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Three students in coats pose in front of a billboard that reads:
"The Student Activities Council of Mundelein College Presents... Ballet Theatre of New York City, Fri.Feb.22nd 8:30 P.M., Chicago Civic Opera House, [for] the Benefit [of the] College Expansion Fund".
The caption reads:
"ON THEIR TOES eight feet off the ground are SAC members Annette Busse, Alice Bourke, and Lynne Sheeran, calling attention to 24-sheet billboard near Sheridan Road and Winthrop Avenue. The sign announces the benefit, of course."
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The Philarets was an organization for Loyola students of Polish descent. It held regular monthly meetings and many social events to foster the ideals of love, friendship and love of Polish culture propounded by the Mickiewiczan Philarets.
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Bellarmine Philosophy Society members discussed aspects of philosophy that were not covered in their studies, believing that informal discussions of academic problems formed a crucial component of a well-rounded education. The society would devote an academic year to studying a single text.
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The Gerard Manley Hopkins Literary Society was a space for students interested in literature to discuss selected works from a Catholic viewpoint.
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An article describes an upcoming talk for the Science Forum given by Dr. Austin M. Brues, a member of the United Nations Scientific committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, who planned to speak about safe levels of radiation.
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An article describes an upcoming talk for the Science Forum given by Dr. Austin M. Brues, a member of the United Nations Scientific committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, who planned to speak about safe levels of radiation.
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An article describes a discussion with a young man under a pseudonym of Istvan Laszlo who led a student revolt in Hungary against Russian Communist rule. He discusses the British and American media they were able to tune into, why he led the revolt, and that he feared that Russia would target him even as he went undercover in the United States.
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The headline and first paragraph of an editorial that discusses the responsibilities of Catholic students to fight Communism, and ends with a call to action.
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Two articles:
"What Can Students Do To Combat Communism?" discusses the responsibilities of Catholic students to fight Communism, and ends with a call to action.
"21-Year-Old Hungarian Tells Why He Led 5000 Students In Revolt" describes a discussion with a young man under a pseudonym of Istvan Laszlo who led a student revolt in Hungary against Russian Communist rule. He discusses the British and American media they were able to tune into, why he led the revolt, and that he feared that Russia would target him even as he went undercover in the United States.
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An editorial in the Skyscraper student newspaper discusses the recent news surrounding decolonialization and compares the injustices of colonial rule to segregation in the United States.
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A three-cell comic shows a spaceship arriving at Mundelein with two flags: "Mundelein" and "Mars." A Campus Space Control helicopter monitors the space ship parking lot, and a Space Patrol Flash announces to students, "will the students whose unregistered saucer is moored to the skyscraper parking lot remove it at once so that a registered space ship from Mars can come in?"
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An article with a photo showing a turtle and two tickets describes the annual turtle derby, where four of the racing turtles were swept away in a flood before the event, and the two remaining ones went on with the race.
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An editorial in the Skyscraper student newspaper discusses the responsibilities of voting, while also weighing in on the debate over lowering the voting age from 21 to 18.
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An article advertises the turtle derby that will be held on Dec. 4, 1950 at 3 pm in the Mundelein gymnasium to benefit the Red Cross operating fund. Entrance fees per turtle were 25 cents, and Loyola students were invited as well, yet no betting was allowed.
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An article recounts that the Home Economics department's experimental foods class successfully froze, thawed, and served cookies using a home freezing unit.
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Cropped photo: showing four club members weighing a box, with the title: "Send 212 Gift Packages Abroad," and the caption:
"Not 22 pounds, but 3000 pounds is the score of the German club, which has sent a ton and one-half of clothing and other supplies to an orphanage in Germany. Jean Ackerman, Jean Heydon, Kathryn Brisch, and Mary Joan Kornetzke weight one of the hundreds of boxes sent overseas."
The article associated with this photo in The Skyscraper student newspaper describes the Mundelein German Club's aid effort for children in an orphanage in Wuertemberg, Germany (French Zone), including clothing and streptomycin to fight tuberculosis.
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An article in The Skyscraper student newspaper describes the Mundelein German Club's aid effort for children in an orphanage in Wuertemberg, Germany (French Zone), including clothing and streptomycin to fight tuberculosis. A photo is featured, showing four club members weighing a box, with the title: "Send 212 Gift Packages Abroad," and the caption:
"Not 22 pounds, but 3000 pounds is the score of the German club, which has sent a ton and one-half of clothing and other supplies to an orphanage in Germany. Jean Ackerman, Jean Heydon, Kathryn Brisch, and Mary Joan Kornetzke weight one of the hundreds of boxes sent overseas."
