THE VIA TORIAN
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Vol ume XLV 1
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SUCCESSFUL YEAR ONMAPS AND PREDICTED FOR COUNTRIES DEBATING SOCIETYL ibraria nS umGives Deta ils of mer Work
NEW PRESIDENT MEETS STUDENTS G
Father Mag uire in Cha rge of Affairs at Colleg e
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Announcement of the appointment of the Very Rev. John W. R. Maguire, c. s. v., as president of St. Viator Col· lege was made early in July . Father Maguire was des ignated to succeed the Very Rev. James V. Rheams, c. 2 . v., by the Very Rev. J. M. Roberg e, c. s. v., superior·general "o f the clerics of St. Viator. Fathe r Rheams retu rns to hi s former po'iition as Master oi Novices. Wel fa re Work er
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The new president is known throughou t t he state fo r h is work i n t he Illinois s tate legislatu r e on beha!f of socia l welfare legislat:on. He is d~rector of th e Catholic Legislativo ~ervicc of IlliPois ; chairman of t.hede p>rtment of eco nomics of t he National Conference of Catholic Charities; a member of the executive committee of the department of soc'al action of th e National Catholi c W el-l !are Conference; p resident of the de-l partmen t of colleges in t he l-;ational Catholic Ed ucational Associat' on ; and fo rmer vice.preside n t of the State Confer ence of P ublic We lfare. A ttended Oxfo rd Father Magu ire ass um e~ l he of. fi ce of p resident of St. Viato r College at a relatively earl y a.ge. H e wns born in 1884. He rece ive d h is education at Me r ton College, Oxford, Engl and; S t . V iato r Coll ege ; Co lulllb ia Un iver sity, New York; a nd t he Catholic Un ive rsity of A merica, \Vas hington, D. C. He was ordained priest in the Chicago Province, Clerics of St. Viator , by the Rt. R ev. T hos . J. Shahan, D. D., retired r ector of t he Catholic Univers ity oi America. \Var Vetera n
R ev. ). W . R. M aguire, c. s. v.
Last Year's Editor Changes Take Place Enters Seminary In Faculty Very Rev. Jo h n VV. R. Maguire, c. s. v., has appointed the Rev. E . M. Kelly , c. s. v., director of ath letics, to t he posi tion of Dea n of Men. Father Ke ll y he ld th is pos ition for a number of years, retiring in 1925. He is a s tern disciplinarian, but popular in the ya r d. Rev. T h omas J. Lynch, A. M., Dean of t he Department of Englis h, succeeds the Very Re v. John W . R. Maguire, c. s. v., as instructor of public speech and coach of Cebate. During his s t udent days Fat her Lynch was a member of the Viator Det-ating team and has tak en an en thus ias tic interes t in the work of the Bergin Deba ting Society.· Fathe r Lynch, through hi s appointment, automatically be comes moderator of the Bergin Debating Soc iety. Mr. Cla ude M. Gra nge r, one of
This, our firs t issue of t he year 1928-1929, can not go to pre ss withou t a n ex pression of appre ciation and commendation to our editor of last year, Mr. Robert 0. Barne tt, who left us to join the ranks of the Seminarians at St. Paul, Minn. We, of the staff, are in a pos ition to know and to appreciate t he amo unt of time, labor and care with whi ch Cob exe rcised the duties of his importa nt office. A nd if th e degree of success attained ty h im as editor of th e Viatorian is a n ind ica tion of h is fot :.1 re acco mplis hrn en ts, we s ha ll one day witness his attainm ent of a high ecclesiastica l office . Th e s taff joins with his many friend s among his f or mer sc hoolmates and the faculty in w is hing him a happy and fruitful f u ture in his chosen vocation. Good
At t he outbreak of the World War, Father Maguire immediately offered his se r vices a s ch ap lain. H e served w it h th e 39th Infan tr y, 4th D ivis ion. Ret urn ing to t h is country after t he wu r he was selected to se rve on a <•o mm lttee of unemp loyment by the late President Woodrow Wilson. This brought h im recognition from th e American Federation of Labor and he has many titilCS appeared in the in tere ts of labor before legi slative ga thtJrings and las t winter co mpleted a se r ie of lectures on injunction lcgi!ilation over \V FL, the American f~rt u ne , Bob, and ~ ucc ess. 1-'ederation o f La bo r broodcasting Kankakee's mos t prominent young • tation, hicago. lawyers, joins th e fa cu lty thi s year as instructor in Cons titutional Law. Mr. Professor Chanoux oted Ed ucat or
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Gra nger was graduated from Viator Europe During Summ ~r Academy, took his A. B. from Georgetown University, \V as hing-ton, and Professor M. Chanoux Mascarin o his LL. B. "magna cum laude'' from Harvard ni ve r s ity, Cambridge, rece ntly returned from Europe;' ProMassachusetts. During his years at fesso r Chan oux ·pent the eart.J pa rt Harvard he edited the Harvard Law of th e s ummer traveling in Ita ly. H e at t h.t nive . it y of Illi nois. He s pe nt Review. attended a s;x weeks' s um mer co urse Ufnt" )~ar a Profe sor r Economics t Ro an· Colle~t<. River Fo res t, JlliMr. Benjamin G. Gower, one of the a t the Un ive rsi ty of Paris so that he noi . In 1922 ht.• was appointed Vice- members of Gower, G#ray and Gowe r, might comp lete his graduate work tht• ."'~hoot of omnu:.• rN.~. Th e sa me Atto rn ey -at - Law, Kankakee, ha.s wa .. t.~cretary of the om- J bt>e~ _scc urcd as &. ~rote~ o r of ':"athe- which he had started in 1922. Profe sor Chanoux looks forward mttt vn Standardiz tio n of th e Na· mahcs. Mr. G~wer 14 otfertng 8 tl nttl Cathohl· Educahon.al A ocia-~l·ours~ m introdu tory mathematics, to 8 fine year in h is Ltalian and r n \t lh_,. : oci lion ' c-onvention ("()\ering college algebra, trigon met· FTtnch clas::;~ . During hi travels in in ()\"tt'tllt in 19~"; h-.• \ dected ry and analytic · He took his A. B. Fr-ant~ and Italy he gathe red muc h p hi t of the dep r'tm nt o f col- from )Jich.igan Univeristy. and. his J . t ~ l'ld ~-~lt'Ctt'd t the Chicago D. frum .:'\orth e teTn Un tve~ 1 ty. material ::;o that he might present hi! t n~,·llh n in June H.l2 . t thb reRt.>\. A. L.. Girard. A. lL. ha be-en :student· with a broader view of the (• nt , M nhon ht.> v. ''-"lt"CtM to ddt'tl to the ( culty in tructor 10 modern languag~ they are studying. .. , t.h Of't'nlnt!' ad,ln"'. s or tht.> c:on- j osmoloii!.Y. and the- Histoo- of Art Hb cour!-e at the University of Pari nu n for H•~ F:mmen~:~ Ge-<lrgt.>- nd .·\ n.:htt~cture. Fathe-r Girard, wal'i conct:rned with the study o{ mod· (.' rd.n 1 tun t 1 1n nd a 1 '-= fath· comptt"tir:~ hi"' tut.he~ at 't. \'iator, and t:du· t graJu:ue ork. at Cht~ag~, lini· ern languages. •Cot:unced on Pa t Fow
Father Maguire has s pent the gr"at r P rt of 8 sco re of years at St. Yiator wh\.'re h e has been ins truct or tl[ sociology, economics, philosophy UF\d publlt: Spt}£"Ch. 'For two years he \\a~ l'rof~ or of atholic Philosophy
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The indications for th e coming year g ive the aSsurance that once again St. Viator College wi ll up h old her prest ige in the real m of Interco llegiate Debating. The Bergin Debating Society regrets that t he duties of th e Presidency wi ll not permit the Very Rev. J. W. R. Maguir e, c. s . v., to co n t in ue his work as Coach of Debate, but hopes to find, and in fact wi ll find, in th e Rev. T. J . Lynch, who has bee n appointed Coach ~f Debate , a very able successor . The f ound ing of t he Ber g in Debating Societ y last year w ill gi-ve an added impetus to matte r s foren s ic t his year, and t he proposed es tablishment here of a Chapter of Pi Kappa Delta w ill admit St. Viator Co llege in to t he premier ho nor a t·y Oratorica l a nd Debatin g Frater ni ty of t he Natio n. Father Lynch will ha ve a s the nuclei of his tea ms this year Mr. James Allen No lan and Mr. Joh n Staffor d, both of w hom have been th roug h two s uccessf ul seasons , and a lsO Mr: Ray mond Boyse n and Mr. Armand Lottinville, 'Nho rnade the ir forensic debut last yea r . I n a ddit ion t here are a nu mbe r of very ca pable men w ho "j ust missed" making t he tea ms last yea r w ho w ill be of mu ch use t h is yea r . T he schedule for t he co m ing year, whi ch Mr. No lan, th e Ma nage r of Debate, is arra ng ing, includes dua l debates wit h Loyola , Marquette, Va lpa raiso, Dayton and Detroit; t he two biggest debates of t he year, however, wi ll be t he debate her e w it h St. T homas Co llege of St. Pa ul , las t yea r' s National Cha m pions , a nd t he one wit h St. Xa v ier's at Cincinnati, who fo r several yea r s have been our most formidable yet favorite oppon· en ts . By the open ing of t he De ba tin g Season several other sc hools w ill be added to this lis t. P lans for a western debating tour t h is year fai led to mater ialize due to t he imposs ibi li ty of sec u rin g de ba t es wit h t he Io\va colleges; t here are however, vag ue rum ors that t he grand eas tern c ircu it to \Vas hington , New York and Bos ton made two years ago will be r e pea ted this year. The question for t he co ming year w ill be t hat announced by Pi Ka ppa Delta about the end of September.
Sever al Viator ians Journey to Europe The Very Rev. W. J . S urprena n t, c. s. v.• Pro vi ncia l of t he Chi cago Provi nce , Cleri cs of S t. Viator, acco mpa ni ed by the Revs. John P. O'Mahon ey , c. s. v., Chris topher A. Mar zano, c. s. v. Ph. D., and Ri chard J. French , c. s. v., sailed for Europe, Jun e 30th. Father Su rprenant went by way of Rom e . Father French to h is home in England, and Fathers O'Mahoncy and .Marzano to rreland. On August ~th they attended the Chapter )!eeting of the Cleric• o! St. Viator at which delegates from the Umted States, Spain, France, and Belgium were assemhled. The ~1eet ing wa• held at Jette, Belgium, the mrJther home of the community. The \'ery Rev. J. M. Roberge, c. 1. v., uperi6r·genera.J of the cl~nclf, pr · !dt·d at thf"• meettngs whic.h tern·unat•~ .-\.Uglat l~th. The local pr1e>L landed in • · ew York tbe fir t week in S<:ptember.
\Ve are afraid that so me of yon have been mildly dismayed at return ing to college to find y~ur library in~rade d by myst erious workers enga g ed m what may seern to you a n even rnore mysterious work. \\' her e before a more or less absolute qui et t·eigned there now r esounds t he clitter cla t ter of ty pewri ter s. \Vhere forme rlv the ~ye. '~·as met only by tables and ~hairs mvJt mg to study a nd repose one sees cases and cases full of defe nseless boo ks waiting to be pounced upon to have th eir interiors dissected nnd ana lyzed. Put in s uch a light our wo r k appears vio lent a nd pos iti ve ly g r uesome, only t hat t he. interiors o.f books a re fort u nate ly not so messy as so me othe.r k inds of in teriors. They are sometnn es d ull , ofte n s tup id. but of tene r most enchanti ng - a nd t hat i s some co mpensation. We hope a little of the mys tery that has s urround ed our proceedings f~ ll s. away. In prosa ic, unadorned Englis h we have sweated, nnd labored a nd we were go ing to say s wore, bu t r emember ed ourselves, to g ive you a key to u nlock t he t reasures that have bee n buri ed away in t his li brary. 0 you wo n't find it a ll s hin ing an d ri ch a.nd go lde n un less yo u fi r s t have so me keys of your own- t he key of hunger after w isdom, th e key of imag inatio n to let yo u in to t he inner roo ms. Al l t hi s key can do is to ope n t he large po r ta l w here a ll may enter. Only a few m ay wa lk in th e inner most cha mbe rs. Well, we haven't t he s ma lle r keys to give but only t he one la r ge key. Such as it is we g ive it. A nd we beg yo u to use it, for believe me, it wus purchased wit h labor. From my ta lk ing you w ill imagine have bee n s pea king of a g rand a nd ro mant ic t hin g and it is on ly a catn· log. But i f th ere is ro mance in books· and who w il l de ny it , s ure ly t here i ~ roma nce in t he find ing of books. Might not a book be like a pot of g old? A nd tru ly, is n't t he search for a po t of go ld even more t h ri lli ng th an th e go ld itself? I wo n't be SHying that a cata log is n more in terest ing or romanti c thing than a book, nny mol'e than I wou ld sa y t hat a map is a more in teres ti ng t h ing than a co untry; but 1 do claim th at it hus RO m C! hint o f romance about it Mince th e catal og is a m.rtp of t he co untry ot books. The land o f knowl edge is a vas t cou ntry mark d out by the mind o! mu n. You may look out upon it from th e heig hts of nine hi g h mountain•: Ph ilosophy- tOO Reli gio n-200 Socia l Scie ncel!-300 Philology- 400 Pure Sc ienccK-500 Ueef ul Art,._ 600 Fine Artl!-700 Literature- ~00 II iKtory- UOfJ \Vt have looktd at every b<Jok in ou r library to And ill< exa<·t poi•tion on thiM map tJf knowh:dg-c ~to that you may nvt he t>f""Jt hPrcd with thht isd XJr, but may know at Dncc by tht• annnf("e.ment of the lJ<.rl"Jk" on tht· t~hf•)f ;, r their t~ntry in thE: catal9g- in ;u' wha t Jand th11y are •ituat.cd. I r ytJU ar~ lntt·r~stN!, ftJr cxampff•, in jtJU,..-neying in that (JartkuJar part tJf fli "t.fyry kn,,wn "" .\fvdu:•val EunJpt· Y''O may ltJI_,J.. up thi h11adir1K 1n r.~ur t·ata.I~"Jst Conunuc-d on
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