St. Viator College Newspaper, 1927-03-17

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THE VIATORIAN PUBUSHED BI-WEEKLY BY THE STUDENTS OF ST. VIATOR COLLEGE,

VOL.44

1926- ST. PATRICK'S DAY- 1927

No. 10.

PIONEER DEBATING TEAMS SPEAK BEFORE COLLEGE CLUB ROOM DEDICATED NOTED SUCCUMBS TO AFTER LOYOLA GAME MARCH 4 ILLNESSMAR.4 INTERESTED ROCKFORD GROUP ALL CLASSES PARTICIPATE IN UNIQUE PROGRAMME PRESIDENT DALRYMPLE GIVES MAIN ADDRESS The formal dedication ot the new Club, was next on the program wi th his College Club Room in the new Gym usual interesting speech, and excellent naslum was an outstanding event in advice. the social activities o! the year . Shortly We do not know just how to classif y a!ter the Loyola-Viator basketba>l.l game the Sophomore entertainment, howmembers ot the College Club, members ever, we can truthfully say t h at it was o! the !acuity, the coach and t ea m !rom one o! the four best entert.:'1.-inments Loyola University , ihe Senior D e part· off ered by the College classes. Popular 01ent o! the High School and many vocal selections m ade up the greate r visitors assem bled in the new Club part of the pr ogram. We would like to room t or the dedication program. An list the selections but, since it was e labor ate program had been prepared quite impossible to distinguish the songs and Mr. James Connor, secretary ot we are unable to do so. The Freshman the Co llege Cl ub, acted in the capacity entertainment was quite different from o! cha irman. After welcom in g the a n y of the other presentations. Mr. visitors an d paying a beauti!ul tribute Armand Lottinville proved himself to to Mr. J ames D a lrympl e, Mr. Connor be a talented contortion ist a nd sucintroduced the speakers and ente rtain- ceeded in t:ying himself in var ious ers from the tour college classes. species of sq uare·kn ots, half-hitches, As a fitting intr odu ction to the exer- sheet-bends, fisherm an's knots, and the cl.ses Mr. James Dalrymple, president like. Mr. Leonard Kell y augumented ot the College Club, expressed his senti- the Freshman e n tertainment with som e m e n ts on the occasion and declared that popular jazz selections on the piano. h e was sorry that he would b e unable He concluded h is entertalnment with ::t to r ealize the true and lasting benefits syncopa ted interpretation of ' 'Th e Viaot th e n ew Cl ub room because of his tor L oyalty Song". L imited time made graduation in Jun e. He forsees a it n ecessar y for t he Frosh to cut their greater organization. Increased satis- program s hort. Ourt Reverend Presifaction, and a great future for the Col- dent, Father Rice, followed w ith the lege Club throug h the acq u irin g of this concluding a ddress. Father Rice made excellen t clu b room. The Senior Class no plea for a n improved Co llege spirit enter tainment followe d. It consisted but merely asked a continuation of the of v oca l sel ections taken f rom fa m ous excellen t con dition of sociabllity and college an d u niversi t y an thems sung by good !ellowship. Refreshments con sisti n g ot Ice cream, a quintet, the personn el of which included Mr. James Dalrymple, Mr. James cake, sandwiches and coffee, wer e Co nnor, Mr. John Ellis, Mr. Arthur ser ved imm ediately a fter Father Rice's The cake w as s upplied by Provancher an d Broth er F. J. Har- address. baue r. The Junior entertainmen t was Jimmy Dalry mple's father whose dedecided ly improm p tu. It s e ems that votion to St. Vidtor athl e ti cs has been carefu l pre paration h ad been made for so manifest throug hout t h e year. A s the event by the Juniors but at the last a grand conclusio n Father Rice an minute o n e or two of the participants nounced that the following day woul d were s tri cken with a severe attack o r be a "tree day" in commemo r ation of "cold feet". Mr. McClelland, however, the victory over L oyo la and of the dedir ose to th e occasion and oUered a short cation of the Club room. W h e n the but cleve r dialogue. He then called crowd disp ersed , the Freshmen, un der upo n a few members of his class to the s upervision of a few upper-classassist him In a nother lin e o! entertain· men, removed the c h airs and tables, m en t a n d, after assembling them be- conducted a general "Clea n -Up" and ! ore the audience, he wound up the a llowe d themselves the pleasure or Ju ntor prese ntation with an unexpected washing the g r eat stack of dishes rejoke that s ent his co ntemporaries to m a ining as a mu te testimony ot the their seats In quite noticeable contusio n consumption of a huge cal{e, gallons and emba rra sment. Father Maguire, of Ice c r eam and coffe e, and great the Faculty A d viso r o! the College stacks of san dwiches.

WAS STAUNCH DEFENDER OF CATHOLIC CHURCH

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SENIORS ENTER- H. S. STUDENTS TAIN AT SMOKER CHARTER BUS FOR TOURNEY IN CLUB ROOMS " FIVE HUNDRED" PROVED INTERESTING DIVERSION Th e Se nio r s w e r e h os t s to th e Co ll eg e D c pa.rlme nt 1n a d c li g h t !ul " s m o k e r" give n In the Club R ooms on the night ot So.tUI'da y the 12th . T o judge from lh o den s ity of the atmos ph e r e and th e co ntinual !low of wit , hum o r, a nd good na tur ed j os h in g th a t colo re d th o con ve rsn tl o n , the p.'\ 1·t y w as very m uch e n joyed . The !en turo of t he eYe n ing w as t a cit ly unders t ood to be th e ca.1·d games. Th o mo.j o r·iy of th e fe ll ow s too k pa rt In th e compet itive fi ve hun d red gam e. It w aa mnrltod with c u stomfu·y reckless nnd blufrln li:' blddln g, as w a-s e vid e nced by the tac t th a t not a rew registe red n ega tive qu n n tltles ·w h en tho tln a l poi nts wer e added. E ddie Gal lahu e co mbl nod h is acu me n fo r b u siness m a nngNnt"\ n t with h ls nblltty to ta lk co n ~ vlnoin g ly nnd won first pl1ze in the ro m 1 r a gorgeous and resplen dent nec k tie. li e ,·vns ctosely seconded by " F n t " Carr oll wh o grabbed second h e non,. Th e booby prize Count! IL"' way intc t he posses~lon or in \·lnclble " A rt" Arm brWJ: te r who vons round to have polled e n ug h no~th·e points to sink a mine. A re w o r the tellows pre!erc-d to elicit thelr t.'"OOCl time !rom the protes ting old 1-llano \v htcb wonder·e-d what n.U t he pou ncUng a.n(l ~uppo~;t•d s.lng1n~ a bout . '\"\'ho t wn,s lacking as ra r as har· m o n y and l'l)'"mphony wns concerned, h o wPt ver. wn~ adequa te-ly replnced by QU o t ttv n.nd volume }"'rom the ~urlf' nt eoi l ~gem..'\n's pol~t or vie.w the re~~hment:~ took pNmineont ptact- in the order o! t he to.venlng-. Doughnuts and cotree vant.:tht>d t.n unbellerveabl}~ lJhort t..lme.. T hf- ''tunoki:H'" " \YEt!! an lnnovl\t.lon Intl'Oduct'd Into t h& socia.l Hre of t he Col· 1 n a..nd "'u!Nclently pNn·fJd tt me-Mt t o N-ct>h re 1\ pe.r-m:1.ll~ot pta In thft gamu t at ea..tn.Ptut cU'\"Ul I t .,..m ~ tollow ~ ln. the n ar tuture by ot hus •~bleb wiD be ct n by th& ot.bf'r- c.1a.ssea..

Fra n c is Ca rney and L a wre nce O'Shea proved themselves to be real buisnessm e n In the r ece nt chartering of the Pierce- Arrow bus to B loomington t o r the Ellmfn a Uo n T o ur n a m e nt. It Is no easy tas k to tind e n o ugh stud e nts wi th the n ecessary fund s t o finan ce suc h a ve nture a nd f or quite a lon g time It see m ed tha t th e e!! orts of the p r omote rs mu s t surely ! ai l. H owever, whe n th e fi nal morning arrived the lagg ard s , who had bee n s low in signingup and had consequently cau s ed a certain am o unt or disma y on lhe part o r the pro m o t er s , w e r e fl oc king t o r es e rve s ea ts In th e bu s with the r es ult that a c r owd o! s tude nts w as soon on the w a y . The bu s le ft school s ho rtl y a ft e r noo n a nd a r dved a t Bloom ing to n In time fo r th e St. Via t or- Calro gam e In the afte rn oon. Th e c heers and encou ragem e nt tha t th e roo te r s otre r od th e t eam must have bee n a s ource ot s t re ng th t or the players. There seemed to be som e keen competition bet w een t he St. Mary's r oote r s a nd t he S l. Viat o r crowd but t h e latter were s ur ely not o utdone in their part o! the eve ni ng's pe rfo r mance.

NEW SPANISH CLUB FORMED ~ot to be outdone by the enthuslasm

ot the Itnlian students In the College d('pitrtment. the members of t he ::::;panl!:lh classes of Prot. J. Perez, have or!mniz~l a club t ot" the purpose o r f osterin~ interest in thls romantic languag~.

was l ht:h.lTherN·ently first meeting or the club and ot!icers were elected.

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Mr. Dennis. Swenie of Chicago, ~va.s elected pres11lent and L. D1·otet of Kankn.k t." wns honored with the ot.tice o! ~retary. ")(r. S. Legris of Bourbon·

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~Y that the Spanlsh club wUI result In great activity during the ye-ar. It Is lmended that the club will hold meetings from time to time a t regula.r intervals. .\.t these meetings Spanlsh wlll be spoken exclusively. Short a.nd bumurous pla)-s written ln the Spanish Language ~;n be enn.cted t or the p urpo of gtving the students more ta.clli ty ot v:p.r on and ln!le-ct1on.

AFFIRMATIVE TEAM AWARDED DECISION; J. ALLEN NOLAN RE-ENACTS FORMER H. S. TRIUMPHS

PATRICK J. CL EARY

Two debating teams repres e nting the most accomplished forensic talent in the college department, appeared in the Coliseum in Rockford , Illinois, to dis· cuss the relative merits and demer its of the proposed a mendm ent to the Constitution, g iving congress the power to enact a uniform m arriage and, divorce law. The debate w as sponsored by the Catholic Women's L eague of the above ci t y who, t hrou g h the efforts of R ev. M. Hoar, a former Viator student, in· duced Rev. J. W. R. Maguire, coach of the team, t o accompany h is debaters to Rockford for the purpose of discussing this question. Through the kindness of Rev . Thomas Harrison, the team was able to make the trip in his powerful motor car on Tuesday afternoon. Immediately upon reaching Rockford, the t eams were inst a ll ed at the SL J ames Rec tory and m ade fe e l perfeCtly at home u ntil the appointed hour w hen they were escort · ed by Father H oar to the E lks Club for dinner. A most delectable meal was served to the V iat or m e n ,since complete arrangements bad been made for the , occasion by the L eague members. A t eight o'clock, Mr. T hom as Gill, a prominent Rockford lawyer introduced Father Maguire to t he audien ce w h o, after expla inin g the rules of the debate, in turn introdu ced J . A llen of Rockford as the first speaker of the evening. As. :Mr. Nolan approached the cente r of the platf orm m any were reminded of some few years ago when Mr. Nolan h a d appeared o n the same rostrum as a member of the St. Tho mas H ig h School debat ing t eam. Needless to say, Mr. Nolan did not disappoint his listeners and he resumed his seat amidst h earty applause. With Mr. Nolan on the af!irmativ~ si de were Mr. John Ellis of Seneca, Ill inois. and Mr. J ames Co nnor. The negative platform was occupied by M r . Warren McClelland of B loomington, Mr. Maurice L eClaire and Mr. J ohn Stafford. A t no time during the d iscu ss ion

Momenbe, Ill., March 5th.-Patrick J . Cleary, •75-'76, fat her of Rev. Wm. Cleary ·o:i a nd R ev. Francis A . Cleary '13, died at his hom e in Momence after a brief illness. T he fun eral services were h eld from St . Patri cJ.::'s c hurch on M onday, March 7th. A Solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated by the pastor, Rev. A. L . Girard '05, wi th Rev. Z . P. Berard '85 as deacon a nd Rev, J .P. O'Mahoney, c. s . v. '01 as sub-deacon. Rev. G. T . Bergan, pastor of St. Mary ' s Cathedral, Peoria, acted as master of ceremonies . During- the Requ iem Father William Cleary an d Father F ran cis Cleary cele · brated Mass a t the side altars. The funeral was one of the largest in point of atten dance ever held in K an kakee county. In the death o! Mr. Cleary, St. Viator College loses one o:O its first and most amount of clash, a n essen~ia l e lement devoted sons. B orn Au g u st 27th, 1851 in a good debate since it k eeps the inin Co unty Mayo, Irela n d , he s pent his boyh ood in his native land. At t he age of seventeen he came t o America a n d settled In Momence. ln 1875 h e enro lled at St. Viator College a nd a ft er completing h is co urse h e became associated wit h the leading mercha ndise house in M omence , later becoming its ow n e r . T hro ughout h is happy a nd successful life h e was h eld in the highest respect by th e members of his comm u n it y. STUDENTS INVITED TO ATMr. Cleary was ever true to the he ri · TEND PERFORMANCE tage of his Catholic faith . In the early days o! Momence , at a time when priests were few and \Vhe n Ca tholicism Th e students a nd fa c ulty w e re a t in thi s pa rt of the state was menaced forded an opport unit y t o witn ess t h o by he r e tical !ollowe r·s o! a n a postat e results of some remarkabl e extrapri est, Mr. Clear y not only ofte n paid s c holasti c endeavor on th e part o! the the expe ns es o! bringing pri est s to Mo- stude nts of Notre Dame A cad e my in m e n ce , but also unde rtoo k and dis:. their prese ntatwn of "Ma ry Magda charg ed faithfully th e duti es of a cate- lene", a three act relig"i~us p lay chlst. His home wa s a r eal Ca tholic The s e tting was irud around the one and eve l·y on e o r hi s c hildr e n was cru cifixion and death of Chris t. and th e gi ven a Catholic ed ucati o n . H e ha d the j final r e pentance of M.ary Mag dala progr·ea t ha ppin ess of see in g two of his ~~:e;ge~in;erie;~~~ch~~g ~~~=n e~oleMi~~ s on s e leva ted . to th e. H oly Pl·ies thood " Mary" an d Miss L-e na Vivia no as and o! o bse rvmg th eir s uccessful and "Be nito ", w e r e th e c hi ef c ha rac ter s. zealou s ca r eers in the ser vice of the A ve r y e njoyab le fea tu re of the fa ith he loved s o dearl y. e ve nin g 'e e nt ertalnmnt was a r eading The Momence Press- R e po t·te r In an o! H e n ry Van Dyk e 's "Los t '\Vo t·d" by ex te nd ed a rticl e bears t es timo ny of the Miss Cla ri ce Ri bordy. Mi ss Ribordy exalte d p ositio n Ml". Cl ear y h eld in the demo n s tra ted rema rk a bl e a bili ty and esteem o! his fellow citizens. Fol1ow· tal e nt and deserves g reat c r edit !o r h er i ng a r e a t ew ex cerp ts of t he e ul ogy fin e presen ta ti on of th e recitatio n . w hic h appear ed In the Iss u e o r March G 1·eat c r ed it is du e M iss Mae D. 11 : Mal la ney w h o directed th e play a nd coac hed the m embe r s o! th e cas t tn ""\V h lle h is business took mos t o r hi s th e various modes ot exp r ession 'i•.rhlch Ume, he was n ever too b u sy to give h is w e r e r e q uired in produ cing the pro per services to t h e com mun ity. Early in e!!ect. t h e h istory o r Mo m e nce he was e lec ted t o ser·ve i n officia l ca pacit ies. l<'or aev· el-al yea r s he ser ved on t he cit y co uncil, a n d i n 1913 w as e lec ted mayor . w hic h position h e ft ll ed f'or two years . Durin,g h1s adm1nlstrat.lon the brick pavem en t on Washington s t reet was pu t In and President Joe Harrington called a t hat excellen t Improvement Is a mo n ument t o him. I t is recognized as one meeting o r t he senior class Ia.'lt week tor the purpose of making !Ina! ttr o! the best bric k pavements In t he rangements !or the smoker which s tate, and t his is la r gely due to t he ever the c l a~:~s g-c1ve la..<Jt Saturd.fly eve· watch f ul s upe rv ision which M r. Cl eary nlng tn the C1ub room. Arter apg-ave to the job. pointing several committees to look Ho was a tr ue triend ot education a!ter the various: duties, President Harand it \\'aS In this lin e tha t he gave t he rington suggested that the cla.Ha make greater part o! his public services. F or a decision co ncerning their cla.'!S em~J" about t hirty years he served on t he lem.e. :Mr. John Ellis, secretary of the board o t education o! the Momence class, suggested that a pin and numeral Public schools. He served a.e a mem - be secured. A con.sldernble amo unt o! ber , as secntary and as president. He discussion ! ollowed and the matter wa.K always stood !o r the bes t in the schools, tabled tor f utu r e r e ference. The cla.s:s also discussed the proand the pr esent high standing o! the Momence schools is due large ly to hJs gramme tor t he end of the year ln. a progree.slve Ideas. He •.ras an advocate general way. Due to the absence of ot the Community High School, and a t t.he cla.sa moderator, Prof . Clarence J. Kennedy, no de!Jnlte action WaJJ tak~n In re.terence to the clus memorial (Continued on Page F our)

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t erest of the audience at a high pitch. Mr. L e Claire in his calm and deliberate manner presented a very substantial argument in defense of one o! th~ strongest of the negative argument s . A great amo unt of his argume nt was r efu ted more or less effective ly by Mr. J ohn Ellis, who Sl)Oke with convincing firm n e ss a nd · directness , a quali ty ·wh ich secured the close attentJon of his audience. Mr. McClelland, second speaker for the losers , was quite effective in catching t he fancy of the listeners by his apt remarks concerning certain conte ntions which wer e urged by his opponents. J ohn Stafford concluded the di scu ssion of the negative side with a r ebuttal which a ll aclaimed to be almost perfect display of for e nsic a nalysis. His s u mmary of t he a!.tirmative position and his k een sense of the r e lative merit of arguments presented m a rk his as a man of natural debati ng abflity co u pled with a very pleas ing delivery. After the completion of the rebu t al sp eech es, the two teams retired whil e a n ope n forum vote was taken to determine which s ide, in the coll ective opinion of the audie n ce, had the better of the argument. Before the r es u1t was announced the two teams returned to the stage whil e Rev. J . W . R . Maguire thanked the audience, and especially the members of the Catholic Woman 's League for their kindn ess in lnvitlng the t eams to appear in Rockford. He ass ured them that he was pleased to a fford the tea m s as m any opportunities as possible to a ppear i n p ublic debates be fore the opening of the official intercollegiate debati n g season with Northwestern University of Evansto n on A rll 12th in Kankakee . The s ubject of th is debate will be ''Resolved tha t the Eig hteenth A m endment be Repeal ed.'' The v isito rs will upho ld the affirmative side of the proposed ques· tion. Before departing f or h om e , the teams a nd th e ir coach were In vited to t he hom e of Mr. J. Slink , whe r e a hos t of fri e nds and members of the Leagu e (Continued on Page Four)

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SENIOR CLASS HOLDS MEET

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Ce n t e r· fot· A 111 c r ica n Students in RomP-: It w ill be of g re at ln to r or-J t to our r ead e r s to lca l·n tha t u. pc1·maneot ce nte r h :J.H Ueen es tablis hed in Rome , fo r t he w;~e of A m e l'l can s tu<1cnl:l visiti ng th at ci t y. The A m e r·lca n Unlve rsi t y U n ion, w hi c h has a lrc.ady e stabli s hed s uch headqu a l"ters In London a. nd Pa r i!:~, has now a r r an ged w ith the L ibrary fo r Amer ican St udies In Italy fo r th o use o r t he bon. utl!ul Ubru.ry rooms In tho h ist oric Salv lo.t.l P a lace at 271 Co rlio Urn be rto l. Th o lllwarl a n a t Pa lazzo Salvlall w iH be I"NJ..d y t o g ive to ncwcomcrH advice co ncer n in g cultural oppor-t u nltl(1S a nd to IJUt t he m In

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Rome. .Ed ucatlonaJ 'l'ra.ve l In Italy The ltitl lan L itera ry Ou1<1e Ser vlco directs ou 1· a tt entio n t o plans now unde r way by several t r-avol b urea u ~ , fot• reMidentlal st udy a nd t rav<: l to ura In ltaly <1urlng the s um mer of 192 7. Theac tours will tX! under t he per HO na l direction o! Unlver aity Pro!t.:HSo rs an O upon completion o! the tour tho flt udenls may receive Unlverfllty c r cdita tor th e work-which can be a(Jt~llcd towards a degree in t he same manner as cr ed.it.fl received for wo r k e<Jmpletea whll~ re81dt:net:. at an American Unlver· elty. The tourB are arranged to m eet the needs o! t~tudenUJ inte-retsted fn a wide range o! subjectM, JIIUC:h rut C..1a8Hfca l Ct.aly, Art Apreciatlon, Com m e rc~ . Roman H13tory a nd others. 8om o ot the courses are reJrtrtcted to I taly , other.l!l embrace several countries.


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