THE VIA TORIAN Saturday, Jun e 2, 1928.
Volume XLV
WATSON ELECTED TO PRESIDENCY OF COLLEGE CLUB
COMPLETE PROGRAM FOR RECEPTION OF RT. REV. B.J. SHEIL
Program of Events, June 4th and 5th Monday, June 4th
Brown Elected Vice-President; Long a nd Clothier, Officers Mr. Jarlath (Ja y ) Watson, of Odell, Illinois, was elected Pres ident of the College Club by a very decided majority on Thursday, May 17. In choosing Mr. Wats on to act as their chief executive for t he year 19281929, the members of the Club picked a man who is not only quite capable of handling the difficult task but is a lso sure to lead the Cl ub through a most successful year. Mr. Watson has been one of the mos t active member s of th e College Club during the past two year s and t his fact alone offers a ss uran ce that he will run the Club in a 'ne p lus ultra' fashion. During the past two years, he has served as member of th e Advisory Board, and during the past year has acted as chairman of t he Social Committee. The tine work that he h as done in t he latter capacity has won the admiration of t he stud ent body. During the past year, he likewise acted a s vice-pres ident of the Sophomore cla ss and will hold a si milar chair in the Bergin Debating Society next year. The student body can certain ly f eel that th eir choice has been excepti ona ll y good. James Brown experi enced difficu lty in winning th e office of Vice-President over Eddi e Campbell and Byr on Evard. The f act , howeve r, that he def eated these two popular men wou ld indicat e that he is entirely ti t to serve in s uc h an office. Jim is one of the most w illing rnen on t he campus and no doubt will prove a big aid to President Watson . It was to the joy of man y that Steve Long won the position of Secr etary. Steve is stead y and r eliable and will find nc difficu lty in fulfi lli ng the duties thai the office of Secretar y dema nd of him. The popu la r choice f or Trea s urer was Kenneth Clothier. The decisive manner in which Ken won over s uch able fin ancier s as Meis a nd Tucker s hows th a t the Clu b w a s not hesita nt in placin g its pecuni a r y fund in hi s hands. P erh a ps Ken's popularity will enabl e him to bol st er up a rather bedrag g led ba nk book. Mr. Allen James Nolan, r etirin g president of t he Club , was a lrn ost una nimousl y chosen as Deleg a t e-at-large to th e College Coun cil. Thoug h th e offi ce it self is not fu nctio nal, in a s m uch a s it was dissolved by Coll ege au thorit ies two yea r s back, it was placed on the lis t to g ive evidence of t li t> s tu dent s' wis h to r egai n t he pr ivileg e that was once accorded t hem. Ins ta llation ce remoni es wer e held on Wednesday, May 23 . Presiden t Nola n deli vered t he ma in depa rt ure speech and concl ud ed with the wis h t hat his successor, Mr. W a ts on, woul d enjoy a hi g hl y s uccessf ul year and t hat he wo ul d r eceive t he hea r ty cooperation of every me mber. The other r etiring officer s, likewise, coinm ended the Club on t heir wise selecti on of new offi cers a nd added t he hope t hat the lu b would continue to make t he progress t hat it has done in the past. Nomi na tions fo r the various offices wer e in order a t the mee ting of 'l ay 14. Not less th a n nine no minees dec lined the nom ination to the office of presidency but, for tu nately, t\v o of t he best choices r e-
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Automobile Escort to Accompa ny Bis hop's Party from Ch icago ·
ACADEMY GRADUATION EXERCISES
Solemn High Mass 8 :00 A. M. Rev. \V. J. Stephenson, c. s. v., Celebrant ; Rev. A. J. Landroch e, c. s. v., Deacon; Rev. L. T. Phillips, c. s. v., Subdeacon; Brother W. J. Cracknell, c. s. v., Maste r of Ceremonies. Sermon by Rev. W. J. Stephenson, c. s. v. Presenta tion of flag by Herbert A. O'Loug hlin. Acceptance by Rev. A . .J. Landroche. Graduation Breakfast
10:00 A. M.
Graduation Exercises 8 :00 P. M. Address to the Graduates by Rev. J. W. R. Magu ire, c. s. v. Address of Welcome Thomas H. Sullivan Valedictory Address Roger T. Steven s Class History John J. Farrell Class Prophecy Thomas J. Casey Class Will Raymond Wenthe Presentation of Diplomas. Awarding of Honors. Tuesday, June 5th BISHOP SHEIL'S DAY COLLEGE GRADUATION EXERCISES Pontifical Solemn Hig h Mass 10: 30 A. M. Rt. Rev. B. J . Sheil, D. D., Celebrant j Very Rev. J ames J . Hors burg h, Deacon ; Rev. Louis M. O'Connor, Subdeacon; Rev. William Keefe, M ~s ter of Cer emoni es. Deacons of Honor: Rev. John J. Flanagan and Rev. Gerald Be;rgin. Acoly tes : Rev. J ames F itzgerald and Rev. Francis Clea ry. Banquet in honor of Bishop Sheil
12:30 P. M.
Rev. P. C. Conway, Toastmaster. Gr adu ation Exercises 8: 00 P. M. Baccala ureate Address by Rev. Thomas E . Shea. Bachelor Orations by William J. Siebert, Patrick C. Con way, a nd E. J . McCarthy. Valedictory Address Leo T. Fitzgerald Conferrin g of Degrees. Presentation of Diplomas. Awardin g of Honors.
mained, Mr. \V a t son and Mr. Laenhardt. Mr . Leo Fitzgerald, President of the Senior Class, had the honor of nominating the winn ing candidate. ST. VIATOR N O. 2 Mr. Brown, Vice President-elect, was nomina ted by hi s cla ssmate Mr. E vard . Mr. Laenha r dt , candidate for presidency gave Mr. Long a good send·o ff in hi s nomina tion speech w hile Mr. Hickey won approval in his nomi nation of Mr. Clothier. The electi ons wer e ma r ked by some very vigoro us ca mpa igning w hi ch di d not cea se until t he polls were declared closed. Mr. Ernes t Wa ls ko, r etiring cha irm an of t he Member s hip Commi t tee, m a intained s pl endid ord er at the poll s an d together with his ablebodied ass ista nt, J ohnn y H erbert, dese rves great cr ed it f rom a ll. The Viato rian ex te nds its congra tula t ions to t he new officer s and express es the hope t hat t hey will s ur pass t he grea t wo rk p erform ed by the retiring office rs. As the voice of the s tudent body, t he Via tor ian , likewise, wishes to expr ess its thanks t o t he r etir ing officers for the work they ha ve a ccomplished during thei r r egim e toget he r wit h the hope that t hey will prove as successful in thei r f ut ure undertak ings as t hey have as officer s of the College Clu b.
' will ma ke up fo r th a t defi ciency by Delaney Elected grea t deeds." With th a t s pirit a nd President of the lead er s hip t he outl oo k fo r t he Cla ss of '29 is indeed optimis t ic. Senior Class of '29 Mr. Thoma s R . Doyle wa s elected
Doyle
President of next yea r's Junior Class a t a meeting held la st week in t he
Hea ds Juniors; Nolan College Club Room. Mr. Doyle w ill be a ssi sted by Mr. Ger a ld Pau li , VicePres ident of Sophs presiden t ; Mr. Fra ncis Brockma n, Secr et a.ry an d Mr. Byr on Eva r d, Trea s urer ; Mr. P au li was a ls o elec ted delegate to the Coll ege Club Ad vis ory Board. Wi t h t his effi cient an d pr ogress ive boa rd of officer s, t he " soon to be" J uni ors oug ht t o s tep to the f r ont in a ll acti vities. T he F r es hma n class met T hurs day evening , May 17 in the College Club room to elect officers fo r next yea r. Ra y mond Nola n was elected president ; Ke nnet h Clot hier, vice- pres iden t ; Robert Pucke, secr e tary ; Loui s Phill ips, t r eas urer and Ed ward O'Ne il cla ss member of t he Advisor y Boa r d. T hese ge n t lemen we re el ected by a large majority. Retiring President, Eddie O'Neil closed the meeting by giving a farewc11 ta lk thank ing the
W it h the rap id a pp roach of June 5t h com es the satisf a cti on of kn owing that a ll pr eparation s for t he day have been complete d, and t hat, if good ma nag e ment a nd we ll la id pla ns coun t for a nythin g , the da y will g o down in Viator his to r y a s the g r eat es t eve r witn essed on our Campus. The Com mittee on Arrange ments worki ng f r om the Alumni and Extens ion office in Ch icago and ass is ted by F a ther Magu ire a nd Mr. Ed wa rd Galla huc at t he College have arran ged an extens ive a nd im posing prog r a m w hich is .!n·iefly s ummarized below. E a r ly Mond ay afternoo n, June 4th, an escort of a uto mobiles will a ccompa ny t he Bis hop and h is p a.r ty f rom 79th St ., a nd Wetse rn Ave nu e, Chicag·o, to the Col lege. Another party from the College w ill journey to Momence a nd j oin t he procession at that poin t. The a ug m ente d party will then proceed to Ka nk a kee w her e Bishop She il will be g r ee t ed officially by t he Mayo r , Ho nor able Louis L. Beckm a.n. I rnm ediately up on a rri va l a t the College, din ner will be ser ved to t he pat·t y. P ontifi ca l Solemn Hi g h Mass will be ce lebra ted in the Coll eg e Chape l of t he Sacred Heart by Bis hop Sheil on Tuesday, J un e 5th , at 10: 30 A. M. The Bi s hop will be ass isted by Very Rev. Mons ig nor J a mes J . Hors burgh, Deacon; Rev. Lo ui s M. O'Connor, Subdeacon; Rev. Willia m Keefe , Mast er of Ceremonies. Dea con s of Honor \Vill be Rev. J ohn J. Flanaga n and Rev. Ger a ld V. Berg in. R ev. J a rnes Fi tzgeral d an d Rev. Frank Cleary will act a s acoli tes. The ba nquet in honor of Bis hop Sheil on the occ;:a s ion of Com mencement wi ll be a t 12: 30 P . M., in t he Coll eg e r ef ectory. Rev. Patri ck C. Conway \vi ii be to a s tmas t er , in t ra cl ue ing t he fo ll owi ng s peak er s : The Very Rev. M. J . Mars il e, c. s. v., Ver y Rev. J . V. R hearn s . c. s. v., t he Rev/ er end Fathe rs C. P . Conwa y Loui s M. O'Connor , .John J . Fl a na~;n , J. v. Lal\1a.rre, a nd Mess r s. Warren J . MeCl ell an d, "Lowell A. Lawson, John 'R . O'Connor, and t he Rt. Rev. B. J . She il. Entertai nment of va ri ous natu r es w ill be pr ovided in t he af te rn oo n. The evening wi ll be fu ll y occ upi ed wit h t he Colleg e Gra duati on E xerciscs.
At a meeti ng he ld in Ma r s il e Ha ll on April 17th, Micha el Dela ney of Chica go wa s electe d to the pres idency of t he Seni or Cla ss for next year. Maurice LeClaire Mr. Dela ney is one of the r epresentati ve men of St. Viato r and has for Delivers Memorial the pa st t hree yea r s defe nd ed the Day Address Green on t he gridi r on , court a nd di a mond. Not onl y is Mike an athlete T he annu a l Memo ri a l Day ser vice but a s tudent a.nd a gentlema n wh ich held last W edn esday a t the Co llege is t he fin es t tr ibute t ha t his we llwill long be rem em be red by t he s tu dwis her s can wish him . At t he s ame ent body. T he usua l imp r essive ceremee t ing Don Laen hardt, a lso of mony was car ri ed out, a nd t he pr inChicago, wa s elected to the vicecipal f eatu re of the servi ce was the pres idency. Linus Meis of Fairbury Me moria l Day a dd ress de li vere d by was made t r ea sur er and Cyri l Ryan Mr. Maurice L. LeClaire, '28. of Seneca was chosen secr etary. DonT he f ull text of Mr. LeClaire's ad ald J. McCart hy of Rockfo rd was apdress wi ll appear in the Graduatio n pointed to r eprese nt th e Senior s on number of t he Via torian, in which n the College Clu b Ad visory Boar d for the coming yea r . s tudents for the s upport gi ven him complete r ecord of the CpmmcnceMr. Delan ey sa id, "The Class of and wis hing the new officers t he best ment exercises a nd s peeches wi ll be '29 may be s ma ll in nu mbers but we of success for next year. printed.
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