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Outw4rd Bound, 3%. weel{s r of beco mine you:rseJt Lil{e'it or not. \ lllllllllllllilli .'Bound'trip,''1 w~ prepar~d but for I sure the w~bodypait surprised 0/ theOutw~rd atwhat it: ' , didformyhead:'. " , Scholastic ,''1guess, in a sense,' Outward Bound has taught" , Volume 117, No.6, December 5, 1975 i Notre Dame, Indiana , me that I am me. A person with limits and fears andfrustrations that can be overcome by myseJf, ,and with help from other people." ;, ' " ",' FEATURES "The, bruises and the blisters and the aches were " all worth it. So far, OutwardBound his been 4 Celebrating a High Society,' Victoria Stephan the most important 25 days in mylifeY 7 In, Loco Progeniei Marianne Murphy White-Water Canoeing/Rocl<.-Climbing/Sailing/·, Back-Packing/Hiking/Camping/Expeditionsl ' 8 The Student as Crucified Maureen'Reynolds Solo. ' Year-round wilderness courses-st~mdard3 Yl' 12' At Christmas Francis J. O'Malley weeks or 5 to 15 days. Spring, summer, fall, : ", '" winter (interim term); Men, women, co:.ed. 13 The Secret Greeks of Notre Dame' Michael Feord Minimum age 16Y2. Partial scholarships , , available., ' 18 Preambulation's & Pitfalls:" , ' , . " ' Schools in Maine, North Carolina,Colorado, A Plumbing of the Senior Bar ,'. Paul Starkey Minnesota, Oregon, New Mexico,' and at ' , partmouthColleg~. ' ' . ' 28 The Domers' Recess 'Bill Delaney 'For infonnation, write: Outward Bound, Inc.,165 W. Putnam Avenue, Greenwich,ct. 06830. Phone (203) 66HY797. 29 Oh, Puck!,; Chip Scanlon 7Van1e_" ______~~------A~e.~----_SchooJ--~----~~~------____--~--- U"I('a~Prind Street______---= ______: City~ ______~~ ______= ____--.:.:... .. State. ____ Zip. ______,REGULARS Illustrations: Tom Paulius, of cours~'. " Photographs: Ed Brower' 19, 20, .21, '3D, 10· Perspective: Morton T. Kelsey rear cover / The Observer 24/ ':Tom 16 . Gallery , Gary Gross Paulius 7, 9 (3),14, 15,' 29 I SI. Mary's 23 Jottings' Rev. Robert Griffin"C.S.c. Information 5. , " . , . 'Mary Reher , Cover: Photograph by Tom PauliUs. S~ow 26 Book Review' fall and tree courtesy of Mother Nature. ' 27. Week in Distortion J. Robert Baker ' 30 The Last Wo'rd , S,ally Stanton

Editor Staff Sally 'Stanton Art Director, Thomas J. Waldoch, Anne White, Dave Beno; ,RonR~ndst~dt, John ,Kenward, Dave Dreyer, Leo J. Mulcahey, Mike Sarahan, Chris Meehan; Mike Feord, Mark Hopkins, Bob Tom Paulius Ma'naging Editor Gilroy, Rich Nugent, Dan Adler,' Richard G.' Landry, Pa'ul Starkey, Susan 'Grace, Dan Lombardi, Rhonda Kornfeld, Barb, Frey,', Mark Luppino" GarY' Harden, Christie John Phelan Herlihy~ production Manager , .',' ' Paul Hess, John Delaney, Judy Robb, Sean Mclinden, J. Peter Delaney, Jim Romanelli, Paul Barickman, Bernie Valenti, Karen Caruso, Jim, Ryan,' Ed· Lecuyer, Cary Gerber, Annemarie Sullivan' News Editor' , Moira Keating, Mary Ann Chambers,' John Bartone, Andee ,Gotuaco, Randy Cashiola, Kate Bernard, Mike Palmer, Marianne Murphy, Melanie Jorgensen; Maureen Reynolds, Bill Gonzenbach ' Culture Editor John Feeney, Mark Amenta. Missy Heard, Julie Runkle, Chip Scanlon, Brian Doyle. ' Robert Baker Assistant Art Director ;', ',' ., Kathy McElroy The opinions expressed in Scholastic are those of the authors and ,editors of Scholastic Assistant Production, Manager and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the University of Notre Dame,: its Steve Slater administration, faculty or the student body. ' ' ' , , 'Sports Editor Bill Delaney Second-class postage paid at, Notre Dame, Ind. 46556. 'Th'e 'magazine is represented Business Manager:' for national advertising by National Educational Advertising: Services, 360 Lexington Kathy Salzer, ; ", : Avenue, New York, N. Y. ,10017. Published fortnightly during the school. year except Assistant Business Manager during vacation and examination periods, Scholastic, is printed at Ave Maria Press, Notre Jo'anne Toeniskoetter Dame, Ind. 46556. The subscription rate is $5.00 a year and back numbers are available, Circulation Manager from Scholastic. Please address all manuscripts to Scholastic" No~re Dame, Ind. 46556. Kevin' Murphy' Photography Editor All unsolicited material becomes the property of Scholastic.' 'Ed Brower Advisory Board,. ' , ',; , copyright © 1975 Scholastic ! all rights reserved! none of the 'contents'mayb~ repro~ Ronald Weber, Carl Magel, Ed Sanna,' duced ,without permission. ' " , Madonna Kolbenschlag, Bro. Charles' ,. McBride,C.S.c., Richard Conklin: ", , Outw4rd Bound, 3%. weel{s r of beco mine you:rseJt Lil{e'it or not. \ lllllllllllllilli .'Bound'trip,''1 w~ prepar~d but for I sure the w~bodypait surprised 0/ theOutw~rd atwhat it: ' , didformyhead:'. " , Scholastic ,''1guess, in a sense,' Outward Bound has taught" , Volume 117, No.6, December 5, 1975 i Notre Dame, Indiana , me that I am me. A person with limits and fears andfrustrations that can be overcome by myseJf, ,and with help from other people." ;, ' " ",' FEATURES "The, bruises and the blisters and the aches were " all worth it. So far, OutwardBound his been 4 Celebrating a High Society,' Victoria Stephan the most important 25 days in mylifeY 7 In, Loco Progeniei Marianne Murphy White-Water Canoeing/Rocl<.-Climbing/Sailing/·, Back-Packing/Hiking/Camping/Expeditionsl ' 8 The Student as Crucified Maureen'Reynolds Solo. ' Year-round wilderness courses-st~mdard3 Yl' 12' At Christmas Francis J. O'Malley weeks or 5 to 15 days. Spring, summer, fall, : ", '" winter (interim term); Men, women, co:.ed. 13 The Secret Greeks of Notre Dame' Michael Feord Minimum age 16Y2. Partial scholarships , , available., ' 18 Preambulation's & Pitfalls:" , ' , . " ' Schools in Maine, North Carolina,Colorado, A Plumbing of the Senior Bar ,'. Paul Starkey Minnesota, Oregon, New Mexico,' and at ' , partmouthColleg~. ' ' . ' 28 The Domers' Recess 'Bill Delaney 'For infonnation, write: Outward Bound, Inc.,165 W. Putnam Avenue, Greenwich,ct. 06830. Phone (203) 66HY797. 29 Oh, Puck!,; Chip Scanlon 7Van1e_" ______~~------A~e.~----_SchooJ--~----~~~------____--~--- U"I('a~Prind Street______---= ______: City~ ______~~ ______= ____--.:.:... .. State. ____ Zip. ______,REGULARS Illustrations: Tom Paulius, of cours~'. " Photographs: Ed Brower' 19, 20, .21, '3D, 10· Perspective: Morton T. Kelsey rear cover / The Observer 24/ ':Tom 16 . Gallery , Gary Gross Paulius 7, 9 (3),14, 15,' 29 I SI. Mary's 23 Jottings' Rev. Robert Griffin"C.S.c. Information 5. , " . , . 'Mary Reher , Cover: Photograph by Tom PauliUs. S~ow 26 Book Review' fall and tree courtesy of Mother Nature. ' 27. Week in Distortion J. Robert Baker ' 30 The Last Wo'rd , S,ally Stanton

of extreme agitation. Trueman is a Celebrating a High ·Society wise old farmer with an insuppres sible penchant for moralizing. '~he most consistently entertaining char-' acter is Count Jolimaitre (adroitly performed by Bill McGlinn). The Count is an unabashed opportunist, who finds his way into the Tiffanys" " by Victoria Stephan inner' circle,; with some cleverly humorous results. I asked Bill to comment on his impression of Fasli- , Fashion; .or, Life in New York is ligan) is a nouveau riche merchant, fany's blackmailing clerk Marks ion, and his approach to the role of' ". the second 'play in the 1915-1916 haplessly bullied into ' corru'ptionat looks as though he will carry the Count Jolimaitre. season of the ND-SMC Theatre. It the, office and meek submission at part off quite well, having mastered "What occurs, with a script like' will be, performed on December 5, 6, home. Throughout the' play he ap 'wicked chuckles, and the sly raising Fashion, 'and, what' we've all come / "11, 12 and 13 at 8:00' p.m. in pears as though he wished he were of a single eyebrow. ,- ..... : to the understapding of is thatit is O'Laughlin '! Auditorium of Saint somewhere quite distant. 'ivrr.T. 'Tennyson Twinkle '(Mike very one-dimensional. It deals in 'su Mary's College. Mrs. Tiffany (boisterously played Mercadante) is, a poet who also fan by Kathleen Rink) is a ;former hat cies Seraphina. His presence in Mrs: perficiality:and-that'sall it-is. We Alma Cora Mowatt's Fashion,' or, maker who' rose to become the :Tiffany's drawing ,room is justified hilVE~ had trouble, all of us, in' at tempting to deal with the characters Life in New York certainly has the grande dame. of New York fashion ,by its being the' current' rage 'to: trying 'to" 'build" a duality 'in the Ballinger has more than compen as if they, were deeper than they potential to be a highly entertaining' through an advantageous' marriage. patronize poets. Mr, Augustus Fogg character: My image. of him now is sated for 'any failings in' the script play, but its anticipated success is The source of Mrs. Tiffany's trend (Peter'Reiher), ctescribedin' the' actually were Jintended to be. with his own creative' humor. He They're comic characters abstracted that he was : some man's valet or due to the combined creative efforts setting, is her French domestic, Mil script ,as '''a, drawing 'room appen-)' and he had been, br'ought has skillfully blended' verbcil with in a style,and you just watch them '~chauffeur, of· the ND-SMC, Drama Department, linette(Jeannie O'Meara); Due to the dage," is just, that. ,Most notable up to speak properly. If you were a visual and physical elements; 'from work, either together in the style, and the director's wise avoidance ambiguous distinction of' being a about Mr. F()gg is his indifference to' man's yalet in Victorian England mediocre literature,' Mr.' Ballinger orin contrast. of relying on the quality of the Frenchwoman, Millinetfe's vague nearly everything. Prudence (Brid or before, you had to be able to has created fine theater. He com~ script. The department has devoted ideas of what is fashionable on the get Ragan),' Mrs. Tiffany's maiden "You have Gertrude and True speak properly" understandtermi men ted on Fashion, and what he'is this, bicentennial season to four Continent are enthusiastically ad sister, has not forgotten her' origin' man, who. might 'signify the good~ nology and pick up some of the trying to achieve in the' production~ American' plays, of which Fashion hered to by Mrs. Tiffany, including (much' to: Mrs:-' Tiffany's distress) ness,' the 'earth; "quality; Then you manners of the house in which· you "We were looking for 'an All is the earliest example of native hilarious mala props in French. ,',~ and is preoccupied with finding a have Mrs. Tiffany and' Seraphina, served. American season: ' We're one of the drama. , Seraphina (Celeste Volz) is "th'~,husband. C;',~'" who exemplify the height of social "So we worked from that image few theater groups' in town' 'that ',First 'produced in the mid-nine Tiffanys' coquettish, daughter. Her Thecharacier ,of Zeke, , (T. R. vulgarity, -when manners become so and it works very well. ' Again it have devoted themselves to a bicen teenth century, Fashion received greatest appeal is her ability to take Pauii~g);' the ,butler and:"footman" affected and so:: meaningless, that establishes him asa one-

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the mid-nineteenth century, this was' not a woman's place. I think that the play from this standpoint does make a statement. It makes a statement In loco Progeni~i about the young American country and its need for materialistic goods; f I its copy of the European world arid I modes. For what else.do we have? by Marianne Murphy Instead of developing traditions of our own; we for so long brought "I'm gonna have a leaf!" ,What's dustrial revolution giving little care true for the internal environment. them with us from the Continent. I this? Progeny in a dorm on the or . attention to the environment, Many people are no longer satisfied think the whole thing is extremely Notre' Dame campus? But isn't that man is now compensating by mak~ as passive observers of nature and social. Even today we are still very a direct violation of the sex code? ing his surroundings more livable.. are eager to discover any unknown concerned with 'keeping up with the Calm down, administrators, nothing Paul is trying to promote plant talerit for cultivation they may have Joneses,' with being 'in with the in to ·fear. In fact, this "green revolu consciousness on campus and his lying fallow. Professor Horsbrugh crowd,' and the 'in' crowd is very tion" is worthy:of true celebration, vested interest concerns much more has put a number of his students to often the one with the money. This as plants of. all sizes, colors, shapes than the monetary aspect of the the . test of responsibility in. plant is brought out in the play, 'but it is and personalities' creep' their way business. His feelings toward plants care. He feels that if a person'can't brought o.ut in such.a manner :that into the hearts of, those not already have' grown tathe point where he care''for a plant, giving it the mini we ,are not going to preach to you. affected. Hanging plants,' terrariums, considers ·them his friends and com mum daily requirements,he has no It is a comedy,' it is a farce. We see bottle gardens and other forms of panions: "It's great to live with right to even consider marriage~ the situation, understand it, and pla~t life' are.:all··increasingly, com them!" 'He admits thathe has gone By taking on this sense of respon laugh at it. monplace as; greenery adorns not berserk with plants ; his aspirations sibility for plants through nurturing "The style we are working in is only the outer but also 'inner ND of becoming a landscape architect activities, an individual' can gain a certainly removed from contempo community. Interviewing a wide had a direct bearing on this and he self~identity. This was evident· as rary theatrical standards. It is done cross section from the expert on is presently working on ,plans for a many students fell into the role of in a very broad, overt style. There down 'to the novice plant owner, I picnic area near the Student Center, the proud parent introducing.me to is a great deal of physical activity dug up many opinions on this new . It· is because of concern on the each one of their "babies," obviously connected with the play and the plant consciousness. part of others before Paul that their pride and joy. I wasn't bored presentation of it.. I am a .. strong tasteless character without jeopard Mr. Bergman and his crew have Paul Linehan, senior art major NotreDame is able to boast of such in the least though, for the .anima believer in the use of the body as an izing the designer's goo.d taste. built backdrops arid furniture which and entrepreneur of, ",The Hanging a beautiful park-like atmosphere tion with which the plants' were instrument of expression, as well as Mrs. Tiffany, Gertrude and Sera-· are comic inventions. The furniture Gardens," 'a' plant'shop that he.oper and' the reason it is so preferred described usually left me spellbound, the intellect and the words. You phina each have three different c()s is overstuffed and gaudy. Many of ates out of his .room in Dillon; has among many universities. Professor Each plant had its ·own history, need a blend between these so that tumes. Gertrude's. costumes .. are the props are simply one-dimension some insights on this phenomenon. Horsbrugh, head of graduate studies having been grown from justa seed they are not overweighted, one over basically white, and her style is re al painted cutouts: Mr: Bergman's He views it not so much as fad but in environics,' feels that the sense of ling, another recently raised from the other. In this production,. it served and.functional. Seraphina's' work emphasizes the idea in the as; a physical display of man's in tranquility imparted' to both stu the dead. The challenge of buying takes just the right movement with dresses are in loud colors, trimmed play that Americans of that period creasing awareness of his environ dents and faculty with' respect to a . sickly plant arid' discovering one just the right wordat just the right with fringe, .lace and ruffles. Mrs. insisted upon ·borrowing exagger ment.· Having come through the in- the outdoor landscape should hold has the ability to revive it brings on time, to get the· point to work.. It Tiffany's, costumes are even more ated and superficial fashions, man a great sense of pride and accom all has. to be synchronized' to come bright, ornamented' and· overstated. nerisms and decora tions; from plishment.The continual growth of together. at the. right. moment. I That' Ms. Adams and ·her. assistant Europe; the plant offers, physical evidence want the audience to be entertained; seamstresses have spent a great deal Fashion is a play on words, man~ of success; as each new leaf unfurls I also hope that they will get the of time on· the design, and sewing nerisms and style. It is meant 'to itself the: "dorm gardener" experi social message that I think the of the costumes will .ceJ;tainly. be emphasize superficiality and 'affec ences personal triumph. author intended." evident. The costumes combine crea tation. The people involved in the Besides the inner satisfaction that Faith Adams and Richard Berg tivity, humor and realism to com production', are seeing to it· that plants bring, they are great catalysts man are working to create a visual plement the characters beautifully.. everything verbal, •visual' and phys for social interaction. One doesn't atmosphere which will significantly Mr. Bergman,.,the technical direc ical· comes together in an exagger have to be a' botanist to discuss his contribute to the comedy. Ms. tor and, scene designer,. spent nu ated and humorous way. Fashion plants', idiosyncrasies. One owner Adams has been working on.the merous . hours researching the fur might not quite be a . landmark in boasted her plant had the' power to costuming of the characters since niture and architecture of the Amer the . development of, American make· people speechless if they bit mid~October. She researched fash" ican ·Revival period in order to find drama, but this production will suc _ a leaf. (That plant could come. in ions of the play's era, then designed props and. backdrops which suited ceedas acomedy.· ' -lIIIIIlIIIIi handy at times!) This interaction the costumes herself.·, Ms. Adams the style of the play. He selected a Like the characters in the play, can take negative forms, such as the and Mr. Ballinger agreed that the .muted color, scheme 'of soft blues, Fashion is representative' of a cer fellow who refuses. to tolerate his costumes should be an exaggeration grays and neutrals as the back tain type; and nothing. more. It must roommate's plants' because of the of the. real, in keeping with' the ground for the bright costumes. He be taken for what it is;. Fashion' is bugs they !;lraw. Yet even these characters: Thus the costumes are is using the wing-drop-border tech intended for " entertainment, not hardened characters can usu·ally· be . r!!fiections. of the personalities of the nique, a series of three panels. on analysis. With these things in mind, won over and may become the big characters. Ms. Adams found the either side of the stage, with a back the audience should find the produc gest plant freaks around .. designing of the costumes for the drop.. Again, comic elements have tion of Fasliion to. be pleasantly en character Mrs. Tiffany to be a chal been skillfully furnished, to comple tertaining, " and certainly, worth lenge; the difficulty.is in, clothing a ment the characters. while. I· 6 SCHOLASTIC DECEMBER 5, 1975 7 ,j ! students who cannot divorce them plight. One senior said" "It's not as, ,academics, G.P.A. and future em selves from their studies while on bad as my freshman year. because, ,ployment precludes the education daily grind of the semester, some campus. I'm more used to the grind and I, available outside of the class frame The Student students are disrupted by breaks and No one considered home football can make it through. However" I work. have great difficulty in getting back weekends to be satisfactory breaks know I was ready to go home long Student attitude towards campus ,into the grind. from studies. The idea of football before Thanksgiving my freshman clubs and organizations is often as John G. Beverly, associate pro weekends as a break was dismissed year." expressed by excuses of "I'd love to fessor of accountancy, stressed the as a nice theory, but impractical in ,Freshmen tended to agree' that' write for the Sc}wlastic, but I'd let importance of distancing midsemes operation. Students under heavy the semester was hitting them hard- my classes slide when trying to meet Crucified ters from Thanksgiving break. "Fall pressures resented having the dilem est. They felt their initial adjust- a deadline," or "I used to work with and Thanksgiving breaks can be ma of choosing between their visit ment to being away from home and retarded children, but I need Satur close enough that they [his, stu ing families and friends and their to handling a college work load day mornings for study." Professor byMaureen Reynolds dents] don't recover from,'one be~ books. Excitement was' spoiled by would have' been difficult with a Beverly supported a midterm break fore the other: Some students are the cramming' which followed the break, and found it sometimes nearly with the' hope that the opportunity Barrages'of papers,' books, exams Freshman, Year of, Studies ,com- on continuous vacation' and forget weekend's; departure. Sr. Barbara impossible without.' to catch up would afford students and Jecture,s have, hit Notre Dame men ted, "When you are preparing there are classes, before Thanksgiv Counts, rectressof Lycms, was par 'A comparison o!the'feedback re- the time for constructive campus students since September., Before for a test, you are working at a ing... If they are here iUs in body 'ticularly 'dubious about, the con ceived by Dean Waddick and' Dr. activities' outside' of academics: He recuperating :from one set of exams different speed than when you are only." "':", ' sequences', of football' weekends. Grande tends to confirm' that there noted that with' classes like his ac and, papers, many students ,have doing daily work. With constant tests 'The widespread" adverse" effects "Football'weekends are not a sub is' a greater strain' on " freshmen. counting course, there i's often no found' .themselves in the midst of you, are always, on a super-charged experienced, ,by students: have not stitute fora break. The pressure to From the upperclassmen in the Col- space for outside activities> Student another. Throughout 'the Notre speed with no letup." Dr. ,Grande been as apparent in, the·administra do' everything con Sunday leaves' one lege of Arts' and Letters, Dean Wad- reluctance to digress' from academ~ Dame community, there spreads an further suggested that inlieu of an tionand faculty; The break tends ready to collapse' by Moriday~foot dick heard few complaints about the ics' also extends' to attending guest apathy and fatigue more reminiscent October break, professors should co- to be less of ,a necessity ,for them; ball weekends bring morefrustra- schedule. The dean felt the' student lecturE!s or-: 'readi~g an unassigned of a war zone. than a college cam ordinate their, exams' for. the, same Furthermore, a break, for, students tion.'" ' , comments leaned toward the "Gee, book. -.' '" ' pus. :The library has become' the period and then let the pressure off. does not indicate a break, for ,the : Frustration' was, the word used" by it would be nice to have a break" "There is a tendency t~' put the trenches, "and the classrooms, the Instead of, constant exams, there university's academic, staff; ,and is Dr. Carole Moore, assistant profes variety. human side secondary to"academics battle sites. As the semester relent would, be a built-in break. ; usually used as a period to catch up sor of history, to describe the state At Freshman Year, Dr. 'Grande he're. Living peopie' need time to lessly marches on, a break has come The need :,for a: break does not on paperwork and to plan ahead in of mind' of her students. She said, thought: the' 'freshmen were very work out problems, but,'as' academic to represent the only opportl:lnity arise' solely, from the exhausting classes. Assistant Dean of Arts, and "There's a ' frustration I haven't tired and would certainly welcome a pressures worsen, people ignore their for students to catch, their, breaths testing patterns. Rather, ,the need is Letters, Robert J. Waddickrin9icated sensed before; maybe" they 'were break. Freshmen visiting him were human side until they finally blow." and, brace, themselves, for ,the final derived from combinations of exams, that he and the othe administrators spoiled last year<" Al0I1g with the frequently volunteering tha("they Sr. Barbara Counts' words echo per onslaught of: exam, week., , special, projects" reading. assign- keep, working regaraless; of"aca fnistration she has notfced a higher were pooped." Dr. Grande felt that haps the gravest consequence of the ,,' A degree ,of mental and physical ments, papers, 'lectures and ,daily demic,vacations .. Dean Waddick felt level ot'tension and a tendency to last year's freshmen were 'probably llllinterrupted' accumulation 'of aca-' exhaustion unparalleled in, recent assignments. The problems of class that most' administrators were more be on edge. 'This frustration is an better ready for the final push' to-, demic pressure-the destruction 'of y~ars plagues many Domers as final requirements are, particularly, tax~ concerned about choo~ing"a con attitude which seems particularly wards exams., human relationships. ' ' exam week approaches. The notice ing on students in courses; which census calendar and sticking ,with it characteristic of students who are , The all-consuming quality of aca- ' It is impossible riot to perceive the able increase in tension is' most, fre- demand constant attention and ap~ for a,trial period. ,;' .. barely '~ble . to 'cope with the pres demia at Notre Dame has been mag- air' of 'desperation, which is char 'quently attributed to" the absence plication.' These, students" cannot' A •concensus calendar is also, the sureso! this semester. '" ' ' nified to greater proportions this aderistic'oimany of the students in of an October break in the calendar. afford the luxury, of allowing these goal of the survey distributed', by Learning: how to cope with intense semester because of the removal of the library on' a' Wednesday' or OneoL the ·advantages of ,a break classes to slide, in, order to concen~ student :government. The surveyre~ academic pressure is a major adjust the October break. The increased Thursday night: NorwQuld anyone most missed ,is a complete recess of trate on other classes. They have ,quested student preference on the ment for freshmen with 'a break. focus on ,ciassrooma~ademics has deny the legitimate' need of many classes directly. following the period little guanmtee of being able to traditional calendar 'controversies, Without, a' break, the adjustment eliminated opportunities topartici- students to have a break~ However, of midterms. The 'knowledge. that 'grasp the missed materiaL" such as midterm break versus post- takes 'on Herculean ' proportions;' pate' in, campus organizations, to students must realize 'that a break once' the exams are finished, there The constant academic ,'pressures', Labor Day ,start. Student govern Seniors' who rerrie~bered their deepen personal relationships and to' can only' alleviate the tensions' o'f a: willbea break spurs students on in made Thanksgivirig a most welcome' ment hopes that· the results, of the breakless first semester were partic enjoy the beauty of an exceptional seinesier~it"cilllnotremove alltEm a period that: could otherwise prove holiday. However, many, students 'survey will be the"basis for the ularly sympathetic to the freshman autumn. At times, the emphasis on, sions, nor 'can it solve all p'roblems. emotionally andacademicaUy, detri feel that, the, five days off at Thanks- scheduling of the calendar for the mental.' giving ,were too late and too little.' next few years. The examination of , Many students 'encountered an un Fo~" them, "October break" has the su!"Veys from one section dis broken ,string' of exams, instead of taken on connotations that resemble closed a unanimous partiality for, a the concentration of exams charac a successful cure for ca~~er more "midsemester break over a post-Labor' teristic'of October break years. This than a cough,' suppressant 'for the, "Day start. " occurrence proved advantageous' or common cold. ' " Weekend trips, as a substitute for detrimental, depending on the per Administra tion "and professors )he unscheduled break, became one of sonality} and study habits of the in~ have iessoptimism than students' the most p'opular methods to relieve dividual. Spaced exams benefited about the cure-all advantages to be , depression and revive interest i'n students who are able to study for gained from a' midterm break. Expe- ',classes.' Home and other, campuses cxams without noticeably accelerat~' rience and perspective give these were the most mentfoned destin a" ing" their pace. However, there is a persons an awareness of the poten- ",tions. However,an acceptabledesti significant number of students on tiill unfavorable effeCts of a mid- nation could havebeim' anywhere campus, who accelerate for every semester break that students might without a 'horizon dominated by .a exam regardless of the time avail fail, to perceive:', Dr. ,Grande has steeple,' a golden dome and a'replica able for study. counseled students who have expe- of Christ signalling for, a iouch~ It was about these students that riericed results directly opposite to "down.' A'flight from, the' campus Dr. Peter Grande, assistant dean of those intended. Accustomed to', the' may be the (mly, r~col}-Fse open to

8 SCHOLASTIC DECEMBER' 5, 1975 9 students who cannot divorce them plight. One senior said" "It's not as, ,academics, G.P.A. and future em selves from their studies while on bad as my freshman year. because, ,ployment precludes the education daily grind of the semester, some campus. I'm more used to the grind and I, available outside of the class frame The Student students are disrupted by breaks and No one considered home football can make it through. However" I work. have great difficulty in getting back weekends to be satisfactory breaks know I was ready to go home long Student attitude towards campus ,into the grind. from studies. The idea of football before Thanksgiving my freshman clubs and organizations is often as John G. Beverly, associate pro weekends as a break was dismissed year." expressed by excuses of "I'd love to fessor of accountancy, stressed the as a nice theory, but impractical in ,Freshmen tended to agree' that' write for the Sc}wlastic, but I'd let importance of distancing midsemes operation. Students under heavy the semester was hitting them hard- my classes slide when trying to meet Crucified ters from Thanksgiving break. "Fall pressures resented having the dilem est. They felt their initial adjust- a deadline," or "I used to work with and Thanksgiving breaks can be ma of choosing between their visit ment to being away from home and retarded children, but I need Satur close enough that they [his, stu ing families and friends and their to handling a college work load day mornings for study." Professor byMaureen Reynolds dents] don't recover from,'one be~ books. Excitement was' spoiled by would have' been difficult with a Beverly supported a midterm break fore the other: Some students are the cramming' which followed the break, and found it sometimes nearly with the' hope that the opportunity Barrages'of papers,' books, exams Freshman, Year of, Studies ,com- on continuous vacation' and forget weekend's; departure. Sr. Barbara impossible without.' to catch up would afford students and Jecture,s have, hit Notre Dame men ted, "When you are preparing there are classes, before Thanksgiv Counts, rectressof Lycms, was par 'A comparison o!the'feedback re- the time for constructive campus students since September., Before for a test, you are working at a ing... If they are here iUs in body 'ticularly 'dubious about, the con ceived by Dean Waddick and' Dr. activities' outside' of academics: He recuperating :from one set of exams different speed than when you are only." "':", ' sequences', of football' weekends. Grande tends to confirm' that there noted that with' classes like his ac and, papers, many students ,have doing daily work. With constant tests 'The widespread" adverse" effects "Football'weekends are not a sub is' a greater strain' on " freshmen. counting course, there i's often no found' .themselves in the midst of you, are always, on a super-charged experienced, ,by students: have not stitute fora break. The pressure to From the upperclassmen in the Col- space for outside activities> Student another. Throughout 'the Notre speed with no letup." Dr. ,Grande been as apparent in, the·administra do' everything con Sunday leaves' one lege of Arts' and Letters, Dean Wad- reluctance to digress' from academ~ Dame community, there spreads an further suggested that inlieu of an tionand faculty; The break tends ready to collapse' by Moriday~foot dick heard few complaints about the ics' also extends' to attending guest apathy and fatigue more reminiscent October break, professors should co- to be less of ,a necessity ,for them; ball weekends bring morefrustra- schedule. The dean felt the' student lecturE!s or-: 'readi~g an unassigned of a war zone. than a college cam ordinate their, exams' for. the, same Furthermore, a break, for, students tion.'" ' , comments leaned toward the "Gee, book. -.' '" ' pus. :The library has become' the period and then let the pressure off. does not indicate a break, for ,the : Frustration' was, the word used" by it would be nice to have a break" "There is a tendency t~' put the trenches, "and the classrooms, the Instead of, constant exams, there university's academic, staff; ,and is Dr. Carole Moore, assistant profes variety. human side secondary to"academics battle sites. As the semester relent would, be a built-in break. ; usually used as a period to catch up sor of history, to describe the state At Freshman Year, Dr. 'Grande he're. Living peopie' need time to lessly marches on, a break has come The need :,for a: break does not on paperwork and to plan ahead in of mind' of her students. She said, thought: the' 'freshmen were very work out problems, but,'as' academic to represent the only opportl:lnity arise' solely, from the exhausting classes. Assistant Dean of Arts, and "There's a ' frustration I haven't tired and would certainly welcome a pressures worsen, people ignore their for students to catch, their, breaths testing patterns. Rather, ,the need is Letters, Robert J. Waddickrin9icated sensed before; maybe" they 'were break. Freshmen visiting him were human side until they finally blow." and, brace, themselves, for ,the final derived from combinations of exams, that he and the othe administrators spoiled last year<" Al0I1g with the frequently volunteering tha("they Sr. Barbara Counts' words echo per onslaught of: exam, week., , special, projects" reading. assign- keep, working regaraless; of"aca fnistration she has notfced a higher were pooped." Dr. Grande felt that haps the gravest consequence of the ,,' A degree ,of mental and physical ments, papers, 'lectures and ,daily demic,vacations .. Dean Waddick felt level ot'tension and a tendency to last year's freshmen were 'probably llllinterrupted' accumulation 'of aca-' exhaustion unparalleled in, recent assignments. The problems of class that most' administrators were more be on edge. 'This frustration is an better ready for the final push' to-, demic pressure-the destruction 'of y~ars plagues many Domers as final requirements are, particularly, tax~ concerned about choo~ing"a con attitude which seems particularly wards exams., human relationships. ' ' exam week approaches. The notice ing on students in courses; which census calendar and sticking ,with it characteristic of students who are , The all-consuming quality of aca- ' It is impossible riot to perceive the able increase in tension is' most, fre- demand constant attention and ap~ for a,trial period. ,;' .. barely '~ble . to 'cope with the pres demia at Notre Dame has been mag- air' of 'desperation, which is char 'quently attributed to" the absence plication.' These, students" cannot' A •concensus calendar is also, the sureso! this semester. '" ' ' nified to greater proportions this aderistic'oimany of the students in of an October break in the calendar. afford the luxury, of allowing these goal of the survey distributed', by Learning: how to cope with intense semester because of the removal of the library on' a' Wednesday' or OneoL the ·advantages of ,a break classes to slide, in, order to concen~ student :government. The surveyre~ academic pressure is a major adjust the October break. The increased Thursday night: NorwQuld anyone most missed ,is a complete recess of trate on other classes. They have ,quested student preference on the ment for freshmen with 'a break. focus on ,ciassrooma~ademics has deny the legitimate' need of many classes directly. following the period little guanmtee of being able to traditional calendar 'controversies, Without, a' break, the adjustment eliminated opportunities topartici- students to have a break~ However, of midterms. The 'knowledge. that 'grasp the missed materiaL" such as midterm break versus post- takes 'on Herculean ' proportions;' pate' in, campus organizations, to students must realize 'that a break once' the exams are finished, there The constant academic ,'pressures', Labor Day ,start. Student govern Seniors' who rerrie~bered their deepen personal relationships and to' can only' alleviate the tensions' o'f a: willbea break spurs students on in made Thanksgivirig a most welcome' ment hopes that· the results, of the breakless first semester were partic enjoy the beauty of an exceptional seinesier~it"cilllnotremove alltEm a period that: could otherwise prove holiday. However, many, students 'survey will be the"basis for the ularly sympathetic to the freshman autumn. At times, the emphasis on, sions, nor 'can it solve all p'roblems. emotionally andacademicaUy, detri feel that, the, five days off at Thanks- scheduling of the calendar for the mental.' giving ,were too late and too little.' next few years. The examination of , Many students 'encountered an un Fo~" them, "October break" has the su!"Veys from one section dis broken ,string' of exams, instead of taken on connotations that resemble closed a unanimous partiality for, a the concentration of exams charac a successful cure for ca~~er more "midsemester break over a post-Labor' teristic'of October break years. This than a cough,' suppressant 'for the, "Day start. " occurrence proved advantageous' or common cold. ' " Weekend trips, as a substitute for detrimental, depending on the per Administra tion "and professors )he unscheduled break, became one of sonality} and study habits of the in~ have iessoptimism than students' the most p'opular methods to relieve dividual. Spaced exams benefited about the cure-all advantages to be , depression and revive interest i'n students who are able to study for gained from a' midterm break. Expe- ',classes.' Home and other, campuses cxams without noticeably accelerat~' rience and perspective give these were the most mentfoned destin a" ing" their pace. However, there is a persons an awareness of the poten- ",tions. However,an acceptabledesti significant number of students on tiill unfavorable effeCts of a mid- nation could havebeim' anywhere campus, who accelerate for every semester break that students might without a 'horizon dominated by .a exam regardless of the time avail fail, to perceive:', Dr. ,Grande has steeple,' a golden dome and a'replica able for study. counseled students who have expe- of Christ signalling for, a iouch~ It was about these students that riericed results directly opposite to "down.' A'flight from, the' campus Dr. Peter Grande, assistant dean of those intended. Accustomed to', the' may be the (mly, r~col}-Fse open to

8 SCHOLASTIC DECEMBER' 5, 1975 9 like to spend night after, night out there and only had to walk across ing, upon a ~ilken cushion, before in the California winter nights with the field, ,but there is, hope for the the admiring ,oh's and ah's of the only a garment of skins, which intellectuals if they try hard enough noble parents and the courtiers? ... comes to the knees to keep out the .,,-, they are not ruled out. These Herod's palace was not exactly cor cold? Only the 'poorest men who men were stargazers., They had, a dial! Where then? 'In the well-kept had nothing else. to' do,' who were star, a goal, an aim. Every man inn where a, maid brought hot water Blessed Are the,Stables right on the edge of starvation,' needs a star to follow. No' man' a~d comfort and help to the woman would have been there, the men achieves much without a star to in travail ?There was no room in 'by Morton ~. Kelsey who were too emotionally crippled follow. the well-kept iml~ ; .. - or too stupid to do anything else. ' These were wise men. They had No, ,the Child was ,not' even Morton T. Kelsey, an Episcopalian symbolic and factual at the same And then the donkey, the dhnib, They probably hadn't had a square the cour'age to look into life and to .brought '. forth in the humble and meal for three months, like so many admit that they did not have every- squalid. surroundings of the 'village wiest, . is an. ,assistant professor of tim~, '.,' . . stubborn animal which carried the graduate studies in education. . The first symbol of Christmas is woman about ready. to, deliver' for a people all over the world today thing that they wanted, and then to 'mud hut, but in astable, an Oriental Mary - a simple, ordinary young hundred miles from Nazaretli. to where one-third of the world's chil- continue to seek until they found stable. Put aside the Christmas card Christmas, tells us the most won woman. She is the symbol of man's Bethlehem. Simple, tough animality. dren ,go to bed hungry at night; what would satisfy them. They were picture of that stable and imagine derful story ever told to man. It is EOUL Mary, ,was walking, quietly So many people try .to, be so spiri even if we cannot do anything about dissatisfied with what they had' and what it was actually like. Haveyou the account of God 'be~oming man and unhurriedly in the garden. An tual tha't'they rule out their animal it, we can. at 'least bear it on our con- 'knew there. must be something bet- ever seen. an Oriental stable' or and putting off his power and might angel, a messenger of spiritual real nature: If God. wanted us this way, science and no~ be complacent. ter. There are many motives, which thought of one? Use your imagi- to be a baby: in a stabie. Not only ity, appeared.to her, and told her he would have' made .usso. We are These shepherds were nobodies or ,', lead, men to the power of the God- nation. It was quite different from a does the Christmas story tell us that that she was .to have a child without not pure spirit, but hal! spirit and less than this and yet it was to them Child and his birth. in us ,at Christ- Carnation model Darn. This' was this happened, it also tells us what a husband. To this incredible infor half animal and .unless we care for that,the angels of heaven first an- mas. If we are not shepherds, and where' the God-man chose to be kind 'of people received the greatest mation she replied, "I am the Lord's' and cherish this dumb animal, our nounced the birth of the God-man! I see 'few who answer to that de- . brought forth into the world. The gift of, God in Bethlehem and, so servant. As you have spoken it, so body, what St. Francis called brother' Why? Because they were hungering £cription here, then ,we must follow straw was not clean and the manger, ~uggest~ }IOu) 'we may receive this be it." ' ass, then we shall never bring' the and looking for something. They a star. We must be aware of our had not been made for a Christmas gift ~oo. :; Christmas tells. us the Caught up as we are in the pious holy Child to fruition in, the place were not satisfied with things as emptiness and seek for something' play: The ox had eaten !rom it only greatest truth ,of all times and then ideas of later' years, we 'fail to ap where he is to be born:' So'mu'ch of they were and also 'beca'use they to fill it. : How few do this!. a few hours before: .. ; tells ,us how we can' appropriate this preciate the, courage it took to be modern religion ignores and rejects were not ,asleep, and because they And what a journey! Across inter- " This stable with its manger is truth in our own,lives now! willing and obedient as Mary was. the animal and physical side of man were simple enough to, believe that '. minable deserts, fighting -with rob- the most important and significant They ,were .as'tninge lot, present She knew well what,the villagers and so there is no birth of real spiri~ suchan, event could happen! The bers and contending with cantan- 'symbol. of the whole story. For if at the birth in the stable: a woman would say about her pregnancy,the tuality in our religious lives, no epi angels may' well have visited some kerous .camel drivers, through snow Christ can be born in such astable, pregnant. out of wedlock, a husband old women gathered at the village phany of power and new' life. of the ~omfortable villagers in their " and, iCy mountain passes,' rejected he can be born in any, life, in any' who stood' by her, a' donkey which fountain. She knew. what her fiance The image of the innkeeper beds' telling them the same image and turned out by hostile villages. person, no matter what he is orhas carried that woman ona ha~d,long' would think, but she was willing plagues me. Can't you ~ee him stand in . their' dreams, but they only They pressed on and on, following, , been; even in me. To the most hum trip, : an ,innkeeper ,who 'would not nonetheless~ Mary was simple. but ing in the great doorway, his huge laughed at the absurdity and turned their' star,their hope. Naturally, ble and rejected 'place the Christ leL them in, some paltry no-account not naive. This obedience took cou'r~ bulk standing between, the fire blaz-' over to go to sleep in their warm they looked for a' king in a king's came to be born so that' no man need shepherds, watching their, sheep,' age. Unless, 'however, there is the . ing upon the heart~ and the' cold beds.' .. house and so they went to the palace be ruled out; no man. There is none, three.astrologists who followed a same, kind of, willing openness, to Palestinian winter night outside? He Most of our'churches have pag-of Herod. Then, because they were so depraved or foul ,that the Christ, star, some cattle in a dirty Oriental God in our souls there will be no was a busy, practical man of the eants in which we have the shepherds \vise", they, too listened to their cannot come into J:1is life and be, stable and a manger--':oh 'yes-an'da Christmas there, no, Christ Child world. His inn was all filled. He did portrayed., H,o\y shocked the con~ dreams and fled, in the night to born. variety of assorted angeis .. :' born, there. Willing obedience, no not, want to be bothered.. Oh, she gregations would' be, how' incensed" escape the king's strange wrath ,and ,Christmas tells us the most im~' As we' see the, symbolic meaning matter what it costs, is a prereq-, was pregnant? Thatwas to'o bad, if the real McCoy were .to show uP' fear. At last they came to the new- portant truth of all times, that ulti of these, principai characters o'f the uisite to new spiritual birth in us. but there are lots, of hungry children with their matted hair, questionable born king., They had the inward mate power is also characterized by Christmas drama; we are able to see And, then there was Joseph. He in the world and lots of poor,wom odor,. and possibly even some lice! sight to recognize, their goal when love, that God' came as man in a what we can do in' our own lives' to was 'at ,first going to break the be en who have no place, to give birth, There'is nothing so ignored or for- they found him, even though he ·lay stable. This is', a truth we must' allow th~ reality of that event to trothal when he le~rned of Mary's to children. . gotten or despised and rejected in ,..in a manger in an Oriental stable someday come, to a decision about: break forth in' our lives now. Then condition. What. else could he be How careful :we must be not to be us that it cannot come to the birth and they offered him the rich gifts . What do we actually think of :this '. we can possess or be possessed by lieve?' But this man could listen to filled with so inany things, so many of new life within us. The shepherds, ,they brought. They, were prepared,' idea? And Christmas tells us how . the incredible wonder and power of the depth of himself.. ,He listened activities, that we have no place for are the symbol of the rejected parts to give. Those who have much and" we 'realize' that power in our own Christmas. 'The, same light and to the angel of his dream and he the Christ Child, when he comes, of us, the humble and ignored side are not prepared to give greatly lives> It. tells it, through living sym might which blazed out in Jesus of was spiritual' enough to believe and that we have,no place for God when of us, ihesimple,searching, rejected, never come to that place where, God. boIs-a young and obedient woman, Nazareth can and wish to break obey . . . as absurd as' it seemed: he would enter, our lives.' Busyriess part of us. It is to' this side' oflls is born in man. Yes, I said never. . . . 'a' strong and faithful husband, a, forth' in us. These characters are Joseph was a strong manjand later is not of thedevil"-itis the devil. that the message oC Christmas - And so the most simple,the shep- donkey and some miserable, shep living symbols which show us how helisteiIed'again and took the warne, Where' a life is completely full, God really appeals: There is no one t,oo herds, and the most intelligent and herds, threeastrologistsand their to have that power in our 'own lives. an and Child and fled by' night into' hasno'place to get in. A corripletely sirriple or depraved that he, cannot Eearching were ~both satisfied along blazing star ... and a stable. ' Frankly, unless the same reality exile into Egypt to' save the Child's busy person' is' more. effectively an enter the Christmas scene. It is the with the woman who' gave her will- Christmas tells us that all the obe which appeared in the world in the life. Believing strength which knows' tireligious: than the most violent comfortable and satisfied who· are ing obedience and also her husband dient and strong and searching a'nd events of the' first Christmas can' how to listen to the secret depth of atheist and one can even be busy more often'ruled out. who had the courage to ,stand by. simple may have the infinite power' also reappear in our lives, Christmas life and acts witheourage, this was with church activities and come to Thank heavens for the wise men, Where did they, all come, together? . of the' universe, born. in them no is not very important. .. . Under Joseph. There must be that in us' the same place:, the astrologists from the East. They , Where did they meet?, Where did matter what they are or have been. stand, please,' that just because ,i, which will protect our new spiritual , The shepherds - poor, stupid, in had, a hard time coming from the 'the power ',which lies behind the . This is quite a message! call 'these historical figures, sym~ life when it comes or else it will be effectual·' men"-the . outcasts." Again far reaches of Persia on the' other exploding star choose to' come forth , This' is ,Christmas-nothing .less-:- bolic, I am not saying they are not. destroyed. and our original obedience romance has, covered them'with a side of the world, but 'they, ;nwde it. asa man? Was it in a king's palace no wonder it'makes such an impact. ' really historicaL History can be will be in vain.. ,sheen of glamour. How would you The miserable shepherds were, right with hldies~ and gentlemen-inewait- What will you do about it?

10 SCHOLASTIC DECEMBER 5, 1975 11 like to spend night after, night out there and only had to walk across ing, upon a ~ilken cushion, before in the California winter nights with the field, ,but there is, hope for the the admiring ,oh's and ah's of the only a garment of skins, which intellectuals if they try hard enough noble parents and the courtiers? ... comes to the knees to keep out the .,,-, they are not ruled out. These Herod's palace was not exactly cor cold? Only the 'poorest men who men were stargazers., They had, a dial! Where then? 'In the well-kept had nothing else. to' do,' who were star, a goal, an aim. Every man inn where a, maid brought hot water Blessed Are the,Stables right on the edge of starvation,' needs a star to follow. No' man' a~d comfort and help to the woman would have been there, the men achieves much without a star to in travail ?There was no room in 'by Morton ~. Kelsey who were too emotionally crippled follow. the well-kept iml~ ; .. - or too stupid to do anything else. ' These were wise men. They had No, ,the Child was ,not' even Morton T. Kelsey, an Episcopalian symbolic and factual at the same And then the donkey, the dhnib, They probably hadn't had a square the cour'age to look into life and to .brought '. forth in the humble and meal for three months, like so many admit that they did not have every- squalid. surroundings of the 'village wiest, . is an. ,assistant professor of tim~, '.,' . . stubborn animal which carried the graduate studies in education. . The first symbol of Christmas is woman about ready. to, deliver' for a people all over the world today thing that they wanted, and then to 'mud hut, but in astable, an Oriental Mary - a simple, ordinary young hundred miles from Nazaretli. to where one-third of the world's chil- continue to seek until they found stable. Put aside the Christmas card Christmas, tells us the most won woman. She is the symbol of man's Bethlehem. Simple, tough animality. dren ,go to bed hungry at night; what would satisfy them. They were picture of that stable and imagine derful story ever told to man. It is EOUL Mary, ,was walking, quietly So many people try .to, be so spiri even if we cannot do anything about dissatisfied with what they had' and what it was actually like. Haveyou the account of God 'be~oming man and unhurriedly in the garden. An tual tha't'they rule out their animal it, we can. at 'least bear it on our con- 'knew there. must be something bet- ever seen. an Oriental stable' or and putting off his power and might angel, a messenger of spiritual real nature: If God. wanted us this way, science and no~ be complacent. ter. There are many motives, which thought of one? Use your imagi- to be a baby: in a stabie. Not only ity, appeared.to her, and told her he would have' made .usso. We are These shepherds were nobodies or ,', lead, men to the power of the God- nation. It was quite different from a does the Christmas story tell us that that she was .to have a child without not pure spirit, but hal! spirit and less than this and yet it was to them Child and his birth. in us ,at Christ- Carnation model Darn. This' was this happened, it also tells us what a husband. To this incredible infor half animal and .unless we care for that,the angels of heaven first an- mas. If we are not shepherds, and where' the God-man chose to be kind 'of people received the greatest mation she replied, "I am the Lord's' and cherish this dumb animal, our nounced the birth of the God-man! I see 'few who answer to that de- . brought forth into the world. The gift of, God in Bethlehem and, so servant. As you have spoken it, so body, what St. Francis called brother' Why? Because they were hungering £cription here, then ,we must follow straw was not clean and the manger, ~uggest~ }IOu) 'we may receive this be it." ' ass, then we shall never bring' the and looking for something. They a star. We must be aware of our had not been made for a Christmas gift ~oo. :; Christmas tells. us the Caught up as we are in the pious holy Child to fruition in, the place were not satisfied with things as emptiness and seek for something' play: The ox had eaten !rom it only greatest truth ,of all times and then ideas of later' years, we 'fail to ap where he is to be born:' So'mu'ch of they were and also 'beca'use they to fill it. : How few do this!. a few hours before: .. ; tells ,us how we can' appropriate this preciate the, courage it took to be modern religion ignores and rejects were not ,asleep, and because they And what a journey! Across inter- " This stable with its manger is truth in our own,lives now! willing and obedient as Mary was. the animal and physical side of man were simple enough to, believe that '. minable deserts, fighting -with rob- the most important and significant They ,were .as'tninge lot, present She knew well what,the villagers and so there is no birth of real spiri~ suchan, event could happen! The bers and contending with cantan- 'symbol. of the whole story. For if at the birth in the stable: a woman would say about her pregnancy,the tuality in our religious lives, no epi angels may' well have visited some kerous .camel drivers, through snow Christ can be born in such astable, pregnant. out of wedlock, a husband old women gathered at the village phany of power and new' life. of the ~omfortable villagers in their " and, iCy mountain passes,' rejected he can be born in any, life, in any' who stood' by her, a' donkey which fountain. She knew. what her fiance The image of the innkeeper beds' telling them the same image and turned out by hostile villages. person, no matter what he is orhas carried that woman ona ha~d,long' would think, but she was willing plagues me. Can't you ~ee him stand in . their' dreams, but they only They pressed on and on, following, , been; even in me. To the most hum trip, : an ,innkeeper ,who 'would not nonetheless~ Mary was simple. but ing in the great doorway, his huge laughed at the absurdity and turned their' star,their hope. Naturally, ble and rejected 'place the Christ leL them in, some paltry no-account not naive. This obedience took cou'r~ bulk standing between, the fire blaz-' over to go to sleep in their warm they looked for a' king in a king's came to be born so that' no man need shepherds, watching their, sheep,' age. Unless, 'however, there is the . ing upon the heart~ and the' cold beds.' .. house and so they went to the palace be ruled out; no man. There is none, three.astrologists who followed a same, kind of, willing openness, to Palestinian winter night outside? He Most of our'churches have pag-of Herod. Then, because they were so depraved or foul ,that the Christ, star, some cattle in a dirty Oriental God in our souls there will be no was a busy, practical man of the eants in which we have the shepherds \vise", they, too listened to their cannot come into J:1is life and be, stable and a manger--':oh 'yes-an'da Christmas there, no, Christ Child world. His inn was all filled. He did portrayed., H,o\y shocked the con~ dreams and fled, in the night to born. variety of assorted angeis .. :' born, there. Willing obedience, no not, want to be bothered.. Oh, she gregations would' be, how' incensed" escape the king's strange wrath ,and ,Christmas tells us the most im~' As we' see the, symbolic meaning matter what it costs, is a prereq-, was pregnant? Thatwas to'o bad, if the real McCoy were .to show uP' fear. At last they came to the new- portant truth of all times, that ulti of these, principai characters o'f the uisite to new spiritual birth in us. but there are lots, of hungry children with their matted hair, questionable born king., They had the inward mate power is also characterized by Christmas drama; we are able to see And, then there was Joseph. He in the world and lots of poor,wom odor,. and possibly even some lice! sight to recognize, their goal when love, that God' came as man in a what we can do in' our own lives' to was 'at ,first going to break the be en who have no place, to give birth, There'is nothing so ignored or for- they found him, even though he ·lay stable. This is', a truth we must' allow th~ reality of that event to trothal when he le~rned of Mary's to children. . gotten or despised and rejected in ,..in a manger in an Oriental stable someday come, to a decision about: break forth in' our lives now. Then condition. What. else could he be How careful :we must be not to be us that it cannot come to the birth and they offered him the rich gifts . What do we actually think of :this '. we can possess or be possessed by lieve?' But this man could listen to filled with so inany things, so many of new life within us. The shepherds, ,they brought. They, were prepared,' idea? And Christmas tells us how . the incredible wonder and power of the depth of himself.. ,He listened activities, that we have no place for are the symbol of the rejected parts to give. Those who have much and" we 'realize' that power in our own Christmas. 'The, same light and to the angel of his dream and he the Christ Child, when he comes, of us, the humble and ignored side are not prepared to give greatly lives> It. tells it, through living sym might which blazed out in Jesus of was spiritual' enough to believe and that we have,no place for God when of us, ihesimple,searching, rejected, never come to that place where, God. boIs-a young and obedient woman, Nazareth can and wish to break obey . . . as absurd as' it seemed: he would enter, our lives.' Busyriess part of us. It is to' this side' oflls is born in man. Yes, I said never. . . . 'a' strong and faithful husband, a, forth' in us. These characters are Joseph was a strong manjand later is not of thedevil"-itis the devil. that the message oC Christmas - And so the most simple,the shep- donkey and some miserable, shep living symbols which show us how helisteiIed'again and took the warne, Where' a life is completely full, God really appeals: There is no one t,oo herds, and the most intelligent and herds, threeastrologistsand their to have that power in our 'own lives. an and Child and fled by' night into' hasno'place to get in. A corripletely sirriple or depraved that he, cannot Eearching were ~both satisfied along blazing star ... and a stable. ' Frankly, unless the same reality exile into Egypt to' save the Child's busy person' is' more. effectively an enter the Christmas scene. It is the with the woman who' gave her will- Christmas tells us that all the obe which appeared in the world in the life. Believing strength which knows' tireligious: than the most violent comfortable and satisfied who· are ing obedience and also her husband dient and strong and searching a'nd events of the' first Christmas can' how to listen to the secret depth of atheist and one can even be busy more often'ruled out. who had the courage to ,stand by. simple may have the infinite power' also reappear in our lives, Christmas life and acts witheourage, this was with church activities and come to Thank heavens for the wise men, Where did they, all come, together? . of the' universe, born. in them no is not very important. .. . Under Joseph. There must be that in us' the same place:, the astrologists from the East. They , Where did they meet?, Where did matter what they are or have been. stand, please,' that just because ,i, which will protect our new spiritual , The shepherds - poor, stupid, in had, a hard time coming from the 'the power ',which lies behind the . This is quite a message! call 'these historical figures, sym~ life when it comes or else it will be effectual·' men"-the . outcasts." Again far reaches of Persia on the' other exploding star choose to' come forth , This' is ,Christmas-nothing .less-:- bolic, I am not saying they are not. destroyed. and our original obedience romance has, covered them'with a side of the world, but 'they, ;nwde it. asa man? Was it in a king's palace no wonder it'makes such an impact. ' really historicaL History can be will be in vain.. ,sheen of glamour. How would you The miserable shepherds were, right with hldies~ and gentlemen-inewait- What will you do about it?

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It's coldout,you're walking to the help the student' break out of that sity 'wQrks, the: College' members dining hall and, it's raining. You've 'role of University student. There,' engage in ritual 'celE?bration~ -", got your collar up, head down and comes, then, a need to identify with , 'Another grQup 'which coriducts its shculders into the wind, but it just a group which is 'distinct from the' affairs in such' a lighthearted man cuts through, the cold ancI the wet University, )ind in which the,' stu' ner, but which is "a branch ()f a na running down the back of your neck.' dents can associate with people of. tional .organization asopp()sed to be If you make it therein spite ()f South similar interests. ' ' " ing a spontaneous ; studEmfcreaiion, Bend's weather;" what good does it' The Imperial College of St.Jude~ i~ the Society-'f()r' Creative Anachron do you? End' of semester/end of is one of many esoteric soCieties ism, theN-otre Da~e chapter6eing budget dining hall food eaten among which' operate on campus." These known as the shire of Mithrandriel cr()wds of milling' zombies is all you societies are not, esotericin the sense Mardi. The mitionai organization' is get for your troubles. Christmas is tliat they have restricted member r'un' by a: board of' directors' in Cali close,: but soareexams,and the,'ship; indeed, most are open to any fornia, 'lovingly referred to" as the more you think about the short timeim~ all comers., They are esoteric in "Imperium.": A rion'profiteducatfonal arid long work left, the more it seems that they carry with them a unique organization; the):;ociety'is ' dedi that every other day in the semester identity, one which allows its mem cated to preserviilg life,' not as' it is going to be a desperate fight bers to see themselves as entities was, but ash sh()uld' have b'een in against deadlines and despair. At with some other, role than that of the Middle' Ages.'Its" members' re times ,like t!'lis, you :,,-:,onder why Notre Dame University _,Student. cr~ate'as : authentically :'3.S possible YOll're.a' college, student-:-:-why you Some'are official organs of studEmt the dress a'nd life:.stYl~s of people bring YO,urself here to get lost in a life, such as student publicati()~s or' whQ lived between 450 A.D. and whirl of faceless neurotics.'~:;, the theater, but the Imperiai'College 1640 AD.' Theydoj however, take The nature of college work/puts a and others ,to be discussed h'ere are advantage of modern conveniences' lot,pf pressure on the st,uden~ ~o get of a,~ore in!Qrmal nature., Their,ac such as zippers (very handy for th~grades, to be abkto et:l~ur.::.l6ng tivities, cover, wide areas .of .interest, keepingjerkins o'n) and flush 'toilets perio~s. i~L concentrated work and, some academically oriented, some (just plain very handy). espeCially, to maintain a, distinct historically, some socially, others ,Combat haVing-been an integral identity:' 'As the, semester w~ars on, recreationally. They all,' however, part of medieval life, Society mem books, tests and papers occupy, a contain ariessence QLritual, a're bers also traillin the use of wooden la~gerimd larger part oiihe ,stu- peated, formula ,of activity which replicas' of the broadsword, axe, dent'sroutine'.Olltsidellcdviti~sde- gives -,the' group, its' identity - and war hammer, ,mace,', dagger and a crease,' and, the, student's self seems brings its members together. whole array' of medieval armor; to llecom~ :define~ ,more, by- his role '"The Imperial College, of St. 'Jude Battles and wars are then held in as an LD. number on the Registrar's is dedicated :to the proposition that which members compete for awards' list that by.:his own actio~-andinte~- all students have a basic right to for achievement in such areas as action, with other human " b,eings. freedom' from the,- inertia, of aca music, needlework, brewery, armory, Alcoho~,- ~<;x:~nd,athle,i_ics ~re, us~d demhL ~ It was, ()riginated as a re alchemy and combat. The basic phi': I~ .losophy behind combat in the So I by many students, to "assert, their sponse to the pressure of the aca-, individuaiity, b'ui,~any,such, activo' demic workweek., Since Wednesday , ciety is that one should kill and not :,1 ities simply become manifestati~ns night'is the traditional work night hurt hisopponent~' Heavily padded Ii" of ,the '''NDtradition'':and, don't for 'students, the charter mem~ combatants smash each other with bers',of iheCoiiege decided tQ get :1 togeth~r__ on that night and celebrate. I!! Relaxing ,while most of the Univer~ ;,i" Ii !;

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wooden swords swung with all their lent swordsman himself, trains the A group of students 'led by senior Father Sorin Lunch Club. might, until one "kills" the other by shire m'embers in their sword han- Fred Antczak then became the new Last year, four seniors lived to striking a vulnerable area with the dling. That evening at 7: 00 p.m. they Wranglers., Last year Ed Martin gether: in a house off campus. Liv , edge or point of his sword. Although have a meeting inthe~La Fortune coordinated the group; and this year ing off campus' presented many many bruises and a few broken ballroom where subjects of histori- senior Pat Miskell is in charge of problems; among which was having bones have resulted from these cill . Interest'. and plans for future th(: cardboard' folder filled ,with to run home for lunch in between clashes, there have been no serious trips to tournaments and home-based '. papers and known as the Green Box. an ,l1MWF and a IMWF class. Com injuries in the 10,000-inember So- events are discussed. Among .other. 'The· move tb Louie's came this munication with one another was an ciety's ten-year history. . events, they are planning a night of year with Miskell. A problem the other problem since all four. had From the Imperium in California m~dieval entertainment, including group had had in attracting new 'classes scattered all over campus. the country is divided into five king~ minstr~lsy, dancing and miracle .' members \Vas that the formality of They began to use the statue of doms: the Eastern Kingdom, the plays; for some time next semester: ,the group had scared people away. Father Sorin as a bulletin board and Western Kingdom, the Southern Yet; even seventeenth-century Celts - The~.n'ewWrariglers are not inter- would lE~a~e notes for each other on Kingdom, the Kingdom of Etenveldt and twelfth:'century Frenchmen must ested ,'in any pseudo-intellectualism, the esteemed gentleman. The solu and the Middle or Dragon Kingdom., returntotwentieth~century Ameri-' just ill' sharing ideas outside of the tion to one problem became the solu The kingdoms are broken down into ca"back to: Notre Dame. '. shadow of organized classwork. tion to another, and they decided shires, our, shire of Mithrandriel Atot .The· " The Pen~ic Wars (so-called be- slogging away.' The side with the who meet twice each Saturday: Th~ cause the border, at which the two most men left alive (most recently first gathering comes at 2:00 p.m. L: : ". Green ';Box 'became'ametaphorfor ': kingdoms. fight runs through Penn- our' own Middle Kingdom) at the when they have weapons drill. Pro I. i Truth.: In the. Box,itwas said, was \.. Truth,: .and ,every paper submitted sylval1ia)" are fought .each Labor Day end· takes possession of the' Deba': fessor Lewis Soens, who .choreo~ table Lands. Then both sides, alive graphs all of the ND-SMC Theatre' [, workectiowards operiingit: , Every~ one knew:itwas impossiblE!,. but'they and dead, join 'for one last reveL swordfight scenes and is anexcel~' Whenever an individual joins the ,> tried anyway. . t'.. ' . SCA she chooses a persona, invents . ':. The' Green Bo,,'was lost and the' a character who lived in the Middle \:V{anglers fad~d out of the, picture. Ages and makes up a life history. : > Until; that is, Prof. Edward Goerner She is given a device with which' ',who·' hact 'been' a student. membe; . under. O'Malley~ revived it in 1973; ." . " . .' .;.,": 14 . SCHOLASTIC . ,.'- .. ' DECEMBER.5,· 1975 15

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SaturdaY,the club was open· for women, as "the best to be found largely student-run operation. In A Plumbing of the SeqioFBar business from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. Daily anywhere" on, campus. ' short, the Alumni Club had become happy. hours lasted from four to five Curiously, The Observer of May the Senior Bar. Fr. Dave Schlaver, in the afternoon. In addition to the 1, 1970, noted that the senior class, then Director of Student Activities, by Paul Starkey complete bar; the club served. sand in the euphoria of graduation cele noted that a shift in emphasis was a wiches .. brations, even considered employing major reason for the Alumni Asso Wednesday night finds a great offacilities;~sually, the s~~ior class' hours every afternoon. At the fall The house had recently been re playboy bunnies at the senior club, ciation's ,negative .attitude toward many seniors and "guests" congre- enjoyed a small share of the club's. opening of the club,. Witt promised:. modeled" and the senior class 'in Although the class at large was di the club. With the removal of gating in an old two-story brick profits. With the idea of.' taking all "Club, '69 will be ')something every vested some $3,200 of :.class funds vided on the issue, .the majority of Alumni support and the pl

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---~--'-:------sumed control of the Senior Club and of the club, the new fixtures, the believing I was doing a good job." ment experience" and a source of began a search for managers. "nightclub atmosphere," and the Nevertheless, the issue was moot. student income "at a high-cost Uni By mid-October, the Office of Stu specials on drinks all must have Under the co-management system, versity" for the Senior Club staff. dent Affairs had chosen William contributed to the club's early suc notably the leadership of Shanahan As general manager of the Senior "Butch" Smith as manager, Jim cess. Owners of nearby bars in as general manager, the Club ex- Bar, Gilt~kes 'ultimate responsibil Sweedykas' assistant manager, and South Bend, particularly Nickie's, 'perienced no further problems and ity for the Club, ,and concerns him': Jim Shan'ahan as business manager. Corby's and the recently established enjoyed a good, year. Five days be~ self with, the tota'l operation. Gil An "operating 'committee" made up Library, acknowledged some loss of fore the, end' of' spring semester; a outlined the general goals as ke~ping ofstuden't managers and members business, but expressed nO fears new manager was chosen 'and the tighter control. of operations" espe of the OSA was' created to set Club that the Senior Bar would have control of the ,Alumni-Senior Club cially, the books, promoting the at policy. OSA members were Dr.' "bad effects" on their business .. Also, moved into the hands of the Class mosphere of a chib and 'maintaining Robert Ackerman, then' Director of owners discounted rumors of a local of :'76. "a, good understanding", with ',' the Student Offairs, Dean of 'Students bar' boycott of, beer and vending 'Better organization: marks this University." " , " , " John Macheca ~rid Fr. Terry Lally, machine 'distributors that serviced year's Senior Club as different On • the. subject, of the books, from those of- the past. Gil Johnson; Vice~President 'for, Student Affairs. the Senior Bar. Gil note'd"that prior to the Shana The) OSA,' largely concerned with In the light of this initial success; an accountancy major from New han -'administration, bar managers the new image of, the Senior Bar 'as wmething rather unexpected hap~ Jersey, serves as the, Club's general had' failed to, keep any records of manager. ':Gil 'oversees the total a 'club,l~ft much 9f the 'physical pened; Within two . weeks of the transactions.... Gil's ,brief experience management 'of the club in student Club's opening date, club' manager operation ' of" the Club, keeps the as general manager, has, ,convinced hands; but sought' to "have an in Butch Smith was fired. Sweedyk books, and takes ultimate respon him "of, ,the "'need, to keep ,accurate fluence'in the 'direction of the club.", and Shanahan moved into Smith's sibility for' the, Club's successes or books." ',He mepi~oned that item~zed failures. ,Two assistant managers , Renovation and "red tape' in the statements of ,account from the ,Uni help out with the general operation versity ,'have: shown discrepancies costs involved, Gil specifically noted Wedl}esday nights when it's wall change of the license" further de of the Club and each ,one heads a layed the opening ,of the club. Stu-, and, in 'some cases, the, 'Club may the ~~upkeep ~f fixtures'~" and sal to-wall people" suggests to him that special "department;~~ , ,: 'Maureen have, been paying for goods not or aries., One unforesE?en expenditure people are happy with the, Club's dEmt Bod),' Vice President Bob Spann Creighton, .. in finance,' serves as and s'enior, Ray Capp, headed the derect. There .is:difficulty in keeping, this year" he pointed out; ,was the ma'nagement. He also pointed to the Club manager. Steve Infalt;anac accunite accounts, "especially be'; addition 'of a $3,000, fire escape. Re Senior Bar's popularity, because 'of renovation project. With $1,500 'from countancy major;; manages the "bar the 'savings of .the '74 bar and a lot cause we try to account for every quired by.the fire marshal, the chib low prices and the attempt to main-, aspect", of the Club. 'Also,', this year pe'nny.'" Recalling his late appoint-, either had to pay for the ladder or tain "a comfortable club atmo-, of V'olllliteer' work7"some, 2,000 'man 'marks a, change' in the Club's re hours.,----the "Senior Bar received a ment as manager i~ Maya~dsubse:' close down operations.' Going; to; sphere." He sees no problem with lationship , with ' the 'OSA; The quent "on the spot" training, Gil, the Administration with the argu crowd behavior, or underage drink new look:. Newflooring',carpeti~g "operating committee" is no lo'nger ,upstairs,'painting,wall-paneling, a talked of plans to give future mana ment that the University should pay ing: . "We run: it pretty tight.'.', in: existence" and Club 'managers Finally, he commented on, the par lowered ceiling, and a, new music gers, ;,'better. preparation through. for major physical improvements, meet' with a faculty advisor, as earlier appointments and a training made on its property, Gil was told, ticula~ "closeness" of the Senior system, among other renovations, sistant professor. of ' accountancy greatiy changed the' Bar's former program" before the end of spring , that the' Senior Club, in exchange Class and its positive ~ffects on. the KennethW. Milani,; and' Fr. Terry term. ' for free 'rent, was" responsible for, Club, The, Bar, is a "social, thing. , i~age of ;'cracked walls, beer-~tained Lally, 'who continues to act as liaison ,'Gil projected: an optimistic outl~ok such' improvements., Other' expendi It's a good crowd.. Nobody gets out floors." In addition to the bar, the to the University. for the Club's finances. At present, tures for fixtures came earlier in the of hand." Gil senses, an . attitude :of first floor rooms housed a pool table. Professor Milani' discussed ,the , the,Clubjs "operating in the red," year with,plumbing problems in the, pride in the' ClUb. "It's their place." pinball and, other game machines, change in.the new club: "We it . but he predicted a substantial profit basement and damages by' patrons club Manager Maureen' Creighton and'a small area for, dancing. Two tacked it from an organizational by May. The, size of the Club's debt to the house., , ' ,', " ' sh~res Gil's satisfaction, ,with the, more', rooms, were "up the stairs." level." Milani, noted that:there was came as' an,unhappy surprise to the In reference to qamage done to Club and notes that it "surpassed , The "tavern," unlike the "stand-up , , "not, much 'of, a transition" for Gil managers, he reported. ,Although the Club, he sought to downplay the anything I tho~ght we' couid do." ,bar~', -- downstairs, had, tables and . position as "co-managers." Dean as Club manager.; Milani admitted they had been warned by last year's rep()rts of recent Observer· articles Maureen, 'with the distinction' of chairs. In a quieter atmosphere, the , Macheca,. offering little comment some initial problems withithe Club managers that the Club had in whi~h catalogue some $200 worth being the first wo~an' 'to have a.' upstairs bar served wine and cheese, on the matter, termed Smith's sUd- organization, but added,; "Things curred.a $2,00Ci'debt, University ac-: of theft and damage to the Bar, in: manager's role in, the, Senior Bar, dark beer and lllalt, liquor.' , The den removal "a personneL thing." pretty well pulled together." Jim co~nts' revealed the true' amount of eluding ,the $75 ,loss of a stole describes her job as ,"establishing "coffeehouse,": the, room across the l1 According to' Fr. Lally" Smith's Shanahan, Milani, stated, did "a the debt, collecting over a pei-iod 'of stereo speaker. "There is no real the philosophy' of .the Club", arid d,e hall, offere There, above the altar,' role as little girls do with their ' were. listening to Easy Aces. on the' we see Him we will be like Him, though he were· guarding jewels. At was the God with nails' in His flesh: dolls, she wanted to pick Him up radio when, my grandmother ,came for we shall see Him as He is., And the center of. it all was the Lord Theimage was carved out of a rich; and hold Him. int6the room clutching a paper He is not like this ... ' this is junkJ" Jesus; and the woodwork of the brown wood; and there 'was a halo· . The whole chapel scene was bag. My sister,' in tears, was behind _ My:sister said:, "Please, Daddy ... oxes' stall seemed to form.a cross .. of gold about the Lord's head that" designed, to breathe a reverence and her. if He had a little,straw to sleep on, toward which 'His little hands were contradicted the 'shame of the a belief into'the heart of·a child.'· . .'~Jerry," my grandmother said, and.'we could get some camels and·; reaching: . metallic :thorns;. '. The oxen and the sheep and the ;,'turn off that. radio. I've got some snow, and a ,roof for His. head, .. My grandmother didn't come to .' I think I' knew then that the shepherds looked exactly as im thing to show you.": Then; opening maybe we could make Him com~ visit us that Christmas, but she," Catholic God with wounds and pressed and devout as they ought to the shopping bag, my grandmother fortable and beautiful and looking hea'rd of my sister's· happiness on blood that· stained the wood would have looked in that timeless scene said: "Look.at what Barbara has like He was .in church.': that blessed day. My grandmother always be more real to me than;~.:' when the King of heaven meets the , .bought." There on a coffee table; like . My father said:: "Your grand-, wept, my mother said, when she the Friend we had in Jesus who·.' Magian kings of earth.' The snow a salesman presenting his wares, she mother is right. ThisIs .the worst· heard' how my sister wept at the lived in . sunshine at the;Protestaiit on the ground' outside the stable' laid, out 'the items of my sister's kind of religious junk, .and I.don't Christmas manger; My sister was a : Sunday School. My mood of wonder looked as white as snow.would, shopping: one. garishly. painted, want my children thinking that the delicate child; and we all knew my . was a child's mood, not a mystic's, ; 'Rev. R~b~rt Griffin. hope to look if iihad just fallen; plaster of. Paris statue of Mary, Son of God looks· like any goddamn grandmother loved her very much. but I must· have stood there for five in honor of God. . ,.'" whose golden halo had run its dime-store Jesus." , The next day when we went to my minutes' watching. that crucifix ,to ,Church seemed to us in our innocence As !lly sister and 1 walked home color .into her face; one very. brown : . You couldn't argue with my' grandmother's homi'e,' we found the see if it· would move> Finally,' I ' like:a window freshly opened onto' from· the church to' listen' to Tom statue of St. Joseph, whose golden father when he was in a mood like Woolworth Jesus, Mary and Joseph realized my. sister was trying to' thewonders belonging to the. birth Mix on the radio, we agreed 'we halo had run into the brown of his that. My weeping sister ,.was led under her Christmas tree. But she. move me away.. day of Christ.. Everything that the: . should not mention' to our parents beard; one verY,baby Jesus, whose off by my, iconoclastic grand had taken each figure and had most "Come on over here," she said, ,; Gospel speaks' of seemed to be :.• ' . that we had ':visited Catholic . golden halo had halfway melted, . mother, . smashing down images,' carefully. repainted it so that there "and see them." . represented in that side chapel, and pfemises .. Visiting Catholic churches on His,.curls; one small wooden with her tongue in echoes from Holy were no dripping haloes and. no " She led me, to a side chapel that' .there were other' show-stoppers' as" was something that we,' as " rack that served as a manger to the Writ. At-my. father's.direction, I garish colors; but even she, in her" she, must have been~xploring. well.: There was a little lame' 1 Protestant children, were' not; stip-' Child; 'two rather sickly', sheep, ' gathered Mary,' Joseph and the love for her granddaughter; couldn't "Look," she said, and she was shepherd boy, for example, walking posed to' do .. As Republican children, that looked as though they young 'un into the ' shopping bag, . entirely redeem the dime-store. smiling with happiness. The scene" on a crutch ;in those days,. he be we were not supposed,tospeakwell: hacl lost, their way through the and left them in his room. I : ' ugliness. ,I thought to myself: there that delighted her was the camels . ·longed more· to the pages of Henry' of President; Roosevelt, 'either, ,,~ . valley; and a shepherd bearing a wondered if he would give them to ' is a look on His face as though He and shepherds, the Magi and sheep" Van Dyke'than he did to the Gospel though no one hadever"said we:: lamb on his back as though it ,were, the same Catholics he had given:_ were already feeling the -nails in· on their knees before a baby laid'· of Luke or the Amahl of the Menotti . mustn't. .But oui parents never spoke a hump growing ,out of his shoulder. the rosary tO,and whether my His.hands. on straw, while· his father and· ". opera; butno m'atter' where he well of, Mr.. Roosevelt, although my . ,My grandmother's comment was: father minded if, Catholic. kids My grandmother said, as if to '; . mother ,watched him with· adoring' came' from, he was there rejoicing.,: mother liked' him better than iny "Catholic junk. Ugly, Catholic thought the Son of God looked like explain 'her compromise of the' glances: It was probably the. first It seems to me now that the Little ,. : father did; and as Protestanf and junk." a goddamn' dime-store, Jesus. " directives of Scripture: "Christmas . time either of us had ever seen .. ; Drummer Boy was there, thollgh' he Republican children;' we could figure ,My fa ther'said to, my, sister: , Three days later, it was Christ is a blessing. that should bring us ". the, Holy Family together in a pose was many years away from· be" ' out where our duties lay; , ','Isn't it .really .very awful ?Do you mas. I was ready, to celebrate, but together." I think her words were like that, in a presentation much' coming part 'of the' Christmas' In the next few days, I might have really think that Christmas looks' my. sister wasn't.~ She was moping intended to include the Catholics; more real than the printed pictures ' legend; lam sure that some child: forgotten that Nativity scene en like that?" . around the house ,like a grieving . Merry Christmas from Darby on a Christmas card.. The Christmas was there with drums.' After manYi tirely, if' my: sister hadn't' kept I "It's all that I had the, money fawn. None of us could get a smile O'Gill and me. , , 24 . SCHOLASTIC I DECEMBER'5, 1975 25 .~. than a little frightened.' "I don't Creche was not part of our religious many years, one imagines too much, reminding me of it. "Remember that for,"my'siste~ said. "Any~ay, the out of her, nor would she 'sing a think we're supposed to, "she said. tradition. The public" schools never' but I surely remember that the littlest lamb," she would say, "I baby Jesus could never be ugly. His Christmas carol, and she seemed I didn't think we were supposed to . had creches. The public schools • Grinch and the red-nosed Rudolph think he was happiest of them all." father and mother wouldn't let Him to have lost all interest in gifts. either; but for we~ks I had been celebrated Christmas with decorated and Ebenezer Scrooge were there I couldn't remember the littlest be." She started to cry 'again. "I' Orr Christmas Eve,' we all helped thinking of God nailed to a cross, trees and paper bells and thin, blue on their knees, offering gifts to the lamb, but I would answer, "He wish you wouldn't say the baby decorate the tree, and she rather with a crown of thorns on His head. little books of Christmas carols Christmas Child. wouldn't have been happier than Jesus is ugly, Daddy. Maybe he just listlessly hung tinsel on the ever I had to look at Him again, though printed by the John Hancock 1n- I know, in that week b,efore me, if I had been there." isn't comfortable. But please green branches. She had always I wasn't sure we wouldn't be ar ,surance Company. Department . Christmas, the Magi were there as , "'Bu t you were there," she said. don't say He's ugly, Daddy." been known as the best tinsel hanger rested for trespassing. stores and tlie civic 'community may' ' handsome ceramic figures'. There Tricks of . the imagination were I thought· of the crucifix show-, in the family; but that year, I had "Come on," I said, and I dragged have used nativity scenes as part was, a night sky filled with stars, never a. problem for my sister. ' ing God with nails in His hands. to go around straightening out every her after me into an empty church. of their holiday observance,but my, and the brightest star of all was . On Saturday, my grandmother "God can't be very comfortable ' one of her:tangled strands ... Inside the church,' it was very sister and I had either never seen blessing the Infant with its light. took us to Woolworth's to do our like that," I said to myself. "At least We didn't seethe tree again until dark, but there was light coming in them or never paid attention to There were angels everywhere, Christmas shopping.. In order to a baby Jesus doesn't have holes in Christmas morning. At five o'clock, through the blue glass of the them, though the latter doesn't seem some of them in'places where they keep our, selection of gifts secret, His ,hands."· " . I awoke the family; and in the early windows. There were candles burn likely. Later on, we would par- hadn't ought to be, with one little we were allowed. to wander by our My .. grandmother said: '''Barbara morning darkness, we went into the ing in little red cups, and there was ticipate in those church pageants cherub hiding under the manger selves around the store, each trying dear, the Lord doesn't. want us living room where Santa's. gifts a smell of incense hanging in the where youngsters like us would bed. Best· of all, of course, there to avoid the other, picking out making'statues of Him. The· Lord were waiting. There, under the. air. I didn't know it was incense, present living tableaux of the scenes was the Baby Jesus looking like, presents. At the end of the hour, hates it when we make statues of lights of the Christmas tree, be of course; it just seemed like a at Bethlehem. But whatever our everybody's favorite··infant.I we wereto,meet; if we had finished Him. Statues are like graven images neath a snow-covered roof thatched Catholic : church smell. It would earlier or later experience was or don't know why He was placed in our shopping, we would go to visit, and God'said graven images'are an . with, evergreen, were the most always be a Catholic church smell ,would be, the manger in St. Joseph's the manger so much in advance of Santa Claus in his department store abomination unto Him. Catholics exquisitely carved Bethlehem. for me, even in later years when His birthday; but perhaps the school toyland. i:" , nezd graven images to worship God figures I have·ever.seen.: Mary was I knew about rituals like Benedic sisters had been, celebrating with :. That is why neither my· grand with, and they are displeasing to.: . there as virgin .and mother, looking tion of the Blessed Sacrament and the children before everyone left mother nor I knew what my sister their ,Father who will' not be Catholic and Protestant and Jewish, the incense that was offered to the school for the holidays.' Anyway, had bought until that evening when worshiped. under.' the. form. of, cor all at the same' time, the universal. Host .of the monstrance. " Jesus was there·as a laughing baby my grandmother was helping each ruptible things. We have Jesus in mother .of earth. Joseph was there We walked down the middle boy, 'and my sister, was' sighing at child ~with his or her gift wrapping. our hearts, and we give Him a name as the young patriarch piously aisle.' of the; church to the Com-' Him as tliough, playing the mother' lremember that·my.father and I ; that is above every name, and when. watching, . standing' at attention as. munion rail> There, above the altar,' role as little girls do with their ' were. listening to Easy Aces. on the' we see Him we will be like Him, though he were· guarding jewels. At was the God with nails' in His flesh: dolls, she wanted to pick Him up radio when, my grandmother ,came for we shall see Him as He is., And the center of. it all was the Lord Theimage was carved out of a rich; and hold Him. int6the room clutching a paper He is not like this ... ' this is junkJ" Jesus; and the woodwork of the brown wood; and there 'was a halo· . The whole chapel scene was bag. My sister,' in tears, was behind _ My:sister said:, "Please, Daddy ... oxes' stall seemed to form.a cross .. of gold about the Lord's head that" designed, to breathe a reverence and her. if He had a little,straw to sleep on, toward which 'His little hands were contradicted the 'shame of the a belief into'the heart of·a child.'· . .'~Jerry," my grandmother said, and.'we could get some camels and·; reaching: . metallic :thorns;. '. The oxen and the sheep and the ;,'turn off that. radio. I've got some snow, and a ,roof for His. head, .. My grandmother didn't come to .' I think I' knew then that the shepherds looked exactly as im thing to show you.": Then; opening maybe we could make Him com~ visit us that Christmas, but she," Catholic God with wounds and pressed and devout as they ought to the shopping bag, my grandmother fortable and beautiful and looking hea'rd of my sister's· happiness on blood that· stained the wood would have looked in that timeless scene said: "Look.at what Barbara has like He was .in church.': that blessed day. My grandmother always be more real to me than;~.:' when the King of heaven meets the , .bought." There on a coffee table; like . My father said:: "Your grand-, wept, my mother said, when she the Friend we had in Jesus who·.' Magian kings of earth.' The snow a salesman presenting his wares, she mother is right. ThisIs .the worst· heard' how my sister wept at the lived in . sunshine at the;Protestaiit on the ground' outside the stable' laid, out 'the items of my sister's kind of religious junk, .and I.don't Christmas manger; My sister was a : Sunday School. My mood of wonder looked as white as snow.would, shopping: one. garishly. painted, want my children thinking that the delicate child; and we all knew my . was a child's mood, not a mystic's, ; 'Rev. R~b~rt Griffin. hope to look if iihad just fallen; plaster of. Paris statue of Mary, Son of God looks· like any goddamn grandmother loved her very much. but I must· have stood there for five in honor of God. . ,.'" whose golden halo had run its dime-store Jesus." , The next day when we went to my minutes' watching. that crucifix ,to ,Church seemed to us in our innocence As !lly sister and 1 walked home color .into her face; one very. brown : . You couldn't argue with my' grandmother's homi'e,' we found the see if it· would move> Finally,' I ' like:a window freshly opened onto' from· the church to' listen' to Tom statue of St. Joseph, whose golden father when he was in a mood like Woolworth Jesus, Mary and Joseph realized my. sister was trying to' thewonders belonging to the. birth Mix on the radio, we agreed 'we halo had run into the brown of his that. My weeping sister ,.was led under her Christmas tree. But she. move me away.. day of Christ.. Everything that the: . should not mention' to our parents beard; one verY,baby Jesus, whose off by my, iconoclastic grand had taken each figure and had most "Come on over here," she said, ,; Gospel speaks' of seemed to be :.• ' . that we had ':visited Catholic . golden halo had halfway melted, . mother, . smashing down images,' carefully. repainted it so that there "and see them." . represented in that side chapel, and pfemises .. Visiting Catholic churches on His,.curls; one small wooden with her tongue in echoes from Holy were no dripping haloes and. no " She led me, to a side chapel that' .there were other' show-stoppers' as" was something that we,' as " rack that served as a manger to the Writ. At-my. father's.direction, I garish colors; but even she, in her" she, must have been~xploring. well.: There was a little lame' 1 Protestant children, were' not; stip-' Child; 'two rather sickly', sheep, ' gathered Mary,' Joseph and the love for her granddaughter; couldn't "Look," she said, and she was shepherd boy, for example, walking posed to' do .. As Republican children, that looked as though they young 'un into the ' shopping bag, . entirely redeem the dime-store. smiling with happiness. The scene" on a crutch ;in those days,. he be we were not supposed,tospeakwell: hacl lost, their way through the and left them in his room. I : ' ugliness. ,I thought to myself: there that delighted her was the camels . ·longed more· to the pages of Henry' of President; Roosevelt, 'either, ,,~ . valley; and a shepherd bearing a wondered if he would give them to ' is a look on His face as though He and shepherds, the Magi and sheep" Van Dyke'than he did to the Gospel though no one hadever"said we:: lamb on his back as though it ,were, the same Catholics he had given:_ were already feeling the -nails in· on their knees before a baby laid'· of Luke or the Amahl of the Menotti . mustn't. .But oui parents never spoke a hump growing ,out of his shoulder. the rosary tO,and whether my His.hands. on straw, while· his father and· ". opera; butno m'atter' where he well of, Mr.. Roosevelt, although my . ,My grandmother's comment was: father minded if, Catholic. kids My grandmother said, as if to '; . mother ,watched him with· adoring' came' from, he was there rejoicing.,: mother liked' him better than iny "Catholic junk. Ugly, Catholic thought the Son of God looked like explain 'her compromise of the' glances: It was probably the. first It seems to me now that the Little ,. : father did; and as Protestanf and junk." a goddamn' dime-store, Jesus. " directives of Scripture: "Christmas . time either of us had ever seen .. ; Drummer Boy was there, thollgh' he Republican children;' we could figure ,My fa ther'said to, my, sister: , Three days later, it was Christ is a blessing. that should bring us ". the, Holy Family together in a pose was many years away from· be" ' out where our duties lay; , ','Isn't it .really .very awful ?Do you mas. I was ready, to celebrate, but together." I think her words were like that, in a presentation much' coming part 'of the' Christmas' In the next few days, I might have really think that Christmas looks' my. sister wasn't.~ She was moping intended to include the Catholics; more real than the printed pictures ' legend; lam sure that some child: forgotten that Nativity scene en like that?" . around the house ,like a grieving . Merry Christmas from Darby on a Christmas card.. The Christmas was there with drums.' After manYi tirely, if' my: sister hadn't' kept I "It's all that I had the, money fawn. None of us could get a smile O'Gill and me. , , 24 . SCHOLASTIC I DECEMBER'5, 1975 25 .~. edited by J. Robert Baker Tantalizing Tales fro'm Tiny Tim The following 'excerpts are taken glue the doors shut.(Fr: Burtchaell Q. Why not a room somewhere in frorn the complaint book in the lobby could help you.) Declare' the entire the library, quiet, and furnished with by Mary Reher of the 'library's second floor. Scho University persona nOn grata on the couches, where one could nap? lastic is indebted to Antonie L. 14th 'floor-including the President A. Aw, c'mon! Mary'Reher is a junior American Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present low in the street, "'I don't know Balcer for 'Permission to reprint these and P~ovost.' Don't know what this Comment. University of Chicago has Studies major from Downers Grove, and Future would just leave him anything. I'm quite a baby. Never selections. would accomplish, but it makes as the above for commuters, with at Illinois. alone. At the beginning of the story, mind. I don't care. I'd rather be a much sense as anything else, includ tendants yet! Picture the ruddy glow of air Scrooge is a true success; a fine baby. Hallo! Whoop!'" Definitely Q. 'Why are there no Coke machines ing the pre~ent closed-door policy. warming a Christmas fire flaming figure of a self-made man, not un not your James Bond breed. on' the 14th floor? I get awfully , 5. Use it to throw weekly beer Q. Michigan State has the world's in the hearth; Chestnuts on the fire like our dear Ben 'Franklin, who Moving-on to(,a distinctly different 'thirsty when I study up there late at blasts for the dining-hall workers. largest collection of comic books. sputtering, and, cracking noisily. built a thriving business through approach to:A' Ohristmas Carol, let night after' the library has closed They need a little fun too. But Will the ND library ever catch up? Puddings steaming of warmth, not thrift and long hours of honest hard us get down to symbolism, every down and all >there is is Fr. you'd better' do SOMETHiNG!! Re A. 12 September. of chill. 'Such is the picture Charles work. As Dickens observes,' "Oh! English major's pet fetish. Burtchaell's Boone's Farm Straw member, when the revolution comes I sincerely doubt it. , Dickens' gives in his nf:!w work, A But he was a tight-fisted hand at the Picture the fire, Picture the chest berry Hill. When' do you intend to the 14th floor will be the first to go!! Christmas' Carol. grindstone, Scrooge!, hard and sharp nuts. ,Picture the pUdding. Picture do something to correct this' atro A.nother" suggestion: 'Change the Q. With'so inany~people gathering Who is this Charles Dickens to as flint," a levelheaded man of busi~ Jerry Ford Scrooge pinching Bob cious situation? And no milk ma name of the 14th floor to the 15th at the 9 p.ni~ hour iri the second speak of Christmas? He could never ness. Scrooge was born with the Cratchit's pennies on the streets of chines either!! floor. Hence no more 14th-floor prob floor lobby, you should consider cov be more mistaken ,than to believe makings of an aggressive Howard New York City. Charles Dickens A. 24 October: lem. Absolutely brilliant! ering the floor with white sand and Christmas means nothing but joyous Hughes. has actually created political es a You're complaining, to the' wrong Or: Eliminate one of the lower installing sun lamps, so all time' is times-singing carols to red-faced, Not only is Scrooge 'aggressive, he say, commenting on the financial people. 13 floors, such as the sixth floor, not for mi.ught. ' , cheery lamplighters in snowy cob also is a fine upstanding gentleman future of New York. 'So move over, which is' another problem floor. That A'. 20 September. , ',. ' blestonestreets. Although such an of respectable stock at the onset of Richard Brautigan; step aside, Kurt Q. Ahh! Arrgh! HELP! please re way the 14th floor becomes the 13th. A very' intriguing proposition. In illusion of Christmas may be' com~ the tale. Acting with culture, he Vonnegui:Dickens has moved into spond. Or: Remove the 14th' floor com fact, it has all sorts of potential, not forting, and delightful,' Christmas is substitutes' a: dilute six-letter "hum satire, too. He has titled the story, A.? pletely and 'relocate it on top of the only for students, but for the library not a holiday to relax and chat with bug" for more, colorful four~letter A Christmas Carol, but it -will un Golden.Dome. Why not? ,Burtchaell staff. A little piped-in sound of waves old-time friends, sipping flaming curses, which I shall leave to your doubtedly be more popularly known Q. Can you tell me if Connie thinks he's God anyway..... lapping on a beach to help drown out brandy ,and devouring goose. Christ~ imagination. It seems that,Scrooge's and 'loved in the future' as Abe the talking, the sound of gulls mas is not, contrary to his belief,a potential knows no bounds. _ Beame's Swan Song.! Steveris was strangled? A. 30 October. , A'No. God-Bless-Us-Everyone time. Then come the Spirits of Christ , , At the onset of the story,' Jerry What fascinating suggestions-with screaming~ops! That's not gulls, all sorts' of possibilities. ' that's the' library administration Surely Dickens, at one time or an mas. The three ghosts-Past, Pres Ford Scrooge refuses to supplement screaming that it would be cheap ex, other, must have wasted a 54-hour ent and Future-proceed to corrupt the meager salary' of Bob Cratchit, Q. Dear Mrs. Baker, to physically carry the "people gath day shopping 'for a nonexistent gift, his standards overnight on Christ a struggling" Manhattan business You, never answered my question Q. Why is, there a God,' and why ered" to La Fortune"where they while being, crowd-carted down mas Eve and warp his competitive man, to help allay the urban fam about thelibrarY's~'nokegs" policy. This was nodo be taken in jest. If I don't I know.. everything? (In 15 claim the socializing ,belongs. Can't State Street in' Chicago the day spirit into a happy~go-lucky, every ily's excessive debts.: He suggests, say it wasn't a good try, though. ' after .' Thanksgiving. 'Jockeying thing-is-glorious, half-crazed' fool. ,however; that they fend for-them throw a party upon the' 6th floor, words or less please.) around the bargain counter,., buck How else can you explain a man selves as best as they can; Scrooge keep it in', between, bookcases and A. ,H*See below. ing crowds to snatch the best buy suddenly 'falling in love with his observes, " 'It's not my business. It's have a' guest list (no hard drugs, or Q. What is the purpose of having a in striped hot water bottles; for door knocker? "'I shall love it as enough for a man to understand his priests allowed), what then is the Q. What is the meaning of Life? 14th floor when only certain elitist 'grandma never fails to draw out the long as I live!' 'cried Scrooge, pat own business and not to interfere problem?, Is this so unreasonable? Also what were the principal causes bourgeoise are allowed to use it? Does this not imply ,some sort, of Yuletide spirit in people.. This is ting it, with his hand., 'I scarcely with other people's ... if they would As ,I have previously said, you too of the Crimean War? . , Christmas! ever looked at it before. What' an rather die, they had better do it and are invited. (Use both sides if necessary.) acceptance of favoritism" discrimina~ Scrooge misses this completely honest expression it has in its face! decrease the surplus populatiori.' " 'A. 29 October. A. H*See below. tion of the proletariat, "all men are he never learns the skill of shopping .'It's a wonderful knocker!' " Strarige However, in Dickens' tale, the en Lknow what a disappointment this not created equal," and, the like? in, mobs to grab the ideal gift for . . . very strange. tire crisis is resolved 'by the' ap will, be to you, but I'm afraid you Q. True or False-How many rooms Have you ever read Animal Farm? some obscure relative. He does not Upon hearing the Christmas bells pearance of three ghosts, Christmas have us mixed up with another does the library have? If so, why Get off your duffs. Rally against the realize that every December people's pealing to' celebrate the birth, of Past, Present and Future, who liter "Library." not? domineering forms of bosses: Burt friendly handshakes, move up the Christ, Scrooge goes berserk" jump ally scare Scrooge into his senses so A. l(:''''''Manifestation of midterm chaeli and Hesburgh. What kin~ arm to elbow-jabs and' shoulder ing around the room and describing that he parts with a portion 'of his Q, Suggestions for the perennial malaise seem to be surfacing. We of a person would permit such an blocks, which somehow prove more the chimes as, "lusty.',' Or perhaps immense, wealth, to help the down problem oUhe 14th floor: sympathize. unacceptable social doctrine? Do effeCtive in cutting through waiting it is Dickens who is insane for im trodden Cratchits of New York. So, 1; ,Remove it entirely from, the unto others as you would have lines. ,To' Scrooge, Christmas shop agining such a scene. In either case, help is on the way after all,New buildi~g and use it as a roof to keep Q. Icannot believe that a library of them do, unto you. Love thy neigh ping entails no more than casually it is obviously, an eccentrie reaction York. Simply have patience' and the rain off, the reflecting pool. Thir this "caliber" does not have a sub- - bor as thyself. What do you ,think calling out the window to a' passing for an eccentric character' created keep a' watchful' eye on 'the next teen floors are enough really. scription to Women.'s Wear Daily, Jesus would have to say about such neighbor boy to buy the fleshiest by an eccentric author; after all, December, for when the spirits step 2. Raffle off a key, to it. Good way which, contrary, topopularbelief,is a ridiculous situation? Or Buddha turkey at the market' and charge it how many people can sincerely find into the world, you will have" no to make money. a business', rather than,_a fashion for that matter? Or even Dean ,Roe-, to his account. 'Where is the chal passion in a church chime on Christ more worries. " :3, Hold an open house sometime. magazine. Why not? ' mer? All men are created equal, but lenge in that? : (Of course, the store mas morning?, Quasi, modo, you, In the meantime, Jerry F. Scrooge When everyone sees that all there A. 17 October. some men' are, more equal than just happens ,to conveniently open say? should' listen, with caution for "a is up there is a lounge, ,kitchen and The University Libraries do not others. Fascist pigs! Crucify them! at dawn on Christmas morning ~to Suppose the spirits had never clanking noise, deep, down ' below; storage space, maybe the ',' interest select serial titles for purchase. Revolt! garner some last-minute sales). visited 'Scrooge. In all likelihood, as if some' person were dragging a will die, down. " Please 'take your suggestion 'to an A. 28 October. ' , Scrooge might, possibly , master he would never have shouted out the heavy chain' over the casks in the . 4. Close it off entirely, change all appropriate teaching department for Please, refer to pages 15, 20, back the true Christmas psyche, if" the window to bewildered strangers be~ wine-merchant's cellar." ' the locks, disconnect the elevators, their consideration. of page 24 and p. 25.

26 SCHOLASTIC 'DECEMBER 5, 1975 27 edited by J. Robert Baker Tantalizing Tales fro'm Tiny Tim The following 'excerpts are taken glue the doors shut.(Fr: Burtchaell Q. Why not a room somewhere in frorn the complaint book in the lobby could help you.) Declare' the entire the library, quiet, and furnished with by Mary Reher of the 'library's second floor. Scho University persona nOn grata on the couches, where one could nap? lastic is indebted to Antonie L. 14th 'floor-including the President A. Aw, c'mon! Mary'Reher is a junior American Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present low in the street, "'I don't know Balcer for 'Permission to reprint these and P~ovost.' Don't know what this Comment. University of Chicago has Studies major from Downers Grove, and Future would just leave him anything. I'm quite a baby. Never selections. would accomplish, but it makes as the above for commuters, with at Illinois. alone. At the beginning of the story, mind. I don't care. I'd rather be a much sense as anything else, includ tendants yet! Picture the ruddy glow of air Scrooge is a true success; a fine baby. Hallo! Whoop!'" Definitely Q. 'Why are there no Coke machines ing the pre~ent closed-door policy. warming a Christmas fire flaming figure of a self-made man, not un not your James Bond breed. on' the 14th floor? I get awfully , 5. Use it to throw weekly beer Q. Michigan State has the world's in the hearth; Chestnuts on the fire like our dear Ben 'Franklin, who Moving-on to(,a distinctly different 'thirsty when I study up there late at blasts for the dining-hall workers. largest collection of comic books. sputtering, and, cracking noisily. built a thriving business through approach to:A' Ohristmas Carol, let night after' the library has closed They need a little fun too. But Will the ND library ever catch up? Puddings steaming of warmth, not thrift and long hours of honest hard us get down to symbolism, every down and all >there is is Fr. you'd better' do SOMETHiNG!! Re A. 12 September. of chill. 'Such is the picture Charles work. As Dickens observes,' "Oh! English major's pet fetish. Burtchaell's Boone's Farm Straw member, when the revolution comes I sincerely doubt it. , Dickens' gives in his nf:!w work, A But he was a tight-fisted hand at the Picture the fire, Picture the chest berry Hill. When' do you intend to the 14th floor will be the first to go!! Christmas' Carol. grindstone, Scrooge!, hard and sharp nuts. ,Picture the pUdding. Picture do something to correct this' atro A.nother" suggestion: 'Change the Q. With'so inany~people gathering Who is this Charles Dickens to as flint," a levelheaded man of busi~ Jerry Ford Scrooge pinching Bob cious situation? And no milk ma name of the 14th floor to the 15th at the 9 p.ni~ hour iri the second speak of Christmas? He could never ness. Scrooge was born with the Cratchit's pennies on the streets of chines either!! floor. Hence no more 14th-floor prob floor lobby, you should consider cov be more mistaken ,than to believe makings of an aggressive Howard New York City. Charles Dickens A. 24 October: lem. Absolutely brilliant! ering the floor with white sand and Christmas means nothing but joyous Hughes. has actually created political es a You're complaining, to the' wrong Or: Eliminate one of the lower installing sun lamps, so all time' is times-singing carols to red-faced, Not only is Scrooge 'aggressive, he say, commenting on the financial people. 13 floors, such as the sixth floor, not for mi.ught. ' , cheery lamplighters in snowy cob also is a fine upstanding gentleman future of New York. 'So move over, which is' another problem floor. That A'. 20 September. , ',. ' blestonestreets. Although such an of respectable stock at the onset of Richard Brautigan; step aside, Kurt Q. Ahh! Arrgh! HELP! please re way the 14th floor becomes the 13th. A very' intriguing proposition. In illusion of Christmas may be' com~ the tale. Acting with culture, he Vonnegui:Dickens has moved into spond. Or: Remove the 14th' floor com fact, it has all sorts of potential, not forting, and delightful,' Christmas is substitutes' a: dilute six-letter "hum satire, too. He has titled the story, A.? pletely and 'relocate it on top of the only for students, but for the library not a holiday to relax and chat with bug" for more, colorful four~letter A Christmas Carol, but it -will un Golden.Dome. Why not? ,Burtchaell staff. A little piped-in sound of waves old-time friends, sipping flaming curses, which I shall leave to your doubtedly be more popularly known Q. Can you tell me if Connie thinks he's God anyway..... lapping on a beach to help drown out brandy ,and devouring goose. Christ~ imagination. It seems that,Scrooge's and 'loved in the future' as Abe the talking, the sound of gulls mas is not, contrary to his belief,a potential knows no bounds. _ Beame's Swan Song.! Steveris was strangled? A. 30 October. , A'No. God-Bless-Us-Everyone time. Then come the Spirits of Christ , , At the onset of the story,' Jerry What fascinating suggestions-with screaming~ops! That's not gulls, all sorts' of possibilities. ' that's the' library administration Surely Dickens, at one time or an mas. The three ghosts-Past, Pres Ford Scrooge refuses to supplement screaming that it would be cheap ex, other, must have wasted a 54-hour ent and Future-proceed to corrupt the meager salary' of Bob Cratchit, Q. Dear Mrs. Baker, to physically carry the "people gath day shopping 'for a nonexistent gift, his standards overnight on Christ a struggling" Manhattan business You, never answered my question Q. Why is, there a God,' and why ered" to La Fortune"where they while being, crowd-carted down mas Eve and warp his competitive man, to help allay the urban fam about thelibrarY's~'nokegs" policy. This was nodo be taken in jest. If I don't I know.. everything? (In 15 claim the socializing ,belongs. Can't State Street in' Chicago the day spirit into a happy~go-lucky, every ily's excessive debts.: He suggests, say it wasn't a good try, though. ' after .' Thanksgiving. 'Jockeying thing-is-glorious, half-crazed' fool. ,however; that they fend for-them throw a party upon the' 6th floor, words or less please.) around the bargain counter,., buck How else can you explain a man selves as best as they can; Scrooge keep it in', between, bookcases and A. ,H*See below. ing crowds to snatch the best buy suddenly 'falling in love with his observes, " 'It's not my business. It's have a' guest list (no hard drugs, or Q. What is the purpose of having a in striped hot water bottles; for door knocker? "'I shall love it as enough for a man to understand his priests allowed), what then is the Q. What is the meaning of Life? 14th floor when only certain elitist 'grandma never fails to draw out the long as I live!' 'cried Scrooge, pat own business and not to interfere problem?, Is this so unreasonable? Also what were the principal causes bourgeoise are allowed to use it? Does this not imply ,some sort, of Yuletide spirit in people.. This is ting it, with his hand., 'I scarcely with other people's ... if they would As ,I have previously said, you too of the Crimean War? . , Christmas! ever looked at it before. What' an rather die, they had better do it and are invited. (Use both sides if necessary.) acceptance of favoritism" discrimina~ Scrooge misses this completely honest expression it has in its face! decrease the surplus populatiori.' " 'A. 29 October. A. H*See below. tion of the proletariat, "all men are he never learns the skill of shopping .'It's a wonderful knocker!' " Strarige However, in Dickens' tale, the en Lknow what a disappointment this not created equal," and, the like? in, mobs to grab the ideal gift for . . . very strange. tire crisis is resolved 'by the' ap will, be to you, but I'm afraid you Q. True or False-How many rooms Have you ever read Animal Farm? some obscure relative. He does not Upon hearing the Christmas bells pearance of three ghosts, Christmas have us mixed up with another does the library have? If so, why Get off your duffs. Rally against the realize that every December people's pealing to' celebrate the birth, of Past, Present and Future, who liter "Library." not? domineering forms of bosses: Burt friendly handshakes, move up the Christ, Scrooge goes berserk" jump ally scare Scrooge into his senses so A. l(:''''''Manifestation of midterm chaeli and Hesburgh. What kin~ arm to elbow-jabs and' shoulder ing around the room and describing that he parts with a portion 'of his Q, Suggestions for the perennial malaise seem to be surfacing. We of a person would permit such an blocks, which somehow prove more the chimes as, "lusty.',' Or perhaps immense, wealth, to help the down problem oUhe 14th floor: sympathize. unacceptable social doctrine? Do effeCtive in cutting through waiting it is Dickens who is insane for im trodden Cratchits of New York. So, 1; ,Remove it entirely from, the unto others as you would have lines. ,To' Scrooge, Christmas shop agining such a scene. In either case, help is on the way after all,New buildi~g and use it as a roof to keep Q. Icannot believe that a library of them do, unto you. Love thy neigh ping entails no more than casually it is obviously, an eccentrie reaction York. Simply have patience' and the rain off, the reflecting pool. Thir this "caliber" does not have a sub- - bor as thyself. What do you ,think calling out the window to a' passing for an eccentric character' created keep a' watchful' eye on 'the next teen floors are enough really. scription to Women.'s Wear Daily, Jesus would have to say about such neighbor boy to buy the fleshiest by an eccentric author; after all, December, for when the spirits step 2. Raffle off a key, to it. Good way which, contrary, topopularbelief,is a ridiculous situation? Or Buddha turkey at the market' and charge it how many people can sincerely find into the world, you will have" no to make money. a business', rather than,_a fashion for that matter? Or even Dean ,Roe-, to his account. 'Where is the chal passion in a church chime on Christ more worries. " :3, Hold an open house sometime. magazine. Why not? ' mer? All men are created equal, but lenge in that? : (Of course, the store mas morning?, Quasi, modo, you, In the meantime, Jerry F. Scrooge When everyone sees that all there A. 17 October. some men' are, more equal than just happens ,to conveniently open say? should' listen, with caution for "a is up there is a lounge, ,kitchen and The University Libraries do not others. Fascist pigs! Crucify them! at dawn on Christmas morning ~to Suppose the spirits had never clanking noise, deep, down ' below; storage space, maybe the ',' interest select serial titles for purchase. Revolt! garner some last-minute sales). visited 'Scrooge. In all likelihood, as if some' person were dragging a will die, down. " Please 'take your suggestion 'to an A. 28 October. ' , Scrooge might, possibly , master he would never have shouted out the heavy chain' over the casks in the . 4. Close it off entirely, change all appropriate teaching department for Please, refer to pages 15, 20, back the true Christmas psyche, if" the window to bewildered strangers be~ wine-merchant's cellar." ' the locks, disconnect the elevators, their consideration. of page 24 and p. 25.

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