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OCTOBER 28, 1927
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VOL XLV
PONTIFICAL HIGH RECEPTION FOR SOCIETY FOR THE EXTENSION CLUB VIATOR WINS HOMECOMING MASS CELEBATED ALUMNI VERY PROPAGATION OF HOLDS ANNUAL SUCCESSFUL THE FAITH MEETS CONFERENCE GAME 6 TO 0ON HOMECOMING Report Reveals Touchdown In Closin g Seconds Father Rowan Delivers P anegy- Gymnasium Beautifull y Decora- Third Annual Session Attended Treasurer's ted For Annual Event By Vi a tor Representa tives Splendid Progress In Work Adds Thrilling Climax ric On St. Viator To Tough Game Th e Alumni -Re-c-ep- tion held in the The th ird a nn-u-al-c-onfere nce of the Of Endowment Nearly
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ses were represented in the throng of 2500 whic h saw Coach Sam McAllis ter's, 14 Green Wave" ride in on the tide of victory for the fourth onsecutive time. In one of the most colorful Homecomings ever celebrated at Viator the men of ~~varsity" 1927, w ho bore the colors of Alma Mater on their sleeve, and the love of Alma Mater in their hearts adde d
The Solemn Pontifical Mass on St. Viator's day was sung by Rt. Rev. Monsi gnor G. M. Legris in the Church nf th e Ma ternity adjoining the college grounds. He was a ssisted by Rev. R. French, c. s. v., a s Archpri est. The deacon and sub-deacon were resp ectiYely Rev. W. J. Stephen-.on, c. s. v., and Re v. A. L. Landroche, c. s. v. Rev. Brother Crackne ll , c. s. v., was Maste r of Cer emonies. The :'.allege choir, directed by Rev. C. Ra ymond r endered 'Veigand's Mass. P..t the offertory Brother J . Drolet, c. s. v .. sang Luzz :'s Ave Maria. After th e Mass a very eloquent panegyric on St . Viator was preached by Rev. T . A. Rowan, Ph. D .. '10, ass istant editor of the New World. He gave a short su mmary of t he Saint's life and then drew m any practical lessons therefrom. The sermon was addressed especially to the student-body. It told them that to avoid the evils of modern da ys they should imitate the goodness , holiness and purity of their patron. Above all they must always r emain as childre n In the eyes of the Lord by their in'" Ocence a nd r eady response to duty even as did thei r saintly model. '
a fitting touch to the day by defeating the strong eleven from Columbia College of Dubuque 6 to 0, in a game w hich had as its feature a 45 second climax that will long hold place in the football lore of the institution. Throughout the major oortion of the lassie grid s truggle Viator carried he fight into the enemies' territory only to h ave her chances to score frust rated by some unbecoming and otherwise un ca1led for circumstance. With 45 seconds to go McAllister ha nged the entire backfield with the exce ption of Delaney, and sent Peter Joyous" Harrin gton into an end position. This slight bit of stratevo proved to be the signal for an erupt'on that complet ely awed the wort hy exponents of gridirony from r.ol,mb' a . Without furt her delay, Michael Delaney proceeded to entwine hi s fingers about t he pork epidermis, Student Choir Sings Well At and cast several very accurate and Homecoming Mass profitable passes, one landing in th e arms of 11 Joyous" Harrington for a --net gain of 23 yards, and the other If onl y. the master s .can put into nes tling in the arms of Edwal'<l mT )SIC the thoughts whJCh no words Catch-a s-Cat ch- can" Ca mpbeli. anc! l·can utter and the description which th" s the ball was lodged for th~ first · o tongue can tell then we must give and only time during the contest, be- ': he members of our choir the titles hind the Colum bia goal line. Great of masters. Gounod's Mass in E f lat was the joy pursuant to these do- was beautifully and intelligently inings, for t hus did old Viator win and t~rpreted.; It was r endere d in a fask ee p her conference slate clean, and h10t: whi~h. deserves t he high est of t.h us did 2500 spectators find r eason pra1se. 1hl s superb work has shown fot' their solicitous enco uragement .;s what a regenerative fo r ce of in,·oiced from the ne ar by stands. Bon- ~a lcu lab! e powers Mass singing has fires, pep-meetings, lusty cheering m a soctal body f?r we were .all proand strong hearts a ll contributed to fo~ndly struck :vith the maJeS ty of that last moment of dash whic h th1 s so ulful musJC. thrilled ever y kin sman Viator . The Director of Music, Father W ith the scor e enough static bounced ~ay mond , led the choir. Father off int~ s pace to put a cramp in radio Bradac played ~he organ accompanire ccphon for a month. Hilarious ment. The vanous solos were sung h us bands a nd bombacious bachelors, by Fathe~ LaFleu r, Lawrence O'Shea, as we ll as howling classmen a ll re- Pa ul Mills, Brother Drol et, and ceived the event in a pleasurable George Hynds. maner. The day was a success the Homecoming of 1927 was a wi~ner a nd the old Viator escurcheC"n wa~
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~~ai~nu~!~~~n?,n '~~h.p~!o~te"'~~i!~i~; to ches on the game , we must give praise to others. Every man fought and fought ? •rd. Captai n May, Meis , Herbert, 0 Malley, Kell y, Furlong and Matthews a ll went we ll in the line, while Delaney, LaFleur, Laenhardt, Wal s ko and Evard fun ctioned in the backfi eld . At times Viator seemed to lack the punch and drive and these times generally came wher: a ve ry good chance to score presented itse lf. A tough schedule of ha r d Sat urday tilts seemed to tell on them or perhaps they wer e looking too fa~ • head seeing onl y the shadow of Bradley darkening the hori zon . Whatever , .. the reason for the tight game, the v_Ictory was had, and afte r all that lS what Homecomers want. The game was clea n and hard throughout n~d not . ma n ed by many pena lties. Vtato r d1s plnyed power in making 14 first downs to 10 for Colum bia. The ~ fternoon was not withou t thrills the r•1nning of LaFle ur in the back: field from forma tion and the brilliant ret urns of Evard were the f ea tu res of the game. The sco re by quarters. Firs t Quarter. The game by qu arte r s was as f ollows : , . olumbia kicked off to St. Viator. 1a tor made . etght yards on three Laenhnrdt got off a 55 'line plays. yard punt. Columbia made two yards on an off tack le play. Short punt by olumbia. Eva rd made eight ya rd return. iator ball on the 50 Condnued on Page Five
CONVENTION OF N. C W.C. HELD IN ELGIN, ILL.
Father Maguire Presides At Conference ; J. Allen Nolan Delivers Address Rev. J. W . R. Maguire and Mr. J. A!l en Nolan, '29, attended the an·ma l Rockford Diocesan conven ti on of the N. C. W. C. at E lgin last ManPa y. The conven tion opened Sunday, October 23rd, with Pontifical High Mass celebrated by Archbis hop Dowl ing, and extended ove r two days. The af ter noon of the first day was given over to reports from the va rious committees interested in th e activities of the organjzation. On t he second day the conf erence wa s open ed at 9:00 A.M. with F at her Magu ir e pres1dmg. A discussion of the s ubject " Indus trial Problems" CJccupied most of the tim e a llowed to the conference. Mr. J. All en Nolan read a paper entitled " The Righ t of a Work. ing Man to a Living Wage," in which h~ clothed himself with honor and distinction by his brill iant delivery and praiseworthy discussion.
" ollege gymnasi ll m fa r s urpassed a ny similar even t that has been staged at the college in r ecent years. From every sta ndp oint the r ece pt ion was a de ~ idect success ; a s•1ccess to a de~ re e tha t exceeded the most sanguine hopes of the co mmittees in ' huge and of the la rge number that llttended. The success wa s surely merit ed by those whose work was so painstaking and tireless and undoubt"dly the f aithful workers r ealized their rew ard in see in g the splendid outr ome of their labors and in re... e.vint; the congratulations of their fri ends. For more than a week before the reception a decoration committee headed by Mr. J arlath Watson, assisted by Mr. Irwin Mat hews and Mr. Gerard Legris along with a goodly number of upperclass men and fr es hmen, was hnrd at work on th e gymna sium. The problem of suitably decora_t i~g such a spacious building was a d Jffi,.nlt one, but the diffic ulties were a ll met an d overcome in a mo!.t rr editable manr:er. A ,general Hal1 0ween motif was carried out in the de·orations. T he m ost diffi cult task in the work was that of con structing n ceiling over the ftoor tha t -' Would lend the appearance and atmosphere of autu mn with it s my riad colors. This was done by weaving a sort of network of wire a nd strong cord across th€ gymnasium from the railing about the running track. After the network was fini shed the tediou• tas k vf m r. ki ng - a lmos t endless trip ;:) to the wood s and bringing in small 1 ·_0 1' ghs and twigs resp lendent with 7.chly colored leaves pr ese nted a task -~,a t had exceeded previous ex pecta-.. hons. The w?rk was . comp.le te~. however , despite the dtfficulhes tt ~J resented. With the. improvised cei lmg completed the tod ers set to w ork with crepe paper, SCISSors and pa ste, and before long_ t hey had ea ch lig ht f1xture de cked m a gay Ha lloween lantern. Many _a Witch and skeleton ~ou ld b~ found m dark corners , lurkm ~ be h m~ corn shocks, and catchh1g w1th leermg eye the glance of ·the inquisitor. The final effect produced defies our power of description. Dim s haded lights threw wierd shadow~ on the danc.e~s, a!Jd peeped through t he leafy ce1hng hke the big harves t moon; the tw~ng of the woodlands was m the arr; th e who le spirit of Ha lloween was felt. There is little that we can add to the compliments that have a lr eady been heaped on the :... gemous decorators. There is nothmg that we can say that wi ll fully ex press th e apprec iat ion that eve ryone has for their work. Whil e the crowd w hich attended t he d~nce. wa s by no means record breaking It wa~ nev~r~he l ess amp le, pleasa nt, and high-s pinted. Dancing to the rolli cking r hythm of an a lluring fox-trot or an e ntra ncing wa ltz , the dan~ers were th e embodiment of good w1ll . and enjoyment together w1th orderliness and enthusiasm The A r cad ians," an orchesta fro ~ the A rca de Hotel of Chi cago , provided t he muSIC for the occasion and we may safely say that better mus ic has never been .heard at any any of ou r col lege affairs. 44
PEP MEETING
TONIGHT In ord er to give the team the proper send- off f or th e ViatorBradley game of tomo rrow there will be a pep meeting on the campus tonight immediately afte r chapel. Let's all get ou t toni ght and yell and cheer till we're hoars e. We know what our team can do and what they will do if we can show them that we have the proper spirit, BEAT BRADLEY!
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directors Of the Society for Pro p1gation of th e Faith in the Sta tes wa3 held in Chicago, c::. tartmg October 11th and ending on the 13 th. Cardina l Mundelein was h"st to over eig hty dioces an directors "S well a s to Archbi shop Francis Marchetti-Selvaggieni, papal re presentat1ve and uresident of th e international council. The three da y conference was opened at the Stevens Hotel and consisted chie fly of dis cou!ses, round tab le dis cussions an d re vJ ~w s of acti vities . along wit h' sug'?,"est10,s and plans which wou ld tend toward th e adva ncement of the aims of the work of the Society. Among th e s peakers were two priests who a re known quite well by the stud ents of St. V1ator College, Father Hersbu rgh and Father Vanderschueren hoth of whom we ente rtained at th~ Coll ege last May, were principal speakers at t he confer ence. The conference proper wa s broug ht to. a close at t he seminary at Mundelem where . Solemn High Ma ss was ('ele.brated 10 the presence of His Emtnence: However, the solicitude of the Cardma l for the youth of the ar~hd10cese was not lacking even in tht s conference of the Hierarchy of the Church in America. On Saturday, October 14th. Solemn High Mass was celebrated in Holy Name Cat h~d ra l a!ld r epresentati ves of most of the h1gh schools and colleges in the archdiOcese were present. St. Viator College was represented a.t th ~ general co.!'lf er er.::!e on 3aturday by Mess rs. Patrick Conway Thomas Doy le, Edward O'Ne il , Law~ r enee O'Shea and ~hom as Sulli van Approximately twenty-three hundred boys and girls of the high schools ::~. nd colleges of the archdiocese were present. _The Mass was celebrated · '.f the R1ght Rev. Mons ignor F. A. Purc~ l1 , D. D., in the presence of Card mal . Munde lein and Archbishop MarchettJ-Selvaggiani . Under the dtrectiOn of Rev. Philip Mahoney, D. D., and Rev. Edwih Hoover , the choi r of the Quigley Preparatory Sem inary sa ng the Mass. . Right Rev. Monsignor Quinn 1 ·Nat10na l director of the Society de Jive ed the sermon on the occas'ion. H~ we1comed_ the congregation of re presenta tJves of th e schools laud d the tr fait~, cited the succ~ss th~t the. orgamzation has enjoyed and r ev 1 e v~·ed the good that it h~s accomph shed. The Solemn Mass for th stc dents was the las t official func': hon of the conference. '- '"~~
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CHAIR FOUNDED IN HONOR OF FATHER BERGIN Old Students Establish Philosophy Chair In Honor Of Former Professor S t. Viator Day, Octo ber 21st, 1927 a commemora tiOn of the Sacerdotal Sil ver Jubil ee of Re v. W. J. Bergin, c. s. v., was made by the Alumni present at the hom ecoming. Efforts ha d . been made prev ious to homecommg to _ secure the consent of Father Berg1n to the plan of making the homecommg a celebration in his hono r. Despite the modes t y of Fat her BerJlin , who would not hear of any pubh c celebration, the Alumni a nd fn_end ~ of the ins titution ins is ted on the1r n_ght to mark this year as an epoch m the development of St. Voato r College by the esta bli shme nt of t he F at her Bergin Philosophy Cha1r Endowment. Thi s is to be the $100,000.00 endowment fo r which $74 000.00 in 20 year policies have a lre~dy bee n assigned to the Extens on C l ~1 b by Father Bergin's former pupils and admi r ers.
In acco rdan ce with the constitution of th e St. Viato r Extension Club the annPa l m eeting and confer ence' was he]d in connection with Hom ecoming in the north refector y on Ootober 21 1927. The meeting wa s well attend~ ed a nd included in the assemb ly were lYi a ny of our most notable Alumni and friends. The co nfer ence was preceeded by an info rm a l luncheo n. Three past presid~ nts of St. Viato r College were in attendance: Father Ma r s il e, the first presi dent of the Coll ege ; F ather O'Mahoney, later president, and present director of the endowrnent work; a nd Father Rice whose term of pres idency ended dur~ ing the pa st su mm er. Rev. J. V. LaMarre, Presiden t oi the Alumni Associat ion, presided at the business session. This part of the meeting consist ed in reports from the President, Secr etary, and Treasurer of th e Extens ion Club. Mr. J?se ph A. Bolger, Secretary, gave in hts report a summary of th e ac tivities of the Club, particularly at the monthly meetings held at the Illinois Athletic Club in Ch icago. The inco rporation of the organization and the adoption of the ir plans for an endowment for St. Viator College were the two most important points of Mr. Bolger's very instructive r eport. In accordance with the reso lution passed in t he a nnu a l meeting of one yea r ago the Boa rd of Directors of the St. Viator College Extension C!.uh ap;:licd fc:- a ch::.rtc'r from U- · Illinois Legislature an d the c h arte~ w~s secured last August. The St. V1ator College Extension Club, Inc., was chartered under the following Boa r d of Directors : Lowell A. Lawson, President Re v. P. C. Conway, Vice-President Rev. J. V. La Marre, Vice-Pres ident Josep h A. Bolger, Secretary Rev. J . P. O'Ma honey, c. s. v ., Treas urer John R. O'Connor, Chairman of Executive Comm ittee Vincent Marzano, M. D. Rev. E . M. Kelly, c. s. v. Thomas LeRoy \Varner The Treasurer 's report gave in deta il the r eceipts of the Club through cash donations fo r the benefit of S t. V1ator Coll eg e, and the disposition made of these fund s. To date the organiza ti on has collected $89,865 .37 tn c~s h , eighty acres of land in Buc km~ham, Illinois, donated by the late M1ss An~a Duffy of Kankakee, an~ ~119,000 m end owment ins ura nce policies, $100,000 of w hi ch is in twenty year endowment policies an d $19,000 in life poli cies. T hese poliCies w1t.h the accrued dividen ds have heen as1gned absolute ly to St. Viator Co llege. The Extens ion Club has r ecmyed an offer f rom a donor whose n ~ m e for the present i s to be s uppr essed, of $40,000.00 on th e con ditio n t hat th e Club rai se $80 000 00 · the total of $120,000.00 is to 'be ·ap: phed on th e new buildings The Pr~side nt of the Club. ex plain~d the ObJect of the organization an d l~S determinat ion to s olve the finanCial probl ems of the Coll ege by the establ! s hm ~n t of an adequate endowment. Thi s end owm ent, he ex plai nec!, would be divid ed in accorda nce WTth the ~ eed " of the College and the tntentlons of the donors into four trus t fund s: 1s t, An Endowme nt Fund; 2nd, A S tudent Aid Fund. 3rd An Ath letic Fund; and 4th, A Build: mg Fund. He a ssigned a s the reason f or the es tab lis hm ent and chartermg of the E x tens ion Club the importa nce of these f unds and the need that they be ha ndled in a bu• inesshke way. He presented at the mee tmg "'!?st. convm cmg proofs that the orgamzah on ha s at its di spo~a l the kee nes t bus lne•s a bility and the mos t devo ted integrit y when he introd uce_d Mr. J ohn R. O'Connor w hoae name IS well es tablis hed as one of ~ he m_os t successful real esta te men m Ch lca~o. In a very modest and un ass umang manner Mr. O'Connor Cont 'd on page fou r