St. Viator College Newspaper, 1931-03-13

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Volume XLVIII

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ILLINOIS STATE CATHOLIC CAGE MEET OPENS CAMPUS GROUPS WELCOME VISITORS

\Cream of Basketeers Come to St. Viator for Tournament

Aid in Acting as Hosts Most of the res ident students have been utilizing all their spare time during the past two or three weeks

Annu al M eeting of Pick of Illinois Catholic Basket Ba ll is A gain H eld in the S t. Via tor Gym. Meet to Open Tonight and Continue Until Sunday Night.

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in brushing up un their Emily Post's ,nd their clothes, in order that they might be better able to give the \ isiting high school teams the very I I.est of tre3t.ment during the tournament. All of the HA" students have erased the frowns from their foreheads and have cultivated captivat-

ing ant pleasing smiles, while some of them have been reported to have pu ll ed out their nurnerouS grey hairs so th at the visitors wi ll see only their care-free and light -hearted manner. A competent student manager has been assigned to each of the sixteen contesting teams and will care for his assigned team until Monday morning. The letter men have beE::TI asked to l.isher and to act as ticket takers, while the many other students will be engaged in odd jobs about the campus to make this year's meet the greatest success possible. At an !)leeting held yesterday, the presidents of the various classes and student organizations issued a joint statement in welcoming the members a nd backers of the visiting team s. This statement read as follows : "We, as authorized student repres entatives, do hereby welcome all visitors who have come to the College for t he 1931 Downstate Catholic High School Basketball Tournamen t. If we can do anything further to make the meet a success, it is our desire that we be called upon to as· sisto We wish to make it known t hat t h is offer is open to all players a nd spectators. We sincerely trust yo ur brief stay at St. Viator will be most enjoyable and t hat t he memory of it w ill remain with you for a long time to come. Signed : Francis

FRESHMEN WILL EDITNEXT ISSUE Annu al E d ition of Yearlin gs to be Publish ed On M a l""ch Thirtieth This Year

VERY REV . .T. W. R. MAGUIRE, C. S. V., President To the Members of the Catholic High School Basketball Teams of Illinois : You are a thousand times welcome to St. Viator College. While you are here competing in the Illinois State Catholic High School Basketball Tournament, we want you to feel thoroug-hly at home. The Faculty and Student Body of St. Viator College feel honored in having you as a guest during these days . We hope that the Tourna ment will produce keen competition, fine sportsmanship and a spirit of friendly rivalry w hich wm unite mOre closely the Catholic High Schools of Illinois. Play hard and courageously for the honor of your school. Take defeat with a sm ile an d victory modestly. May you long remember these few days at St. Viator College as a time of profit and happiness. God bless you all. J. W. R. MAGUIRE, C. S. V., President.

Ancient Irish Custom. The custom of publishing a Freshman I ssue in the spring of the year is of long standing at St. Viator. The issues gives the youngsters who have won their place on the staff an OppOl tunity to show what they can do on their own responsibility and Swi.mming Meet at I P~ans fur Play Are often unCovers hidden journalistic Th' M hAY Viator IS ont s et Incomplete ta lent among the other members of the class. The issue is always eagerCarroll , President of the College I ly awaited as an indicator of tht Club; Kenneth Clothier, President The annual aquatic meet of the I Although the play, "Marco Mil qualit y of the new class, and it is of the Sen io r class; Herbert Shea, Little Nineteen athletic Conference lions" has been on hand for almost the nrnbition of every Freshman President of the Junior class; VVU- will be held in the Viator pool again two months, plans for its production editor to better the editions of the Ham Gibbons, President of the this year. The meet is to be the are as yet incomplete and undecided. Sophomore class; Patrick Farrell, twenty-first of the month and a It is understood that a tentative cast upper-classman staff. President of the Freshman class; majority of the schools in the Con- has been selected, but has not as Joseph Hoog, President of the Holy ference are expected to attend. Last ' yet secil red the app ro val of the proNa.me Society; Gill Middleton, Presi- year's meet, held also at the Coi'i ege per authorities. St. Mary, W oodstock dent of the St. John Berchman's pool, was won · by Knox, with Illinois It had not been intended to proReplaces Sterling Society; and W illiam Sullivan, Presi· 'Vesleyan a close second. The four- duce the play until after Easter, but dent of t he Senior class of the HigJi man team of Viator took fourth because of the vast amount of preplace . I paration involv,=d in its production, School." Call fOl· can didates for the team it will be necessary for the players Although omitted in the origina1 Jack Ryan to Award was posted early las t week and wet -u~ JO wnoLUU OSUOUllll~ UB op o~' drawmgs" the . basket ball team from with a meagre response. Al Furlong tensive work in the next two months St. Mal y S }l1gh, Woodstock WIll be • • TrophIes to WlnnerS and Dan O'Connor are the only vet- to secure the success of the affair. aga in entered in the annual State erans left from last year's team, Prof. Murray Hickey Ley, w ho is Catholic Hig h School Tournament. The trophies to the winners of I but John Mehren, Frosh prospect, is directing the production, is faced Woodstock had been omltted because this year's Illinois State Catholic reported to be showing considcl'ahle with an unus ual problem in view of of their failure to answer the orig. Tournamen t will be presented by form in practice. The team will be the fact that he has li ttle in the way inal call to the ~eams s.el ected , but John Ryan, '27, alumnus of St. Via- without t he services of a coach this of precedent to guide him. Although was able to satIsfacton ly explain tor College.. Jack is well known to year. "l\1arco Millions" is a Eugene O'Neil l their. negle~t. When St. Mary's of sport-lovers and radio fans as the product, it has been staged but twice. Sterhng WIred th~t they would be "Teabeny Man." His daily sports With a ll this pure snow envelop- Once by the New York Theatre unable to attend thIS year, the Woodhour over radio station KYW, Chi- ing our campus· it sort of dampens Guild, and once by the Chicago Guild. stock crew was reinstated in their cago, is one of the most popular of the spring spirit that was seeping place. the day's broadcasts and he is na- out of certain individuals, and also ----The change was highly popuTar tionally know n for his work at the creates havoc with a young man's Although the play, "Marco lVlil- with local fans for w hom Woodstock "mike." ,batting average. I Tourney teams! has long been a favorite.

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