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THE SKYSCRAPER THE SKYSCRAPER Official Semi-Monthly Newspaper of MUNDELEIN COL LEG E 6363 Sheridan Road Chicago, Illinois Mundelein Chicago's College For Women Under the Direction of the Sisters of Charity, B. V. M. Filtered as Second Class Matter Nov. 30, 1932, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3. 1S79. 1.75 the year. Published .semi-monthly from October to May inclusive by the students of Mundelein College. Vol. Ill JANUARY 17, 1932 No. 6 Editors-in-Chief Evelyn Lincoln, Justine Feely News Editor Frances Davidson Make-up Editor Virginia Woods Features Ann Lally Athletics Irene Lavin Circulation Manager Helen Ryan Reporters: Mary Frances Burke, Evangeline Cohan, Anna Daly, Margaret Egan, Ruth Mary Heinz, Margaret Mahoney. Marion Mulli gan, Mary O'Brien, Alexandra Prassas, Mary- Catherine Schmelzer, Charlotte Wilcox. (Newspaper Telephone: Briargatc 3800 THE WISE MEN MADE RETREAT Are you feeling rather tired and dis couraged? Has college lost its newness, and have courses that seemed fascinat ing at first proved themselves to be like the old man of the sea a clinging bur den that seems to get heavier and heav ier? In spite of your valiant efforts to make your college life something joyous, full, and beneficial, has it settled into a grinding routine from which escape seems impossible? I think that we all feel this way at times, and when we do, it is time to call a halt; time to put aside all that makes an average day too hurried, work-filled, and tiring. It is time to sit back quietly and relax while someone who under stands the exhaustion of your soul and the weariness of your body brings back to you the healing peace of silence, the wondrous power of prayer, and the glor ious thoughts that raise the mind from the miring clay of the earth to the sweet serenity of communion with the divine Healer of the world's ills I like to believe that the first retreat began nearly two thousand years ago when the Magi came to Betb.leb.am. Mo notonous and tiresome the journey must have been man ' times for the three who came from so far, but they could no more stop searching for Him than souls to day can cease their searching Words ? T know that they were few in deed when at last these travel-stained, weary men threw themselves at the feet of the Babe. Just to be in His presence, to feel the gentle peace of Him caused them to forget the toil and dangers en countered in coming to Him We know, you and T, that they went back to their own lands exultingly strong in faith, for, to them, now, life had a meaning so piercingly deep and sweet that although they looked at the snarl ing, bickering, hurrying world around them, they did not see it. They looked into each other's eyes and smiled the slow, wonderful smile of men who share a secret so glorious that words are super fluous The whole world knows now why the ARE WE SUPERIOR MINDED? to reason well in all matters, to reach out tozvard truth and to grasp it Cardinal Newman Despite the fact that higher education has been made accessible in the last few decades to the majority of young men and women, an old belief, or shall we say prejudice, is still to be encountered among a certain group of people. The belief is this, that one of the specific products of learning is superior-minded- ness. If this charge is true, education is defeating its purpose and has become a farce. Shades of Brahminism A last persis tent offspring of the genteel tradition Why cannot people see that true educa tion serves primarily as an aid to toler ance and understanding, to a realization that the sage who said that a little know ledge makes us proud, great knowledge bumble, possessed eternal wisdom? We do not subject ourselves to an ex acting routine of class work in order to achieve a smug complacency or satisfac tion in the conviction that by so doing we are aspiring to an intellectual aris tocracy. Indeed, learning results inev itably in a recognition of how vast are the realms of knowledge and how limit ed are our capabilities of penetrating even the borderlands. It is sometimes further suggested by the group mentioned above that most of our young people attend college because it is the thing to do, or because they are desirous of obtaining a degree. In themselves these empty reasons would make the process of education a rather silly game. Even the proximate end of learning is more far-reaching than that. The formula in the acquisition of facts is important in so far as it manages to impart a general fund of information, an intellectual background. Classes and courses are of real value only when they aid us to think and reason. One can scarcely hope to retain the details of each subject, but one can and does ac quire a permanent appreciation of the field and an ability to delve into it more deeply if necessary. It is our aim, then, not to burst upon the world flaunting an unfounded super iority, but rather to contribute to it one more intelligent, relatively sane attitude toward the problems that one must meet in this business of living. BY THE WAY Tonight our debaters encounter an other college debate team, a team that has travelled nearly a hundred miles to participate in the forensic tilt. Are you going to consider attending the debate, then remember that you have an examination scheduled for to morrow, wish our debaters good luck, and depart for your own home and your own interests, or are you going to prove that our school spirit is not a myth i Far be it from us to tear you away from grinding toil, but remember that the debate will be over by ten o'clock. How many of you would have started to burn the midnight oil before that? Magi smiled, and today when the wise men and women of the earth leave that noisy, hurrying, sinful world behind and seek Him, they too will feel that slow, wonderful smile welling up within their hearts until it shines gloriously in their eyes a sign of one who is clean of heart ami dearly beloved of Christ ACTION The Liturgical committee has announced a course on Holy Week services to be given every Friday at 12:15 until Easter. It is quite evi dent that very few Catholics thoroughly un derstand and appreciate the beautiful ceremonies of the Church at that time. All of the students free at that period are invited to sign up for the course. If -you are interested, please see Vir ginia Woods. * * Have you read the pamphlet for January, Hour's Off ? Father Lord offers some de lightful suggestions for your leisure hours. Cit ing examples of great men who found time for additional accomplishment while away from nec essary work proves that in denying that we have free time, we put ourselves out of the class of the world's really great. To reassure yourself why not read the pamphlet during your free hours this week? * * Mass in the college Chapel on First Friday is rapidly becoming one of our most beautiful and anticipated institutions. As it is, in the group which attends every month, a sort of inner circle, is taking form. Never is the spirit of unity so evident as at a ceremony of this kind. On the feast of the Epiphany, the celebration was especially lovely, with the altars decked with poinsettias and the candles lighting the face of the Infant Christ. The final selection sung by the choir offered additional inspiration, for it retold the story of the Three Kings. JUNIOR OUTLOOK Theresa Maguire, Editor Following the prerogative of our worthy sen iors, we are about to inflict on the delicate sensi bilities of our readers, numerous bits of reper toire, philosophical anecdotes, and sage advice, so 'clp me * * * The worst joke of the week: Quick, doctor, do something I I was playing a mouth organ and swallowed it. Keep calm, sir, and be thankful you were not playing the piano. * * * The outlook is not so bright for the coming few days. But take our advice and dispel that gloomy look from your countenance. Semesters must end, and there's nothing we can see to keep teachers from giving examinations. * * * For the enlightenment of the physics class: From Einstein Wc have thus by the use of hypothetical physical experiment defined what is meant by clocks at rest running synchronously at different places, and by it have won an evi dent definition of simultaneous and of time. The time of an event is the simultaneous indica tion of a clock at rest, at the place of the event, which runs synchronously with the given clock at rest and indeed for all determination of time with the same clock. Hereafter we will have more respect for Big Ben. * * * The sight of the green books in the book store counter reminds us of a story. A university stu dent taking an examination, was asked to com pose a verse of poetry including the words analyse and anatomy He wrote: My analyse over the ocean My analyse over the sea. Oh, who will go over the ocean And bring back my anatomy? * * * We wish you good luck in your exams. May you know every answer. We go to print hop ing you'll like our new column. THE JUNIORS HEAR YE HEAR YE If you're in need of renovation And would like some recreation Then heed this invitation Of the Debate society. With interest and elation Wc approach a situation That occupies the nation, And it's not technocracy. Should banks submit to federation? Would it be a degraduation ? Can there be an innovation for deposits For deposits guaranty? All of which means that you are cordially in vited to attend the debate in the auditorium to night at 8 o'clock. The Sky-Line ODE ON VENGEANCE I hounded fellow students. And, disresgarding prudence, I stirred tip revolutions. In search of contributions. I want some verse, I shouted, And people dodged and pouted, And said, We wish in Timbuctoo, They had a place for girls like you. But they're avenged, it seems, For the midnight oil it gleams. And here I struggle wearily, To find what rhymes with cheerily. The deadline looms before me, And now I surely will agree, When each with gusto loud declares, That vengeance sweet is justly theirs. The Banshee SO THERE One of the professors asked his class whether or not they thought girls were gold-diggers. A bright miss rose up and saved the situation by- declaring that girls had gone off the gold stand ard. * * One of the students in the phychology class handed in a practical application of psychology, worded in the following manner: While driving one night I saw a viaduct in the distance, but when I arrived at the scene I found my imagination. WE ALWAYS SUSPECTED IT Student in social history: And then a moron from Utah discovered gold in California. * t * Dear Skyline: We wonder, if the sophomore who keeps re peating the word emulsion'' for emotion, thinks that abstract feelings are globules in suspension? Psycho * t * Gone is the first semester But tears we shall not shed, You gave us many trials And now that you are dead, We'll heap exams and term papers Upon your tragic bier, Inter you in our memories And that is all, I fear. Ann Onvnious And speaking of semester endings, it's high time, readers, that you were embarrassing faculty nicinbers with that age-old inquiry, What are you going to ask in the examination? * * * The following contribution appeared in the initial issue of the Skyscraper, Jan. 30, 1931. We reprint it well, you can guess why. A BALLAD (With apologies to Sir Patrick Spcns) A maid sate in her bovver Thinking darke and deepe, Oh, whaur will I get gude grade points? Oh, fain, fain wad I weepe. The term end fast approacheth, And I wad graduate. So I must gather credit Ere yet it is too late. The deane has writ a letter And signed it wi' her hand, And sent it to the maiden, The saddest in the land. Oh, wha has done this ill deed, This ill deed done to me, To give me E's this time of year? And the tear blinded her ee. Then up and spoke her comrade, Sate at the maid's right knee, Oh, a text book is the best rede That I can give to ye. So she has oped her text book, Let's hope she's not too late, Or F on her report card Will surely be her fate. Nemo.
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1933-01-17 (2)
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