstrac tions like The Ideal Tissue Paper. Speaking of metaphysics, Loyola Masses are certainly not for the squeamish. That catchy commun ion hymn, with its throbbing re frain Eat His Body, drink His Blood, and we'll sing a song of love, is at least contradictory, if not downright sinister. Here is some sage advice for those newly elected freshman offi cers who wish to advance from such flimsy, Mussolini-like platforms as Making the clocks run on time. Something should be done about the early-morning bottleneck, before our elevator operators contract in curable power complexes. And if nothing is done about those insipid pithy sayings attached to the tea- bags in the tearoom, irate and sick ened students shall be driven to desperate tactics, like drinking the coffee. Despite the fact that inhabitants of Coffey Hall's north side now have an unobstructed view of that imposing structure, Madonna della Strada, the razing of the South Shack rent many hearts, especially as bets were being placed on when it would collapse by itself. Fire drills in the Northland are always a welcome diversion for lo cal thrill-seekers. Recently intrepid inmates gingerly made the harrow ing descent of six stories on the fire escape, only to be greeted by the raucous laughter of a clot of Alpha Delts gathered for the occa sion. They helpfully offered fire ex tinguishers, but luckily the North- landers knew enough to mistrust Greeks bearing gifts. Since the weekday dorm curfew was extended two years ago to 10 p.m. because Loyola's library was open till this late hour, suffice it to say that Loyola's library is now open till 11 p.m. Optimistically yours, Tully INNOCENTS ABROAD Interested in Europe this summer? Mundelein group is going: openings available. Meeting with travel agent Thursday, Dec. 1, 7 p.ia., McCormick Lounge. For further information contact Diane Sargol, Room 231, Coffey Hall, mail slot 10-N. This is Russ Kennedy of Balboa Island, California, on an in-port field trip as a student aboard Chapman College's floating campus. The note he paused to make as fellow students went ahead to inspect Hatshepsut's Tomb in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, he used to complete an assignment for his Comparative World Cultures professor. Russ transferred the 12 units earned during the study-travel semester at sea to his record at the University of California at Irvine where he continues studies toward a teaching career in life sciences. As you read this, 450 other students have begun the fall semester voyage of discovery with Chapman aboard the s.s. RYNDAM, for which Holland-America Line acts as General Passenger Agents. In February still another 450 will embark from Los Angeles for the spring 1967 semester, this time bound for the Panama Canal, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Nigeria, Senegal, Morocco, Spain, Portugal, The Netherlands, Denmark, Great Britain and New York. For a catalog describing how you can include a semester at sea in your educational plans, fill in the information below and mail.
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1966-11-30 (4)
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