THE VIA TORIAN ~o.
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1928
Volume XLVI
ST. VIATORACADEMYNAMES OF HONOR GOV. AL SMITH REV. E. V. CARDINAL REPUBUCAN COMMITTEEMEN CLUB ISORGANIZED MEN TO APPEAR STOPS INCITY CHOSEN MODERATOR IN VIATORIAN Vast Crowd Train AT ST. VIATOR Brother O'Laug In Mad Rush To hli n Selected As OF COLLEGE CLUB Moderator I
Several Interesting Gi ven
Addresses
!.lasses were dismis.qed last Wedn~da y at J L:OO A.M. and the entire stud ent body adjourned to the irr.~ ml!dinte vici nity of the fro nt porch or Mnrtd lc Hall to hear ·a num ber of the state's most popular Republicans aR they presented their views on gcn· eral politics and the student reaction towards national an d state affairs. Little was said regarding t he political lnue in the present campaign. 'fhe speakeTs were introduced by Rev. E. v. Cardinal, Vice-president of t he College, who repeated h is form er Btatement made on the occasion of J udge Thompson's visit here recen tl y , that St. Viator College had no party affiliation and that the num ber of atudcnt Democrats wou ld in a ll pro bability eq ua l the number of Republicans io the audience. Sta te Senato r l etz Talks The fi rst speaker introduced by Fr. ard!nal was Senator Metz of this
Bronze
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At a recent meeting of the Senjor high school class, the Academy Club Addition al Recognit ion was organized with the following officers in charge: David Beggs, pres· Fr. CaTdinal, Dean of Studies, anident; \Villiam McFawn, vice-preo;:;i- nounced that t he practice, inauguratdent; Franc is Barton, secretary, and ed last year, of publishing in the ViaPat:! Duffield, treasurer. Beggs , who torian the names o~ t he honor studentered St. \'iator Academy la s t year, ents will be followed again this year. seems well fitted for his office. Fran- This custom, w·hich is designed to cis Barton is completing his prepara· give some recognition to students tory co urse which he was obliged to whose scholastic r ecords a r e above the lay aside a few years ago. DufT~eld average, is quite simple. The names and l\rcFawn are four year men of of those students who have made an t he high schooL The very decisive average of B in all co urses are pubchoice in each case proves the popu- lished in the Viatorjan at the end of lm :ty and ability of the officer s and each semester. To get a place on the Academy Club may lflok forward I this honor roll the student must get to a prosperous r..nd plcas.ant year. an aver age of B, that he mi g ht secure Outlines of Social Event!; enough honor points. Plans have been laid for fl busy The honor points are com puted by socia l ·season. Smoket·s are Ln be multiply ing the gr ade points obtained the usual order during the winter in each co urse times t he semester months and the annual banquet will hours of that co urse. For the g rade take place shortly after the bas ket· A, the student received three grade ball season. In the matter of rings, points ; for the grade B, two g r ade the class of ,29 has departed from the points; for the grade C,- one grade
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:~~~;::: ~:r c~~~ne~ai~i~as:~f ~~hi: ~~:~':':I:re~~i:~n;! :::. '~~~d~~:;~ :~~ ;~~~: AI~s t~~ad~oi~r:e t~~eew:~~~es~~~ comparison of politics during the past ng('s in other countries and thf" present political conditions in our own t·ountry, citing the vario us influential factors contributed by our education"Not many years ago in foreign countries it was q uite the us ual t hi ng for the few great men of each co untry to dictate to the lowly man. Since the war, however, the policy in nearly nil these co untries has changed. Th ·y arc copying our democratic ideuls , and the s tud nls of the nations are doing much ~o further the ideas or democracy by their intelligent, o nrd on Pnge 5
E xtension Club Officers Meet
A ~pedal meeting of the ofllcers of lh St. Viator ollegc Alumni As<>r!alion and the t. Viator allege ~:•tension ('lub was held Tuesday eve ning, Octooo r 23rd. A banquet "n . l'rYt!c.l to the visiting officers and lh o01cer• of the ollegc at :00 P. \! , 1n th~ !acuity dining hall. Th t' rc wer('. no formnl speakers durin g th~ evening. Certain propo•· •I fo r the welfare of the allege, not ~d m d public, were di•cussed by the trr"JU(l. Among those in attend· • n'-· w nl th~ Rt"v!'. P. onway, :. N. Moor • J. V. Rhcnm , c. s. v., J, P. 0' !ahon •y, o, . v., and M<""'"· Ju cph Dolg~r. Frank Rainey, Lowell La\\ n, F nk llan!l"'t<rfcr, L. T. \1 rn,·r, n1l John ·o or Chi< gu, th• Jt,.,, J. J • .Fiun g n of Rock[<>rd, I '· '1'. ,·he. or r ~ri , Dr. \ '. \Ia hkago, Judge Henry nd lr. E. E. ""·rc-tary vl the
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F ther M a rzano Ch
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a super-imposed seal. Many iavorable cornments have been r eceived on this ring. The temporary set of plans also calls for a picnic a~ the end of t he year, a nd do ubt less ther e will be many other social evonts as the calendar is filled out. Lite ra ry Club Formed Under the direction of ProF. Rodt, the third and fourth year classes have combined to form a Literary and Dramatic Club. Its purpose is to discuss the better p lays and dramas, and great enthusiasm is being eli~ played by the charter members. Junior Class Elections The third year class has chosen Prof. Roche as Class Advisor arc! has elected Joseph Degnan as i" president, with Bernard Kennedy and John O'Brien as vice-president and s~c retary r e•pectively. Due to lack or time at the last meeting, th e Selection O( the tr 'USUrer W8S deferr<.'d until the next meeting. The principal en.• nt on the Junior cnlendar is the Junior .~enio r banquet in honor or the St'niors, which, as it is the first of its kind, speaks w ell. !or the initiative or this year's class of Juniors. To dat~, th<• Fre hmnn and ophomore clu~~e'§ hav(" not as yet organized, but no d ubt they will get togt•tht'r for thut purpo 'f:.\ in the near rutun.·. •
Fr. Maguire to Preach At Labor Convention
hour co urse, t he hono r points are nine ; that is th ree times three. Should the student make the grade A in five courses, each of which is a three semester hour course, the honor points would total forty-five. To obtain a place on t he honor roll tphoe,·nsttsudent must make enough honor to doubl e the number of semester hours he is carrying. Thus, if a student is attending five three semester hour courses (that is a tota l of fifteen semester hours) he must score thirty honor points to rate an average of B. I f he does this, he is accorded a plaee on the list of honor stud ents. Fr. Card inal a lso annou nced that a more lasting sort of acknowledgemcnt will be made of the students who deserve recognition for class work. Beyond the mere pass ing me ntion in the Viatorian, whereby !.he student's achievement is put before hi s class mates, an enduring ackr.ow· Ieclgement will be made in the form of an inscription in bronze. The stude nt who "makes'• the honor roll will have his name eng1·aved on n bronze tablet whereon he who sees, not only today or tomorrow, but next year and th<·reafter, may read lh< name of one who honorably fulfilled hi• duty.
"There he is-That's him! Look at
·'im sm ile. Wow, ain"t he a peach of
a looker! Get off my toes! Look out, boob, or the train'll run over ya. Don't push-Hey. what's the big iaea? C'mon, lefs have a speechspeech, AI, speec h!' ~ What a g reeting for AI and Kati e a s their special train bound fo1· Albany via Indianal)Olis, pulled into the Big Four station at Kankak ee, Saturday, October 20. And on the observation platform~ waving a brown derby and smiling from ear to ea r, stood the most popular man ever to g1.·ace the American politica l fieldthe Governor of New York-big, handsom e, ruddy, glow ing· Al , the idol of the common man; and with him a sweet. cha rming little wornan, Mrs. AI, or Katie . Collegemen were there en masse, but in t hat crowd of 8000 only the Frosh w ith their sprightly green top pieces could be distinguished. The crowd had gather ed an hour or two early to catch a gl impse of
:~e V~~~'~t~:~c
nominee.
The Govern or sm il ed constantly for t he crowd but no speech ·v{as forthcom ing. He looked much like 0 martyr w ho was condemned through all ages to t he fury of a r ag ing crowd. During his s hort ten minutes in Kankak ee he pressed every hand that was raised to him. Thousands , it seemed, taught a nd squirm ed an d shoved and kicked until they r eached the end of that train and had touhced the hand or garments of Al or Kntic. The Governor was very soli citious about t he yo uths near the train, a.pparently fearing that they would be hurt. His s mile never left his face smaller, passed without th• bounds of Kankak ee.
Announcement Made At College Club Meeti ng At the regular bi-weeklv meet ing of the College Club it. was announced that the Adv-isory Board had unanimously agreed upon FnLher C'ardim1 l .as the fa culty Ad,risor fo r the Club. The members of the Advisory Board were influenced in their choice by the knowledge of t he fac t that the new Moderator wi ll do everything within the scope of his very ample capabi lities to fmt her the interes ts of the cl ub. Father nrd inal has been acting in the office of Dean of Studies for the past two years nnd wns r ecently elected V i ce ~Prcside nt of the college. It was imposs ib ! f or him to be present at the rneoting but a special meeting will be ca lled in the near future when he will add t·css the students in hi s official capac ity. Com m ittees Re por t Following the anouncemc nt, the chairman of the se rvice com mittee, Mr. Delaney, briefly outli ned the pla ns year. He predicted, nrno ng other things, u very noticeable chango in of his cornmittcc dul'ing the co min g the a pp car uncc oC lhe Coll ege lub room . · H e did not, however, go into details concernin g its rojouvc natio n. A report from t ho :50cia l _comrnittco wus give n by cha irman Laen hnrdt. He informed the me mbers present that a social ca lendar for th year had been drawn up a nd that it r es ted i n the hands of the Faculty Com mittee on soc iul affairs awa it in g the ir approval. Pres ident Watson uppo inlcd Linus B. Meis to act us chai rrnan o.f l ho insurancc cornm ittee . The most impot·tant f un ction of this group is to hand le the col !eclion of the ins uruncc pt'cmium lhat is assessed on ouc h member of the club every year.
Student Conference St udents Hire Bus P lanned a t Loyola T 0 Go T 0 Bradley
The Third Stud e nt onferonce on Religious Activities in the a rch-diocese of Chicago will be held at Loyola University All Saint's Day, November !st. Delegates from St. Viator wi!l attend the m eeti ng at which all the high schools an d colleges in the Arch· diocese will be represe nted. piritual LcaderHhip Program The mee ting will be a secti ona l con· linualion of the Catholic Spiritual Leadership Convention held in St. Loui • last A ugusl. Muss will Lc College Club Room tf'lcbrated at 8: ll'J, r<•gistrniion at Improvements P lanned ~:15, and di!tCUSd ion'd will •~·gin al U:31J, la,ting until lute in the alter· noon. The H(l~·rnutJn ~t"Hl\ion will rn.• Tht: nu·m~r~ of the ~ervice com· devoted to ()i$(.·U. sionli o( th(' tfforb 111ille~ of the College Club nre busy made by d•·lel{ah·• at the St. l,ouis the re-decoration of the Conferenct.o to put into practice the rt· ulutionJS that conventio n adopted. J\d vi ory Board Ui KC u.;sei' 'onftrenee A pt'Clal me•·ting of the St. Viator College (lui, Advi ry Board wu « •!led by the Very Rev. J. W. .R. l-1aguirt~, L. 11 . v., prt-lfid,~nt of tht· ('(Jl~ leo" .. , abc1ut twu wet" aS("<, to ad upon the rop.,rt aubmitto-d by J . A. . 'olan. t.h·lt:scate to the 't. U1ui.; C4JO• ,. rH on. Thf'# aetit.Jn 1)t that t..otJ~!y ha nc..t, as } rt, bt n tnOAd.e puLh , Oot ,t Jll r too-l that • .,nc.,t"U 1 tlf rta ing rnruJ~· t1) &eti 1nt th 1-tud· I tllollc •I rt1al
11 llurry up! .loluny up !" the flt udrnts were shouting to one another tt!l thc•y crowded into the bu• which wns lo lake them to the V!ntor- Brudley game. HMovC' over!" Get off my feet! L('t me s it by tho windowK!" Suth <·xp ression• cou ld be· hcuru as the students attr·mpted lo got se ttled in thf•ir seats iu the omnibus. After mut"h nnxiouli waiting un d gcn<·rul commotion the buH trcn.ded itK way out or Hourhtmnu ht und hL•Ufl · (•cl tc,wnrdA PNJria. AH tht1 buR pu ~~"t{·rl throurrh KMkakce the 8ludcut• !(UV<·
u f•hc('r of "BNat Hnadlf•y" nud u "hu T!•Uru, ~·ight! l'll(hl! Fil(ht!" Tht· Lrip whi(·h ix-j('fHI 11c, ph·o.HtU1tly, htJWt-H·r, Wit nf,t t.Jr "tiru:d t.o t•nd
that way. Thr· hu• h11rl JU•t h·ft Orl•ll wh<·n th• cu!(inc· "r the bu. ),.. gun to bat·k fin• and "low dtJWn. A ha ly f•Xurninatit,r, revNdt•d thf· fa~.: t thdt th • lJus c:r,ultl "'' r.I"J tnrtht·r. The •turh·nt • plit anl•• l(r{)UJ•• unrl !>~· g-an lt' ha1l pa ~tinK uwtt,riatK with th•~ wt"II-J.;nt,wn • ,,llt·~oaU· aiK"· ··1 humt;.s up." '! ht! .K•·mllllty ,,, the lll''tnri i~ 1 vitJ' nff!tf lr:l thf• fart th.at t:'~r;; \ 1aV,t Jtutl~ht Whit fJII han'-1 f•1r th
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