St. Viator College Newspaper, 1931-01-05

ij!h~ Volume XLVIII

miutnriun No.7

Monday, January 5, 1931.

GENDRON LEGRIS SETTLES GRUDGE BFTY STUDENTS AT COLLEGE PRESENTS CHRISTMAS ON FIELD OF HONOR, DISAPPEARS SELF-HELP BANQUET CHARITY PLAY AT LUNA THEATRE Viator Fencing Exhibition Thrown Into Chaos by Affair Quite Successful Cast and Directors Shower Honors Upon ThemDuel Between Prominent Students. Charles selves by Giving Excellent Performance. Good Between forty and fifty students Flynn Severely Injured; May Recover.

Sum is Cleared for Charity Work Among gathered about the festive board in Legris Cannot be Found.

Unemployed of Kankakee. the south hall of the Refectory on What had started out to be a peaceful exhibition by the newly organized Viator fencing team was turned into a near riot as two prominent members of the team chose the time to settle an old grudge and fought with bare sword, stripped to the waist.

Although no one has been able to ascertain the exact cause of the disagreement, it is believed that there may have been a woman in the case. Neither of the contestants would speak of the affaiI: to their seconds; Charles Flynn, injured duelist, refuses to talk, and Gendron Legris, the victor, cannot be found.

The time chosen for the duel was the lull immediately succeeding the tourney held in the College Club rooms on Saturday even· ing, Dec. 13, to decide the champi.onship of the team. Matters which had nearly been healed by the time fol· lowing the quan'el were brought to a head when a blunder in the drawings placed Legris and Flynn opposite each other in the first round of the tourney. Legris WOD, and Flynn loudly c1a,i med foul p lay. He was momentarily pacified, but chose a moment when the title bout was at its heighth and vigilance was relaxed to insult Legris. Gendron answered the challenge through his seconds, M. Ra,l ph Hoover and M. Paul LaRocque, who, after conference with Messrs. Sylvan Bona and Daniel Madden, decided upon the time immediately following the tournament for the settling of the dispute,

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FENCING TEAM IN PRIVATE TOURNEY Ray Wenthe Wins Title In First Exhibition of New Organization

Tuesday evening, December 16th, and partook of a well-prepared banquet, tendered by the College to secure more friendly relations w ith the workers and to show a partial RPpreciation for their serv ic(' ~ . The affa ir was very successful and those in attendance thought it was by far the best of this season's campus events.

Promptly at 7 :30 Toastma3ter Robert Tucker called the hun gry men to order and signalled to Mr. Edward Gallahue to say grace. For some forty-five minutes thereafter the diners demonstraterl their approval of Chef Russo's 'pccial efrorts by leaving but crumbs on what were well·fIlled plates, and then sat baok to enjoy the eveni ng's entertainment.

The guests were treated to some very excellent harmony in the severa] selections rendered by the HBar Hoom Four," composed of Ed Hunt, Don Anderson, Bill Todd and Al Furlong, accompanied at the piano by Mr. Werner Salg. After these gentlemen had received a generous and wellearned round of applause, Toastmaster Tucker arose and, after a short speech, introduced the five speakers of the evening.

Some forty tired but happy members (with traces of grease paint still on their faces) of the cast "The Shepherd's Watch," accompanied by their director, Prof. Murray Hickey Ley, and the Rev. J. W. R. Maguire, C. S. V., President of the College, returned to Bourbonnais late Thurs day evening, December 18th, after having given two excellent performances of the Christmas play at th e Luna Theatre for the benefit of the Kankakee Unemployment Commission, under th e auspices of th e local branch of th e Catholic Daughters of America. The actors and members of the chorus were elated over the s uccess of their efforts and ~

NINETEEN PLAYERS RECEIVE LETTERS Letters Well Scattered Among Classes; Frosh Gel Six The Board of Athletic control of St. Viator College has announced the awarding of nineteen letters to members of the 1930 football squad . The awards were almost evenly spread among the various classes, the Sen"": iors and Sophomores receiving four, the Juniors, five, and the Freshmen, s ix. The evenness of the awards shows that St. Viator does not depend upon anyone class to carry a very large share of her athletic burden, and the graduation of anyone class will not leave too many openings to be filled with green recruits in the next year.

The awards wel'e made to: *James Al Furlong, Chicago, Ill., (Capt.), Senior *Francis B. Carroll, Chicago, Ill., Senior *Joseph F. Logan, Fort 'Vayne, Ind., Senior Lawrence P. Christman, Yoder, Ind., Senior James O'Donnel1, Chicago, Junior *Edward Weber, Chi cago, Junior ~ Don Anderson, Berwyn, Ill., Junior !t:Clarence Romary, Fort Wayne, Ind., Junior *Wi1liam Hamilton , Clinton, Ill..

Junior "'Ed Hunt, Chicago, Sophomol'e *James Laffey, Chicago, Sophomore Ralph Karr, Clinton, Ill., Sopho· more "'William Gibbons, Bloomington, Ill., Sophomore John Meany, Chicago, Freshman John Oldham , Chicago, Freshman

but it was several minutes before a light could be found . Flynn was discovered on the floor with a painful but not dangerous cut across the chest. He was given medical aid and is -;'xpected to recover shortly. Legris

To give the student body an idea of the newest sport on the Viator campus, the fencing team held a private tournament and exhibition before the student body and a few friends on the evening of Saturday, December 13, The meet was held after chapel in the College Club roon1S and a large audience was in Five Good Speakers. attendance.

Mr. Joseph Logan, '31, gave a The first bout of the men's toul'ney found Ray Wenthe matched against very good talk interspersed with Gaylord Chapman. Wenthe was re- some of his famous humorous com .. turned the winner by a score of five ments, and very eloquently exprescuts to two. In the second match, sed his thanks to the College. Similar Ralph Hoover won over Paul La- talks were given by Mr. Charles Rocque by a five-three count, and Clifford, '31, Mr. Ralph Hoover, '33, Dan Madden and Gendron Legris and Mr. Burke Monahan, '32, all of conquered Sylvan Bona and Charles which were highly entertaining and Flynn respectively. appreciative.

In the semi.finals, Wenthe defeated Mr, Edward Gallahue, the sponsor Hoover, and Madden won from of the delightful dinner, was the Legris. The final match for the last of the evening's speakers and championship was scored on a basis his talk dealt mainly with the history of ten cuts. With the score at of the Self-Help Departm ent and its nine all, Wenthe got inside Madden's present status. He said, in part, guard to score on a head-cut, and that under this plan about $150,000 win the championship. has been earned by students during Miss Ruth Arrington defeated Miss the ten years in which it has been Julia Libbey in the first bout of the in operation, and that he hoped that co-ed schedule. Miss Marie Smole such an amount would b<:: available then won over Miss Edna Stelter. to ambitious students in the decades The title match between Miss Smole to come. Mr. Gallahue also gave and Miss Arrington was won by Miss many interesting sideHghbi upon the Smole.

College's interest in student welfal·e.

The highlights of the affair came His talk proved to be the most inter· with the varied attacks of the con- esting of the affair and was well testants as they presented thero- received. selves. Especially did Gendron Legris Refe.ctory Decorated. and his famous "retreat offensive" The tables were arranged in the t th f cy of the audience cap ure e an . . , shape of a large "U" and were The co-eds turned out to be conslder-) neatly decorated with colors and ably more blood-thirsty t~an the I symbols in keeping with the season. men, to the surprIse of evelyone.

A large cake was placed on a separate table in the center of the en1 d /lU", at the pinnacle and OBITUARY b:rs~e of which were standing and

disappeared in the confusion and has not been found since.

The affa,i r occurred without the knowledge of th~ school authorities) who have since condemned the actions of the two men. The duel has been censured as the outbreak of two overly-romantic youths. Measures have been taken to prevent similar occurrences in the future.

sitting figures representing SUCCeSS m~n Indicates former letter-man . and Failure. This masterpiece was St. Viator College, through the later cut and divided among the Viator ian, extends "its condolesces to workers.

We should like, also, to congratJohn Smith, of Manteno, Viator Futur·e Plans. ulate Ken Clothier on his captaincy. alumnus, upon the death of his And the team deserves a pat on the father which occurred on December It is hoped to make this banquet 25. rrhe funeral was held in St. an annual affair and to ofTer new back for its judgem ent. Anyhow, Jo seph's church) Manteno, at ten novelties and entertainments in the here are our best wishes to -Captain Clothier for a successfu l season. o'clock, Saturday, December 27. future.

Spectators Asked to Leave.

Whitey Mehren, who had announced all the regular bouts, requested all of weak constitution to leave the hall. About fifty more patrons entered. The duelists were stripped to the waist and presented with their bare swords. The head second, M. LaRocque, called the attention of all assembled to the gravity of the affair, and reminded the contestants that such displays were against the laws of both the Church and State.

Neither man replying, they were placed on gua,r d.

As the moment of combat arrived a quiet fell over the room. Just as the dueiists engaged, something went wrong with the wiring system, and the nerves of the audience, raised to an unnatural pitch, gave way. Shouts and screams filled the hall demands for lights and frantic sea;ching for the exits by the milling crowd a<lded to the clashing of the swords to make the din almost unbearable.

House Thrown into Confusion.

The clashing of the swords, follow'ng the darkness suddenly ceased,

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gave much of the credit to their director and Father Maguire.

Many Favorable Commen1s.

All those who were fortunate enough to be in attendance declared that the play contained some of the most edifying spectacles produced in the vicinity for so me time and that they w ill not soon be forgotten.

Many of the spectators, including various members of the facuulty, came behind the curtains after the final performance to offer their personal congratulations. Even those students w ho pm-chased tickets from a sense of duty to a College enterprise were very enthusiastic about the production and were heard to pass many favorable comments upon

it.

Excellent Portrayals.

All of the members of the cast executed their respective parts with much skill, adding much to the solemnity of the various scenes. Miss Frances Mary Clancy, '32, cast in difficult role of the Blessed Virgin, gave an excellent portrayal in this part. The infant son of Coach and Mrs. Roy Dahma n, as the Infant Jesus, unknowingly gave an exquisite performance. The three kings and the six shepherds, in their "long fio\ving robes, each with his woll spoken part, were actually pictUIesque and artistically portrayed. The parts of the Angel Gabriel) St. Joseph and the Angel were also very well acted. Many beautiful Christmas carols were rendered in English by the members of the cast and the choir, with an organ accompaniment.

Fair Attendance.

The attendance at both performances did not at all come up to expectations, but it is thought that this was caused by the stores remaining open in the evening and a lso by the nation wide depression. About thrc~ hundred school children, in charge of their teachers, attended the after·

noon performance, while about two hunch'ed a nd fifty adults appeared for the evening show. According to 111., Mr. James Burns, of the Commission,

Jerome Ratcliffe, Chicago, Freshman Leo Witz, Chicago, Freshman 111., Kenneth Westray, Chicago, Freshman Frank Wirken, Moline, Ill., Fresh-

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one hundred dollars was realPlot and Cast.

A resume of the story of the play was given in the Viatorian for December 1st. In short, it concerned itself with the mysteriOus signs and wonders of the day preceding th e birth of the Child Jesus, some nine· teen hundred years ago. The complete cast was as follows : Blessed Virgin-Frances Mary Clancy, (Continued on page six)

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W.G.CHILD The Power of the Press Once upon a tim e we made the boast that we never printed an editorial unless it had something to say, but when we said it, something us ually happened. While that was rather egotistica l, we thoug ht th at we had some grounds for believing its truth.

We wa nt to " take it a ll back" ; we are properly chastened and h umbled. Our spirit is broken; our ego rolls in the dus t. We aren't even sure that this should be written, for it may be destin ed for an ever more complete oblivion t han was the fa te of t he orig inal from which it is written.

Last issue carr ied a more or less impassioned appeal to the s tudent body for more dig nified conduct in chapel. A condition exists which is so common tha t it needs no explanation. Attent ion of th e student body was called to the exis tence of the evil, and a dignified r equest was made for a spontaneous r emedy.

F rankly, we did not expect to get an y s uch thing. We know s tudents too well for that, but we had hoped for some sort of .faculty action. Gentlem en, the r esponse exceeded a ll our expectations ! We have been gr eeted with on e of the most r ousing s ilen ces it has ever been our displeasure to experien ce.

The appeal last week was ma de on a basis of more r eligion.

Since t hat didn' t go so well, we s hould like to ask you-not as Catholics, but as gentlemen-to consider appea rances. We come, personally, of a long line of good Protestant folk a nd were until recentl y at least passably respectable m embers of one of the sta un chest P rotest ant sect~. We are not bragging about con· version or anything of t he sort-in fact we quite freq uently s hock our room mat e a nd various oth er occupants of Roy Ha ll hy ins isting t hat our late relig ion is still a good r eligion,-bu t we would apprecia te it a wfully if som e of the Catholic members of t he s tudent body could fi nd it in t heir h earts to occasionally so ('ondu ct th emselves in ch apel that we might be r eminded that a change has been made. We realize that t his is a more or less personal req ues t, and we do not wish to appear un reasonable, so we had though t tha t perhaps t he t hing could be taken car e of un der th e Holy Name Society. That is, the Presid ent of t he Society could a ppoin t certain men who should kn eel on cert ain weeks, an d th e kneelers could rather change off. Of course, we do not wish to be too hard on the s tudents, but we t hink that you can eas ily see our poi nt of view. And it is so easy to forget und er the present condit ions.

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You w ill not " tha t th e las t parag ra ph con ta ins 8. space fo r the member s of the cas t , but s ince I d o not have a pr in t (.;d progra m of Ju st who were in t he piay, may I ~ s k t hat you sec ure thi s data f l·t)m one of t he variou s prog r a m s t ha t 1 r emem be r seeing up on yo ur mu ch clut tered (w it h bus iness) d esk.

Sincer ely yo ur s, Gill Middleton.

Our plea for some action on the campus w as certainly answered promp t ly.

Gendron Legris a nd Charles F ly nn have th e pledge of our un dying fri endsh ip a nd g r a ti t ude.

We wa nt Frances Mar y Cla ncy, our onl y co-ed wri ter to s tep forwa r d nnd t a ke h er bow. A lthou g h she appe als in this iss ue f or ideas f or t he Librar y Column, we wish to express our admiration f or t he m a nn er in whi ch she ha s conver ted an ord inar il y hopelessly Hde a d" column into one of the most interes ting s pots in t hi s J ourna l.

We have an ex cellent editor ial writer in Carl L a mpe, too. We realize t hat his 10ng.·head ed conservation is th e best balance-wheel we h a ve.

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I The Christmas Liturqy l Through the ('~n~nl'ies) Christmus, fCRst of the Nativity of Our Lord, has held n dominant plnce in the Liturgy of the Church and in the literature and art of the Christian world. Throughout t.he Liturgy relcrences to the day of the Saviour's birth recur. In literature the s ubject of Christmas has been the inspil'ation of the greatest minds.

Poems which have Christmas as their subject come down to us from even as far back as the fourth century.

Numbered among the greatest works of art are compositions whose theme is the birth of Christ.

It is fitting, at this season, to call some of them to mind: C hr ist m a~

in The Litu r gy

After Easter and Pentecost, Christmas is the greatest fea st in the Catholic liturgy. St. John Chrysostom calls it the origin and foundation of all other fea sts, and the Leonian Sacramental'Y says in the introductory part of the Mass: "Vere dignum. Quoniam quidquid chl'istianae profession is devotione celebratur, de hac sumit solemnitate principtum, et in huius muneris mysterio continetur." For this reason the Roman Martyrology announces it with a specially solemn ceremony. In ancient times the feast was enriched with many privileges and selected to inaugurate the cycle of ecclesiastical feasts. The civil legislation of the middle ages made of the Christmas week, as of those of Easter and Pentecost, a Remission 'Veek, during which debtors were allowed to suspend all payment.

No other feast day has succeeded like Christmas in cominating more profoundly the souls of the people.

Evidences of this appear even in the liturgy in ceremonies inspired by the popularity of Christmas. Today, tor instance, we have the mangers, which have become an essential part of our Christmas. In earlier days there were the Christmas Mysteries or officio pastor um that were an inseparable part of the Christmas liturgy.

Owing to the abuses which were introduced in the representation of the pastoral mysteries, they later were forbidden by the ecclesiastical authorities. And with the mysteries suppressed, the popularity of the pastorals rose. These pastorals, or noels, were a special kind of characteristic popular songs executed to the accornpaniment of ' the organ as interludes of the liturgical services, in imitation of the songs of the shepherds of Bethlehem on the holy night of Christmas. The s inging of these pastorals is still observed in some countries, particularly among the rural population.

One of the ancient privileges annexed to the Christmas liturgy which has come down through the ages is the faculty granted to every priest to say three Maseses. Originally the three Masses were celebrated in this order: the first at midnight, the second at the day break and the third later in the forenoon.

The privilege of celebrating three Masses seems to have had its origin in Palestinian tradition, whence it was adopted by the Western countries. As reported by the Pcregrinati o Silviao, Christmas was celebrated in Palestine at two successive stations the first in Bethlehem a.nd the seco~d in Jerusalem. The station in Bethlehem was celebrated on the eve of the feast and ended with a first Mass at midnight. Afterwards the celebrants went processionally to Jerusalem to the Church of Resurrection. There, toward day-break, psalms were sung and prayers offered, and,

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hHvin~ blessed lhe catechumen:.; und lhe fnll.. hfu l, all wont hom e, exccpt lhe monks who remained t.o pray. Later tho c01'o l11onies were r esumed wit.h the Mass at t.he catcchum cns which was celebr ated at the Golgotha. The faithful then r eturned Lo Lhe Church of the HCSlllTcciion to si ng the third Mass.

The custom of the midnight. Mass seems to have been inuroduced in Rome not long befor e t he fifth century. The second Christmas Mass wns sa id at the Church of St. Anas tasia and the third at St. Peter's. All were sung by the Pope him self.

The custom of the three Masses h:J.d, in the middle ages, mystica l explanation. The first Mass, t hat of midnight, represented the condition of humanity before t he Mosaic law w hen Christ was on erath. The Mass as profound shadows reigned about daybreak was signi fi cant of the t im e of the Prophets, when the shadows began to disappear. The third Mass symbolized t he time of light and ce which is the New Testament. gra Another explanation is given by St. Thomas, who says: "On Christma.s day are celebrated more Masses owing to the triple nativity of Christ.

The first is the eternal (the generation of the Verb in the bosom of the Father), which for us is hidden, and therefore one Mass is sung by night, and in its introductory part it is sa id : Dominus dixit ad m e; Filius meus es tu; ego hodie genui te." The second nativity is temporal but spiritual , that is that by which Christ is born lucifer in cordibus nostris': therefore as it is said in II . Petri 'tampquam a second Mass is sung at daybreak, and in its introductory part it is said: " Lli-X fulgebit hodie super nos." The third nativity of Christ is that temporal and corporal, by which he proceeded in a visible way from the virginal bosom of Mary, taking human flesh. For this reason the third Mass is sung in the day light, and in its introductory part is said: "Puer

natus est nobis."

Christmas in Lite r ature.

The most ancient poem s which have Christmas as their subject go back no farther than the end of the fourth or the beginning of the fifth century. Prudent ius (second half of the fourth century) was the ~rst poet of the Nativity of Christ. His poem, written with a cha.rming inspiration.

"Quid est quod arctum circulum Sol jam recurrens deserit?

Christusne terris nasc itul', Qui Iucis auget tramitem?

There are two other hymns asscribed to St. Ambrose (A . D. 397).

One is the Hymn of the Laudes in the Advent, which begins with the line: "Vox clara ecce intonat. . ."

The second is the Hymn of the Christmas Vespers and Matins, which begins: ".C hriste Redemptor omnium. . ." Today it is generally believed, that they were not written by the famous Archbishop of Milan.

Ther e is, however, no reason to doubt that the Hymn by Celius Sedulius (fifth century), which is sung in part in the Laudes of Christmas is genuine. This is the hymn which says: "A solis ortus cardine Ad usque terrae limitem, Chris tum canamus principem Natum Maria Virgine. . ."

Also accepted as genuine is the hymns by St. Fortunate (second half of the sixth century), which begins: "Agnoscat omne saeculum.

Among the other poems in Latin must be remembered a sequence ascribed to Pacopone da Todi (1230-

f hav," " motu, Htrung up on th" wall wit h Lh,. 'God Ble"8 Our Home' and the hcautiful art rendition vf 'Hcptf'mh('r Morn' to kind of remind a man that aftcT all thi. life in tran.formitory. W('J1, my motto, with wh ich I will cloH(' my fc'W brief Temarks which J am Hurc have bcen w(:1] rC('(:iv(:d, for J am a man of few wt)rdH, js, II n(:vcr made a mi9take in my life, and I 'm too old to ':lart now'. <l1'V(. a lways found th()se 9jmp 1~ Ii neH to he a safe Rock to cli ng to, and if any of the young folks VToulrl take them to heart an d cherish them like we used to do those things i!1 I my day, he would find them to he a big' help to themselves, which is a. thing hard to be found in these days of huM'Y nnd no ho~pitality."

YOUTS S'i ncerely, Ralph HO(; VCT.

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J. Burke Monahan fir s t r egis tered About a year and a half ago a at St. Viator in September of 1~26. you ng man stepped for the first time After a year of Coll ege, Burke took on the Viator campus and con fided a couple of years off lo lhink it ove L'. to the registrar lhe joyful news that Finally deciding that it was worth hi s name was RaJph 1Ioover, and while, he re-f'ntered last year. He that he was a product of .lawn Greer is a quiet chap and modest almost of Hoopeston. On a campus DD and lo a fault. Fpw students know that ..1-1 per cent Democratic, that surBurke was one of the best basket name gave him a big start. lIe had ball centers in the st.:-'1te during his to present credentials proving that high school career s ince circum- he was in no way related to the stances have made it almost impos- other (get that) distinguished gentlesible for him to tryout for the I lllan who be':lrs the same name, bevarsity squad. fore t.he student body would allow He is well known, however. for him to eat at the same tables or his forensic abi li ty. He was the zleep in the same hall with them. onl y debater of last year's squad to In an effort to make up for some come through the season undefeated. of the coldness evidenced toward )1r.

His record in inter-collegiate debate Hoover before he had proven his is as yet unl11a路rred by any losses. innocence, HTorchy" Warne made him That he will be a member of this a member of the Viatorian .:itaff, year's team when it is formed, goes ::lI1d Father Lowney allowed him to a lmost withr)ut saying. persuade himself that he was a deBurke is perhaps, next to Father bater. The Reverend Father :sent Maguire and Father Lynch, the most Hoover to Dayton and Cincinnati to powerful man in the College. He is disgrace the forensic artists of St. known throughout the whole campus Viator, but the downtrodden Mr. as the coach of the famout Delinqupnt 'Varne had to stay home and suffer Team, and t he lists which he posts silently. on every Friday afternoon are Although he was but a Sophomore, scanned with an attention given no someone-we don't know who-made other piece of literature that ever IIHerb" Editor-in-Chief of the Viafalls within the range of a Viatorian. torian this year to save argument.

His squad has produced more con- As a well-known mortician of &ncient sistent ground-gainers this year time once said in a similar casc, HI tha n ever before in the history of wou ld rather bury Caesar than praise the School.

Ihim," and we wind up with an '.he He is the representative of the dirt on him (Herb); he edits the ViaCollege Club before the College torian, does a bit of newspaper writCouncil. He is twenty, a Junior, ing, is a member of the fencing- and and a graduate of Chatsworth High. , debating teams, plays tennis. bowls, swims, smokes, swears, eats, slceps 1306), which is an adaption of the and says "mama" when bent. He is famous "Stabat Mater dolorosa." captain and quarterback of Coa~h ,"Vhen Latin became unintelligible Monahan's Delinquent team, :md ~o the peopl:, vernacular songs were leads the College in unexcused ~la.ss mtroduced In nearly every land. c::ts.

Among these popular poems thc most By special intcrview we are a llow ancient is a Polish one composed eel to present this lette:' of Beeg Shot: before 1000 A. D. The most ancien t Weihnachtsliedel' (Christmas Poems) "\:Vell, folks, I g ue-ss you'll a ll be the Germans go back to the elevellth glad to hear from me. When t he and. twelfth centu~1Cs . The mo~t little boy came to me and wanted t o ancIen.t French no~l IS Of. the eleventh Iknow what he should say, I just took centulY路 The thst caIols of the him ofr to one s ide and said 'Well A~glo-Nol'mans were written in the son, just write a little bit 'as bes~ thirteenth century. At about that you can, and I'll fini sh it f01' yeu. t11ne !tahan poetry on Chl'lstrnas be- Everybody'll be glad to hem' from gan. me, which is a fact.' Of course, I In addition to popular lyric poetry was glad to help the boys oui, I alon Christmas there is also classical ways like to see young fellow s take literature. The best known of these a liking to writing. Knights of the include t he Latin poem, "De Partu Pen, I call them. Of course, that's Virginis," by Sannazzara (1458- just my little joke, I know that they 1530), and that by Fr. Ceva (1736) usc typewriters nowadays.

"Puer Jesus"; two odes by Milton "Well, anyways, I don't want to (1608-1674): " This is the month and criticise, and I notice that the boy has this the happy morn" and "It was done a pretty good job for a beginthe winter wild"; the great "Mes- ner. Of course, he must ha\'c his siah" by Pope (1688-1744), who wrote little joke, too, but that's all right also a "Sacred Eclogue"; the "Clu'i st- that I'm a Big Shot anyway. Well, mas Tuirs" by Sir Walter Scott; the because I know that everyone knows Hymn by Manzoni: "Qual masso che he just left out one thing. Of course dal vertice. . ." and that by Watts he couldn't tel! you how I got to be (1796-1864); "Weihnach tsabend - such a success and got my picture in Christma.s evening" 'by Schmid; the Viatorian, which was mainly by "Christmarkt in Berli~u by Tiech; my modesty, but hc left out my the tales by Anerbaeh; the "Christ- motto, which is a thing every man (Continued on page fOllr) should have for it sure is nice to

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team. He made .~-! --~==-- , quarterback position on this year's eleven almost a Clinton monopoly when he alternated at the position with Hamilton, another C. H. S. product. Although an injury in midseason forced him out of play, Karr had sufficient time for his letter. He also plays basketball. He is nineteen, and a Sophomore.

Our New Year's Question.

"Somebody did a golden deed; Somebody proved a fri end in need' Somebody sang a beautiful song; , Somebody smiled the whole day long; Somebody thought, 'Tis sweet to live'; Somebody said, 'I'm glad to give' ; Somebody fought a valiant fight; Somebody lived to shield the right; "Vas that 'somebody' you?"

T he Sp here of " ' oman.

"They talk about a woman's sphere ns though it had a limit路 There's not a place in E~rth Or Heaven, There's not a task to mankind given, There's not a blessinO' or a woe There's not a whispe~'ed yes or' no, There's not a life or death or birth, That has a feather's weight of worth Without a woman in it."

Students Return From Christmas Holidays With the longest holiday of the school year completed, every train brings throngs of returning Viator men. The long stretch to t he Easter holidays begins with the resuming of s tudies, and an almost unbroken stretch of three months of scholastic work faces the student body. The only pause in the steady hum of work will be t he St. Patrick's Day holiday in March when all the Bonas and Polases, and Shuffletowskis will be allowed a day's rest to celebrate the feast of their Patron. '楼ith only three weeks intervening ' before t he semester examinations, with accompanying term papers, crams, quizzes, etcetera, the larger portion of the well-read Viator man's time will be spent in that most fam ous of all indoor sports-good old fash ioned boning.

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he who first put the Virgin Mary in direct communication with her Divine (Continued from page three) Son. Our Lady is shown in the act mas Tales" by Charles Dickens, and of taking away the veil that hides in the "Christmas Carol in Prose" by her new-born. This maternal feeling George MacDonald. Christmas nar- became permanent in the Christmas ratives also have been written by reproductions.

Dosto ievskie, Turgeniev, Gogol, BarFrom the fifteenth century the Kankakee's Largest Stock atewski and Podolinski, all Russians; star disappears and the Divine Child QUALITY RADIO the Dutch Bergsoe, Drachmann and becomes himself the source of the Budde; the Scandmavlan Andersen, Itght. This development in the Baggesen, Oehlenschlager, Frederic productlOn of the manger may .be , . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ; Bremer and I1ygare Carlin; the found among the French and Spanish Swedish Rydberg, Topelius and Rune- ! artists from the fifteenth century. her; the Norwegian Wergaland, The famous Flemi sh school left the W!lhaJen Munch and Ibsen. celebrated paintings by Ruger van Even the dramatic art took Christ· del' Weyden (1400.1464), Memmlmg- I mas as the subject of its compoSI- ( 1400-1494), Rubens (1577·1640), tlons. The "Mysteries" of the middle Van Dyke 0599·1641) and Rem· I ages were the. best known example. I bra.ndt (1606-1669).

Amon,&". the At the begmnmg they were always German pamters who have repropresented within the churches, but duced the Christmas Mystery one ! later they were held even outside must remember Rudolph von Ems ! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' the churches and called "Iaudes" or (1380), Hans Baldung (1476·1545), devotions. They ceased to be very Jorg Surlin, the young, (1455·1521), popular in the seventeenth century. Albert Ruerer (1471-1528), Luka In the eighteenth century the "Ora. Cra~ach (1472·1533), Cornelius and !

Our photographs are inexpentori" were introduced by St. Philip Ovel beck. sive, yet treas ured for their Neri. Among the most celebrated -Northwest Review. worth as living portraits. musical compositions on Christmas ----are the "Messiah" by Handel, the 153 North Schu yler Ave. "Noel" by Adam, the pastoral symphony by Beethoven, t he sacred trio Phone 407 Kankakee, Ill. logy "L'Enfance du Christ" by BerAn all·opponent eleven picked by lioz and the Orati by Bach and the sporting editor of the "EgypP erosi. tian," official organ of Southern Chr istmas in A rt.

Illinois Normal University, found The most anc ient representation two Viator players placed on the in art of t he Christmas Mystery goes Pharmacy first team. The men honored for back to t he fourth century. In the their performance against the Caryear 1877 a fresco of that period, bondale Teachers were Phil Mackey, reproducing the Nativity of Christ, fu lback, and "Bunny" Oldh am, guard. was discovered in the Catacombs of 119 Court St., Kanka kee, Ill. St. Sebastian in Rome. It is the only painting of the Manger in the Catacombs. More frequently the Christmas Mystery was represented on The Viatorian wishes to express its Buy Your Guaranteed sal'cophagues, the most ancient of best wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Michael which belongs also to the fourth Delaney upon the occasion of their Used Cars Here century and is now kept at the La- marriage which occurred on Novemteran Museum. ber 26. The groom WftS a former Represe ntation s of Ch ristmas in Viator football, basketball and basethe sixth century are diffused with ball star, and coached tile Academy Authorizedthe Byzantine art, which introduces eleven last year. The bride was the many changes in the r epresentation former Miss Margaret Delaney, .of FORD LINCOLN of the mangel'. There is always a Chicago. grotto excavated in the rock. The c--------------:Divine Infant is laid on the crib, When in Kankakee You Are with the ox and the donkey standing Always Welcome at t he by. A star sheds its light on Him. T he Blessed Virgin, St. Joseph, the shepherds and the angels a lso are to be seen. The same subject is reproP ullman Booths, Soda Founduced with little differences in all tain, Majestic Radio paintings and sculptures from t he First Door While You Wait. sixth to the twelfth century. Even North of Luna Theatre J. Berelos, Mgr. in the thirteenth and fourteenth cen- P hone 954 turies the Byzantine type prevails, I L..._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _-'but the figures of the personages are more artistic.

This improvement of the art be· gins abov<! all with Nicola Pisano Sidney Herbst, P res. an d General Manager (1279), whose sculptures are ad· m ired on t he pulpit of Siena. It was DINING ROOM .:MAGNIFICENT BA LL ROOM I

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In the absence of the conductor of this column, we find ourselves with a thousand-word space on our han ds and no place to take it. In our younger days, a thousand words would have just been a nice opening paragraph. But those seven grey hairs which we treasure so carefully remind us that we are no longer as young as we once were. We might open this week's effort with a little story, as is the won t of t he r egular slave of th is space. For instance, we might tell why a certain red-head spent the night before Homecoming in the Western Union office trying to plaster the whole of the Middle-West -and particularly Ch icago and Milwaukee-with telegrams. Or we might reveal t he private life of a Big City Slicker among the ru stics of a simple country village. But, after all, that sort of thing is handled so much better by John Erskine, and we couldn't even t hink of "muscle-ing" in on his field. Oh, yo u are welcome, Doctor. Say no more about it.

In fact, we had almost decided to let the story go when th is happened. It seems that a certain young Viatorian had a table reserved at the Edgewater Beach for the formal New Year's eve party. You know what that means- P hil Spitalny, ten bucks a plate, and sufficient of modernistic nectar. What is more, he had a Packard sedan for drifting hither and yon. All he needed was the girl. And t hat seemed simple. Merely a matter of form to ask her. So he drifted out and with studied casuality, and broke the glad news to the best girl he knew . To pass over the more tragic part as quickly as possible, he is saving t he tickets as souvenirs of a swell time he almost had.

* * * * * * This depression can't be as bad as it is painted. We are informed on good aut hority t hat the bees a re still able to cell t heir honey.

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"Why were yo u late?"

"Class started before I got here."

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A long answer turn eth away listeners.

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"How did the pawnbroker's son make his letter?"

"In hockey, I suppose."

**** ** OUR P OM E The pig fl ew in the open door , Big tears r olled down and hit t he floor, Meth usalem isn't young no more, And t his line doesn't rhyme with the others.

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HI dunno."

"If you ate your father an d mother, what would you be?"

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Now t hat we've studied Algebra, we know wha t that "X" means on bottles. It's a n unknown quant ity.

* * * * * * Garage attendant (as car drives us): "Juice?"

Motorist: "Veil, vat if we are-don't ve get no gas?"

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We used to be a Boy Scout-in fact ·we were such a good Scout, and the rules made such an impression on us that we still try to do our daily good deed . But of late we have rather merged it with another interest, and so we do our monthly good deed.

For instance, this month we are praying that it will not snow so Ken Bushman can keep both his derby and his dignity when he inva des the perilous byways of downtown Kankakee.

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At Jimmy's home there had been a number of earthquakes, so Jimmy was sent to an uncl e, who lived many miles away, for safety. Not many days later, Uncle Jerry returned Jimmy to his home with a note saying, "Jimmy is returned herewit hplease send us the earthquake."

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'Monday, .January 5, J931.

ST. VIATOR WINS FIRST TWO GAMES ST. VIATOR WINS FROM SHURTLEFF Pioneers Bow Consistent Game of Irish Cagers .

Experiencing a let-down after their exhibition of sterl ing basketball in the De Paul game, the hardwood artists of St. Viator nosed out Shurtleff College in a ragged game.

Shurtleff was out to revenge thel'nselves for a defeat suffered at t he hands of De !Calb the preceeding evening, and started strong, only to be overcorne by the cons istent work of the Irish.

Shurtleff opened up a wh irlwind attac k, and had grabbed an 11-4 lead before the game was five minutes old. The Irish were astonished at the force of the Shurtleff attack, and were played off t heir feet. Captain Clothier called a time out, and gave his men a chance to conect them selves. In the remaining time between the half the Irish turned on the Pioneers and scored eight points to the vis itors ' three. Shurtleff led at the ha lf, 14-12.

The Viatorians lost little t ime in the second half taking the lead and holding it. Although their lead was never more than two points , they played cautious ball and beld Shurtleff safe. Romary's basket in the fina.l minute of play with the score standing at 26-24 in Viator's favor sewed the game up, and the Irish stalled their four point lead out to win, 28 to 24.

Dahman found the game an excellent opportunity to get a line on some of his reserve strength and used nine men. Ham Ham ilton entered the contest early in the first half and played bang-up ball. Ken Westray, the Clinton Freshman, made two field goals to help tbe Viator cause, Wilkens, another Frosh, turned in an excellent game at center after replacing Al Furlong. T y Schwartz replaced Karr in the final minutes of play after t he latter had been injured, and gave every evidence of being varsity materiaL Although it was his first College game, he played a cool game and showed a high quality of floor work.

FG FT TP ST. VIATOR Laffey, f . ._0 0 0 Romary, f. .. ........ 2 0 4 Ham ilton, f. ....... 1 0 2 Westray, f . .. .... 2 0 4 Furlong, c. ..5 0 10 Wilkens, c. .1 0 2 Clothier (C.), g. . ...... 1 1 3 Karr, g. ..0 3 3 Schwartz, g .._.._...... _....__ .._.. _0 0 0 ........___ ....__ ._ ....12 4 28 T otals SHURTLEFF FG FT TP Davis, f. ..... _...._. ___ ...._..... 3 0 6 Mayfield, f. ......_. __ 3 2 8 T allman, c. __ ._2 2 6 4 Nicolet, g ............ _.... _._... _... _..... 2 Mason, g . ..... _._ ... _... _....0 0 Totals ...10 4 24 Referee: Young (IlL Wesleyan).

We hope that the Freshmen do not take that account of their basketball team too seriously. Just another move towards de-bunking. And Heaven knows that if there is anything that needs it, it is athletics.

We note a book by Father Fulton Sheen, an alumnus of St. Viator, among the new arrivals in the library.

GLIMPSES ])on Anderson is ol1 e oC those rare p.:cnil cmon who can "'hinc ath letica ll y 3~ we ll as in other branches of exiracurricular activity.

Don's most recent accornplishment ha s been hi s excellent portrayal of the Second Shepherd in , , T h c S hep herd's ,"Vatch." Don is one of the most talented thespians on the Viator campus and is always assured of a lead ing part in any dramatic activity. Anderson is also He first a letter-man in football. won hi s letter at guard on the 1929 squad and repented this year. Besides al l which, he is the Junior Delegate to Lhe Collegc Club Advisory Board. He is twenty, a Junior, and a graduatc of St. Phillip's High.

IRISH TO TACKLE BRADLEY WED. EVE Hilltoppers Come to St. Viator With Impressive Record; to be Crucial Game To limber up from their long vacation rest, the green-clad Irish squad of St. Viator will tackle Bradley on next Wednesday evening.

While the Saints have been stuffing themselves with the holiday turkey, the Hilltoppers have been underta king an ambitious schedule, meeting Chicago and Illinoi s during the vacation. They hold a 17-16 victory over the University of Iowa, and lost a close contest to Northwestern, admittedly the class of Middle-Western teams this year. The loss of the great Clyde McQueen seems to have had little effect upon the work of the Bradley outfit, and their aggregation of Sophomores is rapidly gailling prominence as a possible Little N ineteen championship crew.

Viator Not So Good.

On the other hand, the Irish, who were the pre-season favorites of the newspapers for the title despite their scarcity of lettermen, are losing prestige through their rather unimpressive victories over two mediocre teams. De Paul, by far the better of the two, was only boaten by the margin of a debatable free-throw, and t he Iri sh barely squeezed throug h the Shurtleff game after the Pioneers had thrown a big scare into their ranks by an early lead. The De Paul game demonstrated the fact that the Irish defensive is all that could be asked, but the Shurtleff game proved that the Via.torians are extremely weak offensively.

Ga me is Important.

Despite the fact that the game i. near the beginning of the schedule, its outcome is expected to have an important bearing on the championship . It will be the first real chance of the Viatorians to show their stuff against tough opposition, and will settle the strength of the dark-hol se Hilltoppers. If Bradley wins, tl,e visitors will very probably displace Viator from their place as co-favoriLes with Illinois Wesleyan and Millikin.

FROSH TRYING TO FORM B. B. TEAM NOW Yearlings Out to Get a Basketball Title Meet With Reserves To the cred it of St. Viatnr College, it must be said that within its portals arc housed so me of the few reJl1!lining idealists o f the world. The ,'1 ir of sophi s tication wh ich pervades the Second Conidor is dispelled when one climbs but a s ingle fli ght higher by the fres hening breeze of naivety on the Third Corridor. And a lal'ge percentage of ihn credit for mainta ining the Freshmen in the fullest bloom of their innocence must be given to the upper-classmcn.

Hard-boiled veterans of Logic, Ontology, Sociology, Psychology, Theodi , y and Ethics who can bid a four-card Oush right into three kings wit h a stra ight face have been known to exclaim in a qui etl y modulated voice, "One, no trump" whenever a green hat enters the roo 111 . Although uppel'-classmen ha.ve been known to say "Shucks" and u~h, Sugar" in the presence of Freshmen, the Ancients are rather careful of their speech, and always smile wickedly when accepting a Cigarette or drinking n "coke."

The particular voice of the Frosh at this writing seems to be their adherence to the time-honored, "If at first you don't succeed, try , try again." After breaking even in footba ll, the Youngsters are turn ing to basketball to develop the physical man a nd help to keep their bodily condition on a par with their mental growth. The Viatorian is most happy to have this opportunity to commend upon their praise-worthy object, and sincerely hopes that they will a.ll grow up to be strong, virile young men like Coot Larkin and Ken Bushman. Well, maybe a little larger than our "Coot_est" upperclassman, be he-men, worthy of the Viator tradition, anyhow. Now, fellows, you know who you are going out there to fight for . And if you can't fight for me, if you can't fight for the old scbool, if you can't fight for yourselves, look over there!

There stands-but that was another story.

To make a long story short, the Freshmen have a basketball team.

That is, if we may use the word "team" in its fullest extension. Ju st what the line -up lSI we have never been able to discover, for they change it with every game. But it is 100 percent Fres hman, and that is something, anyhow.

The first disaster to t he squad came with the Frosh- Uppcr-class1llan game. They had a bit of hard luck in this contest. If they had marle ten more baskets, they would hav( won. Also if the referee hadn't "!J-=en crooked they would have won.

There are two types of persistent people in the world: brave men and plain fools . Perhaps we should add a t hird class: Freshmen. They are too old to be plain fools, and are too young to be bra ve men. Some of them do wash their own neck8, though. Well, anyhow, they tackled the High School next. That is, t hey took on what is left of the High School. That was mistake number two. They had ha rd luck in this

Library Notes May Lhi s have brcn Lh e harpiesL of Chl'i xtrnascs, and may the toming YCUt he fill eu with jOYH Hnd bJeH~ingst Thi !-\ we wish each ancl everyone Lhrough Lhe Library Co lumn.

IRISH WIN FIRST CONTEST OF YEAR Viator Defeats De Paul

The Libra l'y,- I-ik-c-w iHe, believes in Ii In Close Battle by Lhc Chr istma s spirit, an d so is pres13-12 Count cnting its reading room with a new floor, LhaL is, its fl oor is being sanded Th . . and refinished during the vacation. .e ~reen Wave of St. VIator, The floor in the reading room is very playmg .lh first contest under the much in need of repair, and so this leadershIp of Coach Dahman, swept work will dccided ly improve the ap- over the Blue Demons of De Paul pearancc of the room. With a few Un~crS1ty of ChlCago on Monday morc changes like this our Library mg t, December 15, to win a close wil l give complete evidence of its game by a lone point. De Paul had rea l worth. come to Viator fresh from victories over Cornell a nd Illinois B. and expected to add the Saints to their Suggestions for Lhe Library Collist. According to their way of LIm n arc welcome and may be made thinking, Viator was to be but conIhrough thc Critique. We should be secutive victory number nineteen. glarJ La know what you would like The Irish lads were of a different to see in this column, and !=;o will be way of thinking, however, and turned ple::..sed to heed your suggestions. back the in vaders in one of the closest battles ever seen on the The following new books have been local floor . secured in addition to the list pubSix and a half minutes of play li ÂŁhcd in the I3.st issue: elapsed before the first score was Roy al Sevi lle, by E. A. Price Hum anism and America, by Nor- made. It was an exhibition of two superb defenses. Neither team could man Foestcr H ampshire Day, by W . H . Hudson penetrate deep into the other's terDrama,t ic Works of Goethe, by J. ritory, and in the first six minutes, De Paul got but four shots at the W. Goethe Conditiona l Refl exes, L. P. Pavlov basket, w h ile Viator had only half as many. Finally Viator broke loose Italy, by Luigi Villavi The Life of All Living, F. J. Sheen to score under the basket and break Lyric Forms from France, by H. the scoreless deadlock. De Paul followed with a field goal, and a momL. Cohen The Legacy of Rome, Cyril Bailey ent later a De Paul man sunk two Financing American Industry, by free throws. Viator added two more baskets before the half ended, but E. H. H. Simmons De Paul made a basket and a free England, by Wilhelm Dibelius throw to lead at mid-time, 7-6.

The Manxman, by Hall Caine The second half was very much a Fencers Appear Before repetition of the first. Tbe two teams were put on even terms by Public for First Time Clothier's free throw, and traded baskets until the score stood 12 all.

The fencing team made its first With about two minutes left to go, appearance in public between the Karl' was fouled and made the toss halves of the Viator-Shurtleff basket to send Viator in the le.. d and proball game. Although the team had vide the winning margin.

The De Paul team put up one of previously appeared in a tournament for the student body, it was the first the most beautiful defenses ever opportunity for the people of the seen on tbe local floor. They played section to see the advocates of the the Irish at their own game and held them on even terms. new sport in action.

In the first match, Dan Madden St. Via tal' displayed her usual airdefeated Ralph Hoover by a score of tight defensive work also. Captain fiv e cuts to foul'. Madden was espec- Ken Clothier and Ralph Karr, veteran ially quick from ripostes and played guards of last year were in unusual a. waiting game, cutting back quickly form for early season and held tbe and accurately after defending visitors to f ew shots, and most of Hoover's attacks. them long ones. Little offensive The second bout brought Sylvan strength was demonstrated by either Bona and Charles Flynn, two hard- team. swinging six-footers together. Both men attacked and cut with a will.

It would almost be trite and cerThe bout was fast, and Bona fina lly tainly very nearly hopeless, for us won by a five-four count.

The exhibition held an unusual to attempt to add to the praises interest for the majority of the fans, which have been received by Lhe being the first time that the sport members of the company who preshad ever been demonstrated in this ented "Shepherd's Watch ." But if recognition through the vicinity. The audience was interested public in the queer equipment of the duelists columns of this paper can mean anyalmost as much as in the actual thing to him, we should like to pin our hunk of laurel on Mr. Ley. He combat. can direct our show any time. game and would have won if they had made ten more baskets. Also We thought that column conductthey would have won if the referee ing was a cinch, but when we casualhadn't been crooked.

They are looking for mol'â&#x201A;Ź. games. ly promised Red Wenthe to help him We hope they find some Primo out, we hardly knew what we were Canera's of basketball- they \vill doing. "Brave men rush-." Anysupply thc Johnny Risko part. If how, this business of getting all they make ten more baskets they light-hearted and coldly recording w ill win. Also if the referee isn't one's reactions is no "cinch." But with the help of ye conductor, and crooked.

AnyhOW, tney have a nice ball to that genial gossip, Pat Cleary, we managed to get something out. play w ith.

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At a meding of letter men of We hope Santa lIau, "3.! £ood to the basketball team Bob Delaney-in the matter of pant.-. immediately pre _I anyhow. There's J,rOing to be tlag- ~ ceeding the Viator- ru<h next year. too, Boh, netter get De Paul game, Ken pr.pared. , Clothier ot B1oom.." ington was chosen Is brotherly love :-.0 ~trong? We captain of the 1030- hear that Ed Custer is capable ot 31 baokethall team. Wielding a pretty efficient paddle on Ken is a veteran I the person of hi. "baby" brother.

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Oh, ~Ir. Gibbon<, how many lelters He came to St. Via- to Santa Claus did you get? tOT from Bloomington four years We wonder why the back stairs ago and made the team in his first year. He has played regularly at were ~o popular with the Freshmen guard Rince then and is regarded as during nell Week? ~h~

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(Owing to Mr. rI,.pnrlure, thi!'{ fII lory iR writt('n morf' or less in (,flllnJ,(Irntion with him. The humor j" rrOOv('T, the 1i:{t1(' ,,~n(,!,{H iR Larkin, one of the outstanding players in nnr! Ih,· .Iylp iR Unholy). the Little Nineteen. Never a grand stand player, his floor wor k and By popular rcqu('1\t, I once marc "hility to stop the "big guns" of ('nIi Kt in th(' CnURf' or journalism. Of Viator's opponents have been his ('ourJ(f', H rnther (if·lieate ~ituation chief stock in trade, and when he Viator in scoring in his fi rst nThH'~ wht'n 00(' flnd s oneBeif within led thl' RC'Opf' of hiR own criticism, hut game ns captain, it was an unusual Clothier is one of the mos t it hn~ rvcr bern the author's princi- thing. pa l to do jUHtke to a ll co ncerned; popu lar men of the campus both on mOf{'OVt·r. h(' fervcntlly hopes that no and 01T the hardwood, and enjoys t he Ru;lR of libe l, slander , or defa mation confidence of his en tire squad. nrC' ciirf'clcd against him.

Tt iR not ncccHHary t.o go in to t he " h iloHop h ic background which made the Chl'iHtmns play, prese nted at t hc Lunn Thrnll'c on the afternoo n and ('vC'n; ng oC Thun~dny, December 18, II rea li ty. (Rditor's note: Larkin As n preJim inary to establis hin g wro(o l hat one. Proceed). The author, athletic r elations with other schools, like T hor('uu, hus hiR own ideas re- t he f encing team paid a visit to th e gnl'riing phi lanthropy. In fact, he is University of Ill inois Fenci ng T ea m a" ('"po nent of t he t heory t hat if at Urba na, Monday, Dece mber 15. r hal'ily c1o(,g not. bcs:ti n at home, it The men were the guests of the w ill e nd t here. Be l hut as it. may, I ll inois tea m to watch wo rk- outs, and t.he hUR i n('~s be fore th(' hOllse is to participated in a brief lim bering- up l'rit.ir i ~(' t he play pr opel', n ot a ny session wi t h t he IlIini. They rew ill -o r -th c-wi~p Illotives whi ch wer e turned beari ng ta les of t he hea rty l'('sponHiblc fol' it. hosp ita lity of t hei r h osts, a nd exL ike mORt Chri stmas plnys, t he pl'essed t hei r adm irat ion of t heir thelllC' is not new, and needs n o in- equipment and tra ini ng . lrr p r('tntio n. The presentiments of Besides Doctor Bessenyey, coach the ~h('ph erds on Chrh'ltmns eve, the of the Viator team, t he m en mak ing rC'v('lation!o\ of un ange l La t hem, in the tl;P wer e Sylvan Bona, Dan whic h t hey ol'e to ld to go to Beth le- Madde n, Ray W enthe, Paul La Rocq ue helll to fin d t he new-born King, a n d and J oe T urk. t heir ~mb~eq u ent adve ntures arc a Note:

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Since this is in no wfly n logica l crilieiRm , lhe choir appea led to the author more than nny other featu r e of thC' evening. Perhaps t h is was ht.~(':\u~e he sang in the tenor section, a rcally Itifted outfit. That indefnti~\1nbl(' croonel' of love lyrics, Ed. Hunt. WAS in his glory. It was a wondl'rful C'xperien('e, in terms of \nntol"ny, to obsen'e Ken Bushrna.n distort his trachcn in order to reach th:lt b~t sweet. high note of the l'1imnx in .. Ad('ste Fidelis," and the wrs"til~ ~lr. ('JeRry helped out be~id('::;. carrying n spe:'lking part in the pby. .:\ l~\"y of swt?et-countenanced . . d c\'H~th. wht). no doubt, wt?re l1lsp1fe to put m . .l\'~ emotion into their singin.!!'. than in . ~('duin . rehearsals, per-

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sp irit or someth ing . mitted their golde n (?) voices to blend ha r monious ly with t hose of t he male section. An atmosp here of suspense and ant i-clim ax was created by freq uen t forgetta ls of the p h rases, but the author's clear-cut tenor al ways rang out li ke the first violin of one of Tchnikowsky's overtures and carried them saf ely thro ug h. The author's presence of mind at these crucial intervals certainly was the 1.1rgest contributing factor to the succes of the affair. Whenever doubt arose in the minds of the singers as to the lines, he met the situation like a co-ed getting her first kiss, fnce to face, and saved the day. To hirn should go the greater share of the glory, and, since the unemployed cannot weep the proper tears of gratitude upon his neck, we take this opportunity to e).-press our appreciation to him for his public spirit, and his unhesitant willingness to help the old school in her hour of need.

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Bitter ~xperience has made him cautio us; age has dull ed h is enthusiasm -Joseph ·Hoog.

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