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Page Two SKYSCRAPER BUILD FORf THE The 64 Question ... You're The Critic NEW NO WASTE SMILE SAVE N PRAY STUDY K/NDNESSL C HA RACTER Retreat in Prayer . . Advance in Fortitude Two years ago, after the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor, the SKYSCRAPER printed the illustration you see on this page. It dramatized for the girl of 1942 the part she must play in sharing the burden of war. Two years of war have proved the soundness of the foundation the pictured blocks depict. The college girl of 1944 must continue the structure of strength founded on prayer, study, economy, cheer fulness, and straight, forward-looking thought. The girl of 1944 must invest in victory by INVESTING IN HERSELF, as well as in Bonds and in Stamps. Retreat, the three-day pause in the school year during which we devote most of our time to reflecting upon our past ac tivities as Catholics, during which we assess our shortcomings and resolve to put into practice the plan we work out for a better way of living, during which we see ourselves as the bulwark of American Catholic wom anhood, is more important this year than ever before. Retreat for us must consist, not in mere passive listening to conferences, but in earnestly considering the germs of thought given us in these conferences, in applying the conclusions we reach to the needs of our own lives. Retreat is a time of meditation, of in tegration of what we have learned in the past with our plan of advance for the fu ture. Retreat is a time of erecting strong walls of prayer within our lives, of building within ourselves the courage and the forti tude needed to face the heartache of this war, of building and of planning to build the character we must have for life in the world after war. The men of our armed services have re course to prayer constantly while they are fighting the enemy that all of us know must be vanquished. They, too, make re treats in tense moments of meditation while they await the signal to attack, through long hours in the muddy foxholes while enemy planes roar overhead. They are building a faith, and a hope, and a love of Cod which will change their en tire lives. We must be ready to match that faith, to meet that hope, to share that love if we are to build for tomorrow a better, a hap pier world. We are going into the third year of war. The President has asked us to have re course to prayer. Our College is setting aside three days in which we may supple ment the study of the year with intensified consideration of our problems, our obliga tions, our plans. Let us build in these three days, and let us start the new semester strengthened and inspired by the results of our retreat. This Peace Program Prepares For The Post-War Future A few issues ago, the SKYSCRAPER announced its intention of presenting the peace plans proposed by several members of the governing bodies of the United States. The Moscow Peace Plan, drawn up by the leaders of the Allied Nations, has enveloped the former proposals so that an explanation of them is no longer neces sary or practical. The Moscow Peace Plan, however, cov ers for the most part only the immediate future after victory is won. The Knights of Columbus, who discussed future peace in August, 1943, have proposed a program which reaches farther in the future. The first step in this program for World- Peace is the substitution of the Law of Moral Right for the Rule of Might. Since, proclaim the Knights of Columbus, all men are created equal in the sight of God, the rights of God are primary to the rights of man. Human rights. they insist, sig nify nothing more than divinely bestowed means to the fulfillment of divinely im posed duties. The Catholic organization sets forth these conditions to insure international peace and welfare: 1. The opportunity for the individual man to develop himself fully through edu cation, religion, and morality. 2. Recognition of the essential unity of Are you worth dying for? This question is facing millions of people all over our country today. And what are the people of our country thinking as they read the question? Do they, do we, as in dividuals, realize the meaning of the words? Or do most of us take a quick glance, think briefly, and then begin worry ing about points for food, and shoes, and gas? Are we worth dying for? Think What have we, as civilians, clone to help bring the boys home sooner? Have we bought War Bonds and Stamps? Yes, the majority of us have. But have we sacrificed anything for the price of a Stamp or a Bond? Are we worth dying for? The boys on Bataan thought so; the boys in China, Italy, and Africa think so. But why? What have we done to deserve such an honor? Are we worth dying for? Think about it. Maybe we don't have much to give, but even a 10-cent War Stamp will help. A 10-cent War Stamp levery day, or even every week, from every Jgirl at Mundelein will help, more than we'll jever know. Are we worth dying for? Yes if we are willing to share in the sacrifice of war, if we are willing to give WHAT WE CAN, what we HONESTLY CAN toward the terrible price for peace. 2 Are we worth dying for? Let us answer that question honestly jfeach day at noontime, when we pass the iWar Bond booth in the student lounge. 3 Ticker Tape all nations, the people of whom are all created equal by God. 3. Insistence that the State exists for Man, not vice versa. 4. Elimination of the causes of war. 5. The finding of a happy medium be tween individualism and excessive interna tionalism. 6. Organization of an international commission for the purpose of settling all questions of damages and indemnities. 7. Establishment of an international institution for the purpose of codifying the law of nations, of effectuating guaran tees of independence of all nations and equal rights of all men, of promoting dis armament of nations, and of demanding abolition of compulsory military service. 8. Substitution of conciliation, arbitra tion, and judicial processes for war. 9. Establishment of effective sanctions against any nation which refuses to abide by the orders of the international institu tions established, by isolating such a na tion economically, politically, and diplo matically from other nations. Recognized as one of the most signifi cant of the many Peace Plans suggested to the American people, the Knights of Co lumbus plan is worthy of our study and our thought. MEET in THE DOVE FLIES SOUTH, by James A. Hyland, brusque and in tolerant George Woodward, who despise' and abused the Negro until he peered be-1 hind the portals of color and saw no longer a black man but only humanity; faithful Ophelia, the lovable old Negress who took justifiable pride in her homemade shorlnin' bread and glittering array of gold denial work; plotting, contriving Evelyn Darby, a rare combination of femininity, charm, and efficiency; contented Dobo, inefficient, but kind, generous, and sincere; and Doyle, the middle man of destiny. LEARN a timely story deeper than the one unfolded in this fascinating plot the plight of the Negro and his ned for understanding rather than for dorni-. nation. , ENJOY the swift, conversational stylej the startling events and sensa tional drama interspersed with humor an( delicately flavored with the grandeur oj the sunny South. G.I. Johnny may have this chance to pick the men behind the men behind the guns the House Elections Committee passed the Senate-approved measure turning the sol dier vote problem over to the states ear lier, a uniform Federal Ballot proposal was rejected by bickering Congressmen. . . . The Red tide surges on toward Rumania as the Russians cut a huge swathe into what was pre-war Poland and the Ger mans retreat strategically to avoid a So viet pincers movement. . . . With the Polish border crossing, up cropped the crucial question bogeyman to U. S. and British statesmen since Teheran would Polish independence and bound aries be restored by general agreement. or had Joseph Stalin taken mental reserva tions on the Allied Conference agreements of a few months past? . . .- The MacArthur men kept at it on Arawe, bombing, pounding, and blast ing. . . . Playing the wrong hunch proved a fatal mistake for Count Galeazzo Ciano, son-in- law to Italy's fallen Duce and one-time po litical big-timer. Former foreign minister and ambassador to the Vatican. Ciano was instrumental in the ousting of Mussolini and so last week was tried, found guilty of treason, and liquidated. . . . Nineteen forty-four found the major bat tles and minor skirmishes on the home front still going strong anti-strike feeling swelled after a Christmas season filled with reminders of the sacrifices of absent loved ones the Administration demanded some 10 and one-half billions in taxes Con gress was willing to vote 2 billions and one-quarter the citizenry wondered as talk of a compulsory national service draft, all inclusive, came from Roosevelt. . . . Soft-pedaling the choir-boy publicity and letting efficiency shout as words never could, supporters of Thomas E. Dewey cast speculative eyes on the Republican presidential nomination No. 1 obstacle was One World Wendell Willkie, up to his old tricks of appealing to the rank and file- Republicans and ignoring GO.P. powers that be. . . . Honored dead of last week included the wife of former President Herbert Hoover world traveler, gracious hostess, and ef ficient helpmate, she found time to serve for years as rational president of Girl Scouts, her pet interest. . . . Read and See . . . piGHTING MEN'S MORALE in i South Pacific area is kept up with In ters from home, entertainments, mascots native craftwork, and many other indivii ual devices. Major Frederick Simpick, Jr, A.U.S., back from 18 months of aclin combat, tells of some experiences with 111 boys in their leisure hours. At Ease in lb South Pacific is a story to ease the mini of those at home on conditions the bo find when they have a little time themselves. You'll find it in the X. TIONAL GEOGRAPHIC for January. THE SKYSCRAPER Official Serai-Monthly Newspaper of MUNDELEIN COLLEGE 6363 Sheridan Road Chicago.Illinois Mundelein Chicago's College For Women Under the Direction of the Sisters of Charity, B.V.M. 1 Entered as Second Class Matter Nov. 30, at the Post Office of Chicago, Illinois, un Act of March 3, 1897, 1.75 the year. Published semi-monthly from October to 1 inclusive by the students of Mundelein Colltj Vol. XIV Friday, Jan. 21, 1944 Member ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS Telephone: Ambassador 9011 Co-Editors-in-Chief Mary Kay J Marie Nordby Associates Helen Nichota Frances Wilkinson Feature Editors Jayne King. Jerry SMJ Mary C. Tuomey Associates Mary Beeche Mary C. Burns, Alyce Jeanne Kiley, Gej vieve Urbain Copy Editor Mary Grace Can News Editors Eleanor Aral Patricia Hollahan, Joan Templeman Associates Patricia Cm Sheila Finney, Dolores Hartigan, Dell: Laughlin, Julia Woodford Sports Editor Jeanne Kij Art Editor Dorothy Sch Business Manager Madeleine Court* Reporters: Viola Brennan, Anne Heckenhu Harper, Mary Martha Cooper, Mary uM ise Gulick, Lois Hintze, Patricia Lee, H rey McDonnell, Mary Lou Walter, Ji Park, Carol Reid, Charlotte Schnitzer, L- gina Bess, Mary Louise Hector, Kaf Egan, Dolores Toniatti, Alice Marie Hofi Nancy Enzweiler,. Betty Moloney, Maria Small, Veronice McGreal, Helen June loney, Gladys Sullivan, Margaret Mar Trendell.
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1944-01-21 (2)
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