St. Viator College Newspaper, 1930-12-15

mh~ Volume XLVIII

1lfiafnriau No.6

Monday, December 15, 1930.

FRESHMEN HOIST CLASS BATTLE FLAG I

Father Maguire FR. BERGIN GIVES ~t. JO,hn Berchman's , IANNUAL CONTEST PLAY IS READY Preaches "Mother" HOLY DAY ADDRESS Society Holds Meetmg GETS UNDER WAY FOR PRODUCTION Jones' Funeral To Be Presented Thurs. day Afternoon and Evening at Luna

The Very Rev. J . W. R. Maguire, C. S. V., President of St. Viator College, was absent from the school for the greater portion of last week attending the services for «Mother" Jones, well-known labor leader, whose death occurred on December first at her home in Washington.

Father Maguire delivered the fun· era I oration during the services held in St. Gabriel's Church in Washington, and also delivered the sermon during the final services before interrment in the Union Cemetery in Mt. Olive, Illinois.

A special meeting of the St. John Bcrchman's Society was held last Sunday morning, December 7th, in Frosh Spring Surprise by Marsile Hall, at which time Bro .

Raising Flag a Week William J. Cracknell, C. S. V., the Soc.iety's advisor, gave a lecture upEarly; Hell Week on the prescribed manner in which Opens to serve Mass and answered many questions concerning the various points of the ceremony. About fifteen The class of '34 caught the upperstudents attended this interesting classmen completely off guard on session and partkipated in the dis- last Monday morning, and the cussion. It is hoped to increase the Ancients arose to find the battle-flag membership during the winter months of the Freshman class waving in the and to f'ngage in many religious I breeze from the traditional flagpole. activities heretofore untouched by the The hoisting of the flag brought to SOclety. an end the sort of armed truce which has been existing between the two

Stresses Need of More Religiously Inclined Men

Father William J. Bergin, C. S. V., Professor of Apologetics at the College, gave a very inspIrmg sermon at the Students' Mass on the feast of the Immacul ate Conception last Monday, which dealt with the need of devotion to the Virgin Mother of Christ, a nd stressed the need of more religiously inclined men in the world today.

In part, Father Bergin dwelt upon the meaning of t hose passages writ~:::.s since the opening of the school operation between . the members of ten of the Blessed Virgin: IfTota the cast and the director, and are I I The flag was hoisted sometime pulchra es,' and "Macula non est in very much enthused over the play Sunday night, and the upper-classmen te." He told of the world-wide devoitself, which has to do with the comcaught first sight of it at breakfast. tion to her and of the efficacy of ing of the Massiah.

--An expedition was hastily formed placing oneself under her protection.

Charact.. rs Are Good.

He also emphasized the courage of T earn to Meet Many Old before Mass to capture the flag, but Miss Mary Frances Clancy gives a Number of Newcomers Foes and a Few New I found the entire Freshman class those who, with her help, are better very good rendition of the part of Showing up Well; Also , gathered about the base of the pole able to keep the Commandments. the Blessed Virgin, while the pleasing Ones m Long to defend the bunting. The upperconcensus of opinion of those Other T earns Looking in The voice of Miss Greta Cardosi, who is Program classmen were unsuccessful in their attendance is that the sermon the only other feminine mern ber of efforts to storm the pole, and f urther Good ranks among the best delivered at the cast, adds much to the solemnity fighting was suspended by the bell the College during the past two or of the general theme.

According to the schedule released for Mass.

Charles Clifford, '31, gives an exWith the opening game against the three years, and many are looking by the athletic board, the Viatorians Fight is resumed. by the cellent performance in the difficult Blue Demons of DePaul but a few forward to another sermon w ill swing into action on t,he night Since Monday, being the feast of role of the Angel Gabriel. Three days away, the basketball team is same eloquent preacher. of December 15 against DePaul in Ithe Immaculate Conception, was a other Seniors: Francis Carroll as the working hard to get in shape. All the Viator gym. The schedule for I holiday, the two factions had the Second King; Patrick Cleary as the of the regulars of last year who have the year includes ten home games remainder of the morning to decide First Shepherd and Joseph Hoog as reported for practice are looking Ithe issue. Both sides returned to and ten games on strange floors. the Sixth Shepherd, a ll are weB good, and a number of newcomers Among the old enemies appearing their rooms and put on old clothes adapted to their respective parts and are also playing fast ball. on the list are illinois Wesleyan" in anticipation of the battle to follow. may be depended upon to execute Ralph Karr has almost recovered Milikin, Bradley, Shurtleff, Illinois ! The upper-classmen organized about them with much skill. from the injury which kept him out Normal and DeKalb. They have ten·thirty and advanced to the as· Don Anderson, '32, takes the part of the conel uding games of the foot· proven anything but set-ups in form- sault. They quickly captured the of the Second Shepherd, Kenth Bush- ball season, and will soon be in shape er years, and Viator must be able to hill from the Freshmen and formed man, '33. is cast as the Third Shep- to play his customary brand of ball.

As the concluding chapter of a show something to defeat them this Ia ring about the pole by locking herd, and Edward Hunt, '33, is the Al Furlong is handicapped somewhat three-cornered debate between the year. .Amon g the tean:s who are re- Iarms. The Freshmen, however, conzealous Fifth Shepherd. Two Fresh- by a knee. injury, but is recovering Rev. Dr. Fulton J. Sheen, Viator appearmg on the VIator schedule centra ted their strength at stragetic men, Patrick FarreB as the Third rapidly and will probably start the alumnus, Prof. Albert Einstein, and after an absence of several years are points and persisted in breaking King and John Mehren as the Fourth game at center on Monday night. Arthur Brisbane, the New World of DePaul of Chicago, Mt. Morris, through the lines to haul down the Shepherd, comp,lete the cast.

I Ken Clothier and Puff Romary have last Friday printed a reply by Dr. Wheaton and Elmhurst. man attempting to climb the greased Several Novelties. been finding their basket eyes, and Sheen to Mr. Brisbane.

The schedule:Ipole. After about half an hour of The play is quite unusual in several will be on deck for the opening enAn article by Prof. Einstein, the Dec. 15-DePaul, here Ifruitless fighting marked by two or respects, among which are scenes in counter. Pete Laffey has also been mathematician and scientist, printed Dec. l8-Shurtleff, here i three major attacks and numerous pantomine enacted under artistic going good at forward, and will recently in the New York Times, Jan. 7-Bradley, here j minor scrimmages, the upper-classlighting effects The costumes, al- probably get the call. championing "cosmic religion" first Jan. l 2-DeKalb, there : men abandoned their position at the though simple, are well designed and Among the new men, Red Hayes of drew th~ fire of the Reverend Doctor. I Jan. l6-Milikin, here top of the mound, and withdrew to harmonized perfectly with the scene- St. Mel's is looking good. Red is Addressmg over twelve hundred Jan. 20-Wheaton, there consider a new plan of action. ry. A · choir, composed of thirty out for center and showing plenty of memb.er~ of the C~tholic Teacher's Jan. 2l-Elmhurst, there Upperwclassmen get flag. trained and selected student voices, stuff. Wilkens, the long Freshman I AssocIatlOn at th~Ir annual com- I Jan. 23-111inois Wesleyan, here Returning to the fight soon after, will render many beautiful Christmas from Youngstown is also very much munion breakfast m New York on Feb. 2-Wheaton, here the upper-class men adopted an Ifevery carols during the greater part of the in the race for the position. Pat I the morning of November :6, H Dr. Feb. 6-Illinois Wesleyan, here performance. The play itself furn- CI .

S' h t f ed t Sheen characterized Einstein s cosman-get-a-man" plan of attack, and Feb. ll-DeKalb, here . h eary, a emor w a rans err 0 lshes an excellen,t study in c aracter Viator from Quincy College last year, mic religion" as empty and dec1~red again carried the hill. Sensing a Feb. l4-DePaul, there as each of the S lX. ~hepherds rep~es- is showing a ·world of speed a nd that it is based on false assumptlOns. weakening of the Frosh power, they Feb. l7-Milikin, there ents a d1ffe~ent V1ew of the commg ability at dribbling. Oldham, of The battle was immediately .taken i again took up the ring about the pole, Feb. l8-Normal, there of the Messlah.

D L S II b f the Nat' up by the well-known ed1torial and sent Vince Mooney squirming up Feb. 21-Illinois Wesleyan, there Large Attendance Expected. e a a e, a mem er 0 lOn- writer, Mr. Brisbane, who, in an through the grease to the first ridge.

Feb. 24-Bradley, there From the unusual amount of nter- I al Catholic Championship team, is article in the Hearst papers, dated i Mooney untied the ropes and lowered " est already shown in t he forth-coming trying hard for a position at guard. November 17, said: I Feb. 27-Illinois College, here ! the flag while the Freshmen fought production by prominent citizens of Pete ChrIstman, who saw some actIOn "The Rev. Dr. Fulton Sheen, of the I Mar. 3-Elmhurst, here with renewed vigor for a position on Kankakee, it is expected that a! last. year, is also out for guard and CathoUc University at Washington, I the mound. capacity attendance will be present lookmg much better. Altogether, D. C., objecting to Prof. Einstein's Students to Enjoy Karr carries off bunting. at both performances. The Kankakee there are about thirty men I~ft ~n ideas on religion, finds an argument Two Weeks Vacation l The flag became from the Unemployment Commission is aiding the squad, and all of them turmng 10 that will convince many for whom ropes about mIdway in Its descent in the staging of the play ·and hopes some good work. fo r a number I learned refutation would have little and dropped among the fighting to be able to add another sizeable The schedule calls crowd. Ed Gorman, a Sophomore, sum to the f und created principally of games with some of the strongest meaning. w The students of the College are to by the proceeds from the recent St. teams in the Little Nineteen. Illinois Father Sheen says Einstein's cOS enjoy a two weeks Christmas vaca- grabbed it, but was thrown to the Wesleyan, particular foe of the Irish mical theory would be a\l right if I tion. The recess will start at noon ground by a half-dozen zealous Viator charity football game, is to be met twice, as are Millikin, Einstein had left out the s in cosmical. on Saturday, December 20th, and Freshmen before he could make away Its really funny to hear the memo Bradley and Shurtleff, always strong Father Sheen objects e.pecially to will not be resumed until Monday, with it. The fight began again about bel'S 6f the Glee Club either on the teams. Illinois Normal has eleven Einstein's statement that we have January fifth. Semester examina w the base of the pole for the custody c:orridot::S or on the campus. It's letter men returning to her squad passed the stage of a religion of fear tions will be held three weeks from of the precious bit of linen. The the date of resumption of instruction upper-classmen finally gained the enough to rouse the brute even in a and should be able to put up a strong and morals.

(Continued on page four) man like Coot Larkin. fight for Conference honors.

(Continued on page three) after the holidays.

Prof. Murray Hickey Ley is busy applying the finishing touches to the Christmas play, "The Shepherd's Watch" by Thomas McKeon, which is to be presented for the benefit of the unemployed of Kankakee at the Luna Theatre on Thursday afternoon and evening, December 18th. Those who have witnessed the practice sessions have commented upon the co-

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' lately. Following is a list of some of them: The Resurrection of Rome, G. K. Compliments of Have you "joined" the library? A Chesterton £weet little Freshle asked one day If Isabella of S ain W. F Walsh he might '.'join" the library Beyond Llfe,PJ Cabell BUi, senously now, If you have Glimpses of Hahan Society M1'8. not sIgned a reglstration card, will H. J. PlOzzi ' you please ask for one at the desk?

The American Leviathan, Charles This Wlll be a help In getting exact A. Beard figures of the tota l registration.

I War in the Air, H. G. Wells Waley, H. Belloc What h a! Aren't we good?

Brothers Karamazov and the Idiot,!

With the student registration cut I Tydor Doestoevski almost in half on account of t he Wolsey, A. F Pollard Cor. Court and SchUYler doing away with the high school deSoviet Russia, W. H. Chamberlain partment much more reading has Mother India, Katherine Mayo Complete Line of been done this year than last. Last I Bi smarck, Emil Ludwig I year, with a total registration of The College President, C. F. Thwing Smokers' Articles two hundred and seventy students, I Moby Dick, H. Melville five hundred and seventy-one books I Selected Poems , Robert Frost Fountain & Lun cheon Service were read in the month of October.

Selected Poems, Robe rt Sandburg Thi s year With one hundred and The Cabala T N Wilder sixty-seven students, there were Origins of 'th~ World War, S. B. seven hundred and twenty books read I Fay Groceries Con f,:ct io n e r y In October. November, 1929, four Om aI', H. MelVille hundred and fifty books were read; , All in t he Racket, W. E . Weeks

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October, 1929 Non-fiction-275 Fiction-296 October, 1930 No n-fiction-561 Fiction-159 ' Nove mber , 1929

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Bourbonnais, III. or the (George Gipp died on December fic tIOn; 13 1920 ft I' h' last game Cigars No t io ns exceed. a 'ainst • ~ O;;h~:~:'~ IS the fol- I g k some three wee s previous. Probably no football hero at Cartier Field, Notre , - - -- -- - - - - -- - Dame, has been so idolized and be-

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loved by the Notre Dame student body. In the years of his playing at Notre Dame, his position at halfback on the All-American honor teams Iwas never cha llenged. During his The College Boys' Favorit e final illness two thousand students Place to Eat I knelt daily in tears and prayer for Bou rbonn a is, Ill. his recovery. He was buried during i a blinding snowst orm on the shore ' - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -

No n-fiction-1 61 Fiction- 289 I November, 1930 Non-fiction-616 Fiction-131 l of Lake Superior, in his native town Very convincing 'd c th t . of Laurium, Michigan, a mining . eVl, en e a we , village.)

I are a hlg h.mInded, serIOUS, scholarly , Th l 'ttl t . M' h' student body ! . e 1 e own In I C 19an . . . , Is tucked beneath the snows. ! FIgures In t~e Cll'culatio n Record I A norther' from Superior also sh~w t he kmds of books that are I Is calling as it blows.

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LIterature, ~y far , Full many a hundred yards or more I I exceeds f or. each _month. SocIOlogy , Lie down the village street Great is th e inspiration derived from attendance at chape. comes ~ext m favor for the mo~th of I And seem to wait the darting pass There one beholds the intelligents ia of St. Viator College as- Octobel. But In November, History I Of f amous cleated feet. . sembled to do homage to their Heavenly Father. But grotesque, took precedence to Sociology. The The mining shafts of Laurium followmg figures a re interesting to Are goal posts in the gloaming indeed, a re t he postures assume d by those attending the h oly note: And t he t reetops sound a whistle serv ice. After sever a l yea rs s pent in g r a de schools, four years Oct. Nov' To the copper miners homing.

Philosophy 43 26 l A murmur's in the wind today I'n hl'g h schools, and a fe\v Jvears I'n college, behold t h e position of Religion 46 27 i To a ll the native hearers, our lea rn e d fellows. S eeming ly lacking a ll moral and intellectual Sociology 79 52 ! And whirling gusts f rom far Canuck Language 20 Are twenty thousand cheerers. s upport, the st.udent desperately g rasps the back of the pew Natural Science 30 30 The game is on! And through the Useful Arts .

3 immediately in fron t of him and, by mea n s of firmly bracing his snow, Fine Arts.

0 The norther's sweep and dip, hody aga in s t his own seat, he successfully contrives to maintain Literature 269 ..... 199 The wind is calling the signals t he condition designated, as J am told, "The Kneel."

History 42 146 To its brother half back, Gipp!

Travel 47 IThe Indiana prairie lands 16 The carriage of a man's body, we a re often told, in dicates Biography 40 39 Are blanketed with snow; the s t.ate of his mentality. If this be true, t h en may Heaven Isn't it remarkable what these The golden dome of Notre Dame teachel~s help the intellects of many of our fellows! Gentlemen, if it is can do to us? May they Regilds the sundown glow. say "Mea maxima culpa"? ! !

On the medieval campus, Jlossiblt!\ for any of you to raise your spirits upwards, to a d ore In the early frosty flurry, yo ur Creator whole-heartedly and with all your minds, w h ile at "Have you IWings'?" asked an air- Two t housand men a re harking the sam e time yo u remain in s uch a solvenly, disrespectful pose, minded youth of the librarian.

To the wind's uneasy scurry.

I firmly b e lieve that the a ge of mira cles is yet with us! Not :'Aw, she's n o angel," cut in hi s A rat-a-tat of flying feet brIght compamon.

Is borne from Cartier, only is due re v erence lacking but also is there an indication of Tho' the gridiron now is barren And the dusk is in the air. the a bsence of a ny rem a rkable quantit y of that peculiar mark of One day a very excited Freshman character, n a mel y, self-respect. rushed up to t he librarian and asked I s it Army, Purple, Georgia?

Is it scores they now r emember ? for the books called " Oranges and App earance is the witness agains t you. No one would, I Peaches" !!! That is what it sound- Or classic catches, leaps and runs This evening in December? believe, even insinuate that you are intentionally disrespectful, ed like to him, but what he reall y wa nted was liThe Origin of Species" Th e game is on! And o'er the field , bljt when there is no effort made to correct a very apparent by Darwin!

The word on every lip, The w ind is caning signals fa ult that n egligen ce is a livin g accusation. All of US are, unMany new books have been secure d To its brother half back, Gipp! do ub ted ly, physically sound. From t his it follows that we are

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\Vhere Viator Opens Bask etball Season on Monday

GLIMPSES James Laffey is product of De Salle, and proud it. He de cided

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I n private, Prof. Einstein might ask the reverend father, 'Do you really believe that God created the earth only 6000 years ago, tirst creating light, then making the sun, moon and stars, as told in Genesis?

And why was it necessary to make the sun, if light had already been supplied?' 'J Passing over the fact that a long r easoning process preceded the conclusion concerning the comical quality of a cosmical religion, it may be profitable to answer the questions which Professor Einstein "might ask the reverend father in private," though one wonders why he who is so keen on having t he world hear his views on religion should ask anything

national champion basketball teRm of two years ago, and made his letter in his first year of competition for the Irish. This year Pete went out for football and became one of the halfback mainstays. He is also a member of the varsity baseball team .

Pete is nineteen, and a Sophomore.

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of that kind in private. ! a Fundamentalist nor a Modernist. Genesis in te lling his story; and, I And as for the ques tion: Ed Weber decided T he Questions A r e A nswer ed I am not a Fundamentalist for the secondly, how did he comm unicate was it necessary to make the that firing locomoThe questions which the Professor simple -r eason that a Book like the that message. light had already been supplied?" I tives was no posimight ask concern the origins of the Bible can never be Fundamental. I There is no doubt t hat his purpose would answer that, a ssuming t his to tion for a gentleman earth, t he time of it creation, and am more Fun damental than Funda- was to bring h ome to the minds of be th e order, God made the sun for some three years the method of its narration in ! mentalism, because I want to know his contempoaries the greath tn.:th som~thing like the. sa~le reason Edi ago, so he handed in Genesis. where the Book came from, who that God is t he Maker of the world SO:1 mvented electnc Itght globes-to his shovel and grabThe first question is that of origin: gathered it together, wh y it begins and the Lord of the universe. g ive us more light. The first light bed himself a fou n"Do you believe that God created j ~vhere it does and leaves off where The method by which the author before the sun was probably t he tain pen. In his the earth 1" Most certainly, I believe It do~s, And when I an~wer these of Genesis emphasized the creation lurninos ity of a nebular mass, or tirst year at Viator that God created not only the earth' l questIOns, I have ~one. beh md a book of t he world was one w hic h modern ya por, or gas. The question assumes he discovered that but also the vast cosmos which so to a Church w hICh Interprets t he psychology thorough ly approves, there can be no other light than the he was a center much interests our scientists today. Book . namely, to adapt oneself to the mind light of the sun, which, of course, is just as Sam iI1cAI'th d ' t b.eca.use of th~ audience. Mo~es was not false, But in any cas e, that is a N el:r This belief, let it be stated immedial.n I a M 0 erms,' - lister discovered that ately, is quite independent of any Modermsm IS not modern; It IS Just speakmg to the EnglIsh Academy, ccientifi c qu es tion which Moses left the football team needed a center. view concerning the evolution of the a new complexion for t he old face nor was he interested in giving scien- Einstein to answer.

Ed got the job. He turned out to be universe. Evolution answers the ques- of error, or rather new labels for old tific details about creation; his conMr, Brisbane concludes: "Officially, a wha le of a first baseman, too, and tion "HoVv'l," Creation answers the ways of thinking. Belongin g to a cern was to speak of God as Creator Professor Einstein w ill say nothing," became the Babe Ruth of the Colquestion aWhy." The belief is also I tradition which is more Fundament- in a manner his hearers could under- I ~erhaps I can conelu,de, t,oo, by say- lege. "Abhoo" plays some basketball independent of the problem as to al than Fundamental ism and more l stan d and grasp, and since they were 111~ that P~ofessor E~n stem has been too, and wears a black slouch hat, whether the universe commenced Modern than Modernism, I do not go accustomed to think of the universe domg nothmg else smce he left the He is twenty-four and a graduate of with a spark, or a protoplasm, or a to the Bible and interpret the word not in terms of light years, bu t in one field where he is the world's Englewood High. gas whic h broke up through what is IIday" as a day of twenty-foul' hours, I terms of heaven, waters and e-arth, greatest authority. today called "Gravitational Ins tabil- unles~ the Church, which is b~yo~d ~oses' discourse followed that diviBasketball is in fu ll swing. Coach ity," The s ize or the constituency of the BIble, assures me that such IS Its Slon.

The New World also announces Dahman is getting the squad down the original s tuff of the univers e has meaning, and this the Church has not ! W1hen, therefore, I go to the Book t hat I't has arranged with Father to some rea l offensive and defen sive nothl'ng whate.v er to. do with the d"one" , S. he reminds"me th"at t he word I of Genesis,. I. mus.t look for an. eter- SIleen f or a senes . of monthly articles work for th e coming year, problem of origm. Midgets have par- day, In Hebrew yom, may stand nal and abIdmg tl u,th, couched m the to be published under the headnig, ents as well a s giants , and six-s tanza for a day or w,eek, ~r mon~h 01' I language of ~he times a,nd adapt~d HErrors of the Month", The series The Chris tmas p lay is progress ing poem s have authors a s w ell as the c~ntury, or any mdefilllte peTlod of to the mentalIty of the tunes. It IS is rath er in the nature of a continua- rapidly. All the parts have been "Faerie Queene."

I tIme and hence the world hay have therefore to be expected that meth- t' f '. , , . memorized and the rough s pots are , , , been' created six million years ago, ods of presenting the truth may Ion 0 a SImIlar senes publtshed. In being polished off by the competent The bellef In a Creator IS g-rounded f II k change whereas the truth itself does th e same paper last year, and whIch Coach and Director, Professor Ley. f h ' t or a w e " now.

I t change ' d corn men t , . not on t h e s Ize 0 t e uTIlversc, no ,no just as it is possible for attl'acted'd WI esprea h' Now thi s attitude of askmg a , ' .

One of the most picturesque- and on itg const ituency, but upon t e In- Church to stand behind a Book to John SmIth to change hIS clothes ability to account for its intelligibil- interpret its meaning, is very logical, without ceasing to be John Smith. roughe st- inCidents of the school ity apart from God. To put it more whereas the other policy, of perOlitHomely Ill ustratio ns. year happened on the morn ing of clearly, th e mind is forced to ask ting each one to interpret it for himI Monday, Dece mber 8th. The Fres hthree qu es tions about the original self, either a s a Fundamentalis t or a Just suppose that I was asked to r men had run their flag to the top of "stuff": \Vhat is its origin ? \Vho Moderni s t, is, to s ay the least, un- tell a sixth grade clas s something Th e hot and blazing s un beats down the flagpole and greased about fifteen gave it th e impetus to evolve and wis e. The Cons titution of the United about the Theory of Re lativity. I Upon the baking land, fee t of the pole so ' that it would be form planets and world s 1 ,<\Tho en- States guarantees us "life, liberty would be obliged to speak to them in I A vas t expanse of wilderness next to impossible for anyone to uow ed it with a plan and purpose, and purs uit of happiness," As it I a ,way th~y could u,n~erstand., I And hill s of rolling sand, climb. Like s ta lwart w&rriors of old, for unl ess th er e was a r ea son fOT s tands "in the book," it may m ean mIgh t explam th e Rela tivity of TIme th e uppel'-classmen surrounded the . h ' Id I N Dune after dune they stretch away I evo vmg, a ,t tng wou never evo .ve, anything, But if I interpret Hliberty" to the~l, by saying that Ti,me i.n ev: pole a mid s ome of the mos t terrific nor would It ever develop acco rding- to mean eve n th e pri vilege of driv- I York IS no t th e same as tIm e In ChlUntil th ey meet the sky yelling a nd hideous sounds. H ere and h' , . , L ike rippl ed gold in massive pi les to laws W lch we find wl,ttcn a cross ing through a r ed traffi c light, I find ca go . or San Fran c i ~co , for time I S On eve r y side th ey lie. ther e t he men fought, madly ripping, the univer se 1 If my mind answe r s ver y soon t ha t I ha ve no liberty a t ~e l a tl ve to our I?CatlOn, and thou~h I ya nkin g and te aring clothes, trying those ques tions, it is necessarily all. Ther e is a body behind the Con- It would be 12 0 clock for people m I The camel grass is hard and grey, to leave each oth er in a s near a s tate driven back to pos it God , firs tly, a s stitution which interprets the mean- New York, it would be only 11 o'clock I Ther e is no sign of life; of nudity as poss ible to force a withthe Static Cause of th e original s tuff; ings o[ th e language in the Constitu- fo r people in Chicago. To illustrate But her e is peace, yes peace indeed drawa l from the scene of battle. The gecondly, as th e Dynamic Cause of tion, and whose decision is fina lth e re lativity of Space, I might tell ! Immunity from strife. upp er-class men, with pe rseverance, it s energy and motion, and , thirdly, namely, th e Supreme Court. Ther e is th e children that fr om an airplane an Great solitude enve lops all, and a good deal of labor, finally a s the Final CRus e of its order and likewi se a bod y behind the Book uncle looks like an ant.

A ca lm a nd r estful qui et . ma naged to re pel th e Fres hm en long development. which is t he Bi ble. It in terprets the Both these illustr ations wo uld be No worldl y noise in vad es the place, enou g h to se nd Vince Mooney shinSo fa r fr om earthly ri ot. ning up th e pole. Mooney, like one [ do, th er ef or e, beli eve th a t God mea ning of the lang uage in that crud e, s ui ted to th e little minds, and created th e world. I refu se to be Book, a nd its dec isions ar e final , be- uns ui ted f or th em wh en they grew of his ta iled a nces tors, scampered up ' te ll1; .

An d as t he time g oes s lipping by, ' u t te r a DCe ca use it knows-namely, th e Ch urch . up to t he sC "lent lfi c estate 0 f E lIls t h e pole through th e g r ea se, anti c Iou d e d b y excess 0 f pu bl IC conc e rning evolution nntiquatjng th e The Church has left our mind s open but f u ndamen ta ll y, an y ex planat ion All won-i es disapp ear; lower ed th e banner . A pil e of con. h For her e in this dese r te d s pot id ea o f crea tion, for evolut IO n as on th e qu es tion of the time of Cl'ea- would be true, Hidden be neath th e l tes tants from both s ides covered th e nothing whatever to do with th e t ion, and hence I am fr ee to believe, illustr a tions w ould be the permanent My inm ost so ul I hear. g r ound fi g htin g f or th e fl ag . Coman problem of creation. Evolut io n may t houg h I am a Ca tholic, ce rtain s ide of the Theo r y of Rela ti vity ; I f einted off tackl e, Gibbons went b£' one of the possible m odes of cr ea - things wh ic h Funda menta lis t s a r e not na mely. space and tim e depend upo n arou nd end with the fl ag . The lion, but ins tead of dispensi ng wi t h free to believe-thoug h t hey are s up - t he obser ver. , E d N.: I'm not goi ng to sc hool F ros h, however , we re g aining, a nd a it, (' volution assum es it. E vo lution posed to be free f r om t he "shackl es Applying now t he distinction made, any mo re, Coach. la teral pass, Gibbo ns to S na ke Ka rr no more dispenses wi t h God t ha n a of Rome." wou ld answe r t he Question of Mr, Coach: W hy not? was com pl eted, Ka rr r unni ng to "se lf-made man" dis penses. w it h his The Ques tion of Method.

Einstei n abo ut th e story of Genesis E. N.: I can't lea rn a n yth ing. Th e J oli et to ou td ista nce t he FrCfs hm cn moth er.

T he t bird q uestion is one of t be by saying: I do believe t hat God teac her keeps cha n gi ng t he lesso ns a nd save t he fl ag. ~t'itht'r of TVto Extremes.

Met hod of the narrati ve in Genesis: created t he ea r t h, t he lig ht, th e sun, every day, - -Th\.~ st'cont.i qu~st io n is co ncerned "Do you believe t hat God cr eated th e moon and stars , but I am not so sure In a magaz in ~ issued by th e C. C. with the T im~ of l' re-ation : hDo you ~nrth only 6,000 years ago, first cre- that Genesis, in telling that unch a ng H igh School of Ft. Way ne, t here ill th • d escrl'bed'111 aecura te and you Rastus: What k ind of se"ar, does I an Itf'm . . . fl'u lly bdi\.~\'(· t ha t God created tht:" ating light, then making t h e sun, II1g tTU all ~moke? ,., 111 its A lumni N)lumn co n t>art h only 6,000 years ago~" moon and stars. as told in GenesIs '!" scientific language exactly how God cerning a certain U Perff':ct" H,,)mary. ~ o. 1 do not. This quest ion 8SBefol'~ ans,vel'ing this inquiry, let created the world. The truth t hat SambI): Ah s mokc!S Robinso n Puff will explain . sumfs that 1 am a Fundanwntali5t, Ole point out two que:stions are here God is Creator, thank~ to scientific Crusoe!i. (or t he F undaOlt?'ntalist position a~- in\~olved: Fi~t l y. what W.iS the p ur- advancement, may be put in different Rastus: What kind jg dey?

Ask Delaney how ma ny pair. of "Sum('s th i~ h) bt- true. I am neither po~(> of the author of t he Book in language.

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the A merican student does not believe overmuch in moral platitudes, Dear Mr. Editor:so we prefer to use our editorial Why not more editorials? Far be column as a convenient argumentit from me to presume to dictate i;.he starter and let the moral take care policy of the Viatorian, but it does of itself. seem that there is a dearth of intelSo much for that. Now for another lectua l material within its pages. little criticism we can not print. The Kankakee's Largest Stock The students are interested in edit- ( matter concerned the methods of a onals, they like to g et the idea; of certain column conductor. We edit QUALITY RADIO the other men upon vital subjects. the copy of the writer's on t.he staff ' -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' Your Editor's Comment is all right ! as little as possible because we beas far as it goes, but it doesn't lieve that every man should find out realIl y discuss anything. So again I Iwhat it is a ll about for himself. If say, ""Why no editorials?/I said gentleman is unable to write Stude (Bona fide) decent English, or doesn't write the Dear Stude:type of matter mos t interesting to We've been expecting this for a the long-suffering r eaders, now is the long time. And we've been rath er time for him to discover his error dreading it too, for we hate to huv e and amend his ways. He'll do it. a to explain. But here goes; list to lot faster if he is left alone. the editorial creed of the Viatorian: Sincerely, To begin with, about one student Ed. in fifty reads the editorials. That _ _ _ __

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A bleeding, exhausted mass of irresponsible colleg ians fought vali antly and desperately on Viator's most traditional spot, the flag-po le mound. For half an hour the riot continued.

Bits of sh irts, pants, shoes an d a few limbs were flung about with snch rapidity that even a movie director wo uld have stood by in awe. The wild howls of the blood-thirsty battlers could be

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Lhere he was dressed in derby hat and grey spats, walk in g unconcernedly to ward Roy Hall. The ever alert Vince Mooney, realizing the advantage offered by the situation, slipped up the g reasy pole and lowered the rag that caused all the strife.

Imagine the chagrin of the battered Freshmen while helplessly

System of editorials. The day when the editorial was a shotgun loaded for bear ha s passed. The average college editor grinds out hi~ ed itori;tls watching th eir bea utiful hunk of cheese-cloth being lowered into like the Ford plant turn3. out its the eager hands of their superiors. automobiles. He regards an editorial Now we ha ve all heard of uns ung heroes of the days gone as something vaguely necessary to by, but who would suppose that we had one right in our very the completeness of the paper, and midst. Th e man who. by the use of such clever strategy, dis- wTites it upon any s ubject at hand.

He has come to conSlder the edltonal tracted the un suspectmg Freshmen, IS the one to whom the as the only legitimate teacher of a honor justly belongs. We, the Upper-classmen of St. Viator great moral, and fills it with hypoCo ll ege, take this opportunity to extend our profound gratitude critical platitudes-words and exand respect to none other than our own Ken Bushman. P --t. pressions so t erribly trite that they P--t. P--t. (This may be poor spelling but anyway if you don't convince no one. l<now what it means, ask Ed Hunt. I-Ie'll do it for you.)

Even the honest editor sometimes becomes a bit wearied of donning the "mustn't-touch" mask and preaching ****** a lot of things he doesn't believe in Somebody asked me to publish one of his poems and being him self. He must either campaign hardup for m aterial I consented. No need to say that it was a ' for the immediate destruction of Freshman. (Here it is, I know you'll like it.) something or mount a pulpit and preach a tremendously boring sermon.

Occasionally he discovers a man who * * * * can rain down fire and brimstone and ~ea lly be sincere while being interestTra-la-la-Ja-la-I a-la . ing. Such a man is a jewel, and apI'm on my way to see the Dean. pears but once in a lifetime. Th~ At last he's bound to see my point, majority of editorials writers have And now my program will be keen. . fallen into the habit of turning out long-winded opinions not worth a "&? ',k Hc'@ 1J2 @"$$ % "(@*!) tinker's profanity.

My heart is sad indeed; We do not believe, therefore, in He prackticly insulted me, turning out a nice sound editorial Such horrid things has he decreed. every issue, just because it has been Finis. a custom, but we prefer to wait Ulltil we g et something to write about. * * * * * * Neither do we believe in doing too thinking in an editorial. We much A certain American heard of the reputation that all Englishmen have, of being unable to appreciate true humor. But know that the editorial is supposed this American was from Missouri and he wanted to find out for to convince a gullible public of the consumate goodness or utter evil of himself. One day an Englishman came to see him in his office something. That is a good idea, but o

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Bi,i::':;l1 to the register roof of Trinity High Viator students of Bloomington a Upper I the fall of 1922 year ago last June. the old and in September which he registered with I the "old the Freshman class ' the school. of St. Viator. Bill Looking for revenge for the 6·0 graduated from had made quite a The maple. knockers of the College defeat inflicted upon their football Academy with name for himself gatr.cred on the alleys in the Candy team the Freshman cagers issued a Class of '26, as a football player St ore on last Friday night to hold chall~nge to the upper-classmen to took a year's at Trinity, and he I the firs t bowling tournament of the meet them in a game to be held on tion before went out for foot· I. yesI'. Five three-man teams comthe gym floor on some convenient ing to the College. He re·entered in ball at Viator. He made his letter peted for the prizes, and when a ll Saturday night. The upper.classmen the College department in September. at end in his Freshman year, and the timber had been collected from chose last Saturday as the best time 1927, and has been in steady attend· was one of the mainstays of this the alleys. the combination of Clif. to imbue the youngsters with a ance ever since. 'Vhile in the Acad- year's eleven. Gib is a thoroughly fo r d, Hynd s and James Gallahue led sense of their own uselessness, and emy. he first wore the Green shirts likeable fellow, and his class demonthe fi eld with a team average of 152. to impress upon them the vast super· of the Irish on the football field, and strated their fa ith in his leadership The team of Father Bergin, Hoog iority of the upper· classmen in all became a regular tackle on the squad by electing him to lead them t hrough and Spreitzer was second with a t hings at hletic. upon his entrance into College. T hat t he year. Bill likes to play basket.

I team average of 151 for the three Both teams came out on the floor also seems to set some kind of a ball and baseball as well as football. games bowled. The somewhat doubtwith large squads, and it was with record-eight years of competition His smile and good nature are well I f~l l honor of low score went to Sendifficulty that Referee Tommy Ahern under the same banner. Carroll's known about the campus. He is a r!.!llger, Wenthe and Clay, who averwas able to induce the contestants good nature and air of friendliness Sophomore and nineteen years old . 'gcd but 137. to limit their number of active play- ' have made him one of the most I Individual high score went to ers to five. After considerable argu- popular men on the campus. He The fencing team is progressing Ch:1rles Clifford of the winners, when ment, and some flipping of coins, holds the most influential office on as rapidly as the candidates' arms he collected 204 pins in his first ten men took the floor to do or die the campus, that of President of the can swing the wicked, shiny blades. game. We shan't mention low game. for dear old Siwash.

College Club, and is a recognized A f encing exhibition is in store for J oe Hoog bowled the first ball of leader in student affairs. He is the student body soon. This will be I the tournament, and won for himself The game was hotly contested, to twenty-one years old and hai ls from quite a treat for us. a bit of immortality by rolling off say the least. Ahern. Mighty Mite Chicago. th c alley. His average for the three referee, never qUIte decIded whether ! games was 158, however, which was be was referreeing footbal) or bask· I I Burly Logan and his cohorts have second behind Clifford's unapproached etball, and once penalized the Frosh °Whitey" Mehren claims to be the been very busy lately. We wonder 178. The alley records to date: half the length of the gym floor. I most docile and gentle young ma n why the sudden excess of labor?

High Score-Francis Larkin, 267 The upper-class men SOOn proved I on the second co~ridor. . H~we.ver, Bucky Dahman, who s ucceeds Sam High for year-Father Bergin. 234 their superiority and took a com- 'l our own S~uat Chr~st~an IS InclIned Coot Larkin has been roaming High. Tournament-Charles Clif. manding lead. The first quarter to the beltef that It IS Mehren a nd about the campus with a vicious look McAlliste,' as head coach of the ford, 204 (which was about fifteen minutes Inot Ed Hu~t w ho is the real playboy in his eye. We wonder if it could Irish, is a product of Notre Dame and l'ejoices in the given name of High. Team Average-152 long) found them leading 6·0. T hey of the corrtdor. be another man hunt?

(Clifford. Hynds, J . Gallahue) lead at half time 12· 2. but in t he , - - - - - - - - - - - - - -_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _--; Roy. He has been backfield coach of thi s year's football team. and High Tournament Average: final q uarter (which was a lmost a ampl y proven his ability to handle 1. Clifford-178 half hour long) t he Frosh revived his new position.

2. Hoog-159 sufficiently to make a co uple of F IRST TEAM Bucky graduated from Notre Dame POS ITION SlECO N D TEAM 3. HyndS-155 basket s. Estimates of the final gcore in 1927 after making an enviable 4. Fr. Bergin-153 Craig. Illinois Wesleyan ... .............. L. E . ....... Wasem, Charleston Teachers run f rom a conservative 21-9 to the name for himself as an athlete. He 5. Wenthe-150 Musso, Millikin .......................................... .L. T.........

Wilson. Monmouth Frosh estimate of 18· 12. We are I played varsity football in '24, '25, - - -_ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Harter, Bradley ...L. G. .McMorris, Charleston Teachers rather more inclined to agree with , and '26, and was a member of the forming and in writing plays, and C. ...............................

Fawley. Millikin Hubbell, McKendree the first, for we can't understand hOW '[ varsity basketball team for three who are being deprived of an opporNesti. Illinois Wesleyan .......... ....... .R. G. ............. Alikon is, Illinois Wes leyan t he Freshmen could get twelve points seasons. In 1926 he was given an tunity to exercise their talents. The Thornto n.

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O·Brien, Illi nois Wesleyan with a capable official like Mr. Ah ern honorable mention on the Rockne- auditorium in the basement of Roy Doty.

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R. E. Galitz, Bradley on the floor.

I Warner-Jones All-American team at Hall affords a suitable place in which Mustapha, DeKalb Teachers ...........Q. B. .........Ferzacca. Lake F orest The game was played under the half back. He was an All·Western to stage a presentation, "Props" Corbett, Millikin (Capt.) .. ..............

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Mo unt Morris (Capt.) new intra-mural rules at Viator, and selection at half back the same year. could easily be secured through memo Hankenson, Carthage .....................

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Bradley had a ll the way from six to ten men basketball during the hardwood sea· dents in Roy Hall. Costumes, especison of his Senior year, also. apiece on the floor at the same time.

HONORABL E MENTION ally if they are unusua l and original, Following his graduation, Dahman All seemed so possessed of the "now ENDS-Mekemson . Monmo ut h ; McGuire, Millikin; McGill, W heatneed not present a perp lexing probwas a coach in Michigan a year, and is the time for a ll good men to come oni Williams, North Central ; Miller, Millikin. lem with the advent of t he co.eds. then went to St. Louis University as to the aid of the class" idea, and I TACKLES-Reid. Knox; Bryan. State Normal; Fishel', North who are willing to do their part, if football coach, from whence he came of them stood on ceremony in their Central; Wharry. Bradley. to Viator at the opening of this asked.. Many of the plays presented coming. Owing to the vagracies of GUARDS-Howe. Knox; Zimmerman. Illinois College; Oldham, St. could be of an original nature, writschool year. the game, therefore. we shall not I Viator; McNamara, DeKalb Teachers.

Although he has been at Viator ten by the students themselves. They attempt to print a lineup . For CENTERS-Streigel. State Normal ; Canada. Carbondale Teachers; less than three months, Bucky has need not be so long as to necessitate players, see the registrar's lists.

Peterson, Elmhurst. become one of the most popular long hours of rehearsing and learnQUARTERBACKS-Hance, Charleston Teachers; McClarence. figures about the campus. He is ing of parts. It would be well to Bradley ; Nichols, Knox; Basan, Shurtleff; Vice, Mill ikin. well liked by the team and the stud· alternate the plays with a smoker HALFBACKS-Martin. Carbondale Teachers; Thoman. Augustana; ents both as a coach and as a friend. one week and a play the next, or, Cash, Elmhurst; Kirk, Monmouth; Murphy, Knox; Bodecker, Macomb He enters upon his new position with say, a smoker, a boxing match, and Teachers; Furlong, St. Viator; Cole, Eureka, every promise of co-operation frorr::. then a play. This would evenly I long to be right on that street balance the activities and give everyFULLBACKS-Kerth, North Central; Kerber . Elmhurst. the student body.

Where metropolis great and village one a chance to do what he liked meet. best once in a while.

'Tis for me, that Romance If any plan is worked out for the s ings provision of Saturday night enterAnd breezes whisper most lovely Team W. L. Pet. D. P. Team Won Lost Dear Mr. Editor: tainment, fuB cooperation and atthings!

Millikin .... ..4 0 1.000 26.67 Carbondale Teachers ..................... 5 o Just a hit more regarding the tenda nce must be given by the stud.

And at the close of day.

Knox .... ..4 .800 25.00 Millikin ....... ..... ........... ...4 .() arous ing of interest in Saturday ents. Every s tudent must be willing When workers homeward went the ir Lake Forest . .........2 .667 25.00 Mount Morris .................................3 night entertainments. If s tudents to give of his time and labor whenway, Carbon'e Teach. _. .5 0 1.000 23.33 Monmouth ... 5 are expected to remain on the campus ever a sked ,and not put forth the Mount Morris ......... 3 0 1.000 23.33 'Charleston Teachers ................. 5 'Tis there I fain wou ld be every Saturday night, as they are, "I would if I could but I can't" ex... 5 2 To watch t he traffic rush. like one Monmouth .715 22.50 *DeKa lb Teachers ......................... .,4 1 every member of the s tudent body cuse whenever requested to do someuneasy sea, Bradley ..2 x.500 20.50 Knox ...............................3 1 should be interested in stag ing week- thing by those in charge. Much of Reach its peak in the rays of the sun. Augustana ......__ ........3 .600 20.00 Illinois Wesleyan ..... ..4 2 the success of any of the plays will ly amusements .

Just then, a dying glorious one!

Charleston Teach ... 5 x.835 19.64 Lake Forest .2 There are a number of sug g estions depend upon their novelty and originAnd I'd love to see this s ight again, DeKalb Teachers ...4 1 x.800 18.75 Augustana .......... 3 2 that might be exploited. Smoker s a lity, and a lot of "pep," enthusiasm, I swenr 't'will never leave my brain! Macomb Teach. _.. _3 3 .500 18.00 ' Bradley .... 2 2 have been uni versall y popular and and interes t will be necessary for For I'll always hear those drivers Shurtleff ........ _.__ .... _... _2 .400 16.00 Macomb Teachers ......... 3 3 could be revived . Boxing tourna- their s uccess. .400 14.00 Carthage curse Carthage ...........~... 2 ............................... 2 3 As ever, ments eas il y capture the interes t At that young thing who dropped St. Viator ........... 3 5 .375 13.75 St. Viator ... ..........................................3 and ent hus iasm of the boys, and add A Ft'eshman her purse Eureka ... ___...... _... _....2 6 .250 12.50 Eureka ....... 2 to th e prowess of the s tudents who Midst all the Buicks, Fords and State Normal .........1 .125 11.25 State Normal ........ 1 7 .j know how to box. Dramat ic interest Now t hat f ootball is finally over Chevs., Wheat on .._ ............0 4 .000 10.00 Whea to n ......................... .0 4 ! is at a low ebb at Viator and opens wit h. some of the s tudents will be There on Le Via de Mes Reves!

McKendree _._. ___ .0 5 .000 10.00 McKendree ..........

5 a new fie ld of accomplishments. ri d of the very obnoxious talk of -J. H. Burns, Illinois College ...... 0 7 .000 10.00 Illinois College .....

7 There are a num ber of s tud ents who Logan, Chris tman, and others too x-Ind icate tie game.

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upper hand, and Bill Gibbons, Soph class president, started out of the melee with the bunting clasped close.

Ralph Karr, the fleeting Sophomore football and basketball star, caught Gib about a half a block from the fight and took the flag from him and carried it to safety pursued by half the Freshman class.

Hell week opens.

As a result of the action of the Freshmen, the President of the Sophomore class, W ill iam Gibbons, declared Hell Week to be opened, and posted a Jist of regulations and the individual assignments.

Some Freshman has discovered a pond on the campus ami observing that it is being p ut to no use what-so-ever has conceived t he idea of turning it into a hatchery for cold-water fish. After looki ng over this man's discovery we he-artily agree with him. Mr. By the way, have you noticed our Tucker even suggested t h at a co-eds are becoming adept fencers? large metal tank be placed in the No one can call our co-eds the s ha llow end of t he pond for the IIweaker sex" now. econom ical refr igeration of food· stuffs used in the college refect or y.

Oc O'Donnell's roommates are This is a very practical s uggestion s till wondering what he was drea min g and we beli eve it will be carried about when he fell out of the top out. However , the temper ature deck of that double-decker. Gallopof the air in the vici ni ty of t his ing Ed Hunt came to the rescue and pond is so cold t hat a person can helped Oc back in bed. see his breath t urn- in to vapor.

This fact wi ll, we believe, disAsk Pat Farrell how it feels co urage any attempts at growin g in swimming involuntarily, water Hllies, etc., on the surface to bea utify t he pond. But we Bob Delaney is considered a pest! m ust h ave some su b- marine plantlife to s upply oxygen and food to Whitey Mehren seems to be quite , the fish. We request all the sup· optimistic about something. We beport the studen t body of Viator 'S lieve that it is du e to Christman's can give us in t his vent u re. It persuading touch . wi l! make Viator College t he onl y s mall college in t he world h aving Chuck Carney, the local wit, an- ! its own acq uarium . T he S hedd nounces that his latest work of I acquari um of Chi cago has gracihumor, anecdotes and puns will be I ously offered to assist us in t his published on the nineteenth of the ,·entu re. The one dr aw- hack to t he month. plan is t hat we will be r estrict ed , of nece'ssity to the types of fi sh t hat in habit t he artic and ananic "Fat" Meany claims that his girlish wat .. , s. No t ropical or even tern . figure is du e to regular h ours (of sleeping.) , r-erate zon'e fis h co uld Jive in this pond. If those who ar e inter ested

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Father Munsch has very kindly al- tainly taking on big bear this year, ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -• . --. ( lowed us to read a letter recently re- and no set-ups on the schedule.

I Ken Clo t hI er has one Olce colore,d ceived by him from the Rev. J. P . optic. It seems that Kenny couldn t ~ O'Mahoney, '06. Father O'Mahoney To set your mind to rest, the ViaB. FITZGERALD ~~~se t he money for a beefsteak, so is now stationed at Crane Hall, tol'ian will n ot publish again before eye.

Gainesville, Florida, the home station Christmas. Next issue due on return of the University of Florida. He i:::: from vacation.

Insurance, Loans and Bonds Airplane Director of the Society for the Pro----I pogation of the Faith, and Director What a dash ing and majestic ap Ah! mighty wonder of wonders, \ of the Society for the Developing of pearing trio are Jim Flynn, UFat" That carries man on high, I Priestly Vocations, besides his duties Carroll and HS unny " Laffey. They Into, nay, through the clear blue as head of Crane Hall, a community are the three Kings of the Christmas sky! house for Catholic students in at- Play, and they certainly portray the Oft' do I (mere human) ponder tendance at the State University. He parts.

O'er t hy wings of silvery tint, also tells of seeing the news of Sam I Leave Your Laundry and Dry Cleaning With Thy motor of steel and propeller of ' McAllister's appointment to Auburn Pat Cleary and Hart Bassana brassy glint! ! in the local papers, and confident- claim to be the pin ochle champions S H EA B R OTHERS Ah! agent of death; courier of ially intimates that the U. of of the College. Mail any challenges

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I to room 215, Roy Hall, and if t he Symbol of safety; thy power: the , champs decide the competition will Earth to bruise!

I be strong enough, arrangements will Thou demon of speed, Francis Gallahue, cousin of E. E. r be made for the play-off.

Conqueror of Artie Ice and Atlantic , and James Gallahue of the College, Sea! I was a rec ent visitor here.

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